captioning funded by cbs it's friday, february 15th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump is expected to sign a bill to avert a government shutdown, then declare a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border. whose city? >> our city! >> amazon presses the cancel button on its planned new york city headquarters. and a monster storm drenches california, unleashing flash floods and mudslides. washing away homes, roads, and forcing residents to evacuate.

good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. a budget deal to avert a government shutdown is headed to president trump's desk after being approved by congress. while mr. trump is expected to sign it, he announced that he will also declare a national emergency to get more money for a border wall. marc liverman is here with reaction. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. a national emergency declaration may come as a surprise to some lawmakers, but the president has been talking about it for months to get his wall. the move is already coming with a lot of pushback from democrats and even some republicans. president trump is planning to declare a national emergency today, arguing the situation at the southern border is a humanitarian crisis. >> the yeas are 83, the nays are 16.

>> reporter: overwhelm congress overwhelmingly approved a spending package to avoid a government shutdown. >> the yeas are 300, the nays are 128. >> reporter: included is $1.4 billion for border fencing, far short of the $5.7 billion president trump wanted for a wall. >> he's prepared to sign the bill. he will also be issuing a national emergency declaration at the same time. >> reporter: declaring a national emergency would give the president the authority to redirect funds from other projects without congressional approval. >> taking from far less -- really from far less important areas. >> reporter: democrats are expected to challenge the order. >> we will not have an end run around the congress of the united states. >> reporter: president trump himself has argued against it. in a 2014 tweet he said president obama was subverting the constitution because he's unable to negotiate with congress. >> what if it's bernie sanders and he declares climate change? >> reporter: the precedent it sets for the future democratic

president. >> if the president doesn't do it we'll have a lot more problems than this. >> reporter: in a cbs news poll two-thirds of americans said president trump should not declare a national emergency. democratic leaders haven't said how they'll challenge the president's emergency declaration, but it is expected to be immediately contested in federal court. anne-marie? >> all right, marc liverman here in new york. thanks a lot, marc. there's new fallout from explosive comments by former deputy director of the fbi andrew mccabe. in an interview with "60 minutes," he describes why he was so concerned in a meeting with the president after fbi director james comey was fired two years ago. paula reid reports. >> i was speaking to the man who had just run for the presidency and won the election for the presidency and who might have done so with the aid of the government of russia, our most formidable adversary on the

world stage. and that was something that troubled me greatly. >> reporter: mccabe says days later he opened criminal and counterintelligence investigations into the president. >> i wanted to make sure that our case was on solid ground, and if somebody came in behind me and closed it and tried to walk away from it, they would not be able to do that without creating a record of why they made that decision. >> reporter: mccabe told "60 minutes" correspondent scott pelley that following comey firing, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein brought up the 25th amendment which gives the majority of the cabinet and the vice president the power to remove the president from office. mccabe says he was also part of discussions with the deputy attorney general when he said rosenstein offered to wear a wire inside the white house. in the interview, he said the proposal was so serious he took it to the general counsel of the fbi. in a statement the justice department said rosenstein never authorized a wire, although it does not deny it was discussed.

the president punched back on twitter writing, "mccabe is a disgrace to the fbi and a disgrace to our country." in poland, vice president mike pence called the suggestion to remove mr. trump from office absurd. >> i have never heard any discussion of the 25th amendment by members of this government, and i would never expect to. >> reporter: mccabe was fired last year after an inspector international investigation found he lacked candor in relation to a leak to a reporter. his case was referred to the u.s. attorney in d.c. for possible criminal charges. paula reid, cbs news, the white house. today is william barr's first day on the job as attorney general. he was sworn in yesterday after the senate confirmed him in a 54-45 vote. barr will overview the remaining work in special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. democrats are pressing him to make the report public when it's finished, but he has not committed to it.

lawmakers in new york are weighing in on amazon's decision not to move there after all. there had been mounting opposition in recent weeks to the tech giant's plan to build part of a second headquarters in new york city. wendy gillette has that story. >> reporter: amazon decided it's not going where it's not wanted. the company reversed plans for building a new york city headquarters after opposition from the community. >> there was no conversation about how the infrastructure of new york city would be able to handle amazon's presence here. well, the news for amazon is that they're not bigger than new york city. >> reporter: amazon's new faclity would have brought 25,000 jobs to the city. but local politicians were infuriated the company was offered $3 billion in tax breaks. in washington, newly elected democrat alexandria on, casio -- alexandria ocasio-cortez called it a

victory for everyday new yorkers. >> we were looking at a deal that was not primarily putting the community first, and i think th wabsotely come together to create an economic plan that actually invests in new yorkers. >> reporter: this is the queens neighborhood where amazon was planning to build its headquarters. new york competed against more than 200 cities to land the project. new york governor andrew cuomo had argued the company would transform long island city into an invigorated, high-tech powerhouse. he accused the state senate of doing tremendous damage and of losing an economic opportunity. it would have benefited rockaway brewing company across the street from where the headquarters was planned. what was positive about amazon coming here? >> i think the attention the city was going to give us in terms of new sewers, infrastructure for trains, you know, schools. dit thchanf amazon says it's more than 5,000 employees in new york and promises to add more. wendy gillette, cbs news, long island city, new york. two people are being questioned as persons of interest in the investigation into the alleged attack against actor jussie smollett. chicago police raided the home of two brothers last night.

cbs chicago station wbbm reports police took bleach, shoes, electronics, receipts, and other items from the home. a source tells wbbm police are looking into whether the men helped smollett stage the attack. this comes amid reports smollett was being dropped from the show "empire" which writers of the series dispute. chicago police say allegations about the attack being a hoax on unconfirmed. smollett told "good morning america" in an interview that aired yesterday that he's angry some people do not believe he was attacked. >> if i had said it was a muslim or mexican or someone black, i feel like the doubters would have support me a lot much more, a lot more. >> the men being questioned are reportedly of nigerian descent and have appeared on "empire." smollett has told police two white men attacked him. he was questioned again yesterday and is said to be

cooperating with police. more wet weather is expected in the west through the weekend after flooding rain hit california. heavy rain and high winds triggered a mudslide outside san francisco that sent two homes down a hill. the rain is also flooding parts of wine country in sonoma county. floodwaters are also forcing officials to close roads in southern california. >> it's not just the debris and the rocks and the trees that can cause a lot of damage. >> an avalanche warning is in effect in the back country of the sierra-nevada mountains where some areas could see up to seven feet of snow. coming up on the "morning news," a new r. kelly sex tape. details on the latest video of the singer to surface. and returning to the moon. nasa unveils plans for a lunar mission. this is the "cbs morning news." is the "cbs morning news." like? it looks like george having a busy day. ♪ the beat goes on george has entresto,

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♪ on the cbs "money watch," facebook is facing a record fine, and the first major u.s. bank is launching its own cryptocurrency. diane king hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, diane. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. pepsico reports its fourth quarter earnings before the opening bell today. pepsico's biggest rival, coca-cola, got hammered yesterday. shares of coke had its worst one-day performance in over a decade. as for the broader markets, stocks finished mixed. the dow lost 103. the s&p 500 fell seven, while retail sales fell in december, turning in the worst performance since september, 2009. that's what rattled the market. the government report says sales at stores, restaurants, and on

line fell 1.2% in december from november. the performance was so poor some analysts questioned the report's accuracy. on average, retail sales during the holiday season have risen about 4% from november to december. facebook is allegedly facing a record-breaking fine for its recent privacy lapses. the "washington post" reports the company is negotiating an agreement with the ftc that would result in a multibillion dollar penalty. an investigation into facebook's privacy practices began last year following the cambridge analytica scandal. this could amount to the largest penalty ever levied against a tech company in the u.s. meanwhile, general electric is downsizing its world headquarters. the company has been restructuring its boston operations amid sagging profits. g.e. will also return $87 million massachusetts spent in an incentives package to lure the company there from connecticut three years ago.

and jpmorgan chase became the first u.s. bank to roll out itnnounced jpm coin, the digital token, used to instantly settle payments between clients. only a tiny fraction of payments will be made using the cryptocurrency. anne-marie? >> all right. that's really surprising to me. i thought after bitcoin lost so much of its value that was the beginning of the end for cryptocurrency, but clearly not when you have jamie dimon backing you up. >> it surprised me because in the past jamie diamond kind of poo-poo'd it. >> thanks. >> thank you. ahead, surviving a mountain lion attack. a colorado man shares his story of how he had to kill a big cat with his bare hands. of how he had to kill a big cat with his bare hands. metal vibration therapy. ( ♪ ) (glass breaking) (gasp) not cool. freezing away fat cells with coolsculpting?

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♪ relentless rain in southern california is causing major problems on the roads. sinkholes are prompting closures and detours. people in riverside county were told to shelter in place because of unsafe road conditions yesterday. according to the california highway patrol, one part of the highway was actually washed away by the storm north of idlewild. some monks in arkansas are tapping into the beer business. a monastery about 100 miles from little rock is brewing and selling its own beer under the country monks brewing label. it received a brewing license just two months ago. the monks make three types of beer, pale ale, amber, and stout, and say they enjoy the beer themselves, and the profits go to helping elder monks. and a colorado man is sharing a frightening story about his sudden encounter with

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our top stories this morning -- president trump plans to sign a massive budget deal that will prevent a government shutdown. the bill, however, does not give the president the funding he's demanding for a border wall. mr. trump is expected to declare a national emergency to get that funding. and president trump is calling andrew mccabe a disgrace. the former fbi deputy director told "60 minutes" he launched an obstruction of justice investigation involving the president after the firing of former fbi director james comey. mccabe also said justice department officials discussed constitutional procedures for removing a sitting president from office. each year nearly 12,000 very low birthweight babies are born with a common heart defect.

now the fda has approved a new device that can treat the tiniest of babies. tracy townsend has details. >> reporter: irie and judah felkner are typical toddlers according to their mom, crisa. >> they're fighters, both of them are. >> reporter: the twins have been through a lot. you haven't been able to hold them. >> no, no. >> reporter: more than 13 weeks early they were fighting for their lives, then the diagnosis that irie, one pound, 13 ounces, had a heart condition, pda. >> i was truly scared that we were not going to bring her home. >> reporter: a potentially life-threatening opening between two blood vessels leading from the heart which increases blood flow to the lungs making it hard to breathe. doctors told the couple about a new device to close the opening called the piccolo. smaller than a pea, the device from abbott can be implanted in

babies weighing as little as two pounds through a minimally invasive procedure using a catheter to direct the device to the heart. >> you put in this little plug. it takes 20 minutes. >> reporter: dr. evan zhan of the smitt heart facility explains -- >> you push it out, there's the first disk, the middle section, and the last disk. that goes into the pda and almost plugs it immediately. we can reposition by drawing it back in the catheter and doing the whole thing over again until it's perfect. >> reporter: irie was one of the first babies in the u.s. to have the device while it was tested. she was breathing on her own just three days later. >> she's a part of medical history. that's crazy. at six weeks old, look what you're doing for the world, irie. >> reporter: now 18 months old, both babies have no limitations, and their mother couldn't be more grateful. tracy townsend, cbs news news, columbus, ohio.

coming up on "cbs this morning," protecting the airspace over washington, d.c. we ride with the coast guard unit responsible for intercepting any potential threats. plus, a conversation about race with virginia middle school students following the blackface controversy involving virginia's top political leaders. and from skin care systems to toothbrushes, we'll show you the latest from the emerging beauty technology industry. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪ have a great day. ♪

live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. good morning. it is friday, february 15. here is a look at the bay bridge and the wet week is not coming to an end just yet.

i am michelle griego . >> good morning. i am kenny choi. authorities in sonoma county are keeping a close eye on the russian river which crested this morning and above flood stage. the sonoma county sheriff department is asking people to evacuate living along the low- lying areas of the russian river and its tributaries. these are advised orders and not mandatory. we will have a live report in the next half hour. the levy breach in novato has shut down westbound highway 37. the closure will likely last throughout the morning. all of the rainfall overwhelmed the creeks, sending rushing water through the levy. the water was so strong it washed away the foundation of this railroad bridge. the crumbling roadway, you can see chunks of the be