that's it for us at 5:00. we will see you back here at 6:00 tonight. the cbs weekend news is next. captioning sponsored by cbs >> diaz: tonight, storm alert on this last weekend of winter. millions under warnings and advisories as a massive storm moves in. the plows are out, the snow piling up. colorado is bracing for several feet, while tornadoes and thunderstorms threaten the south. also tonight, direct deposit. new covid relief starts appearing in bank accounts as president biden gets set for a victory lap. plus, more states ease restrictions racing to reopen, but could that behavior spark a new wave? vaccine scramble: is it possible, or even ethical, to get leftover shots before it's your turn?late, st. p whowas ho. how he is motivating others to

get back on their feet. >> tada! >> where did you go! >> this is the "cbs weekend news." from chicago, here's adriana diaz. >> diaz: good evening. winter is ending in a furious flurry as it exits this weekend. severe storms, including historic snowfall, are expected in parts of the west. colorado could see several feet. ice and wind have made travel treacherous. in texas, the storms have spun off tornadoes, this one today seen near the town of happy. it's powerful winds flipping over a semi. cbs news meteorologist jeff berardelli is outside the cbs broadcast center in new york with more. jeff, what's the latest? >> reporter: adriana, this is a really dangerous storm. it's going to produce historic snow, as you mentioned. it's also producing, as we speak, tornadoes and some of these are going to be very

strong. so let's start with the radar and show you what's going on. and this system has a warm side with severe weather, and a cold side, with snow. and a lot of heavy snow, in places like denver, and boulder, up to wyoming. and big-time storms with tornadoes in the panhandle of texas. now, over the next 24-48 hours it's going to move very slowly with heavy snow along the front range of the rockies, in wyoming, and colorado. and we're likely to see a lot of snow-- two, three, four feet of snow. where you see the black contours, that's 30-plus inches of snowfall. it could be one of the biggest storms we've seen in about two decades. also, we have severe weather on the eastern side, a lot of warmth, a lot of humidity, and a lot of spin in the atmosphere. the severe weather threat is going to be with us as we head through the evening hours. the whole system will slide to the east and very gradually will weaken overnight tonight. adriana. >> diaz: jeff berardelli, thank you. now to the latest on coronavirus relief. this weekend, some americans are seeing the latest round of

stimulus payments hit their bank accounts. christina ruffini at the white house has more. christina, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. well, president biden is spending his weekend away in wilmington. meanwhile, many americans are going to spend their weekend checking their bank accounts and mailboxes to see if they are got their 1,400 bucks. now that the checks are going out, president biden says he is, too. >> we're going to be traveling the country to speak directly to the american people about how this law is going to make a real difference in their lives and how help is here for them. >> reporter: next week, the president, first lady, vice president, and second gentleman will fan out across the country from nevada to new jersey, to explain to americans what exactly their $1.9 trillion bought. >> this is important to the president personally, having a conversation directly with people about how they can benefit, addressing questions they have. >> reporter: it's a lesson lehest tm of

the biden administration, when the white house missed the messaging on major legislation, like health care and the auto bailout. and democrats lost the house in the midterms. this time, they want to make sure americans, like mariano ramirez gaston know how they got their checks. >> it said $1,400. i was like, what? i was totally surprised, because i was thinking i'm not going to get it. >> reporter: a bartender out of work since the start pandemic, he says the money buys him some breathing room. >> i can use this lump sum for, like, bills here and, you know, not worry about it for, like, a couple of months. >> reporter: it's not a permanent fix. >> oh, no, not at all, not at all. >> reporter: you'd rather be back at work. >> yeah, i miss people, basically. >> reporter: now, unlike previous rounds of stimulus checks, these will not have the president's name in the memo line. the white house says that's because it didn't want to risk cause anything delays in the printing and wanted to get the money out fast. adriana. >> diaz: christina ruffini at the white house.

thank you. a year ago, the u.s. had just over 1,000 coronavirus infections. that's hard to believe. today, we're approaching 30 million. more than 534,000 people have died. but with the vaccine rollout accelerating, more states are rolling back restrictions. danya bacchus in los angeles joins us for the latest on that effort. danya, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. as those states are set to reopen, what's clear is that americans are craving the ordinary. >> hopefully by spring or summer, we're getting back to normal again. >> reporter: los angeles is prepared to welcome back restaurants, movie theaters, and gyms at limited capacity on monday. while minnesota's governor is expanding capacity on its restaurant, bars, and churches. >> normalcy is on the horizon. >> reporter: despite progress in new york city, broadway theaters are expected to remain closed until fall. as restrictions are being lifted, fast-spreading variants still threaten nationwide gains.

>> it's a lot warmer than kansas right now. >> reporter: thousands crowd beaches in the south. in fort myers, florida... >> we're just a lot more relaxed down here, a lot less people wearing masks. >> reporter: and at bike week in daytona beach, people like chris abbuhl from michigan looking for an escape. >> it's nice to get down here and not feel like you're being ordered to do what you want to do. >> reporter: and in san diego, michael mccarthy surprised his 99-year-old vaccinated mother, eileen, at her nursing home, finally able to embrace. >> how you doing, mom? >> i love you. >> it's been so long! >> reporter: they marked the moment with a waltz. >> one, two, three. oe, two, three. >> reporter: so many people have been waiting for moments like that one. even with reopenings, health officials say californians should not let their guard down. adriana. >> diaz: danya bacchus in los angeles, thank you. about 2.2 million shots are being administered every day

now. eligibility varies widely by state, and some have found success skipping the wait list, but is it ethical? cbs' charlie de mar explains. >> do you know what time the last appointments are? >> reporter: the line outside a county-run vaccination site in river grove, illinois, is more than 50 people deep and growing, not a single person here has an appointment, some aren't even eligible, but they all have the same idea... >> just to try to get a vaccine, you know. vaccine,you know, they'll come d let you know if they have any extras or anything. >> reporter: between the limited supply and challenges of signing up for a shot... >> it's difficult. >> reporter: ...to the precise shelf life of the cold-storage vaccines, those waiting in line are hoping for canceled appointments, no-shows, and extra doses that may otherwise end up in the trash. >> we thought to give it a shot. >> reporter: some who decided to chance it have made the hunt for an extra dose a near-daily habit. >> when were you last here? >> i came on tuesday night.

>> saturday and every day this week, except monday. >> reporter: you say if you can get your hands on a shot, get the shot. >> i absolutely believe that the requirement, ethically, is never waste a shot. >> reporter: dr. arthur caplan is director of medical ethics at the n.y.u. grossman school of medicine. >> we spent zero time arguing about what to do with surplus, but where's the county? where is the city? where's government? why aren't we doing this, you know, in an organized way by the public sector? >> reporter: back in line as the sun sets and more than three hours go by... >> hi, guys. we're closed. >> reporter: ...the search for a leftover shot will have to wait another day. >> another day. ( laughs ) >> reporter: charlie de mar, cbs news, chicago. >> diaz: while our covid crisis may be easing, other countries are still struggling. italy warns it's shutting down shops, restaurants, and schools starting monday, at least through easter, as variants cause a new wave of the outbreak

there. and in brazil, t crisis is a catastrophe. cbs' manuel bojorquez reports the worst there may be yet to come ( crying ). >> reporter: the heartwrenching scenes echo daily across brazil. covid is claiming nearly 3,000 lives every day now. cemeteries struggle to keep pace. at hospitals, makeshift and otherwise, healthcare workers fight with dwindling resources. a more-contagious covid variant first detected here and now in 10 states in the u.s. is ravages brazilians old and young alike. >> this new type of strain is much different than the first one that we saw. the death rates are bigger now. >> reporter: hospitals in one city recently ran out of oxygen. desperate family members waited for hours, hoping to fill tanks for loved ones at homhis woman. >> heroter, dly, passed away. i kept in touch with several people who had met in the queue,

and very few of the family members survived. >> reporter: bbc reporter katy watson has watched the crisis unfold for months. so it's not an exaggeration to say that some hospitals in that country are on the brink of collapse. >> there are stories across states that people have been dying waiting for i.c.u. beds. >> reporter: brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has snerd at the pandemic from the start. "stop whining," he recently told the country. dr. mauricio nogueira of sao paulo university says the misinformation is sowing the seeds of despair. >> the next two months will be really, really bad for us. >> reporter: curfews and closures are back in place while only about 2% of brazilians are vaccinated. the mutations, officials warn, do not respect borders. that can threaten progress elsewhere, including the u.s. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, miami. >> diaz: in other news, new york governor andrew cuomo was out of sight today, but he was

seen last night outside the governor's mansion in albany, talking on the phone. several women accused the three-term governor of sexual harassment. so far, he's refusing demands to resign. today marks one year since the police killing of breonna taylor. the black woman who died in a hail of gunfire in a botched raid. thousands gathered in taylor's home town of louisville, kentucky where "say her name" became a rallying cry for justice. marchers also turned out in cities across the country, calling for justice for breonna. to this day, none of the officers involved have faced criminal charges in her killing. a hot mic caught a sports announcer using a racist slur during a high school basketball game in oklahoma. it happened when the team from norman high school knelt during the national anthem thursday night. the announcer, matt rowan, later blamed his remarks on his

diabetes and a blood sugar spike. the local school system has severed ties with him. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," how our covid spending spree is leaving ships and cargo stuck at sea. plus, he grew up in california's farm fields. how this soccer star is now cultivating hope. and later, after covid nearly took his life, this motorcycle cop shares his survival skills.

>> diaz: one side effect of this pandemic year has been a buying boom that's backed up the nation's biggest port in los angeles. dozens of ships are stuck offshore, which they might have eur >> reporter: it's a standstill at sea-- dozens of cargo ships waiting for weeks off the c cal. >> this is the biggest surge that we've seen of imports to the united states ever. >> reporter: port of los angeles director gene seroka

says the number of ships arriving here is up 50% during the pandemic. >> we've been buying more retail goods, home improvement products, and exercise equipment than ever before. >> reporter: dock workers are now moving nearly a million containers through the port every month, and it's still not enough. >> this is the worst i've seen in 40 years. >> reporter: isaac larian is c.e.o. of m.g.a. entertainmant, maker of the wildly popular l.o.l. surprise ask rainbow high dolls. >> we have 445 containers sitting or on the water. >> reporter: it's not a problem of supply. >> we have the merchandise, and if we could send consumers swimming into the ocean to go into the containers to get them, we would do that. >> reporter: and the clock is ticking with easter just weeks away. where are all your easter baskets now? >> it's in the ocean. >> reporter: charlie woo's company, mega toys, moved most of its easter basket production

to china during covid. now those baskets are backed up at the port. how much do you stand to lose? >> millions. >> reporter: the bottleneck is choking businesses up and down the supply chain. in los angeles, long shoremen and women sick with qo qod are adding to the showdown. >> we have to keep managing and squeezing every hour of work here at the port that we can. >> reporter: until then, many businesses will simply have to wait for their ship to come in. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> diaz: still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the young soccer star remembering his roots and determined to give back. .s. soccer.

as a son of a california farmworker, he knows the value of hard, backbreaking work, and now he's sharing his success with those still in the fields. cbs' lilia luciano has the story. >> kept alive by araujo, on to his right foot, fires away, scores! >> reporter: at 19, julian araujo is one of l.a. galaxy's youngest and most-promising players. >> in front as he trickles towards the goal, saved by araujo. >> reporter: soccer is his passion, but it's his compassion for his community that drives this teen. >> i've always wanted my last name to be on the back of a jersey. i've always wanted to be a professional so, player, and now i just want to inspire people. i want to be able to be someone they look up to. >> reporter: wearing his galaxy jersey, julian returned last month to his home town, lompoc, a small california city off the central coast. he came back to give back to farmworker families. the soccer star, with support from the united farmworkers

foundation and galaxy distributed $26,000 worth of food and cash, the gived away fueled by the memory of 'sackbrn heouldt t me. look at me. look where i'm come from. i left very early in the morning, and i'm just getting home. i don't want this life for you guys." >> reporter: what do you want people to know about people like your parents, about immigrants and what they contribute? >> their work shouldn't go unrecognized. they do a lot for us. it's hard on them. it's hard physically, mentally on them because they're-- they're on their knees. they're bending over. i can only imagine what they go through. >> reporter: julian has already done many giveaways. this one alone helped 600 people, and more are in the works. what is it like for you now, seeing little kids like yourself wearing your jersey with your name? >> it's a blessing. i don't-- it's crazy. i don't even have words to tell you. >> reporter: along with the necessities, a note, thanking those in the field for working with your hands, your mind, and

your heart. >> i'm sure he's an inspiration to a lot of young kid, and especially to a lot of immigrant families. >> yes, he does have a lot of small kids, you know, looking forward. i hear and see families saying, "now we see that dreams can come true if you just work hard." >> reporter: a hometown hero cultivating and harvesting hope. lilia luciano, cbs news, los angeles. >> diaz: next on the "cbs weekend news," the grammys. the music world is ready to celebrate after a grueling year.

in space. those are astronauts victor glover and michael hopkins today

outside the international space station some 250 miles above earth. the pair spent more than six talk aboutk. eded tomorrow's 63rd grammy awards will be like none before. the show will move outdoors in the l.a. convention center. there will be live and remote performances. beyonce has nine nominations -- no surprise there. she could win the most agreements of any artist in history. you can, of course, watch the show tomorrow night right here on cbs. when we return, the covid survivor who was hours away from death motivating others to pull through. ( applause ) ( cheering )

one year since covid was declared a pandemic, we end tonight with the story of a man who nearly lost his life to the virus last april and has spent this year helping others recover. the eerie quiet of covid this

year was sometimes interrupted by this... pep rallies for recovered patients like dave tenorio. a st. louis motorcycle cop who leads parades with pizazz. ( applause ) jeremy leidenfrost is his doctor at st. luke's hospital. what did you think when he stood up from his wheelchair and the crowd went wild? >> i thought oh, gosh, i hope he doesn't fall ( laughs ). >> o'donnell: when tenorio was hospitalized, covid had just been declared a global pandemic and still felt foreign. >> this alien would walk into my room in p.p.e. gear, and i'm just wondering, what is going on? i didn't really fully understand that. that. >> o'donnell: he'd been put on a high-risk machine that takes over heart and lung function, called ecmo, that roughly 40% of covid patients don't survive. the combat veteran had to relearn how to walk. now he pays it forward as a ment mentor to six others.

josh miller was on ecmo for 60 days, so weak he could barely move his fingers. >> dave comes in and he tells me about his experience and his road to recovery, and here he, is a year later, and he's doing great. >> diaz: dave, are you okay? >> no, i'm just... ( sighs ) uhm, very emotional to know that i was able to help this young man out. >> this is the result! no walker! >> it's been very healing for me as well. >> he basically gives them a light at the end of the tunnel. ( applause ). ( cheering ) >> diaz: have you seen an increase in physicaleco after dave comes to visit? >> absolutely. >> diaz: the power of paying it forward. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. don't forget, most of us spring an hour ahead in the morning. i'm adriana diaz, in chicago. good night.

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