global tug-of-war. critical tests. a spacecraft explodes minutes after launch. why today s mission was a success. and a world war ii veteran finally gets the recognition he earned at 103 years old. god s been good. announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. welcome to the overnight news. i m omar villafranca. the countdown has begun to the historic senate trial of president trump. it begins tomorrow morning. house managers who will prosecute the case against the president met on capitol hill sunday to work on strategy. senators are getting ready for what could be a grueling few weeks listening to hours of testimony with no questions allowed. ben tracy starts us off from the white house. we ll be sitting there in our chairs probably on the order of six hours a day. reporter: senators are now preparing to be jurors, deciding in just weeks whether or not president trump remains in office. republicans don t have enough votes for a quick dismissal, but they are
before the mayor of oakland toured a new site for those transitioning away from homelessness. it s unacceptable in a nation, a region, a city as wealthy as ours that anyone spends a single night on the street. reporter: mayor shaft visited the new site called the holland, a former hotel on grand avenue. it has room for 90 residents who will be allowed to stay here for six months while they find a permanent home. the mayor says her goal has been to quickly find shelter space for 1,000 people ho are homeless. the building was purchased by the city using bond proceeds. two major players are also part of this project, anthem blue cross and kaiser permanente. housing is important to people. reporter: i thought about that when i approached crystal sims who has lived on these streets with her sister for 2 1/2 years. as a homeless person, there are so many things happening out here. what do you fear the most. what i fear the most is somebody coming in while i m asleep. i sa
trapped in his room. she put a rope over his face and pulled him through the home in the office chair. the kitchen had just gotten five times worse. the entire house is super black. smoke everywhere. i feel the heat on my back. now barn house said at one point the chair became stuck on the carpet. she pulled harder and they fell out the front door into the arms of an officer who just arrived on the scene. barton would likely not have survived if she hadn t pulled him to safety. the father is currently undergoing surgery for a broken hip. the apartment is a total loss. san francisco will open shelters to keep people home in a winter blast. taking a live look at the golden gate bridge. it is a crisp and cool night and it will get cooler. it will be a different half to the weekend. today temperatures were comfortable, but tomorrow we can chop about 20 degrees off of the numbers. right now you just need a jacket. not incredibly chilly. 40s and 50s on the board. 52 for hay
six nor people diagnosed in the bronx outbreak that brings a totally of confirm cases of legionnaires disease of 60 people so far. hillary clinton is rolling out her first campaign ad in the 2016 race. and there are new reports this by the new york tiles over o the weekend that joe biden is very close, this close to getting into the race himself apparently it was his dying son s final wish. wow. all right we shall see good morning everybody i m juliet huddy. ben: i m ben simmoneau, monday morning. ben: in-laws were in town. we went on saturday to governor s island. it was very nice. juliet: didn t put them up in a hotel? ben: no they stayed with us. juliet: hotel rates are cheap lately. ben: it was very nice. kind of brief. but we had a nice time. juliet: reminded of you constant isly i tweeted this. a car parked in front of my building a license plate. what does it say ben is with me. i m with ben. it is everywhere i see you everywhere now. like you re stalking me. ben: a
proponent of it because she knows the tragic consequences of driving while intoxicated. her 14-year-old daughter was killed eight years ago by a driver under the influence and she is a volunteer with m.a.d.d. their child getting behind the wheel of a car. and this is just one thing that would give them more piece, if you will, knowing that their child won t be able to drive down. reporter: some, including the american beverage institute, oppose putting the system in every car and question its accuracy. one of the things about the technology is how reliable will it be? like a battery dies sometimes, you can count on the fact this technology will fail. reporter: the system has a major limitation. as of now, it would only be available in new cars as a built in feature. older cars couldn t be retrofitted. supporters believe it will keep drunk drivers off the road. ernie: important story. reporter: yeah. the people who are developing this technology say when it goes by, th