Warn, the Tidal Wave of new cases is putting millios of children at risk. Ballot box showdown. President Biden Blasts new State Voting restrictions, calling them 21st century Jim Crow Laws while in texas, the governor threatens to arrest democratic lawmakers after they flee in protest. Warning signs. Documents reveal concerns about that collapsed Condo Building stretching back more than 25 years ago. Tonight, the emotional fueral for a mother found in the rubble, and the moment a u. S. Flag was found intact. Unable to get away. From high Gas Prices to Overflowing Hotels why millions of americans in need of a Vacation Arent able to book one. What you need to know to plan a lastminute escape. And, remembering charlie robinson, the beloved actor who wasnt a household name, but showed up on all of your favorite shows. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening and Thank You for joining us. Were going to begin tonight with that dramatic and deadly outbreak of wildfires now burning across much of the west. A dangerous combination of extremely hot weather and dry brush caused by devastating drought is now fueling thend mos countrys worst and most widespread Fire Season ever. As we come on the air, 14,000 Fire Crews wearing heavy protective clothing are battling the flames while enduring record breaking temperatures from a stifling heat wave. From arizona to alaska, california to colorado, nearly 70 fires are raging across 12 states, putting a strain on the planes and heavy equipment needed to beat back the flames. And tonight, with untold homes and businesses destroyed and lives shattered, theres growing concern the fires will soon chew through power lines, putting the electric grid at risk. Cbs Lilia Luciano is going to lead off our Coverage Tonight from the scene of one of the worst fires near californias Yosemite National Park. Good evening, lilia. Reporter good evening, norah. There are more than A Thousand firefighters at work right now, and its 105 degrees. It feels even hotter than that,a which is not just uncomfortable, but it takes a toll on firefighters, at a time when they are needed the most. It is a brutal battle on the front lines. Conditions so extreme. That these Northern California firefighters barely escape the flames. Got everybody . Yeah. See all that bleep flying in the Bleep Air . Thores lihey do. W thgoing been. Reporter homes, memories, gone. In the parched western u. S. , flames that seem a safe distance away can suddenly get way too close. This fire is picking up very fast. Wind is changing direction, and there are embers that are starting smaller fires on this side of the road. This wildfire on Yosemite National Park threatens the town of ahwahnee. Its just high stress worrying about how far the fire will come because yesterday it was right behind us. Reporter in oregon, the Bootleg Fire rages out of control, now at more than 200,000 acres, its the largest in the u. S. , burning an area the size of new york city. From space, you can see how much smoke is pouring out, not just from the Bootleg Fire, but also several others, leaving much of the west blanketed by smoke, along with the relentless heat. The Yosemite Valley reached up to 114 degrees when the River Fire broke out. Are you adapting to the frequency of these fires and the longer heat . Absolutely. It is becoming a new normal. Its been so frequent every year, its when is it going to start not, is it going to start, we just wait for when. Reporter crews are hard at work right now putting off smoldering hot spots like the ones were seeing here. They have to work fast before the wind peaks within the next few hours, and once again,ing threatens homes and structures like this one that were seeing here, norah, that at least is still intact. Odonnell wow, Lilia Luciano, Thank You. And tonight, public Health Officials are sounding the alarm, saying new infections of covid are exploding nationwide, fueled by the highly contagious Delta Variant of the virus. This is very, very important, the surge is happening so fast in parts of the country, with low Vaccination Rates, the doctors worry millions of children are now at risk. Heres cbs omar villafranca. Reporter tonight, covid cases have doubled nationwide in the last week and are rising in 47 states as the dangerous Delta Variant spreads across the u. S. The c. D. C. Says, most of those infections are in people who have not been vaccinated. We have seeing resurgences now,and we are not seeing that people who are vaccinated are at high risk of infection at this point. Reporter todays comments come after a meeting between pfizer representatives and top u. S. Health officials on a possible booster shot. Israel has already begun to distribute a third pfizer dose, but dr. Anthony fauci says it is not needed now. You really do have to examine why youre talking about a booster for a fullyvaccinated person, when we have so many people in this country who are not vaccinated at all yet. Just relax. Reporter less than half the country is fully vaccinated, including mississippi, which has the lowest Vaccination Rate in the country. If someone chooses not to get a vaccine, what decision are they making . To get covid. Reporter plain and simple . Yeah. Reporter no vaccine, youre accepting youre going to get covid . Yeah, i mean, thats really where we are. Reporter hospitalizations in mississippi have more than doubled since the beginning of july, including 12 children in the i. C. U. , ten of them on ventilators. 85 of all new cases are linked to the Delta Variant. Now, the state is sending vans to reach everyone who wants a vaccine, like 67yearold calvin smith. What made you want to do it now finally . Well, its getting bad. Reporter the shot here comes with a Pep Talk from the clinics operations director. Youre doing the right thing because im telling you this Delta Variant is no joke. Reporter of those 12 children, four are being treated at the hospital behind me. Two are on ventilators. Dr. Bryan says the state is also facing another Health Concern Wornout Healthcare Workers bracing for the next surge. Norah. Odonnell oh, my goodness, omar villafranca, Thank You. Well, tonight, new Voting Restrictions in texas are on hold, with democratic Lawmakersg Passage by hun blocking passage by Hunkering Down 1,500 miles away here in washington. And, President Biden is speakinn out forcefully against reps who have already changed Election Laws in more than a Dozen Other states. S Cbs Nancy cordes reports from the white house. We must act and we will act for our cause is just. Reporter speaking with unusual fervor in philadelphia, President Biden accused republican leaders of embracing autocracy. They want to be able to tell you your vote doesnt count, fo. Any reason they make up. Reporter since President Biden defeated Donald Trump last november, legislatures in 17 states have passed 28 laws that make it harder to vote. Well be asking my republican friends in congress in states and cities and counties to stand up, for gods sake, and help prevent this concerted effort to undermine our election and the sacred right to vote. applause have you no shame . Reporter even as he spoke, dozens of Texas House democrats were fanning out across capitol hill, one day after they fled the state by private jet. Were hoping that congress would understand the urgency. Reporter without them, a specsession of the Texas Legislature Ground to a halt today. The motion fails for lack of quorum. Reporter holding up a vote on a g. O. P. Bill that would scale Back Vote by mail and give more rights to partisan poll watches who could intimidate voters. The bill would also criminalize Drivethrough Voting and other measures aimed at easing voting. Doesnt make voting more difficult. Reporter Texas Governor Greg abbott threatened to arrest the fleeing democrats when they return, and he said stalling wont work. I will be calling Special Session after Special Session after Special Session, all the way up until Election Day of next year, if i have to. Odonnell and nancy joins us from the white house. You know, the president called today the fight against Voting Rights the test of our time. What about those democrats who say hes not doing enough . Reporter thats right, norah, and they say that because as emphatic as the president was today calling for sweeping Voting Rights legislation, these activists and progressives argue that congress is simply not going to have the votes to pass that legislation unless the senate changes its filibuster rules, and that is something that the president has been reluctant to embrace, at least so far. Odonnell Nancy Cordes at the white house, Thank You. And we want to turn now to surfside, florida, where today the Death Toll rose again at the site of that collapsed Condo Building. A oneyearold girl is among the victims confirmed dead. And were also learning more and Warning Signs and documents about the building from more than 25 years ago. Cbs Manuel Bojorquez has the new details. Reporter as crews make progress at the collapsed site, hazards remain, like this fire sparked by a crushed cars gas tak. Weve now moved over 18 Million pounds of concrete and debris. Reporter the investigation appears to be homing in on the Concrete Slab that supported the pool deck, a newlyrevealed Construction Permit from 1996 said it needed concrete feet ocracksepairs to seal 500 at the site, Rescue Crews uncovered a u. S. Flag intact, a symbolic moment in the search for victims. Among the newly identified, oneyearold aishani patel, who died with her parents, and 40yearold cassie stratton; her husband said she was on the phone with him the morning of the collapse and said the building was shaking before the line went silent. Since day one, we have been following the family of 65year old Judy Spiegel as they held out hope for a miracle. This isnt a normal situation that were going through and a normal grieving situation. Reporter this week, they received the news that she had been recovered. Today, they gathered under a thick, grey sky to say goodbye. A statement from her three children says, while this was the absolute worst news in the world, we are happy that we have been reunited. Manuel bojorquez, Cbs News, miami. Odonnell well, not far awa again showing solidarity with cubans who staged a Rare Protess who staged a On Sunday against the communist government. One group stopped traffic on th. One group stopped Tra Busy Palmetto Expressway today. South florida is home to the largest population of cuban americans. Sundays protest in havana was the largest in decades. Cuban police have been out in force to prevent any new demonstrations this as people in Cuba Struggle with a lack of food and vital medicines. And theres growing concern over the situation in haiti, where rival groups are vying for power after the president was assassinated last week. Now, were learning one of the suspects in the killing may have had ties to the u. S. Drug enforcement administration. Cbs Mola Lenghi reports from portauprince. Reporter tonight, sourcesasf tell Cbs News that a suspect i the assassination of Haitis President was once an informant for the d. E. A. , though they deny any involvement. Joseph vincent, A Haitian American from South Florida worked for the d. E. A. On and off for years. Former d. E. A. Agent Mike Vigil has experience using informants in haiti. Normally theyre criminals. I would say the vast majority come from criminal organizations, theyre unsavory characters. Reporter the gunmen claimed to be d. E. A. Agents during last wednesdays attack, shooting President Moise 12 times. Haitian officials are saying he was also tortured. An autopsy showed his arm broken and one eye gouged out. With the country on edge in the wake of the assassination, a u. S. Defense official has told Cbs News that a dozen marines have been sent to the u. S. Embassy here in portauprince to beef up security. This, as new questions arise about the man at the center of the investigation. Haitian police say christian emmanuel sanon, a failed businessman from florida, hired the 26 colombians and two haitianamericans to carry out the attack with his goal to take over as president. Haitian Professor Michele Plancher said sanon told him last month that he was on a mission to replace moise, that moise would be resigning soon. But a former associate of sanon said that he would never get involved in an assassination plot. I dont believe he has anything to do with it. He would seem to be a gentlemen with a good heart and very good intention for his country. Reporter well, after years of a lack of government transparency, many people here in portauprince say they arere skeptical of the Polices Version of events. One haitian official in thents. One haitian official in the pr prime ministers Inner Circle told me today that the f. B. I. I. Remains on the ground remains on the ground here helping with the investigation, norah. Odonnell all right, the mystery continues, Mola Lenghi. Thank you. Well, tonight, new evidence that americas economic rebound comes with a hefty price. Consumer prices were 5. 4 higher last month than a year ago. Thats actually the biggest increase in 13 years. One Eyepopping Number . Used Car And Truck prices shot up 10. 5 just in june. Thats the highest onemonth jump on record. And we should say its not just vehicle prices americans desperate for a vacation are finding the cost of getting away is going through the roof. Ive heard it from friends. Heres cbs jamie yuccas. Reporter and you designed this . Yes, i did. Reporter Jade Towery runs her own airbnb and says her bookings are finally resurging, a result of high demand and low supply across the industry. I heard it from my guests. Yeah, it was hard to find places, its not enough out there. Reporter meanwhile, Hotel Rooms are returning to pre pandemic pricing, up 36 on average. In terms of people trying to get deals on Hotel Rooms is that even possible right now . Not anymore. You should have taken advantage last year. N Reporter Juan Bravo is in charge of revenue at the w hllywood, he says the entire industry is struggling to hire back employees laid off during the pandemic. We are running hotels at 100 speed with 60 or 70 of the staff. We saw a lot of people in the du alternate career paths. Reporter travel across the united states is booming and busting wallets. Ter gas is gas is averaging 3. 14 a gallon, the highest its been since 2014 in some cities, its over 5 per gallon, Rental Car Rates are up 86 , and air travel. You have airfares going up at the rate of 10 a week. There are some Coach Airfares in this country now that are actually more expensive than Business Class fares going to europe. Reporter Cbs News senior Travel Advisor Peter greenberg says travelers are also dealing with overbooked and canceled flights. Its a perfect storm of bad planning, staff shortages, and pentup demand roaring back earlier than anybody thought. Put those three things together, this summer is nuts. Reporter here at l. A. X. , Air Traffic is up more than 600 since last year. Experts say if you want to avoid crowds and those higher prices, you might want to plan your Summer Vacation in september. Norah. Odonnell all right. Theres still much more news ahead on tonights Cbs Evening News. 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