that's it for us here at 5:00. we'll see you back here at 6:00. captioning sponsored by cbs >> quijano: developing tonight, holiday nightmare. a strong storm is gripping the northeast. snow and freezing rain is impacting millions, the worst is still ahead in the run-up to thanksgiving. the one-two punch is expected to grip thanksgiving travel. we're timing it all out. >> mike bloomberg for president. >> quijano: billionaire candidate, michael bloomberg is making it official, he's running for president. his promise to the american tople. historic election, a record number of voters line the streets of hong kong, unofficially on the ballot, a referendum on freedom. our ramy inocencio is there. >> polls have just opened in the past hour and look at this line. >> quijano: the n.f.l. is issuing a final punishment for players involved in the nasty fght on the field.

"eye on earth," fishermen find a possible solution for an ocean filled with plastic. >> and a simple ac of kindness, the group hug that went viral. >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. tonight a strong storm is slamming parts of the northeast. but it is just a precursor of a one-two punch that could impact millions of people over the thanksgiving holiday. snow hammered parts of the ohio valley overnight. now that snow is in new england where some areas could get up to eight inches. but this week two more systems will be moving in, threatening 250 million americans with rain, snow and ice. jeff berardelli is tracking both systems, jeff, time this out for us. >> the timing couldn't be much worse. it's tuesday, it's wednesday, huge travel days. mainly the western and central parts of the country because of that big dip in the jet stream.

starts on monday night in denver with heavy snow moving in. winds gusting over 40 miles an hour. blizzard conditions pulling into the plains states towards minneapolis and green bay area. south of that, the good news is it is rain in chicago but it's a big wind maker. same thing in detroit so that will help a little bit. at least it's not snow. speaking of snow: the heaviest snow from denver, omaha, minneapolis to green bay, since to twelve inches of snow, remember: blizzard conditions at times because the wind field is huge, all the way down to texas, any flights out of the major hubs will have problem, chicago, detroit, minneapolis, buffalo, watch new york city on thursday morning, the parade, the kids will not be happy if the balloons are grounded, it's certainly a possibility with gusts close to 35, 40 miles an hour. and then another storm slamming the west coast monday into tuesday, wednesday, we will see over two feet of powder. great paradise for the skiers but this will be a nightmare for travelers. >> quijano: all right, brace for delays. thank you.

>> you're welcome. >> quijano: former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is officially a democratic president for president. bloomberg is the 11th richest thrson in the world with a net worth of more than $50 billion. the 77 year old media mogul joins 17 other democrats all hoping to take on president trump. here's steve dorsey. >> jobs creator, leader, problem-solver. >> reporter: billionaire michael bloomberg launched his presidential campaign with this minute-long ad, part of a $34 million media blitz. as he looks beyond to early elections in iowa and new hampshire, and instead to march supertuesday states like virginia and california, using his campaign to target another billionaire. >> now he is taking on him. to rebuild a country and restore faith in the dream that defines us, where the wealthy will pay more in taxes and the middle class get their fair share. >> reporter: earlier this month president trump dismissed bloomberg as a serious challenger. >> little michael will fail.

he'll spend a lot of money. he's got some really big issues. ss's got some personal problems and he's got a lot of other problems. >> reporter: bloomberg has faced accusations of sexist comments about women and last week at a brooklyn black church, bloomberg apologized for his support as new york mayor of a controversial stop and frisk policy that critics say targeted black and hispanic men. >> i want you to know that i realized back then i was wrong. and i'm sorry. >> reporter: and money alone may not be enough to help bloomberg surge to the stop of a still crowded democratic feed. >> i just don't think people are going to buy it, that you just put a bunch of money, and maybe the argument is hey, i've got more money than the guy in the white house. i don't think they're going to buy that. >> reporter: before officially entering the race, nearly half of democrats surveyed in a november 17, cbs news battleground tracker said they wouldn't consider voting for bloomberg. according to that cbs news poll

the former republican turned independent garners the most of his support from older, more moderate democratic voters. that could pose a threat to candidates like former vice president joe biden. and pete buttigieg. elaine. >> quijano: steve dorsey, thank you. after two weeks of impeachment hearings the white house says it is prepared for a trial in the senate. but according to councilor to the president kellyanne conway even some democrats have their doubts about impeachment. >> i think for those democrats it is not completely certain yet, some of them have actually gone on the record saying i'm not there yet. i have to see what the articles say and what the report is. but we know what they didn't see 1er 12 witnesses in two weeks of testimony and over 30 hours. they didn't hear anybody say when they were asked bribery, no, extortion, no, quid pro quo for the aide? go, preconditions for me, did de president commit a crime? no, no, no, every time. >> quijano: president trump has made it clear that he wants a senate trial. the only place he says he can get a fair hearing.

president trump continues to insist ukraine, not russia, hacked the 2016 election. but bill whitaker spoke to top justice department officials who say that is just not so. >> so that was the 26165 unit. >> reporter: the justice department's national security division is overseeing the russian hacking case. >> once they are doing that key stroke monitoring. >> reporter: assistant attorney general john demers runs the division along with deputies adam hickey and sean newell, d.o.j. attorney heather alpino worked with special counsel mueller on the russian indictment. all have access to the underlying intelligence and have no doubt the russians interfered in the 2016 election. this really happened. >> yes, that really happened. and we believe that if we had to we could prove that in court tomorrow using only admissible,

nonclassified evidence to 12 jurors. >> reporter: do you ever expect to get the 12 russian officials to trial? >> i would be surprised. but the purpose of the indictment isn't just that, although that's certainly one of the purposes, the purpose of this kind of indictment is to educate the public. >> quijano: you can see more of bill whitaker's report later tonight on "60 minutes." supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has been released from a baltimore hospital. the 86 year old justice was admitted friday night, complaining of fever and chills. she was treated for an infection and reports feeling much better today. breaking tonight, cbs news has learned secretary of the navy richard spencer has been fired. in a statement the pentagon says defense secretary mark esper lost confidence in him after learning of a private proposal spencer made to the white house regarding the case of navy seal nward gallagher, who was

accused of multiple war crimes including murder. he was convicted of posing with a corpse. the navy was planning a disciplinary review of gallagher to decide whether he can continue as a seal or be expelled. earlier this week president trump tweeted his support for gallagher. the pentagon now says gallagher can keep his trident pin. more than three million people lined the streets of hong kong today for the biggest election in the city's history. voters turned out in record numbers. ramy inocencio tonight has more on the election widely considered a referendum on pro democracy protests. >> reporter: lines all across hong kong were never the norm for local district council elections until now. half a year of people power protests, eye-wincing police brutality and violence from fringe protestors pushed an angry civil society to turn out. polls have just opened in the past hour and look at this line.

the opposition has called on le tvote early in case there was some kind of interruption and people are clearly heeding that call. alice and her 21 year old son adrian, a new voter polled for pro democracy candidates. do you think full democracy can be achieved? >> no, that is why-- i want freedom but i know that the world is kind of cruel. >> reporter: at the same station hong kong's beijing backed leader carrie lam cast her vote and again pledged to listen to the people. >> i appeal to all registered voters in hong kong to come out to cast your vote. >> reporter: and they did. delivering a major rebuke to her government in a de facto referendum. opposition politician ted hui won re-election. after the election today what happens to the protest movement? >> i think the protests will come back. the anger in the people hasn't subsided. >> reporter: as ballots are counted overnight, hong kong will wake up monday to a still uncertain future, now that a record number of people have

turned their voices into votes. ramy inocencio, cbs news, hong kong. >> quijano: tonight pope francis is in the middle of a four-day tour of japan. the pope celebrated mass in nagasaki this morning before speaking at a memorial service in hiroshima. roese are the only two cities ver to be struck by an atomic bomb. pope francis paid tribute to the victims and called the use of atomic weapons a crime. this is the first papal visit to japan in nearly four decades. flood waters are rising again in venice nearly two weeks after the worst flooding there in 50 years. tourists in heavy boots waded through st. mark's square today. the water at high tide peaked at more than 50 inches. the months-long floods have damaged half of the city's 120 churches. there is new fallout tonight following that fight on the field between the cleveland browns and pittsburgh steelers. 33 players have now been fined

for their part in the brawl. here's meg oliver. >> reporter: it was an ugly scene last sunday still making headlines today. >> 33 fined, nearly $740,000 from that game. >> reporter: the n.f.l. suspended cleveland browns defensive end myles garrett indefinitely for slamming steelers quarterback mason rudolph with his own helmet. >> oh. >> reporter: the shocking attack ignited a brutal brawl. >> that is one of the worst things i have ever seen on a professional sports field. >> reporter: on saturday the league disciplined an additional 29 players. the punishment breaks down like this. fines of $250,000 against both teams. three players suspended, and 29 players must pay more than $3,500 for entering the fight area. >> $50,000 fine for mason rudolph for his actions. >> reporter: when you factor in the loss of salaries for the suspensions, the punishment

totals more than $2 million. the horrific fight comes as the n.f.l. is committed to preventing the number of brain injuries. both players expressed remorse. >> i know what i did was foolish and i shouldn't have allowed myself to do that. >> the bottom line is i should have done a better job keeping my composure in that situation. >> reporter: garrett's future on the field is still uncertain. >> i spoke to several people at the league office saying technically it is indefinite but there is every expectation he is reinstated quickly and plays in 2020. >> reporter: to play again garrett would have to check in with the nfl's players association and the league, as long as he shows remorse there is a good chance he will return to the field. elaine. >> quijano: all right, meg oliver, thank you. there is much more ahead on the cbs weekend news. cbs news investigates charges of fraud by a company that maintains military housing. plus how a group of fishermen are cleaning up the world's oceans. and later the third graders reminding us that sometimes the greatest gift lies in giving. imes the

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>> quijano: a follow up tonight in an investigation by reuters and cbs news, new evidence of potential fraud has been found inside a private military housing program. back in june, cbs news reported that one of the military's largest housing contractors had been falsifying reports at a base in oklahoma. the goal, to qualify for millions of dollars in bonus payments. omar villafranca spoke to former housing employees in san antonio who said management pressured them to fudge completion times. >> i told them this is lying. it's not right. >> reporter: for nearly five years, teresa anderson answered maintenance calls for balfour beatty communities at lackland air force base in san antonio. what was the technician turnout? >> oh, it was bad. >> reporter: were they overwhelmed? >> oh yeah. >> reporter: as work orders piled up, wait times grew.

yet emails reviewed by cbs news reveal instructions from anderson's supervisors that completion times need to be adjusted to ensure that records showed over 95% of work orders were resolved on time. >> i would have to change it so it only took them the allotted time that we were allowed. >> reporter: so you were directly cooking the books. >> yeah. >> reporter: by reporting a high on time completion rate balfour beatty remained eligible for big renuses worth more than $2 million over the last ten years at lackland alone. the bonuses are paid from service members' paychecks. >> reporter: what do you feel balfour beatty is doing to the military with their contracts? >> they are looking for a way to make a quick buck, that's all qey are doing. if they can lie, cheat and steal to do it they are going to. >> reporter: in response to questions from reuters and cbs news, balfour beatty said they have ordered an investigation into fraud allegations and an independent accounting review. they are conducting a

comprehensive review of work order practices across its army and navy bases. how soon were you seeing roaches in your home? >> that night. >> reporter: the same day. >> the same day. >> reporter: is lackland air force base the worst place you have lived? >> yes. >> reporter: roxanne roellchen's husband is a weapons instructor in the air force. her family lived on four different military bases before moving to lackland in june. >> we had one child on a feeding tube and the german roaches are crawling around the formula. >> reporter: and you are worried about contamination at this point. >> yes. >> reporter: what was the tipping point where you said we have to get out. >> i was looking for something in the kitchen. i opened the cabinet under the kitchen sink, there was black mold. >> reporter: would you ever work for them again? >> no. >> reporter: why? >> because they're shady, the way they have done things, it's s,ry shady. >> reporter: omar villafranca, cbs news, san antonio, texas. >> quijano: plastics are plaguing our world's oceans. ahead, the group of fishermen trying to fix the pollution problems.

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now some fishermen are casting their nets to make a difference. seth doane reports on tonight's "eye on earth." >> reporter: late in the evening a trawler lowers its net into the adriatic sea, depending on the season these fishermen can catch up to 20 different types th seafood but there is one thing they're certain to real in. you can see a plastic bag here, plastic water bottle, some plastic tubing. filled with plastic. all of this was collected in just about 30 minutes. captain nicola ciccodotto told us in the past they just tossed the trash back overboard. isn't this more work for you? >> no. >> reporter: nope, it's the same effort, he said. his trawler is one of 40 taking part in a fishing for plastic project being tested here. this is all from one fishing trip, all of these bags? >> yeah. >> reporter: it was dreamed up by eleanora de sabata who was

researching the impact of plastic in the mediterranean where the equivalent of nearly 34,000 plastic bottles are dumped into the sea every minute. >> the fishermen are there, fishing anyway, catching a lot of plastics, why not help them help us and help the environment and get rid of it? >> reporter: she showed us a sampling of what is now being brought to port. >> it not over when the fishermen deliver the trash on land. there needs to be a system that. so we're setting up a system here. >> reporter: that's taking her to italy's parliament. where she is pushing for legislation that would force fishermen to bring the trash back to port and for local communities to get rid of it. around 1:00 in the morning, they returned to the docks to get their fish on ice. and now the other part of their haul is increasingly significant. these 40 vessels in just one port carry in about a ton of plastic each week.

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>> quijano: finally tonight an act of kindness that ended with a group hug, here's chip reid. >> reporter: the third graders at philadelphia elementary school in rural tennessee just love to help each other. >> did you get number three? >> yes, it's 12. >> reporter: but recently daniel hunt needed help with a lot more than math after his family's house burned to the ground. no one was hurt but they lost almost everything. >> surprise! >> reporter: so they launched a toy drive and surprised him with dozens of games and toys. daniel was so moved that instead of checking out all those gifts, he motioned for his classmates to come on in for a group hug that went viral. how many of you were involved in that famous group hug with daniel? >> i got him some comic books to

read. >> i gave him a dinosaur lego kit. >> i gave him a blanket and a lunch box. >> reporter: why did they do it? >> because daniel is a nice friend and he's always there for us when we need him to give us a hug and be kind to us. >> reporter: and how did it make them feel? >> when you give something to someone it makes them happy. and it makes you happy too. >> just complete whole joy. >> reporter: at this point we noticed their teachers eyes were filled with tears. >> so proud of how much love they have to give. >> reporter: all that love got to daniel too. >> i think daniel needs another hug. >> third graders, teaching us that sometimes what we need most is a hug. chip reid, cbs news, philadelphia, tennessee. >> quijano: the joy of giving and receiving. that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. later tonight on cbs "60 minutes," i'm elaine quijano in new york. thanks so much for joining us and good night.

captioni now at 6:00, the first storm of the season finally headed our way just in time for the holiday travel rush. it will bring rain and wait till you hear about the snow. but first, we have to worry about fire danger? >> it's the first thing anybody flying into the silicon valley sees. dozens of tents and rvs. now they've all been told they have to get out. >> that's scary because they don't have anywhere to go. >> bay area firefighters use a lasso to save a wayward sea lion pup from a peninsula parking garage. the question tonight, how did it get there? good evening. i'm juliette goodrich. >> and i'm brian hackney. we begin tonight in san jose where the city's homeless problem is becoming a pr problem. the ever growing encampment along the guadalupe river is the

first thing many silicon valley visitors see when they land at the nearby airports. >> kpix 5's kit do was there today and spoke with people on all sides of the issue. >> it's been a while since we checked in on the homeless encampments. it's supposed to be a scenic ride from downtown san jose to the bay waters. but these days the guadalupe river trail is a stretch of suffering. you'll find a huge stash of bikes. yes, bikes. a little further into the downtown core, you'll see a high concentration of tents underneath the 280/87 interchange, using the overpasses as shelter. yes, the squatters haul their trash to the curb but on some corners it really starts to pile up. what was once tucked away in the wooded areas has now spilled out in plain view in the heart of silicon valley. lisa walks