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Confirm mueller is looking into possible obstruction of justice by the president himself. >> in a case like this, you need to look at lots and lots of individual acts. firing jim comey, ordering the firing of bob mueller. you take all of the acts together, and it begins to become more clear that it is obstruction. >> reporter: the president returns home from davos tonight where hell have to confront these new developments. so far the presidents legal team says its made at least 47 people availab...

>> reporter: its still crucial to get to the e.r. right away. luckily cynthia dodd was sent to stanford hospital already testing this approach. >> i knew i was lucky to be alive but when you see your brain up on your computer, youre like, that was me, like, how am i even sitting here? >> reporter: now this mother appreciates even the simplest of moments thanks to radical change giving doctors more time to treat. dr. john torres, nbc news, new york. weve got a lot more to tell you about tonight...

A surprise announcement tonight from elton john. the music legend says hes retiring from touring and his next tour will be his last. after nearly a half century of taking the stage around the world. the 70-year-old singer says his priorities are now his children and his husband. and he wants to leave people thinking i saw the last tour and it was fantastic. a new sign of trouble tonight for stores getting squeezed as more people do their shopping online. toys "r" us says it will close 180 stor...

Kwchlt her mother says they spoke just minutes before he daughter disappeared. she still has hope tonight of her being found. >> shes going to come home. i mean -- one way or the other, i want her to come home. >> the trip was a christmas present from the womans husband. a major scientific breakthrough being reported globally tonight. for the first time, scientists in china have cloned two healthy monkeys. they say it takes us one step closer to human cloning. though, those scientists adding t...

Finally tonight, the legendary neil diamond, thanking fans for all their love and support after revealing his private battle with parkinsons disease and announcing his retirement from the stage. cynthia mcfadden now with diamonds reluctant farewell. ♪ there wasnt nothing but a heartache ♪ ♪ in the middle of a bad dream >> reporter: this is a complicated week for neil diamond, who had delighted audiences with his music for half a century. ♪ >> reporter: tomorrow he turns 77. sunday, hell ...

But tonight, neil diamond has bad news for his friends. "it is with great reluctance and disappointment that i announce my retirement from concert touring," he said. ♪ cutting short his 50th anniversary tour on doctors orders after being diagnosed with parkinsons disease. ♪ sweet caroline >> reporter: the last time we saw him, bundled up on new years, his hands were shaking slightly as he warmed up the crowd in times square, but otherwise, showed no signs he might be struggling himself. symp...

All too familiar scenario. nbcs matt bradley has more tonight. note she was an american girl ♪ >> reporter: in the end, this legendary american rocker became another casualty of the opioid crisis sweeping across america. he died from an accidental drug overdose last october. the culprit, a dangerous cocktail of pain medications include fentanyl. the scourge of the opioid crisis. like with so many, his path to opioid abuse began with chronic pain. his family said was unbearable and the cause of...

>> reporter: lee cowan, cbs news, los angeles. >> ninan: now some other stories were following in the cbs weekend newsfeed. gunmen attacked a luxury hotel today in the capital of afghanistan. several people were killed, including at least two gunmen. it comes just days after the us embassy in kabul warned that extremist groups may be planning to attack hotels in the city. folks along the northwest coast are still posting videos from thursdays wild floods. in washington, the combination of 30-foo...

Said in a statement, he was informed his hip had graduated to a full on break, and it is our feeling that the pain was simply unbearable and was the cause for his overuse of medication ♪ yeah, im free free falling ♪ >> reporter: petty was found unconscious last october just after the tour had finished at his malibu home. he was rushed to u.c.l.a. santa monica hospital in full cardiac arrest. he was just 66 when he died. "los angeles times" pop music writer randy lewis interviewed petty just ...

The midst of. my motion with all that went over before i scream what am i doing i would say a composer when i just think it was like five six years old and i would never respond with force pianist. but i sure start out as a composer and then piano was just wonderful which was. which was useful for a bunch of freshmen just. for myself i mean to me im composing for the whole with a source of. outlet of some position right in more. of an audition when i thought ok.