♪ tonight, acquitted in texas. attorney general ken paxton found not guilty on all 16 impeachment charges, securing his return to office. >> reporter: a showdown between state republicans has ended in a victory for attorney general ken paxton. also tonight, strike support. autoworkers on the picket line in detroit get a show of solidarity. >> i'm here to support it.

president biden takes aim at corporate profits while facing new political and personal challenges. plus, lee storms ashore. maine and atlantic canada hit by big waves and damaging winds. in libya, new fears for survivors after this week's catastrophic flooding. >> you can see now the scar on the landscape where buildings once stood, people once lived and there's nothing left. aerial surveillance. how this just-released video led to the capture of fugitive danelo cavalcante. and later, it is algae by day and a dazzling spepectacle ninight. why thiss calalifornia surf is sparkling with neon lights. >> oh, oh my gosh! ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend evening news" from washington with adriana diaz. good evening. we begin tonight in texas.

today the state's attorney general ken paxton was acquitted of all articles of impeachment, including charges that he was unfit for office and of bribery. paxton's political survival follows a decade of scandals that threatened to demolish the republican's career. >> reporter: although it was house republicans who decided to bring impeachment charges against the attorney general, only two senate republicans voted against him on any of the charges, and it wasn't enough to impeach paxton. after less than 24 hours of deliberation, republicans entered the texas chamber together and then, for the most part, voted together as well. >> 14 ayes, 16 nays. >> reporter: 21 votes were needed on any of the 16 articles of impeachment ken paxton faced bu but he was acquitted. lieutenant governor dan patrick

reinstated paxton as the attorney general and criticized the texas house for voting to impeach him in the first place. >> millions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted on this impeachment. >> reporter: democrats were equally indignant. >> republicans sought to save their ass. >> reporter: the chamber voted overwhelmingly to impeach paxton. >> the 60 republicans in the texas house of representatives and two republicans in this body saw the truth. >> reporter: prosecutors argue that the attorney general had, among other things, used his possession to help a prominent real estate developer. paxton's wife state senator angela paxton watched the proceedings from the chamber, but was not allowed to vote. paxton thanked his attorneys and promised to continue doing battle with the biden

administration. paxton still faces a separate federal investigation, another case into securities fraud and an ongoing investigation from the texas state bar. >> thank you. tonight, the strike by thousands of uaw members against the big three automakers is putting a spotlight on the gap between executive and worker pay. in a social media post, former president barack obama, who helped keep the automakers afloat during the great recession, wrote, now that our car makers are enjoying robust profits, it is time to do right by those same workers. michael george has more. >> reporter: some encouraging news on the second day of the strike. a short, eight-word statement from the united autoworkers union reading, we had reasonably pickup productive conversations with ford today. that's only one of the big three. the longer this lasts, the more impact for not just autoworkers but all americans.

autoworkers are back on the picket lines, and both sides are back at the negotiating table. nearly 13,000 workers walked off the job friday, demanding higher pay, a shorter workweek and a return of pensions. >> there are some people that are $17 an hour. i mean, even the strike pay is probably equal to what they're bringing home. >> reporter: they're getting backup from politicians like pennsylvania senator john fetterman, who drove his bronco to the ford factory in wayne, michigan, to join the picket line. >> i always stand for the union way of life. >> reporter: the latest proposals from automakers ford, gm and stellantis are about half of what the union wants. despite record profits and skyrocketing ceo salaries, gm ceo mary barra said the company can't afford the union's demands. >> the initial demands for over $100 billion. we still have a ways to go. >> reporter: the strikes have halted production at three

plants, but the effects are far reaching. a prolonged strike could lead to more layoffs, higher autoprices and less tax revenue coming in. >> the auto industry is the cornerstone of the nation's manufacturing base, which is key to economic growth. >> reporter: ford has already temporarily laid off 600 nonstriking workers and gm says it may have to lay off 2,000 more. the uaw president said, quote, that's them trying to put the squeeze on our members to settle for less. the biden administration is watching the strike closely. it's one of a number of issues weighing on the president this weekend. natalie brand is at the white house with more. >> reporter: president biden directed his acting labor secretary and a white house advisor to engage in these talks. sources familiar with negotiations tell cbs news they are not in detroit currently.

president biden, who calls himself the most pro-union president in u.s. history, made his position clear. >> auto companies have seen record profits. those record profits have not been shared fairly, in my view, with those workers. >> reporter: but the potential fallout from a prolonged strike complicates the president's reelection message centered around the economy. >> we're growing the economy. >> reporter: though a new poll shows 70% of americans believe the economy is getting worse, not better. adding to the rnconcerns, a looming government shutdown if congress doesn't reach the budget deal by the end of the month. >> nobody wins in a government shutdown. >> reporter: deadline drama that comes alongside a newly launched impeachment inquiry by house republicans into president biden and his family's business dealings.le following the money.

>> there's not a shred of evidence president biden committed an impeachable offense. >> reporter: legal troubles are escalating for his son hunter biden, indicted this week on felony gun charges. as the list of domestic issues intensifies, president biden turns his attention next week to foreign policy. he'll travel to new york to participate in the united nations general assembly. he's expected to host ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy here at the white house on thursday. tonight, what was hurricane lee made landfall in eastern canada as a post tropical cyclone after blowing through new england. fishermen quickly returned to work even as the seas remained choppy. in maine, the storm is blamed for at least one death. more than 100,000 people lost power. in nova scotia tonight, nearly 200,000 are in the dark.

let's bring in chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. >> lee is on the move still. tropical storm warnings in place for a lot of maine and canada this evening. the rain still heavy at times, could lead to localized flooding, especially near the coastal areas in maine, but will be moving out around midnight, maybe a little bit after. wind still strong to gusty during the overnight hours tonight, even into the morning hours for some areas across parts of down east maine and even to the north could be gusting 20-25 miles an hour. for sunday, it is looking mostly sunny and dry for many areas. that next system does move in late sunday, brings rain to a lot of new england. behind this, it's really going to feel like fall. to libya now. there are fears for survivors in the city of derna, where catastrophic flooding killed at least 11,000 people.

anna foster from the bbc is there. >> reporter: even by night, derna's recovery teams don't sleep. it's a scene that's now been repeated thousands off times. this grainy security c camera footage is from the moment when the floods hit and derna was changed forever. two dams meant to protect the city were broken apart by the force of the water. this wave of death and destruction sealed the fates of thousands. the force of the water swept away everything in its wake. it's things like this that show you the explosive power of the water that cascaded through this city. you can see now this scar on the landscape where buildings once stood, people once lived and there's nothing left. the thick mud and dirt coats everything and makes the work slow and dangerous. the risk of disease is growing. people are returning to derna,

not to resume their lives, but to identify the dead, laid out on city pavements in the hope they might be claimed. we traveled across a shattered landscape, derna's distinctive mosque a lone survivor. at the port, derna's dead are still returning to the city, but thousands of others swept far from here will never come home. anna foster, bbc news for cbs news, derna. to turim i italy and thehe deadly c crash of ann italian a force jet. the pilott ejejected, the plane crashihing into a car on n the ground. a 5-year-old girl inside the car was killed. a second child and both parents survived with burns. tonight son of the mexican drug kingpin known as el chapo is being held in a u.s. prison. lopez was extra i dited to the .

last night. he helped run what attorney general merrick garland called the largest, most violent and most prolific fentanyl trafficking operation in the world. lopez was captured by mexican troops in january amid gun battles that left at least 29 dead. today authorities released aerial video that helped in the capture of escaped killer danelo cavalcante in pennsylvania this week. a thermal imaging camera on a dea plane picked up this ghostly image of the fugitive tuesday night. authorities surrounded and captured him early the next morning. straight ahead on "cbs weekend evening news," world wide protests one year after an iranian woman died in police custody, sparking a movement. and new controversy after some tv hosts get back to work amid t the writersrs strike.

. today protests in iran and several cities world wide are marking one year since mahsa a amini was killed for not wearing her head scarf properly. her death sparked protests through iran, resulting in hundreds of deaths and at least seven government executions. rox >> reporter: for months iranians shouted "women life freedom" and "death to the dictator" in protests sparked by the death of ma mahsa amini. the chants faded as tear gas, batons and bullets left many injured, even blinded. but this woman who was detained twice in the past year for her activism told us from tehran that the protests were not in

vain. she says, people will not go back to the way things were. true, the majority wanted this regime to fall, but the outcome still brings hope. when you say these words to us, it must be very dangerous for you inside the islamic republic. fear exists for everyone, she says, but for the sake of our children and future generations, we have no choice but to keep speaking out. one victory, she says, is that many women are now daring to show their hair in public, flouting an idealogical pillar of the islamic republic. >> gen z protest in the most basic of ways, like rollerblading in the streets without hijab. >> reporter: holly digress is an iran analyst. >> just because you're not seeing millions on the street corner doesn't mean this is meaningless. it's shaking the regime to its core. >> reporter: this woman says she

fled iran after she was detained for four days in an unknown location, where she was blindfolded, ridiculed for being an ethnic minority, beaten, tased and sexual assaulted with a baton. how are you now? >> translator: i'm taking medication for depression. i have a lot of physical ailments. but i see no other path for resistance. they use violence, but i will keep resisting until they fall. still ahead on the "cbs weekend evening news," an apology from a colorado congngresswoman n after getetti caugught on videdeo behavingng .

an update now on the death toll in maui. after a dna review, the medical examiner now says 97 people died in the wildfire that stdestroye most of lahaina. the previous estimate was 115. tonight english comedian and

actor russell brand is facing accusations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse. the allegations emerged in a joint investigation by three british media outlets. brand denies the accusations made by four women, saying his relationships have been, quote, always consensual. republican representative lauren boebert of colorado is apologizing for her behavior at a denver theater last weekend at the family-friendly show be beetlejuice. surveillance shows her vaping. she blamed her actions on her pending divorce. still ahead on the "cbs weekend evening news," the backlash over some talk show hosts breaking ranks with their writers and returning to work.

striking writers in hollywood are set to get back to the negotiating table next week.

there's new television drama after some talk shows decided to return to production without writers. elise preston has more. >> i deeply apologize to writers, i deeply apologize to unions. >> reporter: hours after drew be barrymore posted a ed instagra apology video, she deleted it. >> i want to put one foot in front of the other and make a show for people, regardless of anything else that's happening in the world. >> reporter: she is within sag-aftra guidelines to host her show, which is part of paramount global. >> this is way bigger than just the drew barrymore show. we are out here standing with our union. >> reporter: striking actors also criticize the move. >> i love her very much. i grew up with her, but i'm not sure this was the right move. >> you're [ bleep ] scabs. >> reporter: barrymore is not

alone. "realtime with bill maher" is also returning. >> they are really morphed a long way from the 2007 strike where they kind of believe that you're owed a living as a writer, and you're not. >> reporter: other returning daytime talk shows are under scrutiny, including "the view" and "live with kelly and mark." with the fall tv season under way, analysts say the strikes have already cost the california economy about $5 billion. elise preston, cbs news, los angeles. when we returnrn, why the sf is sparkling in southern calilifornia.

finally tonight, something magical is happening under the sea off the coast of southern california, and it is drawing

crowds. we get more now from carter evans. >> welcome aboard! >> reporter: it's the hottest ticket in town. >> my name is kayla. i'll be your captain tonight. >> reporter: people are flocking to the water in southern california. >> you should already start seeing thahat glow r right at t frfront of thehe boboat. >> reporteter: for a l light sh unlike any other. >> whoa. oh my gosh. >> this looks like it's out of a movie. >> reporter: the star an ocean algae that emits flashes of light when disturbed. >> this is part of a red tide. >> the bioluminescence is blue, but this is all due to the red tide? >> yes. >> reporter: oceanographer drew lucas says that's because the algae blooms are a rust color during the day, and right now they're flourishing. >> they do really like warm temperatures, calm conditions. we've had a pretty long run of that in southern california over

the last couple weeks. >> reporter: earlier this year, scores of marine mammals were found sick or dying from exposure to another countdown of algae, but lucas says this one appears safe for animals and humans. >> it really is a spectacular display of nature and something that you really have to see the only. >> oh, oh my gosh! >> reporter: photographer patrick coin has been captivated by bioluminescence since he first saw it years ago. >> it was the most magical thing i've ever seen. >> reporter: coin and fellow photographers dubbed the biobros now scour thehe beaches during d titides, pososting t the bluest they can find, drawing scores of followers to the coast. coin's white whale this summer, blue dolphins, which he first spotted years ago. >> i remember filming that. i actually had tears in my eyes. >> reporter: that shot in the dark paid off this week.

>> it was just like seeing it for the first time, really incredible, and something i might not ever see again. >> reporter: carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> amazing. that is the "cbs weekend evening news" for this saturday. i'm adriana diaz in washington. good night. from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. >> now at 6:00, crime in oakland has some people saying they are afraid to go outside. why it's also dangerous now to stay home. >> i'm scared to go to a corner store. like i don't know if bullets are going to be flying. and police forces are trying to beef up staffing while levels are down. what some east bay police departments are doing to attract officers. and the last standing racetrack in northern

california is back in business for now. thank you for joining us, i'm andrea nakano. we start tonight in oakland, where crime has some residents saying they are scared to go to the store. here is a look at some of the crime scenes from just the past 24 hours. at least two people were killed in shootings overnight. in one of those shootings, oakland police say a 42-year-old mother was struck and killed by a stray bullet while she was lying on her couch inside her home. public safety was on top of everyone's mind at an event held by mayor sheng thao. she along with workers and volunteers knocked on doors in west oakland to survey residents, asking them what are their biggest concerns and how could the city fix them. da lin has more. >> reporter: young people, old people, so many people tell me it's never been this bad, and it's not just how they feel. police say crime is going up. police