habitat. that is it for us tonight at 5:00. we will see you back here at 6:00 for a full hour of news. cs >> duncan: tonight deadly weather on the move. in tennessee record rain sparked flash flooding, trapping people in cars and claiming lives. hail and tornadoes also tearing across the south. the dangerous system now threatening millions in the east. biden's battle. the president targets gop-led voting restrictions while republicans blame him for the migrant surge. >> we are putting in place a plan that i feel very confident about. >> duncan: plus derek chauvin's trial begins in the police killing of george floyd. minneapolis braces while the

world watches. the covid economy, one year later. we check in with some of those impacted. >> when you're laying there in bed at night and you are like are we going to reopen, do we rehire people. >> duncan: and later, soaring success, america's bald eagles escape extinction but their future is still uncertaiain. >> this is the cbs weekend news, from new york, here's jericka duncan. >> dncan: good evening. dangerous weather is ripping across a big swath of the country tonight. itit's also pproving deadldly. at least fourur people have ben killed in n tennessee after torrential rain triggered flash flooding. tornadoes also ripped up several southern states. the system is now impacting the east and millions of people are in the path of the storm. cbs's nancy chen is following it all for us tonight. nancy, good evening.

>> and good evening, jericka. the clean up is under way right now with some 60 million marybs impacted by those deadly storms. this weekend flooding swamped tennessee. water rushing across streets leaviving a schooool bus sub med and cars floating. in nashville the second largest two-day rainfall on record. emergency crews rescuing more than 250 people from vehicles, apartments and houses overnight into sunday morning. >> we have about 251 incidents. it took 600 of our fire personnel to respond to these events. >> a man seen pulling a woman from her sub merged car. the same system sent at least 15 reported tornadoes across four states. one possible twister recorded here crossing the minnesota river. the destruction swift and severe. roofs sheered off, neighborhoods flatenned, trees slicing through homes. >> i really was thanking godough that we was all okay from the

situation especially after seeing the house. >> it comes just two days after a separate system hit new nan georgia where volunteers are finding places for displayed people to stay t is own the 10th ef-4 tornado in 70 years. georgia governor kemp. >> total destruction in many places. >> as quickly as the tornado struck, the clean up begins as crews remove trees, branches and debris. and that same storm system is moving up into the mid at look states with a lower tornado risk but strong gusts still packing a punch. >> nancy chen, thank you. >> president biden's battles with republicans over voting rights and immigration policy show no sign of a truce. cbs's christina ruffini is at the white house with more. good evening. >> good evening, immigration officials say 18,000 migrant children are now in u.s. custody and tonight republicans are putting pressure on the administration to do something about it.

>> before stepping on to air force one this evening president biden side-stepped a question about whether he would be making a visit to the southern border. >> we are putting in place a plan that i feel very confident about. and i don't care what the other guy does. >> earlier today white house communication director kate bettingsfield said the surge of migrants was not due to administration policy. >> this is a cyclical issue. one that president biden has said is unacceptable to him and he's working very quickly to address it. >> the white house is also working to address the controversial new voter law in georgia. >> no crow racism, that is what it is, we have to call it what it is. >> which opponents say is aimed at making it harder for minorities to vote. >> so rather than having the people select their politicians, the politicians are trying to cherry pick their voters. >> the new law does expand early voting days statewide but also enacts stricter i.d. requirements on absentee

ballots, reduces early voting for runoff elections and makes it a crime to deliver food and drinks to people waiting in line to vote. governor brian kemp insists is he trying to restore confidence in the system. >> find out what is in the bill versus just a blank statement that this is jim crow or you know, this is voter suppression or this is racist, because it is not. >> now in addition to voting rights, immigration and let's not forget covid-19, president biden is also expected to reveal his long-awaited infrastructure plan. trillions in new spending this wednesday in pitsburg. jericka. >> duncan: a lot on his plate, christina ruffini, thank you. the cities of minneapolis and st. paul and millions of people across this country are awaiting opening arguments in the trial of former police officer derek chauvin. they are set for tomorrow, more than 10 months after the death of george floyd. cbs's jamie yuccas is there. >> nearly a year after george

floyd died people are still demanding justice, and the city city is once again in the spotlight. >> all right, we have 15. >> it took 11 days to pick 12 jurors and three alternates. there are nine women and six men. of those nine are white. four are black, and two identify as multiracial. it is a surprisingly diverse panel for a county that is about 75% white. >> floyd's death sparked protests here that spread across the country and the world. most were peaceful but minneapolis still bears the scars of the looting and destruction. the area around the courthouse is fortified with fences, razor wire and national guard soldiers. during jury selection the city settled a lawsuit filed by floyd's family for $27 million. >> this is a message that the unjust taking of a black life will no longer be written off as trivial. >> the defense asked for the trial to be moved and delayed but judge peter cahill ruled the

trial would go on as planned. the judge reinstated a third degree murder charge giving prosecutors another option too convict derek chauvin. >> do you feel that he can get a fair trial in minneapolis. >> at this point i do because the jury has been picked. and the jury has maintained that they can be fair and impartial. in terms of change of venue, there is really no place to put this case. everybody knows about i it. you could put this case at a town on the canadian border, and still people would know about it. >> the trial is expected to last as long as a month, drawing out the anxiety that has hungover the city of minneapolis for almost a year. jericka. >> duncan: jamie, thanks. there is progress in the race to vaccinate, as of today nearly 92 million people have received their first dose of the covid vaccine. that is some 27 percent of americans. more than 50 million people are now fully vaccinated. however, 19 states report rising infection.

and there's controversy about the distribution of some shots. cbs's charlie del mar in chicago explains. >> innovative express care won't be giving out covid-19 vaccine any time soon. the city of chicago has cut the clinic off saying it misallocated 6,000 doses meant solely for public school teachers and staff. >> i feal kind of bad, i'm hoping i didn't take a vaccine away from any teacher. >> april cheverette got her first vaccine dose at the clinic but after the mayor and city health commissioner decided to stop supplying it. >> i selfed a text message that my second dose had been cancelled. i was a little bit stressed. >> we saw ongoing irregularities in innovative reporting, requesting an allocation of vaccine supply. >> innovative express care c.e.o. said it was all a misunderstanding and denies any wrongdoing. >> the officials never made it clear to us as a provider that we should be storing vaccines in

refrigerators for people awaiting second doses. this makes no sense to us. >> the innovative express is the second chicago health-care provider in two weeks found to be misusing vaccine doses. loretto hospital on the city's underserved west side is facing backlash for vaccinating the well-connected including staff at chicago's trump tower where a hospital executive who has resigned owns a condo. loretto c.e.o. calls it a mistake and has apologized. the hospital's board says it will continue to investigate. >> i fear that we're going to hear more stories. which is why we pushed pause on giving loretto new first doses. >> other states have also struggled with instances of equitable vaccine programs being abused. in some cases doses meant for those most in need, ended up in the arms of the most powerful. charlie de mar, cbs news, chicago. >> overseas now, the killing of at least 100 protesters in

myanmar is drawing global outrage. at least 100 people were killed by security forces on saturday. it was the deadliest day since the military seized power in a coup two months ago. there was more blood shed today as funerals were held. the u.s. is accusing security forces in myanmar of a quote reign of terror. in egypt that massive cargo ship wedged in the suez canal is still stuck. today more tugboats joined the efforts to free it egypt's president has ordered preparations be made to unload the 18,000 containers on board. the blockage is costing billions in lost trade each day. >> at the vatican today pope francis celebrated mass on this palm sunday, the start of holy week. >> it was the second year in a row that the pope entered st. peter's basilica to a mass congregation. the faithful also celebrated at the church of the holy sepulcher

in injury us lech. the city jesus returned to one week before his crucifixion. sphrait ahead, covid one year later. we check in on people still coping with financial losses. and later soaring again, how these nesting bald eagles are helping to lead a comeback.

>> duncan: march madness will forever be associated with not just basketball but that month in 2020 when covid-19 changed everything. last march we spoke with people about their financial struggles caused by the virus. we checked in with them again one year later. >> i can't believe it's been a year. >> 42 kreer old michelle jararol is a mother of two and fitness trainer in chicago. when we met her in march of 2020 her studio had just shut down. they were able to reopen in july

but her husband who works for a trade show company is still mostly out of work. michelle had to file for unemployment for the first time in her life to help keep a roof over her family's head. >> the mortgage thing is still a really big concern for my family and i. we have been very blessed that our mortgage company gave us forebearance for a full year which has been super helpful in helping to pay for other bills that we have. >> when you did that interview with us and you were like so many other americans trying to figure it out in the moment, week by week, did you expect back then that we would be following up with you a year later and still talking about those same concerns? >> honestly, no. i didn't. i still just can't see the situation that we're in. and i know that i can't be alone. my husband's industry is still not back. and it does concern when will we get back to the level that we

were at before. >> meanwhile in seattle matt bell a 48 year old father of two and small business owner was forced to shut down his car club and restaurant. he was set to expand to dalas last summer and double his staff, instead he had to cut back. >> three years ago we started the private club for car motor enthusiasts and there is a component open to the public which is the restaurant, and derby restaurant, we had to close derby now twice due to restrictions around covid. and it's really been hard. we started out precovid was probably somewhere around 55 employees. right now we have about 20. >> matt, what has been the biggest challenge for you as a business owner in this past year. >> i think our biggest challenge has been trying to predict what to do. when you are laying there in bed at night and are you like okay, are we going to reopen. do we rehire people. some people haven't been impacted at all and have benefited during covid and other people are really suffering st and so are we planning for

economic glory or economic disaster. >> still ahead on the cbs weekend news, this montana town was abandoned by amtrak years ago. now it's hoping for a rail revivaval.

>> duncan: amtrak c.e.o. has a plan for america's rail future. he provided congress his top priorities including more funding, new trains and a return to some old rails. at cbs transportation kor errol barnett reports small towns like deer lodge, montana, are counting on it. >> much has changed in deer lodge, montana, since it lost its amtrak seservice 40 years a. >> we have so many railroad peoplele living here and working here. and there's no job for them in

the railroad now. >> it is gone. >> mayor diana solle watched over time as the population dropped from 5,000 to almost half that. >> this was just such a nice town, a great place to raise your kids. it became a ghost town. >> deer lodge was on amtrak's north coast hiawatha line connecting chicago to seattle. it is just one of more than a hundred places that have lost passenger service. long gone too are visitors supporting the town's old west museum, restaurants or traveling to the rocky and bitterroot mountains. >> this is my heritage. it's my dad and grandpa ran these. >> terry jennings is on a mission to bring passenger rail service back here and across southern montana. >> this is actually where you used to stand and wait for the train. >> he is director of the big sky passenger rail authority, which has a plan and political support. >> it's going to happen. i'm very confident in that.

and i would say, you know, best case, three years. >> in washington d.c., jim mathews, the krea of the rail passengers association is helping. a lobbyist reading the moment. >> president biden's nickname is amtrak joe. how palpable is the sense of optimism now with a president biden in office. >> it is tremendous optimism. we have an entire team of people that have come into washington that are committed to really advancing rail as a practical mode of transportation in this country. >> there are more than 30 proposed new or revived passenger routes between mobile alabama and new orleans, linking pueblo, colorado, to fort collins ththrough denver and atlanta to charlotte to name a few. >> there are plenty of communities that are cut off from the rest of the country. and connecting them, the opportunity exists. >> back in deer lodge elizabeth ross-mckee at the used furniture store has her own vision. >> this block could be a coffee shop, this could be more retail.

this block could be a dropoff daycare center. >> amtrak has been devastated by the pandemic particularly along its busy northeast corridor connecting washington and boston but ridership is returning. and amtrak c.e.o. promises a visionary plan to expand service nationwide is coming. the question is, will there be money to fund it. errol barnett, cbs news, washington. >> duncan: always nice to see those upgrades. next on the cbs weekend news, a special celebration for one of the legegendary tuskegee aiairm.

eye. >> duncan: a spring surprise in the nation's capitol this weekend, toyed the national park service announced cherry trees at the tidal basin had reached peak bloom about a week earlier than expected, sped up by temperatures well above average. >> a very happy birthday to an american hero, tuskegee airman william fauntroy jury turned 95 on friday and today a parade of people honked and waived from their car as they drove past his washington d.c. home. after serving our country, the howard university grad became a civil engineer, an urban planner, part of the team that designed washington's metro subway system. when we come back, awhile life success story that soars.

>> duncan: we end tonight with a historic comeback. america's population of bald

eagles once on the brink of extinction are again taking flight. but with success there's often struggles. cbs's lilia luciano has more. >> like many expectant couples jackie and shadow anxiously await a new addition to their family. from a 150 feet up on this pine tree overlooking california's big bear lake. america's bald eagle population has more than quadrupled in the last decade. but here in the golden state the species is still in endangered. the stakes are high for jackie and shadow who have been protecting their egg for 45 days. >> can you give us a status update. what is the latest. >> at this point it's very unlikely that it would hatch. >> sandy helps run the conservation group friends of big bear valley where she has been watching the feathered pair for years. >> what is the challenge in getting them to hatch. how difficult is it. >> they have to guard them all the time from predators. they have to keep them warm and

incubated the whole time. >> how does it feel when an egg finally hatches. >> you feel joy and excitement about seeing the little chick in the nest. >> a rare triumph this week when two breeding pairs each had triplets thousands of miles apart. in redding, california, liberty and guardian welcomed their third and at the heys nest in pittsburgher in family of five all captivating audiences worldwide. >> jack yea and shadow have enough of a personality. it is almost like they are putting on a live action tv show. people like the entertainment and then they see how much they feel connected to natured and they like the sounds around the nest and the scenes they can see. so it has been making people relax when they are up tight about everything else going on in the world. it gives them a place of solace. >> a symbol of the american spirit soaring once again. lilia luciano, cbs news, los angeles. >> duncan: well, that's the cbs weekend news for this

sunday. later on cbs, "60 minutes." i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks for watching, have a great nig live from the cvs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> we were worried that no one was going to show up and now we are worried too many. young east bay students learn a lesson about the power of communities. a small rally against tate the got a big response. two more bay area counties have good news for wine lovers and baseball fans. welcome to the 80s. at least the parts of the bay area today. we were there. the question is how long will we stay and how much further into the 80s will we go ask i will show you coming up. plus the masks and gloves

that saved countless lives in the pandemic are threatening the health of the ocean. the big cleanup on the bay area coast. the mega move in the south bay and they preserved history by coming it down the road. >> we begin with a live look from our camera high atop the hopkins hotel with not a cloud in sight anywhere in the bay area today other than the fog rolling over the golden gate bridge and you can check out a time-lapse we shot from our sales force tower cam. >> that natural air- conditioning will back off a bit and we are tracking a warming trend in the look ahead. it looks more like early june right now with the beautiful carpet of the marine layer keeping the city relatively cool but if you lived inland, you had no clue there were no clouds and it was in the low