News Wrap: Thousands of acres still burning due to Western wildfires

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• Geoff Bennett:

  In today's headlines, wildfires in parts of western and central Nebraska this weekend claimed the life of one person and injured three firefighters, according to state authorities.

  Farther west, wind conditions have eased today helping firefighters battle numerous dangerous blazes in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, but tens of thousands of acres are still burning, with many fires only minimally contained. Thousands remained under evacuation orders across multiple states.

  A woman and three children are dead after a two-storey row house caught fire in Philadelphia overnight. Of the five people inside, there was only one survivor who escaped by jumping out of the building. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

  And it's the latest twist and the contentious contest for the Ohio GOP Senate nomination. Former President Donald Trump held a rally last night for his pick in that race author J.D. Vance. That's despite Vance having once called Trump quote America's Hitler, and that was during the 2016 campaign. Last night, Trump addressed Vance's past remarks.

• Donald Trump, Former U.S. President:

  He's the guy that said some bad about me. He did. But you know what? Every one of the others did also, in fact, if I went by that standard, I don't think I would have ever endorsed anybody in the country you want to.

• Geoff Bennett:

  And on Saturday, former Utah Senator Orrin Hatch died in Salt Lake City. Hatch was the longest serving Republican senator in American history.

  Orrin Hatch served in the U.S. Senate for 42 years from 1977 to 2019. He was an ardent conservative, consistently voting against gay rights, abortion and stricter gun laws while reaching across the aisle on issues including AIDS education, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and the DREAM Act.

  In his last Senate speech, Hatch reflected on his willingness to compromise, including with his longtime friend, the late Senator Ted Kennedy,

• Sen. Orrin Hatch, Former Utah Senator:

  Could two people with polar opposite beliefs and from vastly different walks of life come together as often as Teddy and I did for the good of the country. Or are we too busy attacking each other to even consider friendship with the other side.

• Geoff Bennett:

  Orrin Hatch once ran for the presidency in 2000. In a campaign that never gained traction. Before retiring, he was awarded the nation's highest civilian honor the Presidential Medal of Freedom by former President Donald Trump.

  Outside of his career, Hatch was a man of faith, a devout Mormon, a prolific musician too. He wrote and recorded hundreds of songs. The Hatch Foundation remembering him upon his death as a man of wisdom, kindness, character and compassion.

  Orrin Hatch was 88 years old.

  Still to come on "PBS NewsHour Weekend," as gun violence in America continues to surge, we look at what's behind the statistics and our weekend spotlight with 100-year-old retired park ranger daddy Reid Soskin.