it's wednesday, january 2nd, 2019. this is the cbs morning news. congressional leaders from both parties are heading to the white house today for a briefing on the border wall and security as the government shutdown enters day 12. and up close and personal an exhibit at a florida zoo turns into a terrifying experience after a toddler falls into the rhinoceros enclosure. and 2019 will be a very big year for a mega millions player. one ticket hit the $425 million jackpot.

good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbsew headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. as the partial government shutdown enters day 12, they ar if that meeting with president trump will actually help to end the shutdown. tom hanson is here in new york with more. good morning, tom. >> good morning. that meeting is going to be about border security. with the shutdown nearing two weeks, its effects are becoming more and more apparent. for the first time since the partial government shutdown began 12 days ago, president trump is expected to meet with part of border security. and we're working on it. >> it will be president's first meeting with democratic leaders since december 11 when he said he'd be proud to shut down the

government over border security. >> i will be the one to shut it down. i'm not going to blame you for it. >> it's unclear what come from today's meting. presumptive house speaker nancy pelosi expects to pass legislation to reopen the government tomorrow when democrats take control. she noted in a letter to her colleagues that these bills contain no new wall funding. last night white house press secretary sarah sanders called pelosi's plan a nonstarter. senate republicans said they won't pass anything that doesn't have the president's support. >> government shutdown and how you can help. >> reporter: while lawmakers squabble in washington, volunteers are picking up the slack where they can. these rock climbing guides at joshua tree national park are cleaning the bathrooms. >> not to mention we're about $400 out on cash buying toilet paper. >> visitors to golden gate recreational area are taking out trash. >> i understand that the park rangers aren't working so we had plastic bags, why not clean this mess up. >> the smithsonian museums are

closed until the shutdown ends. about 800,000 federal employees are working without pay or furloughed until the shutdown is over. and the largest federal employee union is suing the government claiming that forcing employees to work without pay violates federal law. anne-marie. >> thank you so much, tom. u.s. customs and border protection is defending its use of teargas to repel migrants trying to breach the border fence in tijuana. they fired teargas as about 150 migrants tried to enter the u.s. nearby reporters say the gas affected migrants including women and children, as well as members of the press. u.s. customs and border protection says the gas was aimed at rock throwers on the mexican side who prevented agents from helping children being passed over the fence. ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll talk with the incoming chairman of the house judiciary committee jared nadler about the government shutdown and the border wall. there's a potentially

dangerous storm system moving through the south. it's making its way through arizona, new mexico, and texas and heading east. winter storm warnings are in effect. the national weather service is calling for heavy snow and freezing rain. several inches of snow have fallen in arizona. the desert was covered in a blanket of white. forecasters say there could be icy, slick roads throughout the state including the tucson area. and a search continues for a gunman who shot and killed a 7-year-old girl riding in a car. police in the houston area say they have surveillance video of that pickup involved in sunday's shooting. janet has more. >> everybody loves her. >> in her houston hospital bed, laporsha lay grieving and in shock over the death of her daughter. >> he left us a corpse. we no longer have a joyful 7-year-old running around.

>> reporter: 7-year-old jasmine barnes was shot and killed early sunday when a trainer for no apparent reason pulled alongside their car on a service road and opened fire on washington and her four daughters. the 30-year-old mom was hit in the shoulder. police believe the shooter, a white bearded man in his 40s was driving this red pickup truck. security cameras caught a grainy image of the vehicle before the gunfire. can you think of anything that transpired? >> i replayed this moment in my head over a million times to see did i cut this man off? did i make a wrong turn in front of him? and i didn't. he fired off at us for no reason. >> washington was able to drive away realizing when she pulled over to call police one daughter was hurt by a shattered window and jasmine wasn't breathing. her second grader died of a gunshot wound to the head. >> we're going to bring justice

to my baby. >> a senseless crime and a family vowing that a child killer will not go unpunished. >> every crack, every rock, every corner that could be flipped, turned, and turned around we're going to be there. >> the sheriff is asking for the community's help in identifying the driver of that red pickup. a challenge in houston where the trucks are common. deputies say they're so outraged by this crime they are treating it with the intensity as if it were their own child. well, a 2-year-old girl is recovering in the hospital this morning after falling into an exhibit at a florida zoo. toddler was taking part in what's called a hands-on experience in the zoo in melbourne yesterday. they say she fell between a set of steel poles separating guests from the animals. she came in contact with one of the snout's of one of the

rhinos. the girl's father who reportedly rescued her said that she's in good care and doing well. in russia now they're calling the rescue of a baby trapped in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building a new year's miracle. monday's collapse killed at least nine people. barry petersen has more. >> reporter: careful, careful rescuers shout. then cradled in their arms, 10-month-old vanya alive after being buried 35 hours in temperatures that dipped to 4 below 0. after a quick injection, the race for life begins. let's go, let's go, they yell! run, run! rushing him to a local hospital he was transferred to a hospital in moscow. the rescue came after a portion of this building collapsed after an explosion of a gas leak. magnitogorsk is a city now sad

enned. my colleague died, she says, a young woman now gone. vanya may be alive because he was in a crib wrapped in blankets. russian officials warn he's in serious condition, but he has a whole nation praying that he will survive, that miracles really do happen. barry petersen, cbs news, london. it's a very happy new year for a mega millions player in new york. there was one grand prize winning ticket in last night's $425 million jackpot. the winning numbers were 34, 44, 57, 62, and 70. the mega ball was 14. the ticket was sold at an auto service shop in long island. the new year's day drawing was the eighth largest jackpot in mega millions history. the winner of october's $1.5 billion prize still hasn't come forward. check those tickets, don't throw

them out. coming up on "the morning news," elizabeth smart speaks out. the former kidnapping victim is upset over where her abductor is living now. and new year's rescue. a woman is pulled from a car sinking in muddy water. this is the "cbs morning news." . and keep us protected. we've got to have each other's backs... and fronts. cerave. what your skin craves. when heartburn hits... fight back fast with tums smoothies.

it neutralizes stomach acid at the source. tum tum tum tum tums... smoothies... ...and introducing new tums sugar-free. fact: some of your favorite foods stain teeth. unlike ordinary whitening toothpaste, colgate optic white has hydrogen peroxide that goes below the tooth's surface for a smile that's 4 shades visibly whiter! colgate optic white. whitening that works. ♪ ♪ ww freestyle is proven to help people lose weight, sleep better, and feel happier. join for free and lose 10 lbs on us.

♪ i'm free ♪ free falling >> a bystander captured the dramatic moment when a kayaker plunged over michigan's largest waterfall over the weekend. video shows the man hurdling down the 50 foot falls and disappears in the white water below. moments later he emerges back upside down, rolls back over and waves to the crowd on the shore. the kayaker says he's very experienced and he notified park officials before attempting this. elizabeth smart is speakingr and new details about an

american detained be in russia. "the new york times" says the american accused of spying in russia is a marine veteran who was in moscow for a wedding, according to his family. russian authorities say paul wayland was detained on friday during an act of espionage. wayland's family says he's incident. his arrest comes 15 days after a woman pleaded guilty in washington to conspiring to act as a foreign agent. florida deputies pulled a woman from a sink car in a dramatic new year's day rescue. 20-year-old amanda antonio lost control of her car earlier yesterday after another driver cut her off. the car rolled several times and came to a stop upside down in a water-filled ditch. trapped inside, she used her apple watch to call 911 and help the dispatcher guide rescuers through the dense fog. >> i was like well are they coming? did they find me?

did they find me? yes, just keep talking. i kept talking to her. then by the time they came, the water was like right here. >> deputies managed to pull antonio to safety just as the car was being submerged in the waste-deep muck. she suffered only minor injuries. utah's standard examiner says the woman who helped kidnap elizabeth smart is living near an elementary school. wanda barzee is listed in a sex offender registry as living several blocks from a salt lake city school. the 73-year-old was released from pris someone to september. smart issued a statement saying people with a history of child abuse should be housed as far away as possible from schools, families, and community centers. and our houston affiliate khou says harris county, texas, made history when 17 african-american women were sworn in as judges. they were sworn in yesterday during a packed public ceremony. they were elected to office in november as part of a democratic the #blackgirlmagic. it's thought to be the largest

group of black female judges elected at the same time in the county's history. still to come, the outlook for gas prices. the new year brings good news for drivers across the country. and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 65 and take medications. what's my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i just turned 80. what's my price? $9.95 a month for you, too. if you're age 50 to 85, call now about the number one most popular whole life insurance plan available through the colonial penn program. it has an affordable rate starting at $9.95 a month. no medical exam, no health questions.

your acceptance is guaranteed, and this plan has a guaranteed lifetime rate lock, so your rate can never go up for any reason. and with this plan, you can pick your payment date, so you can time your premium due date to work with your budget. so call now for free information. and you'll also get this free beneficiary planner, and it's yours just for calling. so call now. here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country.

this might be the play of the day on new year's day. >> look down there in the superdome and he's not having it. >> the texas longhorns mascot caused a scare before the sugar bowl yesterday. the steer broke out of his enclosure and seemed to charge the georgia mascot uga. unfortunately uga and other humans standing nearby escaped outwithout injury. on the money watch now, the new year brings lower gas prices and ivanka trump's new economic project. we have that from the new york stock exchange. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. >> gas is getting cheaper. gas buddy says the price of a gallon of self-serve regular will average $2.70 nationally in 2019. that's 3 cents less than 2018. prices this month are expected to be the lowest of the new year. triple "a" says the average price for regular gas in the nation is $2.25. the price for mid grade is $2.59.

and premium averages $2.85. gas buddy says 42% of gas stations in the u.s. are selling gasoline for under $2 a gallon. prescription drug prices are going up in the new year. industry analysts say pharmaceutical companies are raising prices on hundreds of drugs including many generic medicines. allergan is leading the way with increases of nearly 10% on more than two dozen products. the report shows more than three dozen drug makers raised their prices yesterday. the average increase was 6.3%. and ivanka trump is aimed to launch a us what effort aimed at women's empowerment. she has made supporting women in business a part of her portfolio as a white house adviser. the initiative seeks to align government agencies behind the mission of supporting women's economic development around the world. a formal launch was planned for

next week but it's been postponed because of the government shutdown. anne-marie. >> thank you so much and happy new year to you as well. still to come, a photo finish. a nasa spacecraft captures images an icy world in a historic fly by.

forecast in some cities around the country. three brothers in minnesota build larger than life snow sculptures every year for charity. this winter, austin, trevor, and connor barts constructed a giant snail with the help of some friends.

the fund raiser that they chose to support is an organization that provides clean water for people in vietnam. a nasa spacecraft is giving us a glimpse into the earliest days of our solar system. mark strassmann has more on how the new horizons probe is making history. >> we've just accomplished the most distant fly by. a room of people in maryland got something unusual, the greatest long distance call in human history. that call traveled more than 4 billion miles, a radio signal from new horizon's spacecraft flying past ultima thule. a frozen world shaped like a bowling pin. a pristine we will e relevantic from the dauchb time. >> i don't know about all of you, but i'm really liking this 2019 thing so far. >> allan stern is the principal investigators for nasa's new horizons project. the space probe about the size of a baby grand piano launched in 2006 sent back breathtaking

photos of pluto in 2015, then traveled deeper into the kuiper belt for its fly by of ultima thule. >> we chased it down from a billion miles away more or less in the dark out there and we crossed it at 32,000 miles per hour. >> they will release high-resolution photos. though photos and other data could teach scientists how planets were formed from smaller worlds like thule believed to be roughly as old as the solar system itself, 4.5 billion years. >> this is an example of america on its game and people in our time doing things that are larger than life that actually go down in history books that make a difference for the body of human knowledge. >> for the next decade, new horizons will keep sailing into the cosmos. it's next target unclear, but another billion miles or more from earth. mark strassmann, cbs news,

laurel, maryland. coming up on "cbs this morning," in a new series with ted called ideas that matter, we meet a fire chief whose making a big difference in the fight against the opioid crisis in west virginia. i'm anne-marie green, this is the "cbs morning news." e "cbs morning news." o count on... is boost®. delicious boost® high protein nutritional drink now has 33% more protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals. boost® high protein look for savings on boost® in your sunday's paper. our because of smoking.ital. but we still had to have a cigarette. had to. but then, we were like. what are we doing? the nicodermcq patch helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. nicodermcq. you know why, we know how. but this hair color thing. i've got that figured out. garnier nutrisse. the #1 nourishing color crème, with avocado, olive and shea oils. nourishes while you color. for the rich color you expect. join the millions who have chosen nutrisse. nourished hair. better color. fact: some of your favorite foods stain teeth.

unlike ordinary whitening toothpaste, colgate optic white has hydrogen peroxide that goes below the tooth's surface for a smile that's 4 shades visibly whiter!

colgate optic white. whitening at works. preparing girls for a lifetime of leadership. our top stories this morning. as the partial government shutdown enters its 12 day, congressional leaders from both parties head to the white house for a briefing on border security. it's unclear if the meeting with president trump will end the shutdown. democrats say they'll take action to reopen the government when they take control of the house tomorrow. and investigators in the houston area hope surveillance video will help find the gunman who fired several shots into a car sunday killing a 7-year-old girl. police believe the shooter, a white, bearded man in his 40s was driving a red pickup truck. thousands of cats and dogs were among the casualties in the campfire in northern california in november.

and many suffered severe burns. now some are receiving promising new treatment. jayuccas has m >> reporter: when the campfire broke out in paradise, mindy and curtis stark were 3,000 miles away from their 8-year-old boston terrier mix olivia. >> i can't imagine what she saw or what she did. >> reporter: did you think that olivia was gone? >> oh, yeah. >> i thought she perished. we really expected the worst because no one could get to her. >> reporter: their house was left in ashes. police finally found olivia nearly a week later. the starks reunited with their dog at a local clinic, but she was severely burned. >> she had such extensive injuries not only to her paws but her sides, second and third degree burns. so it was quite painful for her. >> reporter: so they decided to treat olivia in a highly unusual way, with fish skins.

she attaches tilapia skins packed with high levels of collagen to the wound allowing them to heal better and faster while reducing the need for painful bandage changes. >> it provides protection and pain relief cover all those open nerve endings as well as providing an area for the skin cells to grab on and move across to help heal a wound. >> she initially used fish skins to treat bears and a mountain lion burned in wildfires. but this is the first time the procedure has been performed on pets. >> there hasn't been a true standard of care for treating burns in veterinary medicine. we have to find better ways to treat these patients. >> reporter: weeks later olivia's wounds are healing. >> we see our dog now. she's got her personality back. it took a layer off the sadness. >> reporter: giving hope to the starks and their beloved pooch as they all get back on their

feet. jamie yuccas, orville, california. michigan is the latest state to make cyber bullying a crime that could lead to jail time. we'll have the details. plus, in a new ted series we will meet a fire chief who's making a big difference in the fight grens the opioid crisis in west virginia. and in a series what's working a program where nurses make house visits to help new parents. that's the cbs news for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ve a great day.

live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix 5 news news. >> good morning. taking alive look from the city of san francisco, looking east.

thanks for joining us. >> i'm michelle griego. we are going to say morning to gianna and mary. how is everyone doing. >> got a little more rest last night? >> yes. >> i'm just getting back to it. i had the holiday off. >> i know. >> we are glad your back. >> a short week. we can make it through it. >> the cool weather will wake us up. >> you get that blast of cold air. it is a cold start to the day. temperatures in the 40s, 30s, and some spots below freezing. a live look south with clear skies. check out the temperatures. 37 in concord. 40 in oakland. livermore and santa rosa below freezing at 31 degrees. definitely cold for you. downtown san francisco, 45.