captioning sponsored by cbs >> dahler: dangerous deep freeze. the arctic freeze continues to grip parts of the midwest and east coast. more than 30 million people are under warnings or advisories. >> it's really cold outside. i wish i was in the the bahamas, but here i am. >> dahler: also tonight, high alert. what cities are doing to make sure everyone is safe on new year's eve. swatting arrest-- the prankster who police say made the 911 call that led to the death of an innocent man. and inside the museum of failure. ♪ if you can sit you can get fit the hawaii chair ♪ this is the "cbs weekend news."

>> dahler: good evening. i'm don dahler. the bone-chilling cold is causing havoc across much of the country, from traffic accidents to some new year's eve celebrations being canceled. and it's expected to last until next week. the subzero temperatures have left niagra fallses covered in ice. tourists are still braving the icy mist, many says the frozen smalls with spectacular. tony dokoupil has more. >> look at them coming in, cars coming in. boom, boom! >> reporter: old man winter is ringing in the new year with an arctic blast. >> whoa! there's another one right-- oh, another one going in! >> reporter: blame forward this 40-car pileup on u.s. 31 in western michigan... >> cars were kicking up the snow which created a whiteout. >> reporter: ...and more than 1,000 car crashes in minnesota. subzero wind chills across half the country have made just going outside a dangerous endeavor. in erie, pennsylvania, roofs were no match for heavy snow. since christmas, erie has received nearly six feet.

even in snow-hardened cities like chicago, where officials blamed the cold for at least two deaths, lee lane was getting by in a shelter. >> imagine a person without this. i can't even imagine that. you would pretty much die on the street. you'd freeze to death. >> reporter: the salvation army's tamika rogers has been checking in on people at risk. >> it's really important because a lot of them don't have the support. >> reporter: it turned out to be too cold for the st. louis winterfest at the arch, the low temperatures forcing the closure of the holiday skating rink. and even too cold for these thresher sharks that went into shock and died along daipped. in boston, mayor marty walsh looked for to the city's new year's eve celebration, but had a warning. >> watch out for signs of hypothermia and frostbite. >> reporter: most new year's eve celebrations will go on as scheduled, including here in new york, where about one million people are expected, despite wind chill temperatures so low, this fountain behind me looks

more like an ice sculpture. don. >> dahler: tony dokoupil. thank you. for the latest forecast let's go to meteorologist robb ellis of our chicago affiliate wbbm. robb, so, how long can we expect this cold snap to last? >> yeah, it's really the duration of this event that's so impressive north just how cold the air is. an arctic air mass moving in and another one back behind that. this is going to continue at least into the end of this coming week. so we are definitely ringing in 2018 with even colder air that's going to move in. it may be seven days from now before milder air finally moves in and the temperatures get back closer to average. and even then, those numbers may not be above freezing for many locations in the northern part of the country. don. >> dahler: well, what areas of the are getting the worst of it, especially on new year's eve? >> yeah, it's definitely those locations that are kind of used to the cold, but even these values are still pretty impressive, locations like the northern plains, the midwest, the east coast. we're talking about high temperatures as we end 2017 that

won't even get above zero for places like minneapolis, locations like father organization the dakotas. but as we ring in the me year in places like new york as the clock strikes midnight, we're talking about single-digit numbers for a good portion of the east coast and the numbers in the central time zone when we finally hit midnight there, we could see strurs trurs that get below zero, and the wind chills are going to feel much colder-- minus 15 to minus 25. that's why there are wind chill advisories and wind chill warnings, not just for a wide area of the country, but they continue down to the gulf coast. don. >> dahler: robb ellis with wbbm, thank you. investigators looking into the deadly apartment fire here in new york say mandatory self-closing doors did not work. instead, they remained open as flames raced up the stairwell. 12 peep were killed and four others critically injured. the blaze broke out three days after christmas on one of the coldest days of the year. fire officials say it was caused by a three-year-old toddler playing with the stove.

president trump is winding down his vacation at mar-a-lago. once he back in d.c., he has a full schedule. but no matter what he does, the russia investigation will cast a long shadow. chip reid is with the president. >> reporter: president trump's florida vacation has included a steady diet of golf. he's been to the club bearing his name seven out of the past eight days. but in the next couple of days, he'll return to the grind in washington, and next weekend, will meet with republican leaders at camp david to formulate a legislative agenda for 2018. the most immediate priority is passing a bill to avoid a partial shutdown of the federal government, which runs out of money january 19. top items after that include a massive investment in the nation's infrastructure. >> yes, we can! >> reporter: and legislation to allow nearly 800,000 immigrants, known as dreamers, who came to the u.s. illegally as children, to stay here permanently. >> i have a love for these people. >> reporter: looming over

everything next year will be special counsel robert mueller's investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election and the possible involvement of the trump campaign, which the president has repeatedly denied. >> there is absolutely no collusion. >> reporter: a report today by "the new york times" says that in may 2016, former trump campaign aide george papadopoulos told an australian diplomat that russia had political dirt on hillary clinton. cbs news has confirmed from a former u.s. official that information provided by australia was key to u.s. investigators in helping to format picture that started the f.b.i. investigation into russian meddling in the u.s. election. papadopoulos has pled guilty to lying to the f.b.i. and is now a cooperating witness in the special counsel investigation. we asked the president's attorney ty cobb for a response to "the new york times" story, and he sent us a statement that reads, "out of respect for the special counsel and his process,

we are not commenting on matters such as this. we are continuing to fully cooperate with the special counsel in order to help complete their inquiry expeditiously." don. >> dahler: chip, thank you. in the wake of recent terror attacks, officials are ramping up security at new year's eve celebrations. here in new york, a test run today of the glittering ball in times square. to make sure it drops right at the stroke of midnight. the more than one million revelors will have to go through metal detectors. there will also be bomb-sniffing dogs and police snipers. barry petersen has more on securities in cities around the world. >> reporter: the street music was lively and the crowds thick on westminster bridge. but this is an era where even an 11-year-old like jemma knows about terrorism. you're a little young for this, but are you aware of terrorism and things like that? >> yeah. it's-- >> reporter: in what way? >> well, it's all over the news, and it's-- yeah.

it's just, like... you hear about it a lot. >> reporter: in march, westminster bridge was the scene of a terrorist attack using a van, then a stabbing. the terrorist and five others died. a similar attack on london bridge killed eight. the three terrists were then shot to death. today, amid preparations for new year's eve, london police were out in force. it was the same across europe. visitors to paris are now used to seeing armed guard as tourist attractions. in france, some 230 people have been killed in terrorist attacks over the last three years. french officials say they will have 10,500 police and first responds, or duty. and police in berlin will face hundreds of thousands out on what's called "the party mile." they are utilizing a unique twist-- small mobile police stations set nupt celebration area for rapid response to any incident and thorough searches.

one way to fight terrorism is layering security. some police accomplice out in the open, others hidden, like undercover officers in a crowd, and always watching for that one person who may attack. john miller is new york's deputy commissioner for intelligence and terrorism. >> they've appealed to the lone wolf, which makes securing any major event something that needs a layered approach, a counter-terrorism overlay. that's the new normal. >> reporter: there is no lack of enthusiasm for new year's eve. 100,000 people have tickets to a sold-out fireworks dedisneyland splay that will take place here on the banks of the thames. don. >> dahler: barry, thank you. a 25-year-old has been arrested in the so-called swatting death of a father of two in kansas. los angeles police say tyler bariss is being held without bail, and as carter evans reports, this was not the first time barris has called in a

hoax. >> reporter: police body cam footage captures the moment an officer opens fire. ( gunfire ) wichita police were responding to this 911 call from a man who said he had just killed his father. the caller said he was holding his mother and brother hostage, and he made threats. when police arrived, 28-year-old andrew finch opened the door. officers thought he may be the gunman but now say he's the victim. >> we believe this incident is a case of swatting. >> reporter: deputy chief troy livingston says the 911 call was a prank made by a man in los angeles intended to elicit an armed response. but officers had no idea at the time, and police say one opened fire when finch moved his hand toward his waist. >> he feared that the male had just pulled a weapon from his waistband. >> reporter: andrew finch was shot and killed. his mother says police were too

quick to pull the trigger. >> i'm not letting go until i have justice. >> reporter: investigators in los angeles have arrested 25-year-old tyler bariss in connection with the crime. this mug shot was taken two years ago when he was arrested for calling in a bomb threat to a tv news station in l.a. for now, wichita police aren't saying why this time he targeted a home more than 1,000 miles away. >> if the false police call had not been made, we would not have been there. due to the actions of a prankster, we have an innocent victim. >> reporter: the f.b.i. helped track down the suspect, and he's now in an l.a. jail booked on felony charges. the officers who opened fire is a seven-year veteran of the wichita police department. don. >> dahler: carter, thank you. now the cbs weekend newsfeed. in upstate new york, two men have been arrested for the brutal slaying of two women and two children. the bodies of a mother, her two children and another woman were found in a basement apartment

four days before christmas. police say the women were in a relationship, and one of the suspects knew one of the victims. both men have pleaded not guilty. famed mystery writer sue grafton has died. that means the end of her bestselling alphabet series. the first book, "a is for alibi" , was published in 1982. the most recent novel "y is for yesterday," came out this year. she died thursday after battling cancer for the past two years. sue grafton was 77 years old. and 2018 could get off to a very lucky start for someone. the estimated jackpot for tonight's powerball lottery drawing is $384 million. and since there was no winning ticket in last night's megamillions drawing, that jackpot has jumped to an estimated $343 million. the next megamillions drawing is next year, on tuesday. coming up, giving up on giving. why charities think the new tax

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easy because of the new tax law. millions of americans are expected to take advantage of the nigh standard deduction that's been doubled, meaning fewer people will itemize their deduction. barton is worried many americans won't donate because they won't benefit from the charitable tax break. without them, do you have a backup plan? >> uh, everything that we do relies on donors and volunteers. >> reporter: they're not alone. charities like the american red cross, the salvation army, and the united way, all depend on small contributions. the united way expects to lose up to $450 million a year under the new plan. you don't think there's going to be less people giving to charities? >> i would tell you just the opposite. >> reporter: mark steber is the chief tax officer for jackson hewitt and recalls when the charitable deduction was scrapped in the 80s. >> i would tell them to look at the 1985 tax law that took away-- took away the ability to deduct it on your tax return and donations went up.

>> reporter: are you worried about the future with this new tax plan? >> i think it remains to be seen. >> reporter: barton is hoping people will continue to give, not for a tax break but for the good of humanity. meg oliver, cbs news, paterson, new jersey. >> dahler: still ahead, security nightmare-- how a terrorist group has developed an almost-untraceable bomb. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. eight hundred dollars whenlmost we switched our auto and home insurance. liberty did what? yeah, they saved us a ton, which gave us a little wiggle room in our budget. wish our insurance did that. then we could get a real babysitter instead of your brother. hey, welcome back. this guy... right? yes. ellen. that's my robe.

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>> dahler: earlier this year, president trump declared parts of somalia a war zone. since then, the u.s. has conducted dozens of drone strikes trying to stop a ruthless terrorist group that's killed hundreds. debora patta filed this reporters notebook from mogadishu. >> reporter: a brutal civil war, followed by al-shabaab's bombing campaign, has left a city in ruins. despite this, there's a semblance of normality in parts of mogadishu. what you don't see because we're not allowed to film there, are the roadblocks on almost every street, manned either by government security forces, clan militias or private guards. filming in mogadishu has been so difficult. there are roadblocks everywhere. in the time we've been here, we were surrounded by armed police and even arrested briefly on one occasion. the arrest lasted only five hours but underscores the point that even with official percommission all the right documentation, somalia is

unpredictable. even in a city that is no stranger to death and destruction, the most recent october 14 vehicle bomb that killed over 500 people was on a scale never before seen here. and now there's a new security nightmare-- the laptop bomb that al-shabaab continues to try and perfect. in this cctv footage, you can see two men enter the airport. one is carrying a laptop. watch in the bottom right as he slips a computer to the bomber. the man was the head of the mogadishu's airport security at the time. the laptop exploded shortly after takeoff and blew a hole in the side of the plane. only the bomber was killed, but in the past 18 months, three other computer bombs were found after one partially exploded in a cargo hold. new, multilayered security checks, including dogs trained to sniff out explosives, are supposed to stop that, but

al-shabaab still has people on the inside. sayeed nur deputy head of security. >> the biggest problem we have is no matter who it is, the airport manager to the canine, everybody has to follow security. >> reporter: intelligence officials tell us that al-shabaab will continue to make laptop bombs until they get them right. they have bombmaking factories around the country, and here in mogadishu, they are able to blend easily into local communities. also living in those communities are counter-terrorism police, frequently targeted for assassination. officials were scared to go on camera. filming anywhere made people nervous, and we were unable to do anything without heavy security. a quiet road may not look menacing, but it can turn nasty in an instant. debora patta, cbs news, mogadishu, somalia. >> dahler: up next, toasting

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body. >> reporter: the hiewl chair? it looks a little silly. >> it is. >> reporter: martin biallas brought the museum to los angeles. >> just imagine your c.e.o. sitting there in a meeting and just going like this. when you see the commercial, you've got all these smiling people and going like this ♪ if you can sit you can get fit the hawaii chair ♪ >> well, that didn't help, either. the product tanked. >> reporter: the museum showcases major flops by big-name brands, like olestra-laced pringles. >> make sure you had an imodium with you when you were consuming that. >> reporter: or ford's revolutionary edsel. >> the steering wheel where they tried to center all the pieces, all the controls into the steering wheel, and people just got confused. >> 80%, 90% of all innovation projects, they they fail. >> reporter: psychologist and innovation researcher samuel west curated the museum. we tracked him down on vacation.

>> there is this saying that failure is a better teacher than success, and i truly believe that. we have so much more to learn from failure. >> reporter: colgate learned that its lasagna wasn't nearly as fresh an idea as its toothpaste. bic bombed with its "her" line, but sticking to the basics sells more than 30 million products a day. what do you hope the biggest takeaway is for people who visit the museum? >> i hope that people leave the museum with a re-evaluation of what failure means for progress. >> reporter: it's a message that visit visitors hear loud and clear. >> as a parent i want to teach my kids it's okay to fail. >> reporter: which brings up the biggest irony: the museum dedicated to failure appears to be a huge success. jamie yuccas, cbs news, los angeles. >> dahler: and some of those failures ultimately succeed as collectors' items. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." i'm don dahler in new york. thank you for joining us and go

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