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rides and bounce houses and of course santa made an tonight, breaking news in one of the deadliest terror attacks targeting americans. nearly 34 years after pan am flight 103 was blown out of the sky the accused bomb maker now set to appear in a u.s. court room. >> this was an attack against america and it's only right it be prosecuted in the united states. also tonight wild weather. a big storm crashes into the west, deep snow, torrential rain making travel treacherous. the system now set to sweep across the country threatening blizzard conditions and even tornados. plus battle for ukraine. >> in ukraine where despite russia's bombing campaign many defiant ukrainians refuse to
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leave their homes. plus splashdown. nasa's historic artemis mission ends with a successful return to earth. keystone cleanup, a pipeline rupture in rural kansas sparks environmental concerns. with the flu and covid surging could masks make a comeback? we'll get a checkup. and finally tonight a sweet treat from colorado. meet the woman improving lives one caramel apple at a time. >> there's no calories in an apple when you do it for charity. this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening, and thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin with a major break in one of the deadliest acts of international terrorism. tonight a former libyan officer accused of making the bomb that brought down the pan am flight 103 over scotland is now in custody.
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it happened december 21, 1988. the jim jumbo jet was flying from london to new york. 259 people onboard and 11 on the ground were killed. cbs' christina ruffini in washington with more on the suspect. good evening. >> good evening, juku. the fact the suspected bomb maker is now in u.s. custody marks a major milestone in a prosecution that has been going on for decades. >> a quiet night in a scottish village shattered. >> reporter: this was the aftermath of the bomb stashed in the luggage compartment of pan am flight 103 four days from christmas. among the victims 35 students from syracuse university returning home after a semester abroad. >> no amount of time or distance will stop the united states and our scottish partners from pursuing justice in this case. >> reporter: two years ago the justice department brought charges against the man they say built the bomb, a libyan
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national. last month he was reportedly detained in libya leading to speculation he'd be handed over to u.s. authorities to stand trial. now the justice department says he's in u.s. custody. the 1988 bombing was the deadliest mass murder in british legal history bringing the threat of international terrorism to the global consciousness. attempts to prosecute those responsible for the attack has been a decades long multinational battle. one other man, an alleged libyan intelligence officer, was convicted for his involvement in the bombing. he maintained his innocence until his death in 2012. >> he just loved life. he loved his family. >> reporter: kara lost her brother 34 years ago. >> the fact the united states has custody of the alleged bomb maker is -- it's huge. it's a gigantic step.
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>> and jericka the suspect is expected to appear in u.s. district court here in d.c. as soon as tomorrow. let's turn now to a monstrous storm to start off the week. it slammed into california today with 7 inches of rain and triggered whiteout conditions in some areas of the mountains. it's now set to sweep east with warnings it could deliver blizzard conditions to the plains and even life threatening tornados in the south. cbs' donya backus is covering it all. >> reporter: good evening to you. this is only the beginning of the blockbuster storm with california joining more than a dozen other states under a winter weather alert. the powerful cross-country storm dumping snow throughout the sierra nevada, with up to 6 inches an hour. winds causing dangerous white out conditions on roads, spurring avalanche warnings and whipping lifts at ski resorts. heavy rains also pummeling the golden state, knocking out power, downing trees, and triggering newea o
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in neighboring orange county a swiftwater rescue this morning at a rain swollen river. crews hoisted the man to safety. as california's storm system moves east, a rare weather phenomena in iowa, thunder snow. the storm set to impact much of the country with blizzard conditions expected from colorado to minnesota with thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the south. >> while the storm is bringing much needed rain and snow, california reservoirs are just over half full, not enough yet to pull the state out of its historic drought. jericka. >> important to note. thank you. tonight the ukrainian city of odesa is in the dark. 1.5 million people in the city are without heat and electricity after russian drones hit two power plants this weekend. fighting also rages in the country's east.
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>> reporter: the sound of war crackles across the streets as russian forces lay waste to the eastern city once home to 70,000. a small group of civilians still living here tell a passing ukrainian soldier, we'll still be here when you liberate us. such defiance amid such devastation is a feeling alexander knows well. he's from northwest of kyiv which was brutally occupied by russian forces early in the war. and this apartment building was once his home and is now unlivable. so you were in the building when this happened? we were sheltering in the basement and the building started shaking, he says. it was terrifying. he takes us inside the apartment he used to share with his mother, a place they both called home since 1975. how do you feel seeing it like this?
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>> no cry, i smile. >> reporter: i try not to cry, he says. i try to smile and hope for a new life, a new home. in the shadows of his apartment building is one of the latest works by renowned graffiti artist banksy of a ukrainian child defeating vladimir putin at judo. a defeat so many across this war ravaged country are fighting so hard for. cbs news, kyiv, ukraine. well, today a successful splashdown for nasa's artemis 1 moon mission ship. the uncrewed orion capsule was guided into the pacific ocean about 350 miles south of san diego. the 25-day test flight cost billions, but the payoff, astronauts could be next.
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cbs's mark straussman has more. >> reporter: a home coming splashdown, the first of many that nasa imagines in its lunar dreams. >> orion is in great shape. >> reporter: recovery teams pulled the orion capsule from the pacific. >> i don't think any one of us could have imagined a mission this successful. >> reporter: 25 days ago nsa launched the artemis 1 test flight. in all a 1.4 million mile lunar round trip. from deep space orion beamed back spectacular imagery of the twice the capsule flew within 80 miles of the moon. the mission's biggest test came during sunday's return. orion slammed into the earth's atmosphere at 25,000 miles per hour. the heat shield had to hold up against temperatures of 5,000 degrees, half as hot as the surface of the sun. >> we're going to look at the data very carefully, but i would say very happy with what we've seen so far on the heat shield. >> reporter: sunday's splashdown 50 years to the day after another landing. >> contact. >> reporter: apollo 17 touching down on the lunar surface.
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>> houston, the challenger has landed. >> reporter: the last time humans moon walked. nasa wants to return with the artemis program, a crewed test flight around the moon in 2024, a moon landing later this decade. >> it is the beginning of the new beginning, and that is to explore the heavens. >> reporter: a new era in moon voyaging just moved one test flight closer. mark straussman, cbs news, atlanta. to kansas now where there's a rush to repair and cleanup a ruptured part of the keystone pipeline. it's the largest onshore spill in nearly a decade. >> reporter: images from the family farm in washington county, kansas show a slick of crude oil coating their land. >> we know we have pasture grass that's black that will probably have to be removed. >> reporter: the pipeline
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ruptured 20 miles south of the nebraska-kansas state line last week. the owner shut it down after 588,000 gallons poured into a local creek. the same company abandoned plans for a larger keystone xl pipeline last year after president biden canceled a permit. environmentalist bill mckiben says the type of oil that keystone carries could make the cleanup effort more complex. >> it'll be many, many years and many, many millions of dollars before it's even close being remediated.tobeing remed being remediated. >> reporter: the epa says no drinking water wells were affected and oil removal efforts will continue into next week. for her family time is crucial. >> our family's worked hard to be good stewards of the land, so we just -- we want to do whatever we can to restore it. >> reporter: generations of her family's history now at stake. elise preston, cbs news, new york. well, a surge in covid, the
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flu, and respiratory illnesses has been straining hospitals with the holidays fast apprchthe cdticken 13 min amera, sent 120,000 to the hospital, and caused 7,300 deaths. we think it's a critical time to check in with our cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus. as you know health officials in new york and even california are recommending indoor masking. what are your thoughts on that? >> so they're recommending, they're not mandating indoor masking. and what we're seeing is a 50% increase over the last several weeks of both the flu as well as covid-19 with the stabilization of rsv. and so we have to use caution. when hospital beds start to fill up, that's when masking starts to get recommended, and in both l.a. and new york you're seeing significant increase in hospitalizations. and in many hospitals elective cases are being canceled, and so in that case we have to recommend masks.
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>> so it helps to protect us, but does masking impact our immunity? >> well, over the last three years we've been masked and we've been exposed to no viruses, and so because of that it is a very bad flu season as well as rsv especially in children and the elderly. so going forward we have to protect ourselves. that is the flu vaccine, and there will be an rsv vaccine announced in the next several months. >> dr. agus, we thank you. and you can go to paramount plus for the checkup with our dr. agus. history was made in los angeles. democrat karen bass was sworn in as the city's 43rd mayor. she's the first woman and the second black mayor. she now has the daunting task of working with a deeply divided city council. on friday an activist confronted council member kevin de leon on what was supposed to be a family friendly holiday event. but many have been calling on council member de leon to resign over alleged racist remarks.
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well, a pioneering black feminist and child welfare advocate has died. dorothy pitman hughes founded the first shelter for battered women in new york city. she toured the country with gloria steinman. this photo of two raising their right arm in a black power salute sits in the national portrait gallery. she was 84. the sports world is mourning the death of paul silas. he won three titles including two with the boston celtics. he was lebron james' first nba coach. paul silas was 79. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news tesla may own the ev market right right now but why the road ahead appears bumpy. and how a sweet treat is helping create a community for the disabled.
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♪♪ as elon musk focuses on recently purchased twitter, tesla stock is tumbling. it's actually down 50% for the year. driving the electric vehicle maker's troubles, a road full of new competition. here's cbs' kris van cleave. >> i go home, i plug it in. that's it. >> reporter: chris ashley is so happy with his electric ford f150 he's looking for an ev to replace his other car. why do you want to go with two electrics? >> i think i'm really just tired of buying gas to be honest with you. >> reporter: but he's not seriously considering the market leader, tesla. >> seeing the other options come on the market as well definitely made a difference and makes it easier to not feel like you're pigeonholed into a certain decision. >> reporter: ashon ile tesla make aor 65% of the u.s. ev market now,
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their share has dropped steadily down 6% from last year and off 14% from 2020. >> tesla has two problems. they need to get their cars more affordable, and they need to get more fresh cars to the market as well and they don't really seem to have any product in the pipeline that can fix that. >> reporter: stim tven is a world car award judge that tracks the industry. >> in terms of being the global market leader it's hard to imagine them being in that position in 2025 at least the way their current portfolio is going. >> reporter: electric auto market share has doubled since 2021. ford and general motors forecast to pass tesla in market share by 2025. tesla did not respond to requests for comment. darren palmer is ford's vp of electrics. >> every person who takes one home tells all their friends and family and then they experience it and then they start thinking about buying a vehicle.
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>> reporter: gm is betting on its electric silverado, blazer and equinox. we got a look at it starting around $30,000. >> this is everything because this is the heart of the volume in the market. and when you can come in around that $30,000 price point, we think we've got a great opportunity to take market share. >> reporter: and get car shoppers like chris ashley out of gas guzzler and plugged into an electric future. kris van cleaves, cbs news, frederica, maryland. no sleigh, no snow, just thousands of santas dashing through france. news, no sleigh snow. just thousands of santas dashing through france. [lea] i'm a retired art teacher. [steve] we met online about 10 years ago. as i got older, my hearing was not so good so i got hearing aids. my vision was not as good as it used to be, got a change in prescription. but the this missing was my memory.
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finally tonight, the holidays are typically a time to reflect and to give. well, one colorado woman is giving in ways that most couldn't imagine. cbs's barry pederson explae're going to build our community. it's where we're going to build tall tales ranch. >> reporter: susan moony has a dream called tall tales ranch where adults with intellectual and developmental differences like her son ross can live and work. and she's getting charitable help from apples. >> and it takes all of us to do something like this and to really affect people's lives, so, yeah, it's terrific. >> reporter: one apple at a time. >> one apple at a time. >> reporter: these apples. >> on a busy day i do about 2 to 300. >> reporter: out of her denver kitchen she makes up to 2,000 chocolate covered caramel apples every holiday season.
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>> so i'm hand dipping the caramel apples in milk chocolate and then i'm putting them in almonds and toffee. >> reporter: over two decades she has raised as much as $18,000 a year. >> i'm a big cook. >> reporter: donated to schools, a hospice, and this year tall tales ranch. bought by people who pay all of $10 an apple. >> how are you? >> reporter: like tracy mchugh, a long time friend. >> she's just very giving and always looking to do something nice for someone and give up her time. >> reporter: husband rob donates the supplies and pushes sticks into the apples, a bit different from his day job as an occulo facial plastic surgeon. >> i feel like i'm just the supporter of someone who has a wonderful idea and a big heart, and i feel fortunate to just be in her orbit. >> it's a family project which is nice. they all support me, and then it spreads joy and makes money.
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so it's just kind of a win across the board. >> chocolate, sprinkles. >> almonds. >> very tart apple, love the caramel. >> reporter: and here's one more slightly dubious surprise. >> there's no calories in an apple when you do it for charity. it's really nice to make the finished product as beautiful as we can because people are paying $10 for the apple, and that's really, really generous. >> reporter: making the world a little better just because she can. >> that's good. >> reporter: barry pederson, cbs news, denver. well, that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. coming up on "60 minutes," how the courts could impact the future of social media and sitting with treasury secretary janet yellin to discuss the war in ukraine. from all of us here, thanks for watching. have a great night.
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now at 6:00, it suspect over yet. more rain powering down in the bay area tonight. we'll see if it's still here for the morning drive. plus the 49ers can't escape their own storm of injuries. vern glenn has samuel's status after the 49ers beat the bucs at levi's. i'm john ramos in half-moon bay. the answer is, you bring the help to the farm workers. we'll have that story coming up. live from the cbs studios in san francisco this sunday evening, i'm brian hackney, i'm andrea nakano. we're still not in the clear with the wet weather. >> this is time lapse video from our mark hopkins hotel camera of the sunset over san
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francisco. earlier blue skies making way for more rain. >> and what do you know? snow. up on mount hamilton at 4200 feet up. lake observatory took appalledder overnight and that's what it looked like today. snow on the peaks forecast by darren peck. what happens now? >> more overnight and then just in time for the morning commute tomorrow, this storm is done. we've still got an exciting night tonight and i want the highlight that but tomorrow morning with no rain on the commute we're going to have blue skies and you are going to be able to see a dusting of snow on those peaks down there in the south bay. but we're not there yet. we still have some action to cover if you take a look at first alert doppler where me and watch the last three hours, look at the lightning out there. so we're getting into one of the more interesting aspects of this phase, kind of like the final little bit like the grand finale. and there's some lightning mixed in and there won't be a lot of it but if we were going to have a situation
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