on stage as soon as i can." that will do it for us at 5:00 we'll see captioning sponsored by cb >> ninan: shutting it down. the president threatens to close the u.s.-mexican border. >> we're closing the border, and we'll keep it closed for a long time. >> they are our fellow human beings and deserve to be treated like our fellow human beings. ( cheers and applause ) >> ninan: also tonight, drawing battle lines over the timetable to release the mueller report. protests turn deadly as tens of thousands rally along gaza's border with israel. wild weather brings a tornado and spring snow to colorado. and convincing video game warriors to trade this their virtual weapons for real ones. >> oh, this is kind of like the military! >> ninan: good evening.

i'm reena ninan. there is growing anxiety tonight along our southern border. president trump is warning that he may close it next week. he tweeted tonight that "our detention areas are maxed out, and we will take no more illegals." this comes amid word that another large migrant caravan is forming in central america. but closing the border could have severe economic consequences, threatening american jobs and billions in cross-border trade. here's kenneth craig. >> reporter: president trump made repeated threats this week to shut down the u.s. border with mexico. >> we'll keep it close for a long time. i'm not playing games. mexico has to stop it. this is a very good likelihood that i'll be closing the border next week, and that'll be just fine with me. >> rr: depantff u.said to el salvador, guatemala, anun for the majority of the migrants crossing the southern border. this comes after homeland secu s kirstn nielsen wrote with an "urgent request" to congress thursday,

saying the agency is facing "a system-wide meltdown." she calls the number of undocumented immigrants in custody "unmanageable," with at least 6,600 families in custody. among them, approximately 4,700 children. kevin mcaleenan is the commissioner of customs and border protection. >> a high number for us is 4,000. a crisis level is 6,000. >> reporter: a closure of the southern border could affect the legal ports of entry where more than $550 billion of goods are traded between mexico and the u.s. each year. according to the wilson center, a nonpartisan policy forum, the move could also threaten nearly five million american jobs, including those held in border states like arizona, which sends me from the center of the immigration debate in el paso, texas, former congressman betoos

democratic presidential campaign today. >> every single one of us, including those who are just three or four blocks from here, detained under the international bridge that connects us with mexico, behind chain-link fence and barbed wire, that they are our fellow human beings and deserve to be treated like our fellow human beings. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: according to the el paso city manager, some 32,000 undocumented immigrants have made their way into that city just this year, more than all of 2017 and 2018 combined, reena. >> ninan: kenneth, thank you very much. well, now to the fight over the mueller report. just how much of it will congress get, and how soon will it be released? democrats say the attorney general's timetable is not good enough. mola lenghi is with the president in florida. >> this was a hoax. this was a witch hunt. i have absolutely nothing to hide. >> reporter: president trump says he welcomes the release of

the mueller report. attorney general william barr announced on friday he will submit a redacted version of the nearly 400-page report to >> i have great confidence in the attorney general, and if that's what he'd like to do... >> reporter: but democrats want it sooner. >> we're stand buying our timeline. >> reporter: the house judiciary committee has set an april 2 deadline for the full report to be turned over without redactions, setting up a battle between congress and the department of justice. >> we'll see if the attorney general continues to play games with this, with his vague mid- april deadline. we may have to go to court. >> reporter: in a four-page letter last weekend, barr told congress mueller found no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and the russians during the 2016 presidential election but stopped short of exonerating president trump from obstructing justice. despite that, the president has spent last week taking a victory lap. >> total exoneration, complete vindication. >> reporter: democrats insist

there might be more to learn. >> we're going to compel this. this is a fight that is worth going to the mat on. >> reporter: the attorney general says executive privilege is not in play, meaning the white house will not see the full report before congress. well, the d.o.j. insists a redacted version is necessary for national security purposes, to protect sources and methods and ongoing investigations. but democrats on judiciary committees say they deal with sensitive material all the time and that they should first be given an unredacted version to review, and then work with the d.o.j. to redact that sensitive information before ultimately making the report public. reena? >> ninan: the battle continues. mola, thank you very much. well, at least four people died in huge protests today along gaza's border with israel. protests have been taking place there for a year now, and an estimated 40,000 people turned out for the first anniversary. today's demonstration comes just a week before crucial israeli elections. seth doane tonight from gaza city.

>> reporter: at the front, they catapulted small rocks to register their anger and hope the big crowds behind them would help prove their point. you can see palestinians here hurling rocks in the direction of the fence. just over the fence there is the israeli border. today's massive protest along gaza's border with israel marked a year of weekly demonstrations against the grim conditions in gaza. ahmed abu rizik told us the protest itself-- rocks versus snipers-- highlighted the inequality. >> life in gaza is so harsh. there's no electricity. there is no medic aid. there is no jobs. >> reporter: more than half of gauzans are unemployed, and an egyptian delegation has been here this week trying to broker an agreement which, for palestinians, would improve electricity and bring in foreign financial aid. in return, israel demanded an

end to rocket attacks. this is the tear gas israelis are firing to try to disperse the crowd. the palestinians are trying to pick up the tear gas israelis have lobbed here and throw it back across the fence. hamas, which runs gaza and is considered a terrorist organization by israel, bussed in participants today but urged restraints. i see you've got this rock and slingshot here. what about these calls for calm today? "they ask for calm, but my heart is not," mahmoud el arayshi told us. some small groups charged the fence, and israeli snipers fired live rounds to keep them back. we saw some of the wounded taken away in ambulances. for the most part, though, today's protest was toned down. ice cream sales continued as tear gas fell. seth doane, cbs news, gaza city. >> ninan: there's been some wild weather in colorado. a rare march tornado touched

down for several minutes near colorado springs. it badly damaged one home, but everyone inside managed to stay safe in the basement. the storm also brought hail and some spring snow. a former nevada political candidate tells "new york" magazine vice president joe biden kissed her on the back of the head at a political rally in 2014. lucy flores said it made her feel uneasy, gross, and confused. biden says he does not recall kissing flores. his spokesman says no one was aware she felt uncomfortable. many of the parents and college officials caught up in the admissions scandal appeared in a boston court this week to face allegations they cheated to get students into elite universities. carter evans has the latest. >> reporter: for parents, coaches, and college administrators, it looked very much like a walk of shame. every time someone enters or leaves the courtroom, this is what it's like-- a crush of cameras follows their every step.

if there was an explanation as to why so much money went into allegedly rigging test scores and bribing coaches, none of the accused were willing to talk about it. do you folks have anything to say? does your daughter really play beach volleyball? do you have anything to say to the student you helped get into yale? the prosecutor said a lot of things in court, are you saying they're not true? anything to say about your daughter? did she know what was going on? was she involved at all. inside the courtroom, the mood was much more somber as each faced a federal judge. >> pick it up a notch. >> reporter: the scheme could not have worked without help on the inside. universities have long sought students who excel at sports like water polo and soccer. >> admissions offices have just become accustomed to admitting whoever a coach wants. >> reporter: and that's the problem, says daniel golden, author of "price of admission." rick singer, the admitted mastermind of the stanley, found a side door-- coaches willing to accept bribes. >> those coaches have small salaries, and here they were being bribed hundreds of

thousands of dollars. so, it could make a real difference to them. >> reporter: until they get caught. and now, the 50 people accused in the scheme may soon have a decision to make. one of the defendant's lawyers told us prosecutors recently offered his client a plea deal, which they refused. they want to take this case to trial. but with a trial comes the harsh spotlight that most who appeared this week have never seen. for high-profile celebrities like actresses lori loughlin and felicity huffman, the attention will only be magnified. they're due in court on wednesday. there could soon be more arrests, more parents potentially swept up in this scandal. rick singer has said he worked with nearly 800 families, but, so far, only 33 parents are facing charges. reena? >> ninan: carter, thank you. well, just as colleges need to attract plenty of young, qualified candidates, so does our nation's military. with so many teens and 20- somethings avid video gamers, the army's new recruiting

commander hopes to convince online gamers to consider becoming real-life soldiers. tony dokoupil spoke with him. >> we're the fake military. >> i'm snake. >> reporter: oh, thank you. >> this is where the z-gens are. >> reporter: general frank muth is at this sold-out gaming convention because the u.s. army thinks virtual fighters have the skills for the real thing. >> it's decision-making. it's the ability to take in a lot of information quickly and to be able to make a decision. it's about team work. >> reporter: after the army missed its recruiting goals last year for the first time since 2005, general muth green-lit the first full-time army e-sports teams... >> seven rounds in a row for tde >> reporter: ...to compete in national tournaments and talk up their service. we tried it out with sergeant first-class chris jones. can i have a dog? >> if you're a single soldier staying in the barracks, you cannot have a bog. >> reporter: can i have a car? >> if it's within your budget,

yes. >> reporter: can i keep smoking marijuana on the military? >> no, currently that is not allowed. >> reporter: not even a little bit, not even on the weekend? >> correct. >> reporter: that may be a disqualifier for a lot of gamers. >> correct. >> reporter: but many seemed to welcome the army's new interest. >> honestly, especially with all the shooter games we have nowadays, i think it's a great segue for kids. they're always like, oh, this is kind of like the military. >> reporter: recruiting methods may change, but the army admits that some parts of military service never will. war is, obviously not a game. are you guiding these people into a career path that's going to get them killed? >> there's risk in everything we do. the army, there is a risk. but if you look at the, you know, the percentage that are actually in direct combat, it's a low percentage. there's a lot of different jobs that you can do and military specialties that are not combat- related. but it's, you know, it's part of being in the army. it's part of serving. >> reporter: tony dokoupil, cbs news, new york. >> ninan: the rolling stones are postponing their north american tour as front man mick jagger

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>> ninan: there are new questions about the mysterious death of a decorated marine colonel in iraq. was it suicide or was he murdered? peter van sant investigates for tonight's "48 hours." >> reporter: in july 2008, colonel michael stahlman was about to come home from iraq for r&r with his family when the

military lawyer and former flight officer was found in his quarters with a gunshot wound to the head. he died about two months later. >> i should have told him not to go. >> reporter: authorities called it a suicide, but stahlman's wife kim and daughter mackenna say the man they loved would never have killed himself. >> i don't ever recall him being upset or sad. >> reporter: someone shot him. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: are you certain of that? >> i have no doubt. >> reporter: kim says her husband was a righty, but his wound was on the left side. and his job helping rebuild iraq's legal system could easily have made him enemies. >> i just feel like it was somebody mike knew. >> reporter: at the heart of the mystery, an email that was sent just hours before the gunshot. >> "kim, sorry about what you are about to find out. i love you and also will. you and the girls are the best

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>> ninan: finally, on this first weekend of the baseball season, mark strassmann introduces us to a former major leaguer on a mission for disadvantaged kids. he's making sure the national pastime doesn't pass them by. >> reporter: on this field in northern california, jerry manuel is staging a baseball comeback. >> one, two, three! >> reporter: he's getting young, black athletes back in the game. >> this was farmland. this was high grass. this was anything but a baseball field. >> reporter: manuel built the field and their interest in the game. >> take it back that way. >> reporte sie 1986, thmbf ers or leaguers

has dropped from 19% to 8%. >> a bat's $300. some of these travel programs charge you $1,000 a month. >> reporter: not happening. >> not happening. i've got to do what i can do with my experience and my resources to make a change. what would the correlation mean to you? >> like a pattern. >> reporter: in 2013, he launched alpha charter high school. its baseball-themed curriculum emphasizes excellence through repetition in the classroom and on the field, and teaches trailblazer jackie robinson's character values: courage, determination, teamwork. >> you can't get on the field until you get that right. and once that's right, then you can get on the field. >> reporter: you've got to earn it. >> you've got to earn it. >> reporter: more than 30 kids play here now, most from challenging backgrounds. some have been homeless. does your family have the money

to do travel ball? >> no. no, sir. >> reporter: ronnie belton's 17 and has a scholarship to play college baseball. >> i didn't have a father growing up, and so we didn't have the financial stability. so, i want to find a way to help my family out. >> reporter: baseball could be your ticket. >> yes, sir. >> come get it. >> the goal is to make them better men, make them better human beings. to see you put your best foot forward. if you can learn self- discipline, you've got a chance to make some in-roads in life. see you guys tomorrow. >> reporter: they'll play on prettier fields, but this is the one they'll always remember. mark strassmann, cbs news, elverta, california. >> ninan: life lessons from the field. well, that's the cbs weekend news for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." i'm reena ninan in new york. for all of us at cbs news, thank you for joining us. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by

media access live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> he's hurt. he's devastated at the thought his son could die and he not be there. a tearful plea from the family of a 4-year-old oakland boy gravely hurt by gunfire. why they are asking the governor for help getting the boy's father to be at his bedside. new questions about a deadly police shooting at a taco bell drive thru. what it justified? a police training expert weighs from. a proposed homeless shelter has people dividing themselves into different camps tonight. good evening. we begin with a call for action and compassion from a family of nevon jackson. the 4-year-old boy is on life support at children's hospital oakland after shooting himself with a loaded gun he found earlier this week in his home. the weapon belonged to the man

his mother lives with. he is now facing child abuse and firearms charges. in the meantime, the boy's father is desperate to visit his son's bedside. the governor may be the only one who can make that call. >> reporter: 4-year-old is in grave condition. his father, nathan jackson s- locked up here at salinas valley state prison. the family is asking the governor to let him see his son. at the entrance of a maximum security prison -- >> he hasn't slept in four days. he is on the verge of falling apart. >> reporter: a tragedy leads to a tearful plea to governor newsom for mercy. >> i want him to say as a human being, as a father, he made mistakes that got him here, granted, but his child needs him. >> reporter: she just visited nathan jackson and wants prison officials to escort jackson to children's it