Pandemic with a party. And former president undergoes colon surgery. Later its a 4th Of July favorite. We go to cooneney Island Fofor E hotdog history. Once the depressioN Rolled around thats when the business started taking off. This is the Cbs Weekend News. From new york, here is Jericka Duncan. Good evening, thanks for joining us. From Coast To coast, america seems to be making up for what was lost on this Holiday Weekend last year. With more signs every day that life is getting back to normal. Vaccines have crushed the worst Of Covid but amid the r reivelly therref el,before a tropical sts in. 24 people are confirmed dead, 121 still u unaccounted for. Cbss Omar Villafranca is there tonight. Omar, good evening. Reporter good evening, jericka. Demolition crews have been working for hours in extremely dangerous conditions, trying to get those explosive in place so they can take down the remainder of the building behind me before Mother Nature knocks it down. Making way for Demolition
So it is probably going to become the dominant strain in the united states. This could spike a new epidemic. Barnett: plus heat wave danger, skyrocketing temperatures set to sear the west. Barnett: florida s manatees, big, beloved and now dying in alarming numbers. It is depressing. Barnett: and later pandemic project, one dad s big idea to get the kids out of the house. How cool is this. It s amazing. This is the cbs weekend news, from new yorork, here s jericka duncan. Barnett: good evening, everyone, i m errol barnett, jericka duncan is off tonight. President biden is in belgium tonight ahead of talks with nato and european leaders. It is the second stop on an eight day foreign trip, his first as president. But it s his face to face summit president vladimir putin that is attracting the most attention. America has an agenda of grievances for putin. Cbs ed o keefe is in brussels tonight with more, ed, good evening. Reporter: errol, good evening, the president is now here in brussels
Garrett: mass shooting manhunt. The search intensifies for three masked gunmen who opened fire overnight at an event in miami, killing two and wounding more than twenty, all in a matters of seconds. What we re learning tonight. New variant found. Scientists say they ve discovered a new and potentially more contagious strain of the coronavirus overseas, just as parents here in the u. S. Tryry o make sensese of new guguideliner keeping kids safe at summer camps. Lawmakers last stand, texas democrats stage an overnight walkout in the state legislature, blocking a new law that would put strict limits on when and where people can vote, but will their victory last? backing out, one of the biggest stars in tennis stun fans by pulling out of the french open, why she says she s walking away. And portraits of valor: a lone marine armed with a paint brush on a mission to honor those who served so bravely. This is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. Garr
Acts of racial violence in american history. I want to shed light on what was hidden for so long. Duncan: and later taps across america our steve our steve hartman s call to honor fallen on memorial day. Reporter: i was not surprised. I was blown away. This is the cbs weekend news. From new york, here is jericka duncan. Duncan: good evening, another weekend in america has been marred by a mass shooting. Tonight, police near miami, florida, are searching for gunmen who used assault weapons and handguns to fire a hail of bullets into a crowd. The county s police director calls them coldblooded murderers. At least two people were killed, more than 20 others wounded in the attack. The community is being asked for help and a cash reward has been offered for clues. Cbs manuel bojorquez is there. Manny, good evening. Reporter: jericka, the shots rang out after midnight at a banquet hall behind me just as a rap concert was ending. As people filed out, police say three men opened fire. We need
the dramatic testimony in the derek chauvin murder trial. the medical expert shows the jury when he says the life goes out of george floyd s body. former n.f.l. player murders a doctor and his grandkids. why the shooter s family blames his football injuries. trouble for matt gaetz? the florida congressman s associate is likely to strike a plea deal. his lawyer s ominous warning. o donnell: carjacking murder. an uber eats driver allegedly killed by two teenage girls in d.c., and it was all caught on camera. what s behind the sudden increase in violent carjackings nationwide? and, the poet amanda gorman inspired the country. for there is always light, if only we re brave enough to see it. o donnell: tonight, how the harvard grad hopes to make history once again. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west on a very busy thursday. we re going to begin with that breaking news