scott? all right, michael george, thank you. one of the icons of american television has died. for nearly 40 years, bob barker hosted the price is right here on cbs, developing a one of a kind following, with devoted viewers ranging from retirees to new parents to kids home sick from school. his successor, drew car rooep, posted an old image with barker, with a message that he s brokenhearted. barker s work grew to include more than taking contestant bids and making americans laugh, as cbs s carter evans reports. here s the star of the new price is right, bob barker. reporter: bob barker ruled the game show universe. first, 20 years as host of the classic truth or consequences. followed by 35 years at the price is right. the longest, most acclaimed run in game show history. and the contestants were just as
others as he would have them treat him, since he couldn t help all living things, chose animals and did what he could for them. also, that he did audience participation shows for a long time on television. reporter: carter evans, cbs news, hollywood. tonight, cbs released a statement in part, saying, during his 35 years as h of the price is right, bob made countless dreams come true, and everyone feel like a winner when they were called to come on down. for more than 100 million americans in 17 states, it s yet another weekend of heat alerts. whipping winds are also fueling flames of nearly 0 80 wildfires including this blaze in louisiana. let s check in with paul goodoe from our partners at the weather channel. it is very, very hot, dangerously hot, but perhaps
days, we are going to peek on wednesday , we are near hundred for the inland valleys, then we will cool down again two days after that. we are still relatively cool for the weekend, it ll be hazy, not the best air quality but the temperatures are still around average, then they start warming up. san francisco will be near 80 on wednesday. looking at the final forecast, you might not hit 99 but the east bay will, but you will be in the mid-90s by wednesday. of course this was an abbreviated show because of golf spilling over, that is it for us at 5:00. we will have a full hour at 6:00 tonight and we hope to see tonight, remembering a titan of television. here s the star of the the new price is right, bob barker. bob barker, who hosted the
trump, 32 biden, 30 undecided. so there s that big chunk of the country that maybe could go in either direction. rachel: it will be interesting to see, will the fatigue that you talk about work against donald trump or will as we even move in, you did that story on covid mandates coming back, we have wonder what that s about as well, maybe at some point people go wow, there is this deep state, the system, the man if you will, that s trying to control things and as you said, donald trump is sort of this avatar, maybe they re going to vote for the one person with all his flaws you may take and legal problems around it, you know, somebody who is willing to fight. that s why i think you saw that mug shot and underneath he said never surrender. 14 months to the general election. a lot can and will happen between now and then. rachel: we ll be following all of it step by step. this morning fans across america are mourning the loss of an iconic tv game show legend. now here s the star of t