jericka duncan is in harrisburg. >> reporter: when this raging fire tore through this pennsylvania home friday night, several children could not get out. >> we need an additional line. we still have people trapped in the upper floors. >> reporter: the fire killed two-year-old seriously injured two others. the surviving children told officials the blaze was started by a hoverboard plugged into an outlet. harrisburg fire chief brian enterline. >> i heard some sizzling and crackling in the hoverboard, and shortly thereafter it exploded in flames. >> reporter: lieutenant dennis devoe, a 21-year veteran of the fire department, was killed in a traffic accident while responding to the fire. last year the consumer product safety commission recalled more than 500,000 hoverboards by eight different manufacturers. in some cases the lit yum batteries can overheat or catch fire. since 2015, the commission has investigated more than 60 fires caused by malfunctioning hoverboards. shaka crawford was greeted with a warm hug from a neighbor as she stood outside of her fire-ravaged home, a small memorial

jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: the immigrant controversy seems to be prompting regular travelers to cool their jets. kris van cleave found the travel industry has a name for it-- "the trump slump." >> reporter: damien selosse could be a reason for the $2.1 trillion u.s. tourism industry to worry. for 30 years, he's been coming to the u.s. from france, but canceled plans to attend a conference next month in brooklyn. >> this is what democracy looks like! >> reporter: as airport protests erupted in january in response to president trump's first travel ban, the global business travelers association reported 185 million dollars in lost bookings to the u.s. emirates airlines said the pace of its bookings to the u.s. fell 35%, and new york city just lowered its 2017 travel forecast by 300,000 international visitors, the first drop since 2008's recession. >> we saw a really bill bigdip, and we've not fully recovered. >> reporter: patrick surry from the travel site hopper says airfare searches in the united states dropped since mr. trump's nawg praipgz china is off nearly 46%,

jericka duncan has the story. >> you know that is illegal what you are doing?n police are mostly ignored. >> you speak english. >> towing her baby, this woman struggled through the snow. >> refugee. okay. >> to claim asylum in canada. she its among the hundreds of u.s. refugees who have illegally entered canada since president trump's first immigration order. u.s. refugees who cross at an arrested. but once on canadian soil, they are allowed to claim asylum. at an official border crossing, they would be turned away. a record 724 u.s. refugees, a 700% jump over the same period last year, walked into quebec last month. >> well are beth 2 1/2 miles away from the main port of entry. >> the staff sergeant says he has seen the desperation firsthand. >> some body crossing barefooted. you can tell the people, are not used to the climate and all that. or, they're not dressed properly. >> reporter: we weren't able to talk to any of the refugees, but immigration lawyers told us most are fearful they might be deported from the u.s. >> two subject crossing. >> reporter: sur

jericka duncan is in harrisburg. >> reporter: when this raging fire tore through this pennsylvania homeriday night, several children could not get out. >> we need an additional line. we still have people trapped in the upper floors. >> reporter: the fire killed two-year-old ashante hughes and seriously injured two others. the surviving children told officials the blaze was started by a hoverboard plugged into an outlet. harrisburg fire chief brian enterline. >> i heard some sizzling and crackling in the hoverboard, and shortly thereafter it exploded in flames. >> reporter: lieutenant dennis devoe, a 21-year veteran of the fire department, was killed in a traffic accident while responding to the fire. last year the consumer product safety commission recalled more than 500,000 hoverboards by eight different manufacturers. in some cases the lithium batteries can overheat or catch fire. since 2015, the commission has investigated more than 60 fires caused by malfunctioning hoverboards. shaka crawford was greeted with a warm hug from a neighbor as she stood outside of her fire-ravaged home,

i'm jericka duncan.of tourists and journalists are thankful to be alive this morning after surviving a huge explosion at italy's mount etna, europe's most active volcano burst into life without warning, sending boiling steam into the air and rocks and lava raining down the mountainside. here's seth doane. >> reporter: mount etna has been putting on an impressive show for days, spewing lava and steam, but no one expected this. the massive explosion was caught on camera by a bbc crew. piping hot volcanic ash and rock rained down as tourists and the crew fled. one reporter described it as running down a mountain, being pelted by rocks, dodging burning boulders and boiling steam. >> whoa. >> reporter: a camerawoman shook burning embers off her back. >> get it off. >> reporter: she later tweeted a photo of the hole burned in her jacket. at least ten people were injured from flying debris, take shelter in a passing snowcat. the blast is what's known as a phreatomagmatic eruption caused by extremely hot lava hi

i'm jericka duncan. >>> the heads of the fbi and the national security agency went before congress tointerference in the november presidential election. the headline "intelligence agencies are highly confident russia interfered with the goal of electing donald trump" and the fbi is investigating possible coordination between russia and trump associates. also, president trump was not wiretapped by former president obama. jeff pegues has more. >> i have no information that supports those tweets. >> reporter: several times, fbi director james comey rejected the president's claim that tower wiretapped. adam schiff is the ranking democrat on the house intelligence commit tee. >> you said there's been no evidence of an illegal wiretap by president obama, is that right? >> i said the fbi and the justice department have no information to support those tweets. >> reporter: another white house claim that british intelligence wiretapped trump tower on behalf of the united states was dismissed by the director of the nsa, mike rogers. >> i have seen nothing on the nsa side that we engaged in any s

travel ban on can inadequacies, jericka duncan reports on the hundreds of refugees illegally crossing the northern border seeking >> pelley: a strong jobs report. and the trump white house makes quick work of taking credit for the numbers. >> they may have been phony in the past, but it's very real now. >> pelley: also tonight, the marine corps common dant asks victims of the nude photo scandal to come forward. >> i'm going to ask them to trust us. >> pelley: former n.f.l. players accuse team doctors of violating federal drug laws to keep the players on the field. and steve hartman, at this school-- >> how you doing? >> pelley: the most valuable lessop of the day is taught at lunch. >> meeting somebody who actually cares and listens to what you have to say rll

. >> reporter: and i'm jericka duncan in the pocono mountains in pennsylvania, where more than 22 inchesf snow fell. that's more snow than than some parts got than all of the entire season last year. after one of the shortest ski seasons last year, today's monster storm was just what pocono ski resortes were hoping for. so this storm didn't disappoint. >> no, not at all. >> reporter: camel back's andrew baird said his ski resort has had to rely on machines to give them a lift this season. >> any time we have the opportunity, we gog turn on that snowmaking system and we're going to trun to the full capacity. >> reporter: before today, least one area ski resort reported about 89 inches of snow this year, 50 inches less than normal. today's snowfall will help extend camel back's taken another tree weeks. >> this is huge. this is absolutely the best way we could end the season. >> reporter: i'm kris van cleave. washington's dulles airport slowly roared back to life tuesday after crews worked through the night to prepare. but here at new york's laguardia, virtually all flights were halted for

i'm jericka duncan.can chairman of the house intelligence committee, devin nunes is used to asking tough questions, but now he's the one on the hot seat over the way he's been handling classified information about russian ties to the white house. jeff pegues reports. >> reporter: devin nunes, the chairman of the house intelligence committee says he was at the white house grounds last tuesday, to meet a source and look at highly classified information in a secure location. >> i've been working this for a long time with many different sources and needed a place that i could actually finally go, because i knew what i was looking for, and i could actually get access to what i needed to see. >> reporter: tuesday's visit to the white house complex was the start of several days of unusual meetings and conflicting disclosures. on wednesday, nunes revealed to the press that he had seen evidence that the obama administration had intercepted communications involving members of the trump transition team. nunes then

from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. 2017. >>> it's tuesday, march 28th, 2017g news". a secret meeting at the white house rattles democrats. now they are calling for the head of the house intelligence committee to recuse himself from the russia investigation. >>> officer shot. two undercover miami police officers are targeted in an ambush-style attack. >>> the oakland raiders are getting a nation. they are making a move to sin city. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news odadquarters here in new york.

. >> cbs news correspondent jericka duncan shows us in pocono township to show you all of the snow thatl there today. hey there, jericka. >> reporter: good afternoon. i wanted to say good morning, all of those years we work the morning shift. >> that is for sure. >> it is very, very, very heavy. but it is not stopped, skiers from coming out here, and as you can see is there a nice group out here. we have snow borders, skiers, they were anticipated this snow and they are extremely happy that they got the amount that they did. one of the people here, one of the officials here at camelback telling me that they were expecting between 12 and maybe 18 inches and would have been perfectly fine with that, but right now, they say, that they are measuring at lee 22 inches of snow that has fallen here today. it is very cold outside here today, but not stopping people from, having a great time. so just a put it in perspective though the amount of snow that has fallen here, last year, for the entire, season, they got 22 inches of snow. so this year, again, they are at about 70, so far and gist 22, a

from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." trump set aside some of the fire and brimstone, sounding more optimistic in his first address to a joint session of congress. president trump outlined in broad strokes his ambitious plans to rewrite the tax code, increase military spending, and slash the federal budget. all without touching social security or medicare. some of this puts him at odds with republican leaders, whose help he'll need to push any plans through the congress. here's some of what the president had to say. >> each american generation passes the torch of truth, liberty and justice, in an unbroken chain all the way down to the president. t and we will use it to light up the world. i'm here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is message deeply delivered from my heart. finally, the chorus became an earthquake, and the people turned out by the tens of millions, and they were all united by one very simple but crucial demand, that america must put its own citizens first because only then can we t

. >> reporter: and i'm jericka duncan in the pocono mountains in pennsylvania, where more than 22 inchese parts got than all of the entire season last year. after one of the shortest ski seasons last year, today's monster storm was just what pocono ski resorts were hoping for. so this storm didn't disappoint. >> reporter: camel back's andrew baird said his ski resort has had to rely on machines to give them a lift this ski season. >> any time we have the opportunity, we go turn on that snowmaking system and we're going to run to the full capacity. >> eporter: before today, at least one area ski resort reported about 89 inches of snow this year, 50 inches less than normal. today's snowfall will help extend camel back's season another tree weeks. >> this is huge. this is absolutely the best way we could end the season. >> reporter: i'm kris van cleave. washington's dulles airport slowly roared back to life tuesday after crews worked through the night to prepare. but here at new york's laguardia, virtually all flights were halted for the day and plows had free reign on the runways. across t

jericka duncan is near city hall. jericka, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you.t is just nasty out here. and we've got the best of both worlds, if you will. we've got a little rain, a little snow, a little sleet. on these roads right here, some of them are iced over which is can causing a number of accidents. here in philadelphia, it started snowing last night around 8:00. we saw snowplow crews out here. they said their equipped with over 50,000 tons of salt to handle the snow. and much of the city has really been shut down. philadelphia school district cancelled all classes. folks are being urged to stay inside. throughout pennsylvania, we're talking about 20 cities and counties where there are snow emergencies, basically forcing people to get their cars off of the road, so that plow drivers can come through there and keep these roads clear. governor tom wolf, again, warning people to stay off the roads. staying whether or not you have a compact car or an suv, you're ultimately putting yourself at risk and others when you're out here in these conditions. again,

for "cbs this morning: saturday," jericka duncan, new york. >>> the washington post reports police in northern virginia are warning parnltds about an apparent uptick in gang activity after two bodies were found in a park. the grim discovery on friday follows the arrests of 16 two other murders. police suspect the ms-13 gang which tempts to recruit young teenagers was ka. >>> the keystone pipeline will not be built with american steel. an order from president demanded use of all steel, but the xl pipe lien was started in 2008 which makes it exempt that order. >>> "usa today" reports they've started more rigorous pat-downs as part of its airport security screenings. a spokesman said the new universal pat-down which began on thursday does not include any additional body parts. two reporters passing through tsa screeners in recent day say agents patted town their genital areas. tsa officials say complaints about pat-downs are nothing new. >>> venus williams has no plans to stop playing tennis. she just wrapped all stint in the finals at australian open. she even envisions another round ag