>> the cbs weekend news is next. thank you for watching. ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> van cleave: developing tonight, hive storm. rain, snow, and ice threatening the we could holiday rush. millions of americans under weather alerts right now. we're tracking your forecast. claiming responsibility-- isis says it's behind a deadly terror attack in the u.k. what we're learning tonight about the suspect. the clock is ticking. the impeachment inquiry forges ahead. house democrats are now inviting president trump to testify. the new deadline for the white house. step into the future. the new technology aimed at keeping you safe when you fly. and the united stand happening tonight on a football field in california. >> we have so much more to play for than just football.

>> this is the ""cbs weekend news"." >> van cleave: good evening. i'm kris van cleave. tonight, nearly the entire country is feeling the impact of a historic storm. blizzard-like conditions hammered parts of south dakota, where at least one person died. 10 inches of snow fell in rapid city alone. and tonight, 70 million americans are under weather alerts from california to maine. the powerful weather system comes right in the middle of the busy holiday travel weekend. we begin with danya bacchus in california. >> reporter: after a powerful storm dumped rain and snow across the west... >> they were telling for a week we were going to get it, and we got it. >> reporter: ...another is expected this weekend as millions of holiday travelers make their way back home. >> the rain was going horizontal, expukdz hardly see. the visibility was really, really bad. >> reporter: in arizona, the national weather service says three tornadoes ripped through the phoenix area friday, leaving behind a path of debris and destruction. northeast of phoenix two,

children are dead, one other missing after a family vehicle was swept away by floodwaters. wind gusts of up to 90 miles per hour caused whiteout conditions in parts of colorado. and in utah... >> it was dumping about an inch an hour right now. >> reporter: ...snowplow truck drivers were working around the clock to clear roads. california saw up to four feet of snow in some areas. >> we saw, when we got to sacramento, our e.t.a. kept going up and up. >> reporter: the weather snarling traffic and causes gridlock for those hoping to beat the the holiday rush back home. forecasters say friday was the literally calm before the storm. in northern california, rain and snow has started and is expected to not let up until tuesday. kris. >> van cleave: danya, thank you. tonight, this powerful coast-to-coast storm is bringing blizzard conditions to the plains and it's heading to the northeast. millions of americans can expect major travel delays. many airlines are already issuing travel waivers.

meteorologist jeff berardelli is here. break down the timing of this for us. >> the timing couldn't be much worse. we have a blizzard transitioning to a nor'easter. first of all, across the country air, lot of folks are covered by winter weather and wind alerts. thunder, lightning, severe whether the in the southeast. the big story is the blizzard in the upper midwest. this will be ongoing tonight. look at places like bismarck. there will be scwaerted snow across the ohio valley. but the big story the ice storm developing in the northeast, which will become rain on the coast and transition back to snow on monday, monday night, and tuesday and the snow could fall heavy at times across portioning of the northeast, especially away from the coast. how much extra snow are we going to see? probably a solid 6-12 inches in the upper midwest, some places picking up more than that. in the northeast, in the major cities, a few to several inches possible, but inland, one foot,

possibly as high as 18-20 inches of snow is possible for the skiers. >> van cleave: that's a lot of snow. jeff, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> van cleave: tonight, isis is claiming responsibility for a deadly terror attack in the u.k. usman khan stabbed five people on london bridge yesterday. a man and a woman both died. khan was convicted in 2012 for terrorism offenses. the 28-year-old was initially sentenced to 16 years, but he was released early. holly williams has new details. >> and all the community knows he. i am no terrorist. >> reporter: that's want london bridge attacker, usman khan, speaking in 2008 after anti-terror police raided his house and before he was convicted on terror charges, part of a group that plotted to blow up the london stock exchange. he was on probation after his early release last year and reportedly wearing an electronic monitor. yet, somehow, he took the british authorities by surprise. surprise. this is normally one of the

busiest bridges spanning the river thames here in central london, and the attacker set off on his stabbing spree on a friday afternoon when there were plenty of people around. this exclusive video from the "daily mail" shows bystanderrers fighting back way fire extinguisher, and reportedly, a tusk pulled from a display. they tackled him to the ground, and thomas gray says he witnessed it all. >> hats off to them, incredibly brave. saw them chase him down the street with the fire and i think exwing wisher, and that's what drew our attention to him. >> reporter: a plainclothes officer removed his weapon and police shot him at close range ( gunfire ) >> reporter: he was wearing a fake suicide vest. in a sickening chedis conference on rehabilitating prisoners. one of his victims was an organizer of the conofja merit, described by his father as a "beautiful spirit."

today the british prime minister boris johnson visited the scene, and like so many people here asked how this could happen. >> it does not make sense for us as a society to be putting terrorist-- people committed of terrorist offenses, of serious violent obviouses out on early release. >> reporter: some here have questioned why the attacker wasn't being watched more closely. earlier this month, the british authorities lowered the terror threat level from severe to substantial. kris. >> van cleave: holly williams, thank you. there's been an arrest in connection with a knife attack in the netherland. police say an unidentified 35-year-old man attacked three teenagers yesterday in the hague. it happened at the height of black friday shopping. the victims were treated and released from a hospital. no motive has yet been identified. the search-and-rescue operation for earthquake survivors in albania has ended. the death toll stands at 51. at least 2,000 people were injured. the 6.4-magnitude trembler hit

last tuesday. it's the deadliest earthquake ever to rock that country. to washington now, where house democrats are moving ahead with the next phase of the impeachment inquiry. on wednesday, the judiciary committee is set to hold its first impeachment hearing. the panel invited president trump to testify. the white house has yet to respond. the judiciary committee will ultimately decide whether to recommend articles of impeachment. weijia jiang is traveling with the president in florida. >> reporter: president trump is quietly wrapping up the thanksgiving break at his mar-a-lago resort, sharing nothing about how he plans to respond to this letter. the house judiciary committee committee will hold its first impeachment hearing on wednesday. the president has until friday to decide if his lawyers will participate in the upcoming proceedings. >> where we don't have lawyers, we don't have witnesses, we don't have anything. >> reporter: mr. trump has long argued the process is unfair, even calling it a "sham," because he claims democrats have too much control over it. but president trump has also

tweeted that he would consider testifying, "even though i did nothing wrong and don't like giving credibility to this no-due-process hoax, i like the idea." democratic congresswoman debbie dingell. >> i hope the president does payment in the judiciary committee hearings, that he has his counsel there, so we see a fair, open, transparent process. >> reporter: the president himself won't even be in town with wh the new phase of the impeachment inquiry begins. as investigators examine if he abused power by pressuring ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky to investigate his political rivals. on monday, mr. trump is leaving for london to mark the 70th anniversary of nato at its annual summit. he will attend a reception hosted by the queen and meet with world leaders, including emmanuel macron, who recently criticized president trump by saying nato could not rely on u.s. leadership. defense spending will also be a big talking point. after the president decided to

slash u.s. contribution toptz nato budget from $22% to 16%. today, the ranking republican on the house judiciary committee requested to call additional witnesses for that first hearing on wednesday. for that particular proceeding, the president has until tomorrow to notify the chairman if he or a lawyer will attend. kris. >> van cleave: weijia jiang traveling with the president tonight. weijia, thanks. an arrest in connection with a shooting at one of america's biggest malls. all on black friday. police in upstate new york have arrested kyree troo today. he's accused of shooting a man twice in the leg after the two got into a fight at the destiny u.s.a. mall in syracuse. troo faces several charges, including second-degree assault. the victim is expected to go of to be okay. two hikers have d at archesnati. a 65-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman were found dead after falling yesterday. a third person, a 30-year-old man, was taken to the hospital. all three are believed to be

from california. hundreds gathered in massachusetts today to bid a final farewell to a world war ii veteran. a service was held for 99-year-old arthur schroeder, a bronze star recipient. people who didn't even know the army veteran came out to give him a proper goodbye. community leaders helped make it happen after finding out schroeder outlived all of his bsmily members. orkeernde' ns ewmus.ch" m the new technology aimed at keeping you safer in the air. plus, a truck stop in wyoming serving up a different kind of cuisine, and football is uniting people in a california community ripped apart by a massive wildfire.

>> van cleave: this weekend the t.s.a. is bracing f obereros through airport security checkpoints. a.a.a. says more than 55 million people will travel for thanksgiving this year. the t.s.a. expects to screen 2.8 million people tomorrow alone.

some will walk through a living laboratory of sorts where the future of aviation security is coming in to view. in a field outside providence, university of rhode island researchers are working on new ways to detect and stop explosives popular with terrorists. they're partnering with the department of homeland security on this censor they call a digital dog nose. it will soon be the size of a cell phone and mountable on a drone. it will detect homemade explosives as well or betters a bomb-sniffing dog. it's as good as the dog. >> as gooda the dog, yes. now, having said, that dogs get tired and they have a limited attention span. this would be 24/7. it doesn't need to take a break. this can keep running. >> van cleave: 2700 miles away at this new airport checkpoint in las vegas, the t.s.a.'s newest technology is being tested together for the first time with real passengers.

they call it their "innovation checkpoint." >> this is a glimpse into the future of what aviation security is going to look like. >> van cleave: t.s.a.'s jose bonilla: >> we're trying to make that a more seamless process for the traveling public but not giving up on security capability. >> van cleave: passengers are met with dynamic message boards. new readers scan your license to confirm usual flying that day without needing to show your boarding bass. carry-on bags go to a c.t. scanner. electronics can stay, in and the goal is liquids will, too. a new scanner can more easily see through the clutter and bags. while it's not quite the scanner from the movie "total recall" these walk-by body scanners display a male or female form and flag an area of concern. some of that technology is rolling out to airports now. ahead, the n.f.l. player suspended for betting on

football.

>> van cleave: black friday is in the record books. the busy shopping day saw $7.4 billion in online sales. that's the second largest online sales day i've. black friday was the biggest day ever for mobile shopping-- $2.9 billion in sales came from smartphones alone. but brick-and-mortar stores saw a noticeable decline. shopper visits decreased by 3% when compared to the same time last year. the n.f.l. has suspended arizona cardinal josh shaw for allegedly betting on games. the league says it has no evidence he used inside information or compromised any games. the n.f.l. also says they have no evidence the team knew shaw was betting on games this season. the corner back has not played

since suffering a shoulder injury during training camp. and some good news for detroit tonight. the united auto workers and fiat chrysler have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. the deal includes a total of $9 billion in investments and a $9,000 bonus for workers. the contract still needs final approval from employees. this follows similar deals with g.m. and ford. a taste of india on the interstate. ahead, jim axelrod takes a pit stop along one of the nation's most traveled roads.

>> van cleave: truck stops are known to serve simple cuisine like hamburgers and fries. but as jim axelrod reports for "sunday morning," at one truck stop in wyoming, an unlikely dining adven begins. >> what do you suggest? >> reporter: behind this hole in the wall, at this hole in the wall in laramie laramie, wyomina

you-won't-believe-it situation from the world of truck stop cuisine. ♪ ♪ the indian food mintu pander and his staff are cooking up in this small kitchen after exit 290 on i-80. this smells like we're in mumbai, not in laramie. >> not in laramie, no doubt. >> reporter: just a few feet away from the motor oil, the military hats, the trucker shirts... shirts... that's a very familiar smell for indian food. >> that's it. >> reporter: ...are storage shelves full of turmeric, coriander, and other spices you maybe haven't heard from. >> it's called kasoori methi. you start putting this on, you will not eat anything without it. >> reporter: there's a rice steam wer no "off" switch, an always-full pot of chi, and the soul of any indian kitchen-- a clay oven, the tandoor. >> the tandoor, the flavor goes in the meat, not out of the

meat. like, if you put it on a grill, everything kinds of drips down. this way the heat is all around. it's surrounded by the heat. >> reporter: when pander bought this truck stop in 2014, it came with a griddle for hot dispogz hamburgers. >> that's all you need? >> that's all i need. >> all right, thank you. >> reporter: but figuring truckers could get those up and down i-80, he went with a menu they wouldn't find anywhere else. do they ever come in and say, all you got's indian food, and i want meatloaf. i want a hamburger. i want a strip steak." >> so we tell them, try this. you're going to have that on the next stop anyway. >> you have all this today, or what? >> good. >> yeah? >> reporter: from cross-country truckers... >> i don't know how to rate it, you know. >> reporter: 1-10. >> i mean, i'd say it's probably, you know, good 9. i mean... >> how's it going? >> to locals like sheriff's deputy bill yates... >> if this is the area i'm patrolling, i know where i'm going to stop to eat lunch.

>> reporter: ...mintu's food has been a hit. deputy yates is fond of the curry and want broader vision that comes with it. >> it's bringing the world here, rather than keeping our world small. >> reporter: strictly speaking, the restaurant accounts for a small part of mintu's revenue-- strictly speaking. >> i would say 5% to 10% at the most, 10%. >> reporter: so why bother? >> it's not the whole picture, the food. the people come in, they get fuel, other stuff. so they would come in and spend $500, $600 on fuel, because they know they can get their meal, their desire for the next 800 miles here. >> reporter: no surprise for you that you can recreate all that stuff in the middle of a truck stop on i-80? >> well, that was the plan. so we succeeded. >> reporter: all it took was for mintu pander to trust his gut, and those of hungry truckers driving by. jim axelrod, cbs news, laramie, wyoming. >> van cleave: all right,

who's hungry? ahead, how a california community is coming together one year after a wildfire.

>> van cleave: finally tonight, flames tore their community apart, but friday night lights are helping bring it back together. jonathan vigliotti now on the high school football team one step closer to a state championship. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: on this friday night, lights shine on a 12-00 team, not because of its winning record, but because of the loss it's had to overcome to get here. >> we have so much more to play for than just football. >> reporter: it's been a year since the most destructive wildfire in california history ripped through paradise, killing 86 people and destroying about

14,000 homes. >> the front door would be right there. >> reporter: most of the players, including running back lukas hartley, lost everything. like many others, his family had to leave the area. last year's team was forced to forfeit their season and faced an uncertain future. >> nobody wants to tell the victim story anymore. everyone wants to tell the story about moving forward. >> reporter: to do, that they returned to the field, many driving 40 minutes each way to get to practice. >> one two, "three. >> there are still only three kids living in paradise. football brings some normalcy for them. so they want to win. they want to be successful. and it gives them kind of an escape from all the other issues that are going on from being displaced from the fire. >> after the firestone, it's more of a motivation to come out and have our town honor back and prove that after everything that's happened, we can come back stronger than we were before. >> defense! >> reporter: and their dedication to the game is re- energizing their community. >> to see them playing with the

heart they're playing with is fan task. >> we have something to prove. >> it's incredible how many people have been coming up on the to the games. we show up to games an hour, two hours, three hours away and unpack the visitor sideline and bring more people than the home team sometimes. >> reporter: that support has helped push them to a perfect season. >> nice job! >> reporter: win or lose this saturday, these teens have already become hometown heroes. >> just, it gives people hope that we can rebuild. it gives people theep they can come back and live their lives here again. and those who can't come back, it just gives them a little piece of what they lost. >> reporter: jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, los angeles. >> van cleave: hometown heroes for sure. the paradise bobcats take on the sutter hufngees tonight in the division three championship game at 7:00. good luck, bobcats. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later tonight on cbs, "48 hours." i'm kris van cleave in new york. thanks so much for joining us. good night.

live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. now at 6:00, we are on storm watch as the biggest rainmaker of this young season barrels into the bay area and it is only the beginning. >> the weather is putting a damper on some of this holiday shopping including those on the hunt for the perfect christmas tree. >> a heartless hit and run in the east bay, the search is on for the driver who hit an elderly woman and her dog and left them to die. >> i mean, i don't know what would go through a person's mind, to not have human emotion, you just hit somebody. >> and good evening, i'm juliette goodrich. >> i'm brian hackney. we begin with the storm watch. the wet weather making a mess of the roads in one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. seeing cars spinning out and hydro planing all over the

place. and if you are in the sierra, stay there. if you are not, boy, do you need extra time to go up. the dangerous driving conditions will only get worse as we head into the weekend. >> and we have team coverage with meteorologist darren peck. he has been tracking the latest from our weather center. >> the kind of snow piling up on donnor pass is the kind that can shut it down. i want to show you the rain using high-def doppler over the bay area. we have another good cell of heavier rain just about to come into the north bay. you see that band of yellow and orange. it is right on top of bodega bay and working up toward monte rio. it will work over santa rosa and petaluma before too long. if we switch to high-def doppler and put it in the futurecast, it picks up on the bulls eye of heavier rain. so let's see what will happen the next