water and essential services because of that water break and many others around town. mass shooting. 25 people shot, 1 dead in akron, ohio. we were outside enjoying ourselves. next thing we know, we were running for our lives, that fast. plus, president trump jumps in on the ultimate fighting championship in new jersey. boy, the round of applause he s getting right now is pretty staggering. new cbs polling on what voters think of his felony conviction and its impact on campaign 2024. mexico votes, choosing a new president. and for the first time, she s a woman. cbs news is there. and later, 80 years after d-day. veterans gather to celebrate an historic invasion and to remember the fallen who fought world war ii for them didn t last six hours. they came off the boats. they died. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you for joining us on this sunday. tonight, fire crews in california are working
push to turn back the nazi tide sweeping europe. nearly 160,000 allied troops landed on the normandy beaches that day. of those, 73,000 were americans. one of them was dick rung from illinois, who joined the navy at just 18. we got this call from the beach. we were still, you know, on the water. and the message was, they are slaughtering us, and they were. there were bodies floating in the water. they call that beach omaha. reporter: omaha beach was the scene of the first and deadliest wave of landings. for most of the young men sent to free europe, this was their first sight of france. for 2,400 of them, it was also their last as they were mowed down by german guns here on omaha beach. walking amongst the crosses always very calming, especially as you start reading the name and the ages. and they came from everywhere,