>> weijia jiang. weijia, thank you. >>> it was a thanksgiving tragedy. in the confusion of a shooting at a mall in alabama the police mistakenly shot and killed a young african-american man. here's mark strassmann. >> reporter: on thanksgiving night chaos exploded at the river chase galleria mall. someone had shot and wounded two people. and 21-year-old emantic bradford jr., known as e.j., lay dead, shot by a responding police officer. april pipkins, his mother, got a call from one of his friends. e.j. he said e.j. dead. and at that moment i just lost it. i'm like not my baby. no. i'm like no. this can't be. >> reporter: at first police in hoover, alabama claimed they had stopped a deadly threat. >> the hoover officer encountered an armed individual and he did shoot and kill that person. >> reporter: his family says bradford, who had a concealed weapons permit, was armed but his gun was always holstered. and by friday night hoover police admitted bradford likely did not fire the rounds at the mall. they're now searching for the real shooter. that pains e

reena. >> ninan: weijia jiang traveling with the president. thank you, weijia. the trump administration is pressing the supreme court to bypass a lower court and issue a ruling on its transgender military ban. the administration argues that the supreme court should step in before an appeals court decides because a case could determine who can serve in the armed forces. the transgender ban has been blocked by a number of lower courts. the death toll from the worst wildfire in california history has climbed to at least 84. it's expected to keep rising as firefighters search areas that were previously too dangerous to enter. hundreds are still unaccounted for. carter evans now with one survivor'survivor's terrifying . >> i thought, today's it. this is my last day. i mean, me and my friend sat down in the middle of the floor and prayed to god, "please, please, watch-- just help us get out of here." >> reporter: just out of the burn unit, bill blevins remembers the moment he realized he was trapped by the deadly camp fire. you must have felt so helpful. , was nwhere

>> all right, weijia jiang with the president, thank you. >> morgan: coming up next: in one of the firstte's to legalize recreational marijuana, teens are taking part in an educational program you could call "weed 101." >> morgan: michigan last week became the tenth state to approve recreational marijuana. missouri and utah legalized medical marijuana. and colorado was among the first states to legalize pot smoking. last year, denver brought in nearly $45 million in taxes from pot sales. more than $3.6 million of that will go to a new marijuana awareness program for teenagers. here's barry petersen. >> false. oh, you got weeded out. >> reporter: it's like jeopardy for juveniles, and the topic is pot. this slickly-produced game show is shown where teens get their information-- on social media. >> false. >> that is correct! >> reporter: and the same quiz- show format plays out in classes across the city. >> what percentage of denver youth see regular marijuana use as a risky behavior? >> reporter: like vince trujillo's north high school classroom. >> the only two teams to get it right were

demarco. >> morgan: weijia jiang with the president. weijia, thank you. well, a number of midterm elections still haven't been decided, and in florida, voters are saying "here we go again." florida's secretary of state today ordered machine recounts in two key races. here's kenneth craig. >> reporter: on this fourth day after the midterm elections, florida's u.s. senate race and its governor's race are now the focus of a statewide recount. of the state's 67 counties, palm beach and broward counties were still counting votes saturday, just ahead of the secretary of state's order. >> u.s.a.! >> reporter: in the battle for the u.s. senate, the tallies between republican governor rick scott and incumbent democrat bill nelson are so narrow, it could be within the margin requiring an additional manual recount. 18 years ago, the drama of the presidential race between george w. bush and al gore boiled down to south florida. on friday, protesters stormed the supervisor of elections office in broward county. house democratic leader nancy pelosi tells our margaret b

weijia jiang is in south florida with the president. >> reporter: the extensive federal report details how global warming, from the burning of coal, oil, and gas is impacting each region of the runtry. researchers said "climate- related events are expected to become more frequent and more tetense." ort president trump's policies and rhetoric often reject geimate change. his administration has rolled back obama-era environmental regulations and promoted the production of fossil fuels. >> we're getting out. >> reporter: in june 2017, the president pulled the u.s. out of the paris agreement, a pact of nearly 200 countries to curb climate change. last month, mr. trump dismissed global warming on "60 minutes." >> but what about the scientists who say it's worse than ever? >> uh... you'd have to show me the scientists, because they have a very big political thenda. ca reporter: and just this week, president trump tweeted about east coast cold weather, writing, "brutal and extended cold blast could shatter all records-- whatever happened to - obal warming?" former vice president and environme

we begin with weijia jiang traveling with the president. >> the energy that this whole party has now, it's really incredible. >> reporter: a confident president trump left washington for a three-rally sprint to close his campaign blitz. first stop, cleveland, ohio. >> everything we have created and achieved is at stake on election day. >> reporter: the president's surrogates are part of the full- court press. >> that blue wave is going to hit a red wall. >> reporter: the final push follows an intense weekend of stumping in four states. >> hello, montana. thank you very much, georgia. pensacola, florida, we love it. >> reporter: and intensifying the rhetoric on immigration, which tops his list of key issues. >> democrats are inviting caravan after caravan, isn't that nice, of illegal aliens to flood into our country. >> reporter: the trump campaign issued similar warnings in this controversial tv ad, which linked immigrants seeking asylum to an illegal immigrant and convicted murderer. >> the migrant caravan must be stopped. >> reporter: nbc aired it during "sunday night football," but

weijia jiang is traveling with the president. >> they call me up and i sign an >>der. >> reporter: from his florida resort, president trump boreatened to shut down the entire southern border. the re if we find that it's-- it lts to a level where we are going to lose control or people te going to start getting hurt, we will close entry into the country for a period of time. >> reporter: the warning comes as a migrant caravan moves closer to the u.s.-mexico border. nearly 6,000 active-duty troops waiting its arrival. oe president said he has authorized the use of extreme measures to control the crowd. r> if they have to, they're going to use lethal force. i've given the o.k. >> reporter: a white house a ficial says mr. trump approved a memo from chief of staff john celly to the department of defense, allowing use of force, including lethal force, where necessary. but it's illegal for the military to act as a police force. defense secretary james mattis characterized the memo as more uest request, not an order. p esident trump also warned that nhe government may close in december if congre

weijia jiang begins our coverage. >> it's a very complex situation. it's a shame. but it is what it is. >> reporter: that's how president trump described the killing of "washington post" contributor jamal khashoggi. just moments before taking off to spend thanksgiving at his florida resort. >> $3 billion. $533 million. >> reporter: the president said he will not scrap an arms deal with the saudis or punish its crown prince, mohammed bin salman. u.s. officials tell cbs news the cia concluded bin salman ordered the murder but mr. trump suggested today they were not certain. >> the cia has looked at it. they've studied it a lot. they have nothing definitive. >> reporter: earlier president trump said in a statement "it princewledgef l beha this tgicendid a maybe he didn't." adding "in any case, our relationship is with the kingdom of saudi arabia." khashoggi entered the saudi consulate in istanbul on october 2nd and was never seen again. the saudis have since admitted he was killed while inside. despite the kingdom's role in the murder, the president defended his decis

weijia jiang is there. >> reporter: at the arc de triomphe in paris, dozens of world leaders commemorated the end of world war i, exactly 100 years ago. french president emmanuel macron seemed to target president trump, who recently declared himself a nationalist. >> translator: patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism. nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism. >> reporter: the president has had a rocky relationship with european allies, while warming up to adversaries like russian president vladimir putin. the two shook hands and attended a luncheon. afterward, putin said they spoke, but did not have a formal meeting as previously planned. later, mr. trump visited a cemetery where american soldiers are buried. >> the american and french patriots of world war i embody the timeless virtues of our two republics. >> reporter: president trump left paris for washington, where he faces questions about acting attorney general, matt whitaker. whitaker will oversee special counsel robert mueller's investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. >> if he stays there, he will create