minute. the u.s. needs something. cut the netherlands lead in tonight, weather trouble. the west gets hit by back-to-back storms, blinding snow, high winds, and waves of rain. the messy weekend ahead in several states. also tonight, final pitch. georgia's senate runoff down to the wire. >> i'm nikole killion in atlanta where it's almost gameday in the u.s. senate race. what the candidates are doing to score with voters before tuesday's runoff. help wanted. president biden cheers the latest jobs report. what it means for the prices you're paying.e u. air fevls

up owdown theutch there usa. we're in qatar. but in chicago, a historic victory for a rookie head coach on the college field. and later, a diplomatic coup for the beloved baguette. why it may be more french an even the eiffel tower, and now it's a global treasure worth protecting. >> announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. it is not winter yet, but it sure looks like it across parts of the west this weekend. for millions, it's round two of storms. this is seattle tonight. snow flurries are making roadways slick and travel potentially treacherous. more snow and lots of rain are forecast. this on the heels of another potent storm that's sweeping the east. we get more now from cbs' danya

bacchus. >> reporter: today whiteout conditions in loveland, colorado, as a powerful storm swept through the state making driving dangerous. the snow with high winds forced some roads to shut down. those gusts also triggering massive dust clouds and blue tumble weeds across streets. outside portland, oregon, this highway was closed after rain sent mud and rock onto the pavement. the debris filling at least ten big rigs. the roadway remains closed tonight. as this storm blows out of the pacific northwest, a second blast of snow, rain and wind is moving in. the snow piling up in the sierra nevada. 24 inches of snow thursday alone. >> trying to get all the firewood right outside the front door, you know, a little bit inside. make sure the blower has gas. >> reporter: the cold front is sweeping east, expected to drop temperatures to the atlantic coast. it is sunny in los angeles now, but rain is expected tomorrow. adriana, that fresh sierra

snowpack will help replenish california's reservoirs when it melts. a much-needed step to help battle the drought. >> danya bacchus, thanks. we turn now to the critical en raphael for the senate in ware making their final pitches to voters this weekend ahead of tuesday's vote. cbs's nikole killion is in atlanta. nikole. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. tonight senator raphael warnock is teaming up with jon ossoff. they both run the runoff back in 2021. this is one of several events that warnock is doing this weekend. he has been out rallying voters to deliver one more time and give him a full term. gop challenger herschel walker says it's time for change. the georgia football star tailgated with supporters at the s.e.c. championship game where his alma mater, uga, took on lsu. the focus is on driving people to the polls now that early

voting has ended. more than 1.8 million georgians have already cast their ballots and the state broke a record for the single biggest early voting turnout on friday. even though this race won't affect the balance of power in the senate, voters tell me it does matter to them whether democrats can pick up an extra seat to add to their majority or whether republicans can hold the line at 50-50. adriana. >> nikole killion, thank you. president biden is overseeing a job market that by most measures any white house would celebrate. unemployment remains near a 50-year low. that's also raising new concerns. cbs' skyler henry is at the white house with more. >> reporter: good to see you. the latest numbers from the labor department show that the american workforce is resilient, but the numbers also reveal that the federal reserve has its work cut out to fight back against inflation. it's a winning weekend for president biden, signing a bipartisan bill into law friday

preventing a nationwide rail strike that would have knocked the u.s. economy off track. >> it was the right thing to do at the moment. to save jobs, to protect millions of working families from harm and disruption, and to keep supply chains stable around the holidays. >> reporter: also friday, the labor department released better-than-expected jobs numbers, with the u.s. adding 263,000 jobs. news president biden says shows that the country is moving in the right direction. >> wages for working families, in fact over the last couple of months have gone up, up. these wage increases are larger than the increases in inflation during that same period of time. >> reporter: but the wage hike will likely mean interest rates will be higher for longer, as the federal reserve looks to tamp down inflation. >> do you need help finding anything? >> reporter: employers efforts to boost paychecks are the latest pitch as the labor force continues to shrink for the third straight month. economist jonathan wright.

>> although wages are going up, real wages, wages adjusting for inflation, have been flat to down. and i think that will -- that will be a crimp on consumer spending this holiday season. >> reporter: with inflation impacting everything from groceries to gifts and other gadgets, the price spikes are now putting americans at a spending crossroads in the coming weeks. this week federal reserve chair jerome powell said the demand for workers far exceeds the supply of those available to work and that is for a multitude of reasons, including those who may beside lined because of covid-like symptoms to retirement-age workers leaving the workforce. chairman powell says that those workers account for more than 2 million of the 3.5 million labor shortfall altogether. >> that's really interesting, skyler henry, thank you. an air force project long under wraps is a secret no more. in a display fit for hollywood,

the pentagon showed off the new long-range b-21 radar in palmdale, california, last night with rising tensions with china, north korea and russia. >> the b-21 raider is the first strategic bomber in more than three decades. it is a testament to america's enduring advantages in ingenuity and innovation. >> the first flight test is expected next year. tonight there are new concerns about the state of mental health among servicemen and women in the navy. in the wake of four apparent suicides. cbs' david martin spoke with one of the affected families. >> reporter: another outbreak of navy suicides. four sailors listed as apparent suicides in less than a month, all assigned to the same command in norfolk, virginia. >> i am furious right now. >> reporter: robert decker says his son, cody, had been depressed because of a toxic leader in his previous command. >> the military has got to wake

up. they have got to change. i just want resources for these sailors. and i want leadership. >> reporter: after the first two deaths, the navy ordered a mental health standdown and brought in the president of a nonprofit counseling service who delivered a grim report to the navy. >> they had definitely made them aware of how inundated our clinical team was with the hopelessness that was happening at that command and how many other people stepped forward and expressed that they also had suicidal ideation within the past year from being at that command. >> reporter: the command, which is assigned to repair ships on the east coast, includes 1,200 sailors. about 500 of whom are on limited duty status for various reasons, icluding pregnancies, injuries and mental health problems. >> we know that these people have higher needs right now. they're in a higher stress situation. >> reporter: a third apparent

suicide occurred the same day as the mental health standdown and a fourth this past weekend. earlier this year after three crew members of the aircraft carrier george washington committed suicide in a single week, the navy vowed a new focus on suicide prevention. >> i believe that it's band-aids over gaping bullet hole wounds. i think we're slapping on a quick fix. >> reporter: each of these latest deaths is now under investigation by local police and the navy has launched a separate investigation to determine if there is any link or common cause among them. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. help is available for anyone in need 24 hours a day. call 988 to reach the national suicide and crisis lifeline. it's free and confidential. today in california, defense secretary austin accused russia of, quote, deliberate cruelty in its war in ukraine and intentionally targeting civilians. fighting has been especially

fierce in ukraine's east, in and around the now liberated city of kherson. >> reporter: a small gesture that for those here feels monumental. the ukrainian flag flies once again over the liberated village. inside the mayor's office and the signing of another flag, proudly displaying the insignia of ukraine's 28th mechanized brigade. the very unit credited with getting it back from moscow's iron fist. this is the village mayor. >> what was it like for you to come back to a village that you were born in? >> reporter: it all happened so suddenly, he says. we still can't believe we've been liberated. there's a nearby airfield that was captured after the start of russia's invasion and quickly became not only one of the most important battlefields but a

potent symbol of ukrainian resistance. inspiring social media memes celebrating the defiance to russia's military might. >> welcome to hell. >> reporter: moscow forced into a humiliating retreat just weeks ago. a retreat these soldiers helped make happen. >> shall we go inside? that's how you keep warm. >> reporter: they have now taken over this former russian lookout. back outside and the soldiers tell us the cold and the mud haven't dampened their spirits, with him saying winter is coming, but we are ready for it. ukrainian forces will need to stay ready, with presidnt zelenskyy warning russia is planning a major attack any day now. >> thank you so much. tonight fireworks over the

west bank city of bethlehem. that was just part one of the festivities as a christmas tree was lit outside of the church of nativity. and here in chicago, a special delivery on the shores of lake michigan. the coast guard's christmas ship began unloading christmas trees down a chute one by one. grown in michigan, they are destined for 1200 families who get their trees for free. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, team usa meets its match at the world cup. the latest from doha. and hawaii's long-running light show now headed for the road. and later, the endangered french baguette gets protected status.

today fans reacted to team usa's first goal, as they met the dutch. but america's dreams of victory were dashed. for fans of the young team, the

party is over. still, there are reasons to cheer. cbs' roxannea sabari in is doha >> reporter: with the dutch scoring twice in the first half, the americans fought to overcome teir opponent's early lead. finally regaining hope in the 76th minute. >> pulisic running into the middle, a touch. >> reporter: but in the end, it wasn't enough. >> the netherlands 3, the united states 1. >> obviously disappointed in the result, but really proud of team usa. >> reporter: the americans knew they were the underdogs. >> we had a young team, a core, and they're going to keep getting better. >> reporter: fans say they're proud of how these men, captained by 23-year-old tyler adams -- >> there's so muchnani ast black people in america. >> reporter: represented the u.s. on this global stage. >> you know, there's

discrimination everywhere you go. in the u.s., we're continuing to make progress. >> tyler adams, that's who i want my kids to look up to. >> why? >> they're better than our politicians at home. >> reporter: team usa leaves behind a world cup that kicked off with controversy over the host qatar, its treatment of migrant workers who built the stadiums, and its criminalization of same-sex relations. but many americans, like ed ball and his wife, sarah, from seattle, say they're happy they came, combining soccer, ritual, where they could in this muslim nation, and new cultural experiences. >> so you've been to two world cups before. >> yes. >> how does this one compare? >> we love it. the people have been great. >> reporter: and in four years, fans from around the world are coming to the united states for the next world cup. that's where we are likely to see some of the young american stars we got to know here.

roxanne sabari, do historic vicy today in salem, virginia. >> new chicago wins its first national championship in men's soccer. >> jewel ann sich shut out williams college. the final score 2-0. now to college volleyball and this incredible play. that's houston's kate gorgiatis leaping over the table to keep the ball alive and then she jumped back in to help win that point against south dakota. that is commitment. houston won the game and advances in the ncaa tournament. still ahead on the cbs weekend news, the spectacle and sacredness of the eruption of hawaii's mount aloa.

tonight the world's largest

volcano is still spewing lava. this video captured last night. so far no homes are threatened but lava could eventually reach a major highway on the big island, that's speeding spectators to the site. cbs' jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: as lava from mauna loa continues to yield spectacular images, the spewing out has slowed considerably. >> at this point we're only dealing with one active fissure, which is fissure 3. >> reporter: the only current threat is the main highway that crosses hawaii island. the flows are now less than three miles away, clearly visible, but they're oozing less than 50 yards per hour, meaning it takes about two hours just to move the length of a football field. geologists say it could take a week, if at all, before the lava reaches the highway. there is also luck. >> there is no imminent threat to residents on the west side or south side of the island at this time. >> reporter: if the eruption took a different path, the city

of hilo could have been in the bu bull's-eye. native hawaiians are paying their respects. the eruption has at times sent lava hundreds of feet up into the air. nobody knows when it will stop at this point and what damage, if any, it could cause. five days into the eruption of the world's largest active volcano, the lava, much less of a threat and more of a treat. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, hawaii. still to come on the cbs weekend news, a terrifying animal attack caught on door cam video. that's next.

. hospitals around the country are sounding the alarm, as flu

cases surge. 45 states as well as washington, d.c., new york city, and puerto rico are reporting widespread or high flu activity. the cdc warns hospitalizations haven't been this high this early in the season in over a decade. covid infections and hospitalizations are also, again, on the rise. now to a terrifying coyote attack recorded by a doorbell camera. we want to caution, this video is disturbing, but the 2-year-old girl is okay. it happened in the los angeles neighborhood of woodland hills. the coyote grabbed the girl by the leg but her father acted quickly to chase it away. the little girl was treated for bites and scratches. when we return, why the crusty baguette is on the rise tonight.

finally tonight, an iconic french bread has been granted a special status by the united nations. for bakers in france, it's the

best thing since, well, sliced bread. here's ian lee. >> reporter: the iconic baguette has been bread into french society and culture since first coming out of the oven 200 years a ago. now some good news is putting a smile on french bakers faces. it has something to brag about. it's risen to unesco heritage status. the french bakers confederation raised a toast at the official announcement on wednesday. the baguette follows us through life, he says. when a baby is teething, parents him the tip of the baguette to chew on. when the child grows up, he can go buy one on his own. despite its new upper crust status, the baguette is simply made with flour, water, salt and yeast. it's not just tossing ingredients together and popping

it in the oven, by strict rules, a baguette can't be a baguette unless it's 30 inches long and 8 ounces. it's the bread that goes well with everything, as sandwiches, with sauce. it's extraordinary, this baker says. france rolls out about 16 million baguettes a day. but life has been pretty crummy for french bakeries, with more than 400 closing over the last 50 years. she says we need bakers, we need bakers who love their job and who have this know-how. unesco's declaration was much needed because, let's face it, it's the yeast they could do. ian lee, cbs news. >> that is the cbs weekend news for this saturday. first thing tomorrow, sunday morning with jane pauley followed by "face the nation" with margaret brennan. i'm adriana diaz in chicago. good night.

live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> with the lightning, i think it's been -- >> yep, fog and light rain. cold and wet. how long will it last? >> mask mandate may be back as the triple endemic ways on. a local expert weighs in. why the chinese government is fighting former nba star and bay area native, jeremy lin. >> i just want to help out. powerful story of giving back. how one volunteers past is helping her find a better future for bay area finding families. wet and cold saturday night

, i am brian hackney. let's start with a light look outside. evening rain moving in right now. the rain causing problems on the roads with reports of 280 being flooded and drivers hydroplaning there. >> it's percent and. >> just today, in the last 12 hours. that is enough to cause some of the problems on the road. we are right on the verge of where this is kind of the rain to help but not cause too many headaches. he does advisories and warnings we've gone on the roads. is slowing the drive down. we take a look at first alert doppler you can see there's plenty of green on here. it's been the focus of south bay for much of the afternoon. now as we get into the evening, we are going to see the rain start to shift a little bit. that's the drive going up and down 880. coming right through the east bay shoreline. look at the northbay

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