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here at 6:00 for an hour of news. >> cbs weekend news is next and we wil tonight, paper chase. >> on this day of remembrance -- >> president biden speaks from dr. martin luther king jr.'s historic pulpit, but he's silent on classified documents discovered at his office and home. republicans, however, are not. >> that would essentially be a crime scene. also tonight, the desperate search for survivors in ukraine after a russian attack destroyed an apartment building full of people. i'm debora patta in ukraine where rescuers worked overnight to pull survivors from a bombed-out apartment block. plus, deadly plane crash in nepal. video shows it rolling sharply moments before hitting the ground. close call.
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a jetliner on take off nearly collides with another aircraft at new york's jfk. the faa now investigating. disastrous deluge hits california again. first responders coming to the rescue with a new system set to storm across the country. and, later, they're a team of rescues who love winter. the howling and the running are only part of the story. >> announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us. today, president biden became the first president to speak at a sunday service at the historic ebenezer baptist church where dr. martin luther king jr. once served as pastor. he reiterated the theme he's called on before, redeeming the
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soul of america. it's s the tk of our time to make that dream a reality because it's not there yet. >> but in our nation's capitol the president faces a political nightmare. this weekend's disclosure that more classified documents has been found is empowering republican plans for investigations. cbs' skyler henry has more developments on that. >> reporter: questions are still swirling here in washington about the handling or mishandling of classified materials one day after the white house says five more pages were discovered. >> anymore classified documents? >> reporter: president joe biden ignored questions while boarding air force one sunday as the drum beat grows louder for him to answer for the classified documents discovered at his delaware residence. on saturday a white house attorney said the additional pages were found on thursday and given to the justice department. the discovery came hours after
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merrick garland appointed henry hur as special counsel. house republicans have launched an investigation of their own into how this happened, asking the white house for visitor logs from the wilmington residence and pouncing on what they call a double standard compared to the doj's probe into former president trump. >> the hypocrisy here is great. we're very concerned about a lack of transparency. >> what's real concerning to me is how justice is applied and is it applied equally. >> reporter: democrats note while there are similarities in terms of the mishandling of documents, the scale and scope are different. in addition to the willingness of president biden to turn over what was found. >> there was no effort to hold onto them, no effort to conceal them, no effort to obstruct the justice department's investigation. all of that in very sharp contrast to donald trump's handling of the situation. >> skyler henry joins us from the white house. on another topic, skyler, the
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u.s. is expect today hit its debt limit this thursday. how will the white house and new congress plan to address that threat? >> reporter: speaker mccarthy was asked about that earlier today. he said he was looking forward to negotiations with president biden but also renewed his calls to cut spending, which is nonstarter for this white house, which said the debt limit should be raised witout conditions. however, the treasury department can keep the country afloat until at least the early summer. jericka? >> thank you. today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy cndemned the russian people's, quote, cowardly silence following a missile strike on an apartment building in the city of dnipro. at least 30 people were killed dozens more wounded, including children. cbs' debora patta reports tonight from ukraine. >> reporter: a fresh round of missiles pummelled ukraine this weekend. hardest hit this residential
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apartment block in dnipro, a reminder of russian style, this is a war declared largely on civilians. operating in pitch-darkness rescue workers raced overnight to pulled people from a shattered building pausing to listen for survivors. there's someone alive they shout in unison. among the dead, a young child. among the living, 23-year-old anista who survived by hiding in the bathroom of her seventh floor apartment. firefighters were still at it today finding this woman alive more than 18 hours after the attack. the strike comes at the end of a week of intense combat in the east where fighting continues in bakhmut and soledar. ukraine says moscow is trying to grind down its forces using mercenaries from the russian paramilitary group wagner. they've had a lot of losses,
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this ukrainian soldier said. they're attacking in waves and walking over the dead bodies. soledar remains contested despite russia's claims of victory. it's been one of ukraine's deadliest weekends to date, jericka. the mayor of dnipro now says there's very little chance of finding anyone else alive in that bombed out apartment block. >> thank you for your reporting. to nepal now where at least 68 people died when a plane crashed into a gorge. it happened near a town popular with foreign tourists. reports say there were no americans onboard. cbs' ramy inocencio has the latest. >> reporter: the last moment of dozens of lives, a plane rolls sharply to the left then crashes to the earth. captured on this cellphone video.
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through the smoke and as rescue workers sprayed water, the shattered remains of nepal's yeti air twin-engine turboprop strewn down a nearly 1,000 foot gorge. the passenger plane had flown from nepal's capital kathmandu, less than a half an hour to pokhara, before slamming down. the dead in plastic bags pulled up and out by army recovery crews then to hospitals and grief-stricken families. of the 72 people aboard most were nepali with others from australia, ireland, france, india, russia, and south korea. miraculously a few people are believed to have survived. this man saying he and police officers helped three injured. officials are investigating the cause of the crash. nepal has a poor record of flight safety. at least 13 planes have gone down in the himalayan nation in the past 30 years. ramy inocencio, cbs news, london. president biden has approved
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a disaster declaration for california providing federal aid following a series of powerful and devastating storms. rain, wind, and snow have battered the state again this weekend with another system on the way. cbs' danya bacchus reports from los angeles where obviously a lot of people are bracing for more destructive weather. >> reporter: that's right, jericka. while rain weary california has had a temporary break today, millions are bracing for another punishing round. record setting rain fell in los angeles. the season's total is now 6 1/2 inches above normal, and we're not done yet. a race to cleanup the estimated billions of dollars of damage across the state before the next storm strikes. in los angeles a massive oak tree crushed nearly a dozen cars. near san jose the rush of water caused roads to buckle and intense flooding damaged homes near the central coast. >> our backs are hurting, my
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feet are killing me, and these rain boots are just disgusting. the mud is so unbearable. >> reporter: there have been hundreds of swift water rescues statewide including this one saturday in orange county where crews hoisted a woman to safety. many rivers remain dangerously close to flooding communities, and it's not just the rain. powerful winds toppled a big rig on san francisco's iconic golden gate bridge snarling traffic for hours. in the sierra, nevada, white out conditions triggered road closures and a wall of snow blanketed the region with up to 3 more feet expected. even though it is not raining now, there is danger of saturated mountain and hill sides scarred by wildfires giving way. there's already been hundreds of wildfires in california. thank you, danya. a new storm is expected today come ashore tomorrow and go
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coast to coast. for details on what's to come let's go to our meteorologist with our partners at the weather channel. >> this week, we're watching a coast to coast storm starting in california, dropping several more inches of rain on the waterlogged golden state. it's not just rain but also wind and feet of snow in the sierra also bringing adding snow pack to the california river base, but on the southern side another round of january severe weather from texas, louisiana, all the way into mississippi. by the end of the week the system arrives in the ohio valley and parts of the northeast. mainly rain except for the northern tier, and some of our ski resorts in new england. for snow lovers in the i-95 corridor, that snow drought continues. no measurable snowfall so far this season in nyc or philly. today federal aviation and transportation authorities announced an investigation into a close call at new york's jfk airport. it happened friday night involving two passenger jets packed with people. cbs' elise preston has more.
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>> cancel take off plans. >> reporter: in audio obtained by cbs news you hear the panic from an air-traffic controller ordering friday's delta 1943 flight to stop. the pilot aborts take off and abruptly slows down the plane, avoiding a runway collision with american airlines flight 106. delta's boeing 737 carrying 145 passengers and six crew members was headed to the dominican republic from new york. 137 passengers and 14 crew members onboard american's boeing 777 were flying to the u.k. cbs transportation safety analyst robert sumwalt. >> what we know so far is the american airlines 777 was apparently instructed to taxi to
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runway 4 left. it appears that that airplane did not make the right turn but instead continued across an active runway. >> reporter: minutes after friday's near collision audio captured the american airlines pilot checking in with air-traffic control. >> we're departing runway 4 left, but you were supposed to depart runway 4 left and currently holding short of 31 left. >> reporter: now american airlines declined to comment about friday's near collision deferring comments to the faa. meanwhile delta says safety is a top priority, adding that the airline is cooperating with aviation authorities on a full review. jericka? >> glad no one was hurt. elise preston, thank you. well, there's heart break in georgia tonight.devi and chandlr
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leoy were killed in a crash hours before their championship parade. te 20-year-old defensive lineman played in all 15 games in the season. today the georgia bull dogs tweeted we are heartbroken over the passing of devin and chandler. today the buffalo bills won their wild card game against the miami dolphins. and damar hamlin -- you know that name -- he cheered on his team for home. the bill safety said my heart is with my guys competing from home as i focus on my recovery. hamlin's remarkable recovery comes less than two weeks after he collapsed on the field from cincinnati. and avengers star jeremy renner gave fans an update on his road to recovery. he wished fans a special night in his instagram stories as he was wheeled to a hospital room. the 51-year-old was seriously injured after a snowplow accident near his home in nevada
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it's the holy grail of energy. nuclear fusion are. scientists close to achieving it? "60 minutes" visits the lab that made a breakthrough to find out, new tonight. finally tonight, this nfl wild card weekend we wanted to introduce you to another hardworking team, this one made up of rescues. >> reporter: on a clear, crisp winter morning commands like ha, and gee echo through the winter air. for she's siberian huskies,
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those words mean left and right. and it's all the encouragement they need during the dog days of winter. as soon as i pull those snow hooks, pull the anchors, the quick release, we're off and running. you don't hear a sound out of them. >> reporter: jack christopher is the owner of silent run adventures and the leader of this pack. he gave up a desk job for a sled. >> i'd much rather do this. >> reporter: and companionship. >> oh, we didn't forget you. i built my first dog team basically out of rescues. they're very friendly. they do great with people. some of them are a bit shy. >> reporter: just not when they're ready to go. >> yeah, put her on the second spot there. >> reporter: jack has 26 siberians. some way 80 pounds or more. their strength and durability allow them to trek through arctic conditions. though this team spends much of its time on minnesota lakes. >> the number one rule is always
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dogs first so they always get watered and fed before i do. >> jack has plenty of help with that. >> this is my guy rocket. he is a rescue. >> reporter: stephanie is a self-proclaimed emotional support human for the dogs. >> the bond we're making working together out on the sled is -- it's something else. >> reporter: proof that the phrase man's best friend applies even on the frozen tundra. >> i want them to see how much the dogs love what they're doing. they get very excited to go. >> reporter: john lauritsen, cbs news, monticello, minnesota. >> that is cbs news for this sunday. i'm jericka doneson. i'm jericka duncan. we thank you so much for watching. have a great night.
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after weeks of rain, wind, and flooding, some actual light at the end of the weather tunnel. when we can expect to get through this wave of winter storms. yesterday you would've been ankle-deep out here. >> the damage adding up as local communities try to hold on until the storms finally passed. one of the northbay's busiest highways closed to the night and how it's affecting more than just motorists. compared to most of the past two weeks, today's weather has been tame. this string of
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severe weather should finally be ending soon but as you can see outside, we've still got heavy rain in parts of the bay area. >> just two more to go, the one now and the one that comes in late wednesday into thursday morning, and both of them are going to be a kinder, gentler kind of storm. if you look at what's going on now it's widespread rain going for much of the afternoon but if you look at the totals we started adding up totals for this next system. san francisco and oakland have gotten noticeable amounts. san jose's gotten a quarter of an inch of rain. it will go like this for about the next 12 to 14 hours and it will keep light. it's not until we get to write about there, that is tomorrow at around 1:00 in the afternoon, maybe a little earlier,

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