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KPIX CBS Evening News With Norah ODonnell January 16, 2020

Virginiacallinin hundreds of fae reports of active shootings and bomb threats. Tonight, the victims prosecutors say he was targeting. Aiveyear old girl pinned down, assaulted by older students. Tonight, a mothers demand for answers. Leader for life . Stunning moves tonight by russias president Vladimir Putin. Why did his entire government just quit . The power play now raising fears worldwide. Back to work Meghan Markle visiting a womens shelter, prince harry making a royal announcement. Tonight, the looming deadline set by the queen and their possible plans for a new life in canada. And how did two guys in a food truck end up running a top place to eat in america . This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good eveningo were going to begin with breaking news tonight, because the votes have been taken, the players are named, and the stage is set for the historic impeachment trial of President Trump. Late today, House Speaker nancy pelosi signed those articles of impeachment followed moments later by the newly appointed house managers walking the documents to the senate. But even as the house takes its last formal steps on the eve of the senate trial, there are new questions tonight about what happens next. New evidence has emerged from a key figure close to rudy giuliani, the president s personal lawyer, and a small group of renegade Senate Republicans could break ranks and vote to allow witness testimony. Nancy cordes leads off our hi. Eonropi reporter for just the third time in history, house impeachment managers marched articles of impeachment across the capitol, but the republican led senate chose not to accept the articles and told the group to come back tomorrow. At the hour of 12 noon on thursday, january 16, 2020, the senate will receive the managers on the part of the house of representatives. Reporter the seven managers four men and three women will serve as the prosecution. The white house said today its still finalizing the president s defense team. I could use some good lawyers, right . Ah, the hell with it. I just have to suffer through it the way i have all my life. Reporter democrats are hoping to push the senate to call new witnesses by releasing new evidence supplied by businessman lev parnas, who is an associate of the president s personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. Parnas notes suggest that he, too, pushed ukraine to investigate president Trumps Campaign rival joe biden. President trump knew exactly what was going on. He was aware of all my movements. Reporter the scheme,ba te, m giuliani viewed as an impediment. She got fired finally, but she was blocking it. Reporter in one text, trump donor robert hyde wrote, they are moving her tomorrow. The guys over there, they asked me what i would like to do and what is in it for them . Hyde, who is now running for congress in connecticut, dismissed that exchange as simply some texts my buddies and i wrote back to some dweeb parnas who we were playing with. Giuliani told cbs news today that he has no idea about allegations of parnas tracking the ambassadors movements. We want to make sure we are not being used. Reporter democrats acknowledge parnas has some credibility issues. You think he may not be a reliable witness . Somebody who has been indicted for multiple felonies . Yes, there are questions of credibility there. Odonnell nancy joins us from the capitol. The chief justice of the Supreme Court will be there tomorrow to swear in 100 senators, and i understand they have to sit quietly through the trial. Reporter thats right. For hours on end, every day, norah. They cant talk to their fellow senators. They cant bring in electronic devices. They cant even bring in Reading Materials unless those materials are related to the trial. The white house predicted rather optimistically today that this trial would last just two weeks. But most lawmakers believe that the opening arguments alone could take nearly that long. Odonnell its going to be tough for those senators who like to talk, rather than listen. Thank you, nancy. All right, tonight, a powerful winter storm is set to blow across the country dumping snow, ice, and rain on millions along the way. Wind and slushy roads sent a big rig out of control today, jackknifing on interstate 5 in washington state. Nnie quinn from v ewng u its basically going to go from the west coast to the east coast. Its going to cover basically the entire country nonetheless track. The central circulation is nevada, you have very heavy snow that is falling. It continues its track from west to east, and lets take it all the way until friday, rush hours snow for you and i think it stays mostly snow for minneapolis. St. Louis, you have ice problems and that could be dangerous. Then this storm will make its way to the northeast cities boston, new york, philadelphia have not had much of a winter so far. In doesnt look to be too huge for you, but north of the area, up around, say, buffalo, thats where we could be seeing a foot of snow or more. Two feet of snow will probably fall in the sierra nevadas. By sunday its offshore. Its no longer a threat. Norah. Odonnell all right, lonnie, thank you. Tonight there are new questions surrounding the delta jetliner that dumped all that fuel over los angeles. Flight 89, bound for china, turned back just after taking off, and made an emergency landing. Kris van cleave tonight on what the pilots did and didnt tell the tower. Reporter the f. A. A. Is now investigating why this delta 777, descending into the los angeles airport, dropped at least 10,000 gallons of jet fuel, much of it on a densely populated part of the city. I was scared. Reporter students and teachers at more t. A f20ha l thi effects of the falling fuel. Air Traffic Controllers knew the plane, bound for shanghai, had an engine problem forcing it to return to l. A. X. , but didnt know the pilots planned to dump fuel, despite asking twice. Reporter but they did anyway. Pilots are supposed to tell controllers if theyre going to dump fuel and will then be directed where to do so, typically over water or an unpopulated stretch of land, with the pla10,0up. But flight 89 dropped fuel as low as 2,300 feet. I have never heard of this happening in 35 years. Its highly unusual. Reporter norah, you want that extra altitude so the fuel has time to dissipate before it gets to the ground. That didnt happen here. Delta tells us theyre still working to fully understand what did happen here. Pilots are given a lot of leeway in responding to an emergency. The focus here, was getting the 165 people on that plane on the ground safely. Odonnell and the safety of the people below, all right, thank you. A 19yearold man accused of being part of a nationwide ring of White Supremacists appeared in federal court in virginia today. He is charged in a wave of swatting attacks. Thats making false 911 calls prompting swat teams to move in on unsuspecting victims. Heres jeff pegues. Reporter john kelly was charged with being part of a right wing group that engaged in swatting, calling in fake bomb threats and active shooter reports around the country, allegedly targeting African Americans and jews. U. S. Attorney Zachary Terwilliger is prosecuting the case. They were White Supremacists . Its a group that the f. B. I. D police to say he had placed three pipe bombs at this African American church in alexandria, virginia and would kill everyone at the church. The church was evacuated, but it was a hoax. Kellys group is charged with making fake calls to 134 different Law Enforcement agencies. From Celebrity Homes in los angeles. To an airport in florida, swatting is a serious problem. This gamer was swatted while playing online. Get on the ground you have individuals showing up in a fastpaced manner thinking theyre showing up at the next potential mass shooter event. Imagine the chaos, cost, and diversion of resources that causes. Reporter investigators say kelly also targeted his former school, old dominion university, in november of 2018. The day that happened, Police Actually shut the university down. Today, the judge ruled that he should be held in custody at let until hinext cou hearing. Norah. Odonnell all right, jeff, thank you. Now to this story. There is heartbreak tonight at the college of the holy cross in massachusetts. A star member of the Womens Rowing Team was killed in a crash in florida today. Heres nikki battiste. Reporter Champion College rower grace rett was killed a day after her 20th birthday. When younger children are victims it hits home. Reporter the college of the holy cross crew team was in florida to prepare for an upcoming competition when a pickup truck slammed into a van carrying the athletes early this morning. The students were initially trapped inside. More than a dozen people were injured, including the truck driver. My thoughts are really with graces family and with her teammates. Ychology and ry t d re, rowing for 62hours nonsto. Grace was a light to all who knew her. She was incredibly passionate and hard working. Reporter police say a preliminary investigation shows the van turned into the path of a pickup truck. At least three of the holy cross team members are in critical condition. Nikki battiste, cbs news, new york. Odonnell today, President Trump hailed a partial trade agreement with china that aims to ease tensions with the worlds second largest economy. China has agreed to buy 200 billion in u. S. Goods over the next two years, and will stop requiring u. S. Firms to Share Technology as the price of doing business in china. In return, the u. S. Will lower tariffs on some chinese goods. Now to some disturbing video tonight of a fiveyearold being attacked on her school bus in dallas with no one coming to her is hity pas because more than half of American Children ride buses to school. Tonight, the victims mother is demanding action. Omar villafranca reports. Reporter the troubling video from inside the school bus shows the fiveyearold girl being assaulted multiple times. First by an older student in pink sitting next to her, and then by a student from behind. Then the boy moves closer to continue his barrage of slaps. Bus driver reporter at some point, she screams for the bus driver to help. But no help ever comes. I lost my mind. I i couldnt believe what i saw. I couldnt believe that there was an adult there that could have stopped it. Reporter the incident happened last november during a 45minute commute from her dallas public charter school. crying at one point during the assault, you can hear her crying. He heard cries of help and he chooses to do nothing, and it could have been stopped within the first two minutes of the attack. Ter he abuse ended after some 12 minutes with her grandmother picking her up at the bus stop. I think the bus driver needs to be removed. If he didnt protect my child, is he going to protect anyone elses . Reporter the mother tells us her fiveyearold no longer takes the bus to her school behind us. Dallas i. S. D. Released a statement that said they take student safety very seriously. They have provided more monitoring, and they added that bus driver is now on another route. Norah. Odonnell all right, omar, thank you. In a surprise today, every top member of russias government resigned, everyone but Vladimir Putin. Hes been in charge since 2000, longer than any russian or soviet leader since stalin ruled for 29 years. Charlie dagata reports on what todays shakeup means. Reporter its seen as a power grab straight out of the president Vladimir Putin playbook. In a shock move, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced that vernment were stepow sweeping constitutional changes that set the stage for him to continue calling the shots long after his president ial term ends in 2024. Since climbing to power 20 years ago, putins rule over russia has been carefully choreographed, projecting the image of the fearless leader with unchecked political power. Its the biggest shakeup the russian government has seen in just over a decade. Putin announced reforms that will curb the clout of any future president , redistributing power just as he pivots to a new role postoffice. But putins Approval Ratings have sunk to nearrecord lows, blamed in part on a stagnating economy that has suffered under crippling western sanctions. Frustration and anger has erupted in antiputin protests, and its unclear whether this time russians will be willing to accept the indefinit of an allpowerful leader who may be planning to outstay his welcome. Now, one thing thats always boosted his popularity back home is the way he stands up to the united states. Now he poses a problem not just for the next four years but for the foreseeable future. Norah. Odonnell all right, charlie, thank you. Theres still much more news ahead right here on tonights cbs evening news. Theres breaking news. A plane crashes into a neighborhood in utah. The latest on this fiery crash. And back in the spotlight, how prince harry and meghans latest public outings may preview their new royal roles. And later, the unlikely choice for numberone place to eat in the chef is about to share his secret. 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The difference between words and actions matters. Thats a lesson washington dc could use, right now. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Odonnell theres breaking news tonight from utah. A twinengine plane has crashed in a neighborhood about three miles from the airport in roy. Thats just north of salt lake city. It narrowly missed town houses as it burst into flames. Debris landed on the roof of a nearby building. The pilot was killed. With the deadline looming about their future royal roles, prince harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, took a few steps back into the public spotlight today. Harry was on instagram, while meghan made a surprise appearance in vancouver. Carter evans reports on the royal reveals. Reporter this is the royals way of saying, nothing to see here. Theres meghan at a womens shelter in canada. The Invictus Games will travel to a new country. Reporter and today, were hearing from harry for the First Time Since news of the royal exit. Tomorrow, hell make his first public appearance at Buckingham Palace for the Rugby World Cup draw. But behind the scenes, the crisis talks continue with harry staying in london, hashing out the decisions the queen demanded within the coming days. cheers everyone is all smiles, despite what the tabloids say. With their insatiable pursuit of the royals, the paparazzi have already tracked down meghan in canada, here now with baby uits. Omseven ye nobody likes a showoff. Reporter meanwhile, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rolling out the welcome mat. There is a general feeling of appreciation for the sussexes. Reporter for now, the duke and duchess are managing their own message to repair what has become a fractured fairy tale. Carter evans, cbs news. 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