captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs >> quijano: tonight, impeachment showdown. atmocrats make a last minute push for bipartisan support even bi republicans rally around the president. >> this president believes he's above the law and accountable to eo one. onehey have zero evidence. >> quijano: also tonight winter on its way. a whiteout hits the plains this last week of fall. snarling traffic and chilling ngotball fans and players as it heads east. global climate talks end without a big breakthrough but lots of lated rhetoric about a crisis. usus beatdown, a texas college student sues a fraternity after a vicious attack caught on camera. >> we're calling the cops! >> quijano: a service station in maryland changes lanes charging tto the future. and breaking barriers, the new face raising the bar at the

nutcracker. >> there has never been a marie that looks like you. >> well, i'm going to be doing ele show and i'm the first person, then i want to make it count. this is the cbs weekend news. >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. for the third time in american history, the house of representatives is set to impeach a president. president trump is accused of abusing his power and obstructing congress. today mr. trump tweeted insisting again there is no crime. and as nikole killion at the white house reports, republicans are joining him in fighting back >> reporter: the full house of ull esentatives is set to take ake final step on impeachment on wednesday, voting on two articles, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. >> are you confident you have a majority to impeach the president? >> i am confident. >> reporter: the vote is widely expected along party lines but

there could be cracks. >> you can vote against impeachment and still disagree with some of the policies or some of the behavior. eh reporter: conservative groups are targeting democrats in 31 congressional districts president trump won in 2016. ea the real question is how big will the jail break be by the democrats. >> reporter: among them new jersey congressman jeff van drew a conservative democrat expected expected to become a republican. >> what he is reacting to is the public polling that shows he can't get renominated. >> reporter: the senate is getting ready for the president's possible trial expected in january. >> i am clearly made up my mind. i'm not trying to hide the fact that i have disdain for the accusations and the process. p reporter: senate republicans puve been closely coordinating strategy with the white house. >> we wouldn't be doing our job if we weren't working hand-in- hand with the senate to clear the president of this charade. >> reporter: democrats argue tsat violates their oath of impartiality as perspective jurors.

>> my colleagues of see no evil, sar no evil attitude that they don't want to look at anything that might disagree with their worldview of republicanism and this president. >> reporter: president trump calls the impeachment process a hoax and vows to win. meantime cbs news has learned some freshman democrats are recruiting michigan congressman justin amash to serve as impeachment manager in a senate trial, the independent left the republican party after saying the president committed impeachable acts. elaine? >> quijano: nikole killion, thank you. it is not just congress divided on impeachment. a new cbs news poll finds americans are as well. 46% believe the president should be impeached. 39% disagree. and 15% say it is too soon to decide. des news elections and surveys urrector anthony salvanto is in our washington bureau. anthony, have impeachment eaarings had any impact at all?

>> not a lot, elaine. you see that split, with people saying he deserves impeachment mpan not but on the particular arguments whether democrat assert there was an abuse of power and obstruction of congress we find split about 50- 50. s mocrats are certainly in favor and approve of the articles of impeachment but beyond that not malot dramatic has changed. r really still comes down to whether or not folks approve of the president's job in the first place. ac quijano: and anthony across ae super tuesday states let's look at the democrats looking to unseat donald trump, you find joe biden with the edge this thek and michael bloomberg who just got in to the race in these gotes in fifth place. anything in the numbers suggest he can catch the frontrunners? >> he does a little better that think the party was moving in too liberal of a direction but that is not a lot of democrats, only about a quarter. he is hoping to capitalize democrats to come through the earlier states like iowa and new ewmpshire and aren't satisfied and half of voters don't know about his past support for remocratic causes so that is one leading indicator, maybe, we'll

have to watch. elaine. >> quijano: anthony salvanto in our washington bureau, thank you. the sixth democratic presidential debate on tap this week in los angeles is in jeopardy tonight. all seven candidates scheduled yo appear have pledged to boycott the debate in support of striking workers at the site. farah fazal has the details. t what do we want? >> contract. >> when do we want it? a now. >> reporter: food service workers are promising to picket outside the last democratic embate of the year. >> i'm not going to cross a picket line, i never have and i hll not start now. >> reporter: senator warren was the first presidential candidate to tweet her support for workers of unite here local 11. the rest of the candidates said they would in the cross the picket line outside loyala university, the site of the ebate on thursday. >> i think st a terrible look or the democratic party to have a debate and that runs afoul of

union work rules. >> what do we want. >> contracts. >> reporter: the workers began sicketing on campus last month where they serve and prepare the meals. the union says the company that contracts them, sodexo, canceled their negotiations. ia we have to resolve these issues, get the wages and health eare that the work are there deserve. >> reporter: the union boycott isn't the only dilemma for the democratic national committee. nine candidates are he demanding the d.n.c. change the polling and fundraising rules used to dicttate debate participation. they say the current rules of cut down the diversity of the field. dnc officials snag they are unlikely to change the rules for january. d.n.c. chairman tom perez has not yet decided whether he will change the rules for the february and march debates. meanwhile, the unions of the onod workers is about to meet with sodexo the company on tuesday, it is quite possible they may meet a little sooner, elaine. >> quijano: farah, thank you. winter is officially set to arrive this week on saturday but ay already looks like the real deal in big parts of the

eountry. inwhite out in kansas city, itssouri made getting around h ugh on the roads and on the gridiron where the chiefs played the broncos. ncnight winter advisories and winter storm warnings are up niom colorado all the way to pennsylvania. jeff berardelli is here with what is ahead. jeff, looking like a messy monday. g we'll get snow, we're going to get the ice and also the rereat for severe weather, so we'll start with that during the day monday, showers, thunderstorms, the possibility th isolated tornadoes in the southeast with enhanced risk for severe weather in places like jackson, alexandria, moving east towards later part into birmingham. now the cold side of the storm, today plenty of snow. kansas city, moving east across ase ohio valley into indianapolis. tomorrow morning don't be brprised in d.c. or philly if you wake up to a few snowflakes. f shouldn't be a big deal and b the day moves on into new ntrk city the snow breaks out. it will be mixed with ice as well. by tuesday morning it turns to rain in new york city and the

owavier snow moves north, to upstate new york and parts of new england as well, places like boston and hartford could see ice and snow from the system it all winds down later on tuesday but it will drop ice and snow in its wake. you can see that swath of snow and ice across the nation's middle and as far as snow fall, not going to be a lot of snow, a narrow band, generally two to four but some places picking up six inches, especially interior parts of new england. >> quijano: okay jeff, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> quijano: united nations climate talks ended in madrid today with more alarm and little action. ian lee reports. .> reporter: these are the herning signs our climate is in trouble. >> talking about 60, 70. >> reporter: 200 foot flames this weekend raced across the australian outback. more than 100 fires are burning across the country taking their toll on wildlife and people in in sydney the smoke is so bad it's like smoking 32 cigarettes a day, greenland is losing ice icen times faster than it was w the '90s, leading to rising

sea levels and coastal flooding. this week the world struggled to respond to the crisis at a u.n. climate summit in madrid. >> we are a little confused about what documents are being discussed. >> we're starting to get a tttle lost. >> we are kind of lost. >> reporter: to stop global temperatures from rising scientists say countries must cut greenhouse gas emissions. >> the planet is on fire and our window of escape is getting harder and harder to reach the tnger we fail to act. >> reporter: frustrated activists dumped manure outside the meeting saying the you know stops here. but delegates inside didn't back at least decisively. >> we don't support such language. >> reporter: the united states is one of the countries opposing strong action. but the effects of climate ehange have already hit home. this year saw devastating floods ds the midwest that destroyed farms and killed livestock and yearly forest fires continue to arow more severe. the warnings are there, but who is listening? ian lee, cbs news, london.

nd quijano: a student at texas state university is suing the national chapter of pi kappa phi, after an alleged assault caught on camera. laura podesta has the violent video. >> hey, hey! >> reporter: the video captures the frantic screams of a texas state university student, the moment he says a group of pi kappa phi fraternity brothers started attacking him. the attorney for nick panagiotopoulos says the october incident landed his client in the hospital. he couldn't go to class for weeks. >> head injuries, spinal injuries, still trying to recover. >> reporter: panagiotopoulos is now suing the local and national chapters of pi kappa phi. he alleges they have a history of hazing, violence and encouraging the consumption and over-consumption of alcohol. >> things need to change. >> reporter: fraternities are under the microscope nationwide. at syracuse university social activities for all fraternities

are suspended after members of one were accused of using racial slurs. earlier this week police at florida state university arrested four students including a fraternity president in connection to a hazing incident. john hechinger is the author of te book "true gentlemen, the broken pledge of america's fraternities." he said despite these episodes fraternities are more popular than they have ever been. pot they are also feeling pressure to change. >> so i think that sustained outside pressure from cell phone videos, from students speaking out will make a huge difference. many fraternity chapters have responded to a rash of lawsuits that have put them into financial peril. >> reporter: regarding the alleged attack in austin, texas state university tells cbs news in a statement, as soon as the soiversity was notified of the incident in october, pi kappa phi was extended. we reached out to the national chapter of the fraternity.

they said they did not comment me pending litigation. >> quijano: disturbing video, thank you. saturday, newtown, connecticut wnrks seven years since the school shooting that took the tves of 20 children and six staffers there. but last night thanks to their ghgh school football team, the eby ended in celebration. tth the game tied seconds to go ecd fog moving in, newtown quarterback jack street hit riley ward with a 36 yard bomb to cross the goal line and crowd erupted in cheers as time expired. xpwtown won not just the game but the state championship. still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the new drug treatment promising hope against advanced breast cancer. how a service station in cryland is charging into the future, plus the new ballerina breaking barriers on an old christmas tradition. n an old christmas tradition.

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>> quijano: it is a f >> quijano: it is a first in the nation, a maryland gas station owner recently dug up all his pumps and plugged into the ggture. here's kris van cleave. >> reporter: let the charging begin, after 60 years at the local tacoma park gas station rs automotive is now the first in the country to fully convert to all electric charging. owner depeswar doley. >> i didn't know i was going to be the first. that was a big surprise, you know. >> reporter: there is no guarantee it will be a success. less than two percent of cars in nhe u.s. are electric, then there is the price, maybe 8 to $15 a car for about 30 minutes plugged into one of the four charging stations. do you worry it is going to work? >> when i started my business, the repair shop in 1997, that was the biggest challenge of my life. i mean financially we had about

$200 in our checking account and i took a big gamble. that was a really big gamble. this is nothing, sir. >> reporter: the city approached doley who came from the u.s. from india 33 years ago about the idea. wat it was a conversation at the dinner table with his daughter teresa then a high school senior that convinced him. >> i think climate change is like one of the biggest issues that we're kind of facing in america. >> she said oh dad, you have got to do it. that is a really good, great idea, went on and talk about the environment, global warming. >> reporter: this is kind of bour doing. >> i feel like it was a lot of my dad, he was the one that did most of the work but i was happy that i was able to convince him to create this change. >> reporter: a change aimed at plugging into a greener future. kris van cleave, cbs news, tacoma park, maryland. >> quijano: next on the "cbs weekend news," the changing face of an old christmas tradition. tradition.

>> quijano: we end tonight with ischristmas tradition, the nutcracker has been performed by the new york city ballet for more than 50 years. but this year it features something new. >> reporter: each year students from the famed school of american ballet star in this annual presentation of the nutcracker. the school was founded by world renowned choreographer george balanchine in 1934 as a place to

nurture young talent who could then move on to the elite stage it the new york city ballet. but for dancers of color getting there often meant encountering invisible barriers. >> when you are a minority in any environment there is an added struggle. >> reporter: aisha ash attended te school in the 1990s and performed with the new york city wallet for more than seven years. she says it was sometimes the small things like not having proper hair products or stage makeup that sent a message about whether she truly belonged. ge i remember the girls i got in with were given many different palettes and things to choose from. and i sort of got a lipstick and ipat was pretty much it, and aybe a powder it was like i don't really have much more now. >> reporter: they didn't have anything with your skin tone. ou with my skin tone. these things, they're not said maliciously. it is just, that just was the art. tt you just sort of feel yourself drifting more and more

away and feeling more and more separate than everyone else. >> think about your shoulders ad lift. th reporter: ash now sits on the diversity committee at the school of american ballet and her experiences have helped pave the way for this moment. 11 year old charlotte nebres otose grandparents little from trinidad and the philippines aaring on center stage at lincoln center, the first black ballerina ever to play the lead role here in the nutcracker. since 1954 there has never been a marie that looks like you. yoat do you think about that? >> well, at first when i found fat out it was a little bit tlrprising. but then it sunk in that well, if i'm going to be doing the show and i'm the first person, than i want to make it count. so i really want to make it special for everyone in the audience. and for the people on stage as plll. >> reporter: for aesha ash it's a full circle moment. >> it is so nice to meet you,

sweetheart. ea i think less about what it means to me and i think much more about what it is going to mean to all of those little girls that see her, white and black, that see her and can see themselves, and see a chance, see an opportunity. that's huge. >> reporter: what is it that you hope people watching in the audience feel or think about when they see you performing on stage? >> i want them to feel empowered because you get to see someone like you on stage and it makes you think oh, maybe i can do that too, because if she did it, then i can. >> quijano: bravo, charlotte, bravo. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. "60 minutes" is coming up, for all of us at cbs news, thank you for joining us, and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by medi

live from the kpix5 bay area studios, kpix5 news. >> reporter: even more cars are hit by projectiles on 101. i'm here for one last celebration of the oakland raiders and all the history and what's gone on on this field. >> reporter: coming up more reaction and tailgating action, oakland raiders last home game in town. just days before the skywalker saga is set to end, star wars creator george lucas is locked in a battle with his bay area makes. good evening. i'm juliette goodrich. i'm brian hackney. chp set up a task force to find out whoever is firing objects at cars on highway 101. five more cars were hit in a matter of minutes yesterday

along a 10-mile stretch through prunedale. drivers preparing to hit the road for the holidays are being nervous about being hit themselves. >> reporter: many people who drive along the 101 corridor on a regular basis say they're nervous because of the increasing frequency and number of attacks. in addition to the fire cars that were hit last night, four more were struck on friday night and two on thursday. the driver's side window of this chevy tahoe shattered when a small projectile hit it around 5:30 last night as the driver was going north on highway 101 near prunedale about 40 miles south of san jose. it was one of five cars hit within six minutes last night, all hit on the driver's side window or windshield. >> going 70, 80 miles per hour can cause a big accident. so it's definitely concerning. >> reporter: george mora is planning to head south to los angeles for christmas but says he will stay off 101. >> i'll have