aids. the disease that has claimed so many lives here has also come to dominate the lives of many who are not infected. diaz: border nurses: battling covid and a closed crossing just to get to work. and later, a photographer gets up close and creative with cicadas. i feel like people should embrace nature. this is the cbs weekend news. from chicago, here s adriana diaz. diaz: good evening. so much for spring. tonight, millions of americans are feeling the heat from the west to here in the midwest, and into the northeast. it was just last weekend, the so-called unofficial start of summer, that we were reporting on rain and record cold. but this weekend, weather isn t just hot it s dangerous. and the wildfire threat in the west extreme. cbs news meteorologist jeff berardelli joins us now with more. jeff, good evening. reporter: good evening, adriana. good evening, everybody. so we have widespread and intense sweltering heat all the way up to the canadian border.
from petaluma boulevard to washington street. we ll let you know when those lanes open back up. back to you guys. we are talking about the heat, high fire danger, smoky skies. the heat advisory is extended through today due to dangerously hot temperatures well above average for this time of year. 99 in concord for a high, 98 liver more, 86 oakland, 80 for san francisco. because of the heat santa clara is opening cooling centers, barbara lee senior center will be open at 10:00, mitchell park in palo alto will be open at 10:00. campbell community center open at 1:00 to hopefully give people relief from the heat and help them cool down a bit with the temperatures soaring this afternoon. also, the high fire danger continues. the red flag warning in effect for all of our bay area hills above 1,000 feet, critical fire weather conditions for the glass fire with temperatures hot for sure, 90s to triple digits, as well as low relative humidity values down to single digits and winds
project is underway. reporter: in a tweet before 1:00 am eastern president trump announced he and first lady melania trump tested positive. the president wrote we will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. we will get through this together. i just went for a test. we ll see what happens. who knows? this stunning development came hours after president trump confirmed to fox news one of his closest aides, hope hicks, tested positive for coronavirus. she tested positive. i just went out with a test. we spent a lot of time. the first lady just went out with a test also. whether we quarantine or whether we have it, i don t know. the white house physician released a statement saying the president and first lady were doing well adding rest assured, i expect the president to continue carrying our duties without disruption while recovering. the white house has canceled public events for today. he has kept on his schedule a phone call on covid-19 support fo
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good friday. we ll start out the day with a mostly cloudy sky, but clouds will decrease leading to a mostly sunny sky for the aftetenoon hours. highs will be in the middle 30s to low 40s with a wsw wind 5-10. tonight will be mostly clear with lows in the 20s. saturday we will get a taste of spring with highs in the lower to middle 50s with a mostly sunny sky. we are tracking a system that could bring stray shower on sunday, but most of us stay dry. temperatures will be mild through monday. after our taste of spring, reality sets back in early next week. we are tracking the potential for snow in parts of iowa and the midwest tuesday. ririht now, model guidance s been giving us several different solutions during each run, and we are not getting much consistency. what we do know there will be a major storm in the midwest that could potentially havvan impact on our weather. the exact placement of the storm will determine our temperatures, and therefore, the type of precipitatio