i'm nikki battiste with cbs news. how are you? >> i'm doing fine. hot i'm going to a meeting. f reporter: we spent three months asking for a formal interview with cardinal dinardo. he never made himself available, so we caught up with him in the hallway during the conference of has. bishops in baltimore last week. are you aware that you have two hiests with credible sexual abuse allegations currently in active ministry in your diocese? >> um... it depends what names you're talking about? >> reporter: father john keller and reverend terence brinkman-- >> he's not a credible one. and terry was never credible. c reporter: are those the two armes going to be on your list of credibly accused priests that you release in january? >> we're working on the list. >> reporter: does the name john g bonte sound familiar? st yes. i would prefer to do this at another time. >> reporter: we've been requesting, we'd love to sit down. >> at another time, yeah. >> reporter: do you have anything to say to the survivors and victims? >> reporter: cbs news has spoken with more than 20 people with know

nikki battiste has been following this story and has the very latest. >> today law enforcement seizedfrom there. the records involve father manuel larosa lopez who is charged with abusing two children. the head of the arch diocese cardinal daniel dinardo also leads the u.s. conference of bishops. nikki battiste continues her reporting on this. >> reporter: 60 armed officers executed a search warrant this morning at the arch diocese of galveston-houston. >> harris county happens to be where my investigation led me. if it led me to rome we'd be at the vatican today. >> reporter: montgomerie county district attorney brett ligon secured documents from the secret archives. >> we're treating the catholic church the same of same way we'd treat a bank that has records, same way a criminal enterprise. >> reporter: it appears to be getting underway. at least 13 state attorneys general have also launched their own state investigations. cardinal daniel dinardo heads the arch diocese of galveston-houston. >>> what was cardinal dinardo's reaction, his demeanor when you arrived with the search warra

nikki battiste has more. >> this one is the most brutal case that i've seen in my experience here. >> reporter: monmouth county prosecutors chris gramiccioni charged paul caneiro with four counts of murder for allegedly killing his business partner an killing his wife and two young children, 8-year-old sophia and 11-year-old jesse. >> the wife jennifer was stabbed and shot and the two children, we pe repeatedly stabbed by knife. >> reporter: they say he burned down the $1 million mansion to try to destroy the evidence and then set his own home applies and allegedly killed his own family. >> what he start a fire at his own home? >> he intended to destroy it for purposes of concealing it or covering his alleged crimes. and the other reason was to create a ruse or story that the caneiro family overall was somehow targeted or victimized. >> reporter: police believe he had a financial motive for the murders. the brothers ran a tech can liver sorm of togetheoy justice, whatever that might be. >> reporter: nikki battiste, cbs news, new jersey. >>> now to a deadly accident at the u.s./mexico

more now from nikki battiste. >> reporter: the reputed mobster's early-morning death was quick and solent, it was reported that the 89-year-old was unrecognizable. the suspect: a mafia hit man, freddy geas. "the boston globe" says geas is one of two inmates under investigation for gouging out bulger's eyes while beating him in his cell tuesday morning. geas, a career massachusetts criminal, was in hazelton for killing another mob boss in 2009. >> when i first heard that he, mr. bulger, was killed in-- in hazelton, that's the first thing i thought was, freddy was there. >> reporter: daniel kelly represents geas. >> he was aware of whitey bulger. he had a distaste for informants. >> reporter: bulger's violent orath mirrored his life, and made for gory movie scenes based on the maniac mobster. his death made headlines in the papers that made him infamous. "the boston globe's" shelley murphy has reported on whitey llger's mob life for over 30 years, and said in prison his cooperation with the f.b.i. made him a target. th whitey bulger went to bed that night and by that morning, at 6:00 a.

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i'm nikki battiste with cbs news. eew are you? >> i'm fine. but i'm going to a meeting. rm reporter: after three months o, asking for a formal interview m at aardinal dinardo, we caught up with him at a conference this hoseh. and wanted to know about those two other priests. are those two names going to be on your list that are accused that you released in january? >> we're working on the list. >> reporter: anything to say to the survivors? ligon says he'll go wherever the evidence discovered today takes him. >> if there's something to be covered up, i'm sure i'll find it. >> reporter: in a statement inday, the archdiocese of galveston-houston says they will continue to cooperate, and, jeff, they said they will have re further comment. >> glor: nikki, thanks to you and the continued work of our investigative team. multiple stories set to play out at the g-20 conference in e gentina this weekend. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman arrived today. in srity is extremely tight at the saudi embassy amid y cusations the prince ordered the murder of journalist jamal

more now from nikki battiste. >> reporter: the reputed mobster's early morning death was quick and so violent, it was reported that the 89-year-old was unrecognizable. the suspect, a mafia hit man freddy diaz. the boston gloed says geas is one of two under investigation for gouging out bulger's eyes while beating him in his cell tuesday morning. geas a career massachusetts criminal was hailed for killing another mob boss in 2009. >> when i first heard mr. bulger was killed in hazelton, that's the first thing i thought, was, freddy was there. >> reporter: daniel kelly represents geas. >> he was aware of whitey bulger. he had a distaste for informants. >> reporter: bulger's violent death mirrored his life. did was based on the mania mobster. his death made headlines in the papers that made him infamous. the boston globe shelley murphy has reported on whitey bulger's mob life for over 30 years and says in prison, his cooperation with the fbi made him a target. there d looked for him.o bed as for freddy geas, it doesn't take much for a 51-year-old to beat an 89-year-old man in a wheelchai

i am nikki battiste. election day is behind us and although some of the races are still too close to call, there is some other news out there. in new york city, jury selection resumes today in the trial of the infamous mexican drug lord known as el chapo. more than two dozen jurors have already been dismissed. some after they told the judge they feared for their lives if selected. joaquin guys m joaqu joaquin guzman is thought to have led the largest drug lord in the world. he oversaw hundreds of murders, kidnappings and other violent acts. from the moment he set foot on u.s. soil, joaquin el chapo guzman, the feared ex-boss has seemingly been surrounded by federal agents wherever he goes. jurors will get a taste of that if they are selected for his trial. u.s. marshals will escort them to and from the courthouse every day for their own safety. >> these jurors are going to be protected in a way that is highly unusual. >> reporter: cbs news legal analyst says the names of his jurors are being kept a secret

>> no. >> no. >> no. >> nikki battiste from cbs news. how are you? >> i'm doing fine. i'm going to a meeting. >> reporter: we spent three months asking for a formal interview with cardinal dinardo. he never made himself available, so we caught up with him in the hallway during the conference of the u.s. bishops in baltimore last week. >> are you aware that you have two priests with credible sexual abuse allegations currently in active ministry in your diocese? >> it depends what names you're talking about. >> father john keller and reverend terence -- >> that's not a credible one. and kerterry was never -- was nr credible. >> are those two names going to be on your list of credibly accused priests that you'll release in january? >> we're working on the list. >> does the name john labonte sound familiar? >> yes. i would prefer to do this at another time. >> we've been requesting. we'd love to sit down. >> at another time, yeah. >> is there anything you'd say to the survivors and victims? >> what would you say to father keller today? >> come clean. you step up. >> what w

from thehe broadcacast center iw york city, i'm nikki battiste. >>> it's wednesday, november 7, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." power shift, democrats win control of the house in the midterm elections, but the gop holds on to the senate. a closer look at the changes in the political landscape. >>> and, democrats with seats in the nat a key role. nearly 40% of voters said they cast their ballots to express opposition to the president. nikole killion is on capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to come together. >> reporter: despite the loss of the house, president trump tweeted tremendous success tonight. the white house says president trump called house and senate leaders last night to express his congratulations and is expected to make more calls today. anne-marie. >> thank you so much. >>> now that democrats control the house, it will mean new committee leadership and a new agenda. major garrett has more from the white house. >> reporter: a point of history for the trump presidency, 11:45 eastern time president trump called nancy pelosi the current house minorit

nikki battiste has more. >> reporter: 60 armed officers executed a search warrant at the archdiocese of galveston houston. >> this is where it led me. if it led me to rome we'd be at the vatican today. domefrom ahd he secured private secret archives. e're treating church in the same way we'd treat a bank that has records in the way that we'd treat a criminal enterprise. >> reporter: his search comes as a wide ranging federal investigation into the clergy of sexual abuse appears to be getting underway. at least 13 state attorneys general have also launched their own state investigations. cardinal daniel dinardo heads the arch diocese of galveston, houston. what was his reaction, demeanor, when you arrived with the search warrant? >> i know that he's probably not pleased with it all. but it's not my job to please the cardinal, my job is to seek justice for victims of sexual assault. >> reporter: one of the victims went to cardinal dinardo with his allegations. but it wasn't until they went to the police that he was promoted after they spoke with police. we spoke with two other victims

today he shared his words with nikki battiste. >> "dear mom, right now, i'm scared to death... need a warm soft hug." >> reporter: filled with fear a school shooter was about to take ..s life... >> ...and, mom, i hope that you're going to be okay with me gone. goodbye." >> reporter: 12-year-old ajani dartiguenave wrote a heartbreak goodbye letter to his family, during a frightening one-hour lockdown at his charlotte, north carolina elementary school after officials received an anonymous threat. >> i was very scared, and i thought that many of my friends ghuld die. >> reporter: his mother, claudia charles, says the letter shocked her. >> he actually read me the letter. i was really upset, of course, edd really heartbroken. >> reporter: she says the recent rash of school shootings thiggered her son's anxiety. >> when there was a shooting at , other school that was about 45 minutes away, it wasn't until this incident happened that it really got-- it was close enough to home that i realized that he was actually affected by what was going on at a neighboring school, and that he had

nikki battiste is in the middle of this. >> it's so slippery in here. my god. >> reporter: wet snow sent cars smashing into trucks on the george washington bridge in new york late this afternoon. in lancaster, pennsylvania, a snow-bound tractor-trailer came to a halt next to a bus sprawled across two lanes, a warning for drivers to proceed with caution. from a slew of spin-outs in st. louis to fender benders in ohio, the storm stirred up trouble. snap, crackle, and drop was the sound of icy branches falling in this dayton, ohio, neighborhood. snow and ice accumulation has downed trees and knocked out power for more than 245,000 customers in five states. this morning, the white house shimmered in another coat of white. snow has not fallen this early in washington, d.c. in 22 years. here in ridgefield, connecticut, customers snaked out the door this morning. >> shovels, tube sand, sand to weigh down the back of their cars. they're worried. it's the first storm of the season. >> reporter: the snow is falling here at a rate of one to two inches per hour. it

i'm nikki battiste. war of words is raging between president trump and a retired special forces admiral who led the raid that killed osama bin laden. admiral william mcraven describes the president's attacks on the media as the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. mr. trump calls the admiral an obama backer and a hillary fan who should have gotten bin laden years earlier. search teams in northern california continue to sift through the ashes of the , searching for remains of the nearly 1,000 people still missing. but with rain in the forecast it's a race help douse the flames but complicate recovery efforts. meg oliver reports. >> reporter: crews are scouring this scorched landscape to recover dna and identify the dead before the rain moves in. >> heavily, you know, ash and soot. and when the water turns -- you know, touches that, it kind of turns to sediment. so anything that we have or potentially have, you know, is going to be further buried and entombed by that. >> reporter: search teams are

nikki battiste tracked him down in baltimore to ask him about the claims.she ever. >> reporter: cardinal dinardo was arrested for abusing two children in the late 1990s. he denounced a list of all the priests who had been, in the church's judgment, accused of abusing a child. but dinardo says he still has their abusers in active ministry. >> i shrank. i was not here. i left my body. >> john labonte says the cardinal has allowed priests to continue in the largest archdiocese in houston. he said he was abused when he was six years old. >> how were you feeling? >> i didn't want to beat it around. >> reporter: in 2002, he told them father keller plied him with alcohol and fondled him in his bed on an overnight trip. >> right here where it says acted very inappropriate. >> reporter: a letter from the archdiocese says father keller acknowledged holding labonte in a manner inappropriate for a priest but denies any sexual intent. the church could not conclude what happened stud sexual abuse. the church promised to put father keller in therapy, and cardinal dinardo

now, that comes one week after nikki battiste reported allegations against other priests still serving in the galveston houston archdiocese and she is here with the new developments. >> reporter: good morning. the church uses the term secret archives to refer to documents it keeps confidential to protect people's privacy. any secrets among those files in houston are now in the hands of the district attorney. >> we're going to go wherever the investigation requires us to go. today it brought us here. >> reporter: investigators hauled boxes into the offices of the galveston houston archdiocese, seizing evidence in the investigation of father lopez. he's denied allegations of sexually abusing two teenagers in the late 1990s and early 2000s. the district attorney brett ligon says he's prepared for anything they uncover. >> we'll turn it over to the appropriate federal agency. >> reporter: cbs news reported last week between other preecie within the diocese. neither has been charged. we tried to speak with dinardo, who's also the president of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops. >> i wo