thank you for watching. we will be back at 6:00 for the news. we always have updates available on our website. >> battiste: tonight: bernie's big win. nevada puts sanders in the drivers seat on the road to 2020. >> we have now won the nevada caucus. >> battiste: also tonight: president trump heads to india with a parting shot at sanders and democrats. >> you know the democrats are treating bernie sanders very unfairly. >> battiste: new corona virus cases flair as fears mount outside china. daredevil "mad" mike hughes is killed in a rocket made mostly of spare parts. a former zamboni driver takes the ice as an emergency goalie, becoming a hockey hero. final farewell: a moment of music units the basketball world.

and, salute to a super school, preschoolers join a classmate in the fight of her life. /this is the cbs weekend news. >> battiste: good evening, i'm nikki battiste. anrnie sanders is surging after a traccoker pollmm shows sanders gaining on joe biden in south carolina. the former vice president holds the top spot with 28% but sanders isn't far behind. another cbs news poll found two out of three voters believe president trump will be re- elected. here's nikole killion.>> reporte sanders continued his victory after winning the jackpot in nevada. >> we won the nevada caucus.

( cheers and applause ) and don't tell anybody, cause these folks get very, very agitated and nervous. we're going to win here in texas. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: as the surging frontrunner looked toward supertuesday-- >> i think it's going to be bernie and me. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden focused on the more immediate task at hand. >> the african-american community in south carolina can make a judgment about who the next president of the united states is going to be. >> reporter: shoring up african- american support in south carolina where sanders appears to be gaining. >> bernie sanders, can you stop him? o> i told i, i'm not goi ayt tknplows , gait w is nomett who i stop, it's why i am running. >> reporter: veteran congressman jim clyburn hasn't endorsed a candidate yet but cautioned that the sanders nomination may not play well in his home state. >> south carolinians are pretty

leery about that title socialist. >> reporter: former south bend mayor pete buttigieg kept up his swipes on sanders. >> i respect my friend senator sanders. about are ideals we all i believe the ideals he talks about are ideals we all share. but i also believe that the way we will build the movement to defeat donald trump is to call people into our tent, not to call them names online. >> reporter: here in nevada buttigieg is challenging saturday's caucus results. his campaign sent a letter to the state party claiming irregularities and asking it to release more data but a democratic spokesperson tells me it has no plans to change its reporting process, nikki? >> battiste: nikole, thank you. anthony salvanto is cbs news director of election and surveys. anthony, coming off a big win in nevada, it looks like sanders is closing the gap with biden in south carolina. what is behind that? >> well, nikki, a big part of that is closing the gap with african-american voters who make up most of the democratic electorate there. joe biden used to have a large

lead with black voters. now both bernie sanders and businessman tom steyer have cut into it. that comes amidst both of them being seen along with joe biden as being attuned to the concerns of black voters and across the wider electorate growing doubts about whether joe biden can ultimately win the nomination. nikki. >> battiste: anthony, we have a big debate coming up on tuesday. what are voters saying about how much that will matter? >> it matters a lot. first of all two thirds of democrats say they are going to watch the debate. we saw them give elizabeth warren the highest ratings for being impressive in the last debate. we'll see what happens going forward. now, mayor mike bloomberg is in this debate, he is not on the ballot in south carolina. his debate performance last time wasn't rated as highly. a lot of pressure all around, nikki. >> battiste: certainly a lot of pressure and no doubt millions will be watching. anthony, thank you. cbs news will cohost the next

democratic presidential debate in charleston, south carolina, that's tuesday at 8 p.m. right here on cbs and on our 24 hour streaming network cbsn. president trump is on his way to india tonight. it is a quick trip lasting just 36 hours. there will be plenty of pomp, even a mega rally. ben tracy is in new delhi. >> reporter: this will be president trump's first visit here to india since he took office. there is not much substance on the agenda but indian prime minister modi got him to come here by promising a big show and a big crowd. as president trump left the white house this morning, up the city in the first stop of his visit. roads and sidewalks have been rebuilt and a wall has gone up to shield the nearby slum from the president's view. the local government calls it a security measure. >> welcome, welcome, welcome donald trump. >> reporter: president trump is

popular here in india anll show from the airport to what is being billed as the world's largest cricket stadium. prime minister modi knew exactly how to convince mr. trump to make the trip. >> we're going to have many millions and millions of people. i hear it is going to be a big event. some people say the biggest event they've ever had in india. >> reporter: it is the indian version of the so called "howdy modi" event the two men staged in houston last year. the leaders of the world's .bogest democracies have formed close ev >> they have been hitting us very hard for many, many years. but i really like prime minister modi. we have to talk a little, we have to talk a little business. >> reporter: india is also big business for the trump organization. and is home to the most trump properties outside north america, including luxury residential and office towers. but the president and first lady will visit a slightly more iconic building, the famed taj mahal at sunset, just a few

hours after they arrive. the president and mrs. trump will then come to new delhi for another welcoming ceremony in a lavish state dinner here at the presidential palace. nikki. >> battiste: thank you, ben. a 5.7 magnitude earthquake at the turkey iran border today killed at least 9 people and hurt 37. teams are searching through the rubble of collapsed buildings looking for survivors. at least three of the dead were ronavirus is spreading fast and beyond china, spikingeo in south korea t .is week in south korea this week. more than 600 people have been infected there, most since tuesday. ramy inocencio is in seoul. >> reporter: the empty streets of daegu, south korea's fourth biggest city, could be the next virna hotpot. s

anxious residents avoiding public spaces have turned the city quieter as health officials try to disinfect and contain the epidemic. just from friday to sunday, the number of infected across south korea nearly tripled. more than half of the from a controversial christian sect known as shincheonji. south korea president moon jae- in singled them out when he declared a red alert raising the country's threat level to the highest possible, giving the government unprecedented power. that could include locking down cities including the capitol seoul if the situation gets worse. and the world health organization has further weighen ic is closing. half a world away in italy the sleepy village of codogno in the north is under lockdown after at least six confirmed cases. while in iran, at least eight people have died. that's raising fears the country is not equipped to handle a potential health crisis after years of crippling u.s. economic sanctions. chinese officials warn the incubation period for the disease could be longer than the 14 days previously thought.

enraouisgh.co ramy inocencio cbs news, seoul. >> battiste: resteranteur b smith has died, barbara elaine smith began her career as a model but was known for her b smith restaurants in new york and washington d.c. she wrote several lifestyle and cook books, b smith was 70. 64 year old "mad" mike hughes was known as a homemade astronaut on a self--financed sto t his d living ou dream.as >> reporter: moments after launching a homemade rocket crashed into the open desert in california saturday. on board mike hughes. it would be the final act of the self-styled daredevil known as mad mike. his mission was to fly to the edge of outer space, to ultimately see whether the earth is flat. >> i am the best hope to prove the flat earth. >> reporter: mad mike spoke to cbs sunday morning in 2018 just a few months after the

successful launch of his first rocket built from spare parts in his garage. he walked away and vowed to fly ed to fly >> the flat earth is like everything else to me, i want people to question everything. >> reporter: flat earthers believe the earth is shaped like a frisbee with the sun and moon rotating around the outer edge. >> i expect to see a flat disk up there. i don't have an agenda. if it's a round earth or a ball, i'm going come down and say hey, guys, i'm bad, it's a ball. >> reporter: one thing mad mike did not deny was the risk he took. in the 2019 documentary "rocket man" mad mike described how he wanted to live, and die. >> we're supposed to come to the end of our lives, not with anything left but everything exhausted. like everything you possibly do. >> reporter: mola lenghi, cbs news, los angeles. >> battiste: new orleans has banned all tandem floats after another deadly mardi gras accident. both people were run over after being trapped between the two floats linked together. more parades are planned before

lent starts wednesday. a dream that had been on ice for most of his life, last night became a reality for a 42 year old former zamboni driver. as meg oliver reports, it lasted 28 spectacular minutes. >> wiped out by his own man. >> reporter: hockey night in canada took a strange turn last night. when both goalies for the carolina hurricanes got hurt playing the toronto maple leafs. with no one on the bench, they tapped on-call emergency net minder 42 year old david ayres, a former zamboni driver and until this moment, only ever a practice goalie. >> according to the reports, the highest level of hockey he has played is junior b which s step below junior a which is aay step below major junior. >> reporter: it was an ugly start for ayres, the league scoring on the first two shots. then everything changed. as if praying for a miracle, the hurricanes rallied around ayres.

soon after the spectacular saves began. everyone knew ayres was making history. >> stopped by david ayres. the carolina hurricanes surround him and to beat the toronto maple leafs. >> reporter: at the end of three periods, victory. >> 40 years ago today was the miracle on ice. >> reporter: ayres is now the first emergency backup to win a game and the oldest to ever play in the nhl. >> time of my life out there. been on this ice many times without fans. you put fans in the mix, it is a whole different game, obviously. but hey, once in a lifetime, i will take it. >> reporter: a moment in time making us all believe in miracles on ice once again. meg oliver, cbs news. >> straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, hitting the right notes to honor kobe bryant. the monumental class project for the unsung rosies of world war ii. ung rosies of world waraching us

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>> battiste: in los angeles are expected to pack the staples center to say a final farewell to kobe bryant. there have been several tributes since his death and that of eight others. but one truly struck a chord, here is danya bacchus. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it may have been the perfect note at the perfect time. cellist ben hong performing at a tribute for nba legend kobe bryant, his daughter and seven others. >> it was unbelievably powerful and it felt like the hairs standing up on the back of my neck. >> reporter: the lakers were about to play for the first time since bryant's death in a city consumed by grief. did you feel a certain sense of responsibility then in your performance? t feeling the love, the sadness,

the grief. >> reporter: hong performed hallelujah while on a video screen in the hushed arena, the words of kobe rang out. >> i just love spending time with my family, just being a husband, being a father, being a goofball, and just having good time with my kids. >> basically it was his essence, what he said about himself and his goal in life and what was important to him. and i had to provide that musical voice. >> reporter: as the assistant principal cellist for the l.a. philharmonic, hong has often performed for thousands but never like this. i noticed as you were playing, you closed your eyes. feeling that i had, and it was the staples center. it was a moment that the city >> reporter: and you were a pa of that. >>es, i am proud to be part of at. >> god, love y hat can i say? oumba out.u hiatl , eon

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>> battiste: some of america's greatest heroes in world war ii never left the u.s. and no one has championed their story quite like a young lady who was born nearly six decades after the war. here again is nikole killion. >> i think women should have a rightful place in washington d.c. >> reporter: 18 year old raya kenney wants to build a monument to the working women of world war ii, better known as the rosies, the women who dawned overalls and want to work as riveters, welders and in other male-dominated jobs during the war. your inspiration was the movie "a league of their own." >> yes. >> reporter: why that movie? >> it was the first time that i had seen women taking a role that a man had held previously. and that a woman had never held. >> there is no crying in baseball! >> the v symbolizes victory. >> reporter: the concept, 20

pillars representing millions of women who worked on the home front during world war ii. >> on each side we have the jobs of the women. >> reporter: raya initially designed the monument for a fifth grade school assignment. you came up with this idea when you were just ten years old. how did you know at that age that this is what you wanted to w>>heat id >> rteeportehar: eveton at t ce. >> even at ten. >> reporter: raya is in touch with one of the surviving rosies. >> there were no women's work clothes, this was the way i dressed. levis, sweatshirt, men's boots. >> reporter: 98 year old phyllis gould lives in california and worked as a welder in a bay area ship yard. ermined toetermined to do it. my husband was totally opposed to it. and the fact that i had a small child complicated matters too. >> reporter: raya and phyllis

have never met in person but they share a common goal. >> it is the absolute perfect finishing part to our story. she is just a determined young woman that, she will get it done too. >> reporter: raya has shown her model to the national park service and congress. >> to see it to where it is today, where i am testifying in front of congress. this is not a quick or easy process but it is an important one. >> people are emailing me about their grandmothers and mothers who worked and it's just bringing together this whole community of people. >> reporter: with the support of d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton she is ready to tackle any hurdles in the way and she still gets inspiration from "the rosies." >> i have to keep this motto in mind, we can do it, there are setbacks, it takes a long time, there is a lot of waiting for things to be done but we can do it. >> reporter: nikole killion, cbs news, washington. >> battiste: next on the cbs weekend news, dress up day takes on a special meaning at one preschool as classmates help a preschool as classmates help a friend.

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>> reporter: riley's mother kaylie manger says the hospital stays and chemo have been a test of strength for her feisty daughter. >> she said "i wish my bones weren't sick anymore" and just fell on the floor. i just hugged her and i said we're going to get through it. >> reporter: to show their support riley's pre-k classmates at the learning experience in north haledon, new jersey, have special dress up days wearing superhero costumes and wild hair and pajamas. they are also helping to raise money for the leukemia and lymphoma society. >> riley! >> say hi. >> reporter: recently riley surprised her classmates and the classmates and the impact she had on them was something to behold. >> you're our hero. >> it was-- >> reporter: it's okay. >> we have missed her so much. >> jessica ellis, the school's director, says the dress up day. abe t teaching e children the beauty and jus ability

they have to impact others. but cancer is still a lot for these young minds to comprehend. these young minds to com >> why? >> because my bones are sick. >> yeah. >> reporter: the mini superhero has explained her treatment and her hair loss to friends. >> she said my hair comes out because of my medicine but it's going to grow back and it will be just as long rapunzel's hair. >> reporter: riley is now in remission but still receiving biweekly chemo treatments. what did you think when you walked in and saw all of them? >> crazy. >> reporter: it was crazy. lead by their very own brave warrior, this community fights on. >> you know when you have that kind of support when you are going through such a hard time, it's priceless. >> reporter: riley, our very own mini wonder woman, she is an inspiration. that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. "60 minutes" is coming up. i'm nikki battiste in new york,

good night. good evening and thank you for g us. tonight the heroes made a harrowing inrescinue. they describe disbelief after locating the elderly couple who had been lost in the wilderness for over a week. >> and then we start here two

people yelling, help loudly and clearly. about 100, 150 feet away. we are confused because at this point they have been out eight back days. >> the 77-year-old carol kiparsky and ian irwin were rescued yesterday filled with vegetation so dense the rescuers couldma keusy it a reflector to show rescue helicopter where they were. missing for eight days after going on a hike near the rental cabin. after time went by the rescuers started to give up her. >> i said several times that everyone seems surprised that they are alive. they are doing good and when they heard that, they were just so confused because it was