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wastin' time ♪ this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. winter is still 12 days away, but you'll need a shovel to find any signs of autumn in the east. inllions of people from washington, d.c. to new york and boston are digging out from the season's first snowstorm. coastal areas could get well over half a foot. this is the same storm that buried the deep south on friday, and it's leaving much of the south in a deep freeze tonight. here's brook silva-braga. >> reporter: much of the northeast and mid-atlantic is being blanketed by the season's first snow. >> it's nice to come out to central park, and see all the snow, the first snow of the season it sounds like. so, it's beautiful today. >> reporter: tailgaters braved the elements outside of the army-navy game in philadelphia. new york city tried to get ahead of the storm, with 693 salt trucks working since this morning. air travel is also suffering. over 3,800 flights have been

delayed, 800-plus canceled, more than 400 of them in or out of atlanta's hartsfield airport. and those numbers are expected to rise. the unusual storm made fall in the deep south look like winter in the rockies. ten inches of snow hits parts of alabama. there was a rare dusting in new orleans. and a snowman in baton rouge. emergency preparedness director clay rieves: >> most folks in south louisiana aren't used to driving on ice. i don't think that anyone could ever do it very well. >> reporter: 911 operators in georgia dealt with 100 car crashes at once. in atlanta, a man was electrocuted by a downed power line. >> "stop, don't go near there! it's a live wire down!" and he didn't hear me. >> reporter: across the south, power remains out for more than 380,000 customers. for some, it might not be back for days. up to half a foot of snow is expected in new york city. folks here in central park don't seem to mind. but, reena, by the time the system crosses into canada tomorrow, it will have dumped

snow along the more than 2,000- mile stretch, starting all the way back down at the texas- mexico border. >> ninan: absolutely remarkable. brook silva-braga, thank you very much. we'll have a look at the rare snow that brook just mentioned south of the border. parts of northern and central mexico got their first snowfall in decades. mountain highways had to shut down, but folks made the best of it, throwing snowballs at each other on that overpass. at least six major fires continue to burn in southern california. they've torched more than 175,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,000 structures. high above the fire, nasa is monitoring drift plumes of smoke. gusts were calmer today, but the santa ana winds are still a threat. carter evans now on the devastation. >> reporter: the massive plumes of smoke lingering over ventura county are an eerie reminder this fire is still growing. nearly 4,000 firefighters have taken advantage of calmer winds to get ahead of the fire and snuff it out.

flames have already devoured an area the size of chicago. more than 500 homes and buildings have been destroyed. families who lived here for decades returned to rubble and ash. >> you can't imagine. you can't imagine it. we lost, not just a house. we lost a home. >> reporter: today, governor jerry brown toured the devastation. >> we're facing a new reality in this state where fires threaten people's lives, their property, their neighborhoods, and, of course, billions and billions of dollars. >> reporter: military helicopters are helping to douse flames in san diego county, where the lilac fire has leveled more than 100 structures. robert howell and his girlfriend linda were escorted back home by policeonly to find their entire block was wiped out. o oh! >> reporter: but there was only one thing they were looking for: the family safe. you seemed elated. >> i am elated! that was my whole life in that box there! >> reporter: you got everything

.n there? >> everything in there. >> reporter: is that your retirement? >> that's my retirement. that's what i'd rebuild with. >> reporter: donations are pouring in for hundreds of race horses and their trainers, injured on thursday when flames ignited at a training facility. a gofundme page has already raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the thoroughbreds. thousands of people still don't even know if their homes survived the fire. many of these areas are still under a mandatory evacuation order, and will be, at least until the threat is gone. and, reena, the high winds that are fueling these flames are forecast through tomorrow. >> ninan: carter evans. thank you so much, carter. in jackson, mississippi, president trump took a private y.ur of the civil rights museum that opened today. the president spoke to a small crowd that included family members of assassinated civil rights leader medgar evers. but another icon who marched in the movement boycotted the event in protest. here's errol barnett. >> this is a tribute to our nation at the highest level.

>> reporter: appearing at the opening of jackson, mississippi's new civil rights museum today, president trump honored civil rights leaders and their legacy. >> today, we pay solemn tribute to our heroes of the past and dedicate ourselves to building a future of freedom, equality, justice, and peace. >> reporter: civil rights icon congressman john lewis, and mississippi congressman bennie thompson boycotted the event, saying in a joint statement, "president trump's attendance and his hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum." in response, the white house said, "it's unfortunate members of congress wouldn't join the president in honoring civil rights leaders." >> so, once again, mr. president, we don't need you to tell us in mississippi what a civil rights movement is about. >> reporter: jackson's mayor, chokwe lumumba, held a press conference with civil rights activists ahead of the president's arrival. >> we're standing in a court

with what the ideals of this civil rights movement means. and that is why we choose not to share a stage with donald trump. >> i love these guys. look at these guys, "blacks for trump." i love you. >> reporter: at last night's rally in pensacola, florida, president trump implied african americans are doing better under his leadership. >> black home ownership just hit the highest level it's ever been in the history of our country. ( cheers and applause ) congratulations. >> reporter: now, despite the president's claim, african american home ownership actually peaked in 2004. it seems the key audience for the president's speech were gulf coast republicans, primarily those heading to the polls next week in alabama's special election. reena. >> ninan: all right, errol, thank you so much. alabama's special election that errol mentioned is tuesday. it's a heated battle for the senate seat vacated by attorney general jeff sessions, and it could change the balance of the u.s. senate, where republicans hold a slim majority.

manuel bojorquez is in mobile. >> are you familiar with the senate race that's coming up on tuesday? >> yes, ma'am. doug jones and roy moore. >> all right, thank you. >> so, can we count on your support? >> yes, ma'am. es reporter: barbara brewster and her husband, henry, spent part of their saturday canvassing this mobile, alabama, neighborhood for doug jones. >> hey! >> reporter: they believe turnout, especially among african american voters, could be the key to giving the democrat a chance of winning tuesday. >> i mean, unfortunately, we've git the new alabama versus the old alabama going on here, and it's time for-- for-- our kids want to see the new alabama. >> reporter: so you're reaching out to young voters, too. >> young, for sure. >> reporter: jones supporters fove seized upon allegations from several women that the republican, roy moore, pursued them as teenagers, one when she was 14, while he was in his 30s. moore has denied any wrongdoing. while endorsing him in florida yesterday, president trump sought to discredit one accuser, beverly nelson, who says roy moore signed her yearbook, but admitted yesterday she added notes to the message.

>> you know the yearbook? did you see that? there was a little mistake made. >> reporter: the president bucked the trend of prominent republicans calling for moore to step aside in light of the allegations, telling supporters the g.o.p. can't afford to lose ite senate seat. but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell repeated this week that he believes moore will face an ethics investigation if he wins. dean young is with the moore campaign. >> we're going to elect judge moore, and if mitch mcconnell wants to pretend like he's a dictator and overturn an election of the people of alabama, he's making a huge mistake. >> reporter: a fight coming. >> a big fight coming. >> reporter: big names are pouring into alabama in the final days before the election. former white house chief strategist steve bannon for roy moore on monday, senator cory booker for doug jones today. reena. >> ninan: certainly the final homestretch. thank you very much, manuel. well, iraq declared victory today over isis. iraq's prime minister says the islamic militant group was

driven out of its final stronghold along the syrian border. isis swept into iraq in 2014. three years of fighting having left cities and villages in ruins, with about three million iraqis displaced. american troops will remain in iraq for the foreseeable future. etab foreign ministers met in egypt today to discuss their response to president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. the proposed u.s. embassy move, announced wednesday, has set off a wave of anger in the palestinian territories. seth doane is in jerusalem. >> reporter: there's nothing diplomatic about these exchanges on the streets. it's rocks and firebombs versus tear gas and rubber bullets. today, clashes continued, following president trump's announcement. anger and grief were on display in a gaza hospital and at three funerals there, one for a hamas member killed in an israeli air

strike. that strike was launched in retaliation for rockets fired by the islamic group. on the west bank, bethlehem is usually known as the birthplace of jesus, but this holiday season, it's a battleground. >> mr. trump today is putting gasoline on fire. >> reporter: mohammed salahab has had this shop in the old city of jerusalem for nearly three decades. this year was one of his best, but he worries tourists will be scared away. >> this is last thing we need from mr. trump. when we got in power, he kept promising everybody that he's going to bring peace. he's going to bring so much bloodshed into the region. >> reporter: on the other side of town, some israelis told us they're worried. >> we're used to violence here. >> reporter: but many others, orcluding uzi sharabi, were defiant and grateful for any u.s. support. >> the palestinians also see jerusalem as a very holy place. this is not their capital. capital of israel.

>> reporter: palestinian president mahmoud abbas has said he will not meet with vice president mike pence when pence travels here later this month. and now a major christian group in the region, egypt's coptic church, has said they will not meet with the vice president when he travels to that country, calling the u.s. move "inappropriate" and "without consideration for millions of people." reena. >> ninan: seth doane in jerusalem. coming up, drones versus planes. a new study looks at the dangers of a collision. and later, we look back at the making of otis redding's timeless classic. when it comes to heartburn trust the brand doctors trust for themselves. nexium 24hr is the number one choice of doctors and pharmacists for their own frequent heartburn. and all day all night protection. when it comes to frequent heartburn, trust nexium 24hr. the toothpaste that helps prevent bleeding gums.

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purchased this year for recreational use. here's transportation correspondent kris van cleave. >> reporter: videos like this are fueling concern on capitol hill. >> this is an accident waiting to happen. we are going to lose an aircraft. >> reporter: peter defazio is the ranking member on the house transportation and infrastructure committee. >> we need to know what's going to happen when one of these things gets sucked into a turbo fan. >> reporter: new research found a drone was likely to do significant damage to an engine. this animation shows a drone breaking engine fan blades, which could cause the engine to shut down. the tail section was also particularly vulnerable. here, a drone weighing just a few pounds rips through the metal skin of the plane. retired airline captain ross aimer worries about a collision at takeoff and landing. >> the most concerning thing about this study would be the possibility of a drone just going right into the intake of an engine and causing catastrophic failure of that engine, where they would shred shrapnel into the body of the aircraft.

>> use caution for a drone, reported about five minutes ago. >> reporter: the number of drone sightings by pilots has surged to more than 2,000 so far this year. that's more than all of 2016. one hit this u.s. army helicopter over staten island earlier this year, forcing an gmergency landing. this man was arrested for allegedly using his drone to dump leaflets over a 49er's game, similar to this video posted on his youtube page. levi stadium sits in the flight path of san jose's airport. cbs2 new york coordinated with the n.y.p.d. to legally and safely show how hard it can be for an aircraft to spot a drone. can you see it? >> that's a speck in the sky. it would come up on us so fast, we would have little time to react. >> reporter: the study, which relied on advanced computer modeling, found consistently that the damage from a drone nollision was worse than a bird strike. it also found there was the potential for a fire danger if a drone's battery became damaged and lodged in an airplane after n collision. reena. >> reporter: kris van cleave, thank you, kris. still ahead, we dive into the

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>> when the water is on it... >> reporter: it comes right off. >> it runs right off, and, you know, you can see it. >> reporter: completely dry. >> yes. >> reporter: so how much faster can that make you in the water? >> it's reducing the drag. it's just not absorbing the water. and when it doesn't absorb the water, it doesn't change the density of your suit while swimming. >> reporter: if a 12-year-old wears one of these high-tech suits, are they going to swim like katie ledecky? >> no. what makes a swimmer good, of course, is talent, their physical makeup. but it's really the technique, the training. >> reporter: part of the debate also involves money. the suits range in price from $100 to $514. parents, like laura beuning, held out for as long as she could. >> it would feel wrong to send her to a big competition where everyone else is wearing the suit and she isn't. >> reporter: so you felt pressure to buy one. t> yes, yes, very much so. >> reporter: we asked a group of young swimmers about a possible ban. g not very happy. >> reporter: why? >> because, like, i already have

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can i catch it from a pneumococcal vaccination? no. the vaccines do not contain live bacteria. talk to your doctor or pharmacist about how to help protect yourself. >> ninan: well, we end tonight with a song for the ages. 50 years ago tomorrow, soul singer otis redding was killed in a plane crash in wisconsin. just days before the tragedy, redding recorded a timeless classic. anthony mason has the story. >> reporter: at the monterey pop festival in 1967, otis redding shook the music world and ignited his career in america. ♪ shake everybody say, shake ♪ >> reporter: but his biggest hit was still to come. how did he approach you with "dock of the bay?" >> well, he called me from the airport. >> reporter: steve cropper, redding's writing partner, was at stax studios in memphis that november. >> he said, "i've got a hit. i'm coming right down." >> reporter: how long did it take for you to finish writing

it? >> that afternoon, it was done. we cut it the next day. >> "sittin' on the dock of the bay," take one. ♪ sittin' in the morning sun >> reporter: 50 years ago, cropper was getting ready to over-dub some guitar licks to le track when redding came by. >> and the last time i saw otis, he popped his head in the door and said, "i'll see you monday." and i said, "great." >> reporter: that weekend, redding's private plane crashed outside madison, wisconsin, killing the singer and five ivhers. redding was 26. >> and i said, "i just lost my best friend." >> reporter: he was your best friend? ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the label rushed to release an otis redding song. cropper was sent into the studio to put the finishing touches on "dock of the bay." >> i started on a tuesday morning and i handed it to a flight attendant on a wednesday morning. it was headed to laguardia. ♪ i'm just goin' to sit on the

dock of the bay ♪ >> reporter: "sittin' on the dock of the bay" became the first posthumous number one record on the billboard charts, and won redding and cropper a grammy. >> there's a message in there that just pretty much hits everybody. ♪ just to make this dock my home >> reporter: it became his epitaph, the record that ensured we'd never forget otis redding. ♪ sittin' on the dock of the bay wastin' time ♪ >> reporter: anthony mason, cbs news, nashville. >> ninan: well, in addition to that unforgettable tune, redding also wrote and recorded "respect." that was well before aretha franklin made it an anthem. and that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. enter on cbs, "48 hours." i'm reena ninan in new york. thank you for joining us. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs

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