captioning sponsored by cbs >> villafranca: tonight battle lines harden as the impeachment inquiry picks up speed. eight more witnesses take the hot seat including the trump donor turned ambassador. >> there was never this quid pro quo, that the democrats all promised. >> there is about our democracy, that is at risk with this president. >> villafranca: also tonight the road to 2020, who's up, who's down another eyeing the race issues a stunning reversion for a controversial police tactic. >> i'm sorry that we did it, but i can't change history. >> there's no body, no dna. a sensational murders trial is wrapping up in colorado. new warnings about lasik sigh surgery, why some patients call it a terrible mistake and how veterans balt ptsd are helping injured sea lions and

helping themselves. >> it is not until someone helps you this you realize how badly you needed the help. >> villafranca: there is the cbs weekend news. >> villafranca: good evening, i'm omar villafranca. the house impeachment hearks are about to pick up speed, they burst into public view last week and now eight more witnesses are set to testify including eu ambassador goredon sondland the the trump mega donor turned diplomat could offer a first hand account of the president's goals in ukraine. katherine johnson is at the white house. >> we are unfolding, that is what an inquiry is about rtd lawmakers are gearing up for a new week of public testimony, but the president's supporters are standing firm in their defense. >> no one said there was a quid pro quo, everybody hasha inform. >> this week trump donor turned eu ambassador goredon sond land testified in public. >> we'll see how his testimony

turns out. >> friday an aide to the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine testified he heard a loud phone call twined sondland and trump, david holmes said he asked if zelensky is going to do the investigation. sondland replied he's gonna do it president trump says he doesn't remember that call. >> no, not at all, not even a little bit. >> the spotlight on sondland will be bright. he's already changed his closed-door testimony saying he now recalls the conversation with the ukrainian official that the u.s. would withhold mill tair aid until ukraine agreed to investigate joe biden. >> my guess is ambassador sondland will do his level best to tell the truth because otherwise he may vey very unpleasant legal future in fronts of him. >> saturday the house intelligence committee released the deposition transcrypt of jennifer williams, an aid to vice president mike pence. she was on that now infamous july 25th phone call and said it struck her as quote unusual and inappropriate. just this evening president

trump lashed out at williams on twitter calling her a never-trumper and telling her to read the transcrypt of his call. this is the second time the president has tweeted directly at a witness in the impeachment inquiry, something that has eyebrows raised on both sides of the aisle, o omar. >> villafranca: thank you. the impeachment inquiry continues, neck week cbs news will have special coverage on the tuesday, wednesday and thursday. this we can ten democrats take the stage in the fifth presidential debate. the latest cbs new battleground tracker has a snap shot of the race in early states. joe biden leads the field at 29 percent. elizabeth warren is right behind. bern ye sanders and pete buttigieg follow. cbs news elections and survey director anthony salvanto is here to break it all down. anthony, joe biden has bounced back. what is behind that? >> hi, omar. he has bounced back, elizabeth warren was leading that field in our last poll last month. what has happened is that warren

has faced some criticism from bied enand other democrats saying that her plans might be too liberal for a general election. too liberal to boat president trump. democrats are worried about that. we find that about a third of democrats say that if her policies, very few of them say that about joe biden and of course electability remains a key concern for that democratic base. >> mayor pete is at 9 percent in wider polls but he's making gains in iowa. why is he making those gains? >> well, it's sort of the classic play using the ground game, getting out there. we know he is campaigning hard in iowa, also in new hampshire and we have seen him now rise, basically to the top of the field there in iowa, also macking gains now in double digits in new hampshire, though liz bit warren still lead there. >> villafranca: anthony salvanto, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> villafranca: former new york city mayor michael bloomberg who could soon join the democratic race made a surprising admission, speak

ifing in brooklyn he says he now regrets stopping the tactic stop & frissic that kitsk sake targeted young men of color. >> i wants you to know that i realized, back thren i was wrong and i'm sorry. >> villafranca: bloomberg said the policy eroded trust in him and he wants to win that back. to california now where red flag warnings for high fire danger are in effect again for the southern part of the state. the forecast, hot, dry and windy with gusts up to 50 miles per hour. temperatures could break records. l.a. could top 90 degrees. fire-weary californias are on alert from ventura county south to san diego. it was another tough day in venice. another high tide today flooded the city. deep water took the place of tourists in usually packed st. mark's square. stt first time since records back in 1872 that venice has suffered three high tides in the same year let alone the same week. in northern syria russian troops

have taken command of a u.s. air base and as charlie d'agata reports, the russians did it without firing a shot. >> russian state media showed commandos staging what looked like a military invasion. the russians are playing up the takeover of the kobani airfield as a victory. the former u.s. air base had served as a main logistical hub for american's fight against isis,, now with the russian flag flying over it the russians moved in just a day after u.s. forces moved out, leaving behind barracks, beds, abandoned medical supplies and the skeleton of a gym way to remove to render it useless. the same can't be saved the ames reduced to patrolling oil fields

while partnering with america's kurdish allies on the ground. even top kurdish commander maz lowment could beanai lamented the retreat left him no choice but to turn to the russians. >> we had an understanding with russia to avoid turkish attacks in this region, he said. the vacuum americans left behind, we had to fill with the russians. >> an imperfect solution to a desperate situation, giving the russians the upper hand on the ground. charlie d'agata, cbs news, in northeast, syria. >> villafranca: protestors had in iran clashed with police this weekend. g prices sparked protests in a reported 100 cities across the country. a thousand people were arrested. one person was killed. in colorado jurors hearing the murder quais against patrick frazee are expected to dlin delib rations tomorrow. frazee is charged with killing his fiance and the mother of his

child, kelsey bar rhett, at nikki battiste report, testimony wrapped up with a bombshell. >> nearly a year after kelsey berreth disappeared, seven women and five men are set to decide the faith of her fiance patrick frazee. prosecutors call the frazee a cold, calculate, man i latif killer who never testified on his own behalf. the star witness against frazee was his secret girlfriend, an idaho nurse named krystal lee. she told authorities he tried to get her to kill berreth three different times and when she didn't, he did she testified he told her he beat his fiance to death with a baseball bat on thanksgiving day and that berreth's last words were please, stop. after the murder, lee says frazee called her and said she had a mess to clean up. lee claims she drove from idaho to colorado and cleaned up the crime scene. because frazee told her to, and she feared for her life.

lee has also admitted she destroyed berreth's cell phone, her keysnd a gun. all to help frazee cover his tracks. in exchange for her testimony lee agreed to plead guilty to evidence tampering. a few days after thanks gifing, lee says she watched as frazee burned a black tote box that he told her contained bar rhett's body and the baseball bat, berreth's body has never been found. last week a formter fellow prisoner testified how he received 16 notes from frazee with instructions to kill several of the witnesses testifying against him. including lee and berreth's mother. he said frazee wrote they all need to disappear, unseen until after the trial. closing arguments will begin here tomorrow morning. if convicted patrick frazee faces life in prison. krystal lee will be sentenced after frazee's case wraps up and she faces a maximum of three years in prison. >> villafranca: nikki, thank

you very much. louisiana governor john bel edwards is celebrating his re-election. edwards captured 51% of the vote in a runoff last night beating the republican challenger heavily supported by president trump. ed wardz is the deep south's only democratic governor. >> ahead on the cbs weekend news, new warnings about the risk of laisessic-- lasik eye surgery. the french chateau attracting crowds of tourists interested in wine and war. and some velt veterans with ptsd are feeling by giving injured sea lions a helping hand.

>> villafranca: for more than two decades now lasik eye surgery has helped improve vision and free patients of eyeglasses and contacts. but now some doctors say the procedure should be stopped. dr. tara narula has a closer look. >> it say def taition i can't even explain. >> abraham rutner said lasik surgery damaged his vision and nearly ruined his life.

>> so what happened after the surgery. >> things appeared double, around the lights lights were le having starbursts. >> after months of not being able to drive or do his job. the brooklyn electrician finally found help in miami. >> his cornia is very distorted vuflt his lasik surgery. >> where optometrist edward boshnick fitted him with special contact lenses. boshnick estimates he has treat treated thousands of people with lasik complications. paula cofer had surgery 19 years ago. >> and from day one my vision was an absolute trainwreck and it still is today. >> she started a lasik complications support group on facebook and quickly found she was not alone. >> you really have to understand you are risking your only pair of eyes. >> how are you feeling perfect. >> since 1998 an estimated 20 million lasik procedures have been performed and according to an fda patient survey more than 95% of patients were satisfied

with their vision after surgery. >> still the fda's own website is filled with stories of serious complications. patients report relentless eye pain, diziness, detached retinas and tell the agency lasik ended my life. and this procedure needs to stop. >> essentially we ignored the data on vision distortions that persisted for years. >> morris waxler is a retiered fda advisor who voted to approve lasik. he now says that vote was a mistake. >> i re-examined the documentation and i said wow, this is not good. >> waxler says his own analysis of industry data shows complication rates between 10 and 30%. in 2011 competitioned the fda to issue a volume tear recall of lasik. three years later the agency denied that request and now tells cbs news it quote has nt found any new safety concerns associated with lasik devices.

>> do you think that this should be taken off the market? >> absolutely. there is nothing wrong with a person's eyes who goes to guess lasik, they can go and get a pair of glasses. >> you can see light is going to get sharp err and sharper. >> doctors who perform lasik surgery say risks can be minimized with presurgical screening. >> the most important thing is knowing who to operate on and who not to operate on. and there are people who really should not have this procedure. >> app ra ham rutner now believes he was never a good candidate. >> i was blaming myself, why in the world did i go in to it. rutner estimates his vision is now about 90% improved. he tolerates the discomfort of hard contact lenses, but wishes he had known more before he had lasik. >> what would you tell someone who came to you and said they were considering having lasik done. >> think it over, and if it is your eyes, st not something that you can rectify later. >> dr. tara narula reporting. for more on the risks to consider about lasik, go to our

website cbs news.com. up next, remembering the man known as the photographer of the swinging 60s.

>> villafranca: to hong kong where police stormed a university held by protestors in an all-nightstandoff. police moved in after protestors set fire to the school's main entrance. earlier students used bows and arrows in battles with police. one officer was hit in the leg. terry o'neill known as the photographer of the swinging '60s has died in britan. he was 81. one of o'neill's earliest assignments, this black and white portrait of an up and coming band from liverpool, the beatles. he company tawred this poolside image of faye dunaway after she won an oscar in 1977. they married six years later. sirlton john a frequent subject, he tweeted a tribute calling o'neill both brilliant and funny. >> and at the national zoo st bye bye bei bei, there will be

no more videos of the giant panda cub playing in the snow. this one went viral a year ago, you may remember it. bei bei was born in washington but at age four it's time to head home to china. that happens on tuesday. those are the rules of panda diplomacy. still ahead, the weapons of war found at a french chateau in wine country.

>> villafranca: in the heart of france's wine country there is a chateau like no other. it attracts tens of thousands of visitors every y iany sho us, wine isn't attraction. >> bur gunnee may be known for its wines, but it's what is nestled between the vines that draws tourists to this winery. the world's largest private fleet of fighter jets. 110 in all, it's not your tich

kal collection. the 87 year old michel pont is not your typical collector. >> i was born passionate, he says and a bit crazy. >> pont says he caught the collector's bug while in the french air force and started buying the jets 30 years ago to save them from being destroyed. and that attracts the crowds of tourists interested in wine and war. >> it is really exciting, particularly in the middle of the wine country. i pleen this say beautiful vineyard, this is quite a surprise. >> it isn't just a massive display of weapons of war, each jet tells an individual story. like this fh crusader known as the last gun fighter. st squared off against the mig-17 in the skies over vietnam. and this f-100 supersabre. the air force's thunder bird use it to dazzle spectatedders at the paris airshow in 1967. but the pride of the squad ron

is this f-16 but it didn't come easy. >> i was friends with a belgian general who wanted to give me the f-16 but the americans wanted it destroyed he recalled. after badgering the american ambassador he finally intervened and called one day saying bring your truck an get your jet. >> these jets in particular, they're special sto pont. >> it is thanks to the americans and brits that we were liberated from the nazis, he tells me. so i enjoy displaying this american pride in honor. >> a man rooted in both wine and history, and still in the market for another american jet. ian lee, cbs news in france. >> villafranca: up next on the cbs weekend news, how sick and injured sea lions are a source of strength for veterans with ptsd.

>> villafranca: we end tonight with a helping hand t comes from veterans coping with their own issues who come to the aid of

sea lions hurt in the wild.esul. here's carter evans. >> feeding time can create a frenzy. >> all of these animals were rescued along orange county's coastline and brought here to the pacific marine mammal center. some sea lions are sick, some injured. >> put that right up here. >> crinkle came to us with a broken flipper. >> colby hollabaugh a former marine leads the sea lions for service members course, he has been diagnosed with ptsd and that's helped him empathize with wounded animals like this sea lion named zion. >> zion was very badly entangled and pinned down against a buoy. i saw a lot of me in zion, zion thought he was doing just fine, he was going to figure it all out on his own, right, it is not until someone helps you that you realize how badly you needed the help. >> look at him go. >> veterans lisa stein and erika

die talt efi searched found the program when searching for help for ptsd. you are nervous and proud, you have nightmares, you can't talk to anybody. st at like like these animals they have no voice. >> the marine animal center has rescued more than 180 animal this year and some require surgery. >> i'm going to clamp. >> wet van naomi prazak watched as a critically ill sale was tube fed, it triggered memories. >> everybody was scared. for me it was my emotions, i couldn't control my emotions at all and i felt like i was really weak. >> but each found strength working alongside other veterans and bonds form just like the sea lion. >> it was life changing. >> what is it about putting vetted rans together. >> it seems to create something special. they can feel like a team again and they can feel like they're doing something positive. >> that was so much fun. >> it was incredible. >> so sweet. >> they can look in their eyes and they can understand that the

animal has struggled too. and the animal isn't weak, it's not broken because it needed help. >> when the animals recover the vets are invited to witness their return home, and like battle buddies in the military, they're released with a friend, to help them find their way. >> it was very emotional. because they were on to another chapter and it felt like that was like what i was dealing with, on to another chapter. >> it is just like you learn in the military, sometimes you are going to have to crawl along under the bar bed wire and that is just what you have to do until you find yourself getting that drive of service back. >> a new mission for these veteran, helping sea life to heal, and maybe help healing their other than invisible scars along the way, carter evans, cbs news, laguna beach, california. >> villafranca: marines helping marine life, great story. that is the cbs weekend news for sunday, i'm omar villafranca reporting in new york. good night. #r

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times. she said the last three encounters ended with the man inappropriately touching her. according to police reports obtained by the paper, the girl's father then brought her back to the same spots to record the man's incriminating action as on video. and while they kept in touch via ear buds. once they got the video he needed, he turned it over to the police. officers arrested the 76-year- old on tuesday. he's being held on $3 million bail. charged with lewd acts with a child under 14. but the paper reports state prosecutors are also exploring ges against the girl's father. santa clara county da's office told us in a statement, "we have recused ourselves on the handling of any filing decisions and the prosecution of any matters related to this situation. we cannot answer any case quess