. >> o'donnell: good evening. and thank you for joining us on what is officially the coldest veterans day ever in dozens of cities from texas to michigan. snow is falling and temperatures are dropping tonight as an arctic invasion plunges deep and wide across much of the country. the dangerous weather is already causing accidents and travel delays. by thursday more than 222 million americans, that's about 75% of the country, will shiver in temperatures below freezing. more than 300 records could be shattered from the central plains to new england, and as far south as florida. david begnaud is in the thick of it and leads off our coverage tonight. >> reporter: it was a turbulent touchdown in chicago. >> at least it landed. >> reporter: and landed they did, but the flight skidded into the grass at o'hare airport just before 8:00 a.m. >> the conditions here were very bad it was windy and very icy. >> reporter: luis torres coret was a passenger. he credits the pilot. >> we're lucky we had a very competent pilot that k

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell.eporting tonight from washington. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this historic night in the nation's capital. for the first time in more than two decades, the country watched televised impeachment hearings and today was the first of many. we learned something new. ambassador bill taylor, the top diplomat to ukraine, testified about a phone call between president trump and gordon sondland. that's the president's ambassador to the european ayion. the takeaway from that phone call, according to taylor, the president cared more about investigating his political rival than he did about ukraine. taylor, a west point grad and vietnam veteran, and george kent vicareer foreign service officer, have served for decades under republican and democratic presidents. they used words like "alarming, confusing, irregular, illogical, and crazy" to describe the trump administration's policy towards ukraine. both diplomats called freezing aid to ukraine a threat to u.s. nationa

news" with norah o'donnell reporting tonight from washington. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. there are indications tonight that what we've heard so far int the tip of the iceberg. the president's former national acurity adviser john bolton and his lawyer indicating today he has personal knowledge of key meetings and conversations that have not come up thus far in the investigation. this indicates there's so much more that we still don't know. we're also learning tonight that fiona hill, a former top analyst for the white house, told tongressional investigators that she received death threats before testifying last month. testimony from hill and army lieutenant colonel alexander vindman have now brought the ukraine scandal one step away from the president to his top aide and acting chief of staff. nancy cordes leads us off tonight from capitol hill. >> i'm not concerned about anything. the testimony has all been fine. >> reporter: the president insisted again today that he did nothing wrong, but newly released transcripts from two key witnesses suggest

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and abroad. >> o'donnell: all right, nancy, thank you. tonight, we're hearing from one of the few trump administration officials who parted ways with the president on relatively good terms. former south carolina governor nikki haley served for nearly two years as president trump's ambassador to the united nations. she has a new book coming out that details what she saw during her time in the administration. we interviewed haley for "cbs sunday morning." do you think ultimately the president will be impeached and removed from office? >> no. on what? you're going to impeach a president for asking for a favor that didn'hayou wo impeach him on. and, look, norah, impeachment is like the death penalty for a public official. when you look at the transcript, there's nothing in that transcript that warrants the death penalty for the president. and i think that-- >> to be clear it was not a complete transcript. there are still things that are ssssing from it, and in it he does say, "i would like you to do us a favor, though." >> the ukrainians neve

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from washington. >> o'donnell: good evening. and thank you so much for joining us. the impeachment inquiry is entering a new public phase tonight after today's historic vote in the house. lawmakers voted mostly along party lines to approve a resolution that lays out the next steps in the inquiry into president trump's alleged misconduct. it is only the third vote of its kind. the most serious accusation is that the president asked the leader of ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election by digging up dirt on his political rivals. for the first time today, lawmakers heard testimony from a current white house political appointee who listened in on that controversial phone call where the president made the request. we're going to get reaction from the white house in just a moment, but nancy cordes leads off our coverage on capitol hill. nancy. >> reporter: norah, all but two house democrats voted for these new impeachment rules, their party now fully embracing a process that appears all but certain to lead to the draft

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, mola, thank you. new tonight, days after president trump overturned a navy seal's sentence for a war crime, the military is ordering that man to go before a review board that could kick him out of the elite unit. tonight his lawyer tells david martin it is an act of defiance against the president. d reporter: just days ago, president trump signed this brief order restoring navy seal eddie gallagher to his full rank. then he called gallagher and told him he was overturning the sentence handed down by a court- martial, which convicted him of posing with the corpse of an isis fighter. >> he told me that he was going to be restoring my rank back to chief petty officer, and also expunging everything from my record so that i could retire honorably and that, you know, basically it was like this thing had never happened. >> reporter: but now the navy intends to take gallagher and three officers involved in the bcident before a review board, which could kick them out of the seals. it's being ordered by the nav

>> o'donnell: janet, thank you.se democrats want to hear from acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. he's the highest-ranking white house official investigators have called on. today they sent a letter seeking his testimony in the impeachment inquiry, but nobody is counting on him to appear. meanwhile, we learned today what a key witness-- how a key witness changed his testimony. gordon sondland, a top u.s. diplomat, now says he believes the trump administration demanded a quid pro quo from ukraine. nancy cordes is at the capital, and nancy, did we learn why sondland changed his story? >> reporter: well, in a way, norah, sondland had to change his original testimony because so many of the other witnesses had disputed it. so in this new three-page addendum, he says that reading those other witness statements, "refreshed his recollection about his role in the president's quid pro quo." >> it's never too late to do the right thing. >> reporter: that was the democrat's reaction to an about- face from ambassado

hisamitsu. >> o'donnell: now a cbs news exclusive.ight, mcdonald's is facing new charges that the company is not being tough enough on allegations of sexual harassment at its restaurants. just last week, the company fired its c.e.o. for having an improper relationship with an employee. former mcdonald's worker jenna ries tells anna werner why she's pursuing a class action suit against the company. >> i had to force myself to go to work every day. >> reporter: this mcdonald's franchise in mason, michigan, is where jenna ries says she endured daily harassment in her $14-an-hour managerial job beginning in 2017. her lawsuit alleges a coworker frequently grabbed her body parts, including her crotch, breasts, and buttocks. >> i was called, like, a "bitch" and a "slut," and a "whore." all kind of things. i was constantly in fear of losing my job. >> reporter: ries' allegations are the latest in a series of sexual harassment complaints levied at one of the world's largest employers, with the company now facing more than 50 complaints and law

>> o'donnell: we wanted to share this story with you tonight. the end of an epic journey, more than a million steps. errol barnett reports they're doing it to solve a most urgent problem facing veterans. >> marathon enthusiasts brian tjersland and josh milich are on the longest run of their lives-- 500 miles in 12 days, from massachusetts national cemetery on cape cod, to arlington national cemetery in virginia. they're averaging more than 40 miles a day. >> we got 20 to go. >> reporter: braving rain, snow, and injury to raise awareness of veteran suicides. we caught up with them in philadelphia. you say you want to do something outrageous, something people would stop and see. >> yes. >> reporter: what has the response been so far? >> it's been fantastic. it's exceeded anything we thought would happen. >> they're using their passion for running to raise money for mission 22, a nonprofit organization providing treatment to veterans suffering from post- traumatic stress. and to veterans sitting out there watching from home who have been struggling

>> o'donnell: manuel, thank you. in kentucky tonight, there are calls to check the math in the fiercely fought race for governor. democrat andy beshear is more than 5,000 votes ahead of republican incumbent matt bevin, who is refusing to concede. ed o'keefe now with an election roundup that could tell us what is ahead for 2020. >> we actually had a very big night last night. we had some tremendous results. >> reporter: president trump today tried to put a positive spin on last night's elections, even though his effort to prop up kentucky's unpopular republican governor matt bevin had failed. and despite this warning, two nights ago. >> and if you lose, they're going to say, trump suffered the greatest defeat in the history of the world. this was the greatest. you can't let that happen to me! >> reporter: bevin isn't conceding yet, but democrat andy beshear is claiming victory. >> the election is over. no one else is going to cast a vote. >> reporter: republicans did win every other statewide race in kentucky and in r

>> o'donnell: all right, manny. thank you.ord of a possible trade deal with china sent stock markets soaring to new record highs today. the dow shot up 180 points, breaking the all-time high set earlier in the week. the s&p 500 also climbed to its highest level ever. now turning to a fraud scheme that authorities say threatens national security. it's quite a story. today seven people at a new york tech company were charged with importing chinese surveillance equipment and then selling it as made in the u.s.a. mola lenghi has the details. >> reporter: federal agents swarmed this long island, new york, facility this morning. the entire executive team of adventura technologies is charged with fraud. according to the criminal complaint, since 2006, adventura operated a scheme where nearly 1,000 shipments of network security software and hardware from china were relabeled as american and then resold to the federal government, including surveillance systems bought by the army, air force, department of energy, and other u.s. agencies

. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from washington. >> o'donnell: good evening. and thank you so much for joining us. if you watched today's hearings, you saw two career foreign policy officials school lawmakers on what they should really care about-- russia. former white house official hona hill told lawmakers she worried president trump had fallen victim to a fictional narrative about ukraine. hill testified, alongside embassy official david holmes, who says he overheard the president on the phone asking if ukraine would investigate the bidens. slmes said today that phone call in the middle of a restaurant in kiev was unlike anything he'd seen in his career. and tonight, it appears the house is on its way to impeaching the president. hod we have late word that the white house may be ready to fight it out in a trial on the g tate floor.da developments, and we're going to egin tonight with nancy cordes at the capitol. and, nancy, that was some powerful testimony today. >> reporter: it was, norah. hill and holmes became the seventh and eighth witnes

>> o'donnell: roxana, thank you.ay police in los angeles shot and killed a man who was armed with a machete. an officer opened fire when the suspect charged at him holding the foot-long blade. police say the man first robbed an auto parts store, then car jacked a vehicle at a chik-fil-a restaurant after crashing into two police cars he tried to get away, which led to the deadly confrontation. now to another cbs news exclusive. a grandfather from indiana is speaking out tonight in his first interview after being hit with criminal charges in the death of his granddaughter. just 18 months old. they were on a cruise in puerto rico when the girl slipped from his grasp and fell more than ten stories from a window. salvatore anello is now charged with negligent homicide for what he says was an accident. well, late today he sat down with david begnaud for "cbs this morning." >> i remember trying to find her on the floor, and then i saw her fall. i saw her fall all the way down. i saw her fall, and it was just a disbelief. i

, reporting tonight from washington. >> o'donnell: good evening.nd thank you for joining us on this extraordinary night in u.s. history. president trump tonight is accused of witness intimidation, and now faces another possible impeachment charge. never before has a president publicly attacked an impeachment witness at the moment they were testifying as mr. trump did today on twitter. it came during chilling testimony from marie yovanovitch, the highly respected diplomat and anticorruption crusader told congress she felt threatened and intimidated by president trump. yovanovitch said she was removed from her post in ukraine after being "knee-capped" by a shadowy smear campaign. democrats claim that takedown cleared the way for the president to attempt to bribe ukraine's new president into investigating mr. trump's rivals. there's a lot to break down tonight with our team here in washington, and nancy cordes leads us off on capitol hill. nancy, this was powerful testimony. >> reporter: it was, norah. and congress was riveted as she essentially accus

>> o'donnell: all right, chip. thank you.eading into the next round of televised impeachment hearings, tonight house speaker nancy pelosi says democrats have not yet made a decision on whether to impeach president trump, but she did publicly accuse him of bribery. that word is significant. there is also news tonight that more ears were listening in on a phone call that not only ties the president to a pressure campaign in ukraine, but is also prompting concerns of a security breach. nancy cordes reports from capitol hill. >> quid pro quo. bribery. >> reporter: for the first time today house speaker nancy pelosi used a term that has been gaining steam in her party. >> bribery >> extortion and bribery. >> bribe an ally. >> reporter: article ii of the constitution says a president can be removed from office for treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. that's a very serious charge. what makes this a case of bribery? >> the bribe is to grant or withhold military assistance in return for a public statement of a fake

(all muppets) yup. ♪ we are farmers. ♪ bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum >> o'donnell: in kansas >> o'donnellsas city, a tv traffic reporter typed the wrong address when he called out sick this morning. and guess what? he accidentally e-mailed every employee from nearly 200 tv stations. his name is nick vasos, and within minutes his in box was blowing up. well, thousands replied before the email thread was stopped. strangers were wishing nick well eld sent medical advice. colleagues even set up a shrine. suddenly #prayersfornick was trending worldwide. an update now on a story we s reached at heme, nick opened up to the mistake, and went back to sleep. li update now on a story we hrought you last night. mitramarathoners brian tjersland and john milich finished their 500-mile journey from cape cod late today arriving at arlington arlonal cemetery. they're raising awareness about veteran suicides. and if you'd like to help, go to our website cbsnews.com. up next, steve hartman. ery the performers ended up cheering for an audience member. mom, why do we always come here for the holidays? how did

i'm norah o'donnell in washington.es day law firm for this view of the capitol, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> climate change may be taking a toll on one of the world's most ancient forests. california's giant sequoia trees attract millions of tourists each and every year, but now scientists are going to extreme heights to study how an historic drought is impacting these natural wonders. jonathan vigliotti got an upclose look. >> reporter: we're here in the sequoia national park perched on one of the largest trees in the world, which just so happens to be a cloud-hugging laboratory for scientists studying the impacts of climate change. from the air, the breathtaking beauty of the sierra nevada covers up an ugly statistic. >> the first estimates that about 130 million trees died in the state of california during this drought. >> reporter: 130 milln?

i'm norah o'donnell. than >>> a joint cbs news/reuters investigation has revealed new evidence of potential fraud ing pr the military's privatized as s mily fs le with roaches and mold, a former employee housing contractor said the company records. >> reporter: a former employee at fall fort media communities told us that issues would take days, sometimes weeks if they were fixed at all. on paper, everything was aboveboard, but the pressure to falsify records came from management. >> i told them i said this is lying. it's not right. >> reporter: f

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from washington. >> o'donnell:d evening. and thank you so much for joining us. tonight, just as the stage is being set for public hearings in the impeachment inquiry, we are learning new details, not just about the content of the president's call with the ukraine leader, but also about potential efforts to conceal it. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with these late-breaking developments. and, nancy, what are we learning about these attempts by the white house to keep someone who was on the call quiet? >> reporter: norah, cbs news has confirmed that the president's top ukraine aide was told to stay silent about that call. lieutenant colonel alex vindman, who testified earlier this week, said that when he went to a top white house lawyer to share his concerns about the call, he was told not to discuss it with anyone outside the white house. >> the democrats are crazed. they're lunatics. >> reporter: president trump, with his first public reaction tonight to yesterday's historic vote, laying the groundwork for impeach

your life. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell. >> o'donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us. it's official. historic, televised impeachment hearings begin a week from today, and it promises to be must-see tv. the democrats plan to start with their star witness ashes west point grad with 50 years of public service, acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine bill taylor will testify wednesday alongside deputy assistant secretary of state george kent. then on friday, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch will testify. house democrats say that's just the beginning. today democrats released more transcripts from those closed- door deposition, and nancy cordes says they offer a preview of what's expected to be bombshell testimony. >> reporter: ambassador bill taylor will go first next week, telling the public, as he told investigators, that ukrainian leaders were just desperate after president trump placed a hold on hundreds of millions in military aid. taylor, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, said his clear understanding was that the security assistance m

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to honor fallen first responders. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell. >> o'donnellgood evening. thank you so much for joining us for our western edition. we're going to begin with a developing story. a domestic terror attack averted tonight. the f.b.i. has broken up a plot to bomb one of the oldest synagogues in colorado. a 27-year-old man who called himself a skinhead and believed he was fighting a racial holy war is under arrest. authorities say he also tried to poison drinking water at the synagogue in the city of pueblo. the man used several facebook accounts to detail his hateful ambitions, and that's how the fim. >> reporter: investigators say richard holzer, a skinhead and former member of the ku klux klan, wanted to attack pueblo colorado's temple emanuel early sunday morning. u.s. attorney jason dun says the f.b.i. was in on the plot. >> mr. holzer went on to suggest to undercover agents that they use explosive devices to destroy the synagogue and "get that place off the map." >> reporter: according to court papers, holzer met with undercover agents last fr

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, paula, thank you.onight, a new jersey woman is facing up to a decade in prison after being convicted in a groundbreaking case. she was texting while driving, and slammed into a car that killed a pedestrian who had just celebrated her wedding anniversary the night before. now, this comes in a state that now considers that just as serious as drunk driving. meg oliver reports authorities hope others get the message. >> reporter: surveillance video shows the moments before alexandra mansonet black mercedes plowed into the back of a red toyota corolla. the impact was so hard, it bashed in the back of the corolla, propelling it into 39- year-old yuwen wang who was in the crosswalk. wang died in the hospital five days later. during mansonet's three-week trial, prosecutors claimed she was texting about dinner plans, but mansonet told jurors she looked down for a moment to adjust the defroster. >> reporter: chris gramiccioni is the prosecutor. >> there is no evidence in our accident investigation that shows the

the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell reporting tonight from washington. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with an explosive new claim in the impeachment inquiry made by a career official in the state department who has served under five presidents. in testimony released today, george kent says president trump wanted the leader of ukraine to make a public statement, including three key words: "investigations," "biden," and "clinton." kent says that was his understanding based on his conversations with other administration officials, and there are signs tonight that the president's former national security adviser, john bolton, who left in september, not on the best of terms, may be willing to cooperate with the investigation. nancy cordes leads off our coverage tonight at the capito >> reporter: the newest transcript paints a damning picture of actions taken by the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, and u.s. special envoy kurt volker. deputy assistant secretary of state george kent told lawmakers that giuliani schemed with a seri

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>> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell. >> o'donnell: good evening. thank you so much for joining us. we're going to begin with breaking news. a domestic terror attack averted tonight. the f.b.i. has broken up a plot to bomb one of the oldest synagogues in colorado. a 27-year-old man who called himself a skinhead and believed he was fighting a racial holy war is under arrest. authorities say he also tried to poison drinking water at the synagogue in the city of pueblo. the man used several facebook accounts to detail his hateful ambitions, and that's how the f.b.i. found him. jeff pegues tonight with all the details. >> reporter: investigators say richard holzer, a skinhead and former member of the ku klux klan, wanted to attack pueblo colorado's temple emanuel early sunday morning. u.s. attorney jason dun says the f.b.i. was in on the plot. >> mr. holzer suggested they use devices tory to the synagogue and "get that place off the map." >> reporter: according to court papers, holzer met with undercover agents last friday in a hotel room. he was animat

nt. >> o'donnell: also tonight, the interview was a disaster. prince andrew is taking a rare step to control a royal scandal.

: tonight, president >> o'donnell: his daughter ivanka trump said something else. >> to me, it's not o'donnell: also tonight, did top white house officials plan a mass resignation to flag the president's behavior? new claims from the anonymous author. democrats running for president weigh in on michael bloomberg's possible white house run, while lifellow billionaire from new york is not impressed. >> little michael will fail. >> o'donnell: new tonight, a breakthrough in what may be causing vaping deaths and illnesses. charlie d'agata's inside syria

it was absolutely terrifying. >> o'donnell: police arrived to a chaotic scene.nough is enough. we are dying here. >> o'donnell: what we've learned from the witnesses and survivors. also breaking, marine manhunt, a city on edge. schools and stores closed as police search for a suspect considered armed and dangerous. the democrats sharpen the charge in the impeachment inquiry. now the speaker of the house is calling it bribery. >>heribe is to grant or withhold military assistance. >> o'donnell: state of emergency. we're in venice, italy, now facing its worst flooding in half a century. millions in damage at a nearly

>> that you can get away with things. >> o'donnell: he says president trump should never have stoppedreview of a controversial navy seal. >> i don't think he really understands the full definition of a war fighter. >> o'donnell: also breaking, more than two-thirds of americans now in the path of two storms the weather service calls unprecedented and historic. with millions about to hit the roads, we have the latest forecast and when you should leave to avoid delays. the billionaire candidate. former new york city mayor mike bloomberg says he's willing to spend his fortune to become president. >> there is a greater risk of having donald trump reelected than there was before. >> o'donnell: hero dog, a white house honor for the military dog who cornhe

call today for a free guide. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: breaking news tonight-- theimpeachment hearing with a tweet. is it witness intimidation? >> as we sit here testifying, the president is attacking you on twitter. >> it's very intimidating. >> i have the right to speak. i have freedom of speech, just as other people do. >> o'donnell: house speaker nancy pelosi speaks exclusively with margaret brennan. guilty on all charges-- why roger stone, the president's longtime friend and self- described dirty trickster is facing up to 50 years. assault on the field-- the n.f.l. cracks down tonight after an ugly brawl. >> that's one of the worst thing i've ever seen on a professional sports field. >> o'donnell: britain's prince andrew gives his first-ever interview about his relationship with sex offender jeffrey epstein.

call today for a free guide. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: breaking news-- a dramatic of hearings. for the first time the people who heard that now-infamous call at the heart of the impeachment inquiry speak out. >> i couldn't believe what i was hearing. >> o'donnell: also tonight, the f.b.i. is called in after multiple racist incidents at syracuse university. why students say they are angry the school isn't doing enough. the first arrests in the investigation of jeffrey epstein's suicide. prosecutors say two guards sat 15 feet from the convicted sex offender but never checked on him. what were they thinking? one state's campaign against drugs becomes a punch line. n meth. >> i'm on meth. >> so am i. >> o'donnell: not a moment to lose-- the dramatic rescue of a tiny victim trapped in a forest fire

. >> norah o'donnell here with a preview. >>> tonight on the cbs evening news our series profiles in service takes flight with a military pioneer blazing a trail for women. that, and more tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> the gabe kapler era got off to a rocky start. not only did the giants new skipper come with baggage he's replacing a legend. >> it's going to be impossible for me to fill bruce bochy's shoes. >> he does he was at the first, second or even third choice for most giants fans. >> so far, i have not been a popular higher. >> most of the hour-long press conference involved an incident in 2015 with it when kapler was in the dodgers front office. >> i think we both come to realize that there were things we could've done better. >> kapler failed to report an assault and an alleged sexual real salt assault on a 17-year- old girl involving two of the team's minor league players, instead, he tried to intervene by setting up a dinner with the victim and the players. >> i'm sorry that i didn't make all the right moves. everything i did, i acted from a place of goodness in my h

captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, history in the house.rs approve a path forward in the impeachment inquiry. >> it's a sad day, because nobody comes to congress to impeach a president. >> o'donnell: republicans fiercely reject the resolution. >> the house deserves better. the people of this country deserve better. >> o'donnell: plus a white house official testifies the president demanded a quid pro quo from ukraine. also tonight, more devastating fires in california. police blamed one fire on thieves who ditched a stolen car. where is the dangerous weather headed next? our series "medical price

. >> norah o'donnell joins us live with a preview. >>> tonight, our series profiles in service. our veterans are getting scholarships for sharing battle tested wisdom. that story and more tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> kpix 5 weather is sponsored by mancini sleep world. come in and save big during mancini sleep world's largest sale ever. visit sleepworld.com. >>> here is a look at tonight's kpix 5's prime time lineup. brought to you by mazda, feel alive! ♪ >>> the 49ers lost their first game of the season last night. they went the full 70 minutes against their old nemesis, russell wilson and the seahawks. >> i definitely felt like the old days of the seahawks and 49ers going back and forth. >> this sports cost is not nearly long enough to recap all of the back-and-forth that occurred. in overtime alone, p.j. greenhalgh, picked off wilson. jason mclaughlin drilled a 47 yarder at the end of regulation, missed a game- winning field goal. both teams traded three outs. wilson used his legs to set up jason myers for the game-winner as time expired. seattle improved 8-2. just one

. >> norah o'donnell is here with a preview. >>> we ask a former top cabinet official whether she was plot to try to remove president trump from office. can school attacks be stopped using some assay methods the secret service uses to protect the president? will show you what we should be looking for. >> and meet a high school football player chasing his dreams to be a one-of-a-kind nfl quarterback. we've got the stories, and so much more tonight, on the cbs evening news. in >>> >> a lot of people drive through the presidio tunnels and san francisco. >> might be hanging out on top of it. a ground making was held today for a new park project on top of the tunnel, 20 2114 acres of land by chrissy field will make the tunnel tops park. overlooks the old golden gate bridge, gardens and a gateway plaza, with food, and additional services. has speaker nancy pelosi, developers say this will be a must see stop for visitors. >> the location is a geographical center for san francisco. a naval, a cradle, a forever place, a timeless place. >>> the first phase of this project started over two years

reporting from levi stadium, dennis o'donnell, kpix 5. >> >> time is 4:56. straight ahead in the next half- hour, protesting the recall of a profanity laced chant. else demonstrations under way in a matter of hours. >>> and we are live from san francisco international airport this morning where holiday travel is already in full swing. we'll bring you some big numbers next. >> don't forget we're streaming now. you can find us on >>> this is kpix5 news. >>> now at 5:00 and streaming on cbsn bay area. a look at sfo. the trek to head out for thanksgiving in full swing. we're live helping you get through the travel rush. >> a push to recall a signs visor. this morning. protests set to begin in a few hours. >> a rash of car break-ins hitting the east bay. the warning from law enforcement and what is being targeted. good morning. it is monday, november 18th, 2019. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. let's get right over to mary lee to talk about our forecast. it is monday morning, mary. >> oh, my goodness. >> back at it. >> yes, the weekend went by way too fast

live from levi stadium, dennis o'donnell, kpix 5. >> reporter: i'm maria medina at levi stadium where the 49ers' winning streak came to an end tonight against the seattle seahawks, but the fans came out in full force with the most tickets distributed for a 49ers home game in the team's history. it was a game that had the 49ers faithful on the edge of their seats as they played their rivals, the seattle seahawks. >> you already know we'll run the ball all over the seahawks defense. that's how we'll do it all day every day. >> reporter: the niners went into the game 8 and 0, the nfl's last undefeated team, but in overtime it was seattle that took the win, a nail biter until the end. >> one loss does not justify all the wins we've had. >> reporter: but the 49ers sat a different record tonight, well the fans did. more than 71,000 tickets were distributed for the monday night football game. the most for a 49ers home game in the team's history. >> niner! all day long! >> we here to stay! >> reporter: the niners' next game is sunday against the cardinals. maria medina, kpix 5. >>> tonight fo

they're lunatics. >> o'donnell: also tonight, going south.president trump is bolting from the big apple and calling florida home. new york's governor says "good riddance." breaking tonight, beto o'rourke, once a rising star in the democratic party, drops out of thrace for president. the race heats up as elizabeth warren solidifies her lead in iowa. deadly storms slam the east with devastating floods. a rare tornado touches down near