captioning sponsored by cbs >> quijano: the president-elect's busy weekend. chris christie, rudy giuliani and mitt romney lead a parade of prominent republicans meeting with mr. trump, who landed a job. also tonight more insults in the trump "hamilton" dual. ? 50eu78's not throwing away my shoat. >> quijano: and the thanksgiving getaway is under way, airport workers threat toan strike at o'hare. snow and bitter cold roll into the east. how will it impact holiday travel? >> i'm trying to beat the rush by going a few days

>> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. this is our western edition. president-elect trump and his transition team had a busy sunday meeting with candidates without could fill jobs in the trump administration. the meetings took place about an hour from new york city at trump golf club in bedminister, new jersey. craig boswell has the latest. >> reporter: rudy giuliani arrived at donald trump's golf club as a leading contender for secretary of state. on saturday mitt romney met with the president-elect along with vice prent for the same job. governor romney is under active and serious consideration to serve as secretary of state of the united states. >> reporter: trump is interviewing a parade of potential picks for key posts in his new administration. new jersey governor chris christie who was recently demoted from the transition team is also on the list of interviewees today. >> very talented man. great guy. >> reporter: trump named alabama senator jeff sessions as his nominee for attorney general

his past statements and his civil rights record. >> i wouldn't want to support him unless i was convinced that we would still have a strong civil rights division in the justice department. >> reporter: during a break from the transition process this weekend, pence was greeted with boos and some cheers at a performance of "hamilton" as well as a direct message from the cast. >> we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our american values and to work on behalf of all of us. >> reporter: that set off a tweet storm from done the cast and producers of hamilton which i hear is highly overrated should immediately apologize to mike pence for their terrible behavior. on "face the nation," pence saw no reason for any apology. >> i wasn't o fenned by what was said. i will leave to others whether it was the appropriate venue to say it. >> reporter: other high profile interviews include robert johnson, the founder of bet and congresswoman kathy mcmorris rogers. elaine, the trump transition team says meetings will continue

>> quijano: craig boswell in washington, craig, thank you. triple a says more than 48 million americans are traveling at least 50 miles from home this holiday week. that is about a million more travelers than last year. jamie yuccas has more on the thanksgiving getaway. >> reporter: pack your patience, especially if your holiday travel brings you through chicago. travel site orbitz.com predict os hair international airport will be the busiest airport this thanksgiving holiday. and tomorrow about including aircraft cabin cleaners and janitors could walk off the job. workers voted to take action over wages and working conditions there last week. almost 4 million people will travel wednesday through sunday. jim and his son are already on their way. what do you anticipate moving forward? >> you know what, today really is easy, it's a lot lighter than i expected. but come tuesday, wednesday, it

thanksgiving travelers will drive to grandma's this year. drivers will see savings at the pump with gas prietions expected to be the second cheapest since 2008 when the national average was just $1.85. today it's $2.14 per gallon. google checked travel time and found today was the best day to hit the road. if you want to avoid gridlock coming home, the search engine says to leave on black friday at 6 a.m. >> if you are hitting the rails, wednesday before thanksgiving and the sunday after are the busiest days to travel. nearly 750,000 people will take amtrak to and from their destination. after a long lines and major complaints, the tsa says it added staff. the agency says it's now ready for the additional 55,000 passengers a day over the thanksgiving holiday. but elaine, they still recommend arriving two hours early for a domestic flight. >> quijano: good advice,

just in time for the holiday, wintery weather flew into the east. the first snow fell across parts of maryland, pennsylvania and new jersey. these know see-- snowee scenes are from buffalo, new york. new england got hit as well. now let's get the holiday travel forecast from pamela gardner at wbz in boston. pamela? >> elaine, as we get towards thanksgiving we're tracking a couple systems that could bring tricky travel and also cooler temperatures, especially compared to last week. well for monday starting off wi northeast. and out of the four corners an area of low pressure will bring rain and wintery mix, perhaps snow in the northern plains, high pressure to the southeast and to the west until this system moves in from the pacific northwest, affecting our friends in seattle, oregon and even into california, perhaps some snow in the mountains. then area of low pressure tracks into new england states for thursday, bringing some light flurries. but not as potted ent as we onc.

for thanksgiving all around. no major major issues. temperatures will be chilly for the northern half of the u.s. black friday looking ahead to the shopping season, kicking off chicago, winter mix, 41 degrees with sun in dallas and a high of 66. elaine? >> quijano: thank you. president obama wrapped up his final overseas trip as president today, meeting with world leaders in lima, peru. the president met face to face with his russian counterpart vladimir putin. >> reporter: it was a brief and somber exchange between president obama and russian president putin. according to the white house, the four-minute meeting focused on ukrainian sovereignty and a push for further cooperation in syria. this is the first meeting of the two men since the election of donald trump who was repeatedly praised putin's strength. >> we demonstrated what is possible when our two countries work together. >> reporter: in a formal meeting with chinese president

optimistic spin on cooperation between the two nations. the president said leaders from across the asia-pacific have decided-- have decided to move ahead with the transpacific partnership, a trade deal opposed by president-elect trump. throughout his three-nation tour this week, the president has had to assure other world leaders about the incoming president. >> people should take a wait-and-see approach in how much his in the white house, once is he sworn in matches up with some of the rhetoric of his campaign. >> reporter: now the president suggested mr. trump may be willing to adjust current trade deals and that the world should give the president-elect time to develop his policies. but privately the white house is deeply concerned, much of mr. obama's foreign policy achievements over the past eight years could be erased. elaine. >> quijano: errol barnett in lima, peru.

today outside police headquarters in san antonio, texas. the officer was in his patrol car writing a ticket when another car pulled up behind him. a pan got out and fired twice at the officer, killing him. police are searching for the gunman. the death toll continues to rise after a train crash in india. 14 cars jumped the tracks killing at least 115 people and injuring about 150. the cause is under investigatio largest city, aleppo, in recent days has left about 300 people dead. syrian government forces backed by russia are pounding areas held by rebels. kawtd in the fighting are dozens of children. jonathan vigliotti has the latest. >> reporter: rebel shelling killed eight children at a school in the government-held part of aleppo today. and a barrel bomb launched by the syrian regime killed a family of six living on the

group the white helmets said the bomb was packed with chlorine gas and sufficient kateed the victims. the government denied the claims. hundreds of people, many of them civilians have been killed since tuesday when the regime and its allies refocused efforts to take control of rebel-held east aleppo. the white helmets scrambled to find victims buried in the rubble. many who survived had nowhere to go. hospitals have become targets. on friday alone air strikes hit four. dramatic footage shows what appears to be a waiting room at one hospital as people milled about. the air strike then hits turning the room into a swirl of gray dust. another surveillance camera shows what appears to be the street outside the hospital before the attack. a man is seen walking, a second later a huge explosion and an

organization reported that bombings had disabled every hospital in east aleppo. it's unclear when they will reopen to treat those caught in the cross fire of a bloody six-year civil war. the syrian observatory for human rights which upon teres the war could not confirm if chlorine gas was used today. elaine, the united nations has said syrian government forces have used chlorine gas in barrel bombs at least three times during the war. >> quijano: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. coming up next, the post election battle over so-called

>> quijano: president-elect trump has said he will cancel billions of federal dollars to dozens of u.s. sanctuary cities

immigration officers to detain and deporlt undocumented immigrants. ben tracy says it is turning into a nationwide political battle. >> reporter: students across the country are taking a stand for undocumented immigrants. >> sanctuary cities. >> reporter: during the campaign donald trump promised to go after so called sanctuary cities that he says give the undocumented a free pass. trump often mentioned the killing of 32 year old steinle in san francisco, an illegal immigrant who had been deported five times is accused of her murder. >> we will cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities. we will stop illegal immigration. >> reporter: there are more than 300 u.s. cities and counties that limit their cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. several mayers all dem-- mayors all democrats plab to defy president-elect trump. chicago's rawm emmanuel.

city. >> reporter: new york's bill de blasio. >> we are not going to sacrifice a half million people who live monk us. >> reporter: los angeles police chief charlie beck recently made headlines when he said it's not his department's job to help deport people. >> if your job is to enforce the law, why would you not cooperate with efforts to remove people who are here illegally. >> it is not the primary job of local law enforcement to enforce civil or federal laws. i think it would break down the connections that we have with immigrant communities. >> reporter: sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate could lose billions of dollars in federal funding. washington d.c. mayor mur yel bowser could lose-- muriel bowser could lose 20% of her budget. >> his immigration stance could make his new hometown less staff. >> reporter: the police chief in los angeles says if the officers become an immigration force, they will lose the trust of immigrant communities. and the fear is that people will

ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> quijano: up next, california prepares for the next

>> quijano: scientists are warning of a new earthquake danger in california officials aren't taking any chances. nearly 1200 emergency responders took part in a massive earthquake descril last-- drill last week. mir a ya villarreal has the story. >> reporter: a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits california and the clock is ticking. national guardsmen are working to pull a trapped man from an elevator shaft while a especially-- specially trained dog searches force survivors, this is mentd to prepare them

want to be the best prepared, best trained and most efficient as upon. >> but these extreme scenarios could easily become reality. u.u sgs scientists recently discover that two of the country's most dangerous faults once thought to be at least two miles a part are actually connected creating one massive 118 mile long fault. using this acoustic device they confirm that the hayward fault meets the rogers creek fault in the shallow waters of san pablo bay near san francisco. >> the larger a fault the larger the earthquake can produce. it would be up to a magnitude 7.4. >> what kind of damage are we talking about here. >> more damage than hurricane katrina in terms of loss. >> reporter: in 1906 the great quake leveled entire san francisco neighborhoods killing thousands. in 1989 the loma prieta quake killed 63 people and caused $6 billion in damage. >> folks in the bay area need to

earthquake. >> the team is trying to predict the future by studying when perth quakes appeared in the past and how often. when an earthquake occurs the sediments on the fault line shifts which creates a time stamp in the mud. one watt's team drops down the teams. the cores are pulled from the water and cut. >> sliced open. >> wow. >> awesome. >> and photographed. >> you can think of it as looking down through time. we can find a d flat layers on top and then the layers that are offset we can bracket the age of when that earthquake happened on that fault. >> watt's research will help scientists better understand these two faults as their potential for damage makes emergency presentation like this even more essential. cbs news, california. >> quijano: still ahead, faith and flying, they go

>> quijano: faith and flying go hand-in-hand. just boarding a plane are you putting faith in t p but marlie hall found religious acts of faith are becoming more common at america's airports where a chapels help travelers stay grounded before they fly. >> faissal el ansari is flying to morocco for business. his nearly 12 hour journey began here at the islamic center at john f kennedy international airport. >> by doing this, i'm fulfilling

is filled with travel ares and airport employees. imam ahmed-- ahmet yuceturk said attendance is growing. >> for muslims it it is very porntd to have a space like this so they can go inside without disturbing anybody, pray, connect with good and go on their way. >> reporter: more than half of the nation's busiest airports have a dedicated space for worship. most are interfaithed but here at jfk, there are four separate chapels, one for each major religion. the islamic center, a synagogue and a catholic and protestant terminal four. father christian piasta heads up the katd lick chapel our ladies of the skies. >> there say full-fledged congregation here. >> yes. well, jfk is a city that employs about 36,000 employees, that's bigger than many parishes. >> reporter: but the father spends most of his team reaching out to passengers on the go. he calls it sweeping the terminal. >> i'm looking for any sign of

drekszs-- directions, others need more. >> people are very stressed when they enter the airport. and we find that the chapel is a place where they can find some peace. >> and for many travelers, it's time well spent. marlie hall, cbs news, new york. >> quijano: when we return, we'll take you where the buffalo

>> quijano: we close tonight in the black hills of south dakota where it was roundup time for a heard of buffalo, some of which were auctioned off this weekend. chip reid saddled up for this report. >> reporter: the earth rumbled as 1100 buffalo stampede across the south dakota prairie wile about 60 volunteer cowboys and cow tbirls ride herd including-- 81 year old bob lynn. >> i don't care who, two people.

charging, you ain't riding. this spur jingling, chaps-wearing buckaroo has participated in the nation's biggest buffalo roundup of its kind for the past 45 years. so what's the best part of the roundup, bob. >> well, to me it's the run is the, we're actually pushing the buffalo and they're running just as hard as they can run, we're running as hard as we can run. it is an adrenaline kick, i will tell you that >> reporter: a lot of fun, yes. but a buffalo can weigh 2,000 pounds and some of them have an attitude. just ask first timer chris richgels. >> i had a bull turn and come at me on my horse and we had to boogie out there of pretty quick it made for an memorable event. >> reporter: more than 30 million buffalo once roamed the u.s. but in the 1800st they were slaughtered by pioneers, almost to extinction. today one of the country's

state park home. there is a purpose to this roundup. >> very definitely. >> it's for the health of the herd. >> health of the herd, to hold the herd in a manageable number so that they don't overgraiz the land. >> reporter: after the roundup, they're vaccinated, calfs are branded and some cows are sold. for landis it never gets old. >> when you quit doing the thing that you like to do, you're going to die. >> for this co good, long life means making your home where the buffalo roam. chip reid, cbs news in the black his of south dakota. >> quijano: magnificent. that's the cbs weekend news for this sunday. later on cbs, "60 minutes." the news continues now on our streaming channel, cbsn at cbs news.com. i'm elaine quijano in new york. for all of us at cbs news, thank

the first time since an air ambulance tragedy. why the pilot is being called a hero despite the lost of four lives. ((denise valdez)) and... some parts of the valley already seeing some scattered showers earlier today. could this weather affect your holiday plans this week? meteorologist katie boer explains. ((denise valdez)) plus... the holiday season is well underway with stores starting to bust at the seams. a look at how ms holiday shopping season./// "now, live...this is 8 news now weekend edition." ((denise valdez)) spotty showers today -- and it's not over yet. more wet weather is headed to the valley. meterologist katie boer is here with when we could see the next round of rain. katie? ((katie boer))

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