news updates are always on kpix.com. we'll see you in 30 minutes. captioning sponsored by cbs >> ninan: tonight, a historic vote. the house judiciary committee approves articles of impeachment. the full house votes this week as the senate and the white house prepare for trial. student killed: another suspect was questioned in the stabbing death of a college student in new york city. he's just 14 years old. winter blast from east to west. snow, rain, icy roads and flooding are in the weekend forecast. we're tracking it all for you. volcanic eruption: the death toll continues to rise in the aftermath of a massive eruption on new zealand's white island. plastic wars-- why the smallest pieces of plastic may pose the biggest threat to the world's oceans. >> they managed to scoop up 79 billion in two years.

>> ninan: and toddlers tearing up for that picture-perfect moment with santa. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. the historic house vote on articles of impeachment against president trump, a vote that would make him only the third president to be impeached, is just days away. today the president took in another battle, joining thousands of cadets and midshipmen at the 120th army- navy game. if the house votes as expected, the president would face a senate trial in the new year. here's paula reid. >> reporter: president trump traveled to philadelphia today to attend the army-navy football game where he gave each team a pep talk before they took the field. >> good luck, everybody. go out there, good luck. >> reporter: back in washington, the president faces another week of impeachment proceedings with the full house expected to vote on wednesday.

on friday, during a photo-op in the oval office, he was asked about how long he hopes a likely senate trial will be. >> i'll do whatever i want. look, there is-- we did nothing wrong. so i'll do long or short. >> reporter: but the president is receiving some not-so-subtle hints from other republicans that when it comes to his defense, less is more. senator lyndsey graham smoke with "face the nation" moderator margaret brennan earlier today. >> well, i'd tell the president, if somebody is ready to acquit you, i'd sort of get out of the way. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that the president's top attorney and top legislative aide will continue meetings this week with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell about how to proceed in the senate. >> well, exactly how we go forward, i'm going to coordinate with the president's lawyers, so there won't be any difference between us on how to do this. >> reporter: but democrats have criticized g.o.p. lawmakers' coordination with the white house. >> this is supposed to be an impartial process, and then hearing that guy basically say that it's going to be rigged

was, you know, kind of shocking. >> reporter: just as the house is set to cast its historic vote on those articles of impeachment, cbs news has learned that democratic representative jeff van drew is expected to switch parties. he comes from a district in new jersey where president trump is quite popular, and he's been critical of the impeachment proceedings. but we've learned that he's unlikely to switch until after the impeachment vote because president trump, who has been driving this decision, wants him to vote no as a democrat before switching sides. reena. >> ninan: paula reid at the white house. thank you, paula. tonight, millions of americans are in the path of two winter storms, bringing dangerous weather conditions from coast to coast. heavy rain hammered parts of the northeast today causing many streets and neighborhoods to flood. out west, snow is making for treacherous travel conditions in colorado's high country. and in the south, a tornado touched down along florida's palm coast, leaving a nearly 20- mile-long path of destruction.

meteorologist jeff berardelli joins me now. jeff my understanding is there's a new storm forming as well. >> yeah, it was miserable today. it's going to be a wild week ahead. so, i want to start with what's happening tomorrow in the nation's middle-- plain states. it looks like snow breaks out in cancas city. could be a few inches of snow there. that could move to the east in the ohio valley, and that could mean snow, washington, d.c., pittsburgh, watch out for the morning commute on monday morning. could be severe weather, by the way, in the south during the day on monday. notice that snow and ice creeping through new york. by tuesday morning it turns to rain in new york, still a messy messy mix in boston. could be substantial snow in interior portions of the northeast. so where's the ice going to be? this is where we have some really treacherous travel-- st. louis, indianapolis, altoona, and boston. snowfall, it's not going to be a tremendous amount of snow, but the darker shades of blue, 4-8. where you see purple, that's over 8 inches of snow so some significant snow is possible. now, it's been mild. that's why this particular storm is mostly rain along the eastern seaboard.

cold air is locked to the north. that's because we have a wicked strong jet stream coming out of the pacific ocean. big storms are going to get going across the pacific ocean, going to invigorate that jet stream. and see an atmospheric river form next thursday and friday with a lot of very heavy rain and snow. >> ninan: a lot to watch for. >> that's for sure. >> ninan: thank you so much, jeff berardelli. >> you're welcome. >> ninan: well, a second suspect, 14 years old, was questioned in the stabbing death of a first-year college student in new york city. on friday, a 13-year-old faced felony charges for the attack. here's kenneth craig. >> reporter: tessa majors lived in the neighborhood for just three months when she was attacked inside harlem's morningside park. a 13-year-old, charged as a juvenile with felony, second- degree murder, robbery, and possession of a weapon, appeared nervous as he sat in family court friday afternoon biting his lip. a detective who interviewed the teen told the court how the suspect confessed to his role in the killing, admitting he and

two friends went to the park wednesday night to rob someone. the group followed a man, but he says he only watched as his two friends grabbed the 18-year-old victim, put her in a choke hold, and stabbed her. the charlottesville, virginia, native was gravely wounded and died at the hospital. on friday, elected officials walked through the park with police, a green space that is not just part of the neighborhood. it's part of people's commutes. >> so many people working and going to school at columbia live in harlem, and they come back and forth because it's the quickest way. >> reporter: while there is an increased police presence there, on the all-female barnard college campus, there's also fear. >> i was beginning to settle in on campus, and to hear about it was just such a, like, a reality check. >> i think it's really shook up, like, the campus and everybody really feels, like, scared, and nobody really knows, like, what to do, exactly.

♪ ♪ >> reporter: a musician who sang and played bass guitar, tessa majors also had an interest in journalism, according to chris graham, who hired her as a high school intern at a virginia newspaper. >> she wanted to go to the big pond, and she wanted to succeed in the big city. and she was so excited to be going there. she was ready to take the world on. >> reporter: the 13-year-old suspect is being held in a juvenile detention facility and is expected back in front of a judge tuesday. that teen's aunt told the media, who had gathered inside court, he did not do this, reena. so sad. >> ninan: it really is. thank you, kenneth. well, to new zealand, where police officially named the first victim in the white island volcanic eruption, a 21-year-old australian woman. meanwhile, the death toll has risen to 15. here's danya bacchus. >> reporter: new zealand officials continue to search for two more people who are missing but presumed dead. recovering the bodies is considered a high-risk mission.

rescue teams in gas masks and wearing hazmat suits are only able to stay on the island for 75 minutes at a time. scientists say the volcanic gases being emitted on the island are so toxic that a single breath could be deadly. >> we know that time is of the essence, but the reality is, for the time being, we've recovered the six obvious bodies but we have more to do. we've got two more, and we're determined to get them back. >> reporter: brenda ingarangi gordon's nephew, tipene maangi, is believed to be one of the missing. >> he was such a joyful, so full of love for everyone. >> reporter: police have officially identified one victim ed police have officially identified four others, include 21-year-old krystal eve browitt. the volcano, a popular tourist destination, erupted monday. 47 people were on the island at the time, nine of them americans.

dozens still remain hospitalized. many of the victims were passengers from a royal caribbean cruise ship. royal caribbean tells cbs news it's now suspending tours of active volcanoes, and the new zealand government is facing questions about why tourists were allowed access to an active volcano site. danya bacchus, cbs news, los angeles. >> ninan: today marks the tragic anniversary, seven years since a shooter killed 20 children and six staffers at sandy hook elementary in newtown, connecticut. in florida, officials responded to a terrible shooting there by addressing their response time to a shooting. and with a new law aimed at stopping a potential shooting before the gunman can act. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: broward county's real-time crime center can tap into 10,000 security cameras in 260 schools. sheriff gregory tony says that only happens when the threat is real. >> when we have something referred to as a code red, lock down at a school, that information comes in, relayed through our dispatch, find its

way here, and instantly our team pulls up the cameras on the school so we can get live feeds as to what is occurred on the site. >> reporter: the number of threats to schools here have gone up. nationwide, more than 4.1 million students endured at least one lockdown in the 2017 and 2018 school year alone. in 2018, the shooting in parkland left 17 dead and a sobering reminder that preventing the next threat is just as important as the response to the one that is unfolding. since the shooting, florida passed a red flag law that allows the state to confiscate guns from individuals who pose a risk to themselves or the public. so far, more than 2,700 temporary orders have been granted to seize guns. and earlier this month, in just a week's time, broward county sheriffs deputies arrested a total of three teenagers for making threats against a school. in one case, a 12-year-old female student was arrested after she posted threatening messages on snapchat. one was a hit list targeting classmates.

the real-time crime center allows investigators to track threats on social media. >> at times, we are looking at social media, looking for key words, specifically in our geographical area, to see if there are things out there that we need to be concerned with to protect the residents of broward county here. >> reporter: do you think the parents who have kids in these schools should feel confident that you have their schools and their kids protected? >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: "protect the schools" is a motto we heard repeatedly in this room, and we also saw this seal. it is an image of an owl, which symbolizes a guardian, and 17 stars-- one star each for parkland's victims. jeff pegues, cbs news, broward county, florida. >> ninan: next week's democratic debate at loyola marymount is in danger of being canceled. all seven candidates scheduled to appear pledged to support striking workers at the school and not cross the picket line.

the debate was already moved from u.c.l.a., because of another labor dispute there. new orleans is under a state of emergency tonight after city computers were hit by a cyber attack. computers and servers were shut down friday after suspicious activity was spotted on the city's network. some departments are using paper and pen to carry on. but 911 and hospital services are running. today marks a solemn holiday tradition to honor the nation's fallen heroes. volunteers are placing wreaths at veterans' graves in more than 2,000 locations across the country. the mission of "wreaths across america" is to remember, honor, and teach. there's much more ahead on the "cbs weekend news." the elaborate scheme that allegedly defrauded millions from the n.f.l.'s health care plan. plus every year, tons of small plastic pellets washed into the ocean and are eaten by fish. and later, kids having a good cry with santa. i didn't have to run for help.

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>> 1 to 2 is-- >> water works. >> yeah, it's perfect. >> it's realistic. yeah. and this is what they do. they're not smiles and perfect. >> reporter: santa meets three new crying kids every 10 minutes. >> if you really want to feel how a child cries, it hurts. and, yeah, it does, you know, tug at my heart. >> reporter: but within seconds, all is calm, all is bright again. >> when they get older and their kids get older, they can sit around at christmas and share those photos and laugh about it. >> reporter: but until then, it's anything but silent night. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> ninan: well, we want to wish everyone a merry christmas. and that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." i'm reena ninan in new york. from all of us at cbs news, thanks for joining us. good night.

live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. now at 6:00, san francisco city leaders launched vision zero to reduce traffic fatalities. five years after the launch is the city safer and closer to zero fatalities? plus, flying projectiles hit four more cars on the 101. investigators have no idea who is doing it or why. >> this is the first day. and, we have made a special trip out of this. just from santa rosa. >> not one, but two steps for the smart train system. we took a ride and sure enough, there were a lot of full seats. >> and it happened again. tonight, another bay area police department is trying to track down a dognapper. we begin with the state of the streets in san francisco.

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