you back at six. the cbs week news is next. we have updates on kpix.com. stay warm. 2,000-mile stretch of the u.s. as the last weekend of autumn get buried in a deep freeze. >> oh, my god! >> miller: also tonight, it's expected to be a bigger shopping day than black friday and cyber monday. how are holiday sales ringing up on this super saturday? california's battle over self-driving cars. they're on the roads despite orders to stop. and the farewell to an american hero. >> i think john defined what it meant to be an american what, we were about. >> miller: thousands attend a memorial service for former astronaut and senator john glenn.

this is the "cbs weekend news." >> miller: good evening. i'm michelle miller with a western edition of the broadcast. for millions heading home for the holidays, or out shopping, today was not a good day to be on the roads. a huge wave of snow and ice stretched from the rockies across the the midwest into new england. jamie yuccas shows us how the last weekend of fall is sliding dangerously into winter. >> reporter: icy roads caused wipeouts. even this tractor trailer to spin out and burst into flames near baltimore. >> yo! >> miller: of. >> reporter: nearby, at least 60 cars were involved in a peal up. dangerous conditions caused accidents from north carolina to new mexico pain half a foot of snow blanketed the twin cities metro area saturday morning. hi, sir.

how are you. making driving difficult even for hardy minnesotans like tom sima. how are the roads? >> bad. >> reporter: how bad? >> well, pretty bad. so we just have to slow down. >> reporter: officers say there were almost 500 crashes on minnesota roads. now that the snow has stopped, new danger is moving, in extreme cold. becky ousley is preparing for temperatures that feel like 40y degrees below zero. what precautions do you take? >> getting gas. i have a quarter of a tank so the closer are you to a quarter tank of gas the more likely it won't freeze. >> reporter: today's temperatures aren't much lower than last night's lows. in tulsa, oklahoma, fire officials warned against unsafe heating after a fire killed an elderly woman. >> turned all the gas burners on, and they set a fan next to it to blow that heat into the living room. >> reporter: on the west coast, heavy rains caused

mudslides in the los angeles area. people there are still struggling to clean up. just as the holiday rush is getting under way, more than 2,000 flights were either canceled or delayed saturday morning across the country. here in minneapolis, they're expecting their coldest temperatures in december in more than 16 years. the temperature is expected to drop to more than 20 degrees below zero. michelle. >> moderator: thank you, jamie yuccas. well, despite the weather, retailers say today could turn out to be the busiest shopping day of the holiday season. tony dokoupil has more on supersaturday. >> reporter: the day after thanksgiving is famous for attracting hordes of deal-hungry holiday shoppers, but this year, black friday may lose to another big day in retail. this is super saturday, the last full weekend day of shopping before christmas morning. more than 155 million people, a full two-thirds of the country, are considering or planning to shop today, according to a survey by the national retail federation. that's larger than the group's estimate for black friday.

but sarah quinlan, who analyzes retail data from master card advisers, thinks an even bigger sales day may still be ahead. so it seems to be a battle between the early birds and the procrastinators and the procrastinators are winning? >typically, the procrastinators win. we typically are last-minute people. and that is absolutely true of men because jewelry sales are the biggest on the last day before christmas. >> reporter: 90% of americans still have shopping to do. more than half of the shoppers surveyed say they plan to snap up last-minute gifts online, adding to what's expected to be a record surge in ne-commerce. arctic air and heaps of snow may keep some shoppers away, and annualests say chilly weather could drive apparel sales. and, michelle, the shopping doesn't end on christmas day, nearly half of those surveyed say they plan to get up and shop the morning after. >> miller: i bet they will. tony dokoupil, thank you. this weekend officials in california are locked in a

battle against uber and its driverless cars. here's carter evans. >> the same day oouber's self-driving vehicles hilt the streets, the d.m.v. told drivers to put them in park saying it's illegal until the company receives an autonomous vehicle testing permit. on a call friday, anthony levandowski, the head of uber's advanced technology group, said its cars will stay on the road without a permit. >> reporter: uber says it's already following state law because there's someone behind the wheel of its self-driving cars, ready to take over. the company compares its technology to tesla's self-driving autopilot feature. >> what we have now is a legal battle to determine is this really a self-driving car? >> reporter: attorney jessica levinson is a professor at loyola law school. >> what we see here is uber trying to press the limits, as they do in many areas and trying

to say, this law doesn't apply to us. and if you want a law that does apply to us, you need to go back and rewrite one. >> reporter: late friday, the california attorney general's office told uber if it doesn't get its self-driving cars off the road immediately, it will end up in court. michelle, uber has not respond. >> miller: wow, carter evans, thank you. president-elect trump has nominated south carolina congressman mick mulvaney as his budget director. mulvaney came to washington as part of the tea party movement in 2010. mr. trump wants to put him in charge of moving his spending proposals through congress. in recent days, the trump transition has been overshadowed by allegations of russian interference in the presidential election. here's errol barnett. ♪ ♪ ♪ sweet home alabama >> reporter: president-elect donald trump concluded his thank you tour today in mobile, alabama. >> i just want to thank you. this is our last stop, and i'll tell you what. there is no better place to

celebrate than right here. okay. ( cheers and applause ) so thank you. >> reporter: mr. trump avoided any mention of russian hacks during the election, which intelligence officials said this week were devised to aid his campaign. >> not much happens in russia without vladimir putin. >> reporter: those attacks were the main topic of president obama's final press conference of the year in which he once again vowed to respond, noting the russian president has been warned. >> in early september, when i saw president piewt nin china, i felt that the most effective way to ensure that, that didn't happen, was to talk to him directly. and tell him to cut it out. >> reporter: in a memo to c.i.a. staff friday, director john brennan said he, f.b.i. director james comey, and director of national intelligence james clapper, are all on the same page about russian interference and that the intent was, in part, to boost trump once he wasn't republican nomination.

during the campaign, trump was criticized for cozying up to russia. >> wouldn't it be nice if we actually got along with russia? >> reporter: president obama said trump's pro-russian stance has led to an increase in popularity of the russian president among some republican voters now, president obama has less than five weeks to order any response to the russian hacks before president-elect trump's inauguration. the president has ordered a full report on election-related hacking before he leaves office. michelle, senate republicans are planning their own inquiry into the kremlin's motivations. >> miller: errol barnett, thank you. dr. henry heimlich died today in cincinnati. he was famous, of course, for invent, the heimlich maneuver, which has saved countless people from choking. earlier this year, heimlich himself saved a woman choking on food at his senior living center. dr. henry heimlich was 96. in columbus, ohio, today thousands watched the funeral

procession for former astronaut and senator john glenn. a memorial service was also held for the first american to orbit the earth. john glenn died last week at the age of 95. he will be laid to rest next spring in arlington national cemetery. in sir qatoday, rebel groups and government forces reached another agreement to allow people to evacuate aleppo as it falls back under the control of the assad regime. jonathan vigliotti has the latest. >> reporter: video released by the syrian army showed buses arriving to shuttle civilians out of eastern aleppo. the new cease-fire deal comes one day after a previous deal fell to violence. the shelling began friday afternoon. , the assad regime and rebel fighters accused each other of opening fire.

caught in the crossfire, a steady stream of vehicles packed with people, including ambulances that carried out the injured. but when the violence began, the evacuation came to a halt. the cease-fire crumbled after both sides disagreed on the evacuation of two additional villages outside aleppo. this video purports to show people confused after being denied entry into the safe zone. both towns are now included in today's deal. as many as 9,000 civilians and rebel fighters reached safety before yesterday's shellings, include suad hamso. "our homes, everything, is gone," she said. she is homeless but lucky. thousands more are still weighting to escape. hamso is among at least a dozen people who arrived at the turkish border today. michelle, turkish authorities are expecting that number to grow into the tens of thousands as evacuations continue.

>> miller: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. pope francis celebrated his 80th birthday today in typical low-key fashion. he had breakfast with a group of homeless people and shared pastries from argentina. he sent pastries and gifts to soup kitchens and shelters across rome. well, coming up next, a college student who was stranded with her boyfriend in a mountain snowbank tells us her survival story.

>> miller: a college student got lost with her boyfriend lafd weekend in blizzard conditions near the top of new york state's second highest mountain. i met her near albany this week, where she shared her remarkable story of survival. >> we just started plummeting down into, like, endless snow. >> reporter: list no way up. there's no way town. what goes through your mind? >> we were terrified. i think that's only thing that i was thinking. it didn't feel real. >> reporter: madison popolizio and her boyfriend, blake alois,

are experienced hikers. their climb started out fine. but the next two days, trapped in a snowed bank, would be a brutal test of will. >> i was freezing. the fall push all of the snow up my jacket into my gloves, in my boat. i was covered in snow. >> reporter: madison says she owes her life to blake. he looked after you. >> yeah. i told him i can't really feel my legs anymore. i can't feel my feet. and his first insterchg-- i'm sorry-- was to take his bag that was full of our supplies and our fluid and to dump it out and to pull it around my legs so i could stay warm. >> reporter: without him. >> without him i never would have made it. >> reporter: what did he say to you to keep you going? >> he told me how much he loved me. and what our lives were going to be like when we got out. >> reporter: for two freezing days and nights, rescue crews search almost around the clock in four feet of snow, including

ranger scott van laer. >> there was a lot worse weather come, a lot colder weather. >> reporter: by that time, madison says, she and blairng hallucinating, seeing and hearing things that just weren't there until they heard this. >> i looked at him and i was like, "did you hear that?" and he was like, "yeah, i heard that one." and he both just started screaming. >> we couldn't see hem, we heard their voice, especially heard her voice. it just shot right through the air. >> it was like an angel coming for us. the first thing i can remember was him saying that we're going to make it out of here. >> yes! >> how are your toes? are you in pain? >> reporter: on saturday, blake got out of hospital. he still could lose some toes to frostbite. >> we accepted, you know, we might lose things, some toes, fingers. i asked him if he would still think i was pretty if i didn't have any feet. and he was like, "you could lose both feet, both your legs, both your arms and you'd still be the prettiest girl in the world. the.

>> reporter: but mad i says they never considered the worst. >> we made an agreement early on when we got trapped that neither one of us could die because we couldn't leave the other one alone. and after that, death wasn't an option. it wasn't a subject for us. it just wasn't. >> moderator: well, madison is still struggling to walk because of the proft bite on her feet, and blairk now at home, can't put any prosch his. they both may have fractured teeth from violently chattering from the cold, and they're planning to get in touch with their rescuers, those who risked their own lives to save them. up next, a little girl battling cancer and the gift that's helping her feel better about herself.

>> miller: when people undergo chemotherapy, it can be traumatic to lose their hair. this can be especially tough for children. marlie hall introduceses us to a

little girl fighting cancer who received a very special gift to make her feel better. >> keep pushing me, mom! >> reporter: six-year-old jaryanna miranda is undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with luke last summer, and she's worried about going back to school. >> i do not want to go to school bald. i'm scared of what people might say. >> reporter: her mother searched for a wig that would match her daughter's dark-brown curly hair but couldn't find a good fit. the family couldn't afford to spend $700 to make one custom. how did you discover that need? >> the requests kept coming. >> reporter: celebrity airstylist hadiiya barbell specializes in making custom wigs for girls like jaryanna, whose hair is curly. every year she donates one to a child in need. >> for me it's, like, the little celebrities are the little girls in my chair now that are going through some sort of hair crisis. look at that face! how are you? >> reporter: this year, she chose jaryanna. >> ready?

let's see. let's see what's going to happen over here. >> reporter: jaryanna met with hadiiya and her team for a consultation. then they went to work to make jaryanna's wig look as natural as possible. so how excite read you to get your hair today? >> very excited. >> reporter: she came back for one last fitting. >> the drum is rolling. >> reporter: hadiiya trimmed the wig to frame jaryanna's face and made final adjustments, and then it was done. >> feel comfortable? >> reporter: although she's still getting chemotherapy, jaryanna is now looking forward to going back to school in january to show off a gift that will help her fit in. >> love it. >> yeah. >> reporter: marlie hall, cbs news, new york. >> miller: picture perfect. and we'll be right back.

>> miller: in sacramento, california, hundreds of families are getting new puppies and kittens for the holidays thanks

to a very generous woman. chris martinez has that story. >> reporter: you'll find a surplus of smiles at the front street animal shelter thanks to a not-so-secret santa. >> hi, sweetie! >> reporter: kim pacini says it all began with a simple idea. >> i couldn't believe that there were 1,000 animals here that were waiting for adoption. andy i said, well, then i'm going to sponsor to empty this shelter. >> reporter: she posted this video to facebook, announcing her plan to cover the $20 adoption fee for every animal for the entire month. it went viral overnight. >> the next morning, there were 250 people out here. >> reporter: the lines haven't let up since. in just the first two weeks, nearly 600 animals found new homes. >> you want to give him another hug? >> reporter: including this dog named mellow. >> good boy! >> we've been thinking about getting a dog, but that really pushed us over the edge to come and bring a dog home. >> reporter: the response has been so overwhelming, other area shelters are now bringing their animals here to meet the demand. >> it's been like a month of

black friday. the beauty of it is they're not going out to buy a tv or a game system. they're here to save lives. >> you're so welcome! >> thank you so much! >> reporter: kim says she never dreamed her idea would lead to so many adoptions you're so lucky! >> reporter: she hopes her gift will inspire others to follow her lead. >> my heart is so full. i told my husband the other day, i don't think i've ever been this happy in my whole life. >> reporter: chris martinez, cbs news, sacramento. >> miller: wow, an investment in charity that just keeps on giving. when we come back, after the oakland warehouse tragedy, a story of undying love.

>> miller: the story of a woman who lost the love of her love this month in the oakland fire. a photographer has given her a priceless gift. >> reporter: griffin madden and his girlfriend, saya

tomioka, loved to dance on rooftops and in nightclubs. but just before midnight on december 2, the dancing stopped. griffin was trapped inside the massive warehouse fire in oakland, california. 36 people died, including griffin. saya was not there. in her grief, she remembered a moment the two shared in new york last year. they had just seen can "the book of mormon" on broadway. on facebook she wrote, "the city was so beautiful, and amidst all light, i got to look at the brightest light of all, my sweetie. i cried, and we cizzed." a photographer nearby captured the moment, saya's red lipstick still on griffin's cheek. >> they looked like nobody else existed. >> reporter: arken avan took the photo. it was one of 200,000 he's taken on the streets of new york but for saya this became everything. after the fire, she tried to track down the photographer to

get a copy. "maybe some facebook miracle could happen. please share, "she wrote. thousands of people did. avan saw the post and sent goodocdiacandoe "cbsurday.ter ot

in the wake of oakland's dey "ghost ship" fire.. occupants of another east b art warehous doing the job they're supposed to do. >> in the wake of oakland's deadly ghost ship fire, occupants of another east bay warehouse are getting their walking papers tonight. >> some price let fleet goes up in flames as a fire relationships through the home of a bay area vintage car collection. >> and a new twist on a holiday crime -- instead of putting things in the boxes, she's taking things out. . good evening. >> we begin, though, with the weather tonight. the big chill in the bay area on the way for tonight with the coldest overnight lows tomorrow. we did no better than low 50s

for highs today. and that's why holiday shoppers in the south bay were bundled up for bargain hunting as they headed into the miles. frost and flood warning still in effect for the second night in a row. . . overnight lows will be down to 25, 27 in livermore. san francisco looks warm, at 39. and if you are looking for a warming trend, there's one on the way, but that will be after the coldest night yet in the bay area. now, there's breaking news out of los angeles county that could be weather-related. one person is ted, several others hurt after a large tree fell on a wedding party. happened just before 5:00 in wittier, a little north of l.a.. emergency crews remain on the scene now. it isn't clear what caused the tree to come down, but they did get a hot of rain in the area yesterday. back here in the bay area thieves are looking for extra opportunities to swipe packages and mail in one