got angus beef, american cheese, honey cured bacon, cajun spice, and a pretzel bun. that sounds good right now. we are hearing a kale salad will also work, either one. >> okay. that is it for us, we will see you back here at 6. cbs evening news is coming up next. captioning sponsored by cbs >> ninan: tonight, on the attack. the trump campaign unleashes a blittering new ad targeting joe biden. what the president is accusing biden of doing in connection with ukraine. winter is coming. millions of americans in the northwest on alert tonight. we're tracking a snowstorm of potentially historic proportions. cold-blooded murder. a man arrested, charged with killing a texas police officer. the violent ambush that led to the brutal murder. on the edge: california's iconic coast is under assault from rising sea levels. an up-close look at the dangerous threat to people living there. and living legacies: how new

york city's newest firefighters are making headlines before their first day on the job. >> reporter: what's it mean to wear that f.d.n.y. on your chest there? >> it means everything to me. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. president trump on a tweet storm today, lashing out at house democrats, labeling them "do-nothing democrat savages," and again calling the house impeachment inquiry "presidential harassment." that's where we begin tonight. natalie brand is at the white house. >> reporter: the president notably silent in front of cameras over past 48 hours on the escalating impeachment inquiry, but his campaign has rolled out a multi-million-dollar ad buy targeting democratic lawmakers and former vice president joe biden. >> joe biden promised ukraine $1 billion if they fired the prosecutor investigating his son's company. >> reporter: biden's son hunter joined the board of the

ukrainian natural gas company in 2014 but has since left. a former deputy prosecutor in ukraine told cbs apse roxana saberi there's no evidence of wrongdoing. >> reporter: did you ever see any evidence of wrongdoing by joe biden? >> never, ever. >> reporter: in fact, ukrainian officials say they're investigating a period prior to hunter biden's involvement. >> it would be totally illegitimate not to investigate it. >> reporter: the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, has been called a central figure in the complaint's allegations that mr. trump solicited foreign interference in his 2020 re-election bid. the c.i.a. whistleblower's complaint was filed after a july 25 phone call with ukraine's president zelensky. >> when you look at that conversation, there's no threat. there's no quid pro quo. >> reporter: but house democrats now investigating call it an abuse of office and want to depose five state department officials mentioned in the complaint, including special envoy to ukraine kurt volker, who abruptly resigned friday. the complaint also revealed

officials moved a transcript of the ukraine call to a highly classified electronic system. cbs news has learned that previous calls between the president and leaders of russia and saudi arabia were placed in that same system. white house officials have cited leaks as a reason for restricting access. meanwhile, athlete house committees now investigating want to move quickly, scheduling depositions over the next couple of weeks. reena. >> ninan: natalie brand, thank you very much. and be sure to tune in tomorrow on "face the nation." margaret brennan will speak with president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani. tonight, 10 million americans are under threat of what could be a historic snowstorm. at this hour, winter storm alerts up for much of the northwest. some areas culd see up to four feet of snow. carter evans is in shoto, montana, where people are bracing for what could be a storm for the ages. >> reporter: montana is no stranger to winter weather, but winter in september is rare. >> this is pretty unusual for this time of year.

>> reporter: micah mart and i know his daughter are shoveling september snow in the town of shoto, where there are already several inches on the ground. >> i should have started earlier. by the time we get done shovel, it's ready to go again. >> reporter: heavy snow fell across much of the state, downing trees and power lines. on the road, high winds blew snow sideways, causing whiteout conditions. the national weather service has issued winter storm watches and warnings for parts of montana, idaho, and wyoming. by monday, snow totals in the mountains will likely be measured in feet. and in communities at lower elevations... >> when i got up this morning i had this much snow on my car. >> reporter: did they give you an idea how much to expect? the forecast said up to a foot. >> reporter: this sheriff is asking residents to stay indoors as conditions worsen. >> so our big challenge for law enforcement would be any emergency situation, helping an ambulance, if there's a fireworks or just getting places without the power being on.

>> reporter: the snow is forecast to keep falling like this through sunday. if that happens, here in shoto, they're expecting at least 18 inches, perhaps a lot more. in the city of great falls, they could get a foot of snow, and that could come close to breaking a record for the heaviest snowfall this early in the season. that record was set back in 1934. reena. >> ninan: carter, thank you. and as the northwest is look at record snow, the south is facing record heat. both in the first week of fall. meteorologist jeff berardelli is here with the wild forecast. >> fall is coming in with a fury. that's for sure. this is really almost unprecedented big snowstorm so early in the season. you can see the future radar. look at how heavy that snow is for the next 24 to probably 36 hours. some places will linger even longer than that. and the total snowfalin the northern mountains of montana, in the white, two-four feet in the higher elevations, foot, 18

inches in lower elevations. trees down, power outages probably a certainty in some parts of that area. what's happening at the moment is the jet descreem streamis diving south, a very amplified extreme weather pattern, cold air and winter driving south. and summer trying to hold on for dear life in the east. it's going to be a really good job, unfortunately, this week. it will be sweltering. we're expecting 200 record highs and 200 record warm minimum temperatures in jeopardy across the nation, and the cold air lingers across the northwest. in between a battle ranges between cold and warm. and expp we're going to see rounds of showers, thunderstorms, and severe weather possible. in the east, during the day tomorrow, high temperatures likely to be 95. it feels like temperatures around 100-plus. and the worst of the heat wave will be wednesday. we could beak 50 record highs northeast on wednesday with high temperatures likely to be in the mid-90s, even in washington, d.c. in the tropics right now, thing are quieting down. we have hurricane lorenzo, but it's way out to sea. closer to the u.s., nothing

right now. but october tends to be active, so we need to watch closely. >> ninan: breaking news tonight, syria's top diplomat demanding immediate withdrawal of american and turkish forces from the country. holly williams got access to commanders in syria, who rarely talk to journalists, and more rarely admit isis remains a ticking bomb. >> reporter: it's been six months since isis was humiliated on the battle field in syria. thousands of its fighters surrender, losing control of the last sliver of their so-called islamic state. but at this american base in northeastern syria, there are still u.s. troops on the ground, and they're here to help combat isis. the terrorists have become insurgents, carrying out attacks in syria, like this car bombing in a christian neighborhood in july. >> they went to ground. they're hiding, and trying it stay away from the security

forces. >> reporter: the senior special forces commander in the fight against isis told us the defeat in march was actually a strategic retreat. >> i think isis decided, as they were losing that last little bit of territory for them to hold, that it was worth living to fight another day and going to the prisons. >> reporter: what's their plan? >> i think their plan is to resurge and continue to try and reestablish their caliphate at some point. >> reporter: the prisons he's talking about house 12,000 accused isis fighters, according to their guards, including 4500 foreigners. marry makeshift and overcrowded. on our recent visit we were told an escape could happen at any moment. the commanding general of american-backed syrian forces told us the prisons are ticking

timebombs. he wants foreign governments to take their citizens home, but very few are willing. why don't their governments want to take them back "we don't understand, he told us. we asked their governments to take them back but they're not listening. those governments are afraid to fates truth. does isis still potentially have the ability to orchestrate an attack in europe or even the u.s.? >> i think that would be their desire. i think they try to establish their connections to be able to do that. but the pressure we were putting on, relentless pressure on the isis network is what is keeping that tamped down right now. >> reporter: isis may have suffered a defeat, but here in syria and elsewhere, it's still a deadly threat. holly williams, cbs news, northeastern syria. >> ninan: a suspect is under arrest in texas tonight charged

with what police call the cold-blooded murder of a police officer. authorities say the suspect shot deputy sandeep dhaliwal in the back of the head as he walked back to his patrol car during a routine traffic stop. janet shamlian has the story. >> reporter: heartbreak in the houston area as neighbors grieve the death late friday of harris county deputy sandeep dhaliwal. >> yeah! >> reporter: videos like this now emergingly, befriending a deaf child, showing the depth of his connection to community. the 10-year veteran was shot in the head multiple times as he returned to his car after a traffic stop, the attack recorded on his vehicle's dash-cam. >> it was a total ambush by the suspect. the deputy never had a chance. >> reporter: the alleged shooter, 47-year-old robert solis, is charged with capital murder. investigators say he has a long criminal history and was wanted for parole violation but would not speculate on motive. >> to be shot so violently

ambush style is just beyond words. >> reporter: deputy dhaliwal was a trailblazer, one of the first deputies in texas to wear the traditional sikh turbin while on duty. >> this was a person from the sikh community, literally, who made history across the globe. >> reporter: law enforcement officers were seen saluting in tribute after efforts to asset deputy failed at a houston hospital. tonight, a gofundme page has been set up to support his family. the 42-year-old was a father of three children. janet shamlian, cbs news, houston. >> ninan: rising sea levels are wreaking havoc on california's coastline. the high price of saving a national treasure. plus the anxiety facing workers in what's now the longest national strike against g.m. in the last 50 years. and this year's class of new york firefighters stepping up to fill legendary boots.

>> ninan: there's been an alarming rise in the number of suicides among u.s. service men and women. 325 active-duty members died by suicide in 2018. according to the department of defense. that's highest number to date. and tonight the navy is investigating a series of suicides among the crew of one aircraft carrier. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: according to investigators, on september 19, 38-year-old james shelton was found in his vehicle dead from an apparent gunshot wound. 19-year-old ethan stuart took his life on the same day. five days earlier, vincent forline's death was also ruled a suicide. all three men served on the aircraft carrier uss "george h.w. bush" based in norfolk, virginia. james shelton's wife, jennifer, said her husband suffered from depression. >> i know that it felt dark where he was, but he was just so close to it getting better. >> reporter: the navy said the suicides, which didn't happen on the ship, were not connected.

the ship's commanding officer said, "there is never any stigma or repercussion from seek help." still, jennifer shelton said her husband was afraid he'she'd lose his job if he revealed his illness. >> as a father of six, he needed every dollar that he was making. so he was concerned about taking medication for his depression because he needed his paycheck. >> reporter: september is suicide prevention month, and the navy has encouraged every sailor to perform one small act of kindness. >> you don't know who is struggling, because often sails can be struggling in silence. >> reporter: from a smile to saying hello, the navy says it can save a life. jeff pegues, cbs news. >> ninan: and an important reminder to everyone, whether you're in military or civilian, help is available. you can call the national suicide prevention lifeline 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 1-800-273-8255.

well, california's beautiful coastline is rapidly disappearing. ahead, can money and manpower turn back the tide?

>> ninan: we're getting a firsthand look at the consequences of climate change. one place under threat is california's iconic coastline. jonathan vigliotti travel hundreds of miles from san diego to pacifica just south of san francisco, to see the effects in tonight's "eye on earth." >> reporter: as sea levels rise, california's rugged coast is bracing for what scientists say could be some of the worst of the impact. from san diego to san francisco, the state is already under siege, some areas losing as much as 90 feet of coast in just 10 years. we hit the road along the california coastline to see how the state is getting ready for what scientists say is the inevitable future. our first stop is del mar. it's a small beach community about 20 miles north of san

diego. >> we maintain the lagoon. >> reporter: principal planner amanda lee said her town wants to dump additional stand sandon this beach over the next decade, a total cost of about $6 million. >> if we do nothing at this time, as soon as the year 2060, we could potentially lose our beach. >> reporter: there's more at risk than just homes here in del mar. at the top of this 50-foot bluff, more than four million people every single year ride rail that sits precariously close to the edge. our next stop is the city of ventura, about 60 miles north of los angeles. you can see where the pacific ate away they bike path. officials ripped it up. they put rocks in its place and actually moved it inland about 60 feet. just this took more than 25 years and cost about $5 million. not a single home was involved, just a bike path. up the coast near san simmion, where erosion averages five feet a year, we literally reached the end of the road, so the state chose to go something else.

>> we're talking about a realignment of state route 1, about 2.8 miles that we moved inland about 475 feet. >> reporter: the price tag to move a world-famous highway? $55 million. experts say california is going to get higher-than-average surge compared to the rest world. in fact, by the end of the century, sea levels here could rise by more than nine feet, causing more than $150 billion in property damage. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, pacifica, california. >> ninan: a strike involving the nation's largest automaker enters its third week. ahead, can workers afford to hang on?

>> ninan: talks between g.m. and the auto workers union continued today with little sign of progress on day 13 of the strike. nearly 50,000 workers are on picket lines. but as dean reynolds reports, thousands of others are also out

of work and increasingly desperate. >> reporter: you spent your life in this community. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: kristi hunnicut is one of thousands of workers who have lost their jobs because of the strike at general motors, a dispute that is not of their making. how many people are dependent on you?>> three. me, my husband. and my oldest son still lives here. >> reporter: she's not on strike but she and at least 300 others have been temporarily laid off because they work for a g.m. parts supplier. is and right now, with g.m.izeled-- idled there's no need to supply those parts. did you think it was going to go this long? >> no, i didn't. >> reporter: hunnicut and many of her fellow workers at avancez, near fort wayne, indiana, have applied for unemployment benefits, about $265 a week in her case, far less than her base bay of 600. do you have savings? >> no. >> put your hands up. go weee! >> reporter: add dave worked

at the same parts plant as hunnicut. she has five kids. >> how am i going to continue to provide interest my children? i don't want them to go homeless or without food. >> reporter: as these workers tighten their belts, the ripple effect hits local merchants who lose business, the city loses tax dollars, and families face tough questions. >> what do we do? we're just-- no money, no help. and no answers. >> reporter: and as the strike continues, the people we spoke to, the workers caught in the middle, say they're starting to look for new jobs, not because they want to, but because they have to. dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. >> ninan: a new generation of firefighters. ahead, how they were inspired by their heroic 9/11 fathers.

sps. >> ninan: finally tonight, brave recruits are honoring a heroic legacy. 301 fiempts were sworn in this

week in new york city, including a record number of men and women whose firefighter fathers died on 9/11. here's mola lenghi. >> ever since i was little, i always wanted to do this. >> reporter: for leonard and anthony ragaglia, becoming firefighters has been a lifetime in the making. the brothers are part of f.d.n.y.'s newest graduating class. >> i really want to be like, that helping so many different people, you know. and f.d.n.y. ran in the family. >> reporter: the ragaglias say their passion for helping others stems from their father, leonard j. ragaglia, who was also a new york city firefighter, just like manny mojica's dad, manuel manuel mojica. >> my father was a hero to me. >> reporter: it's a family legacy, a proud but painful was. >> reporter: how old were you on 9/11. >> i was seven. >> i was nine.

carl asaro was an f.d.n.y. firefighter on the morning of 9/11. >> he came in my room about early morning to go to work, and he brought me tic tacs and i went home. >> no one really knew what was going on. >> i kept asking my mom when my father was coming home. she didn't have an answer. they never found him. the guys were stepping up and just always there, whatever we needed. and it just continued for years. >> reporter: what's it mean to wear that f.d.n.y. on your chest there? >> it means everything to me. i would do whatever it takes to uphold these four letters, you know, hopefully will guide me the rest of my life. >> reporter: mola lenghi, cbs news, new york. >> ninan: all the legacying that we spoke to say their families have been 100% supportive of their decision to join the new york fire department. well, that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." and the news continues now on our 24-hour digital network, cbsn, at cbsnews.com.

i'm reena ninan in new york. from all of us at cbs news, thanks for joining us. good night. live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. >> now at 6:00, breaking news out of sonoma county. a brush fire is burning structures and forcing evacuations. >> that site is highly contaminated. a developer is proposing to put 4,000 homes on top of that. >> no. i wouldn't live here for all the money in the world. a pleasanton based home security start-up donates a security system to a local family. this, after a terrifying burglary attempt a few weeks ago. >> thanks for joining us, i'm juliette goodrich. >> i'm brian hackney. a brush fire has burned about 10 to 15 acres. this in the community of shellville near highway 116 and state route 121.

ttle bit south of sonoma. we are told areas within a one- mile radius. flames so far three buildings have been destroyed. firefighters say others are threatened at this hour. and lanes near the 116 at this hour are closed at this time. it's not clear when they will open back up. meteorologist darren peck is tracking the conditions. >> you get flames that big, they can oftentimes start to drive their own winds. the winds in that part of sonoma county while they are really bad in the mountains are not that bad in the bottom of the valley. let me show you where this is first of all. we'll go from the wide view to the southern most end where we find this fire burning about 10 to 12 miles south of sonoma. of the town proper. we can be thankful this fire burning down here in