. >> reporter: i'm chris livesay in berlin, where germans are deciding today who will take charge aftera merkel. >> duncan: and later, treasure hunting, the search for prize relics in minnesota. >> i don't think people are aware that it's trash. this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york, with jericka duncan. >> duncan: good evening, thanks for joining us. right now, a team of federal safety investigators and amtrak officials are in montana trying to find out what caused a deadly derailment. 157 people were on board, three were killed. dozens more hurt. first responders from several remote communities raced to help amtrak's empire builder was rolling westbound from chicago to seattle. two locomotives pulled the ten cars across the prairie when disaster truck saturday near the town of joplin, montana, cbs' meg oliver is there covering the latest developments. meg, good evening to you. >> reporter: jericka, this was an all hands on deck rescue operation, first responders and locals from several communities raced to this remote area to help when the train de-railed. >> oh my god, it's on

let's go to chris livesay who is in rome with the story of what is so far the only u.s. good morning. a lot of people following this case. >> reporter: good morning, tony. today marks a profound day of reckoning not just for the disgraced former cardinal but also for the catholic church. survivors hope that his criminal trial means that no one no matter how powerful is above the law. a shocking image, no clerical garb. he was one of the most powerful cardinals in america, advising popes and hob-nobbing with presidents. he even claimed to champion victims as he did in 2002 upon returning from a sex abuse summit at the vatican. >> now anyone who has this problem, who is credibly accused of this, will never work in the united states. >> reporter: today that includes mccarrick himself, now 91 years old and defrocked by pope francis in 2019 after an internal investigation concluded he'd abused minors and assembly anywheres for decades. just as damning, a vatican report last year revealed john paul ii, the pope who made mccarrick a cardinal and archbishop of washington, d.c.,

chris livesay is in berlin.w owe election, three parties can claim some portion of leadership. what do we know? good morning. >> good morning, tony. we are still weeks if not months away from finding out who the next german chancellor will be as the focus shifts to forming a coalition government. no matter who the candidate s well, they're virtually falling over themselves to prove who most closely resembles angela merkel. >> reporter: after 16 years in office angela merkel former research scientist and daughter of a lutheran preacher is finally saying good-bye as german chancellor. lauded as a bulwark of europe helping save it from imploding during the 2009 debt crisis. her secret, a stoic calm that didn't just influence german society, it defined it. says political scientist frank stauss. >> there is a lot of common sense if you want to in the german public and she maybe eve four president sees, befriending some, clark with former president trump as he retreated from international affairs, many looked to angel