Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. Before most americans awoke saturday, President Trump was on twitter posting explosive wiretapping accusations against president obama. Mr. Trump claims he recently learned mr. Obama ordered what trump describes as a watergatestyle water tap on trump tower in new york. He says it happened just before the election. Mr. Trump offered no evidence, and an obama spokesman issued a quick denial. It comes amid growing controversy over the trtions possible russianitize. The president is spending the weekend at his maralago resort in palm beach. Errol barnett is there. Reporter President Trump is back on familiar ground here at his maralago resort in florida, and hes back to one of his favorite activities stirring up conversations with his tweets. After a week of speeches and addresses widely regarded as president ial, mr. Trump made an explosive allegation, that the Obama Administration screptly election. The president s tweet storm started around 6 35 a. M. With this just found on that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower. Nothing found. Minutes later he asked, is it legal for a sitting president to be wiretapping a race for president . A new low. And offering no evidence of wiretapping as proof suggested, a good lawyer could make a great case, out of the issue. 10 minutes after, that he compared the allegation to the nixon watergate scandal said, president is a bad or sick guy. A spokesman for president obama released this statement saying in part the time for trivial fights is behind us. Reporter its a departure from the president s optimistic tone in his widely praised address to a joint session of Congress Last so ill make a comment about the latest tweet. You have seen it . Reporter today, republican senator Lindsey Graham addressed the president s wiretapping claims at a raucous town hall meeting in south carolina. Its my job as a United States senator to get to the bottom of this. I promise you i will. applause ties to russia. Senate democrats and President Trump are raising new questions about the justice departments conduct. I have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. Reporter Senate Democrats are not satisfied with attorney general Jeff Sessions recusal. In a letter to the department of justice, they demanded answers about why sessions over recused following news reports of previously undisclosed meetings he had with the Russian Ambassador and why he only recused himself with respect to campaignrelated investigations, and not russian contacts with the Trump Transition Team and administration. But President Trump took to twitter saturday morning and doubled down on his claim that democrats are overplaying their hand. He tweeted, the first meeting Jeff Sessions with the Russian Ambassador was set up by the Obama Administration under Education Program for 100 ambassadors. Mr. Trump is refg to the fact that one of the meetings attorney general sessions had with the Russian Ambassador was event in july. The president also tweeted accusations that former president obama tapped his phones in trump tower in the runup to the election. He offered no source for this shock claim. Now the question is whether President Trump and his associates will get the same treatment that secretary of state Hillary Clinton received. In that case, the f. B. I. Held a press conference and discussed its investigation, the evidence it found, and why it wasnt bringing charges against anyone. Attorney general Jeff Sessions says he will update his Senate Testimony about his contacts with russia in writing on monday. But, reena, thats unlikely to be enough to put this controversy behind him. Ninan and, paula, how has the f. B. I. Responded to the president s wiretapping claims . Reporter reena, the f. B. I. Has not responded to the tweets, and source i have spoken to have been unable to substantiate them, either. Ninan paula, thank you. With a string of receipt murder charges in texas, new york, and virginia, a gang known as ms13, appears to be surging reporter according to houston police, the two young men shown here kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and shot a 15yearold girl, sacrificing her in the name of satan. I think theyre just distraught that theyve lost their daughter. Reporter in court thursday, the accused killers smiled and waved for the cameras. From texas to new york to virginia, officers are dealing with a rash of murders attributed to a resurgent ms13 air, notoriously violent street gang. First reported decades ago in los angeles, the gang now has thousands of members in at least 42 states, according to the f. B. I. Most are salvadoran nationals or firstgeneration americans. For far too long on long island, ms13 has been meting out its own version of the death penalty. Reporter also on thursday, robert capers, u. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of new york, pinned seven murders on ms13, including the killing of two teenaged girls with baseball bats and a machete. Evelyn rodriguez lost her but also a sad day. Reporter last month in northern virginia, more than half a dozen alleged ms13 members were arrested after a double murder, and according to law enforcement, most of the suspects arrested in these recent cases were in the country illegally. Both the george w. Bush and the Obama Administrations launched special efforts to break up ms13. Now it seems its president pret trumps turn with a recent executive order aimed at breaking up gangs known for what he called bar barbic acts. Reena. Ninan overseas in iraq, the battle for mosul rages on. Thats a car bomb rattling western mosul. It was likely set off by isis. Several Police Officers were wounded. Iraqi forces, backed by the u. S. Military, are trying to retake want city from isis. Meanwhile, the terror group is suspected of carrying out a chemical attack on civil glans mosul this past week. Heres Jonathan Vigliotti. Reporter reena, the United Nations in a Statement Today war crime as they wait for confirmation on what cems, if any, were used. The u. N. Confirmed at least 12 people are being treated at a hospital in erbil. Among the injured, five children and a onemonthold baby. According to the red cross, the alleged chemical weapons caused blisters, vomiting, and severe swelling around eyes. The injuries happened in two separate attacks in eastern mosul beginning wednesday. This woman said a rocket landed in her home and sprayed her family with what she described as an oily chemical. Eastern mosul was once controlled by isis until u. S. Backed iraqi forces recaptured it in january. Its still unclear whos to blame for the attack. But mortars were apparently fired from west mosul, which is still held by the islamic state. The unrest has let l. E. D. To a mass exodus. The United States has warned that isis could use weapons containing sulfur mustard agents as iraqi liberate mosul. This weeks attack would mark the first time the terror group used chemical weapon inside mosul. Reena, the United Nations is now calling fair full investigation. Pelley okay, Jonathan Vigliotti in london. In pennsylvania, one person was killed and more than two dozen others were injured in a 32vehicle pileup on friday. Blinding snowstorms caused several multivehicle crashes in the state. Well, this winters devastating storms have caused at least 1 billion in budget d. O. J. Californias roads and bridges. A monastery on the coast in big sur is nearly cut off from the mainland. Carter evans has the story. Reporter since the beginning of the year, california has weathered 10 major storms that have flooded communities up and down the coast. In the northern part state, big sur has seen more than five feet of rainfall in two months, it nearly washed out the main bridge to the resort community, according to caltranspokesman bob haus. Until we are absolutely certain that we can look people in the eye and say, yes, its safe to drive on this, then we have to keep it closed. Reporter storm damage has left a dozen monks at the camaldoli hermitage in big sur even more isolated than expected. But father robert hale, talking to us through a satellite video connection, said they are having to ration fuel and food. The monastery is completely off the grid and the only access road was cut off by a torrential storm last month. What was it like when the storm was hitting . It was kind of apocalypse now. Mother nature say little angry. Reporter was there a point when you were concerned there for your own safety . Well, were not supposed to have fear, but we are human beings. Reporter the hermitage supports itself by renting rooms to those seeking solitude, according to reservations through march, which has been a huge financial hit for us. Reporter theyre getting financial help now from a gofundme page. Others in the community are getting rations flown in by helicopter, but the monks have been taking advantage of breaks in the weather and Road Construction for supply routes. Long enough for to us get a couple monks out in a four wheel drive, and theyve been able to drive into town to get some supplies. Reporter i can only imagine what that looks like. Yeah. Reporter you guys have had to get pretty creative. Thats the word, absolutely. Reporter the monks say it could cost them a quarter Million Dollars just to repair the entrance road to the monastery, and, reena, the storms may not be finished yet. There are still several weeks left in californias rainy season. Ninan okay, were glad theyre okay. Carter evans, thank you. 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He found himself trapped, terrified, and separated from his mother. He said he thought hed never see her again. I thought that i was already dead, he said. During the fighting, there was bombing right next to us neighbores were killed. He and his family were among the tens of thousands who fled when isis first invaded, but when his father decided to risk going back to grab some belongings, muhaimen begged to join him. A lapse in judgment and a dreadful mistake. When they tried to leave, isis had cut off all the escape routes. They raided our home. They took my video game and threw it out the window. Our apartment is on the third floor. For two and a half long years, his mother, zeinab, feared the worst. There were rumors isis had executed her husband. There was no way of reaching her son. I began to lose home, zeinab said, especially after the bombing started. I had nothing left but tears and prayers. Muhaimen timely managed to escape when iraqi forces liberated his neighborhood in eastern mosul. By pure chance air, family footage and promptly called his mom. What did we do . We just ran out on the street. We started running the street, looking for a taxi. We just wanted to get there as soon as we could. And then, the moment neither had dared dream about. So what did you think when you first saw your mother . I was very happy, he said. I became emotional, and there were all those tv cameras filming the moment. I pushed the peshmerga guards out of the way and ran through the gate. Now zeinab cant bear to have him more than an arms length away. No, even now, i cant believe it, she said. To this moment at night he reaches tout me and says, mom, i cant believe im in your arms. This booren and dusty camp outside of mosul is home now, and for any foreseeable future. They dont have much, but they have each other. Charlie dagata, cbs mosul, northern iraq. 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Ninan some of last weeks oscar winners did not attend the ceremony. They were saving lives in syria. This week, Holly Williams met one of the White Helmets showing the best of humanity in the worst of places. Reporter the White Helmets did what they always do on monday racing to the aftermath of a deadly air strike to pull civilians and bodies from the rubble. Business as usual in the hellish chaos of syrias civil war. Where Syrian Regime and russian air strikes destroy neighborhoods. In hollywood on sunday, the producer and director of the film the White Helmets, send the award for best documentary short. Three of the films cameramen are syrians, who risked their lives to capture images like these 21yearold Khaled Khateeb is one of them. He planned to attend the Academy Awards but was stopped from boarding the plane at the last minute. He says he still doesnt know why. I was disappointed, he told us, but the most important thing is that the film won the oscar. Maybe it will encourage the International Community to give us more help. 60 minutes reported on the heroism and humanity of the White Helmets last december. The group says its rescued more than 80,000 people and that over 160 of its emergency workers have been killed. Rady saad joined the White Helmets two years ago. Pelley theres a 50 chance in every operation that ill live and a 50 chance that ill die. Reporter youve seen people dying. Youve seen people fighting for their life. And youre so young. Ive seen body parts scattered everywhere and had nightmares, he told us. But ive also witnessed rescues, and i feel a responsibility to tell the world. Khaled khateeb told us hell head back to syria again soon. Hes one of many syrians who are putting their lives on the line to document the violence thats engulfed their country. Holly williams, cbs news, istanbul. Ninan up nthe International Runway mod whole became a model grocer. 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Michelle miller explains what that is and tells us about a woman who turns her communitys food desert into an oasis. Reporter when renee gunter goes shopping for produce, she goes straight to the source and gets down and dirty. Oh, my goodness. Bugs bunny never had it so good. R resident of South Los Angeles is not just shopping for herself. Shes shopping for her community. Oh, this is chocolate mint . Reporter where corner markets and Liquor Stores substitute for absent fullservice supermarkets. As a runway model, gunter traveled the world working with some of the biggest names in fashion. Yves saint laurent, andre courreges, and givenchy. Reporter but a role in a 2012 Community Play about food justice changed her life. The more i read the script, i more i realized i lived in a food desert. Reporter a food desert is an urban area where its difficult to buy affordable, quality, fresh food. Residents of food deserts often weigh more, suffer from higher rates of disease, like diabetic, and have a shorter life expectancy. I had this epiphany and i said, somebody needs to do something. Reporter and do she did, beaut bye opening her own fresh which gets most of its inventory from local farmers like marjun sarvodaya. Are you looking for specific things . I want to see the product. I want to see the variety. Reporter customers like Joyce Perkins are sold. So the taste . Wonderful. It doesnt attest like anything i buy in the grocery store. Reporter how important is this . Its very important. I think shes starting a trend in this community. Reporter shes sowing seeds of good with the home of reaping a bounty of health for her community. That beautiful . Right from the apartment of farm. Thats beautiful. Reporter thats a sentiment we can all toast to. Michelle miller, cbs news, los angeles. Ninan and renee tells us shes now in the process of expanding her business. 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