$2.6 million at auction. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. it's tuesday, december 20th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." trump criminal referrals. hear who else faces investigation. weinstein guilty. former movie mogul harvey weinstein was found guilty of rape and sexual assault in his los angeles trial. how much additional time he could get behind bars. border policy pause. the supreme court halts the ending of the pandemic immigration policy known as title 42. hear when the white house will respond to the decision. captioning funded by cbs morning. i' good morning. i'm bradley blackburn in for anne-marie green.

the house january 6th committee is urging the justice department to file criminal charges against former president donald trump for his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election results. it is the first time in u.s. history that congress has referred a former president to federal prosecutors to face possible felony charges. jarred hill is in new york with the details. jarred, this is uncharted territory. >> yeah, that's right, bradley. so the criminal referral, though, from the january 6th committee may not have any legal teeth, but lawmakers say this is a roadmap for the department of justice's investigation. one member of the committee says the evidence against former president trump is inescapable. the january 6th committee ended its 18-month-long investigation by taking the unprecedented step of referring former president donald trump for four criminal charges to the department of justice. >> he lost the 2020 election and le knew it, but he chose to try to stay in office through a multi-part scheme to overturn

the results and block the transfer of power. >> every president in our history has defended this orderly transfer of authority except one. >> reporter: the panel again used taped interviews to make its case like this clip from former trump aide hope hicks, describing the former president's hours-long refusal to call off the mob from the capitol. >> he said something along the lines of, you know, nobody will care about my legacy if i lose. >> reporter: on truth social, trump slammed the committee as corrupt and partisan and repeated false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. >> they don't talk about the reason that everybody was there. it was because of the election and because of election fraud. >> reporter: lawmakers also made criminal referrals for several trump associates including trump's lawyer john east mooin. while they're not legally binding, experts say the hundreds of transcripts binding them could save the doj months of legwork.

>> it's like putting special council on steroids. >> reporter: the committee voted unanimously to adopt its final report, which is expected to be released this week. now, the department of justice has not given any indication on how it will play into the investigation. but something interesting here, bradley. in justifying the recommended charges, the committee pointed toward a federal judge. back in march he said trump more likely than not tried to illegally obstruct congress on january 6th. the question is going to be if any of this is going to hold any special weight with his counsel and his team. jarred, back to you. former movie mogul harvey weinstein faces up to 24 more years in prison after being convicted of raping and sexually assaulting a woman in los angeles in 2013.

jasmine veil has more. >> reporter: a los angeles jury has found former movie producer harvey weinstein guilty on three of these seven counts in his second sexual assault trial. >> today justice was won in the case of people versus harvey weinstein. >> reporter: four women testified during the trial. eight men and four women took more than nine days to convict the 70-year-old disgraced movie magnet of raping and sexually assaulting a victim described as jane doe number 1. speaking for the first time publicly since 2017, the victim said weinstein destroyed a part of her that night in 2013 that she'll never get back. the jury could not reach a verdict on two of the other women's accusations of rape and battery, including jennifer siebel newsom, wife of california governor gavin newsom, who said weinstein raped her in a beverly hills hotel room in 2005. the jury could not find the

the defendant guilty against a fourth victim. weinstein was accused of using his hollywood influence to get women into private mee meetinging and assault them. attorney gloria allred who represented one of the victims hailed the women's bravery for testifying. >> they have demonstrated empowered and courageous women are able to make powerful men accountable for the injustices they have inflicted on women. >> reporter: weinstein still has more than 20 years left on his sentence in new york after a rape and sexual assault conviction in 2020 that is now under appeal. jasmine veil, cbs news, los angeles. the supreme court temporarily blocked the biden administration from lifting a trump-era pandemic order that has been used to turn back asylum seekers at the southern border. but what's known as title 42 could still expire tomorrow. it comes as el paso, texas, declared a state of merge of the increase of migrants crocing

over the border into mexico. omar villafranca reports. >> reporter: this is what a state of emergency looks like in el paso. >> have you ever seen it like this? >> no. >> reporter: john martin estimates that 80% of the people at this homeless shelter are migrants. capacity is 120. but when temperatures dipped below freezing, more than 230 people packed the rooms and hallways. >> we're simply running out of food. the community has come to our rescue in some cases, but we need it to be more consistent. >> reporter: venezuelan migrants have slept on the floor for the past three nights. >> she wants to work in the u.s. and help her son. he's 2 years old. >> reporter: and it's not just shelters. texas congressman tony gonzalez took this video at a border patrol processing facility. >> this is the reality. this is the facts. we're not even at the worst of it yet. >> reporter: chief justice roberts put a temporary hold on

title 42, the trooper-era policy immediately expels migrants due to health concerns. set to is expire wednesday. there are fierce the number of migrants that cross could double or even triple. the biden administration being able to handle this influx involves more processing and resources. more buses move them to cities like denver and new york and making requesting asylum more difficult. >> we can't control who comes and the number that comes. but all we can do is try our best. >> reporter: as of now, title 42 is the policy and will remain in effect until the full supreme court says otherwise. omar villafranca, cbs news, el paso, texas. two of the nation's largest pharmacy chains are limiting the purchases of children's pain and fever medicine. it comes amid high demand and short supply due to outbreaks of flu and other respiratory illnesses.

cbs will now limit its products to two per customer each in the stores and online. walgreens is restricting online orders to six per transaction, but there is no limit in store. the maker of the popular video game fortnite has agreed to pay $520 million for violating ftc rules. federal regulators claim they tricked players into making unintended purchases. epic will pay a record $275 million fine for collecting personal information on fortnite players under the age of 13 without their parents' consent. epic says it has already rolled out changes. russian president vladimir putin made a rare trip to neighboring belarus amid the ongoing war in ukraine. putin met yesterday with belarus's president alexander lukashenko. it was the russian president's

first trip since 2019. there are fierce putin is pressuring belarus to join in the war. putin denies that, but it came after infrastructure targets in and around kyiv. coming up, break-in. new details about the alleged burglary of robert de niro's new york city home. and a big settlement. how much amber heard will pay her ex-husband johnny depp in the aftermath of their legal battle. this is the "cbs morning news." their legal battle. this is the "cbs morning news." dancing crew. trip for two. nail the final interview. buy or lease? masterpiece. inside joke. artichoke. game with doug. brand new mug. come here, kid. gimme a hug. have you gotten your updated covid-19 booster? they're designed to help protect against recent omicron variants. schedule yours at vaccines.gov. ♪ ♪ ♪

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argentina's national soccer team is back home after winning the world cup in qatar. the team ended in buenos aries this morning.al head startrtduring thep home tr sed thhe r theipenaltkick shoot-out win against france on sunday. actor amber heard will pay a large settlement to johnny depp. there are also new details on the alleged burglary of a famous new yorker.

those are some of the headlines on this morning's newsstand. "the new york times" reports robert de niro was the intended victim of an attempted burglary in manhattan. a woman was accused of trying to steal christmas gifts. he was upstairs at the time and came down stairs in the living room as she was being arrested. authorities say she has been arrested on burglary charges many times before. officers were tracking the suspect and say they saw her break into the home. "variety" says amber heard will pay johnny depp $1 million to settle their long-running legal battle. the former couple sued each other in a trial earlier this year. the jury award depp $10 million but also awarded heard $2 million. depp says he'll donate the money wi spare her further litigation. still to come, courtroom confusion. why the cryptocurrency change founder sam bankman-fried has been thrown into doubt. change

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december 20. we have breaking news. some californians are waking up to rumbling. we have destruction being reported after several strong aftershocks. residents unleashed an earful, demanding answers. why this site is under investigation in contra costa county? i tell you about a labor of love happening in the south bay. we have holiday celebrations underway to help bay area farmworkers. >> it will be a warm christmas in the bay area. we have a warming trend over the weekend. we will have more on that, coming up and a bit. on the roadways, we have traffic troubles along the altamont pass. if you're going from 205 to 580, we have the details, coming right up. we start off with breaking news. a 6.4 earthquake west of ferndale