captioning sponsored by cbs >> quijano: tonight the fbi now says it's investigating the shooting rampage at a florida navy base as a terror attack. the gunman a 21 year old saudi. his weapon legally purchased. >> the saudi government has pledged to fully cooperate with our investigation. >> quijano: also tonight impeachment evidence. democrats get set to present their case against president trump. >> the case we have is presented to a jury, would be a guilty verdict in about three minutes flat. >> he did nothing wrong. >> quijano: plus the president fires off a warning to north korea's kim jung-un after a new test at an old missile site. a man is arrested in san diego after being caught on camera in videos he shot. was he practicing for a mass shooting?

he brought big board and oscar the grouch to life for generations of children. >> hey, listen, i'm from a kid's show. >> quijano: we remember legendary puppeteer carroll spinney. >> and later banding together, how a community is stepping up to help an officer in need. >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. the fbi now says st investigating the shooting rampage at a naval station in florida on friday as an act of terrorism. the gunman identified as a 21 year old saudi air force officer was shot and killed. the fbi says he carried out the attack with a legally purchased handgun. three sailors were killed in the attack. a motorcade took their bodies back to the naval base today any their respects. david begnaud is in pensacola tonight. >> we are as we do in most active shooter investigations,

work with the presumption that this was an ak of terrorism. >> the shooter was a 21 year old second lieutenant in the royal saudi air force. mohammed al sham rani, he was a naval flight officer in training here. >> there are a number of saudi students close to the shooter and continue to cooperate in this investigation. their sowd saudi commanding officer has restricted them to base and the saudi government has pledged to fully cooperate with our investigation. >> the associated press has reported that the shooter held a dinner party days earlier where he watched mass shooting videos with three other saudi students. according to the ap one of the three stoods who attended the dinner party recorded video outside the classroom building while the shooting was taking place. >> as much as i would love to answer any questions about the videos or any other presump shun information that is out there,

my goal is not to continue the misinformation campaign. >> it is a very simple question that can help clear up any misinformation. did somebody record the shooting as it happened. >> as you know, this is a navy base, there are several digital media, there are a lot of teens going on the ground there is a lot of review that still needs to go on as to what happened. >> if it is misinformation, please clear it up for us. >> next question, please. >> her spokesman said next question, the fbi later told us this. there are multiple videos from base security surveillance, as well as cell phone videos that were taken by a bystander from outside the building after the attack had started. and after first responders had arrived. a federal law enforcement source tells cbs news that the shooter appears to have been harboring anti-u.s. and extremist views. ryan blackwells with one of those who was shot but will survivor. he posted this video on facebook. >> took some rounds but i got to thank some people in the

process. kind of still trying to piece everything together. >> the fbi made a point to tell us today there is no credible threat to the pensacola community and they also said that all of the international students who train here at the base are accounted for as of tonight. elaine? >> quijano: david, thank you. democrats will present the evidence for impeaching president trump on capitol hill tomorrow. the white house is sitting out the fight in the here hearing room. nikole killion has the latest. >> if the case we have is weren'ted to a jury would be a guilty verdict in about three minutes flat. >> a judiciary are chairman jerrold nadler hinted at what articles of impeachment the president could face heat later this week. >> might be abuse of power. might be obstruction of congress and is not cooperating. >> committee members spent the weekend holed up behind closed doors in draft mode. >> it is not about the number of articles we have. we need to make it clear within those articles that there is a

pattern of conduct here. >> lawmakers remain split over whether to only focus on president trump's july phone call with ukraine's leader seeking to investigate his political rival, or also include findings from the mueller report. >> i think we should focus on those issues that provide the greatest threat to the country. >> the house intelligence committee will present its evidence to the judiciary panel monday. >> adam schiff is so bold to come out and tack about the president but is he so seemingly ashamed to come and actually de fend his report. >> the white house is refusing to participate in the house proceedings. the president tweeting again sunday calling it a hoax, insisting he is being denied due process. >> if they didn't keep moving the goal post i think we would absolutely participate because he did nothing wrong. >> monday's hearing comes as the justice department internal watchdog releases a report on the origins of the russia investigation. the president says that will be a big story and he looks forward to t while some of his allies hope it may divert attention

from impeachment. he anne. >> quijano: thank you, nikole, cbs news will have special coverage of tomorrow's impeachment hearings beginning at 9 a.m. eastern, 6 a.m. pacific. north korea is at it again with a new test at an old missile site. president trump shot back at kim jung-un today in a tweet saying he has far too much to lose if he acts in a hostile way. roxana saberi reports the test took place at a dismantled rocket launching site in thenoh. >> wile kim jung-un smiled for his country's cameras at the opening of a new spa on sunday, north korea's official news agency delivered a vague but menacing message. that a very important test took place yesterday here at the sowhate satellite launching site, experts say north korea likely tested a new rocket engine a move that could signal pyongyang may soon resume test of missiles that could hit the u.s., the announcement comes days after the leader warned washington it has until the end

of the year to offer a break lew in dead lock diplomacy-- di lom see. he wants u.s. sadgeses liflt of lifted but president trurch who met kim three times most recently as they stepped over the board are from south to north korea in june saying pyongyang must denuclearize first. >> i would be surprised if north korea acted hostiley. have i a very good relationship with kim jung-un, i think we both warrant to keep it that way. north korea has already test launched a series of short to intermediate range missiles this year. this weekend's announcement takes pyongyang and washington one step closer to confrontation. roxana saberi, cbs you ins, london. >> quijano: prodemocracy protestors were back on the streets of hong kong today in bick numbers. hundreds of thousands turned out for the authorized march. to coinside with the united nations human rights day. to france now where the government is vowing to press ahead with its sweeping reform of the country's pengs system. that sparked outrage and new

protests. elaine cobbe is in paris. >> protests in france turned violent this weekend as rioters again clashed with police. that followed a tense standoff last thursday as almost a million people took part in demonstrations nationwide against sweeping reforms aimed at stream lining an unyielding pengs system that is almost a billion dollars in the red. transport services were hit hard bringing the country to a stand still. the french rail authority warns the situation could get dangerous tomorrow and recommends travelers chaj their plans. the union's voted to continue the strike actions through monday and there are more nationwide demonstrations planned for tuesday. this is the weekend when the french traditionally start their christmas shopping. but store owners australian the country and christmas markets like this one are concerned they

will lose money if the strikes continue as people can't get around. >> this is strike is not good for us, for tus is very important and we would have many more people. >> many see these protests as a rejection of french president emmanuel macron's policies. he says the pengs reforms will go ahead despite the unrest. elaine cobbe, cbs news, paris. >> quijano: northern california is drying out after getting swamped by a powerful storm. the storm flooded roads, stranding drivers and sent rocks sliding in the mud near big sur. in the sierras it was snow, more than a foot of it in some areas. the storm is now swirling towards the great lakes, piling up snow along the way. a california man has been arrested after authorities say they found an arsenal of weapons inside his home. steve homoki faces charges of possessing assault weapons and high capacity magazines. but as danya bacchus reports it

is what authorities say was caught on camera that was especially alarming. >> the disturbing videos were posted on youtube in september. >> jam, boom, shoot, nothing. >> law enforcement leaked the videos to this man, 30 year old steve enhomoki. the videos show him inside the sofia hotel in san diego with doses of rounds of ammunition, aiming assault rifles and other weapons out the window. >> one down, more to go. >> pretending to shoot. >> you drop one magazine. you pick up another, right? and you pick up another. >> authorities say an anonymous tip lead them to homoki. on thursday he was arrested on weapons charges. >> i do not wish to cause harm to anybody. this is not an act of terrorism at all. >> during an exclusive jailhouse interview with san diego's cbs affiliate, homoki called the videos a miniature art project. >> it was to a character to get into a mindset and just kind of

looked at spent a night in a hotel, relax, do something fun and different. but again, these were supposed to be just private videos and not out to the public. >> the videos were posted under the name steven anderson with angs like nothing is real. and everything is fabricated for entertainment. >> hopefully they can see it the way i do. that i dot no wish to cause harm to anybody. >> law enforcement is praising the person who reported the videos for possibly preventing something worse. homoki is expected in court monday. elaine? >> quijano: danya, thank you. for generations of "sesame street" lovers it might be hard to believe that oscar the grouch and big board were actually the same person. yes, it's true. >> oh, an invitation to what? >> >> quijano: carroll spinney gave life and voice to both big personalities. he was there from the start and for nearly 50 years. today we learn the legendary puppeteer died at his connecticut home after a long illness. carroll spinney was 85 years

old. ahead on the cbs weekend news, their 12 year old daughter died by suicide. now they're suing her school, seeking answers. scientists go out on a ltmb to help save california's giant sequoias from climate change. and later, an officer in need learns why his hometown is called the good neighbor city.

yz the devastated importants of a 12 year old girl who died by suicide are suing a california school district. they claim they might have prevented their daughter's death if authorities had warned them. jamie yuccas has the story. >> i wish i knew she felt that a lone. >> madison ocheltree was just 1a nduteing bullied and was con tell plating suicide. >> did you see anything like this coming? >> no, absolutely not. she was a happy kid. >> in a lawsuit her mother

morgan ocheltree alleges that on april 5th madison's friend alerted a teacher who shared the suicide threat with the principal and vice principal. a counselor met with madison and promised to follow up. >> my husband and i weren't contactedment we didn't even know she saw the counsel we are. >> that according to the lawsuit violates the reasona city school policy on suicide prevention which states whenever a staff member suspects or has knowledge of a student's suicidal intention, the principal or counselor shall then notify the student's parents or guardians as soon as possible. >> i am an involved parent. and my husband is an involved parent. and we had no idea. >> seven weeks after the initial text, the lawsuit claims that one or more of the persons who bullied madison urged her to commit suicide as late as may 23rd, 12019. that very next day, madison ocheltree turned in her homework assignment and hanged herself. >> do you think the school just

blew this off and didn't think it was a real threat. >> i honestly shi explicitly said that she wanted to commit suicide. all it takes is a phone call. >> a request for an interview with yuba city school district officials was turned down. madison's mother says she just wants other children to know there will be people who listen if they speak up. jaim ye yuccas, cbs news, yuba city, california. >> quijano: straight ahead, thousands spent the night outdoors to raise awareness for those who have no home.

qu thousands of people around the world woke up this morning after spending the night drawing attention to homelessness. they took part in the world's big sleepout. it was held in more than 50 cities. in london it was cold and rainy. and in new york, actor will smith performed in time square where more than a thousand people spent the night in below

freezing temperatures. the u.s. navy is welcoming its newest aircraft carrier to the fleet. in newport vurnlgtia, yesterday, caroline kentucky de kristened the uss john f. kennedy named in honor of her father, the nation's 359 president. it cost more than a 11 billion dollars to build. lawyer rch brun-- lauren brunner was a lucky man, one of the last sailors to escape the u.s.s. arizona after the surprise jees attack on pearl harbor. after a long life brunner died at home in la mir adda california, in september at age 98. and yesterday he became the last crew member expected to be interred by navy drivers inside the sunken battleship. in all 1,177 men were killed on the arizona. 78 years ago this weekend. straight ahead, our

tree-climbing correspondent explores how climate change is threateddening california's giant sequoias. 77

>> quijano: tonight we are walking among giants, the huge sequoia groves of california that draw millions of tourists a year. they are also survivors, struggling with climate change. the sequoias need tremendous amounts of water every day and as jonathan vigliotti shows us in his eye on earth, that is a big problem in a state plagued by draught. >> the forest service estimates niauring0 million trees died in this drought. >> 130 million. >> 130 million. >> from a lack of water. >> yeah. >> we're going up. >> tree ecologists anthony ambrose and wheny backs ter have been working throughout that draught which lasted from late 2010 t year. they have been analyzing the world famous monsters that survived. the giant sequoias, the largest

living creatures on earth. >> but even these giants have an a quil chee-- achilles heel. >> yeah, their demand for water. we measured an individual sequoia tree uses up to a thousand gallons of water in a single day. >> if that water supply diminishes, there has to be an impact on the trees eventually. >> since 2015, they've been scaling trees like this one, 250 feet high in order to record the drought's impact on their health and growth. on this day, they brought me along for the climb. >> i always love being up here. >> high above ambrose got to work downloading data from a science station they previously installed. >> the side branches need to be cut fairly close. >> yeah. >> while wendy gathered branch samples to be exal inned back in the lab. >> this is my jack in the bean stalk moment for real. >> i vented allly joined the pair in the deceptive safety of the tree's canopy. >> what has your data that you have collected so far, what has

the data told you. >> they are really good at minute miedzing how much water they lose under drought conditions by shutting down the little tiny pores in their leaves, those tiny pores are also what allows them to absorb carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. >> it sounds like they are shut down for business. >> yeah. >> and that is troubling for two reasons. the less carbon dioxide trees capture and store, the more of the heat hen trapping gas stays in the atmosphere fueling global warming, also the trees use carbon dioxide as food to grow. >> climate is changing so what does that mean for a tree like the is he quia that has very specific needs in order to survive the way it has for so long. >> as it gets hotter, snow is going to melt earlier an there is going to be less water available for these trees. and it may not be a place that they can continue to grow into the future. >> jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, sequoia national park, california.

>> next, how an alabama community is banding together to help a police officer in the fight of his life.

we end tonight in alabama where a police officer battling cancer discovered something surprising about himself and his band of brothers, here's mark i am stopping. >> officer jeff gully stomach ache back in january pulled his life to a stop. >> you have four stage colon cancer. >> what it like to hear that. >> like somebody hit new the gut. >> in pleasant grove, alabama lieu tafnt reid says gully's fellow cops felt it in their gut too. >> it hits you hard when you hear one of your family members is sick. >> you feel like you are at home within the 56 yearpu his faith , prayer and positive energy toward everyone. >> how has all this changed you? >> it has definitely got me closer to my maker. god looks after fools, police

and babies. i quawl fray on two. >> gulee had ten hour abdominal surgery friday in kentucky. to pay for his family to make the trip, reid started selling blue wristbands for $5. each one has gully's badge number, 368. >> police brother hoord, we are thinking about him, he is not alone. >> hundreds of people in the community bought one. >> you kind of at a loss for words. you don't-- -- somebody willing to do that for you. >> we raised did $2,580 for you. >> what manies more too gullee is as though everyone discovered the person inside h uniform all along. >> mark strassmann, cbs news, pleasant grove, alabama. wz that's the cbs weekend news for this sunday. i'm elaine quijano in new york. we leave you tonight with a few santas dashing through the

streets of glasgow, scotland. good night. two fatal shootings in a span of 24 hours in the city of hayward. many residents concerned. another pedestrian death marking the cities deadliest year in history. what needs to be done to keep people safe. we did not have time to do anything. >> residence speaking out on why the city is nowhere to be found after a fire. we begin tonight with two deadly shootings just hours apart in hayward, both very close to schools, the first victim was found dead down the street and big, elementary, the second across the street from tennyson high school.

neighbors are quite on edge tonight. >> reporter: there are similarities, the police department says the cases are not related, the shootings within hours of each other have many residents concerned about their safety. >> i was just shocked. then i saw another car, like the lady. >> reporter: the man did not want to be identified but was there shortly after the bullets were fired, this is the scene of the first shooting, police got calls of a shots fired yesterday afternoon around 4:45. paramedics rushed to the scene but couldn't do anything. >> as soon as i ran out, it was pretty traumatizing. say hey you need to be careful because there is something going on under the bridge, a lot of police and everything .

>> reporter: more than six hours later, the second shooting happened here