hour of news at 6:00. >> we always have news at cbssf.com. we will see you in 30 minutes. >> ninan: the day after a deadly nor'easter. millions are month up and digging out after a monster storm unleashes floods, blizzardblizzards and hurricanee winds. in the west, a heavy snowstorm, then a terrifying avalanche strikes a major ski resort. the dramatic rescue. also tonight, the florida senate holds a rare saturday session to address school safety and gun sales. murder on a college campus. a student is accused of using his father's gun to kill his own parents. and the story of a man who served decades in prison for a crime he did not commit. his compensation from the state? so far, nothing. >> i don't want to be bitter.

that's taking away from me. i don't have more of no more time to give. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. millions in the east woke up to a mess on saturday, left behind by a massive and powerful storm. those along the coast were flooded by heavy rain and a surge of seawater. inland areas were buried under heavy snow, wind gusts in some places topping 90 miles an hour. at least eight people were killed, many of them by falling trees. more than 1.5 million homes and businesses are still without power. more now from kris van cleave in quincy, massachusetts. >> reporter: massachusetts held its breath as the tide rolled back in. after being battered by winds up to hurricane strength and ferocious waves for more than a day. entire nabbed eneighborhoods are without power. >> never seen anything like it. >> reporter: wayne adams could do nothing but watch as the atlantic ocean flooded his

garage and his car in quincy near boston last night. >> there's no power here, there's no heat so, you know, we weren't able to-- leaving was the right thing to do. >> reporter: the tide is starting to couple again. all day, the national guard has been using these giant trucks to pick up residents who either fear their homes are going to flood again or would be cut off by the high tide. >> i was not prepared. >> reporter: deborah hunsicker moved to qins fresouth florida a couple of years ago. don't blame blaism her if she goes bake. >> i summer had no ideal that the streets would flood and that there would be no way out. >> reporter: in watertown, mass., utility poles snapped. in duxbury, first responders rescued this horse after a shed collapsed around it saturday morning. a six-year-old virginia boy died when a tree crashed into his home. maryland's governor issued a state of emergency as high winds toppled trees and sent them crashing into homes. a 77-year-old baltimore county woman was killed. >> had walked outside to get

some of hear mail. while she was out doing that,one off and struck her. >> reporter: the national guard and quincy police are still relying on large piece of equipment to get people in and out. the concern now is less water as the tide's coming down, and more power. the lights are still out, and it's going to be a very cold night. the winds are ramping down, which means repairs should speed up, but the city's mayor here in quincy says this has been the most damaging storm to the city's infrastructure in 40 years. reena. >> ninan: the power of mother nature. thank you, kris. well, powerful storms also slammed the west friday. heavy rain drenched the california coast, while the mountains got walloped with snow. carter evans shows us what happened when an avalanche hit a popular ski resort. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: frantic moments as skiers at squaw valley near lake tahoe scrambled to find a man buried by an avalanche. >> my husband is missing.

please, do something. >> we just started digging. >> reporter: joseph breault helped rescuers. they found the man under several feet of snow alive. >> he opened up his eyes, and he's looking right at me, and he says, where's my wife?" >> reporter: that same storm also claimed the lives of two snow boards, or different peaks in california's rya california'. experts say conditions remain treacherous. >> you always stay close, you always stay with friends, and you always recognize this kind of thing can happen. >> reporter: the blizzard dumped up to three feet of snow and closed major highways. the driver of this tractor trailer lost control nay whiteout. in southern california, the storm brought rain and heightened concerneds in montecito, where thousands were ordered to vawk by santa barbara county sheriff bill brown. >> unfortunately, this has got to become parent of our new normal. >> reporter: authorities had feared a repeat of january's deadly mudslide. the result of hills stripped

bare by last year's massive wildfires. the rain was heavy at times, but other than that minor debris flows closing some roads, there was little damage. despite the flooding fears from earlier downpours, overall, the rain is good news for southern california. this area is still in the midst of a severe drought. reena. >> ninan: carter, thank you. the florida senate held a rare saturday session to address school safety and gun sales. david begnaud is in tallahassee. >> reporter: florida senators spent much of saturday ironing out the detailsave gun and school safety bill. it was prompted by last month's deadly high school shooting in n parkland. >> we're asking to have a discussion about what 70% of the people of state of florida think is the right thing to do. >> reporter: it's been nearly three weeks since 14 students and three adults were killed at marjory stoneman douglas high school. we spoke with twoinate statesenators on opposite sides

of the aisle, senator greg stube air, republican, whose district includes sarasota; and senator kevin rader, a democrat who represents parkland. do you ever arming teachers? >> i do not, absolutely do not. and that's really kind of a line in the sand when it comes to the majority of democrats in our caucus. >> if broward doesn't want to do tthey don't have to. >> reporter: right. >> i have had conversations with people in my area. i think they will do it. >> the bill did increase the age from 18 to 21 on the purchase of assault rifles. >> reporter: do you favor that? >> i do not. >> reporter: right after lunch, the measure to ban assault weapons came up and it got contentious. >> a lot of our constituents back home wonder why we can't address guns. >> maybe we should just outlaw 223st or 556s, the ammunitions, and say you can have the gun, but you just can't have the ammunition. >> if i thought for one moment that if we banned assault weapons then all of these tragedies would end, you would have me. i would be with you.

but are we going to ban fertilizer which is what they used in the oklahoma bombing? are we going to ban pressure cookers? it's not the weapon. it's the evil from within. >> reporter: reena, a vote on the entire bill is set to happen here on florida on monday. >> ninan: david begnaud. thank you very much, david. there were some tense moments outside the white house today when a man apparently shod shotand killed himself. it happened outside the fence on the north lawn. the secret service is investigating. president trump and his family were in florida at the time. they're back in washington tonight. the president was tweeting again about his willingness to wage a trade war. he called u.s. trade deals and policies "very stupid," and said, "no more." on thursday, mr. trump said he plans to protect american workers by making it more expensive for other countries to ship steel and aluminum to the u.s. weijia jiang is at the white house. >> you will have protection for the first time in a long while, and you're going to regrow your

industries. >> reporter: president trump promised manufacturing executives a level playing field, with new tooxz some imports, known asives -- 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum. but idea quickly sparked fearsave trade showdown with china and other u.s. trading partners. canadian prime minister justin trudeau: >> we are intretion upon the american administration the unacceptable nature of these proposals that are going to hurt them every bit as much as they will hurt us. >> reporter: in wisconsin, the governor's announcement of new jobs at a local meadow company was overshadowed by concern. >> we fear here in wisconsin, it would be pushing jobs out of wisconsin, out of america. >> reporter: a growing list of congressional republicans are also publicly slamming the proposal. >> it's going to turn around and bite the american citizens with much higher taxes, much higher-- much higher costs, and and @and it's going to discombobulate our whole international trading system. >> the president is right that

we don't play the trade game very well. >> reporter: scott paul is the president of the alliance for american manufacturing. what is stopping our trading partners, like china, from taking their business elsewhere? >> there will be an adjustment as we rebalance this, but i think every other nation knows that they've been getting a good deal-- in fact, i would gall cawl it a gift-- from the united states. and now we expect reciprocity. >> reporter: unlike other policy changes, such as gun and immigration reform, president trump can impose these tariffs using executive action. he says the details are still being written, but, reena, he plans to sign off on the changes next week. >> ninan: eager to see how wall street reacts. thank you. a central michigan university student was arrested early this morning following a day-long manhunt. 19-year-old james eric davis is accused of shooting and killing his parents in a campus dorm room using his father's gun. his father was a police officer. investigators say that davis'

parents came to pick him up at school after he was acting erratically and was evaluated at a hospital for possible drug use. the c.d.c. says the worst of the flu season is finally behind us. but the deaths of 17 more children were reported this week, bringing the total to 114. there were 40 at this time last year. the flu remains widespread in 45 states. it's down from 48 in recent weeks. coming up next, what's at stake in the first major european elections of the year? and later, how do you pay back someone for the years they've lost doing time for someone else's crime? in some states, they don't.

first major election of 2018. italians go to the polls to elect a new government. the nation of 60 million is sharply divided over issues familiar to american voters seth doane is in rome.

>> reporter: tomorrow's election has this gondolier navigating politics. "the left represents my values of inclusion," she said. inclusion was a theme at a rally in florence on friday. former prime minister mateo renzi took credit for his goferring democratic party's role for rescuing italy's economy and saving migrants' lives. hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants have fled to italy's shores, and that's made immigration a key and divisive issue in this election. "i feel the migrant problem is huge in italy," luigi di maio told us. di maio is the candidate for the populist, anti-establishment cinque stelle, or five stars movement, which is leading in the polls. you're just 31.

people say, "you can't possibly be prime minister." "the austrian chancellor is my age. the french president is 40," he said. "across europe, young energies are emerging in politics." the youngest in the vase facing his toughest fight from one of the oldest in italian politics, 81-year-old billionaire silvio berlusconi. he can't be prime minister again because of a tax fraud conviction, but is a king maker for a coalition on the right and was relishing the attention in naples today. he's pledged to deport illegal migrants who he's called a social timebomb ready to explode. berlusconi's coalition partner, matteo salvini of the far-right lega party, has taken a strong anti-migrant, anti-islam stance, that's turned laeg into a major player. supporters of a far-right fringe party took to rome's streets

doing the fascist salute. while others have protested the neofascism and nationalism that have emerged in this battle to gain votes. seth doane, cbs news, rome. >> ninan: up next, are smartphones and legal marijuana partially to blame in the rise in pedestrian deaths?

study, people are being hit and killed by cars and trucks at a rate not seen in 25 years. jericka duncan reports smartphones and legal marijuana may be partially to blame. >> reporter: simply walking has gotten more dangerous because of this routine sight-- pedestrians crossing a busy street, head down, glued to their cell phones, oblivious to the dangers just steps away. >> you call the me red handed. i'm guilty add charged. regularly. >> it's just a natural habit, unfortunately. i try not to do it when i'm crossing the street.

>> reporter: according to a new report, 2017 is projected to have nearly 6,000 deaths from people on foot who lost their lives in traffic fatalities, marking the second year in a row at numbers not seen in 25 years. pedestrians now account for approximately 16% of all traffic deaths compared to 11% just a few years ago. jonathan adkins is with the governor's highway safety association. >> we don't see any sign that the numbers are going to start going back in a safer direction. we're seeing less people kill cilled in vehicles because vehicles are safer. more of us are buckling up, but as pedestrianeds, we don't have any new safety features. >> reporter: the rising trends in fatality, according to the report, coincides with the legalization of recreational marijuana and growth in smarted phone use. >> it's too dangerous. don't do it. if you're walking the last thing you want to see is a red light and then a car hitting you. >> reporter: new york and four

other states each had more than 100 pedestrian deaths in the first six months of 2017. but here in new york city, pedestrian deaths have actually declined. that's because of an initiative that focuses on reducing the speed limit, as well as stricter enforcement of moving violations. jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. >> ninan: still ahead, hurricane harvey was one of the most devastating storms in the u.s. six months later, many are struggling to rebuild.

>> ninan: it's been six months since hurricane harvey devastated houston and other parts of the texas gulf coast. many are still displaced and struggling to rebuild. meg oliver met with some of them. >> i know the u-haul when it comes driving through. >> reporter: six months after hurricane harvey flooded houston-- >> going to have to make a u-turn. >> reporter: ... click still drives into some of the hardest hit areas.

>> it's stuffed. we have beds in here. we have some coffee tables. >> reporter: christine has been collecting donations for families struggling to rebuild after h caused recordbreaking floods. >> do you want to take these groceries into-- her name is jenny? >> reporter: jenny johnson lost everything. >> it was the worst experience i ever had. you know, the water came up, maybe to my waistline. and i have little babies. >> reporter: inside her home, mattresses lie on the floor, insulation bulges from the frame, and doors are missing. and you still don't have walls. >> no. >> reporter: throughout the entire house. >> right. >> reporter: six months later. >> yes. >> reporter: johnson's family received $5,000 from fema. it was enough to fix their roof and cars so they could drive to work. do you think people realize that it's still this bad? >> i think people have forgotten about it. >> reporter: fema has paid $13.1 billion to survivors of harvey. have you ever responded to anything like that?

>> there has been nothing like this. that's what makes this event so complex. >> reporter: fema says it can only do so much. for families without flood insurance, it will take years to rebuild. >> you're looking at a government entity to try to make you whoacialg it's going to be a strong-- long, drawn-out recovery. >> a special soup, mexican soup. >> reporter: petra cervantes can't afford flood insurance. she slept in a tent for three months after harvey, and still uses her hose to wash dishes. how long have you been cooking out here? >> oh, since harvey. >> reporter: do you think your house will be ready before the next hurricane season? >> mayba-- maybe by july. >> reporter: by july. do you think the rest of the country realizes how bad it still is six months after hurricane harvey. >> no, no. >> reporter: what do you want them to know? >> that we need help. texas is not okay. >> reporter: with the next hurricane season three months away, these victims are still relying on good samaritans, like christine, to survive.

meg oliver, cbs news, houston, texas. >> ninan: when we return, he served more than 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. why is the state paying him nothing? .

>> ninan: we end tonight in america's heartland. kansas is among several states that pieing in the to people who serve years, sometimes decades in prison for crimes they didn't commit. the states are now taking measures to change that. dean reynolds has his story. ( cheers ) >> reporter: when lamonte mcintyre was exonerated last october in a double-murder case, he walked out of a kansas prison with a clean record but not a dime to his name. you lost 23 years of your life. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: now the state is offering you nothing. >> i think it's unjust. but me being angry about it is not going to change it. >> reporter: kansas is one of

18 states that offer wrongly convicted prisoners no compensation at all upon their release. it sounds almost vengeful. >> or neglectful in the nicest way of looking at it. >> reporter: tricia bushnell of the innocence project worked to win mcintyre's release. she says mcintyre has other reasons to be angry. >> in this case, we have a perfect storm. >> reporter: for example, at his trial in 1994, when he was 17, there was no physical evidence or motive presented. worse, according to mcintyre's current lawyers, the lead police detective, roger golubski, built the case by threatening witnesses. burbener says the fallout may impact other potential exonerations. >> we have about a dozen of people who had already applied. >> reporter: these are people behind bars now? >> uh-huh. that's right. >> reporter: a dozen cases connected to this detective. >> that's right. >> reporter: detective golubski has since retired and says he did nothing wrong. >> it was the same place.

>> reporter: but mark dupree, who became the state's attorney a year ago, has asked the kansas bureau of investigation to review the detective's conduct. >> if my office receives that information and there's probable cause to charge mr. golubski, it will happen. >> reporter: mcintyre got a pretty raw deal. >> he did. and the only thing that we can do is-- is push forward. >> that's to relax the hair, right? >> reporter: which is exactly what lamonte mcintyre, now studying to be a barber, is doing. >> i want to spend the rest of my life being happy. i don't want to be bitter. that's taking away from me. i don't have no more time to give. >> reporter: dean reynolds, cbs news, kansas city, kansas. >> ninan: lawmakers in kansas recently approved bills that would offer the wrongfully convicted $50 to $80,000 for ever year spent in prison.

rescuers to this snowboarder.. after he was buried by an avalanche. good evening, i hackney. the stroke of luck that led rescuers to this snowboarder after he was buried by an avalanche. >> he was saved when rescuers spotted part of his board sticking out of the snow. he wasn't hurt. in fact he was able to know board to the bottom on his own once he was freed. the four other people trapped were also pulled to safety. the only injury a broke leg. a resort shutdown for the day after that because of the hazardous conditions but it was back open today and busier than ever. carlos is there now. >> yeah, its been snowing on and off today. many skiers we spoke with said they are monitoring weather conditions very closely.

zn all this snow, its not stopping visitors from coming to the resort. >> jeff and his family have been planning a ski trip for weeks. the journey to squaw valley started very early saturday morning. >> it was little bit rough. we left at i think 4:00 in the morning and then we got kind of to the north star area by 9:00. it was a bit of a long drive. we didn't need chains because we have four wheel drive. >> hundreds of people lined up to tackle the mountain drive >> i've been up here since wednesday. it is pretty heavy up here. >> the resort gets many visitors every season. some people say the toughest part is getting ready to head home. >> i'm never going back. i'm never going back. um -- i don't know. i can't think about that. all the i can think about is this. >> some skiers say they are planning on cutting their weekend short in order to get home at a reasonable time. others say they will stick it out and enj