i'm demarco morgan. virginia is a commonwealth in crisis.ee elected officials all democrats are embroiled in separate scandals. the governor and attorney general are under fire for wearing racist blackface guessups in their college days and the lieutenant governor is accused of sexual assault. president trump wasted no time accusing the dems of having a double standard when it comes to abusive behavior. ed o'keefe has this story. >> reporter: lieutenant governor justin fairfax, the one accused of sexual assault, was the only one of virginia's top three leaders to be seen in public today, presiding over the virginia state senate. >> all those present will please record their vote aye. >> reporter: governor ralph northam and attorney general herring, the ones who admitted to wearing blackface in the 1 0 1980s, avoided cameras for yet another day. there was no discussion of possible reds nations. the fourth in line, republican house speaker kirk cox has called on the govern tore step down. today we asked if there is anything similar in his past

i'm demarco morgan. guilty as charged.t's the verdict in the case against mexican drug kingpin joaquin "el chapo" guzman. he was convicted of running an international drug cartel that trafficked in cocaine, heroin, crystal meth and fentanyl and used payoffs and murder as the tools of his trade. el chapo faces life in prison and jericka duncan has the latest. >>> after three months of testimony and 34 hours of jury deliberations, joaquin "el chapo" guzman showed no emotion as the verdict wasou min ago -- >> reporter: outside court u.s. attorney richard donahue claimed victory. >> this conviction is a victory for the american people who have suffered so long and so much while guzman made billions pouring poison over our southern border. >> reporter: his nickname might be spanish for shorty, but prosecutors cast el chapo as a larger than life drug kingpin, at one time one of the world's richest men yet a cold-blooded executioner. with testimony from 56 witnesses, the government proved to the jury that drugs and weapons were e

that's where our demarco morgan found dozens huddled in a train station turned temporary warming centers morning, including steven hicks, who is homeless and has frostbite. >> reporter: the train station will be closed. what's next for you? where do you go from here? >> right now, all of the shelters are full. people have nowhere else to go. whoever is outside is probably going to be outside. >> reporter: outside in the deadly deep freeze that's claimed at least 20 lives since sunday, including an 18-year-old university of iowa student found dead on campus. most of the midwest will warm slightly as the arctic air moves east towards new york city where wind chills plunged below zero. in upstate new york, this ice is actually the upper level of the niagara falls, where rushing back here in chicago, first responders have gotten calls almost every day this week about people in duress on the ice. jeff, we are supposed to enter positive temperature territory here tomorrow, but not before more snow. >> glor: already 11 below is a big warm-up, adriana, thank you very much. chief weathercaster l

york city, i'm demarco morgan. you're looking live at the richmond-san r >>> live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >>> now at 4 am you're looking live at the richmond san rafael bridge where right now all lanes are open. >>> this after falling concrete shut down the bridge for hours creating epic gridlock well into the night. good morning everyone it is friday, february 8 i'm michelle griego . >> and i'm kenny choi, we are on early to give you an update before you head out the door. this was the root of the problem yesterday, take a look. large chunks of concrete came raining down on drivers twice in one day. after getting the call the chp sent officers out to inspect by hitting the and these are the trouble spots that they found. the concrete was falling from those circled areas. >> inspectors were seen testing the bridge by hitting the top of the upper deck with hammers and they later installed metal plates as an emergency fix. that got things moving but there is still some concern for more bac

that's where our demarco morgan found dozens huddled in a train station turned temporary warming centern hicks who is homeless and has frostbite. whr yoin station will be closed. where ouig now af elters are full.o go. whoever is outside is probably going to be outside. >> reporter: outside in the deadly deep freeze that's already claimed more than a dozen lives since sunday, including an 18-year-old university of iowa student found dead on campus. most of the midwest will warm slightly as the arctic air moves east toward new york city where windchills plunged below zero. in upstate new york, this ice is actually the upper level of the niagara falls where rushing water is resisting the freeze for now. back here in chicago, first responders have gotten calls almost every day this week about people in duress on the ice. we're supposed to enter positive temperature territory here tomorrow, but not before more snow. >>> more evidence of clergy sex abuse in texas. diocese there have released lists of priests they determined were credibly accused of abusing a child. we've been investigating t

i'm demarco morgan. the blackface scandal that has engulfed virginia politics is now exploding across the state democrat. another top democrat attorney general mark herring now admits he put on brownface makeup and a wig during a college party. his boss democratic governor ralph northam's political life continues to hang by a thread over a blackface photo. there are new details about the sexual assault allegations against lieutenant governor justin fairfax. ed o'keefe has the story. >> reporter: attorney general mark herring admitting that he also once dressed in blackface. as an undergraduate in 1980 he said in a statement he and friends went to a party as rappers. we dressed up and put on wigs and brown makeup. he added, i have a glaring example from my past that i have thought about with deep regret in the many years since. when word reached the statehouse, there were audible gasps and expletives from staffers. some lawmakers hung their heads in disbelief. this from the head of the virginia legislativ

i'm demarco morgan.ge is set for the second high stakes summit between president trump and north korea's kim jong-un. the president is flying to vietnam and is expected to arrive this morning. north korea has no air force one so kim left his capital by train on saturday. the north koreans do have missiles and a nuclear weapons program, and that could eventually threaten the u.s. inobandhose is at the heart of this meeting. the summit will take place in hanoi, and ben tracy is there. >> reporter: after an elaborate sendoff in pyongyang, kim jong-un rode his dark green and very slow armored train for more than 50 hours through china to reach the vietnamese border. he apparently wasn't in a hurry, and neither it seems is president trump. >> i think we'll have a very tremendous summit. we want denuclearization. >> reporter: before departing for hanoi, the president says he is no longer insisting that north korea quickly denuclearize. >> i'm not in a rush. i don't want to rush anybody. i just don't want testi

demarco morgan shows us their ordeal. >> reporter: this couple has been on more than a dozen cruisese middle of their january cruise from miami when she became ill. the 79-year-old twonwent to the ship's medical staff and was told she was bleeding internally. >> he told me i could have a heart attack or i could bleed out and i need a blood transfusion and they had no facilities to do a blood he waneo g to hospital. the doctor said we're kicking you off the ship, and those were his words. >> the couple was taken off in coasta maya, mexico. they arranged transportation but they had to pay for it. they took a five-hour cab right to cancun and flew to mexico city. they bought their own plane tickets home to new jersey. they shelled out nearly $4,000 for the 24-hour ordeal to get home. in a statement, royal caribbean denied kicking the couple off the ship writing our on-board medical team initially treated the guests and then determined that for the guest's health and safety, additional medical attention was needed that could be best provided by a hospital in the area. the guest declined