The young boy who draept of being becoming a superhero. We begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Since 1870 department of justice, honorable institution. Right now thing are coming apart at the seams. Criticism mounts against attorney general barr. I see a danger any time we have a Justice System thats perceived as treating people differently. Closing arguments against Harvey Weinstein. Jury deliberation expected tuesday. U. S. Is preparing to evacuate american citizens from the diamond princess. The world is grappling with Public Health challenge. Michael avenatti is now a convicted felon. Its like ribs on a friday night. I felt we should have led with it the. Lostarste. Bn to a rodeo in my life but i work in washington, d. C. And i do hear a lot of bull [bleep]ernin cli antarctica set another high record temperature. 69 degrees. Its almost return to the upside down. Netflix releases a teaser trailer for season four of stranger things. Allstar celebrity game. Between the games. Has the pull up shut down. Smack down. This is no video. And all that matters. Young nba stars got quite a surprise today when they were joined by former president barack obama. Youre doing great. On cbs this Morning Saturday. Happy valentines day, mickey. Oh, yes. Thank you. s every where it seems. Couples say valentines is the perfect day to tie the knot. 48 years. 48 years . Weve been married 48 years. Oh, my god. Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Morning sponsored by toyota. Lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to the weekend everyone. Im jeff glor along with Michelle Miller and dana jacobson. Coming up this morning from fields of mexico to some of the hottest bars in los angeles well go for a tasting of tequila. Sales skyrocketed in recent years. Meet an old woman behind one brand. Plus well go to broadway to talk to one of its newest stars. Hes comfortable in performing before crowds. Well talk about he made his turn to acting and get reviews from some of his highprofile stars. Then a reunion 56 years in the making. Hear the incredible story of the peace corps volunteer and the little girl who never forgot the valuable lesson she taught her half a century ago. Thats all coming up. But we begin this morning with growing calls for attorney general William Barrs resignation. This comes after barr ordered a review in the criminal case of President Trumps former National Security adviser Michael Flynn who pled guilty for lying to fbi. Democratic lawmakers are calling barrs actions unprecedented and said its setting a dangerous path for the Justice Department as the decision triggers for accusations of political interference from President Trump. The announcement came as the Justice Department also said friday that it was dropping its criminal investigation of former deputy fbi director Andrew Mccabe a frequent target of the president. Weijia jiang is traveling with President Trump and joins us from west palm beach, florida. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Despite attorney general William Barrs insistence that he and the doj act independently, he has been accused of carrying water for President Trump by launching investigations just to please the president. Like looking into the origins of the russia probe and reviewing evidence collected by Rudy Giuliani in ukraine. This morning there are new questions involving a case with the president s First National prident trump avoided reporters on his way to florida as more questions mount about Michael Flynn, someone he often defended. Ought to be ashamed of t gonephyliam barrs decision to via the criminal case against mr. Flynn mr. Trumps first National Security adviser could be viewed as a favor. Senior Justice Department officials pushed for a lighter sentence for flynn than prosecutor originally asked for. Exactly what happened in the case of roger stone. The president has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case. Reporter barr insists he and President Trump did not talk about a necn for stone, a long time friend of mr. Trumps. In the same interview barr revealed the president s tweets interfere with his work. To have public statements and tweets made about the department, about our people in the department, our men and women here, about cases pending n the department, and about judges before whom we have cases, make it impossible for me to do my reporter cbs news has learn barr privately expressed his frustration to President Trump for weeks, but a defiant president tweeted he has every legal right to weigh in on criminal case. In a blow to mr. Trump federal prosecutors announced they would not pursue criminal charges against Andrew Mccabe who authorized the russia investigation. The doj was looking into whether mccabe lied about allowing other fbi officials to talk to reporters in 2016. Mccabe is one of President Trumps go to targets and believes thats why he was being investigated at all. The pursuit of political enemies and use of the criminal use system and criminal investigations to exact some sort of revenge on those political enemies is not something that should be happening in the United States of america. Reporter cbs news has learned President Trump was not happy about the Justice Departments decision not to charge mccabe. The president also tweeted that the foreperson in that roger tone case showed bias which prompted barr to ask him a new trial. Thank you very much. The Trump Administration plans to crack down further on Illegal Immigrants by deploying customs and Border Patrol agents to sanctuary cities. The head of immigration and custom said the additional manpower is needed to stop unauthorized Illegal Immigrants from being released jails. San francisco, new york and chicago will see the increased enforcement. Its not clear when the deployments will begin. The tide has turned for Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who tried to take President Trump to court could face decades in prison after a grand jury here in new york found him. Guilty of trying to extort millions of dollars from the nike sports company. Chip reid reports. Reporter Michael Avenatti rocketed to fame two years ago as the attorney for porn store stormy damages in her lawsuits against President Trump. But his rise was matched only by the speed his catastrophic fall. A jury found him guilty of attempting to extort millions of dollars from nike by going public with claims that the shoe company was illegally paying cool athletes money. Michael avenattis attorneys say he plans to appeal. Michael avenatti is Michael Avenatti. Hes a strong guy. Obviously hes disappointed. But hes a fighter. Reporter Michael Avenatti used his fame as daniels attorney to dominate the spotlight as he accused President Trump for having an affair with daniels and paying her to cover it up. But for the fact hes president he would be indicted on numerous criminal charges. Reporter he even suggested he might run for president but now its Michael Avenatti who faces numerous criminal charges. In addition to the guilty verdicts for which he could get more than 40 years hes accused of defrauding daniels in a book deal and defrauding other clients of millions of dollars. Michael avenatti has been held behind bars since january for violating his bail conditions. His attorneys said hes reportedly in the same solitary confinement cell that held el chapo. Hes being treated like a caged animal. Late last night Stormy Daniels posted her reaction to the verdict. She writes sadly it appears what Michael Avenatti did to me was just the tip of the iceberg of dec deceit. The first criminal case against Harvey Weinstein is coming to a close. The prosecution here in new york is seeking a conviction on five charges of rape and Sexual Assault. They claim the movie mogul treated his victims as quote complete disposables. As Harvey Weinstein awaits the verdict in his trial his defense team is preparing to battle more charges in california. Michael george is here with more. Michael, good morning. Good morning. The prosecutions closing arguments on friday capped a dramatic six week trial. Assistant be District Attorney spent three hours recounting the testimony of six women who allege abuse against Harvey Weinstein. With his fate in the hands of the jury, Harvey Weinstein flashed a smile as he limped out of the new york city courthouse. Prosecutors spent hours urging jurors to find Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape and Sexual Assault. Attorney Gloria Allred represents one of weinsteins accusers. Mr. Weinstein was powerful, he manipulated these women. Reporter the 67yearold is charged with raping a woman in a hotel room in march of 2013 and forcible ly performing a sex acn 2006. The prosecutor called weinstein a predator and master of his universe who viewed his victims as ants he could step on and disposable. The hollywood producer fidgeted and agitated as she continued. She recalled the testimony of one woman who testified weinstein raipd her in the 90s. At this point its in the jurys hand. Reporter weinsteins lawyer argued that prosecutors delivered an alternative universe. This is a case that should be about evidence. Not emotion. Not about feelings. Not a popularity contest. The prosecutor fired back theres no blurred lines. This is a crime. Now the decisionp to the jury of seven men and five women. Jury trial weinstein chose not to testify in his own defend but maintained any sexual encounters were consensual. In cayce, south carolina, investigate kwors continue to gather evidence in the death of a 6yearold girl. The medical examiner is set to perform autopsies on first grader faye swetlik. This is a go fund me sight to help the family pay for her funeral. Janet shamlian reports. Reporter people stopped to leave flowers in faye swetliks neighborhood as authorities identified a neighbor linked to her death. He was not a relative. He was not a friend. He was merely a neighbor. Reporter fayes body was found thursday in a wooded area near her home. Just moments after locating faye swetlik we located a deceased male. Reporter that was cody scott taylor who lived a few hundred yards fm fas home where outsi n monday. Police previously interviewed taylor. He had no criminal record. Detectives say the break in the case came as investigators followed a garbage truck around the neighborhood. Are you able to detail the piece of evidence that you found by going behind the trash truck . What i will confirm, it was a critical piece of evidence that would have been listed on her missing persons flyer. Reporter that flyer details the clothing faye was wearing when last seen. For cbs this Morning Saturday, janet shamlian, cayce, south carolina. The u. S. Is expected to send a plane to squap to bring back the american passengers from a cruise ship that wasdu to the c. The number of confirmed coronavirus case is now more than 49,000 worldwide including 15 cases here in the u. S. The outbreak has led to more than 1500 deaths in china alone. Debora patta is in hong kong with more on the plan to evacuate the americans. Reporter good morning. Were learning that at least 300 americans and their families will be evacuated from the diamond princess. I spoke to one of the passengers who told me she received an email from the American Embassy in japan offering her a seat on a u. S. Charter plane leaving tomorrow. The diamond princess has been in yokohama for held over a week now, the most common ailment on board is boredom. Passengers have been confined to their cabins with only the occasional stroll allowed on the deck. In wuhan, china where the epidemic started social media posting shows ongoing draconian measures by the Chinese Government to contain the government. The front door of a family expected to be infected is welded shut. Disinfectant is sprayed inside offices. Yellow body bags are still being removed from homes and hospitals. Outside of china the diamond princess is the sight of the biggest outbreak with its over 200 infections including more than a dozen americans. On sunday americans on board the ship wishing to be evacuated will be taken by bus to a u. S. Chartered plane but before boarding they will undergo a health screening, symptomatic passengers may not be allowed to fly. Im debora patta in hong kong. The endangered animal thought to be at the center of the coronavirus outbreak could be facing an even greater threat. Chinese scientists suggested the scaly mammal could have transmitted the disease to humans. While the research has not been confirmed, scientists are worried the coronavirus could threaten them. Tom hansen introduces us to these troubled creatures. Reporter scientists are working around the clock to save some of the most vulnerable creatures on the planet. This is one of 11 white belly tree animals living here. After a group of chinese scientists recent lie labelled them as the potential transmitter of the coronavirus now its at the center of a pr nightmare. What they found was a coronavirus that was very, very similar to what they are seeing now coming out of wuhan. So there is that possibility. That Research Needs vetted or have peer review before anyone can say with any certainty at all thats where it comes from. Reporter sign ticht from across the globe have questioned the findings of the research. Still the potential of the backlash against these endangered animals is worrisome. My concern is if we dont word it right and people become afraid of penguins they may go out and find a penguin in the wild in which case theres no real issue there, its not a danger to you as far as transfaring disease they would kill it anyway because they are afraid of it. Reporter even though its illegal worldwide these animals are heavily pooched for their prized meat and scales which are believed to have medicinal value earning them a title as the most trafficked mammals on the planet and causing some populations to drop. Heres what scientists are up against. Estimated up to half a million of these animals are poached every year. The consortium of scientists Hope Education will save these gentle animals from did you say appearing. Youll see an increase in breeding and successful birth of these animals as we build the Science Behind the reproductive physiology of these animals. Thats our goal to conserve the species but also establish a sustainable population here in north america. Its almost a double edge sword because i never heard of them. Here we are. Now people are more aware. One of the most trafficked animals in the world. Usa today reports the Trump Administration has reached an initial deal with the taliban to scale back deadly attacks in afghanistan. Mark esper says the agreement is only for seven days but the Trump Administration hope it will lead to a broader peace deal. The deal will take effect soon and could lead to the withdrawal of an unspecified number of troops in afghanistan. 10 middle cool students were treated for smoke inhalation after a battery in a state of the unions cell phone overheat and began to smoke. The incident happened friday. No serious injuries. School Officials Say some students had taken the cell phone apart throughout the day. One began twisting and flexing the bat ari causing it to smoke. R. Kelly has been hit with new federal charges that he sexually abused another minor. The alleged abuse took over a four year period in 1997 with a girl who was 4 14 or 15 years o. Kelly has been held without bond in a chicago jail since his arrest last july. New york times reports one of the worlds richest soccer clubs Manchester City has been banned from the league. Its related to licensing and fair play. Fifa has barred the club from the Champions Club for the next two season. The club was also fined. And finally tech crunch reports it is game over for hq trivia. The company laid off all 25 employees and shut down friday. The ceo and cofounder wrote in a company wide email that for reasons unknown an established investor pulled out of an acquisition deal at the last minute. Hq trivia launched in 2017 and at its peak more than 2 million players competed on their smartphones to win real money. Did you play . Di did not. Can i go back to the man city story. 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