of news. we have news updates always on kpix.com. see you then. captioning sponsored by cbs >> villafranca: tonight president trump on trial. senators get set to hear impeachment arguments as partisan battle lines are drawn over witnesses and the evidence. >> there is ample evidence any jury would convict him in three minutes flat. >> villafranca: while president trump watches from the sidelines. >> this has been a political hit job. >> villafranca: city on edge, gun rights supporters along with militia members and neo-nazis get set for a show of force in virginia's capitol as richmond fears the worst. independence day, after the queen sets her terms, meghan markle's estranged father speaks out on the couple's royal exit. >> it's something that they shouldn't be doing this. >> villafranca: extradition fight, the chinese executive

wanted in the u.s. is the focus of a global tug of war. critical test, a space craft explodes minutes after launch. why today's mission was a success. and a world war ii veteran finally gets the recognition he earned at 103 years old. >> god's been good. this is the cbs weekend news. >> villafranca: good evening, i'm omar villafranca, tonight the historic senate trial of president trump begins in less than 48 hours. house managers who will prosecute the case against the president met on capitol hill today to work on strategy. senators are getting ready for what could be a grueling few weeks listening to hours of testimony with no questions allowed. ben tracy starts us off from the white house. >> we'll be sitting there in our chairs, about probably on the order of six hours a day.

>> reporter: senators are now preparing to be jurors, deciding in just weeks whether or not president trump remains in office. republicans don't have enough votes for a quick dismissal but they are confident the president will be acquitted, they hope in as little as two weeks. >> he is very much comfortable with the idea this is going to turn out well for him. >> reporter: president trump's formal response to the impeachment summons was a short six pages, filled with contempt. calling this a brazen and unlawful attempt to overturn the results of the 2016 election and dismissing the articles of impeachment as constitutionally invalid on their face. the house impeachment managers 111 page trial memo called president trump's conduct the framers worst nightmare. >> any jury would convict him in three minutes flat. that the president betrayed his country. >> reporter: house managers met behind closed doors today to plot strategy and are hoping to persuade at least four republicans to vote with them to allow witnesses in the trial,

something senator mitch mcconnell has opposed. >> if senator mcconnell prevails and there are no witnesses, it will be the first impeachment trial in history that goes to conclusion without witnesses. >> thank you so much. >> keep up the great work. >> reporter: the president spent the weekend at his club in florida where he appeared to be in good spirits. his legal team which now includes former clinton special prosecutor ken starr and constitutional law professor alan dershowitz plans to argue the president did not break any laws in withholding aid from ukraine, and that he was within his constitutional right to refuse congress' demand for documents and witnesses. >> this trial should result in an acquittal, regardless of whether the conduct is regarded as okay by you or by me or by voters. >> reporter: the president's attorneys are expected to file a more detailed trial brief tomorrow laying out their argument. now when this trial does begin on tuesday the president will actually be out of the country. he's going to be at the world economic forum in switzerland

but that is a quick trip, the president is expected to be back here by wednesday evening. omar? >> villafranca: ben, thanks. the senate impeachment trial the president will have an immediate impact on some of the democratic presidential candidates with iowa caucuses just 16 days away, they are forced to leave the campaign trail and return to the senate. our political correspondent ed o'keefe is in the washington bureau following all of it, ed, good evening, let's get into it. how is the impeachment trial going to affect the campaigns of bernie, of warren, of klobuchar, of bennett? >> reporter: sure, they will be tied to their desks essentially once this trial begins. unable to tweet, unable to talk and certainly unable to meet with voters in iowa and new hampshire, two states that value in person face time. so what are they doing instead? they are deploying their spouses and top surrogates. for people like bernie sanders that means his wife jane and possibly congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez and other liberals who have endorsed him. for amy klobuchar it is her husband and daughter and

the governor and lt. governor of neighboring minnesota. all of them hoping that they can get back there on the weekends but realizing they could lose their advantages to joe biden and pete buttigieg who plan to spend most of the next 16 days in iowa finding support. >> villafranca: mike bloomberg is in oklahoma today. why is he in oklahoma and what is the state of his campaign? >> reporter: that's right, while everyone else zigs, bloomberg continues to zag, he is in the supertuesday state of oklahoma giving a speech in tulsa, known of course as black wall street and it's an address focused primarily on black economic empowerment, most notably bloomberg argues he realizes now that as a white man he has seen more economic advantage in this country and likely has succeeded in part because of his background, acknowledging that black americans have not had the same economic opportunities. this is one of his first detailed addresses on the economy, which of course remains strong. and of course he keeps focused on supertuesday states while the rest of the field is in the first four primary states believing that once the primaries move to march 3 and the 14 states held on that day, he can rack up delegates and

become an immediate factor in the democratic nomination race. >> villafranca: campaign never stops. ed o'keefe, thank you. >> take care. >> villafranca: in hawaii two police officers were shot and killed responding to a call in honolulu today. the officers were shot as they arrived on the scene near diamond head. sources tell cbs affiliate kgmb the suspect in the shooting was being evicted when he stabbed his landlord. after the shooting he allegedly set fire to his home. that fire quickly spread to several other properties nearby. multiple sources say the shooter, a 68 year old man is dead. people are on edge in richmond, virginia tonight as thousands of second amendment advocates as well as militia members and neo- nazis descend on the state capitol for a gun rights rally. police are locking down the site of tomorrow's demonstration and fire arms have been banned as officials say there is credible intelligence of possible violence. jeff pegues is in richmond.

>> reporter: even before the rally officially gets under way, security here is tight. gun rights supporters michelle wharton and tom boyle traveled to virginia from new york because they are concerned about legislative efforts to roll back gun ownership across the country. >> we're here for the guns. so that we have the right to bear our arms. and to be able to give our guns to our children. >> all the supporters for gun rights, we're not here for violence at all, we never have been. it's all for supporting your rights. >> reporter: law enforcement in virginia has been preparing for potential violence. state officials say there have been several credible threats to made to the event including the use of weaponized drones. in response, the f.a.a. restricted airspace over the event and the f.b.i. said it's working with local and state law enforcement in relation to threats of violence at the rally. this week, seven members of the white supremacist group the base were arrested in wisconsin, georgia, maryland and delaware.

investigators believe three of the men were heading to the rally in virginia. state officials say they want to avoid another charlottesville. in 2017 a unite the right rally ended in the death of counterprotester heather heyer, michelle wharton hopes the rally here will be peaceful but she is worried the gun rights message will be hijacked. >> our fears are that the skin heads and neo-nazi groups or white supremacists are going to come in here and wreck it for us. >> reporter: the capitol building really looks like a fortress today. this temporary metal fencing now surrounds the capitol grounds. it's for crowd control and they are expecting thousands of people here on monday for this rally. police of course will be looking in those crowds for people who are trying to spark violence. omar. >> villafranca: jeff, thanks. to ukraine now where the remains of 11 people killed in the iranian missile strike on the

ukrainian jetliner will return to kiev today. the flag-draped coffins were met by family members of the victims and ukraine's president zelensky. all 176 people on board were killed. britain's prince harry today expressed "great sadness" over the split with the royal family. the couple's declaration of independence came as a bombshell to the queen and country. it comes at a cost. and new criticism from meghan's estranged father. imtiaz tyab is in london. >> reporter: the queen was all smiles as she made her way to church near her sandringham estate. the public appearance followed the release of a heartfelt statement on saturday night in support of her grandson prince harry and his young family. containing what was being described as a major crisis for the royal family. >> families are always a problem. and i think she's dealt with it incredibly well. >> reporter: but harry and meghan aren't just stepping back from royal duties as they said

in an early statement. they're making a clean break. as the couple spends more time in canada, they will no longer use royal titles, do royal duties, go on royal tours, have military appointments or have access to public money. a high price some say worth paying to escape the intense scrutiny they face in britain. >> i think it's racism, to be honest, because it's quite different the way they treat william and kate compared to megan and harry. >> reporter: the u.k.'s prime boris johnson offered his support today. >> i think the whole country will want to join in wishing them the very best. >> reporter: but meghan's estranged father thomas markle was quick to criticize. >> i think both of them returning as lost souls at this point. i don't know what they're looking for. i don't think they know what they're looking for. >> reporter: harry and meghan have made it clear what they want, independence and freedom to forge their own way. something the queen has now

given her blessings to. they're still so many details left to work out including the couple's security and how they will finance their new lives. even then, the whole thing will have to be reviewed after a year. omar. >> villafranca: imtiaz, thanks, tomorrow a canadian court hears evidence on whether a top chinese executive arrested there should be extradited to the u.s. her arrest has sparked a high stakes international tug of war involving three countries. jonathan vigliotti is in vancouver. >> reporter: meng wanzhou, wearing an ankle bracelet, has spent the last year under house arrest inside her vancouver mansion amid allegations her employer the chinese tech giant huawei, founded by her father, is engaged in espionage. the company makes telecom devices and last may the u.s. government banned huawei from bidding on government contracts. >> we don't want to do business with huawei for national security reasons. >> reporter: the 47 year old meng, the c.f.o. of huawei, was arrested a year ago at the

request of the u.s. government and under the scrutiny of worldwide media. her life of luxury, mansions, art collections, contrast against allegations of crime and has made the case one of international intrigue. the "washington post" likened the severity of the move to china arresting president trump's daughter ivanka. u.s. prosecutors allege meng knowingly breached american sanctions against iran by fraudulently selling equipment to the middle eastern country through a subsidiary. they want her brought to america to face charges. many see this as canada caught in the middle. >> we are focused on fulfilling our international obligations, treaty obligations, making sure that the rule of law is consistently integrally applied. >> reporter: in what most people outside china see as retaliation, the country arrested two canadians just nine days after meng was detained and put them in solitary confinement.

the hearing is scheduled to begin here at british columbia supreme court tomorrow. it is expected to last about a week though appeals could drag this case on for months or even years, meaning meng may have to endure confinement both in and out of her mansion indefinitely. omar. >> villafranca: jonathan, thank you. a severe winter storm made a coast to coast dash this weekend, heavy snow in erie, pennsylvania, caused multiple accidents including this tractor trai at jacknifed on an i i-90. in north dakota blowing snow closed parts of major roadway i- 94, and in canada what is being called a bomb blizzard dumped some 12 feet of snow on newfoundland and labrador. a new success for spacex happened after an unmanned rocket lifted off from the kennedy space center in florida today. the mission: to test whether a crew can abort and escape safely after liftoff. here is meg oliver. >> liftoff. >> reporter: it was a ride designed to fail.

under hazy blue sky the spacex crew dragon lifted off carrying astronaut test dummies, but about 84 seconds into flight the falcon 9 rocket shut down its engines as planned simulating an emergency. the escape system blasted the crew capsule away from the rocket at more than twice the speed of sound, escaping an explosion, parachutes brought it to a safe splashdown in the atlantic. >> as far as we can tell so far, it is a picture perfect mission. it went as well as one could possibly expect. >> reporter: it was the last major test for spacex. they need to know astronauts can a abort and escape safely before they can fly them into space. >> getting it done successfully which appears to be the case was a big step forward for spacex and for nasa. >> reporter: boeing is also part of this new american space race. but last month they failed to dock their ship with the space station during an uncrewed flight test. nasa needs both companies to succeed. >> both of these companies will be launching regular crew rotation flights to the station

starting later this year ending nasa's sole reliance on russia's soyuz space craft. >> spacex could launch later in spring. meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >> villafranca: still ahead on "cbs weekend news," plight of the penguins: how antarctica's melting ice is proving disastrous for the species. plus a winter wonderland that lures millions into the icy cold, and decades after he left the battle field, a world war ii veteran gets an overdue honor.

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that heat. roxana saberi is reporting on tonight's eye on earth the results. and they are devastating. >> reporter: even by antarctic standards elephant island is hard to reach. but we traveled there to join scientists from stonybrook and north eastern university. they're counting penguins. why count penguins? >> they come back to same place to nest every year, which means we can really keep tabs on their population. >> reporter: these researchers working with environmental activists from green peace are keeping particularly close tabs on chinstrap penguins. and they're finding that things here are getting worse fast. so far they're seeing a decline of more than 60% in this island's chinstraps. since the last survey 50 years ago. these penguins don't seem bothered by us. their natural predators come from the air and the sea. but scientists say with temperatures rising faster here than most of the rest of the world, manmade climate change is a threat to their survival. temperatures in the antarctic peninsula have soared by over 5 degrees in five decades while

chinstrap numbers have dropped across the region. one theory is shrinking ice is also shrinking the food supply, shrimp like creatures called krill. >> why should people care about what is happening? >> penguins give us a window into the health of our global ocean, really. the global ocean is something humans rely on across the planet. >> reporter: researchers say the plight of these penguins send a signal far beyond this remote land, a warning that our rapidly changing climate will affect us all. roxana saberi, cbs news, elephant island, antarctica. >> villafranca: still ahead on the cbs weekend news, castles carved from ice saluted by thousands of snowmen. an ice festival unlike any an ice festival unlike any other. next. . hustling through the hurt. asking for science not sorrys. our time

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>> villafranca: finally tonight ernest hemmingway defined guts as grace under pressure. a fitting description for a massachusetts man whose remarkable courage more than 70 years ago has led to an overdue honor. here's don dahler. >> reporter: peter fantasia has spent his 103 years thinking of himself as an ordinary american. just living a good life. >> he was the one you went to. he was the one that helped out the neighbors. >> reporter: but fantasia proved anything but ordinary when terrifying night in france when the young army medic was crouching in his fox hole as german artillery shells burst all around him. >> god chose me to do the job. so my feet take me the hell out of my hole. i went from one hole here, give them medicine, shot, bandages. >> reporter: we don't know how many lives he saved that night. we do know the next day the germans captured him. he spent the next six months as a p.o.w.

>> reporter: didn't make any big deal about it. >> no, still doesn't, still doesn't. >> reporter: the family was surprised to learn that in addition to a silver star for valor, fantasia was entitled to never received.at >> what he did in his life before us, it's breathtaking. >> do you want me to pin these on you? >> reporter: so last monday after more than seven decades, technician third grade peter fantasia was finally given the honors he deserves. >> thank you again. (applause) >> reporter: he still doesn't know what all the fuss is about. >> god took care of me, made me do the job. that's it. >> reporter: but his kids say if you ask this father, grandfather, great grandfather, great great grandfather what he is proudest of, it's one thing. >> family. >> uh-huh, the family. >> us. >> reporter: don dahler, cbs news, redding, massachusetts.

that's the cbs weekend news for members of the holy trinity lutheran church and sent karlos reactivating threats of violence this week thanks. i feel grateful that he was taken into custody. that we know the source of the threats. as i have said to the president you are impeached forever. plus house speaker nancy pelosi rallies a hometown crowd in san francisco ahead of the presidents impeachment trial. 49 are faithful in a frenzy tonight as the red and gold tried to punch their ticket to super bowl liv. good evening. we have team reporters

covering the game right now from san francisco to santa clara. we will check in with them throughout the newscast. stepped up security at a peninsula church after a pastor allegedly threatened to open fire on the congregation. and sent karlos where worshipers didn't let uncertainty stand in the way of sunday services.>> reporter: it has been a rough week for the holy trinity lutheran church in san carlos: the presence of the san mateo county sheriff deputy is no coincidence. according to investigators today was the day pastor paul michelson threatened to bring a gun here and shoot church members. deputy parked outside during the service to bring some small measure of peace of mind. it has been a shocking and sad time this last week. getting letters like this is upsetting.>> reporter: the sheriff's office said michelson dropped off four letters between january 7 and 16th detailing plans to shoot members of the church