that is it for us, we will see you back here at 6:00. over president trump's controversial now-canceled decision to invite taliban maders to camp david. t ultimately the president made the decision that this was the right move. >> this isn't a game show. these are terrorists. >> quijano: our charlie d'agata is in afghanistan with reaction. >> are peace talks continuing? eacee don't think so. >> quijano: a road to 2020. a new poll shows shake-up among top democrats. dorian is done but still doing damage, this time in canada, bahe the battered bahamas deals with a mounting humanitarian disaster. and rally cry in hong kong. protesters flood streets, calling for u.s. support. all that plus taking aim. the coach who returned to his roots to lift up his community

and diversify his sport. >> the greatest award is them. >> this is the cbs weekend news. ne quijano: good evening. p'm elaine quijano. president trump is facing sharp criticism tonight after revealing and scuttling peace talks with taliban leaders and afghanistan's president at camp david. med president blamed surging taliban violence. ost night the remains of an american soldier killed in afghanistan thursday arrived at dover air force base in delaware. sergeant elis barreto ortiz of puerto rico was 34 years old. cbs news has learned the president's taliban talks were tightly held, even within the administration and among lawmakers. natalie brand is at the white house. n> reporter: president trump revealed in a series of bombshell tweets late saturday yhat he planned to secretly meet with taliban leaders and the

atesident of afghanistan sunday at camp david, but the president said he canceled the meeting and called off peace negotiations after the taliban admitted to thursday's attack in kabul that killed an american soldier and 11 others, tweeting, "what kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position?" >> when he saw that they couldn't deliver on the reduction in violence commitments that they had made, he said there is no sense in having this meeting. >> reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo on "face the nation" e fended the president's decision to cancel but also to hold the talks in the first place. >> sadly, you often have to deal with some pretty bad characters ad get peace. >> reporter: but the timing, just days before the anniversary of 9/11, and the location, the ion,idental retreat where leaders took refuge after this attack, drew criticism from fmocrats and republicans, including congressman adam kinzinger, a veteran of iraq and afghanistan. >> you can't trust the taliban. you can't trust al qaeda. when you see an attack that happens to gain leverage, you

'mow they're not serious. >> i'm concerned that our president isn't listening to his generals, to his diplomats, to the intelligence community. te reporter: this weekend's n eakdown in negotiations follows nearly a year of talks between the u.s. and the taliban aimed at ending the 18-year war in afghanistan and withdrawing u.s. troops, something president trump campaigned on. g president trump made clear, we're not just going to withdraw because there's a time line. re're only going to reduce our rcrces when certain conditions are met. >> reporter: and secretary edmpeo was asked if the president is willing to restart wite negotiations with the taliban. he said the administration would have to make sure they are capable of delivering on the promises they have made, noting that this is something previous raministrations have also tried. noaine? >> quijano: natalie brand, thank you. the president's surprise itteuncement on twitter didn't just catch lawmakers in washington off guard. charlie d'agata is in kabul, afghanistan, tonight with reaction there. >> reporter: those tweets

prompted president ghani's office to call a hasty press conference to provide some answers. can you confirm that president ghani was invited to camp david? >> um, i will not comment on this right now. >> reporter: not that they were forthcoming. and as for the negotiations between the u.s. and the taliban -- are peace talks continuing? >> we don't think so at this teage. h reporter: and yet the government here praised owesident trump's decision to halt the talks. >> now we believe that there's a good understanding of the process within the administration. >> reporter: because exactly as president trump said in that tweet, how can you make peace with an organization that continues to intensify violence. >> absolutely. that's our stance too. that's our position. that has been our position. >> reporter: as much of a surprise as president trump's tweets may have been, people that we spoke to within a president ghani's government are breathing a sigh of relief that at least president trump recognized intensifying taliban violence here in the capital. tke the taliban suicide car

bombing on thursday that killed sergeant first class barreto and the massive blast earlier in the week that killed 16 people. today the taliban responded to trump's cancellation of the tlks by warning that the u.s. has the most to lose from walking away. >> the tweets by president trump is astonishing and i think it harms his reputation. >> reporter: but ordinary afghans worry whether they'll pay the highest price. taarlie d'agata, cbs news, qbul. >> quijano: to campaign 2020 bw, and big news in our cbs news battleground tracker. tiw polling of the democratic candidates in 18 states finds a shuffling in the top tier. ennator elizabeth warren now ceads former vice president joe biden by a percentage point. senator bernie sanders is third. cbs news elections and surveys jorector anthony salvanto joins

us from washington with more. anthony, good evening. >> reporter: hi, elaine. how are you? l, quijano: well, thank you. inat is behind senator warren's rise? >> reporter: well, it's a warren rise, but it's not coming at joe biden's expense. siden is where he has been all summer. sut warren is picking up the supporters from other candidates. notably we've seen movement away from kamala harris, people coming over to the warren side. e'at's giving warren a boost, and we've also seen an increase, elaine, in the number of atmocrats who think that eth abeth warren can beat donald trump next november. that, of course, has been a icitical quality that democrats are looking for in a candidate, elaine. >> quijano: anthony, what is happening in those critical early states like new hampshire? >> well, we are starting to see warren's campaigning up there and beefing up staff paying off. she is now in the lead in our polling in new hampshire, up marginally by a point over biden ed over sanders, effectively a three-way race up there.

nd then, also look out in nevada. another early contest where we see joe biden trailing bernie sanders by a couple of points erere, all of which describes a race where there's really a -wear three-way top tier with biden and warren and sanders heading into 2020. q quijano: all right, anthony salvanto for us. anthony, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> quijano: a third republican, former south carolina governor mark sanford, announced today he will mount a long-shot primary challenge to president trump. the trump campaign's response to the news, i'm quoting now, "irrelevant." now to what's left of hurricane tirian. it's still doing a lot of damage, toppling a huge construction crane in halifax, nova scotia, before storming into newfoundland. but the worst devastation is still in the bahamas. thousands are homeless, and at least 43 are dead, with that number expected to climb. nikki battiste is in hard-hit marsh harbour where devastation

ted desperation are widespread. >> reporter: we flew into the marsh harbour airport on friday with u.s. customs and border protection's marine and air team, landing at what's now a shelter for survivors. ee water? >> reporter: some have been waiting in these terminal seats ar days. >> we lost all track of time. >> reporter: maxine ferguson and mer two sons are now homeless. the hotel where she works is gone, too. >> if it's nothing here, we don't make money. we can't work. we can't pay bills. >> reporter: like so many in the bahamas, she says she has no home insurance and no means to rebuild. do you have any idea what the future looks like? >> abaco has always been any home. >> reporter: as she waited, a group of abaco island residents lined up and boarded this rescue plane to nassau.

>> we just have to wait, but i think it's going to happen. >> reporter: eight hours after we met maxine, she got good news. >> on board the plane and headed to nassau. >> reporter: where she reunited with family. for the hundreds of evacuees itnding in nassau with no one to pick them up -- >> none of this is government isid or anything. >> reporter: -- volunteers like ashley brown are transferring shem to shelters, hotels, and even private homes. >> there are families of 20, 30, 40 persons coming, and the families in nassau can't house all of them, so it's overwhelming. >> they're putting me in a shelter right now until further plans. >> reporter: are you feeling safer now that you're here? >> yeah. >> reporter: but terah and her hn say they're grateful to be tut of abaco island, even though they lost everything. most evacuees arriving here in nassau are with some family, but

we saw one woman arrive completely alone. her husband died in the hurricane on abaco island and she had to leave his body hhind. elaine? >> quijano: nikki battiste, thank you. to georgia now, where a desperate search is on for four missing sailors. they were aboard a huge freighter that capsized. here's kris van cleave. >> reporter: the trouble started early sunday morning as the ship was leaving port in brunswick, .eorgia. a man on a nearby pier spotted k and called 911. >> reporter: the cargo ship, "golden ray," with 23 crew and a pilot on board started listing im st. simon sound north of jacksonville, florida. when help arrived, the ship carrying 4,200 vehicles was on its side.

>> reporter: the coast guard says there was a fire on board. 20 members of the crew were quickly rescued. >> as smoke and flames began to appear. the situation was too risky to further go inside the vessel to dutempt to locate the four individuals who remain missing at this time. >> reporter: the accident closed the port for the search-and- rescue effort. ene captain of the "golden ray" is talking to the coast guard. they'll need to stabilize the ship to continue the search-and- ndscue operations. the coast guard and national transportation safety board will investigate. elaine? >> quijano: all right, kris van cleave, thank you. more fire and fury on the streets of hong kong tonight. this after many protesters gathered outside the u.s. consulate today waving american flags and pleading for help. ramy inocencio was there as it happened. >> liberate hong kong! >> reporter: america's stars and ngripes paraded by hong kong protesters angry at their government, stood out starkly in this city on chinese soil. many fear their freedoms are

being eroded by communist china, and the u.s. might be the only operpower to stop it. protesters held up posters of annald trump and sang the american national anthem. >> ♪ for the land of the free >> reporter: hoping washington will notice. thousands of angry protesters are now walking past the u.s. consulate. they are asking, they are pleading the u.s. congress to pass a law that would basically punish hong kong as well as mainland china's officials if they suppress their freedoms. regina ip, a pro-beijing legislator, disapproves of foreign interference. >> we shouldn't ask foreign powers to get involved in our internal affairs. that really reflects a slavish mentality. >> reporter: demonstrators disagree. >> china's not the same system as hong kong. >> reporter: is it better? >> no, of course. china is definitely not better. >> reporter: hong kong

hellionaire tycoon jimmy lai says the city's battle extends far beyond this island. >> we are fighting a war. we are fighting with the same value against a dictatorship which will become the greatest esmpetitor to the western values in the future. >> reporter: despite the government's concession, the street fight and the violence continue while the city smolders. ramy inocencio, cbs news, hong kong. >> quijano: dusty winds in madagascar did not stop pope foancis from saying mass for an estimated 1 million people today. many faithful showed up early to get a place. some even camped out days ahead. it is said to be the largest gathering ever in the country. t'raight ahead on tonight's cbs weekend news, forget farm to fork, how about lab to table? seth doane gives this meat makeover a taste. also, have scientists scouring epe depths of loch ness finally nlved the mystery of nessie?

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most dangerous sources of greenhouse gasses and water pollution. >> the beauty with this meat, once you've established the cell bank, you don't need the shicken anymore. so theoretically, one chicken could feed the world. >> reporter: at super meat, c.e.o. ido savir explained how they extract stem cells from hickens. those stem cells can become any type of cell, so by tweaking the x x of proteins and amino acids, they can direct them to become matever they need, muscle, fat or connective tissue. >> inside it looks very similar to an artificial womb. >> reporter: and savir adds they will be able to produce exactly the cuts of meat desired. a vegan himself, savir also thinks there is potential for lfnsumers who object to killing an animal. these are very delicate portions. >> yeah, well, just to get this portion is a lot of work. >> reporter: one of the many hurdles is the sci-fi aspect of all of this, and savir hopes

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ce quijano: for centuries, what lurks in the depths of scotland's loch ness has sparked imaginations and some scary storytelling, but there is a new break in the old monster mystery. ian lee now on the discovery and what may be lurking in the loch. >> reporter: there's something lurking in the deep of loch ness, sightings of the legendary creature affectionately known as nessie date back 1,500 years. >> how big was it? us oh, as big as a bus. >> reporter: the newest revelation isn't quite the mythical monster. new zealand scientists believe it's more likely a giant eel. >> eels are four to six foot in xength. ha's plausible that there might wo one or two that grow to nxtreme size. >> reporter: in this latest expedition to the famous sight in the scottish highlands, scientists gathered d.n.a. from water samples. they compared them to known databases of plants, insects, fish and mammals.

>> using that d.n.a., you can sequence it and, on the basis of the sequence, identify the types of organisms present in the rgter. >> reporter: while right now an eel is the best theory, it doesn't spark the imagination like other possible sightings over the decades, ranging from shadowy shapes in the water to giant footprints. >> a big three-toed footprint very much like the dinosaur tracks we find in other parts of the world. >> reporter: nessie mania is big business. people want to believe in the tales of the giant sea creature. ut killjoys say centuries of sightings could be anything from swimming circus elephants to large tree branches. eln lee, cbs news, london. >> quijano: well, next on the cbs weekend news, a young archer aims for gold with a mentor diversifying an ancient sport. diversifying an ancient sport. main types of chronic hep c.al

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his bow was carved from a neighborhood tree. ve everybody thought i was crazy. they said, "bows and arrows? who shoots bows and arrows." everybody is playing baseball, y otball, basketball. i'm in the backyard. and next thing i knew, i had other kids wanting to learn how to shoot. p reporter: growing up in a nugh queens neighborhood, brown's skill launched him into the ivy league as head coach of whe women's archery team at new york's columbia university. >> columbia had 14 students for four years, varsity, ncaa division one, the whole nine enrds. but when i went to tournament, i didn't see any black and brown children. isaid, you know what, i'm in my 50s now, let me make a little change here. can we have that, please? >> reporter: it was a big change. waown stepped away from columbia and went back the his roots in the public school system, teaching archery basics to hundreds of new york city children in an unconventional space. brooklyn native dallas jones is one of brown's prize pupils.

>> dead center. >> reporter: so you first came here when you were ten years old. >> yes. now you're 16 and you're nationally ranked. >> yes. >> reporter: and now you're getting ready to compete for a spot on the united states olympic archery team. >> yes, sir. ngcan tell it's going to be a fun experience. i'm not going to try to put too much stress on myself. archery is about trying to have an. if i don't have fun, there's no point in doing it. >> reporter: dallas jones. jones is the first african rierican in history to win a u.s. national archery tournament and has his eyes fixed on 02mpeting in the 2020 olympics in tokyo. >> even or odd? >> even. >> reporter: brown's teachings impact students well beyond just the bow and arrow. arey impart wisdom they can rrrry with them even off the range. okay? gotcha. >> reporter: the greatest award is them. outside of a medal, outside of getting paid, outside of all the external attributes, the true growth is the reward of a living arson doing what you taught them to do, and it changes their life. >> quijano: hittin

now at 6:00, san jose police announce a new tool to combat prostitution. the plan to literally drive the message home with dear john letters. san francisco attempts a power grab. the city's multi-billion offer. we're live at sfo where runway work is forcing many travelers to add a lot of time to their trip, and this is just the beginning. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm juliette goodrich. >> i'm brian hackney. san jose police have a message for so called johns who pick up prostitutes and they're delivering it by mail. >> they're letting them know they've been spotted. kpix 5's maria medina reports that's not all. >> san jose police announced a new tool that would allow you at

home to report a john online anonymously and in some cases that person would get a dear john letter in the mail. >> it's really known for it. >> reporter: monterey highway is known as the street where prostitutes come out at night. >> a lot of prostitutes and girls walking around waiting to get picked up. >> do you see them getting picked up? >> yeah, you see a lot of cars come by. >> reporter: they're asking to help the fight against human trafficking with a new online tool called the report john program, where anyone who witnesses a john picking up a prostitute can hop online and report the suspicious activity and include a license plate and even a picture of the john's car. police say in some cases, if appropriate, they'll be sending letters to the registered car owners alert ing them they've been