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Race. >> my goodness. [ laughter ] >> see you back here at 6:00. >> the cbs weekend news is next. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> ninan: preparing for the rescue. in thailand, the decision to rescue a soccer team trapped in a flooded cave can happen any moment. also tonight, thousands are forced to evacuate as wildfires scorch the western states. north korea is lashing out, calling denuclearization talks with u.s. officials regrettable, but secretary of state mike pompeo has a different t...

Fire exploded late friday night in the town of goleta north of santa barbara. flames quickly jumped from home to home. when the flames raced through, they were given by winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour, blowing blowing the embers through the air. you can see some of them flying now. they landed on roof tops and there was nothing firefighters could do. this home may be a total loss. what is the goal? keep it from spreading? >> try to salvage what we can. we know there is somebody live behind ...

Baker. >> fireman. greg: fireman? why. >> i had the good fortune of going down to florida to the fire academy and going down there and running through their program, and its amaze what they do. plus i think -- greg: they fight fires. >> yeah. every day you wake up and you realize what youre doing is potentially saving lives. every day. think how energizing that must be. greg: and their trucks are so shiny. >> there is that. greg: tom, same question. >> wouldnt mind doing a little cobbling, gregf...

Baker. >> fireman. greg: fireman? why. >> i had the good fortune of going down to florida to the fire academy and going down there and running through their program, and its amaze what they do. plus i think -- greg: they fight fires. >> yeah. every day you wake up and you realize what youre doing is potentially saving lives. every day. think how energizing that must be. greg: and their trucks are so shiny. >> there is that. greg: tom, same question. >> wouldnt mind doing a little cobbling, gregf...

It be? baker. >> fireman. greg: fireman? why. >> i had the good fortune of going down to florida to the fire academy and going down there and running through their program, and its amaze what they do. plus i think -- greg: they fight fires. >> yeah. every day you wake up and you realize what youre doing is potentially saving lives. every day. think how energizing that must be. greg: and their trucks are so shiny. >> there is that. greg: tom, same question. >> wouldnt mind doing a little cobbling...

It be? baker. >> fireman. greg: fireman? why. >> i had the good fortune of going down to florida to the fire academy and going down there and running through their program, and its amaze what they do. plus i think -- greg: they fight fires. >> yeah. every day you wake up and you realize what youre doing is potentially saving lives. every day. think how energizing that must be. greg: and their trucks are so shiny. >> there is that. greg: tom, same question. >> wouldnt mind doing a little cobbling...

>> no lights. >> it was on the ground. >> its gone. >> reporter: across can the west, dry, hot conditions could mean a long road ahead for firefighters. >> and will carr joins us now. we saw in your report there, the firefighte firefighters running along the highway, and this on the hottest day of summer there? >> reporter: thats right, tom. it feels like its more than 100 degrees out right now. there are excessive heat warnings through the weekend, and thats bad news for both the firefighters a...

Starting as early as this friday. >> golodryga: thats a relief. for parts of the country at least, its good news. jericka duncan, thank you. much of houston was under water today. up to 7.5 inches of rain fell in parts of the city. the water was nearly waist high and cars were going nowhere. highways were shut down as water pooled near overpasses. pae citys freedom over texas xancerts were canceled, but fortunately, tonights fireworks show is still on. that is not the case in some parts of the w...

Behind me-- take a look-- you see one of the ten homes that burned to the ground. for these folks, theres nothing left. end as the afternoon has gone on, weve seen a number of hot spots, new fires flaring, go up. inick black smoke and fires burning along ridges. the pawnee fire, the most aggressive one here, has an hficial containment percentage of zero, which means a wildfire irrning out of control. 600 homes remain evacuated with tr timetable for when people can return. today, though, winds ca...

Somebody else sack the stairs. >> gunshot >> reporter: two firefighters shot, one killed. 45-year-old fire captain dave rosa, a 17-year veteran, a husband and father of two. >> we just show up to do our job, you know, firefighter do a tremendous job. they deal with fire. they dont deal with bullets. >> reporter: a third victim was also hit. >> we do have a person of interest detained and we have recovered a weapon. >> reporter: today, an escort with full honors for captain rosa, as the city mour...