mostly dry but the latter half of next week might be a little more with precipitation. cbs weekend news is up next. we will return at 6 pm. >> ninan: honoring those who died. memorials grow throughout new zealands the country reels from the deadliest mass shooting in its history. >> we still love this country. we still worship our god. >> ninan: the main suspect remains behind bars after showing no remorse at his court appearance. also tonight, the new york police department says a suspect is in custody after a notorious crime boss was gunned down outside his home. investigators are studying the e ethiopian airlines jet that crashed last weekend. tensions rise in washington after president trump vetoes a resolution to overturn his emergency declaration. and we catch up with the

shipwreck hunters, who showed us underwater mysteries last month. how their latest discovery offers a new glimpse into world war ii history. >> oh, yeah. oh, wow. >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. we just learned that the death toll in yesterday's terror attack in new zealand has risen from 49 to 50. vigils are being held to honor the men, women, and children who died when a gunman opened fire at two mosques. 50 others were injured. u.s. law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation say authorities believe the suspect may have been planning the attacks for more than two years. ben tracy is in christchurch. >> reporter: memorials to those lost in the mass shootings are growing throughout christchurch. people here say this is the true spirit of new zealand, not this. >> mr. tarrant, you are remaed without plea. >> reporter: 28-year-old

brennon tarrant appeared in court saturday. by law, his face must be blurred, but the cuffs did not stop him from using his hands to display a symbol of white nationalism. the australian native is now formallyf murder and will likely face many more. he documented his rampage friday that left 50 muslims dead after two mosques until the city were attacked. it is not yet clear if tarrant had help or if he acted alone. ( gunfire ) the government here says all feist of the guns he used on his shooting spree were purchased legally. the grim task of preparing graves for the people he killed has now begun, while family members are struggling to make sense of their loss. >> we do know that he was in there and that he is one of the ones that has fallen. >> reporter: javed dadabhi told us his cousin dd insi e al nooryou ost family how ou wrap yournd what's happened here? >> you try to understand it, but it's so senseless. it wasn't an accident.

>> reporter: farid ahmed made it out of the al noor mosque alive. he said he saw piles of bodies, the dead and the wounded. >> it was terrible, so many people, you know. some of them were screaming. >> reporter: new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, met with muslims in christchurch on saturday. she says the country will need to change its gun laws in the wake of this tragedy, and that her job is to ensure the safety of the muslim community. >> new zealand is a place that we cherish equally for its inclusiveness, for its diversity, and i will consider it my personal mission as prime minister to defend that so long as i have the privilege of holding this office. >> reporter: in his hate-filled manifesto, the shooter said that one of his goals was to create divisions and inspires t going to happen. we even saw one local man standing on a sidewalk. he passed each passing muslim

and said, "stay strong." reena. >> ninan: ben tracy, thank you very much. well, the worldry much. well, the world is mourning with new zealand this weekend, the community in melbourne, australia gathered together for a slolem candlelight prayer amid a display of prayer rugs. in istanbul, turkey, worshipers gathered to hold funeral prayers. and in dallas, texas, children joined a public vigil today at the peace and justice center to honor the lives lost. police in new york say a suspect is now in custody as the investigation into the murder of a mob boss intensifies. francesco "franky boy" cali was gunned down earlier this week in front of his home. kenneth craig reports from police headquarters. >> reporter: just three days after francesco cali's murder, there is a new development in a case that has caught national attention. >> we do not believe this was a random act. >> reporter: police say they have a suspect in custody. investigators believe 24-year-old anthony comello

killed cali, the reputed boss of the gambino crime family. it's the first time an alleged mafia don has been gunned down on the streets of new york city in more than 30 years. but police wouldn't say if it was a mob hit or something else. >> everything is on the table at this point. again, less than 12 hours, we have had him in our custody. the investigation continues. and these are the answers that we will seek. >> reporter: cali emerged from his home wednesday night after a truck backed into his vehicle. police say it's possible the gunman may have staged the accident to lure cali from his home. a law enforcement source tells cbs news footage from the property shows cali and the shooter having a conversation and shaking hands before cali was shot 10e have fingerprints recovered from that vehicle, as well as other places. we are still in the process of processing evidence, including

forensically digital evidence. so we hope to get some of these answer as this comes forward. you know, three days into the investigation, so we'll need a little more time. >> reporter: police say they are not ruling out the possibility that other people may be involved, and during a news conference this afternoon, here at n.y.p.d. headquarters, they said this is th investigation is far from over. reena. >> ninan: kenneth craig, thank you, kenneth. an iranian judge sentenced a u.s. navy veteran from california to 10 years in prison. 46-year-old michael white was detained in iran last july. a lawyer representing the family said white is charged with insulting iran's supreme court leader and publicly posting a private photo on social media. the photo showed a woman he was visiting at the time. president trump signed his first veto, but the fight over his emergency declaration on the southern border is far from over. mr. trump defended his action on twitter today, but democrats say they plano over-ride it and keep the pressure on. r. kelly is at the white house--

nikole killion is at the white house. ul on president trump's first veto to uphold his national emergency declaration, congressional democrats threatened to over-ride. >> we all knew it was going to be a veto. and they're not going to be able to over-ride. it's going to go very quickly. >> reporter: the president seemed unfazed as house speaker nancy pelosi scheduled a vote for march 26, accusing himave power grab. >> it's more about the constitutional issue here, the president taking the power of the people's congress. >> reporter: senate democrats realize it's an uphill climb to get a two-thirds majority in both chambers, but they say they'll bring up the same resolution to block the president's border emergency if e >> we'vot eveh k it ininning the>> rter: 12 senate >> w an defend

congress' constitutional powers. >> reporter: the declaration, which seeks to reprogram billions of dollars from the military to fund a border wall, now face legal challenges, including a lawsuit from 20 states. >> the fact that the senate basically rebuked the president by its vote this week makes those cases stronger than they were earlier this week. that's thaad certainly helps the litigation. and we really just kind of have to wait and see what the courts say. >> reporter: during the veto signing, the president said they shouldn't be suing, and that he has a strong and powerful case. the attorney general also backed him up, telling him what he's doing is solidly grounded in law. reena. >> ninan: nikole killion at the white house. tomorrow morning on "face the nation," here on cbs, margaret brennan's guests will include acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, and senator tim kaine, democrat of virginia. investigators are hoping to find clues from the cockpit voice

recorder of the yoor ethiopia airlines jet that crashed last week. jonathan vigliotti reports from london on the latest phase of the investigation. >> reporter: the cockpit voice recorder appeared dented and scraived but intact. the device stores all sounds on the aircraft from the crews' conversations with each other to engine noise, and french investigators hope it, along with the plane's flight data recorder can explain why the boeing 737 max 8 istanbul dropped out of sky. ethiopian airlines flight 302 crashed sunday six minutes after takeoff, shortly after the captain asked air traffic control to return home. aviation experts believe boeing's you automated flight control software could havemaioe pilots. the plane's jack screw was discovered at the scene set in "dive"de early data from satellite-based tracking showed flight 302 wasle

takeoff, similar to lion air flight 610, which crashed off indonesia in october. both planes were boeing max 8s. boeing had been work on a software update since the lion air crash and plans to have one available in 10 days. meanwhile,at the scene of the ethiopian airlines crash say it could take six months to identify the remains of the dead. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. >> ninan: treacherous weather submerging the midwest. some areas of nebraska and iowa are under evacuation orders. the national weather service says historic flooding will continue through the weekend. and that includes parts of the missouri and mississippi river basins. coming up next, the school.

>> ninan: there are new agzs in the college admissions scandal involved yale university. hollywood stars felicity huffman and lori loughlin are among at least 33 parents that have been charged so far. carter evans has more. >> reporter: the investigation into the college admissions scandal appears to be widening. at yale, after a school soccer coach was indicted for accepting bribes, yale's president now says the college is conducting its own review "to learn whether others have been involved in activities that have corrupted the athletic recruitment and admissions process." >> would you stop. >> reporter: on friday, actress felicity huffman was back in court with her husband, william h. macy. she's accused of paying $15,000

to have someone correct her daughter's answers on the s.a.t. >> there you go. these are on the house. >> reporter: earlier this, we the hallmark channel cut die thais with actress lori loughlin after she and her husband designer mossimo giannulli allegedly paid half a million dollars to get their two daughters into usc. >> i don't really care about school. >> their daughter, olivia jade, a social media influencer lost sceelz can sephora and tresemme. are you angry? >> i am furious. >> jared franco is a student at u.c.l.a., where a soccer coach was arrested after allegedly accepting bribes to help an applicant get admitted. what do you think should happen to these kids? >> i think they should face the consequences and be re-evaluated or have their admissions revoked. >> this idea of college admissions beingust no tr. >> re foerdns w dohecols rust hrdstem >> i think they have to rebuild

the transparency. >> reporter: lawsuits filed this week target both parents and colleges accused in the scandal. one mother is seeking $500 billion in damages after her son was rejected from several of the schools named in the alleged scam, including right here at u.c.l.a. reena. >> ninan: carter evans, thank you, carter. well, up next, how a man who went for an evening walk to test a thermal imagining scope accidentally captured a killer.

>> ninan: a series of murders in 2014 stunned a community in texas. then two homicide detectives keyed in on a surprising piece of evidence. martinsburg, west virgini maus week's "48 hours." >> i can relate to kathy blair

and just thinking about what that would be like as a woman to be home alone. >> reporter: for prosecutor andrea austin, this case was personal. >> it's awful. >> reporter: an intruder is in your house. someone is stabbing you ♪ when we >> reporter: 53-year-old kathy blaifers a beloved choir director in austin, texas. kristen degroot was one of hundreds of students kathy inspired. >> she was so kind. >> this is a case that sticks with you throughout your life. >> reporter: a crime that made no sense to detectives kerry scanlon and derek israel. it was the dead of night, december 6, 2014. >> this murder started right here on the bed. >> reporter: kathy woke to a total strg with a knife. who kills a choir director? who does that? >> a monster. >> reporter: then, just nine days later... >> i reporter: and sidney shelton legislatured in their

>> none of these. >> reporter: had these detectives whispering the unimaginable. >> i thought we were dealing with serial killers. >> i was out testing a thermal scope. >> reporter: rob leef lived a few tbloks kathy. the night she was murdered, rob was out trying a scope like this one. >> i saw the headlights of a car coming up. >> reporter: on this street? >> on this street. >> reporter: this is videotape rob recorded. >> this video showed the murderer. >> reporter: the actual killer? >> the actual killer. >> ninan: you can catch the full episode "the shape of a killer" tonight on "48 hours." still ahead, modern-day shipwreck hunters on a roll solving deep-sea mysteries of the past. a crew of deep sea

explorers invited us along last month, as they searched and found a legendary u.s. warship. now we're learning that was only the first stop on their miraculous journey of discovery. mark phillips reports on the latest spre in american naval history books. >> two, one. splash. >> reporter: for the research vessel "petrol" sometimes one good thing turns into another. >> oh, yeah. oh, wow. oh, yeah. that's her. >> reporter: the discovery three and a half miles down of the world war ii aircraft carrier "hornet" was satisfying for rob kraft and his crew. >> this is it. this is "hornet." >> reporter: this is "hornet." >> reporter: and jim forrester was watching. >> i saw where they had found the "hornet," and i said, "well, take a look over on the other side and you'll find the "wasp." >> reporter: jim forrester is 98 now. he was one when he was on the

"wasp" when the carrier was in the ferocious battle for the island of guadalcanal, when three torpedo hits turned her into an inferno. >> imagine yourself lifted right up out of your chair right now, and you had nothing to do with it. up you go. that's what happened. >> reporter: 176 of her crew were killed. the survivors were ordered to abandon ship. >> grabbed my nose and the family jewels and. >> reporter: and jumped into the-- into the pacific. >> yes. >> reporter: she's been lost ever since. but now we can report the "wasp," too, has been found-- more or less where jim forrester said she'd be. >> it was home to me. >> reporter: more than just a ship. this was home to you for two and a half years or so, wasn't it? >> yeah. >> reporter: of course we're looking at more than just a wreck there. we're looking at a war grave as well >> yeah, i lost two real good friends, and they probably were down in the magazines where the

bombs were stored. >> reporter: where they didn't stand a chance. jim forrester stayed in the navy for 30 years, retiring as a lieutenant commander. it sounds to me like you've been a pretty lucky guy all your life, starting back that day on the "wasp." >> well, it was "wasp" that did it for me. >> reporter: it starts as a technical exercise. >> stliewtle. >> reporter: and then it becomes about people. >> yeah, it does. >> reporter: people like jim forrester, and those who didn't make it off the "wasp." mark phillips, cbs news, near guadalcanal. >> ninan: and when we return, a teenager who once lived in a homeless shelter receives a life-changing gift from a generous donor.

>> ninan: we end tonight with an inspiring young man who persevered through homelessness and is now heading to college. vladimir duthiers reports from new jersey on a grateful teenager who is about to embark on a transformative journey.

>> thank you so much. >>portghho seni dhidick jus someone just p, my full tuition and dorming. >> reporter: after once living in a homeless shelter, he's been given the opportunity to live in a college dorm, thanks to a generous donor inspired by his ambition. >> thank you, heavenly father, for everything you have given us and everything we are about to receive. >> reporter: the 17-year-old's been accepted to 17 schools, and he did it while facing overwhelming adversity. two little brothers suffering from a serious heart condition,. >> it ma me realize that i en d was j yearsbe t person his fao go to college. what is that going to feel like for you? >> i don't know what heaven feels like, but i think it might

be just that. >> reporter: as a single mom, she struggled to support three kids. after losing her job, they ended up in a shelter. but she persevered, eventually landing permanent supportive housing for her family. so where do you think he gets that drive, that determination from? >> i don't want to toot my own horn but-- >> reporter: i was waiting for that. >> he gets it from me. >> reporter: that drive has dylan already making plans for law school. >> i'm just thankful that this is happening to me. >> reporter: the truth is, dylan made it happenor himself. vladimir duthiers, cbs news, jersey city. >> ninan: and chidick tells us he's still waiting to hear back from his top choice, the college of new jersey. and that's the cbs weekend news for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." and the news, of course, continues, always, on our at cbsnews.com. i'm reena ninan in new york. thanks for joining us.

live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. -- a popular place for people to walk and drivers to speed. the push to protect pedestrians near san francisco's lake merced after a 14-year-old girl was hit by a car. hundreds in the oakland community are celebrating the persian new year today. the new zealand massacre is not far from there months. we will have the story coming up. people who live in their cars will soon be able to rest tv and one east bay city. the bears are about to feel the burn as senator bernie sanders plant in san francisco stop. would begin with breaking ws in vacaville. cruiser at the scene of a fire in an apartment complex on alamo drive near davis street. you can see the black smoke

coming out of the building as firefighters try to get the flames out of under control. we are told all residents have been evacuated. lease have shutdown alamo drive at mariposa drive for a ponder responding fire units. it is not clear how the fire started. an outpouring of support continues across the bay area tonight for the victims of the newly new zealand mosque shootings. people in the bay area marked the persian new year this weekend. we join you from the cultural center in oakland with the tragedy is beginning to be felt. >> reporter: the oakland community is here to celebrate the persian new year in a show of solidarity. this year, it is the biggest event for the center and the