captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ >> barnett: millions on the move for the holidays but the getaway turns dangerous. a massive crash injures dozens and closes an interstate in drginia while shoppers dash for last-minute gifts. also tonight, president trump turns his impeachment into a tllying cry. >> they have nothing. there's no crime. no fact, there's no impeachment. pe barnett: as the debate rages over the next step. >> this e-mail is explosive. >> barnett: mass canceled. for the first time in centuries, notre dame cathedral is dark at christmas. they run wild in the west. why these horses could be yours. >> the horse industry, we need you to come out and pick them up. >> barnett: the newest trend in tliday gifting, something old and nothing new. a spaceship returns to earth after a botched mission.

and if christmas was a competition, this family's record-breaking light display might win. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> barnett: good evening, everyone, and welcome. anm errol barnett. the countdown is on. a record 115 million people are traveling for the holidays and nearly all of them doing so on lle road. that can be dangerous. take a look at what happened in irginia today. gce and fog are blamed for this massive chain reaction interstate pile-up involving nearly 70 vehicles. 51 people were taken to hospitals and two of them are in critical condition. it is a cautionary note for anyone heading outside as many did today searching for those last-minute gifts. our laura podesta is among them. ur reporter: nationwide shoppers are making a list and checking at twice. n> ornaments, cocktail stuff i

ecess, whatever catches your eye. >> reporter: hanukkah is already here and christmas just days reay. >> i have coupons i have kohl's cash. >> reporter: if you hate crowds and traffic, you will want to avoid the shopping crush this weekend. experts estimate americans will spend $34 billion, $2.5 billion more than black friday. >> i like it. it's less corporatey. >> it's more special, more of an event. >> reporter: picking up your gift in person might be the safest bet. with more than two billion packages expected to be delivered this holiday season, fedex, u.p.s., and other othices could have delays. analysts blame bad weather and e e fact thanksgiving came so late this year, leaving just 26 days between black friday and christmas eve, the shortest possible amount of time.

santa may be extra generous this year. ehe national retail federation estimates the average american will spend $1,047 this holiday idason, the most money since it began keeping track. errol? ar barnett: laura, thank you. now, for those of you traveling, the weather should not be completely frightful, but there are some exceptions. our meteorologist jeff beradelli xc here to explain where exactly. jeff? >> reporter: so there's one big exception. ont's the southeast u.s. exy is it raining cats and dogs down there. ahat's going to continue for next 36 hours. fernight tonight, watch out for severe weather, the possibility of isolated tornadoes in porida, and everything converges on the southeast coast vater tonight, tomorrow, and oamorrow night. south carolina, north carolina, georgia, we're talking multiple inches of rain fall and strong, gusty winds. watch out for that. it should all wind down tomorrow night. look at the rain, generally two ow four inches in parts of e rrida. wait until you see the purple. sat's as much as eight-plus inches of rain along the coast

of both georgia and also into south carolina. maybe extending as far north as tee north carolina border. along the west coast, the weather dying down but still 1 to 3 inches possible and snowfall another 1 to 2 feet in the mountains. traveling for christmas eve and g ristmas day, we're looking good in most places. temperatures 20 degrees above normal. it's going to be mild in parts of the east, snow in the iltermountain west. if you want a white christmas, not many places, very far north close to the canadian border, and especially the rockies, they're going to see a lot of snow. >> barnett: good stuff. jeff, thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. >> barnett: today a house party in chicago erupted in gunfire. 13 people were wounded, four critically. itlice say people ran from gunfire inside the party only to be shot outside. one person is under arrest and chicago mayor lori lightfoot igld reporters this type of violence cannot be tolerated. >> it's a terrible tragedy, and rribkly, it's an incredible act nf cowardice.

>> barnett: the victims range in the from 16 to 49, all of them suffering gunshot wounds. tonight newly released e-mails are providing details into president trump's controversial decision to withhold defense funds to ukraine. now, the issue, of course, led to mr. trump's impeachment, t,mething he is now using as a rallying cry. our chip reid is with the president down in florida. >> reporter: president trump turned his impeachment enter a political drumbeat saturday night. >> u-s-a, u-s-a! >> reporter: before an adoring crowd of students in palm beach. >> they have nothing. dhey have no crime, no nothing. how do you impeach if you have no crime? >> reporter: the president has oulled for a full trial in the senate with witnesses who he iays will help exonerate him, including the whistleblower and former vice president joe biden. senate democrats also want witnesses who they believe will help incriminate the president, including white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. il this e-mail is explosive.

>> reporter: senate democratic leader chuck schumer highlighted a newly uncovered white house e- mail asking the defense department to please hold off on military aid to ukraine. the e-mail came soon after the july 25th phone call in which president trump asked ukrainian president zelensky to investigate joe biden. >> a top administration official, one that we requested, is saying stop the aid 91 minutes after trump called trlensky and said keep it hush- hush. what more do you need to request a witness? >> reporter: senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has said he would prefer a short trial seth no witnesses to keep the focus on the nation's business. but on cbs's "face the nation," republican senator roy blunt suggested that could change. b> there may be a time when we decide that witnesses are essential. >> reporter: as for the timing of the impeachment trial, it's very much up in the air, because house speaker nancy pelosi has

refused to send the articles of impeachment from the house to cle senate until senate republicans tell her what that trial is going to look like. wrol. >> barnett: chip reid, thank you for that. north korea's kim jong-un has threatened to launch what he clls a christmas gift to the united states if nuclear talks yon't restart by year's end. take a look at these new satellite images. it reveals activity at the y'untry's key launch facility, which effectively confirms the regime's claim it tested a new rocket engine this month, one that could power a missile popable of hitting the u.s. mainland. australia's prime minister apologized today for taking a family vacation in hawaii just th more than 100 catastrophic wildfires rage across the country. scott morrison's absence in a national emergency had stoked public anger. >> i get it that people would have been upset to know that i was holidaying with my family while their families were under great stress. >> barnett: critics charge

morrison has not done enough to ought climate change, blamed for fueling these massive and deadly fires. today 30 firefighters from dnada and nine from the united states joined the fight against those flames. for the first time in more than ano centuries there will be no christmas mass at notre dame frthedral, a tradition that's endured since 1803 has now fallen victim to last april's devastating fire. imtiaz tyab is in paris. >> reporter: a song of praise tinged with sadness. these singers are part of the notre dame choir. they have been rehearsing at a nearby church after the gothic l thedral was nearly destroyed in a fire back in april. most here say they still find it hard to believe they won't be wrforming christmas mass thee ngis year. >> no think that i was ill last christmas and i missed christmas m notre dame thinking that i would go again this year with no problems, and, no, i can't believe i'm not going to do christmas.

>> reporter: church officials say despite their prayers, they had little choice but to cancel christmas mass for the first ntme in over two centuries. notre dame's rector says, "it was only during the french revolution did services stop at the cathedral. not even during world war i and ii did it close its doors completely." since the fire, notre dame's clergy, congregation and choir have moved to this temporary home just under a mile from the landmark. despite the damage, the french dmvernment is confident services will resume again by 2025. in the grand scheme of things, five or six years of renovations lesn't seem like a huge amount of time for a cathedral that is s55 years old, but reconstruction experts say it will likely take longer. but for edwarda berria who grew up in brazil and has called rrris home for the last three

years, it's the determination to restore notre dame she finds inspiring. >> for friends, this is a symbol, but i think at the same time people are trying to reconstruct and give everything to rebuild it, and it's maybe the opportunity to go to other churches and to rebuild your ilith. >> reporter: a symbol of faith fhat is already rising from the thhes. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, paris. >> barnett: we all know that maristmas is a time of giving, but if that child that you know is still pleading for a pony, you are about to officially run rt of excuses. here's john blackstone. >> reporter: in a remote, wind- swept corner of northern california, megan highnote and kir kids have come to get a horse at the double devil wild horse corrals. with a lot to choose from, megan got the horse she always wanted. >> she is a cremello so she's solid white with blue eyes. ihave been wanting one, but i haven't been able to afford the

$6,000 ones just like her. >> reporter: she got this horse at the right price. >> it's $125 to adopt. >> a great deal. we have some amazing horses available at the double devil wild horse corrals. >> reporter: the horses held in s.vils garden are managed by the u.s. forest service, and they naed homes. reat's why kevin sandusky is selling horses. >> the horse of your dreams is in this corral right now. we just need you to come out and pick him up. >> reporter: during summer rundups on government land, 1,000 wild horses were removed, but there are more than 4,000 horses grazing here on the rocky plateau. when we met ken sandusky last year, he pointed to the impact they're having. how high should this be? s there are some examples around here where it's probably abree or four inches, but when it gets grazed right down to the nub there, there is just no vegetation left, and you can see

how they're just dying out. >> reporter: ranchers who lost their leases to graze cattle here sued to reduce the number of horses on the land. wild horse advocates are also suing, arguing the horses are econic and could be sold for slaughter. s> most americans love horses, and they don't want to see america's iconic wild horses rounded up and sold for human consumption abroad. >> reporter: efforts to appease both sides have fallen to the forest service on open house tours and social media, there is plenty to look at by anyone who would be a good fit. >> you have a year before you ceceive title on that horse, and y that time, you will be asked to show that you are taking good atre of that horse. the facility requirements, the horse needs a 20x20 enclosure and a walk-in barn, a three- aded barn. >> reporter: megan highnote has hil that on the ranch she helps manage in oregon. today's purchase is the second horse she adopted from the

double devils garden. the horses here are believed to be descendants of domesticated horses, but generations of living on their own have made them wild. now the challenge is to tame them. >> this is definitely my diamond in the rough. this will be my holiday project yer the next couple years. >> reporter: and she says it won't be her last. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> barnett: ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the growing arket of second-hand goods, proving popular with holiday shoppers. baseball's controversial idea behind home plate. and merry and bright, how one gomily lights up the night at christmas. i didn't have to call an ambulance. and i didn't have to contact your family. because your afib didn't cause a blood clot that led to a stroke. not today. we'd discussed how your stroke risk increases over time, so even though you were feeling fine,

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>> reporter: this is crunch time at the yerdle warehouse. holiday demand for the 50,000 items here is off the charts. the company handles customer returns for brands like patagonia and rei, which have discovered a big market in etselling their own used clothing and sporting goods. t the goal is to make sure like the colors are accurate. >> reporter: kayla de guzman photographed this fleece pullover and then posted it on patagonia's "worn wear" site at pss than half the original price. what's the discount? >> probably 50% off what somebody would have paid at the store. >> reporter: andy ruben created yerdle when he saw the secondary clothing market growing 20 times faster than the new clothing one. t new study finds 48% of people meve considered giving a used item. ve%, even more, say they'd welcome one. almost 20% of what's in here is sold the same day it's listed. and the dramatic increase in

atles over the past couple weeks tells them these are holiday ourchases, destined for under the tree. >> hello, dear friends. >> reporter: jayme sy is a social media influencer who posts videos on thrifting at places like goodwill. how would you feel about getting stsecondhand gift? >> send them all to me. i rarely ever buy fast fashion items because of the fact that ems so terrible for the environment, and it's way more unique to have secondhand items. >> reporter: the shift in behavior led by millennials like jayme, and the struggling retail industry is reacting. some locations sell used jeans next to $50 a pair right next to the new denim. >> is a way to be much more creative. i think it's a we to get great itlue. >> reporter: second hand doesn't necessarily mean inexpensive. luxury reseller the real real is selling handbags costing more than $40,000.

ng everything we have has a story. e u can think about possible stories that item has and the stories it will have when you give it to somebody else. >> reporter: for many, a sustainable holiday this year no longer unthinkable buying gently used. janet shamlian, cbs news, san francisco. >> barnett: still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," touchdown for the starliner. boeing's unmanned spaceship returns from a troubled mission. -- "cbs weekend news," trouble for the starliner. she looks... kind of like me. yeah. that's because it's your grandma when she was your age. oh wow. that's...that's amazing. oh and she was on the debate team. yeah, that's probably why you're the debate queen. - mmhmm. - i'll take that. look at that smile. i have the same dimples as her. yeah. the same placements and everything. unbelievable.

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arain's christmas season kicked off today with the world's richest lottery. it's called el gordo or the fat one. children called out the numbers on nationally televised drawings. prizes total more than $2.6 billion. the biggest winner gets more than 436,000. coming up on the "cbs weekend news," a new york family shines a light using hundreds of thousands of bulbs in the spirit of the season. (crying) take you to uncontrollable highs. (muffled arguing) or, make you feel both at once. overwhelmed by bipolar i symptoms? ask about vraylar. some medications only treat the lows or the highs. vraylar effectively treats depression, acute manic and mixed episodes of bipolar i. full-spectrum relief of all symptoms. with just one pill, once a day. elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis

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ci barnett: finally for you tonight, there is a family in new york with holiday lights that are especially merry and bright. really bright. here's jamie wax. >> reporter: for the gay family, the most wonderful time of the hear starts early. ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪ every weekend starting in the ,all, tim, grace, and their ilult children emily, daniel, and john get to work on their family lights display. >> they picked colleges that were nearby because they knew if they went too far away to school sey wouldn't be able to come back and do this. >> reporter: to be fair, this hsn't any old holiday lights display. this is the guinness world record-holding lights display for most lights on a residential property. the gay family captured the title with 601,736 lights in 2014.

>> we could not imagine this. it was not a goal. j just kind of happened. ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas ♪ >> reporter: inspired by his hther's love of christmas, tim started putting up lights when tts daughter emily was born 24 years ago. >> birth of a child, oh, gosh, ot to start putting lights out. it was definitely motivated by that, that sense of wonder that i think we all feel about life. i just wanted that to be part of my children's upbringing. >> reporter: today the kids do hech of the heavy lifting, ontributing their own unique talents. what's the most challenging display to put up or that you've t me up with? >> the answer is that ornaments hanging over the pond. >> reporter: i had a feeling erat's it. >> that's not the first thing i eisplayed, but it's the biggest, >>st complicated thing. ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah >> reporter: the display goes live the day after thanksgiving. this year it features 641,695

lights choreographed to 252 songs. but the number the family is proudest of: $365,781. >> thank you. y rry christmas. >> reporter: that's the amount of money their efforts have raised for local charities with more rolling in each month. >> it brings everybody together. you know, it's the time of year for togetherness. >> reporter: did you ever think this is a giant i love you to thu from your father? >> i couldn't have said it better myself. this is my dad's love to us and my family projected immensely. >> barnett: that is some next- level holiday spirit there. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. i'm errol barnett in new york city. we leave you now with the lighting of the national menorah in washington. happy hanukkah and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wg access.wgbh.

live from the cbs a area studios, this is kpix 5 news at 6pm . >> the big rain that we saw earlier today is turning to snow in the sierra tonight. we could be in for a way christmas. how a car crash managed to cripple operations at a busy california airport on one of the biggest travel days of the year . another drop on dash. as a new state law encouraging package theft? we are starting off the holiday week. the rain also made a bit of a rough ride across the bridge

this morning. all the rain has moved on to the sierra. shows the rain that was coming down to the bay area, about 4500 feet from copper up a list of the south, arnold is now turning into snow with the weather winter advisory. didn't do badly. 10th of an inch inland around livermore. half an inch to two thirds of an inch at san francisco. there could be moore delays by the time we had midweek , high- pressure gets booted aside . so christmas day at this point looks like it will be wet in the bay area. the models have been all over the place with this, so it suggests we have rain coming in late christmas eve. this is one you will have to stay tuned for . temperatures will be with the degree of freezing in santa rosa. sunshine does come