>> axelrod: tonight, another brutal execution by isis. the u.s. condemns the beheading of one japanese hostage and calls for the release of another. holly williams on the terror group's latest demands. the year's first major winter storm in the northeast leafs a snowy and slushy mess in its wake, and eric fisher says it's even bigger storm is on the way. patriots coach bill belichick calls a surprise news conference to say his team's done nothing wrong. >> we feel like we followed the rules of the game to the letter. >> axelrod: anna werner with the latest on deflate-gate. >> ernie banks got number 500! >> axelrod: and remembering "mr. cub" ernie banks. dean reynolds on the slugger who broke down barriers and becameer one of baseball's most beloved stars. captioning sponsored by cbs

this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. and this is the western edition of our broadcast. it appears tonight that isis may have slaughtered another hostage. this time the victim would be japanese, one of two japanese men who have been held by the terror group. earlier this week, isis released a familiar-looking video, an isis militant with the hostages demanding $200 million for their release. then today, this image was released, purportedly showing one of the hostages holding a picture of the other decapitated. we should point out, this picture has yet to be authenticated, but the white house has condemned the killing. holly williams picks up the story. >> reporter: the image posted online today appears to show kenji goto, a japanese journalist, captured by isis holding up a gruesome photo of his murdered compatriot, haruna yukawa. but isis has not released a video showing a beheading taking place as it's done after

executing other hostages. isis vowed to kill both japanese men on tuesday unless their government paid a $200 million milli ransom within 72 hours. yukawa described himself as a private security contractor before he was captured by isis in august. kenji goto is an experienced reporter who, according to his friends and family, went to syria late last year to try to rescue yukawa. this is the first time isis has openly demanded ransom money though the group is believed to have made $20 million from its trade in hostages last year alone. the japanese prime minister shinzo abe described the new image today as outrageous and unforgivable, but his government has declined to say whether it would consider paying for the release of japanese citizens.

in tokyo on friday, kenji goto's mother said she wanted the japanese government to pay the ransom and appealed to the extremists to release her son. instead, his fate is unknown and isis claims haruna yukawa has become the latest of its hostages to be beheaded. that image posted online today was accompanied by an audio recording which it's claimed is c kenji goto saying that isis is now willing to swap him for a failed female suicide bombere being held in a prison in jordan. jim.an. >> axelrod: holly, thank you. y five weeks into winter, the northeast got its first real taste of it today. while it was a few inches of snow and slush in the new york city area, parts of new england got a foot of snow, and just as this system clears out, a major winter storm may well be moving in. eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz.

and, eric, whatever people are dealing with in the northeast today is nothing compared to to what's coming. >> just an appetizer event. it's been a nearly snowless winter for a lot of those northeast cities, things about to change in a big way. we're tracking an alberta clipper. we're tra it will slide on to the east through sunday spreading snow across the mid-atlantic. up to a half foot possible, even snow that will make its way down to kentucky, 10 see, and maybe north carolina as we head into suspected night. as it moves towards the coast it really starts to crank and we're look at potentially a major nor'easter something we have not seen this winter, highlightings major snow downeast maine through boston, new york city need to monitor this storm carefully. really looking at the time frame monday through wednesday here, jim, so it's a storm that won't just move on by. it's going to stick around for a while with strong winds and the potential for coastal flooding. >> axelrod: eric fisher with the weather picture. thank you.

world leaders are on their way to saudi arabia this weekend to pay respects to the late king abdullah. among the mourners prince charles and prime minister david cameron of england, as well as french president francois hollande. abdullah died two days ago at the age of 90. president obama will head to saudi arabia next week to meet with the country's new leader king salman. the president will leave from india, a country he is traveling to right now. major garrett is in new delhi tonight. major, this was a change to the itinerary the u.s. had to make. >> reporter: that's right, jim. the white house is still smarting from criticism it failed to send significant administration officials to paris for that million-strong antiterrorism unity rally. and while the death of saudi arabia's king abdullah isn't the same kind of event, the white house could not afford any perception that it mishandled the protocol or expectations in the region. the president missed king abdullah's funeral and was scheduled to spend a good part of his day tuesday at the taj mahal but playing tourist at one of the seven wonders of the world instead of flying to

riyadh to pay respects to the saudi royal family or engage in conversations on economic and ing security issues would have been perceived at home and abroad as a bigger diplomatic fumble than paris. >> axelrod: major, what makes-s the u.s.-saudi relationship so important that the president had to go? >> reporter: well, saudi arabia, of course, is a huge player in the global energy markets, jim and also over the past decade has significantly improved its intelligence sharing and counter-terrorism cooperation with the united states. it also shares a border with yemen and the collapse of the saudi-backed yemeni government there and the future of u.s. counter-terrorism operations against al qaeda and arabian peninsula based in yemen is sure to be a topic of ongoingbian conversations. the saudi kingdom say counter- weight against iran, and is providing training facilitiesag for moderate rebels the u.s. hopes will eventually do battle against the assad regime and isis. >> axelrod: major garrett assad reporting tonight from new delhi. thank you.

the crisis in ukraine escalated today with a rocket attack that killed dozens. it happened in the port city of mariupol, now a crucial target for the russian-backed rebels who rejected a peace deal with the government of ukraine yesterday. here's charlie d'agata. >> reporter: chaos struck in a matter of minutes, shattering the calm of the wintry saturday morning in mariupol.iu out of nowhere, rockets slammed into residential neighborhoods markets, even schools. bodies lay strewn on the streets. ukrainian officials said more than three dozen people were killed, 100 or more wounded. "people were laying on the floor and they weren't moving," said this resident. "many more carried away and the wounded needed help to walk." the assault came after russian- cam backed rebels announced the start of a new offensive to take over more territory. mariupol is a strategic targetegic

t the biggest city between mainland russia and the crimean peninsula it took over last year. this week, in the rebel-held city of donetsk, mortars struck a crowded bus stop, killing at least 13 people. russian president vladimir putin put the blame for that attack on ukraine, the new russian-backed offensive diminishing hopes that falling oil prices and tougher sanctions might have persuaded putin to stabilize the situation. a september cease-fire never really took hold. international observers now estimate that more than 5,000 people have been killed in the conflict, and the bloodshed has returned to levels not seen since the peak of fighting last summer. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> axelrod: norad scrambled two fighter jets today escorting two passenger planes to safe landings in atlanta. bomb threats against the flights were posted on twitter but on

investigators have now determined there were no bombs. the coach of the new england patriots, bill belichick, is known for hating losing distractions, and news conferences, and not always in that order. but he called a news conference today to try to clear up what's become the biggest of all super bowl distractions this year-- deflate-gate. anna werner is at the patriotste. headquarters in foxborough. >> reporter: in the midst of the brewing scandal, patriots coach bill belichick called reporters in yet again to defend himself and his team. >> at no time was there any intent whatsoever to try to compromise the integrity of the game or to gain an advantage. >> reporter: belichick said he team staff, and players have spent several days this week running their own study of the process they used to prepare footballs for game days and how that process may have affected inflation of the footballs. the nfl confirmed yesterday that 11 of 12 of the patriots' game balls used in the a.f.c.

championship game last sunday were under-inflated and the league is investigating. belichick said the team's study found the preparation process can affect inflation. what does he mean by "preparations?" former patriots backup quarterback, now wbz boston radio host scott zolak, gave us a demonstration yesterday. >> what we would do is take that and rub-- shoe polish brush or scrub brush and grind that down like this. quarterbacks don't like it too pointy so we push the ends in, into the ground. >> reporter: and that's because?nd >> we would deflate it some because you want it more oblonge so you can cut the air and spin it through the air. >> reporter: belichick's explanations today made him sound more like a science teacher than a football coach. f >> the situation is the t preparation of the ball caused the ball to i would say be artificially high in p.s.i., and then it reached its equilibrium at some point later on, you know, an hour, two hours into the game, and at that level wasan

below what was set in this climatic condition. >> reporter: but all the explanations still don't answer why the colts' footballs reportedly had no inflation problems. many commentators said what a strange news conference. at one point belichick made a reference to the movie "my cousin vinny," saying, "i'm not a scientist." cousin or "no mona lisa vito," a reference to a character in the movie who is a car expert. >> axelrod: anna werner, thank you. some potential republican candidates for president are sharing the stage today at something called the iowa freedom summit in des moines. it is billed as the first big event of the 2016 campaign. our political director john dickerson is there, and, john, this is a meeting of the most conservative wing of the republican party there, and yet the spotlight is on a moderate. you can tell me about that? >> reporter: that's right. the folks in the audience here

>> reporter: the folks in the audience here represent the real grass roots of the conservative movement. i talked to lots of people from various tea parties across the state of iowa and they're here to hear ted cruz and scott walker but chris christie is showing up. some of the people i talked to do not like chris christie. they say he's too moderate but he's coming here today to try to define himself with this important group and try to dispel some of those fears about him. >> axelrod: you have been in iowa all week. what have you seen? >> reporter: in the conversations i've had here in iowa the pace has really quickened. the rest of the country the election is not for two years but the caucus here in iowa, the first important contest of the nominating process for republicans is a year away, and to give you a sense of how tough the competition is, in conversations with people who are trying to get jeb bush elected president and people who are trying to get chris christie elected, they've given me the list of the people they've signed up, and some of the people each side said they've signed up are the same people so there are going to be some awkward conversations ahead. >> axelrod: cbs news political director john dickerson in des

moines, where campaign 2016 already seems to be under way. john, thank you. >> reporter: thanks, jim. >> axelrod: a rape trial rocks vanderbilt university, and annd n.b.a. player makes history scoring more than three points per minute for an entire quarter when the "cbs evening news" continues. continues. ♪ people with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar ask your doctor about farxiga. it's a different kind of medicine that works by removing some sugar from your body. along with diet and exercise farxiga helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. with one pill a day, farxiga helps lower your a1c. and, although it's not a weight-loss or blood-pressure drug farxiga may help you lose weight and may even lower blood pressure when used with certain diabetes medicines. do not take if allergic to farxiga or its ingredients. symptoms of a serious allergic reaction

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>> axelrod: finally tonight, it was a sweltering summer's day in chicago when ernie banks walked into the cub's locker room. given the 105-degree temperature most of his teammates had the look of not wanting to play even one game-- one game. banks broke into a big smile and chirped, "let's play two." ernie banks died last night in chicago at the age of 83. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: news of the chicago cub's most painful loss landed heavily at wrigley field where number 14 is enshrined forever in the hearts and minds of fans and friends. ernie banks came to the cubs in 1953, the first african american on the team. and he lived to be, without question, the greatest ballpark in the history of the club. ( cheers ) >> thatta boy, ernie. >> reporter: 512 home runs in 19 seasons, twice vote the national league's most valuable player. he was a first ballot election to baseball's hall of fame and

a medal of freedom recipient from president obama. president obama who said today that banks was famous not just for his exploits on the field but for "his optimism and his love of the game." >> come on! >> reporter: i can't keep up with you. >> come on! >> reporter: those qualities were on display when we interviewed the 83-year-old "mr. cub" last april on the occasion of wrigley field's 100th birthday. do you think there will be a 200th birthday of wrigley field? >> yes, wrigley field is a friendly confine that will be here forever. it's the friendly confines, and it will be here forever. >> reporter: well, it was banks who surely put the friendly in the friendly comfine. ♪ the cubs are on their way hey, hey ♪ >> reporter: his irrepressible personality and let's play two attitude help carry the cubs through decades of disappointment during and after his playing days. he experienced only six winning seasons in his career and never

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