paramedic, which is doing magic tricks for kids, by all means i'm going to do it. >> reporter: surprising kids to soothe their souls. jamie yuccas, minnea lis, minnesota. and that's the "overnight news" for this friday from the it's friday, november 8th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." arctic blast. nearly two-thirds of the country is bracing for a one-two punch of freezing weather this weekend and again next week. where the mercury will really take a plunge. campaign commitment. billionaire michael bloomberg is taking steps to enter the 2020 presidential race. how it could affect the democratic contest. and funerals for the americans ambushed in mexico begin as surviving family begin as surviving family members carry on. captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters

here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a bitter blast of arctic air in the central and eastern u.s. more than 200 million americans will see below average temperatures today. more than a half dozen states are waking up p to temperatures near or below freezing. temperatures are expected to plunge again beginning next week, and a daring rescue unfolded in the frigid waters of the niagara river in upstate new york. first responders pulled a man from the water just above the american falls in buffalo yesterday. forecasters say the air temperature in niagara falls was 31 degrees, but it felt like 25. the cold temperatures could also bring heavy snow to many state. parts of new england may see more than six inches of snow today. now to campaign 2020. michael bloomberg is positioning himself to enter the presidential race. the 77-year-old billionaire and former new york city mayor would enter a crowded democratic field

led by joe biden and senators elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. laura podesta is here in new york. laura, what steps has bloomberg taken so far? >> reporter: well, bloomberg sent aides to alabama to get on the democratic primary ballot ahead of today's filing deadline. it's the earliest deadline in the country. and cbs news also confirmed that harry reid was among the democrats bloomberg called this week to inform them he was thinking about running for president and thinking about running in the near future. former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is close to entering the 2020 presidential race. >> i think there's an awful lot to be said for experience and accomplishment. >> reporter: earlier bloomberg said he wasn't running, pointing to an overlap with joe biden. >> we would have split the votes. why not just stand up and say no? >> reporter: with biden slipping

in the polls, the 77-year-old billionaire sees an opportunity for him to be the moderate democrat. >> i have my reservations about the people running and the way they're campaigning. >> reporter: bloomberg is a former republican and independent who registered as a democrat last year. he ran new york city from 2002 to 2013, and since then has put his billions behind popular democratic issues like gun control and climate change. >> certainly adds another dynamic to our backdrop. >> he would have to have a strong platform for him to be able to even move forward. >> reporter: his adviser released a statement saying "mike is increasingly concerned that the current field of candidates is not well positioned to defeat president trump." bloomberg would join three other democratic candidates in their 70s and one other billionaire. >> it's not enough just to have somebody come in, anybody, and say they're going to buy this election. it's not enough. >> reporter: one person who spoke with bloomberg told cbs news he could officially announce his candidacy as soon as monday.

and the republican national committee quickly released a statement saying the fact that michael bloomberg feels the need to run for president underscores the weak democratic field and shows that democrats know they cannot compete with president trump in 2020. anne-marie? >> laura podesta in new york, thank you, laura. >> thanks. president trump has been ordered to pay $2 million in a civil lawsuit for misusing his own charitable foundation. the payment will go to nonprofit organizations as part of a settlement. the lawsuit filed in new york involved the trump foundation holding a fundraiser for veterans during the 2016 campaign. the judge said that the event was designed to further mr. trump's political campaign. meanwhile, house democrats have revealed more testimony in the impeachment inquiry into mr. trump. new documents indicate the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, went on an offensive against the u.s. diplomat who was then ambassador to ukraine. nikole killion has more.

>> reporter: newly released testimony from state department deputy george kent revealed president trump wanted ukraine's president to publicly say three words -- investigations, biden and clinton. in a closed door deposition, kent said clinton was shorthand for the 2016 u.s. presidential campaign. and president trump's view that ukraine plplayed a role interfering in it. kent told house lawmakers that was his understanding based on his conversations with other administration officials. in august, kent filed a memo warning of an effort to initiate politically motivated prosecutions that were injurious to the rule of law in the ukraine and the u.s. >> the american people have the transcript of the president's call. they can see there was no quid pro quo. >> reporter: kent said rudy giuliani schemed with a series of corrupt ukrainians to wage a months' long campaign of lies against then-u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. kent says once yovanovitch was

sent home, u.s. special envoy kurt volker informed the ukrainian president that he was now in charge of ukraine policy. along with two trump confidantes, ambassador to the eu gordon sondland and energy secretary rick perry. kent and yovanovitch are among the witnesses who will testify in public hearings next week on capitol hill. also set to appear, william taylor, the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine who alleged in his testimony there was a quid pro quo with president trump holding up military aid to pressure ukraine. nikole killion, cbs news, capitol hill. jeff sessions has officially announced that he wants to reclaim his old alabama senate seat. the 72-year-old former u.s. attorney general made the announcement yesterday. he said if he returns to the senate, quote, no senator in the senate would be more effective in advancing president trump's agenda than i would. as attorney general, sessions recused himself from the russia investigation, and that put him at odds with the president. more funerals will be held

in the coming days for the americans killed in a violent ambush in mexico. yesterday about 1,000 people gathered for the first funerals for the nine women and children killed in monday's massacre. a mother and her two sons were laid to rest. manuel bojorquez reports. >> reporter: the first victims of the ambush to be laid to rest were carried in coffins handmade by relatives. tailored to the small bodies of those who are gone. 2-year-old rogan, 11-year-old trevor, and their mother donna langford, were buried. the six others will be laid to rest in their hometowns. >> this should not have happened to three women and the children. >> reporter: a small army of heavily armed mexican security forces provided protection for the grieving family. the horror of monday's massacre is palpable. in voice messages, family member kendra lee miller sent to others, first obtained by cnn. >> dear god, everybody pray. officers just came and said my

mom's suburban is blown up, on the -- by the hill. everyone, please pray. >> dear god, pray for us all. >> reporter: robert lebaron traveled here for the funerals. >> i don't know, my personal belief is -- is if we can't protect our women and our children, you're no longer a country. >> reporter: while mexican officials believe the attack was a case of mistaken identity in a shoot-out between rival cartels, some family members who say they've been threatened before believe they were targeted. for the eight children who survived the attack, the physical healing will come before the emotional. family members released video of 9-month-old brickston, recovering from a shot to the chest and a grazed wrist. and 7-month-old baby faith who lost her mother in the attack is now back with her father. rhonita miller and her four children including 8-month-old twins will be laid to rest in the area that bears the family name.

one family member told me he's not confident those who did this will be brought to justice but holds out hope they will. manuel bojorquez, juarez, mexico. a search is underway in florida for a 5-year-old girl. her mother is no longer cooperating. the nationwide amber alert was issued for taylor williams. she was reported missing wednesday in jacksonville. the girl's mother reportedly told police when she woke up, the girl was not in her bedroom, and the back door was unlocked. police say it's been weeks since the child was last seen. more than 100 police officers, firefighters, and people in the community have searched for the little girl. a $3,000 reward is being offered. the secret service is out with a new study into 41 school shootings across america since the attack at columbine high school. the findings reveal that most of the students who committed deadly school attacks over the past decade were badly bullied. they also had a history of disciplinary trouble, and their

troubled behavior was never reported. tony montaldo's daughter gina was killed in a shooting last year. >> had the threat assessment on the shooter been done properly there's an excellent chance that my lovely daughter and the 16 other souls taken that day would still be here today. >> the report finds in at least four cases the attackers wanted to copy other school shootings including the 1999 columbine attack. it also finds the attackers often had an interest in hitler and naziism. coming up on the "morning news" now, spying fears. how surveillance cameras sold to the u.s. military could be helping chinese spies. a new climate change danger. how a deadly virus is striking sea animals. this is the "cbs morning news." sea animals. sea animals. this is the "cbs morning

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sears and kmart are closing one-third of their remaining stores. the move will impact 51 sears and 45 kmart locations nationwide. after the closures, the company that owns the retailers will only operate 182 stores. sears and kmart have closed more than 3,500 stores over the last 15 years. the company acquired retailers out of bankruptcy. and coca-cola's launching a new line of flavored seltzers. the new drinks will be called aha and include flavors like lime and watermelon, strawberry and cucumber, orange and grapefruit. citrus plus green tea and black cherry plus coffee are also caffeinated. it will replace disani sparkling water. the drinks hit shelves next march. anne-marie? >> marc liverman at the new york stock exchange. thank you so much, marc. >> sure thing. still to come, she's simply the best. a new broadway musical about

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our top stories, freak -- freezing weather is gripping parts of the weather is gripping parts of the central and eastern u.s. temperatures will be 10 to 20 degrees below average in most areas. are michael bloomberg is taking steps to enter the 2020 presidential race. the 77-year-old billionaire has sent aides to alabama to file paperwork to run as a democrat. the deadline to file is today. bloomberg could officially announce his candidacy as early as monday. finally this morning, we have a story of a kid in texas with dreams of making it to the nfl. he's got challenges most kids

don't have, though. as janet shamlian reports, it seems there's nothing he can't tackle. >> reporter: colter hodge thinks of himself as just another high school freshman who plays jv football. but suiting up for a game means something very different for him. >> i'll just slide it on. >> reporter: the 14-year-old is a double amputee. born with a rare birth defect, his legs were amputated above the knee at age 2. at 6 he told his mom he wanted to play football. >> when he initially said "i want to play football," what was your thought? >> no. >> reporter: but calder wanted to call the plays in his life. with three football brothers encouraging him, he decided to be a quarterback. did you ever have a moment when you thought, i'm not going to be able to do this? >> never. i've never had a moment where i thought i couldn't do it. >> reporter: colter changes out of his prosthetics into running blades for football. there's no knee function. >> go. >> reporter: every practice,

every game is about doing what he's been told he can't. do you ever have a bad day? >> i have bad days. i mean, everybody does. it's not about the bad days, it's about how you recover from the bad days. >> to get this special child and to watch him chase his dreams and to do everything that he wanted to do, i can't ask for more. and it makes me so proud every time i get to see him step on the field. >> reporter: playing the game does come with occasional aches and pains. but you'll never hear him complain. >> i've had a lot of going through so much, that i just take it all with a smile. >> reporter: wisdom beyond his years. a future without limits. janet shamlian, cbs news, spring, texas. coming up on "cbs this morning," anthony mason talks with punk legend patti smith and photographer lynn goldsmith about their new photo book as they celebrate nearly 50 years of collaboration. plus, tips on optimizing your airline rewards and finding

flight deals in time for the holiday travel season. and in our "eye on earth" series, we'll show how microplastics are washing into oceans causing a potential environmental disaster. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪