ns ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> ninan: the president's search for voter fraud. >> this is an outrageous violation of citizens' privacy rights. >> ninan: nearly two dozen states refuse to turn over voters' personal data. ( gunfire ) also tonight, a shooting inside an arkansas nightclub leaves dozens wounded, while a doctor in new york shoots up the hospital where he used to work. lo dead bodies and blood all .ver. >> ninan: up in smoke. sin city legalizes recreational pot sales. and, hong kong marks 20 years of chinese rule with fireworks. and protest. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening.

i'm reena ninan. this is the western edition of the broadcast. president trump's effort to expose alleged voting fraud in last year's election is running into a brick wall. the president has insisted that three to five million illegal votes were cast for hillary clinton, helping her win the popular vote but not the presidency. and he's appointed a presidential commission to try to prove it. paula reid has details. >> reporter: the president began his holiday weekend with a flight to his golf resort in bedminster, new jersey, and it didn't take long for the tweets to begin. he resumed his attacks on the media and his feud with cable host joe scarborough and mika brezinski. "crazy joe scarborough and dumb as a rock mika are not bad people, but their low-rated show has bad bosses. too bad." the president criticized states failing to turn over voter information, asking, "what are they trying to hide?" >> when you look at the people

who are registered-- dead, illegal, in two states, in some cases maybe three states, we have a lot to look into. >> reporter: the president set up a commission to find these illegal votes. last week it requested that every state provide voter role data, including addresses, dates of birth, political party, even ster history dating back to p06. iae backlash was swift. vice president mike pence's home state of indiana refused, saying the law doesn't permit the secretary of state to provide the personal information requested. and utah's republican lieutenant governor called it "protected data" that he wouldn't turn over because there has been no evidence of voter fraud in his state. >> this is an outrageous violation of citizens' privacy rights. >> reporter: virginia governor terry mcauliffe told cbs news that virginia will be among the more than 20 states refusing to hand over sensitive voter files. >> we will not let donald trump ond his right-wing extremists use this as some covert plan to get data to make it harder for people to vote. we won't stand for it. >> reporter: this is a working oeekend for the president.

this evening he will return to washington, where he will give a speech at an event honoring veterans. uren he'll return here to new jersey to spend the next few days with his wife melania and son barron. reena? >> ninan: thank you, paula. a lot of people in new jersey will be looking for a new place to celebrate the fourth of july. state parks and beaches were closed down after the state legislature failed to agree on a budget. and new jersey isn't alone. maine is also in the midst of a partial government shutdown. and illinois hasn't had a budget in three years. ihe search is on for the gunman who opened fire inside a packed nightclub in little rock, arkansas. ( gunfire ) ten the smoke cleared, 25 people were shot and three others hurt in the melee. two remain in critical condition. winnie wright of our little rock affiliate is at the scene. >> reporter: little rock police ute calling it a mass shooting. at least two dozen people are injured after shots rang out in hte packed downtown little rock power ultra lounge nightclub, ( gunfire )

around 2:30 saturday morning. alice were left scrambling, following witnesses and victims to at least four nearby hospitals, one of those victims only 16 years old. >> this does appear to be a continuation of disputes from some of our local groups, who have been disputing some of the things playing out in our rreets, that have resulted in otive-by shootings and other shooting victims, a few of which we have warrants for arrests. >> reporter: the arkansas hverage control board has suspended the club's license to "preserve public health and asfety," saying the fact that fomeone underage was in the club is "of great concern." finese 2tymes was giving a concert on the second floor of the club when shots rang out. police have yet to release a suspected or a motive in this case. reena, back to you in new york. >> ninan: we're also learning new details tonight about the shooting at a new york hospital that left one victim dead and six others wounded.

.he shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. roxana saberi reports. >> all available units come to borough rogue 7. tsl available units to the perimeter, please. >> reporter: investigators trying the piece together what motivated friday's deadly rampage at the hospital. >> it was an horrific day for our hospital and the community. es reporter: authorities say dr. henry bello had resigned from the medical center in 2015 after just six months amid allegations of sexual harassment. the "new york daily news" is reporting that just two hours before the shooting, bello emailed the paper and said the hospital told him he was terminated because of an altercation was a nurse, and because he threatened a colleague. he called these complaints "bogus." evspital spokesman errol schneer: >> there was no warning whatsoever that he would return or that he would ever take this type of action. >> reporter: but a former colleague reportedly said after bello was fired, he promised he'd come back to kill. police say bello entered the

hospital, hiding this a.m.-15 rifle under a white lab coat. t i heard, pop, pop, pop, and ren i heard, that it's like everybody was screaming and running and getting down. >> reporter: patient darlene thomas was in her hospital bed when the shots rang out. she says some hospital staff barricaded the door. c it's supposed to be a safe place. you come here to get care and to be safe, you know. and something like this happens, it's very sad. >> reporter: the hospital says the family medicine doctor who was killed, dr. tracy tam, was there that day only because she was covering a shift. the hospital says the medical center checks employees badges before they enter, but the shooter looked "perfectly normal" walking in wearing a lab coat. the n.y.p.d. is investigating how he got in and who he was targeting. reena? m ninan: thanks, roxana. defense secretary james mattis says the military won't start accepting transgender recruits

until next january at the dmrliest. under the obama administration, the armed services were supposed en be ready to start accepting transgender recruits today. the delay will not affect transgender service members already in the military. there's a new legal vice in las vegas starting today. marijuana dispensaries across nevada are allowed to sell recreational pot. the silver state is now the fifth in the nation where pot can be legally purchased. chris martinez has the story. h a lot of excited people here. >> reporter: with a midnight eolebration fit for independence day, people in nevada ushered in a new freedom. some waited outside essence dispensary on the las vegas strip for more than five hours to make their first legal pot purchase. >> it's finally, you know, here. it's been a long fight for us all. >> this is going to definitely ting a lot of money for the enonomy, a lot of revenue. da reporter: nevada voters ovproved recreational pot, allowing marijuana sales to begin this weekend.

anyone 21 or older with a valid i.d. can buy up to one ounce of marijuana, or one eighth of an ounce of edibles. stores won't be allowed to sell pibles that look like lollipops or products marketed to children. and pot can only be smoked in private homes, not in public, making it off limits in hotels and casinos. that could be tough on tourists who are expected to make up more than 60% of nevada's marijuana customers. nevada state senator tick segerblom thinks alternatives will be needed for out-of-town guests, to keep pace with the high times ahead. >> bed and breakfasts, hotels, renting out golf courses, renting out restaurants. there are all kinds of ideas out there. >> reporter: meantime, las vegas police say they'll be watching for people using pot illegally in public, a first offense carries a $600 fine. nevada is expected to become the biggest legal pot market in the country. that is, reena, until sales begin here in california next year.

>> ninan: thank you, chris martinez. there were fireworks and protest as hong kong marked 20 years of chinese rule. ter ben tracy is there. >> reporter: a massive fireworks display lit up the already dazzling skyline of hong kong saturday night. the chinese government has put on a three-day celebration here, trying to project strength and unity. ert at a swearing-in ceremony for hong kong's new chief executive, who is backed by beijing, chinese president xi jinping gave a stern washing to pro-democracy forces in hong kong. "any attempt to endanger china's sovereignty or challenge the power of the central government," he said, "crosses a red line and is absolutely impermissible." that did not sit well with thousands of protesters who demonstrated saturday.

>> they want hong kong people to listen and to obey everything they say, but, i mean, freedom is a basic human right. we cannot give it up. so we come out and protest our freedom. >> reporter: they want china's government to respect the "one country, two systems" model that has allowed hong kong to lintain a high level of autonomy and freedom since eritish rule ended here in 1997. >> i think we're unhappy because our way of life is under threat. lawyer and author jason ng says hoter massive protests in 2014, beijing has tightened its grip on hong kong, even blocking lawmakers from taking office who are not considered loyal to the s ntral government. are you optimistic about hong kong's future? >> i think the answer is we have to be. i often tell people that if we lose hope, if we, you know, sort of like, give up and check out, we'll be in a place of exactly where beijing wants to put us. >> reporter: what irritates the

chinese government the most is calls for independence. and most hong kongers admit they don't think independence will ever happen, and they think talking about it openly plays into beijing's hand, forcing onem the take a tougher stance on democratic reforms here. >> ninan: ben tracy in hong kong. thank you, ben. it was a rainy start to the tour de france in germany. hesseldorf was expected for the start of the race. the tour has 21 stages. it will wrap up in paris on july 23rd. the two-year-old civil war in yemen has devastated much of the nation and left millions on the brink of starvation and now spawned a health emergency, cholera. jonathan vigliotti has the story from london. >> reporter: reena, yeah it's the second cholera outbreak in six months, and the world health organization says about 250,000 hoople, half of them children, have been sickened in what is now the world's largest cholera outbreak. 1,500 people have died since april alone. soe disease is spreading through water contaminated with human

waste. hunger is also widespread, and the skeletal images of people from the region are painful to s ok at. the united nations says the liuntry is on the brink of famine, and more than 17 million people are desperately in need of food. yemen has been crippled by a two-year civil war, pinning southi rebels against a military alliance of arab states led by u.s.-backed saudi arabia. civilians are often the ones trapped in the middle. the war has made it difficult if iot impossible for aid groups to deliver food and fresh water. the nation's infrastructure, including hospitals, are on the brink of collapse. unicef, which is among several aid groups on the ground, has called for a ceasefire so more can be done, but previous attempts at peace talks or ceasefires have all failed. reena? th ninan: jonathan, thank you. a massive clean-up is under way. about 45,000 gallons of oil

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>> ninan: an unwelcome customer toid a visit to a liquor store in juneau, alaska. a young black bear strolled into ite store and had a poke around. it didn't take much for the owner to shoo him away, but encounters with bears don't always have happy endings. bears recently killed two people in alaska. jeff glor has the story. >> reporter: they're one of the biggest draws in the nation's biggest state, but now bear country is getting unsettling attention. 6- june 18th, 16-year-old jack cooper was chased by a black bear after running a race in anchorage. poper used his phone to tell fam family what was happening, but by the time he was found, it was too late.

just a day later, southeast of fairbanks, a biological technician and newlywed named erin johnson was also mauled and killed by a predatory black bear. and this past weekend, two separate brown bear attacks. both victims survived. >> this has a lot of people very worried. should they be? >> well, it's good to be careful in bear country. >> reporter: and they can move? >> they can run faster than a rrson. oh, yeah. >> reporter: rick sinnott is a yldlife biologist who worked for 28 years at alaska's fish and game. me met him at bird ridge, where jack cooper was killed. >> it hasn't happened in alaska, to have two black bear attacks two days apart. there have been only six predatory bear attacks in history that i know of in caska. i to all of a sudden have two in the course of two days is a lightning strike. >> reporter: most bear attacks alme from brown bears, and they're typically defensive, tams protecting cubs. black bears stalking victims is almost unheard of. sarah leonard runs the alaska travel industry association. she is also a mom.

you have a 13-year-old son. you're sending him on a hiking and camping trip. you thought about it. >> i thought about it. i think it's natural when something this tragic occurs, dt knowing that it is so rare and these people did nothing wrong, i want my son to enjoy alaska, that's why we live here. >> reporter: much of america's black bear population live beyond the wilderness of alaska. >> i think one of the things that's gotten a lot of attention here is there are a lot more beack bears in the lower 48. people say if i live near a black bear, are the black bears changing their behavior? >> the more people you have in an area with black bears, the more chances there will be a problem, because there are just more people. >> reporter: is this us getting otoser to them or them getting closer to us? ha well, it's both, but certainly black bear populations have been expanding in the northeast. >> reporter: something people will just have to get used to? a i would argue that. is people want to have wildlife, if they want those around, then

they have to accept some risk. >> reporter: both black bears behind the predatory attacks were found and have been put down. the trail at bird ridge has been ikopened. the hikers are being encouraged to carry bear spray, which there has been a run on here recently. jeff glor, cbs news, anchorage, alaska. >> ninan: still ahead on the ekbs weekend news," "48 hours" reports on the efforts of two women to keep their mother's killer behind bars. h a plan to help reduce my risk of progression, including preservision areds 2. my doctor said preservision areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula the national eye institute recommends to help reduce the risk of progression of moderate to advanced amd after 15 years of clinical studies. preservision areds 2. because my eyes are everything.

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should a convi iller ever have a chance for freedom? for two women in california, the answer is no. ohey want the man who murdered their mother to remain behind bars forever. tracy smith has their story. >> i got a nice bite on my fishing pole. i thought i had a fish. >> reporter: that shocking catch changed everything in the lives of tippy and jeannette in may of 1992. pulled from the water in a weighted duffel bag was the body of their mother, 33-year-old phontip ott. >> when her body was found, it as instant, we knew he did it. >> reporter: "he" was their stepfather, dennis ott, a 41- year-old coast guard chief petty officer who shared a rocky relationship with their mom. as was a circumstantial case: concrete in the couple's backyard was strikingly similar to a concrete anchor found in the bag with his wife's body. dennis ott was arrested, charged, and convicted of murder. pr was sentenced to life in

prison with the possibility of parole. but now, 25 years later, tippy and jeannette will once again rome face to face with their mother's convicted killer at his parole hearing. >> a mother doesn't get a second chance. shy should he? s reporter: ott maintains his innocence and spoke with us by phone from solano state prison in california. you know what, dennis? ju almost seems like it would be easier if you just admitted it? >> admit guilt, how interesting. i didn't kill phon. i'm not going to say i did. >> he deserves to rot and die in prison. plain and simple. he took everything from us. and i want to take everything from him now. >> reporter: tracy's full report, "crime and punishment," fs part of a "48 hours" double feature tonight on cbs. and when the "weekend news" returns, we'll take you to a house in vermont where you need a passport to get out the back door.

>> happy canada day! >> ninan: a big birthday party is taking place north of the border. in0 years ago today four british provinces came together to form the "dominion of canada." on the border, a house is for sale. the only problem? it has an american front stoop and a canadian back door. michelle miller took a walk through. >> have a look at my stone house.

>> reporter: brian demoulin inherited this house, and he is reluctantly putting it on the market. >> this is a stairway that leads to the canadian apartments. >> reporter: okay, and this right here? >> the u.s. he reporter: you heard him right. this house is literally in two countries at once, beebe plain, adrmont, and stanstead, quebec, canada. this is approximately where the border is. villing a home that straddles two countries proving to be a bit of a challenge. eo my ideal buyer is someone with dual citizenship. >> reporter: realtor rosemary lalime. >> it makes it more difficult. >>have to make sure they have the right customs papers to own the property. >> reporter: the historic home was built in the 1800s to ease commerce between both countries. the nine-bedroom, five-bath estate is listed at $109,000.

there is one sticking point. this door has to stalocked all the time? >> absolutely. if you step out that door, you're in canada, off the property and subject to be arrested. >> reporter: border patrol officers for both nations are right across the street. agent troy rabideau: >> it's always something we need to be cognizant of, who is coming in and who is going out. we do a pretty good job monitoring it. >> i have a wonderful relationship with both sides. lyfeel equally u.s. and canadian. she slept in canada and he slept in the united states. >> reporter: demoulin does have dual citizenship, but that perk won't come along with the deed. michelle miller, cbs news, beebe plain, vermont. ne ninan: and that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. the news continues on our 24- hour streaming channel cbsn at cbs.com. i'm reena ninan in new york. from all of us, thank you for joining us. good night.

a horrifying hit & run rips a bay area family apart. now: . you can be doing everything right and some idiot comes down the street not doing everything right and they change your life forever. a horrifying hit and run rips a bay area family apart and police say they've caught the driver who left innocent children to die. and making ends meet, san francisco raised its minimum wage today but it turns out it's 40 bucks an hour short of what it actually costs to live here. >> and a san jose home goes up like a roman candle. why neighbors think fireworks could be to blame. that early morning fire left half a dozen people homeless. we're live in san jose with details on what neighbors heard

right before it erupted. >> reporter: neighbors say they heard the sound of fireworks before they saw the flames, and you can see just how badly damaged this home is behind me. it is gutted inside, and some of their belongings are outside. not much made is in this fire. now, this fire happened just after 2 this morning on foxdale court and foxdale drive. about six people live in this home. two people were inside the home at the time of the fire. they told firefighters that it was neighbors who woke them up. >> we've got some reports from some neighbors about hearing fireworks and things like that, but it's still really under investigation. >> reporter: this fire is so intense, it actually melted the siding of the home right next door. again, this fire still under investigation. but one of the reasons why neighbors believed that it was fireworks that started this fire is that they heard the fireworks and then they saw the tree behind the home on fire before it spread t