reena. >> ninan: brook silva-braga. thank you, brook. for more on the deep freeze, let's bring in meteorologist barry burbank of our cbs boston station wbz. barry. >> reena, it's been a long siege of unbelievable cold weather across much of the country, especially the northern united states. and now that's shifted into the northeast, and we have a wind chill advisory or a wind chill warning up across much of this area, right on through tonight and into tomorrow morning as well for some dangerous wind chills of as much as 25 to 35 below zero, especially in the northern portions of these areas. while the cold is going to be easing in the midwest, westward, it's still going to be frigid in the northeast first thing sunday morning. there are going to be record-low temperatures likely sunday morning from portland, maine, to burlington, to boston, which may be close to a little bit below vary. new york city will be close to zero all the way to philadelphia. washington, d.c. will have a record-low temperature sent morning and maybe all the way d

i'm reena ninan. president trump made big news this week, saying he's looking forward to being interviewed by robert mueller. the special counsel leading the russia investigation. the president cautioned that would be subject to his lawyer's advice. then thursday night came a bombshell report in "the new york times" that mr. trump last unihad pushed to have mueller fired. mr. trump is now pushing back against that report, as washington waits to see if the president and the special prosecutor will come face to face. here's errol barnett. >> reporter: upon returning last night from the world economic forum in davos, president trump huddled with his communications team before addressing the media. >> i think it was a very, very successful trip. >> reporter: mr. trump avoided the topic of the special counsel, and the white house has not denied reports that last june the president wanted to fire robert mueller. cbs news has confirmed the president was angry about mueller's investigation, raising concerns o

i'm reena ninan.resident trump marks exactly one year in office tonight with the federal government in a partial shutdown. at 12:01 a.m. eastern time, after the senate failed to approve a temporary spending bill, the government officially ran out of money for the fiscal year. in most cases, though, it's still functioning. congress had a rare saturday session trying to overcome the dysfunction and the discord that triggered the shutdown. nancy cordes is at the capitol. >> reporter: locked gates and shutdown signs greeted visitors today at the statue of liberty, ellis island, and the liberty bell as half of the military's civilian workfofers furloughed, and the national institutes of health interrupted medical research. >> already, funding is in jeopardy for our veterans. >> reporter: republican leaders pointed the finger at one person: >> senator schumer shut downtown government. >> well, this is really all on schumer. >> reporter: democratic leader chuck schumer led his party's charge to block governm

reena. >> ninan: paula, thanks.ell, the centers for disease control and prevention says despite the government shutdown, it will continue to monitor america's deadly flu epidemic. 14,000 new cases were reported last week, bringing the total for the season to more than 74,000. as nikki battiste reports, pediatric deaths are also on the rise. >> another deep breath. >> reporter: 10-year-old charlie herndon's instincts may have saved her life. >> i couldn't really breathe, so i just screamed throughout the whole house, "somebody call 911." >> reporter: her mother, kristina valenzia, rushed her to the e.r. >> she had a fever of 103, and they took the influenza test, and it came back positive. >> reporter: the c.d.c. reports 30 children have died from influenza since october, and the number of states hit with high flu-like illness is now up to 32. >> the dominant flu virus out there this year is one we call h3n2. it's a more-severe virus. >> reporter: dr. william schaffner of vanderbilt university medical center says thi

reena. >> ninan: pamela gardner, thank you. conclude is trying to reach a deal by the end of next week to extend the obama-era daca program. it alowlz children brought illegally to the u.s. to live without fear of deportation. many are enrolled in medical schools. adriana diaz sat down with a group of them. >> every time i hear footsteps outside my door, like, there's a part of me that for a second thinks, "shiopen the door?" >> even after 20 years in the u.s., he still worries about being deported. the third-year medical student, born in mexico but raised in new mexico, is afraid that without daca, he may never be able to practice legally. >> there will be no pathway to citizenship, and we'll be forever stuck with this that makes us essentially like second-class citizens. >> reporter: alejandra duran arreola, who fled violence in mexico at 14, wants to be an ob/gyn. >> the news reminds you-- twitter reminds you that at some level, you are not welcomed here. >> i see the u.s. as my home, my community, my people, my peers. >> re

reena. >> ninan: kris, thank you so much. isll, he walked on the moon for more than 20 hours, and led the very first space shuttle mission. that's just scratching the lunar 3rface of astronaut john young's resume. the american space pioneer died friday from pneumonia. he was nasa's longest-serving astronaut. t.ung flew two gemini missions, two apollo missions, two space shuttle missions, and was the nsly astronaut to command four different types of spacecraft. john young was 87 years old. now, some other stories we're following in the cbs weekend newsfeed. neflight from cancun, mexico, to toronto, canada, ended last night with a fiery collision. a westjet plane with 174 people on board was waiting to park when it was hit by an empty sunwing jet that was being towed. passengers used the emergency slides to escape. no one was hurt. part of the nashville, tennessee, skyline came crashing down today. was what known as the centennial tower and lifeway building was imploded. after the debris from the 12- story building is removed,