captioning sponsored by cbs >> quijano: tonight, we are following several breaking stories. two violent attacks on the faithful gunfire erupts inside a church service in texas. three people are dead. tonight the panic in the pews and what we are learning about the investigation. and a knife-wielding man target as hanukkah celebration outside new york city. five people are hurt, one in critical condition. what police believe motivated this act of violence. >> just hate and violence.werf 2 punch. rain, snow and ice is impacting millions. we are tracking the forecast. >> on the defense. president trump unleashes a twitter firestorm. his latest attacks on house speaker nancy pelosi with his hmentrial still in limbo.

and one man's remarkable gift of life given twice. >> next to becoming -- this is the best thing i have ever done, next to being a dad there is the best thing i have ever this is the "cbs weekend news." >> quijano: good evening, i am elaine quijano. we begin tonight with two violent attacks on people of faith. there's heightened security across new york after a mannu celebration. five people were hurt. in texas, a gunman opened fire inside a church. he killed two people before he was shot and killed. the terrifying moments were caught on camera. a warning, this video is disturbing. >> the man on the left was one of several people who pulled their guns after the shooter opened fire.hefazal. sts churchyornin at west freewah of christ, a man seen in the far

corner in a large coat walks out to talk to someone in the aisle, and then pulls out a shotgun and begins shooting. >> he shoots his first victim and then the second. >> instantly an armed security guard responded and shot the gunman, while church members began screaming and ducking underrie a anth thr, t e gunman w control. >> while children and parents ran, a church leader tried to create calm. >> we are here to help people and to have something like this happen destroys my heart. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott said in a statement, places of worship are meant to be sacred and i am grateful for the church members who acted quickly to take down the shooter. no motive has been given so far, the people in the town of white settlement reacted as most do after a tragic shooting, crying

and looking for comfort. farrah fazal, cbs news. >> fieoe werebbi'. home hanu celebration saturday night. police have arrested a suspect and charged him with five counts of attempted murder. it is latest in a surge of alleged anti-semitic attacks across new york state in just the last few weeks. here's laura podesta. >> reporter: the sound of resilience. shortly after his home was targeted in a mass stabbing attack saturday night -- ♪ ♪ rottenbeads aaythe victims. five people are injured including one in critical condition after police say thomas grafton walked into the packed home in monsey, new york during the seventh night of hanukkah celebrations. >> heavy bleeding, i mean multiple -- >> >> reporter: one witness ed out large knife.t

>> i ask who is coming in in the middle of the night? with an umbrella, while i was saying that, he pulled it out from the thing and he started running to the big room, on the left side, and i thrownbles and chairs that he should get out of here. >> thomas fled in a car and was arrested 30 miles away in new york city. his bail was set at $5 million. the stabbings come after a string of attacks targeting jews in the metro area. earlier this month three people were killed when two gunmen opened fire in a new jersey kosher grocery store. the nypd said there has been a recent up tick in anti-semitic hate crimes. >> this is an intolerant time in this co exploding. it is an american cancer in the

body dostic terrorism. and she asking that police ramph neighborhoods statewide. elaine. >> quijano: laura podesta, thank you. tonight more than 200 million americans are in the path of a powerful winter storm. the system stretches from the midwest to new england. the biggest threat tonight, freezing rain and ice. the storm brought heavy snow to parts of colorado overnight, snow also made for dangerous driving conditions in the nebraska and meteorologist jeff berardelli is here. jeff, how much long search the storm going to last? >> this storm has been with us several days already, we have at least another two days to go. that means blizzard like conditions for the next 24 hours up in the upper midwest and longer than that great lakes and ice storm in the mideast. we will show you hour by hour how this will unfold. flaifl the ten see valley and the western side is snow look how the snow lasts there, it keeps going and going through at least tuesday morning in the great lakes.

in the northeast, it is a mix of snowice midwest we are talkineast another four to six incheof snow but the great lakes you ca, in thec stor warnings are in effect, we are looking at half an inch to an inch of ice accumulation, weighing downpour lines and also causing very treacherous travel conditions so watch out in parts of the northeast. but for your new year's eve celebration i have to tell you we are looking brett good, maybe snow flurries in the northeast and rain in the northwest, actually otherwise it is dry, but cold in minneapolis with a temperature around eight degrees, in time squares looking at 37 degrees, not too shabby. >> quijano: not too shabbily, jeff, thank you, president trump is once again lashing out on twitter ahead of his expected impeachment trial. and as ben tracy reports his principal target is no surprise. >> reporter: intwof golf m onpt

crazy nancy pelosi should spend more time in her decaying city and less time on the impeachmenn francisco, which is in pelosi's district, for its homelessness problem. >> the president's apparent anger still centers around being impeached. pelosi has yet to extend the formal articles of impeachment to the senate claiming she is trying to ensure a fair trial. >> everybody knows that it's going to end in acquittal. >> reporter: some republicans say their a mind are made up, but others such as louisiana's john kennedy a staunch supporter of the president, say the american people need to see a fair process. >> i don't want them saying, well, we were just run over by the same truck twice. subpoeed byir in the house andnf

>> i wo on for whatever the congress in fact legitimately is asked me to do. >> reporter: meanwhile the white house is closely monitoring activity in north korea where kim jong-un is holding a meeting of his top political leaders. u.s. intelligence officials are preparing for north korea to potentially return to testing missiles capable of hitting the u.s. >> what would be the consequences if north korea resumes either long range missile tests or nuclear test ms. >> you know, i don't want to speculate about what will happen, but we have a lot of tools in our toolkit. >> quijano: ben tracy joins us now, president trump and vladimir putin spoke on the phone today. do we flow what that was about. >> reporter: so well so far the white house is not saying anything about this call but the kremlin says it was vladimir putin who initiated the call and that he called president trump to thank him or u.s. intelligence information that helped prent aet attack in russia. elaine. >> quijano: ben tracy traveling with the president. thank you.

tonight, at least one person is dead after a small plane crashed into a neighborhood in maryland. the single engine aircraft slammed into two homes in college park, setting them on fire. the pie hot was killed. the cause is under investigation investigation. to louisiana now, and new details tonight on another small plane crash that killed five people. the plane expdmiwn irk lot just minutes after takeoff saturday. but without a flight data recorder on board, finding out what caused the plane to fall from the sky may be difficult. sheer mireya villarreal. >> ntsb investigators are sifting through debris to find out exactly what caused the crash of the private plane yesterday morning. >> this is no distress call that we were aware of and air traffic control issued a low altitude alert warning as the aircraft passed through 700 feet. >> reporter: the incident occurred just before 9:30 saturday morning as the plane

crashed into the parking lot of a post office -- oh, my god. >> reporter: -- less than two miles from the lafayette regional airport where it had taken off. >> it just skidded on the concrete at the post office, and then it just, it just went by and then all of a sudden just this big explosion. >> authorities have identified the strict as 51-year-old ian e. biggs, 59-year-old robert vaughn crisp ii, 51-year-old gretchen d. vincent and her 15-year-old son michael walker vincent, and 31-year-old carly mccord. >> stephen berzas survived the crash and a is in critical condition. >> all the passengers were en route to atlanta to watch the lsu play oklahoma in the impeach bowl, one of the victims, carly mccord is the daughter-in-of ufoordinator steve head coach ed ortegon broke the news to him. >> there's a tragedy which happened in coach ensminger's

said, coach we are going to get through this. >> cbs news. there is much more ahead on the "cbs weekend news". the story of a woman who says a genetic cancer test that caused her suffering when it should have prevented it. >> plus why some taxis are allowed to operate despite serious safety problems. and later, giving a lifesaving gift to complete strangers. >>

>> quijano: there's concern tonight a series of cancer prevention surgeries stepping from genetic testing may not have been needed at all. seven women in one family had major surgery after a brca test showed they had a high risk for cancer. one of the women says she was left debilitated and unable to have more children. here's jamie yuccas. >> reporter:. >> the results said i was positive. it was very alarming. >> alarming. >> katy mathes he early wh sigficantly raises aeck heese

person's risk or developing breast or 0 ovarian cancer, aftr struggling over what to do, she underwent surgery to remove her ovaries, fallopian tubes and had a double mastectomy. >> did this end up changing your life? >> absolutely, during the entire recovery process it was nine months before i was cleared to pick up my child. i wasn't able to do bath time with him. i wasn't able to make dinner for him. i wasn't able to pick him up or hug him for a very long time. >> reporter: her mother, sister, cousins and aunts all got tested too, 11 had the mutation. seven had surgery. >> but four years later, myriad genetics which did the test told her and her family their risk assessment had changed. >> went from very high risk, 84 percent to nothing. it really felt like i was doing something for my family. i needed to do these surguries to save them and then just the reality that like i didn't need to do any 0 -- to do any of that

was really heavy. >> myriad says stump reclass -- reclassifications are extremely rare and as the science evolves we scrutinize any new information and reclassifications are made only after very careful consideration. this is a changing dynamic field where we are learning something every day. >> reporter: cbs news medical consultant dr. david agus says tests the rsults improving. >> right now, we have tested hundreds of thousands of people, with this brca test. every person that's tested we then follow the outcome, the database gets stronger and we have more information. >> reporter: though reclassifications are uncommon, mathes says for her, the impact is everlasting. i removed bodies parts and i can't have children anymore because of this. i just don't feel like myself. and the weight of that is a really big burden and what do i do each day? i have to get up and keep going. i am a mom and a wife and a

teacher. so you just keep going. >> reporter: dr. agus says at risk patients should get this genetic test. he reps going to a national cancer institute designated center where counselors can answer your questions. katy told me since she no longer has the cancer classification, she is now worried insurance won't cover her required follow-up surgeries. jamie yuccas, cbs news, los angeles. >> quijano: ahead, the most dangerous states for drunk driving deaths on new year's eve eve.

>> the "cbs evening news" with nora o'donnell, now from washington, d.c. >> quijano: a warning tonight for drivers ahead of new year's eve a new report reveals montana and wyoming lead the nation as the most dangerous states for drunk driving deaths. several states in the northeast are among the least dangerous, including new york, new jersey and vermont. the report also reveals more than 40 percent of americans drink too much on new year's

eve. larcs say always have a deat simpl a taxir service. london's big ben will ring in the new year for the first time in years. the bell has been mostly silent for two years while the bell, clock and tower have been getting a face-lift. the clock hands are now a regal blue, trimmed in gold. renovation won't be co until 2021. it's one of the most spectacular fireworks displays of the new year. and this year, sydney, australia plans to go ahead with its annual celebration, despite calls to cancel because of danger from the country's remaining wild fires. the fire commissioner says he'll have the final word. ahead, why some taxis can ignore safety recalls and stay on the road. >>

>> quijano: in many of the nation's largest cities there are no laws requiring taxi companies to fix cabs impacted by safety recalls.

in week, the center for auto safety sent letters to 10 major cities demanding all open recalls be addressed before cabs can carry pass jerdz. here's kris van cleave. >> reporter: a review by the center for auto safety found that more than 35,000 cabs licensed in nine of the 10 u.s. cities with the most taxis are not required by their regulators to get safety recalls fixed before picking up passengers. there. >> there's no way for a customer to know. >> center for auto safety executive director jason levine found only san francisco requires cabs to be sc>> a n coc recalls, recalls are only done for safety reasons. defects or a violation of standards. >> reporter: but in your mind this is something that should get addressed. >> in in my mind, yes, there are potentially safety concerns here. >> the maryland public service commission regulates cabs in baltimore. transportation director christopher koermer says the center's letter has prompted a review of the state's

regulations. >> safety is is mayor mount as r as looking at the is a safety recalls, it's complicated that's why we want to take a deeper dive. >> but is it complicated? can't the state of maryland say you as a licensed taxicab operator, have to do this. >> we certainly can, and again that is why we are vara much interested in looking at this, can i check your vin number? >> last year cbs affiliate wusa found as many as one in six washington, d.c. cabs had open safety recalls including for detective takata air bags, which have killed at least 24 people worldwide. >> it's not fair for the unsuspecting public. >> cally houck knows the danger of unrepaired recalls both her. >> daughter died in a violent crash after a recalled power steering hose broke starting a fire in their rental car. >> you don't get over it. what you to you get through it, and it remains with you till you die. it never goes away. >> accidents caused to

unrepaired recalls are not directly tracked so it's not possible to know how many injuries or death are even related to them, the center for auto safety has called on companies like huh-uh per and lyft to require drivers to also fix open safety recalls before taking passengers, th ll tt offe.t h'tneltoruo: ahead, a man who was inspired to give that gift not once, but twice. >>

>> quijano: finally tonight, there is no gift, more precious than gift of life. here's kenneth craig. >> reporter: joe gilvary doesn't think of himself as a hero, but few people have ever done what he did, recently donating two organs to two strange in other words need. >> next to becoming a dad, this is is the best thing i have ever done, best thing that's evet.>>n opportunity that i wish more people had. >> reporter: joe, who lives in maryland, wasn't even a registered organ donor when he read a desperate plea for a kidney on an on-line prayer

group. >> he was so moved he offered one of his to the stranger in new york. fred howe was suffering from kidney disease and run understanding out of time. >> i am kind of overwhelmed. >> the donation saved fred's life. he thinks of joe now as a brother. >> i never thought that this would happen, couldn't never have dreamt it, could never have made this story up. >> reporter: but the story doesn't end there. >> i told people afterwards, if i could do this again, i would. >> reporter: and he did. just a year after donating his kidney, joe gave part of his liver to an infant in ohio who was struggling to survivor. britney kutscher's daughter katelyn. >> i just thought that it was amazing that a person would do that for somebody they don't even know. >> reporter: the kutschers had the opportunity to thank him in person after the surgery. >> he got a really, really good wa ceveland cis family now.portp using minimally i can i have, invasive technique, dr. koji

hashimoto hopes these medical advances encourage more people to consider donating. >> you donor. that is -- i think that is very, very important for a healthy person who is thinking about organ donation. >> reporter: joe is now one of less than 50 people in the u.s. who have given twice as a living donor. >> i have connections to people that i couldn't have any other way. i just feel like i got to be a part of something so good. >> reporter: giving a grandfather more time to spend with his family and a little girl the chance to grow up kenneth craig, cbs news, hunting town, maryland. >> quijano: a beautiful gift. that's "cbs weekend news" for am ee quij in new york. weokat tme confetti tent, happy new year, thanks for joining live from the cbs bay area

studios, this is kpix5 news. a stormy sunday around the bay area, when will the clouds clear and how does the new year's eve forecast look? >> i think we'll find somebody to answer. that. plus the 49ers travel to seattle for some payback in the final game of the season. and a community coming together in tragedy, the vigil underway right now for three teens killed on christmas night. good evening. i'm maria medina in for juliette. >> i'm brian hackney. it looks like this in every corner of the bay area, slick roads and raindrops on the live cameteiny ofa ndveng that co down pretty hard, h visibility on the roadways the wipersg and drivers on their toes. as for the flyers, a live look at sfo. the weather has not caused major problems unless you had reservations forone of the 131

delays, but there were only four cancellations. the latest on the weather, hi- def doppler showing all the showers pinwheeling south and eventually will head out of the bay area. as you head to the east bay, scattered showers but not as heavy. they'll become more robust later in the evening over the diablo range coming down good and light showers over the airport in san jose. rain totals, about a 0.1-inch, half inch in santa rosa. as for what happens neck, that low pressure will swing south out of the bay area, windy tonight, but tomorrow looks completely different. high pressure builds in. we get plenty of sunshine. we get scattered showers through midnight and then dry it out. ll