bouquet instead. this is totally an unnecessary step, but i had some chrome edible glitter. using a clean brush, i dusted some chrome on the chocolates to give it a more masculine feel. i used some tissue paper to separate the food from the flowers. i delivered these to my family's house and this is what the boys said. [cheering] drew: thank you so much. as always, we make this show for you, so take it with you. [theme music] [audio logo] [audio logo] ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from cbs news headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ >> john: good evening. i'm john dickerson. if you check the justice department's website, as we did

today, you will find at the top of the mission statement the words "to uphold the rule of law." >> maurice: i'm maurice dubois. and on that same website, under the heading "our values," you will see "independence and impartiality." >> john: but after yet another federal prosecutor resigned in protest today, is the department under the influence of president trump living up to its mission or its values? >> maurice: seven u.s. prosecutors have now quit rather than follow orders from trump allies in the department to drop criminal charges against new york city's mayor eric adams. >> john: but the implications of this go far beyond the adams case. they go to the integrity of the justice system throughout the country. we begin tonight with justice correspondent scott macfarlane. scott? >> reporter: a day of absolute turmoil inside the department of justice amid these concerns about efforts to dismiss the case against mayor adams, who pleaded not guilty to trading official government actions for gifts and travel. but the concerns are spreading. into concerns that prosecutors

in communities big and small could be on a short leash and under the president's thumb. the aftershocks of the corruption case against new york city mayor eric adams might be more powerful than the initial earthquake itself. a behind-the-scenes battle has unfolded inside the department of justice between the veteran prosecutors and the new trump-aligned leaders. it surfaced yesterday and has escalated. trump's one-time personal defense attorney emil bove, who now helps run the department of justice, has one at a time, ordered top prosecutors in manhattan and washington to intervene and dismiss the case against adams. arguing in part the administration needs adams to be freed from the case to help the president's immigration enforcement efforts in new york city. one after another, those prosecutors have quit in protest. including an assistant u.s. attorney in new york who not only refused to drop the charges against adams, but in a letter announcing his resignation said, "i expect you will eventually

find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. but it was never going to be me." tom dupree served in george w. bush's department of justice. what do you make of this back and forth, this mass resignation wave? >> well, it's reminiscent of the nixon era, where you saw the president basically try to find someone who would carry out his orders in the justice department. had to go through several officials before he finally was able to find someone who would carry it out. >> reporter: the president today denied any involvement. >> well, i don't know about it. i mean, obviously i'm not involved in that. >> reporter: further fueling the controversy, adams appeared side-by-side with trump's border czar in media interviews today, after denying his team offered a quid pro quo to work with trump's team on immigration to get the case dropped. some fear the trump administration is sending a loud message to 93 federal prosecutors nationwide in communities big and small from seattle to st. louis to savannah to scranton. don't cross the president when you pick a case.

this feels like it is bigger than just eric adams. >> this goes way beyond adams. this goes really to the justice department as a whole, and make no mistake, in my view, the deputy attorney general was trying to send a message throughout the justice department that people need to follow the orders and if they don't follow the orders, they need to leave the department. >> maurice: and scott, those 93 federal prosecutors around the country you mentioned, how are they reacting to all of this tonight? >> reporter: maurice, this commanded their attention all day. they watched. they exchanged text messages. this is all so disorienting for them. there are a couple hundred public corruption cases prosecuted in states across the country each year. sheriffs, school administrators, mayors accused of misconduct. it's unclear if they have to check with the white house now before some of them prosecute the case in front of them. >> john: scott, how does this adams business end from the justice department standpoint? >> reporter: just after the doors closed here tonight, john,

they finally made the filing. a prosecutor here in washington, along with emil bove, the number three at the department of justice, submitted the paperwork in court. a judge will have to allow this case to be dismissed, maurice and john. there may be a hearing and hear some argument before the judge agrees. >> john: scott macfarlane at the justice department. thank you, scott. >> maurice: if there were any doubts among america's european allies that there is a new sheriff in town, they were erased today when vice president j.d. vance said those exact words in his first major speech on the world stage. >> john: at the munich security conference, where much of the focus is on the russian invasion of ukraine, vance lectured european politicians about free speech, immigration, and the need for cooperation with the far right, and he downplayed the threat of the strategic alliance between u.s. adversaries russia and china. >> the threat that i worry the most about vis-a-vis europe is not russia, it's not china, it's not any other external factor.

and what i worry about is the threat from within. the retreat of europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the united states of america. >> john: and we are joined now by margaret brennan in washington. okay, that is what j.d. vance is worried about, margaret. how do the europeans receive that, and how does that affect u.s. national interests? in this tight moment? >> reporter: well, it sounded to a lot of these allies of the united states like they were being described as adversaries or autocrats. it was really the focus here, two things, one of them was migration, and the second was what vice president vance calls censorship. he was trying to bring that maga message of the enemy within to the global stage. and specifically, he says that european leaders aren't showing european leaders aren't democracies when they sideline controversial groups. he went out of his way to meet with the head of the afd. that's a political party that is under investigation in germany

because it's so far right and for potentially conducting extremism. and he mentioned that car ramming in munich recently conducted by an afghan migrant as an example of what he says is out of control migration. he says that is proof you've got to bring immigration skeptics into the government. >> maurice: margaret, he also met with zelenskyy. how did that meeting go? >> reporter: well, you know, maurice, there are no diplomatic talks yet underway to actually end the war between ukraine and russia. though there is a promise to try to get there. what we saw today was the president of ukraine meeting with the u.s. and talking about a joint venture, an investment in critical rare earth minerals. these are the things that you can use in electronics. president trump is trying to shore that up in order to sort of have it as a reward for all the billions of dollars in weapons the u.s. has provided. >> maurice: okay, margaret brennan there in d.c., thank you.

>> john: margaret will be along sunday with "face the nation." >> maurice: now some of the top stories around the world in tonight's "evening news" roundup. in the investigation of the deadly midair collision near washington, the ntsb said the pilots of the army helicopter may not have heard of two messages from air traffic control, and the black hawk may have given the crew bad data about its altitude. kris van cleave also reports there is growing evidence the plane attempted evasive maneuvers right before the collision. kris will have more on "cbs evening news plus." >> john: president trump signed an order today to stop federal funding for schools that require covid vaccines. it's not expected to have much impact because most of those mandates have already been dropped. >> maurice: and a texas judge fined a new york doctor $100,000 for sending abortion medications to a woman in texas, where most abortions are banned. the same doctor faces criminal charges in a similar case in louisiana, pitting the governors of louisiana and new york against each other. jericka duncan talked with the

prosecutor in that case. >> we are prosecuting the doctor because she violated louisiana laws for aiding and abetting and committing an abortion. bottom-line is come answer the warrant. >> reporter: tony clayton is the district attorney in louisiana who filed criminal charges against new york dr. margaret carpenter. >> if the abortion crime were a tailor-made suit, it would custom fit the actions of dr. carpenter. >> reporter: how much time is she facing? what is the penalty? >> that's up to a judge. so, it ranges from 5-15 -- >> reporter: 5-15 years behind bars? >> yes. >> reporter: the doctor sent pregnancy-ending medication to the mother of a 17-year-old in louisiana. the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol are illegal in the state with few exceptions. clayton alleges the mother forced her pregnant daughter to take the medication. he now wants the doctor to face a jury. >> if you're innocent, dr. carpenter, then these 12 people down here will tell you you are innocent.

if you are guilty, they're going to tell you you are guilty. what is wrong with, and face the music? >> reporter: new york governor kathy hochul refuses to extradite carpenter, who cofounded a group that has advocated making abortion medication available by mail, even to states where it is restricted or banned. >> i will make sure that everyone in the state knows, keep your hands off this doctor. >> reporter: the governor of louisiana, the attorney general, the prosecutor we spoke to all say you are not respecting law in louisiana. what do you say to that? >> i say i am respecting the laws of new york. am i supposed to make those subservient to laws of another state? >> reporter: governor hochul signed legislation earlier this month expanding a new york law that protects doctors who provide medication abortion care outside of new york. >> the supreme court may have to get involved in resolving a dispute between two states' interpretation. >> reporter: do you expect this case to go to the supreme court? >> i expect that i will stand

firm to protect this doctor, so she is staying right here. >> john: and jericka duncan joins us now. jericka, what happens if this dr. travels outside of new york and then gets pulled over or something? >> reporter: that's the thing here. governor hochul said that she cannot protect dr. carpenter if she leaves the state. so this is a situation where the governor says as long as she is here, she has my support, but if she steps outside, she very well could find herself in a situation where she has to go answer those charges in louisiana. >> maurice: so then where does the case go from here? >> reporter: so, because this is uncharted territory, and we are talking about a case with these two contradictory laws, it could go before the supreme court. as you heard in the report, governor hochul saying she is willing to take on that fight. also, clayton, the prosecutor there in louisiana saying the same thing. but this is what some people did expect with the overturning of roe v. wade, when you have so many states operating under different laws and different jurisdictions. >> john: jericka duncan. thank you, jericka. >> maurice: still ahead here on "cbs evening news," lonnie quinn tracking a storm that could

bring flooding to the south. >> john: and we will have these stories, as well. >> i'm lilia luciano. we went into one of the world's most notorious prisons, a place where the u.s. may send some deportees. >> i'm steve hartman. forget expensive chocolates. if you want a long, happy relationship, this couple says you can have it for a song. the story when we go "on the road" to sioux falls, south dakota, coming up on the "cbs eveningnews." ♪ ♪ rescue inhaler fda-approved is the only asthma to treat symptoms and help prevent asthma attacks. airsupra should not be used as a maintenance treatment for asthma. get medical help right away if your breathing doesn't improve or worsens or for serious allergic reactions, like rash, mouth or tongue swelling, trouble breathing or swallowing, or chest pain. using airsupra more than prescribed could be life-threatening. serious side effects include increased risk of thrush or infections, or heart problems like faster heart rate and higher blood pressure. ask your doctor if airsupra is right for you.

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country. we knew we were close when we noticed all cell phone service was blocked. the official name of this place is the center for the confinement of terrorism. inmates call it by its accurate acronym, cecot. i have been asking for over a year and a half for access into this place, and this is the first time we are getting in. these are the most violent criminals in the country. and this is where el salvador's president has offered to house some deportees from the united states. the stated capacity is 40,000 inmates. we were surprised when we learned it's only half full. the u.s. would send deportees convicted of crimes. exactly what kind is unclear. we saw cells with anywhere between 80-100 men crammed inside. we are not allowed to interact, to speak to any of the prisoners. they are all staring at us. it's so striking to see them.

inmates are outside of their cell for just 30 minutes a day. and no visitors are allowed. is it possible to get a tattoo like this if you are not a gang member? >> [speaking in a global language] >> reporter: marvin vazquez belongs to the infamous ms-13 gang. he was arrested here in el salvador. the government declared war on the gangs in 2022. are you going to be here the rest of your life? >> yeah, the rest of my life. we murdered a lot of people, and this is the consequence of what happened to us. it is like that titanic. that we were a big and strong gang, but we got hit with the iceberg. i can try to act strong in the day and cry in the nighttime. >> reporter: you cry at night? >> yeah. >> reporter: most salvadorans support president nayib buekele's efforts to lock up gang members, but advocates for migrants in the united states worry this is no place for anyone but the most dangerous people. noah bullock is the executive

director of cristosal, a human rights organization. when you heard that buekele offered to receive u.s. deportees, what came to mind? >> i worry about the idea that people who are undesirable in the united states can just be sent to basically a transnational penal colony, without any guarantees of rights or due process. >> maurice: and lilia luciano joins us now. extraordinary access, lilia, i know you had to be afraid, but how likely is it that migrants from here are going to be sent there? >> reporter: okay, that's a good question. the agreement is that the people who would go to prisons would be convicted of crimes. but el salvador can receive deportees of all kinds. we have seen in guantanamo, we thought it was going to be people who were violent, and half of them don't have a criminal record. and what i did learn about the system in el salvador is that there are, according to the studies and the advocates, thousands of people who are held without evidence, indefinitely, without communication to the outside world, in basically what they are calling a black hole of human rights, and that those prisons are worse in terms of

conditions than cecot. >> maurice: black hole is right. lilia, thank you so much. >> john: now to some potentially dangerous weather. >> maurice: lonnie quinn is following the flooding in the south and ice in the northeast. lonnie? >> you know, guys, both of those threats you are talking about are all connected to one system. it is a storm right now around chicago where it looks like it is snowing, right, while you know what, let's open the curtains and i will show you what is going on. daily plaza, will look like snow on the radar picture is not making it to the surface. maybe a couple of snowflakes here and there. the air is a little too dry. that storm is going to become stronger because as it pushes to the east to start pulling in some golf moisture, on saturday, you betcha, the northeast is dealing with snow, but on sunday it is going to transition with warmer air. that becomes rain, sizable rain, and look at this come in between -- saturday night into early sunday morning -- look at the pink color on the map, that is some icing, and it is a lot of icing. anywhere from where you see that

pink color, national weather service is saying the poconos or the southern green mountains, a quarter of an inch of ice, if not more, on everything, roadways, car tops, it is just a tough thing to try to maneuver your vehicle in, and talking about the flash flooding, still related to that same system, you see it right here. look at what we're dealing with in the tennessee valley. it is a 4 out of 4 scale for flash flooding for places and for places like bowling green. the amount of rain that we are talking about in a 24-hour period, are you ready for this number, bring the map and open it up nice and wide for everybody, 9 inches of rain from 7:00 tomorrow morning until 7:00 on sunday morning. portions of the tennessee valley could be underwater. gentlemen? >> john: thank you, lonnie. >> maurice: coming up next on this valentine's day, the secret to a happy marriage.% >> john: steve hartman "on the road." "on the road."

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>> maurice: that is the "cbs evening news," but there is more coming up on "evening news plus." >> john: we will have details of a new wave of layoffs in the federal government, and we will tell you about a new medication that relieves pain without the risk of abuse or addiction. that's on "evening news plus," streaming on cbs news 24/7. >> maurice: and we hope you will join us again right here on monday. i'm maurice dubois. >> john: i'm john dickerson. >> maurice: have a good weekend. ♪ ♪

>> john: welcome to "cbs evening news plus." i'm john dickerson. we start with stories of mixed signals at home and abroad. the black hawk helicopter crew involved in the fatal crash last month in washington may have had bad information. senior transportation correspondent kris van cleave has the details.