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6:00. >> cbs news is next. see you in 30 minutes. captioning sponsored by cbs >> ninan: open for business. the partial government shutdown ends, but the border wall fight eantinues with a new deadline in three weeks. >> we will now all roll up our sleeves, and i believe we can come to an agreement on border security. >> ninan: also tonight, trump ally roger stone lashes out at the special counsel's indictment. >> i think that is unequal application of justice, and i have not been convicted of anything. >> ninan: an arctic blast piipping the northern plains and upper midwest moves east. the trump administration increases pressure on venezuela amid a political crisis. and pope francis wows the faithful in panama.
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>> it makes you feel calm, like-- >> reporter: to see the pope? >> yes. ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. five weeks after a budget battle put the brakes on the federal government, the wheels are slowly beginning to turn again. it's a process that could be temporary if congress and the white house can't agree on a border security plan before a new deadline in just under three weeks. nikole killion has the latest. >> we have reached a deal to end the shutdown. >> reporter: one day after president trump signed a bill to end the longest shutdown in u.s. history... >> the smithsonian museums will reopen to the public on tuesday. >> reporter: ...shuttered museums and parks planned to reopen as many federal workers breathed a collective sigh of relief. k> i'm happy to go back to work. >> reporter: from this d.c. pop-up kitchen to an air traffic control center in georgia. >> i'm very pleased that my
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coworkers and i are going to be getting a paycheck finally. >> reporter: excitement mixed with doubt knowing the government will only be funded for the next three weeks. >> as federal employees, our livelihoods should not be messed with as we move forward. >> reporter: with a bipartisan committee of lawmakers now tasked to come up with a deal on border security, the president wrote on twitter: the president also tweeted this video and continued to make his case for a border wall. e if we don't get a fair deal from congress, the government will either shut down on february 15 again, or i will use the powers afforded to me to r:dress this emergency. >> reporter: with no wall funding in the current bill, mr. trump fired back at critics claiming, "this was in no way a concession." a person familiar with the resident's deliberations said
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the real pivot point came thursday after g.o.p. senators expressed their frustration to the vice president at a luncheon. r> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: and a pair of votes failed on the senate floor, with garnering more support than the republican one. >> hopefully now the president has learned his lesson. >> our unity is our power, and that is what maybe the president underestimated. ma reporter: before making a decision, a source tells cbs news, the president was presented with a series of options, including reopening the government and declaring a national emergency, but he wanted to give it one last try to try to reach a deal. reena. >> ninan: nikole killion at the white house. nikole, thank you. a longtime associate of the president is maintaining his innocence tonight. roger stone insists he's not guilty of charges outlined in a federal indictment, and he's blasting an early-morning f.b.i. raid on his florida home. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: roger stone walked out of his fort lauderdale home
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today and immediately dismissed dpeculation that he shared information about the wikileaks disclosures with then-candidate trump in 2016. who were you communicating with then, if it wasn't the caesident? >> i wasn't. those two-- those two assertions regarding campaign official 1 arecampaign official 2 are incorrect. 'tey are false. now, that doesn't mean that the iecial counsel can't induce somebody to say that. but they would be people who were easily impeachable because rhey either were seeking a yeduction in their sentence or because they had an axe to grind against me. this will all come out at trial. >> lock him up! >> lock him up! >> reporter: after emerging from estecourthouse yesterday, the flamboyant political operative did a series of cable network fnterviews... >> it's about silencing me. >> reporter: ...dismissing the charges against him. >> no senior campaign official told me to find out anything about wikileaks. >> reporter: and he sharply denounced the f.b.i. for the arrest at his home.
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>> i am 66 years old. i do not have a valid passport. i do not own a gun. they have all of my records. there was no reason to treat me like pablo escobar. >> reporter: the former trump campaign adviser is charged with five counts of lying, one count of obstruction, and one count of egtness tampering. one court papers allege that he shared information directly with the trump campaign about wikileaks' release of democratic party emails hacked by the russians. the stolen data was released at 6ey moments during the 2016 election in an attempt to damage igllary clinton's campaign. the indictment mentions multiple, unnamed trump campaign officials who were in contact with stone about wikileaks. one person in particular directed a senior campaign official to talk to stone about the releases. >> reporter: were you aware roger stone was updating your campaign on wikileaks? st president trump did not answer questions about stone on friday, but saturday he tweeted, rif roger stone was indicted for lying to congress, what about
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the lying done by comey, brennan, clapper, and so many others?" the president was referring to former top law enforcement and intelligence officials who oversaw the launch of the russia investigation in 2016. nearly two and a half years later, there have been more than 35 indictments or guilty pleas. roger stone says that he will plead not guilty as he prepares to leave his home here in south florida to head to washington for his arraignment on tuesday. reena. >> ninan: we'll be watching on tuesday. jeff, thank you. an empty tour boat is finally free after it broke loose and , t stuck under an albany, new york, rail bridge amid rising water and ice jams. in the upper midwest, this will t another bitterly cold night with temperatures in the single digits, even below zero in some dlaces. all that cold air is now headed test. meteorologist lisa meadows of
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of our minneapolis station wcco joins us with the frigid strecast. hi, lisa. what can we expect? >> reena, we are amounting record-breaking cold temperatures heading into the rpper midwest next week, and we are looking at some temperatures that could be the coldest cities like chicago have seen in five years. the air is always there, but it's up across the north pole. with the weakening of the system, every once in a while we get that cold air to drop south, which is exactly what will happen coming up here next week. the coldest air in the entire northern hemisphere setting up shop in the great lakes and the twin cities and looking out to chicago. and it's not just the cold temperatures. it's the duration of the cold. we're looking at three days where locations like chicago won't see an actual temperature climb above zero, starting off on tuesday, going through hhursday. heoking at your wind chill values, we see these drop down to negative 40 in some spots as we go into wednesday morning. once you get below negative 50, you're looking at frostbite that could set in with just five minutes. and we'll continue to see these cold temperatures extend all the ndy into thursday. reena.
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>> ninan: lisa meadows in minneapolis. thank you, lisa. a.uisiana police say five people were killed today in two separate shootings. police believe the two shootings one connected. they took place about an hour west of new orleans. a married couple are among the victims. police have identified their 21-year-old son as a suspect. lo remains on the run. a st. louis police officer is unarged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a fellow officer. prosecutors say 29-year-old nathaniel hendren and 24-year-old katlyn alix were playing russian roulette. after the gun didn't fire twice, hendren pointed it at alix and ehen pulled the trigger, shooting her in the chest. ere texas middle-school student is dead, another was injured, along with their school bus driver, when their bus was hit by a train yesterday. as kenneth craig reports, it happened at a rail crossing onthout any warning signals. >> reporter: the union pacific freight train's impact was so powerful, the school bus was pushed a quarter of a mile down
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the train tracks. only two students were on board the bus friday afternoon in athens, texas, including christopher bonilla, a 13-year-old boy who was killed. his cousin, joselyne torres, a nine-year-old girl, was pulled from the wreckage and air lifted to a hospital. the 78-year-old bus driver, john stevens, was also hurt but survived. athens school superintendent orake styles: >> our hearts are broken for the families and everyone involved. or reporter: athens police and the union pacific railroad are trying to figure out why the bus was on the tracks in the first place. >> there's no warning lights s ere. there were only the crossbuck signs in place. rmere were no arms. there were no bells. >> reporter: the only warning in place where the impact happened are two railroad crossing signs known as a crossbuck. there are no other signals, like crossing arms or flashing lights. within hours of the crash, this
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group gathered to light candles and hold a vigil. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: the national transportation safety board did not launch to the crash site because of the government shutdown, but the train company is reviewing signage and the train's outward-facing camera. and, reena, thankfully, both the female student on the bus and de bus driver are both expected to recover. >> ninan: i'm glad they're going to be okay. ryank you very much, kenneth. the death toll from a dam collapse in brazil has increased to 34. hundreds of others remain missing tonight. the dam collapsed yesterday, flooding the area with reddish-brown mine waste, covering homes, cars, and even taking out a bridge. the united states is increasing pressure on venezuela's disputed aresident. secretary of state mike pompeo was at the u.n. today to urge all nations to back venezuela's opposition leader, who has declared himself interim president. well, this comes amid a deepening humanitarian crisis. manuel bojorquez is on venezuela's border with
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colombia. >> reporter: the bridge in cucuta, columbia, is typically busy. but look closely, and you'll see people carrying luggage, even family pets, signs of venezuelans displaced by the tises at home. why are you fleeing? ( speaking spanish ) you can't take it there anymore. ( speaking spanish ) dying of hunger. javier hernandez; his wife, maria elena; and their six-year-old son, david, have been on the road for three days now, joining the more than two million venezuelans who have fled to neighboring countries since 2015. the hernandezes have a message for president trump. el speaking spanish ) tell trump if he knocks down maduro, you'll build the wall and paint it for him. president nicolas maduro has a hssage for trump too. "i have broken political and diplomatic relations with the government of donald trump," he said. "i have not broken relations with the united states." but the u.s. has officially
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recognized opposition leader juan guaido as the nation's interim president. he wasted little time rallying the opposition this weekend. they're planning a major demonstration next week against the man they call a dictator, ioo violently suppresses protests. at least 20 people were reportedly killed in recent clashes. they also say he's impoverished the nation. the average venezuelan has lost 24 pounds in the last year, which explains the long line for a free lunch across the border in colombia and the plates eaten clean. fabiola ruiz runs the kitchen and says 3,500 people eat here daily, almost all venezuelans. is it possible to keep this going if more people come? ( speaking spanish ) faith in god is what you have. not all venezuelans are looking to stay here. many are trying to return home with things they say they simply cannot get there, basics like food, medicine, even toilet paper.
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but for javier, maria elena, and david, there's no turning back right now as they take their next steps towards an uncertain future. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, cucuta, columbia. >> ninan: coming up, pope francis celebrates mass in panama. and will d.n.a. clear this man of four murders after 36 years? 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,
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>> responding to 2951 english road. >> reporter: cooper had been convicted of the murders of doug and peggy ryen; their daughter, jessica; and neighbor; christopher hughes, inside the ryen home in chino hills, california, in june of 1983. eight-and-a-half-year-old josh ryan barely survived. haere was strong evidence pointing to multiple assailants. but then investigators discovered that one escaped prisoner, kevin cooper, a career burglar, had been hiding out in a vacant house near the ryens' home. defense attorney norman hile: >> kevin cooper was a convenient person to pin it on. the problem was they didn't have the evidence. >> reporter: there were no fingerprints or any of cooper's hair in the house. the state found that only one tiny drop of blood, scraped off a wall, matched cooper's blood type. >> they planted his blood in order to keep him in prison. >> reporter: hile also believes
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evidence was deliberately destroyed, like bloody coveralls, turned in to investigators by diana roper. roper says her ex-boyfriend, paroled killer lee furrow, was hearing them the night of the murders. >> i had nothing to do with any ep this. >> reporter: and former district attorney michael ramos agrees. >> he was 30-plus miles away when this murder occurred. >> reporter: was it lee furrow, kevin cooper, or someone else? new d.n.a. tests may provide answers. >> ninan: erin will have much more tonight on "48 hours." you can see it at 9:00 p.m., 8:00 central, right here on cbs. still ahead, pope francis in panama to celebrate world youth day. day. being diagnosed last year er with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. (avo) another tru story with keytrudaa chemotherapy and she's getting results we rarely saw five years ago.
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>> ninan: this has been a busy day for pope francis as he continues his visit to panama for world youth day. seth doane has more. >> reporter: in a brand newly renovated basilica in panama city, pope francis directed his comments today to clergy and spoke of weariness which can come from seeing a church wounded by sin. rgt the pontiff urged priests td nuns to find energy from their faith, despite the challenges. that's what world youth day is designed to do: engage hundreds of thousands of catholics who have made the pilgrimage here. >> it makes you feel calm, like-- >> reporter: to see the pope? >> yes.
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>> reporter: the atmosphere often resembles a concert, more than a religious event. be it's, like, really happy, and you just want to, like, jump up and down. but then that would be habarrassing. >> reporter: we met zach adkins, who had come from connecticut to join the throngs to at least see the pope. >> he speaks different languages, so you can't really understand him. so you have to, like, listen to, like, translations. but he's the pope, so anything he says, i guess, kind of just sounds good. >> reporter: the pope, in his signature approach, has reached nmt to those cast aside, hearing confessions from inmates at a youth detention center, and has plans to visit a shelter for people living with h.i.v. and aids tomorrow. he's talked of promoting migrants and tearing down the walls that divide people. rt friday's somber "way of the cross," the pope acknowledged the suffering of youth who "have fallen into the snares of plscrupulous people who claim to be serving the lord."
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for the most part, on this trip, the pope has not been directly addressing the clerical sex abuse scandals swirling around the church, but a vatican spokesman said just because the word "abuse" is not in every thech does not mean the pope is not thinking about it. reena. >> ninan: seth, thank you. coming up next, why this man feels responsible for the deaths of four american service men 75 years ago. s apart. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira can help get, and keep uc under control when other medications haven't worked well enough. and it helps people achieve control that lasts. so you can experience few or no symptoms. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems,
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>> ninan: we end tonight in a park in sheffield, >> ninan: we end tonight in a park in sheffield, england. mark phillips has the story of four americans who died there in world war ii. it's a tale of heroism, honor, and a lifetime of regret. >> reporter: in a city park in england, tony foulds, 82 now, personally tends the memorial for 10 u.s. airmen who died here in 1944. >> everything is going to be r:ne now. >> reporter: tony thinks the crew of the "mi amigo"-- average age 22-- died because of him. >> because it's me that killed them. >> reporter: how? why do you say that? >> because if i hadn't been in the park, they could have landed in the park. >> reporter: the park is in the city of sheffield, where an eight-year-old tony was playing with his friends as the damaged bomber approached. >> it was full of holes.
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some of the holes were really big shell holes. >> reporter: the "mi amigo" had been badly shot up on a bombing raid against the german luftwaffe. more than 40 b-17s didn't make it back that day. "mi amigo" almost did. it was apparently trying to land on the field where tony and his friends were standing and watching. >> we saw this figure going like that. >> reporter: somebody waving to you from the plane? >> well, we thought they were just waving. >> reporter: tony is now convinced the wave meant something else. >> actually, they were telling us to get out of the way. >> reporter: with the kids in the field, the pilot veered away. "mi amigo" never made it over the surrounding trees. the memorial now stands where lme plane went down, and tony comes by almost every day. >> this is my life now, literally, you know. ecaust come down here because
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there's nothing else now but these, but these lads. >> reporter: the pilot of "mi amigo" was john kriegshauser. his nephew, who lives in edicago, was named after him. >> we're all very touched by-- by his devotion and his remembrance of this, but i think he's as much a victim of this as my uncle and the air crew were. >> reporter: tony foulds' private vigil is about to become public with an air force fly-pass on the 75th anniversary of the crash next month. tony, as usual, will be there. mark phillips, cbs news, sheffield, england. >> ninan: and the u.s. ambassador to the u.k., woody johnson, said it's because of tony that millions of people know about these ten men. and that's the cbs weekend news this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." and the news continues always on our 24-hour digital
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anti-abortion activists march down market street.. in the annual "wa this is kpix 5 news. >> and now at 6, tens of thousands of antiabortion activists walked in the annual walk for life. tonight we ask organizers why san francisco. >> plus a massive set up in oakland as kamala harris plans to kick off her race for president. >> the fact is you can't feed your children today with money that you get on friday. >> and the shut down may be over for now, but federal workers in the bay area are still wondering when the government will finally show them the money. and good evening. i'm juliet goodrich. >> it could be days before those workers see their first paycheck in more than a month. devon feely is in mountain view, where the scientists who can put us into space still can't get their check from the
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government. >> reporter: the president's announcement answered one fundamental question for federal employees, when would the shut down be over, but most of those workers have not yet been paid, and today's event is proof that the strain on their families and budget remains. >> these over here are anything that you want. >> reporter: the recovery for furloughed employees is just beginning. >> it's very embarrassing, and hard to go forward, saying, "i need some help." >> reporter: the second harvest food bank organizes a food pantry for 200 nasa employees who found their financialses in a tail spin in the longest shut down in the government's history. >> what we've noticed is there is a heightened level of insecurity right now about what's going to happen tomorrow, and that's causing a lot of folks that normally wouldn't turn to the food bank for help to come. >> reporter: it's not clear when federal workers will get their first he

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