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that is it for us at 5 pm. we will see you back here at 6:00. morning" p.r. avon, north carolina antibiotic c. difficile c. difficile albany, new york apple tv+ prop p. >> ninan: tonight, behind closed doors. another witness in the impeachment inquiry testifying on capitol hill. what democrats hope to learn from a career official who worked inside the white house. panic on the field. gunfire erupts at a high school football game in new jersey. tonight, the break in the case, and the condition of the victims. unsolved mystery. the gunman in the california high school shooting rampage is now dead. his motive is still unknown. what detectives found inside his home. rare interview-- britain's prince andrew breaking his silence. >> i have no recollection of ever meeting this lady. none whatsoever. >> ninan: what he says about accusations of sex with a minor.
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quarterback colin kaepernick makes a controversial comeback attempt. but did he ruin his chances before the showcase even started? and the secret behind a midwest baby boom. >> yeah, buddy. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. tonight, new testimony in the impeachment inquiry of president trump. mark sandy deified administration orders not to testify. he was expected to be asked why nearly $400 million in military aid to ukraine was put on hold. this is house speaker nancy pelosi calls on president trump to testify before congress to defend his name. ben tracy starts us off tonight from the white house. >> i think it's considered a joke all o world. >> reporter: while president trump calls the impeachment hearings a sham, more damaging
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evidence is piling up. davi t u.s. embassy in ukraine, testified in closed session friday night. in his opening statement, obtained by cbs news, holmes describes a phone call he overheard between president trump and european union ambassador gordon sondland. he says mr. trump asked if ukrainian president zelensky is gonna do the investigation. sondland replies, "he's gonna do it." president trump says he doesn't remember the call. >> no, not at all, not even a little bit. >> reporter: holmes also testified that sondland told him president trump does not give an s.about ukraine and that he only cares about big stuff that benefits the president, including the biden investigation. republicans dismiss it all at hearsay. >> you got some guy overheard a phone call. >> reporter: former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, received a standing after a smearher testimony campaign by rudy giuliani, the president's personal attorney. >> and now the president in real
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time is attack you. >> reporter: during her testimony, president trump insulted her via twitter saying, "everywhere marie yovanovitch went, turned bad." >> i mean, i can't speak to what the president is trying to do, but i think the effect is to be intimidating. >> i have the right to speak. i have freedom of speech, just as other people do. >> reporter: in an interview airing sunday on "face the nation", house speaker nancy pelosi tells margaret brennan president trump could choose to defend himself under oath. >> the president could come right before the committee and talk-- speak all the truth that he wants if he wants to. >> reporter: you don't expect him to do that. >> if he wants to take the oath of office, he has every opportunity to present his case. but it's really a sad thing. i mean, what the president did was so much worse than even what richard nixon did. at some point, richard nixon cared about the country enough to recognize that this could not continue.
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>> ninan: and, ben, just a short time ago we got some transcripts of those closed door testimony of an aide to vice president mike pence. it was just released. >> reporter: her name was jennifer williams, and she was on the july 25 call between president trump and president zelensky. now, in the triment of her testimony, she testified that she found the call unusual and inappropriate. she said the president's personal political agenda may have been a factor in withholding that military aid from ukraine. she also said that the word "burisma" was used on the call. that's significant, because that is the energy company that joe biden's son hunter was working for. but in the official call summary released by the white house last month, burisma is not mentioned. reena. >> ninan: ben tracy at the white house. thank you, ben. the impeachment inquiry continues next week. cbs news will have special coverage of the hearings on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. tonight, six men in new jersey have been arrested in connection with a shooting at a high school football game.
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three people were shot during last night's game in pleasantville, near atlantic city. two are in critical condition. the alleged shooter was charged with three counts of attempted murder. the other suspects face weapons charges. tonight, new details are emerging about a deadly school shooting in california. mia page tretta and addision kegley were two of the three teenagers wounded at saugus high school earlier this week. both have been release from the hospital. the gunman, 16-year-old nathaniel berhow, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. farrah fazal now on how the community is coping with tragedy. >> when it hit one of our schools, it hits all of our schools. >> we're going to get through all this together. >> reporter: "stronger together" is how people ripped apart in the latest school shooting in santa clarita say they're get thriewg it. >> i had a woman come in this morning at opening and order some food and hand me a check for $1,000 made out to saugus. >> reporter: it's taking all
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the extra hands to lift up broken hearts and raise the money to bury two children. >> present arms! >> reporter: 14-year-old dominic blackwell was a junior rotc member and a football player. >> a very incredibly respectful young man, full of life, positive and happy. >> reporter: 15-year-old gracie muehlberger's parents say she was their cinderella. >> she loved to shop. that was her favorite thing. and making outfits and take pictures and doing all that stuff. and she was so funny. >> reporter: sheriffs deputies say the shooter died of a gunshot wound to his head. they don't know why 16-year-old nathaniel berhow walked into the school with a ..45-caliber. >> we did not find any men festo, any diary that spelled it out gsuicide note or any writings. >> reporter: people here in santa clarita are still
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struggling for answers here tonight. they're leaving flowers here at saugus high, and tomorrow night, they'll have a vigil at a park just a few minutes away from here, reena. >> ninan: farrah fazal. farrah, thank you. well, britain's prince andrew is break his silence on his relationship with convicted sex offend erp jeffrey epstein. andrew denies any inappropriate behavior at epstein's home, but also admits he let the royal family down. here is ian lee. >> reporter: this is the most damning photograph of prince andrew. next to him is virginia roberts, just 17 at the time, and under age. she says the prince had sex with her three times at jeffrey epstein's properties. >> he knows exactly what he's done, and i hope he comes clean about it. >> reporter: but buckingham palace denials the allegations. now prince andrew is on royal damage control, speaking for the first time about the allegations with the bbc's emily maitlis. >> i have no recollection of ever meeting this lady, none whatsoever. >> reporter: were you surprised that he didn't give a
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clear denial? >> actually, the prince confronted every single question that we asked. now, i think viewers will decide for themselves from what they hear, from what they see what, they choose to believe of his account and where they still have further questions of their own. >> reporter: the prince's friendship with epstein dates back to the late 90s. here they are in central park in 2010. around the same time, a man appearing to be andrew waves goodbye to a young woman from epstein's manhattan mansion. >> you were staying at the house of a convicted sex offender. >> yes. it was a convenient place to stay. i mean, i've gone through this in my mind so many times. at the end of the day, with the benefit of all the hindsight that one could have, it was definitely the wrong thing to do. >> reporter: i think a lot of people will be baffled by some of his responses. he stayed at a convicted pedophile's house because it was "a convenient place to stay."
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>> of it an odd choice of word, wasn't it? that interview is certainly not word perfect. it is quite uncomfortable in places. it is raw. it is visceral. i think he is speaking in the way that he's accustomed to, and that is not an engagement with a bbc interviewer. >> reporter: rest of that interview will air later tonight. it will remain to be seen what the court of of public opinion makes of prince andrew's account. will it silence his critics or just fuel the growing speculation about his friendship with epstein. reena. >> ninan: ian lee, thank you, ian. former pro quarterback colin kaepernick called an audible today before his private workout in atlanta and it may have backfired. kaepernick changed the location at the last minute because the n.f.l. bloctd media from attending. the n.f.l. now says kaepernick missed his scheduled workout and they're "disappointed he did not appear." here's kenneth craig. >> reporter: the dizzying series ofnt ended with
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lity weaepernick not at the work out, but on a high school football field more than an hour away. the former quarterback went rogue just 30 minutes before his highly anticipated appearance before 25 n.f.l. teams. with an announcement from his camp that they were changing venues. much of the dispute seems to center around kaepernick's request that the workout be in full display of cameras. in a statement, the n.f.l. says it planned to film the workout itself and give the video to everyone team. the league says it didn't learn kaepernick wanted the training to be open to the media and an independent film crew until friday night. kaepernick's representatives say he simplimented a transparent and open process. it was his long-awaited opportunity. >> i've been ready for three years. i've been denied for three years. we all know why i came out here, showed you todayroyb we have nothing to he. >>asn' played in the sce 2017.
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his pregame protests over police brutality during the national anthem ignighted a firestorm. this week, his rare chance came as a puzzling striez. >> why is this happening? >> i have no idea yet n.f.l. has done this. >> reporter: kaepernick greetd fans at the high school football fielded is night. >> we'll be waiting to hear from roger goodell, the n.f.l., the 32 teams. we'll let you know if we hear from them. ball's in their court. we're ready to go. >> reporter: but with no promise and no word on whether he'll ever land back on an n.f.l. team. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >> ninan: a powerful storm is expected to lash parts of the east coast starting tonight. north carolina's outer banks can see up to eight inches of rain with wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour. high surf is already slamming the shores of avon, north carolina. the national weather service is warning of possible life-threatening conditions across parts of that state. there's much more ahead on the ""cbs weekend news"."
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>> ninan: there's growing concern soant about antibiotic-resistant infections. the c.d.c. says drug-resistanti0 people ever year. that's actually equivalent to about one person every 15 minutes. new antibiotics are needed but experts say not enough are being developed. here's jon lapook. >> i have no idea actually how i-- how i survived. >> reporter: maryann webb spent three years in unending pain, hooked up to feeding tubes with frequent hospitalizations, all caused by an out-of-control bacterial ion call ift used severe u can's.ouan't eat you can't walk. hope definitely starts to fade.
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>> reporter: at one point, certain she would not survive, she got her affairs in order. >> i was alone, just saying, "please, i just want to leave now." >> c-diff caused nearly a quarter of a million hospitalizations and at least 12,800 deaths in 2017. it's one of five antibiotic-resistant urgent threats identified in the c.d.c's report, two of them newly added since 2013. one, candia auris, wasn't even on the c.d.c. radar five years ago. since then it has spread around the world. but there is some good news in the report. since 2013, there has been an 18% drop in deaths from all types of antibiotic-resistant infections. >> it's not just new antibiotics that we need. we also need new vaccines, new diagnostics, and other new tools to help doctors better treat their patients or better prevent in ebb fit erro a procedure that transferred
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bacteria from a well-patient's gut into hers. >> i'm really passionate about making sure this doesn't happen to somebody else. >> reporter: we know that overuse of antibiotics has helped create all these resistant bacteria. so with cold and flu season just around the corner, the c.d.c. is reminding everyone that antibiotics are not recommended for infections caused by viruseses-- for example, the common cold. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >> ninan: venice still reeling tonight after days of flooding. the damage estimate to priceless art work in the city. of canals.
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>> ninan: tourists waded through floodwaters in venice today. it's the worst flooding there in more than half a century. and much of the city's priceless artwork is at risk. damage estimates already top $1 billion, and rain is forecast every day for the next week. new tonight, medication and lifestyle changes are just as effective as stents in the battle against heart disease. that's according to a new study that says the noninvasive
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changes could also save hundreds of millions of dollars a year in health care costs. an update now on a special pup they made headlines this week for being born with an extra rwhal has list of 300 people ready to adopt him. someone even offered to buy him for $7,000. rescuers in missouri, however, say he's not for sale and not ready for adoption yet. streaming services and money. ahead, sorting out what to watch and how best to watch it.
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>> ninan: an all-out streaming war is under way to get your attention and your money. adriana diaz is the latest service to launch just this week competing with netflix, hulu, and amazon prime. cbs has cbs all access. but all of this bandwidth is coming at a cost to consumers. here's jonathan vigliotti.
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>> reporter: they're dawlg the new golden age of television. >> switch to manual navigation! >> reporter: more choices than ever before. but for roseann ramirez and her two kids it poses very modern challenges. >> i just don't see the point in paying for so much streaming and cable and everything all at the same time. i just think it's too many. too many networks, too many streaming shows, too many just overall. >> reporter: the family currently has traditional cable and watches some of their favorite shows and movies on netflix and youtube. what's the max number of streaming services that you see yourself having at any given moment? >> i think it depends on i guess what's on them, how much i'm paying. but i would probably say between three and five would be max. >> reporter: nearly 70% of americans subscribe to at least one streaming platform. and a new "the wall street journal" poll finds americans are willing to pay for an average of 3.6 streaming
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services or spend $44 a month. but choose chicago platforms to report can be tricky, especially as media giants like disney grab their original content back from other services. >> for years all of these big entertainment companies have been licensing their shows to netflix, and now what they realize is we need that programming on our own platforms to survive. >> reporter: amol sharma is "the wall street journal's" media editor >> this is still netflix's game to lose. they have 158 million customersarn the world. they're way ahead of everybody. but there really is a threat from all of these new services. they each have something special that they bring to the table. >> reporter: let's say you wanted to watch high-profile shows from each of eight different streaming platform, programs like netflix's "stranger things", amazon's "fleabag", and hbo's "succession." staying current on these programs from all of these streaming services won't come cheap. we added it all up, and you could be paying anywhere from around scaept bucks to as much as $134. sharma says the average cable
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bill runs around $90 a month and points out that viewers who turn to streami will need to factor in the costes of a smart tv or an internet device and high-speed internet plan. sharma believes customers need to consider how much time and money they want to spend watching tv. >> you're going to have to make some choices to keep an eye on your budget, and that means only the shows that you absolutely want to watch week after week and the movies you absolutely need to have access to. >> ninan: that was jonathan vigliotti reporting. when we come back, the secret behind a baby boom in the nation's heartland. .
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many babies there were until we showed up that day for the picture, and then it was k an awe factor just seeing them all. >> yeah, buddy. >> reporter: meet conor, the first child born on january 10. then last month, little micah and kade became number 16 and 17 born only hours apart. turns out, this baby boom may be thanks to a financial boon for the county's deputies. >> it was a huge help. obviously having kids is expensive. >> reporter: the theor set babies all came from a proposition-- but maybe not the kind you're thinking. in april of 2018, jefferson county residents voted to pass proposition p., a property tax increase that raised salaries in the sheriff's office, something these officers haven't seen for over 30 years. >> when you go from $37,000, $38,000 starting pay to $50,000, that's life changing for a family. >> i think prop p. definitely helped. you have a little bit more flexibility in starting a family when there's more money coming
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in. >> reporter: the prop p. babies, as they're known, have some steep competition around the country, from nine babies at the rancho cucamonga fire department; the nine labor and delivery nurses at the maine medical center and the 36 nurses from the kansas city children's hospital all having babies so 2. jefferson county can boast to have one of the largest boons at one time with their 17 bundles of joy, and now these 17 families have something else to feel fortunate about-- each other. >> there's a lot of parenting tips going around the office right now. so we're always joking and asking how each other's children are doing. and you see one of the guys coming in looking pretty tired, and you're not sure if they were on a call all night or they were up with their newborn all night. >> reporter: meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >> ninan: and we're happy to report that all moms and babies are doing fine and are very healthy. well, that's t weekend news for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." i'm reena ninan in new york.
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thank you so much for joining us. good night. live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. i am ready and continue to be ready. >> but is the nfl ready for a kaepernick come back? the unexpected media lockout that forced him to change his anticipated workout from a league facility to a high school workout field. the bike lane finally opens. will anyone use it? it apparently looks that way. the biggest challenge might be bike traffic control. we have the scenes and spectacular views from day one. i opened my back door to look at the patio and there was a wall of flames coming up. >> a four alarm fire forces people out of bed and into the
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street in the castro district. >> we begin with colin kaepernick's big push to get back in the game. the former 49ers showcased his skills for a number of nfl teams that a workout session in georgia. after a sudden change in venue, just 15 minutes before the workout was to begin at the falcons training complex, kaepernick's reps announced it was being moved to a high school field 16 miles away. the reason for the switch? the media was not allowed inside the falcons facility and kaepernick wanted to make sure they could watch them in action. >> the biggest thing today was making sure we had transparency and what went on. we weren't getting that elsewhere, so we came out here. it is important you are here. >> all 32 nfl teams were invited. it is unclear how many showed up. kaepernick hasn't played in the nfl since the 2016 season when
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