you here in 30 minutes. >> cbs weekend news is coming up next. the news are always on kpix.com. see you in about half an hour. tonight, finally a speaker. kevin mccarthy takes the gavel of a fractured house after 14 failed votes. >> that was easy, huh? >> his victory following a late night roll call and a tense standoff with rebellious republicans. we'll have the latest. also tonight, new storms threaten california adding to the state's winter weather misery. honoring number 3. the buffalo bills and nfl shine a spotlight on a stricken teammate making a remarkable recovery. >> i'm michael george with details on how sideline safety damar hamlin will join his team

in spirit. plus, celebrating orthodox christmas in ukraine. no cease-fire, but new american firepower heads to the front lines. >> i'm ian lee in kyiv with ukraine being promised heavy weapons that the pentagon says can change the battlefield. "weekend journal," a minnesota cancer survivor pays it back by sharing her hair. >> wow! and later, double duty on capitol hill. the four-day stalemate complicated lives and child care. >> challenging, but it's been fun. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. it took 15 ballots and heated moments, but tonight congress finally has a new house speaker. kevin mccarthy won early this morning, putting an end to days of raucous debate and a historic standoff with emboldened

hard-line republicans. the gop's strife playing out for all to see and ending with arm twisting, flaring tempers and phone calls from former president donald trump. cbs' christina ruffini leads us off with what happened and more on the battles ahead. christina, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. well, it was certainly a late night here on capitol hill. today president biden called speaker mccarthy to congratulate him on his victory, and overnight the white house released a statement saying the president is prepared to work quote, ensure that we're putting the interests of american families first. >> the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: after 4 days, 14 failed votes and a furious friday night negotiation -- >> for the 15th and god willing final time -- kevin mccarthy. >> reporter: this speaker is in the house. >> i knew it took a couple extra days. >> reporter: at one point friday night, tensions were so high

alabama republican mike rogers made a move to confront florida's matt gaetz, one of mccarthy's loudest republican critics, as a colleague held him back. >> madam clerk, i rise to say, wow. [ laughter ] >> reporter: but right as it seemed the chamber might leave for the weekend, a breakthrough. >> the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california having received a majority of the votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the six hold-outs changed their vote to present dropping the number required and allowing mccarthy to win. in order to grab the gavel, the new speaker made several concessions, including making it easier for any member to oust him and giving his more conservative republican opponents two seats on the rules committee. >> he gagave up a lot of his powers and influence. >> reporter: political analyst larry sabato. >> does anybody believe that republicans willll suddenly reunify when we get t to all the cocontroversial policy issues they're e planning to o cover? i i suspect the e fighting wili

even fiercer. >> so, christina, what are the main issues that house republicans could struggle to get together on? >> reporter: well, the first looming concern seems to be the debt ceiling. look, those six hold-outs have already said they're not going to authorize an increase in america's credit limit without specific spending cuts, and those spending cuts they want are likely to put them on a collision course with democrats in the senate and the white house potentially putting america's credit rating at risk. adriana. >> all right, christina, thank you. california is bracing for a new round of powerful storms. the first expected to wash ashore this weekend on the heels of another violent system that claimed at least six lives. cbs' elise preston in los angeles has the details. elise, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, adriana. it is dry here right now, but california is under a state of emergency bracing for another powerful storm that could trigger more record rain and

devastating floods. >> reporter: waterlogged roadways in southern california, collapsed piers in the north and damaged homes and businesses statewide as the west coast grapples with back-to-back storms. >> pretty much a raging river coarsing through the campus. >> reporter: while another atmospheric river moves in, communities are scrambling to sandbag, repair levees and prepare for even more power outages while still cleaning up from the last round of extreme weather. >> when you look around at the wreckage, the rebuilding looks like an arduous process. >> reporter: the storms this week have claimed at least six lives including a toddler who died when a redwood tree fell on the family home. >> that's an absolute nightmare that it could happen to any family to lose a child. >> reporter: more trouble ahead for the golden state and the rest of the west with up to 12 inches of rain in northern

california and several feet of snow expected in the sierra nevada and oregon. avalanche warnings are in effect as crews work to decrease the risk. many hope that this next round won't be another hard hit. >> it's a lot to take in. it's hard. it's like -- it's our family restaurant. >> reporter: now, it's too early to know the dollar amount of the damage, but one benefit from all of these storms, they are helping to ease the drought. when the snowpack melts, that will help refill parched reservoirs, but california remains in extreme drought, so there is a long way to go, adriana. >> very long. elise preston, thanks so much. tonight we are hearing for the first time directly from buffalo bills safety damar hamlin. on instagram he posted a message of thanks to everyone who's prayed for him writing in part, when you put real love out into the world, it comes back to you three times as much.

tomorrow hamlin will be honored by his team and the entire nfl. cbs' michael george joins us with more. michael, good evening. >> reporter: adriana, good evening. hamlin also said in that post that this will only make him stronger, and he asked everyone to continue praying for him. now, his team says while he's still in critical condition, he's breathing on his own, and his neurological function is excellent. when the buffalo bills suit up for sunday's game against the patriots, damar hamlin's teammates are making sure he'll be there in spirit. they're sewing his number 3 on every uniform. doctors call the bills' safety's improvement remarkable. less than a week after going into cardiac arrest after making a tackle. on friday hamlin was even able to speak briefly with his teammates on facetime. >> to see him smile, see him go like this in the camera, it was everything. >> reporter: pittsburgh steelers players delivered toys to the day care hamlin has supported for years.

hamlin's community toy drive gofundme has surpassed $8 million. hamlin's recovery has inspired people across the country. children are writing him get well cards from the bills backyard in niagara falls to an elementary school in hamilton, ohio. >> i hope he feels better and hope he gets to play next year. >> reporter: but his injury has also put a spotlight on the inherent dangers of sport. nhl hall of famer chris pronger survived a scary collapse in 1998 after he was struck in the chest by a puck. he says having medical staff ready for an immediate response is lifesaving. >> after my incident in detroit, they moved the doctors closer to the benches so they could get on the ice faster. they then began to do that across the league. >> reporter: and in buffalo tomorrow, there will be an on the field tribute for hamlin before the game, also every nfl team is wearing love for damar shirts during warm-ups. adriana.

>> michael george, thank you. orthodox christians today are celebrating christmas including in ukraine. worshippers attended church services in kyiv. there was no russian cease-fire, though, as vladimir putin had promised, but new american firepower is on the way. cbs' ian lee is there. >> reporter: the sights and sounds of a shattered promise in bakhmut. moscow declared the guns would fall silent, a unilateral cease-fire, but as ukraine celebrated orthodox christmas, russia's artillery rang in the holiday. [ speaking non-english ] "i think the russians are tricking us about the cease-fire," she says. "if someone makes a promise, they must fulfill it." but trusting russian president vladimir putin i is a dangerouo gamble. the fighting continued like any other day while ukraine's faithful tried to find some light in this dark time.

[ speaking non-english ] "this sacred evening is very important for us," she says. "as for putin, we cannot trust him at all. he's made us suffer so much, nobody is safe as long as he walks the earth." if the season is a time to be surrounded by friends and family, putin attended church by himself at the kremlin's cathedral. it didn't pass without bearing gifts. the white house announced $3 million in military aid including the bradley infantry fighting vehicle. the u.s. plans to send ukraine about 50 of the proven russian tank killers. >> it'll take a couple of months basically to get this capability fielded, to get the ukrainians trained. >> reporter: ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy thanked the american people for the weapons saying, this is exactly what is needed, new guns and rounds including high-precision ones,

new rockets, new drones, it's timely and strong. the united states is being joined by germany and france in providing infantry fighting vehicles, cold war weapons designed to rip through russian tanks like this one and move troops. the pentagon says they'll give ukraine the ability to change the equation on the battlefield. ian lee, cbs news, kyiv. today the state department condemned iran for what it said were the sham trials and the execution of two men who took part in anti-government demonstrations. the regime today released this video of the trial. the men were accused of killing a paramilitary guard. both were hanged. the protests were sparked by the death of a woman in police custody last september to newport news, virginia, now, today doctors treating a teacher allegedly shot and critically wounded by a 6-year-old boy upgraded her to stable condition. police say the shooting was not an accident. it happened friday in a classroom with other students present. the first grader was taken into custody. here in illinois a bill

banning the manufacture and sale of assault weapons has advanced in the state legislature and could be on the governor's desk by next week. the action comes six months after a mass shooting in the chicago suburb of highland park during the town's fourth of july parade. we get more from cbs' charlie de mar. >> reporter: how has your life changed in the last six months? >> the trauma is very deep and very real. >> reporter: lauren bennett was at the highland park independence day parade with her family, like she is every year. >> we're going to go. >> reporter: when the celebration was shattered by a particularly american problem. >> i jumped up to run. as i did that, i was hit in the back. i looked down. my whole left side was bleeding. >> reporter: she was shot twice, one of four dozen hit when prosecutors say a 21-year-old armed with an ar-15 style rifle fired down on the crowd from a rooftop. >> and i was lucky because i got

out of there alive, but one centimeter any direction, and i wouldn't be here talking to you. >> reporter: 63-year-old jackie sundheim was one of the seven who did not survive. >> for me it's just -- there's just a massive hole, and a hole in my heart, a hole in my life. >> it's just that sheer impact of how many people knew her and that she touched. >> reporter: her husband and daughter sat down for their first interview since her murder. >> i would hate for her memory to become something, this, i don't want it to just be this. i want her joy and her laughter to be what people remember. >> as a society we have to find a place where someone can't just wake up in the morning and decide, i want to go out and shoot 50 strangers. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: within days of the mass shooting, a new movement began for a federal ban on assault rifles led by those closest to the trauma.

>> which has always been a place of safety. >> reporter: like lauren bennett,t, who appeared at a hearing with state lawawmakers. >> you have to ask yourself, why do our laws permit someone to shoot 8 rounds in under a minute. >> reporter: and highland park mayor nancy roddering who testified before congress. >> we as a nation need to stop talking about our gun culture and talk a about our human righ, our right to live free from fear of violence. >> why has it been important for you to use your voice? >> i'm hoping that another parade isn't the site of a mass shoting or anywhere. >> reporter: a community still recovering, speaking for the seven lives taken and finding a collective voice for change. charlie de mar, cbs news, highland park, illinois. >> powerful interviews from charlie de mar. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," we have an update on the recovery of marvel star jeremy renner. also, a child cancer survivor inspires with a

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finally tonight, during a roller coaster week on capitol hill, one congressman pulled double duty representing his constituents while doing an even more important job. cbs' caitlin huey-burns has the story. >> reporter: while republicans were desperately searching for votes to elect a speaker, democrat jimmy gomez of california was on a different kid of hunt. >> do you want that? >> reporter: for baby supplies. >> we weren't expecting to be here this long. we had to buy more wipes. we had to buy stuff to keep him entertained. i can't find the socks. it's been challenging, but it's been fun. >> reporter: gomez's plan to return home with his family once he was sworn in was put on hold as the speaker fight dragged on and his wife needed to get back to work.

>> she has an important job, and we always said that, you know, she wouldn't -- the mom wouldn't be the default parent. >> gomez. >> reporter: so gomez and 4-month-old hodge got some father/son bonding time on the house floor fitting bottle-feeds and naps in between votes and mastering quick diaper changes in the democratic cloakroom where he bonded with fellow dads in congress. >> i hope that it sends a positive message where dads need to do their part. you know, the mom shouldn't be the one that automatically has to give up their career in order for the family schedule to work out. >> reporter: a message he hopes can get majority support. >> you got this. >> reporter: caitlin huey-burns, cbs news, washington. >> yes, a message we should all agree on. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs "48 hours" with new reporting on the idaho student murders. i'm adriana diaz in chicago. good night.

from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. here we go again. rain ramping up with flood concerns. i'm john ramos in the oakland hills. the trees are taking a beating in the bay area with the unrelenting rain. shoring up in santa cruz county. people are still cleaning up debris from earlier this week. >> it is something that will be with us a long time. this is no easy fix. this is going to take a long, long time to clean up. >> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we just cannot catch a break as storm

after storm pounds the bay area. more rain moving in tonight making the roads more dangerous for drivers. >> people are prepared for more flooding. >> and it is not just the rains. strong winds have brought down trees on homes, cars, and sadly people. >> we will get right to first alet meteorologist darren peck tracking the latest system moving in. >> and before we get into the details on tonight's rain, i want to preface this by saying the monday storm is bigger and that's the one that counts. and when we start talking about the flooding concerns, it is primarily because of what's coming monday rainfall wise. but, make no mistake, we have rain out there now. it will get a little heavier overnight. there will be breaks where it turns off because it has for the majority of the bay. as we get toward midnight, we will see an organized line come through. rainfall intensities will go up at this point. get a little heavier. the winds will pick up. it is the kind of thing that might wake you up with the wind and the downpours. then we are done. so there is good