Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Tonight millions are under flood alerts as lifethreatening monsoons swamp the southwest. In Nevada Police are investigating the death of at one popular burning man festival where thousands are still stranded in the mudsoaked black rock city, where two months days. Organizers there warning people still in the desert area to conserve water and fuel. And in san bernardino, california several roads are impassable, even for big rigs like these after storms swept through that area. Cbss Elise Preston starts us off tonight from california. Elise . Reporter jericka, the burning man festival is a celebration of art and creativity that happens every year. But heavy rain swamped the event, leaving many stuck and sheltering in place. Tens of thousands stranded at the burning man festival, forced to hunker down in the nevada desert as authorities tell them to conserve food and water. We are not allowed out of the playa. The gates are locked. We were okay. We have enough tuna for a week. Reporter as crews work to clear a safe path out of the makeshift town, cell phone equipment is being brought in to help those who got stuck after heavy rain trapped them in flooded camp sites. This is my front door. These are my very, very muddy boots. Reporter Justin Schuman is one of the many trudging through the mud. Hes on his tenth day at burning man. Can you describe the mud . It was really, really wet and really, really slick. But its also very alkaline. So you do have to be careful for no prolonged exposure of your skin to the mud because apparently it can actually start to really gently burn your skin. Reporter schum sxn his friends have enough supplies to make it through a few more days and are sharing whatever they can with others. What i have seen personally is resilience. Ive seen a huge amount of people coming together. I have seen strangers hugging strangers. I have seen people gifting things to others. Reporter more rain could hit the southwest deserts. Thunderstorms already caused flash flooding in arizona, las vegas, and near the californiaarizona border. Now, some burning man festivalgoers are trying to slog their way out in pickup trucks and rvs. Organizers say if they can clear the way tomorrow that traffic jam could be longer than 12 hours. Jericka . Elise preston for us. Thank you. Well, the flooding in the southwest is just one example of the extreme weather this holiday weekend. Lets check in with meteorologist Lynette Charles from our partners at the weather channel. Lynette, good evening. Good evening, jericka. We are talking about the monsoon thunderstorms back off toward the west here. And with all that rain we do have some flood watches up for all these areas shaded in the green coloring. Were also watching the tropics. Yes, from the monsoons to the tropics, it is brewing. This has a few days to really. Get its act together. But again, were going to continue to monitor that for you as well. And then we do have potential record highs across much of the nation as we head through the midweek. So again, the heat is going to be quite dangerous in places like the midatlantic, down off toward the south as well. Make sure everybody stays safe. Jericka . Lynette charles, thank you. The man who escaped from a prison in the suburbs of philadelphia has been spotted on camera. Danelo cavalcante broke out from the chester state prison on thursday. Yesterday he was spotted here on Security Cameras about a mile and a half from the prison. People in that area have been advised to remain indoors while the search is under way. Now, last month he was convicted on firstdegree murder for fatally stabbing his former girl girlfriend, debra brandao, 38 times in front of her two Young Children. Well, turning now to politics, lawmakers are worried fema and other federal agencies could run out of money by the end of this month. Cbss skyler henry is on capitol hill tonight with more on whats being done to provide funding that some lawmakers say is crucial. Skyler, good evening. Reporter hey, jericka, good to see you. Well, congress has that end of the month deadline to fund federal agencies including securing money for Disaster Relief as both time and resources are running out. In florida over the weekend President Biden called on lawmakers to guarantee more funding to assist Disaster Response work. Im confident because i cant imagine the congress saying were not going to help. There are going to be fights about things that dont really to this, trying to connect this to other money or not. Reporter but the fight over spending will continue as Congress Returns to capitol hill, looking to avoid what could be a partial Government Shutdown when the current fiscal year wraps up at the end of september. The white house wants a stopgap funding bill passed to temporarily keep the lights on at federal agencies. Speaker mccarthy should have the independence to be able to make and negotiate with his team on that side and to bring together enough votes to pass it. What we do know is a Government Shutdown is not good for anybody. Reporter several House Republicans insist theres a need for a slew of cuts in order for them to support a series of bills that would prevent a spending freeze. The most conservative are also pushing pressure on speaker kevin mccarthy, pushing for an impeachment inquiry into President Biden and his ties to his son hunters business dealings. If funding is stalled, if theres a Government Shutdown, that would stop all of these investigations. Thats absolutely the wrong thing. Reporter now, to be clear, House Committee chairmen have not uncovered any evidence showing that President Biden benefited financially from his son hunters businesses. As for the president , he heads to india this week to take part in the g20 summit where he will meet with other world leader to discuss a range of issues including the global economy, Climate Change and ending poverty. Jericka . Skyler henry reporting tonight from capitol hill. Thank you. Pope francis became the first pontiff to celebrate a mass in mongolia. The pope presided over a ceremony attended by most of the Central Asian nations 1,500 catholics. Pope francis used the occasion to urge mongolias neighbor china to relax restrictions on religious activity. Dragon separation is confirmed. Today a spacex crew began their journey back home. The Spacex Dragon undocked from the iss this morning. It spent six months at the space station and is expected to splash down overnight off the coast of florida and the atlantic ocean. Well, we have a recall alert this labor day weekend. Hillshire farms is recalling more than 15,000 pounds of its ready to eat pork, turkey and beef smoked sausage. 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Reporter schools closed in at least two counties in kentucky as well as a small district in texas with students and staff out sick. It was a nobrainer that it was in the best interest of keeping everyone safe. Reporter the number of covid cases is edging up nationwide. Hospitalizations jumped more than 21 in one week. Hospitalizations are up because covid transmission is up. But whos actually getting sick enough to end up in the hospital . Its the elderly. So really people 70 and up are driving most of that, almost the entire increase that were seeing in hospitalizations right now. Reporter a Hollywood Studio and some academic and hospital settings are requiring masks again. Health Officials Say while thats not expected to become a widespread practice highrisk individuals may want to consider wearing one. Updated covid boosters will be available mid september, once the fda signs off and the cdc sets eligibility guidelines. The annual flu shot is out now. And best taken in october. You can get both at the same time. Experts say if you do test positive for covid the best practice still stands. If youre able to stay home until you test negative on a rapid test for covid, that would be the ideal. Reporter the cdc expects this trending uptick to continue into the fall. Michael george, cbs news, new york. If youve been following mortgage rates, you know they dipped last week. 30year fixed rate mortgages are now about 7 1 2 . Thats still the highes in decades. Well, if youre looking for a home in, say, jackson hole, wyoming youre probably not worried about the interest rate. Ben tracy explains. Reporter jackson, wyoming is often called the last of the old west. Its cowboy culture runs so deep it even rides along on the morning cup of coffee. And while some of the best things in life here may be free, you pay a steep price to live in this valley known as jackson hole. I love this community and i love the place where i live. But there is always that question in the back of your mind of are you going to be able to survive here. Reporter elizabeth hunchings moved here from massachusetts in 2018. For the first seven months the only place she could afford to live was in her van. Between living in your van, your car, and various apartments how many places have you lived here in four years . Lets see. Van. Eight or nine. And in a lot of places theres been that question of oh, this is home but for how long. Reporter teton county is now home to a divide bigger than those mountains for which its named. It is the wealthiest and most unequal in america. The average income here is 318,000. And the average singlefamily home price is now more than 5. 5 million. Thats left a food pantry overwhelmed by demand staring at 6 million townhomes rising across the street. The level of wealth you see and the level of disparity that you see, i mean, some people have more money than you can spend in ten lifetimes. Reporter theres a saying in town that you either have three homes or three jobs p many workers have been forced to che cheaper towns nearly 40 miles away over sometimes treacherous roads. Hutchings works at a local restaurant, and when we met last summer she shared this basement apartment with a roommate. Since then shes had to move again. This area here is actually one of the holdovers in town that i imagine in five years even will look very different. Reporter yale school of the environment professor Justin Farrell grew up in wyoming and is author of the book billionaire wilderness. He says the middle class here has been completely hollowed out. Inequality is an issue playing out across the country. Is it uniquely bad here . It is uniquely bad, actually. Is nationleading bad. If youre making 40, 50, 60 thousand dollars youre likely living in your car or youre living 45 minutes away. For most people its becoming unlivable. Reporter the reason, he says, is that the ultra wealthy find teton county very livable. Their arrival here accelerated during covid. The desire for multimilliondollar mountain escapes has created a new land rush. Americans have always looked west. Its always been the lode star of american identity. And probably jackson hole with the cowboy image and the tetons, its i think what makes it so special for so many people. On top of that its functionally a tax haven. So wyoming does not have a state income tax. It doesnt have a corporate tax. So its a really great place to park your money legally. And so you have these millionaires, even billionaires dressing in wrangler jeans, dressing down, trying to avoid any sort of class indicators that might make them look wealthy. And i think its really well intentioned. Reporter phil hartle is a private wealth adviser who moved here from high tax california. Good girl. Reporter he and his wife monica relocated to jackson in late 2020. 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