0 that's jared peck along with charlie walter. we'll see you back here t 6:00. captioning sponsored by cbs >> yuccas: tonight, captured and charged. the parents of the accused michigan school shooter now held on a half a million dollars' bond each after their overnight arrest, while a crowd attending a vigil for the victims erupts in panic. >> reporter: i'm michael george in pontiac, michigan. the parents of the accused oxford school shooter are now behind bars. how they were found and what happened when they faced a judge. >> yuccas: also tonight, omicron spreads. at least 12 states now identifying the highly infectious variant. >> reporter: i'm lilia luciano at the hollywood burbank airport where omicron is worrying some holiday travelers. >> yuccas: in africa, infection surge causing global uncertainty. plus, president biden warns vladimir putin against invading ukraine as russian troops amass at the border. >> i don't accept anybody's red line. >> yuccas: weekend journal-- 'tis the season for christmas trees. how drought is shorting supply. and later... >> have you ever had a krispy kreme? >> yuccas: she's an unlikely tiktok senitation at 82. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> yuccas: good evening, i'm jamie yuccas in los angeles. adriana diaz is off. today, the parents of the teenager who police say shot and killed four classmates at their michigan school pleaded not guilty. james and jennifer crumbley appeared in court after being arrested early this morning, following an intense manhunt. cbs' michael george is in pontiac, michigan with the latest. michael, good evening. >> reporter: jamie, good evening. james crumbley, jennifer crumbley, and their 15-year-old son are all now in custody here at the oakland county jail, being barred from contact with one another. now, the sheriff tells me the parents have been quiet, sullen, and he hasn't seen them show any signs of remorse. today, they faced a judge for the first time. >> i understand. >> reporter: jennifer crumbley cried as each of the four involuntary manslaughter charges were read in court. >> i understand. >> reporter: prosecutors say in the days leading up to the shooting at oxford high school, the crumbleys bought the gun allegedly use bide their son, and were warned by school officials that he was looking at ammunition on his phone and writing a violent note. but authorities say the crumbleys did nothing. >> and these two individuals could have stopped it, and they had every reason to know if he was dangerous, and they gave him a weapon. >> reporter: their appearance today follows an intense search by law enforcement. the couple failed to show up for a friday arraignment. u.s. marshals announced a bounty of up to $10,000 each. a business owner in detroit about 45 miles away spotted the crumbley's car and called 911. police say they were found hiding in a vacant art studio. their attorneys say they were going to turn themselves in. >> they were never fleeing prosecution. i want to make that very clear with the court. they were scared. they were terrified. they were not at home. they were figuring out what to do. >> reporter: oakland county sheriff michael bouchard disagrees. >> well, certainly, it doesn't appear to be somebody trying to turn themselves in when they're in a warehouse in detroit hiding inside the building. >> reporter: the crumbleys have pleaded not guilty to all charges. the judge set their bond at half a million dollars each. all this comes as a community grieves the loss of four young lives. at a vigil friday, there was a brief panic after someone fainted and people mistakenly thought there was someone with a gun. there were no reports of serious injuries. and the sheriff believes someone let the crumbleys into that art studio. they're investigating, and that person could potentially face charges, including aiding and abetting and obstruction. jamie. >> yuccas: michael george, thank you. now to the battle against covid and the new omicron variant. as expected, it's spreading, this as the number of americans fully vaccinated hovers near 60%. cbs' lilia luciano is at hollywood burbank airport with more. lilia. >> reporter: good evening, jamie. omicron has flyers facing new restrictions and while those only apply to international travels, there are concerns about how it could all impact domestic travels during the busy holidays. in los angeles, health officials are stepping it up to stop the spread of covid, requiring proof of vaccination at many business and offering international travelers a free rapid covid test upon landing at l.a.x. >> i think it's a very good measure. and that's why i did it immediately. >> reporter: the omicron variant found in at least a dozen states keeps spreading. but the delta strain remains dominant, with new infections nationwide rising 36%. hospitalizations are also increasing. among the hardest hit states, rhode island, connecticut, and delaware, worrying doctors nationwide. >> it's still a large curve going in the wrong direction. i had a patient today die. i recommended the vaccine for him multiple times. and he, unfortunately, got covid, was unvaccinated. >> reporter: nearly a third of the country has yet to get a single dose as officials brace for a winter surge. in some places, omicron is spreading twice as fast as other variants, but health officials are urging people not to panic, just to get a booster. are you concerned omicron might impact your holiday travel or your holiday plans? >> i don't think so. i think we're well vaccinated. we just have to negotiate the-- the new hurdles. we're waiting to see what's going to happen in '22. >> reporter: while the biden administration is requiring a negative covid test 24 hours before landing to the u.s., domestic flyers don't need to test for now. jamie. >> yuccas: we'll keep watching. lilia luciano, thank you. the world health organization says no deaths have been attributed to the omicron variant, but it is different and dangerous. cbs' debora patta reports from south africa. >> reporter: this is ground zero for omicron. scientists in this high-risk biohazard lab arm themselves for another day on the covid battle front. they are hot on the trail of the new mutant strain circling the globe. >> i'm going of coming to give you a box from the freezer. >> reporter: here, they are growing live omicron, which will be tested against the blood of fully vaccinated people, as well as those who were previously infected. heading up this team at the africa health research institute is virologist alex sigal. >> this is probably the most mutated virus we've ever seen. >> reporter: the variant has more than 50 mutations, over 30 in the spike protein, making it easier to attach itself to human cells. >> it's more of a frankenstein than others, but it's always something new. i mean, the virus keeps surprising us. >> reporter: now they are collaborating with other scientists to determine if the variant blunts vaccine immunity. this lab has received multiple requests for samples of omicron, which have been packed to be shipped off to other research institutes around the country. infectious disease expert richard lessells works next door at the sequencing lab, that helped identify the new variant and is studying the spread of omicron in real time. >> what's critical now over the next week or two is to really see in the data what the pattern is there. is there an increasing rate of infections in the vaccinated? and what is the severity of disease in those individuals? >> reporter: omicron has already fueled a meteoric rise in infections in south africa. scientists here say it appears to spread twice as quickly as dealt, including among people who have had covid. >> some, like 60%, outside africans have been prefg infected. in this case, you have a variant that may be specialized to reinfect. >> reporter: sigal hopes to have results on how effective vaccines are against omicron within the next week. debora patta, cbs news, dobban, south africa. >> yuccas: president biden says he will make it very, very difficult for russia to invade its neighbor ukraine. a new intelligence report obtained by cbs news says moscow is mobilizing 175,000 troops for a possible invasion in early 2022. the president was asked about russian president vladimir putin's attention as he left the white house on his way to camp david late friday. >> we're aware of russia's actions for a long time, and my expectation is we're going to have a long discussion. >> yuccas: cbs' christina ruffini covers foreign affairs and the white house. christina,s what is the white house doing to try to head off a potential international security crisis? >> reporter:y, just a little while ago the white house released this statement saying the two presidents will have a phone call tthat's president biden and president putin on friday. he will reaffirm u.s. support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of that country. now, a spokesperson for the national security council said they are deeply concerned by evidence that russia is stepping up its planning for military action in ukraine, possibly by early next year. and an administration official tells cbs news russia intends to me believize twice the number of troops into that contested eastern region of ukraine. now, remember, russia has held parts of that country since 2014 when it annexed crimea. the secretary of defense, lloyd austin, was also asked today what the u.s. would do since ukraine is not a member of nato if russia invades further? he said he didn't want to speculate on hypothetical situations, but that the u.s. would make sure ukraine had the means defend itself. he also said he believes there is still room for diplomacy. jamie. >> yuccas: we'll be watching this closely. christina ruffini, thank you. and this news today, cnn has fired anchor chris cuomo. the move follows a network inquiry into his efforts to help his brother, andrew cuomo, then the governor of new york, fight off a sexual harassment scandal. in a tweet today, cuomo said, "this is not how i want my time at cnn to end." he had been with the network nearly nine years. pope francis arrived in greece today for a three-day visit. greek catholics hope the trip brings the divided western and eastern orthodox churches closer together. but an in athens today, an elderly greek orthodox priest cause aid commotion when he shouted at the pontiff saying, "pope, you are a her tick." straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," housing prices go through the roof, even in places you might not expect. tree troubles-- how drought is impacting a favorite christmas tradition. and later, she is 82 and a rising star on tiktok.
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