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busy airport. and a community rallies around a donut shot with hole-hearted support. >> thank you for everything. thank you, thank you. >> morgan: hi, everyone, and thanks a lot for joining us. i'm demarco morgan. the death toll from the california wildfires has climbed to at least 11. two victims were found today in southern california. at least nine have died in northern california. this satellite photo shows the state's two fire zones, in the north, a fire that all but wiped out the town of paradise, has torched more than 100,000 acres. and the south, two fires have destroyed more than 150 homes in the foothills and canyons outside of los angeles. jamie yuccas is there. >> reporter: malibu looks like a war zone, homes and bsisses destroyed, charred earth as far as the eye can see, all this as the woolsey fire is still nowhere near contained. >> it really seems like we're

chasing it. it moves so fast, so aggressive, and the fire behavior is just so intense. >> reporter: los angeles county firefighters are working to cut a perimeter around the fire. this is an example of the challenges for firefighters as these flames creep toward the ocean. thick vegetation and no way to get to them. students at pep dine university in malibu were told to shelter in place as the flames crept near campus. nearby homeowners had just minutes to get their horses to safety, turning the iconic zumba beach in malibu into a makeshift ranch. was this always your plan to get to the pacific? >> it felt like the safest place to be, with the fresh air coming. at least you have fresh air coming off the beach it's ocean-- because let me tell you it was so it's air was so thick st nit you could barely breathe. >> reporter: so farr far the fire has displaced 250,000 people. >> we are as we stand getting resources from arizona today.

we made requests from the state and federal government, but as you can imagine, there are other fires with competing challenges. . >> just go! >> reporter: in northern california, the camp fire has claimed nine lives and has become the most destructive fire in california history. state fire officials are investigating what caused the fire, but we do know that electric company pg&e experienced a problem with an electrical transmission line near the site of the fire minutes before it broke out. this fire has been very unpredictable. you can see that home right there is untouched while feet away, that car burned down, and this is the level of devastation as you come up the hillside. more than 150 buildings look like this just burned to the ground. firefighters think that number could go up as they start assessing the damage. demarco, winds have subsided today, but there is concern they're going to pick back up by the end of the weekend. >> morgan: all right, jamie yuccas reporting there. jaime, thank you. julie watts is tracking the fire

weather in our cbs san francisco station k56. julie, what do you have for us? >> demarco, we did get awe break with the santa anna winds today, but the red flag warnings for southern california and ventura county very extended through tuesday. wind speeds calm now, but increasing for sunday morning. take a look at this-- near 40 miles per hour in the fire area, and those gusty offshore winds will continue. for northern california, in paradise, near the camp fire, we see those winds increase tonight. but they actually die down up north tomorrow and that means the red flag warning for northern california, that is set to expire around 4:00 on sunday. though, of course, we will continue to see very low humidity and critical fire conditions through about midweek. that's with we anticipate the first significant shift in this weather pattern. and until then, what we're looking at is unhealthy air

quality, and smoke being the primary concern for most information around northern california, especially around the bay area. we are seeing that smoke from the fire up north being carried some 200 miles south. folks are advised to stay inside, demarco. >> morgan: thank you. meanwhile, president trump approved emergency funds today for three california counties but later threatened to withhold federal disaster funds claiming california's forest management is so poor. in response, congressman ted lieu said the president should be comforting victims not blaming them. one of the fires that's burning in thousand oaks, which was also the scene of awe mass shooting this week inside a country bar. 12 people were killed before the gunman took his own life. carter evans is there. >> reporter: while federal through the shooter's house for clues, more details are emerging about what happened during 20-year-old ian long's three-minute killing spin thrderline country western bar. >> he was actively posting on

instagram during the shooting. we know that from the time stamps. >> reporter: ventura county sheriff sergeant eric buschow says he can't reveal what was in the posts, which have now been removed. >> he was on a mission. he knew what he was doing. >> reporter: and he was documenting it along the way. >> he was taking the time to post his thoughts in between shooting at people. >> reporter: 12 people were killed, including sheriff's sergeant ron helus. he died at the hospital. >> when i knew him, he was a normal functioning adult. >> reporter: todd stratton has been friends with long for the last 11 years. he was at the borderline when the former marine opened fire with a .45-caliber glock handgun wednesday night. >> i think he was dealing with p.t.s.d. there was a couple of times when i hung out with him after he was in afghanistan that he was struggling with some things. >> people kind of gravitate toward this idea that there's some sort of mental illness. certainly, there's nothing to conclusive to suggest that, but

what is clear is he came here way plan. >> reporter: and long's plan is what authorities are trying to understand. but with resources stretched thin by the wildfires also raging here now, understanding why this happened could take some time. instagram shut down long's account within hours of the shooting. investigators have asked the company to preserve all of his posts, hoping they offer more clues into the shooter's state of mind. demarco. >> morgan: all right, carter evans, reporting. carter, thank you. president trump is in paris this weekend for events marking 100 years since the end of world war i. hours after mr. trump vented on twitter about the president of france, the two leaders brushed it off. weijia jiang is traveling with the president. >> we have become very good friends over the last couple of years. >> reporter: president trump and president emmanuel macron put their good friendship on display with the body language to prove it. they also found a common message to tamp down their ongoing conflict over defense spending.

>> i do share president trump's views that we need a much better burden sharing with nato. >> i appreciate what you're saying about burden sharing. >> reporter: but minutes before landing in paris, the president tweeted, "president macron of france has just suggested that europe build its own military in order to protect itself from the u.s., china, and russia. very insulting." mr. trump was asked about the tweet. >> we're getting along from the standpoint of fairness, and i want it to be fair. >> reporter: president trump and the first lady attended a social luncheon with their french counterparts but they scrapped a scheduled visit to an american cemetery citing bad weather. meanwhile, the president continues to deal with the backlash over acting attorney general matt whitaker who will oversee the special counsel's investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. whitaker has publicly criticized the probe in the past. on twitter, mr. trump tried to

distance himself writing, "i did not know mr. whitaker except primarily as he traveled with attorney general sessions. no social contact." in an interview that will air on "face the nation" tomorrow, democratic leader nancy pelosi called for whitaker's recusal. >> it does violence to the constitution and the vision of our founders to appoint such a person in such a manner. >> reporter: back here in paris, tomorrow, president trump is set to have lunch with several world leaders, including russian president vladimir putin. but the president says they do not have a formal meeting on the schedule. demarco. >> morgan: weijia jiang with the president. weijia, thank you. well, a number of midterm elections still haven't been decided, and in florida, voters are saying "here we go again." florida's secretary of state today ordered machine recounts in two key races. here's kenneth craig. >> reporter: on this fourth day after the midterm elections, florida's u.s. senate race and its governor's race are now the focus of a statewide recount.

of the state's 67 counties, palm beach and broward counties were still counting votes saturday, just ahead of the secretary of state's order. >> u.s.a.! >> reporter: in the battle for the u.s. senate, the tallies between republican governor rick scott and incumbent democrat bill nelson are so narrow, it could be within the margin requiring an additional manual recount. 18 years ago, the drama of the presidential race between george w. bush and al gore boiled down to south florida. on friday, protesters stormed the supervisor of elections office in broward county. house democratic leader nancy pelosi tells our margaret brennan there is no fraud, just an honest count of the votes. >> everybody who has-- is eligible to vote should be able counted as cast.a theire that's what this is about. >> reporter: in the governor's

race, republican ron desantis has a lead of less than half a percent over democrat andrew gillum. >> with the election behind us, it's now time to come together as a state. >> reporter: desantis is pressing on and building his transition team. ( applause ) gillum conceded tuesday night, but the tallahassee mayor could still be within the margin of a win, and the results are narrowing. >> let me say clearly, i am replacing my words of concession with an uncompromised and unapologetic call that we count every single vote. >> reporter: while a machine recount is relatively straightforward, a manual recount is a tedious process. people checking the ballots essentially have to decide what the voter's intention was. the deadlines for the results of a machine recount is next thursday. demarco. >> morgan: talk about a nail biter. kenneth craig reporting. thank you. tomorrow morning, margaret brennan returns to hosting "face

the nation." her guests include house minority leader nancy pelosi and senators ted cruz and lindsey graham. coming up next, an air disaster prompts the f.a.a. and boeing to issue a warning about a new fleet of passenger jets.

>> morgan: nearly two weeks after an indonesian airliner crashed into the sea the search for bodies was called off today. all 189 people on board were killed. the plane was a boeing 737 max, one of the newest and most advanced passenger jets. the disaster prompted warnings this week about the plane's sensors and automated systems. here's kris van cleave. >> reporter: the f.a.a.'s emergency action orders aurls to ensure 737 max pilots are properly trained in the event the plane goes into an uncommanded dive, similar to what lion air 610 experienced before crashing last week. >> this is pretty signature, kris. >> reporter: ross aimer, a

retired airline captain, who flew an older version of the 737 >> i'm actually surprised that the f.a.a. didn't ground these max, the aircraft, because when they issue an a.d., as you mentioned, that's an emergency situation. >> reporter: the horizontal stabilizers are those small wings just below the tails, flaps at the rear, known as the elevator, can trim or adjust the angle of the plane's nose up or down. if the sensors that help control the trim malfunction, the 737 max could automatically put itself into a dive, forcing pilotpilots to react quickly to over-ride that system and pull up. >> if you let it continuously trim, trim, trim, trim, trim, trim, trim, trim. >> reporter: so it's going to happen pretty fast. >> it could happen very fast, yes. >> reporter: the f.a.a. estimates 245 of the new 737 max jets are in use worldwide. 49 are currently thrown by three u.s. carriers. there have been no reports of malfunctions sensors on 737 max planes in the u.s.

early indication frghtz recovered flight data recorder in indonesia show that sensor had hal functioned on the three previous flights leading up to lion air's crash. boeing called the bill bulltin part of its usual process. however, it is unusual for a directive like this to be issued for a brand-new airliner. avation experts tell cbs news this kind of malfunction alone should not have resulted in a crash, adding, u.s. airline pilots practice for this type of another. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> morgan: up next, federal officials investigate an air traffic controller's radio silence at a busy airport.

>> morgan: federal officials are investigating an air traffic controller's radio silence during an overnight shift this past wednesday at mccarran. officials say she started slurling her words and coughing

until she eventually went quiet until another worker returned from a break. >> morgan: officials say no safety events occurred during the 40-minute incident. president trump today named his first recipients of the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest honor for a civilian. they include utah republican orrin hatch, who is retiring after 41 years in the senate. the late supreme court justice antonin scalia, elvis presley, and babe ruth. well, money can't buy r-e-s-p-e-c-t, but it can land you a treasured item once owned by the queen of soul. the first auction of aretha franklin's items sunshine her death this past summer is under way this weekend in new york. items including a gown she wore to a ceremony with president clinton, and the suit she wore to oprah's 40th birthday party.

well, still ahead, the itself government's crackdown on teen vaping.

>> morgan: e-cigarette companies have until this weekend to convince the f.d.a. that they can keep flavored e-cigs out of the hands of kids. with the deadline approaching, federal officials are preparing to announce a nationwide crackdown. here's anna werner. >> reporter: in september, the f.d.a. set a six-day deadline for several major e-cigarette companies to prove they can keep e-cigarettes away from kids. the one called juul holds more than 70% of the e-cigarette market share overall and has become overwhelmingly popular with minors. flavored products like mango and fruit particularly appeal to young people. now commissioner scott gottlieb

plans to ban sales of most flavored e-cigarettes in two places-- convenience stores and gas stations. the restriction would reportedly not apply to mint flavors because menthol cigarettes are sold. hadvocacy groups looking to protect teens told me last night they're pleased to see what they call first steps from the f.d.a., but pointed out that this move will not affect mint flavor, and they're worried that kids may just switch over to that flavor. we reached out to juul about these new possible reconstructions but the company has not yet offered any comment. anna werner, cbs news, new york. >> morgan: when we come back, he's running out of do nuts every day for a great reason.

. >> morgan: we end tonight in seal beach, california where everybody morning there's a run on donuts and a daily act of

hole-hearted kindness. here's john blackstone. >> reporter: seven days a week john chan arrives a little after 4:00 in the morning to open his donut shop in seal beach, california. >> good morning, sir. >> reporter: the first customers arrive by 4:30. these days, you have to get there early, because the do nuts are likely to be sold out before dawn. >> i'm getting five dozen do nuts. >> reporter: since 1990, john chan has been behind the counter with his wife, stella, by his side. >> how is she doing? >> she okay. >> oh! >> reporter: john's wife was more than 30 years is now recovering from a brain aneurysm. her sister stepped in to help out, but customers immediately missed stella. >> she's smiling, full of life, always in a great mood. just, "hi, how are you. good morning." >> reporter: because of their affection for the man who makes the confections, the community wanted to help. as word spread about stella, people said, "we'll give you some money. we'll open a gofundme page. we'll give you some money."

i can make money by myself, good enough. >> reporter: you didn't want people to just give you money. >> no, no, no. i'm not used-- >> we wanted to offer john some money, but he's a proud man and didn't want to take it. so i said, let's just come here, buy his inventory out every morning early so he can get home and be with his wife and help mend her back to full health. >> reporter: one person shared chan's story on social media suggesting the "the community could help out and bring do nuts to work, church, school." because as soon as the do nuts are sold out, john could leave and spend more time with his wife. suddenly, donuts were selling by the dozens and dozens. >> i'd like to get a dozen donuts. >> could i have two dozen. >> give me four dozen. >> i'm from minnesota and i heard about this! this is awesome! >> reporter: john and stella from refugees from cambodia. they became part of the fabric of this community, selling donuts to generation after

generation. >> yeah, they're national treasures here at seal beach. >> reporter: and that is where morning after morning, as the sun comes up, the donuts are disappearing. >> thank you. >> have a good day. >> i just can say thank you very much for neighbors, they're all helping me so much. have a good day. >> reporter: by 6:45, just more than two hours after chan opened, nearly everything is gone but the holes. >> i'll have the whole pan of the donut holes. >> reporter: the whole pan? >> yes. >> reporter: in this little shop by the sea, the only thing sweeter than the donuts is the outpouring of affection for the man behind the counter. >> john, i just want to say thank you for everything. >> oh, thank you, thank you. >> reporter: john blackstone, seal beach, california. >> morgan: wonderful acts of kindness there. that's the cbs weekend news for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." and for more news any time, you can go to cbsn, and cbsnews.com, or download the cbs news app. i'm demarco morgan in new york. thanks for

with nothing -- but their lives. and tonight: the massive camp fire in butte live from the cbs bay area cities, this is kpix 5 news. >> mainly it's my kids. i lost everything. but things can be replaced. kids can't. now at 6, they escaped with nothing but their lives, and tonight the massive campfire in butte county is forcing new evacuations. >> all around lake or rowville, crews trying to get a handle on this fire. we will show you what they are trying to do. >> winds are expected to pick up tomorrow. we'll also be pushing more smoke into the bay area. . >> the campfire in butte county is now the most destructive in state history. in just two days, it has burned 156 square miles, and that is twice the size of the city of oakland.

firefighters are making progress. containment has climbed to 20% tonight, but at least nine people have mcdonald in the fire, and a number are still missing. more than 6,700 structures have been destroyed, and officials say 15,000 more are threatened. >> at the moment, we are expecting a live briefing from cal fire. they are in chico tonight. that's live view from chico. they haven't gotten it underway yet. they're going to have the latest on the statistics associated with the fire. as soon as they begin that briefing, we'll bring it to you live. wilson walker is with firefighters racing to build containment before the winds pick um again. >> we begin with andrea borba. she's live near the community of berry creek, 170 miles northeast of san francisco, and 25 miles east of