universities. a mechanical issue forces a delta flight to go to a small canadian airport. the travel nightmare that happened next. >> it's been more than 15 hours since any of us have had a real lead. >> norah: and we look at the nations lingering effects on the children. >> the number of students formally absent has skyrocketed since the pandemic, and following along as they search for students. >> hi, barbie. >> hi, barbie. >> hi, barbie. >> norah: and the nominations are in. who received the most golden globes nominations? we will tell you. >> you are the best, or you would not be in here. ♪ ♪ >> norah: good evening, and thank you for being with us. tonight we begin with breaking news. the supreme court just moments ago taking a step forward on the historic case involving donald trump. later this afternoon at the supreme court agreeing to hear a special report from jack smith who is pursuing the criminal prosecution of trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. now the nation's highest court is now set to weigh in for the first time on the historic criminal prosecution of the former president. the special counsel is asking the justices to break tradition and decide quickly on whether donald trump has an immunity. here's what the special counsel wrote in the petition. "this case presents a fundamental question at the heart of our democracy, whether former president is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed while in office." robert costa is the chief election correspondent to he understand the big developments. so robert, special counsel is trying to make sure that his case moves forward on march 4th, right? >> reporter: norah, that's exactly right. jack smith is looking into the future. he knows when the january 6th trial begins next year, former president trump will claim it's illegal, and try to raise that with the highest court. the view is backed up by our sources that say that trump is pushing his lawyers to appeal, appeal, and argue he should be immune for his alleged conduct while serving as president. but smith is trying to get ahead of trump's strategy to make sure he is on solid ground legally and won't be delayed by of flurry of allegations from trump. pushing back saying that smith is trying to bypass the appeals process. they have until december 20th to respond before the high court weighs in if they do it all. all of this of course it's going to take place as the republican presidential race heats up next spring and trump could be wrapping up the nomination. >> norah: also in this petition, why did the special counsel reference u.s. versus nixon? >> reporter: norah, history hovers over everything in this case. remember back in a 1964, the u.s. government said that president nixon could not present his case. his tapes, now jack smith is looking for ruin from the court to say the prosecutors can move forward and try to prosecute a president or former president. >> norah: and do it expeditiously. robert, thank you. now to severe weather and snow across the country flooding still a issue in new england over the next few days. this as the same storm system that led to the tornado outbreak with at least eight twisters touching down across tennessee, kentucky, mississippi, in north carolina, killing six people. there was one ef3 tornado with winds up to 150 miles per hour. it was on the ground for an hour and it traveled 40 miles. cbs's manuel bojorquez shows us the devastation tonight from hard-hit clarksville, tennessee, that's about an hour outside nashville. >> reporter: residents captured the disaster unfolding over middle tennessee on saturday. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: electrical equipment blowing up, lighting up the night sky, daylight revealing the devastation after a dozen possible tornadoes tore through the state, leaving nearly 100 injured and at least six dead including 10-year-old arlan burnham, 31-year-old floridema perez and her 2-year-old son anthony mendez also died when the tornado tossed a nearby trailer crushing their mobile home. perez's husband said in spanish that he and their other two children were also home, and lucky to have survived. >> i said did they find the baby, and they said yes, they could not find it, because she was holding cover. >> reporter: churches and emergency shelters are trying to provide the basics to those who lost all. as small armies of volunteers help with cleanup like ryan puckett. how great is the need here? >> it's pretty great. i mean, we need people. we need donations. it's cold, and it's only going to keep getting colder and these people need help. plain and simple. >> reporter: the systems impact is far-reaching, also has fallen tornadoes in north carolina and alabama bringing heavy rain to new england where flood watches are still in effect tonight. back in tennessee, tonya osborne says that she is lucky she was not home when her house was ripped apart. the recovery won't be easy. >> my whole life has been reduced to seven garbage bags and what i can get to them and what it can salvage. >> reporter: and as that cleanup continues here in clarksville tonight, there are still more than 14,000 customers in this area who do not have power. and temperatures are expected to dip below freezing once again overnight. norah. >> norah: manuel bojorquez, thank you so much. tonight the follout for elite college presidents continues after that congressional testimony about how to handle anti-semitism on college campuses. one of the three presidents is out of a job and as cbs's nikole killion for reports, she may not be alone. >> reporter: made calls for, supporters of claudine rallied to her defense from alumni to staff, more than 1700 faculty members signed a letter urging harvard's governing boards to resist political pressure that are odds with harvard's commitment to academic freedom. history professor alison frank johnson coauthored the letter. >> those under -- all agree on the fundamental importance of the university from political interference. >> reporter: does calling for the of violated harvard's views oh of bullying and harassment, yes, or no? >> it can be based on the context. >> reporter: gay's response had along with the mit and -- ignited a firestorm. >> it's a context decision, that's your testimony today? >> reporter: president liz magill resigned. and attended the hearing. >> what it exposes is what people have been saying for a while is that there is a sense of moral ambivalence when it comes to anti-semitism. >> reporter: following magill's resignation, elise stefanik wrote one down, two to go, michael roth is president of wesley university. >> i hope they don't lose their job, because then they would be subject to the outside forces, the republican congresswoman on the one hand, but also these big donors trying to throw their weight around. and that's not good for the long range health of these schools. >> reporter: before liz oh magill's resignation, one donor threatened to pull a $100 million donation, and a harvard alum says that they are missing out on $1 billion in terminated donations in light of the controversy. harvard's president has apologized for her testimony, norah. >> norah: nikole killion, thank you. well, now to some breaking news from new york city. first responders are on the scene at an apartment building in the bronx that partially collapsed this afternoon. you can see a corner of the seven-story building crumbled to the ground exposing several rooms to the streets. officials say they have evacuated everyone but continue to search through the rubble for any victims. so far there are no reports of injuries. turning over seas to the war in gaza, the, the israeli military says that it controls the main square in gaza city. benjamin nentanyahu says it's the beginning it again for the terror group. cbs's charlie d'agata reports from israel. >> reporter: the israeli military release new video set to show troops advancing further into southern gaza. a house by house at battle of the urban warfare with hamas officials updating the death toll as 18,000 today envoys from the u.n. security council visited the egyptian border crossing with rafah. the u.s. sole veto against a cease-fire has fueled antiwar protests in the west bank. the anger and the outrage is growing here in the west bank, and every day the war goes on. and every victim inside gaza. aimed not just in israel, but increasingly against america. >> my messages to the united states. you have to use the veto against a cease-fire, because they support democracy, and democracy is the saving lives. >> reporter: despite those frustrations, the u.s. is a part of postwar plans for gaza according to palestinian and minister of social affairs according to ahmad majdalani. those ideas may not be the same. their plan includes an element of what may remain of hamas, but prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called for the group's total destruction. >> they can destroy his military forces, but we cannot to destroy hamas as an organization. >> reporter: an organization not only blamed for the massacre of more than 1200 israelis, but reiterating threats that not a single hostage will leave unless all of its demands for a prison release are met. norah. >> norah: charlie d'agata, thank you. and the israel/hamas war is creating pressure on president biden at home. dozens of protesters were arrested at the capitol today as they demanded a cease-fire on the war, and a new cbs news poll shows that most americans disapprove of the president's handling of the conflict, and that's growing as a war stretches to its third month. cbs's ed o'keefe travels to the battle state of michigan to understand how the war could impact biden's reelection hopes. >> reporter: 23-year-old adam abu sala concerns about biden are an alarm bell for democrats. >> as a community we are tired of voting for the lesser than two evils. >> four years ago he voted for the president, urging dearborn, michigan, to vote against donald trump. >> if you were to ask me two months ago if i was going to vote for joe biden coming out, i would've held my nose and voted for them. >> reporter: but as the administration continues standing the deadly attacks in gaza. >> in november we remember. >> reporter: abu cella says that he and his community can no longer stand by the president. >> the same way they are remaining silent, we will be silent and november 2024. >> reporter: abdullah hammoud is the first ever arab american mayor, he says they have lost loved ones in the fighting. >> what is unfolding over seas is not a political crisis, its humanitarian war. >> reporter: the domestic accomplishments, but is struggling with his support. if you face the binary choice over electing the president or reelecting the former president, what do you do? >> well, you have an issue where you have both individuals with blood on their hands, one is spewing obviously hateful rhetoric, but we have a current president whose policy is overseas have resulted in the loss of nearly 20,000 residents. >> reporter: 146,000 muslim americans voted here in 2020 with nearly 70% nationally going for the president. but abusalah warns at the anger here could cost the president and the election. what will people do, stay home? >> no, we will go vote, but we will keep the top of the ticket empty. >> reporter: you would skip voting for president in 2024 even if it meant donald trump will win the presidency? >> if you tell me my vote would be the vote whether biden wins a michigan or not, i would still not vote for biden. >> norah: well, from the campaign trail, now ed o'keefe joins us from the white house as another issue facing president biden is ukraine funding of president zelenskyy as congress box aid, what's at stake, ed? >> reporter: this is a last-ditch attempt by president zelenskyy saying they are caught up in a fight against congress and the present and over border policy. cbs news has learned that he personally invited following the news on capitol hill and then they will have a press conference here together at the white house. zelenskyy is so concerned about the impasse led in a speech earlier today in washington, he warned "if there is any one inspired by unresolved issues on capitol hill, it's putin and his sick clique." norah. >> norah: that's pretty strong, ed o'keefe, thank you. now we begin a new series looking at what has been dubbed the covid generation. students whose lives were forever changed by the pandemic. cbs's meg oliver reports how young people continue to feel the effects, not to their health, but to their education. >> reporter: in louisville, kentucky, chris lantz is a part of the attendance team, making up to 30 house calls a week searching for chronically absent students. first stop of the day, what happened? >> no answer. >> reporter: no answer again? >> same thing. >> reporter: in the school district in jefferson county, 63% of families rely on schools for meals. chronic absenteeism defined as at least ten absences within the school year has always been an issue here, but since the pandemic, 38% more students are missing weeks, sometimes months of school. last year nearly 14 million students nationwide were chronically absent. nearly twice as many compared to previous years. >> i think it is a major crisis. >> reporter: jefferson county superintendent marty polio. >> when you think of housing instability, food instability, a student who does not have clean clothes may not come to school. >> reporter: the is a youth center in each area of jefferson county a school that provides everything from clean clothes and hygiene products to food for struggling students. >> we don't want to punish them for not going to school. we want to take away all of the barriers that might be keeping them from coming to school. >> reporter: students like 19-year-old hector who in addition to school, works 40 hours a week to help support his family. how many school days did you miss last year? 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"barbie" is up for nine awards including best musical or comedy. on the drama side "oppenheimer" for eight golden globes facing off against films including martin scorsese's "killers of the flower moon" and bradley cooper's "maestro." taylor swift's concert movie is among eight that were nominated in the new box office achievement category. the 81st annual golden global awards will air live on sunday january 7th, right here on cbs and paramount+. always a reminder, i need to watch some more movies. because they all look good. thank you, fighting are breaking out in schools in the north bay. there is concern about the violence. it has the district taking action. students worry it is only a band-aid. trying to fix a bigger problem >> it is very likely in my opinion that we will turn after winter break and it will be how it was before. >> new light on the deadly shooting at an oakland 7/11 that took the life of a beloved security guard. it may seem like the perfect place to eat lunch, this public plaza in berkeley is not open to everybody. >> i don't see who can disagree giving a safe place to people that we are taking anything away from anybody. >> we go into the debate for need for safety and access to public spaces. boy, you may call it a defensive fail big time. how the authorities say a fan, wanting an autograph made it inside steph curry's home. this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. good evening. let's talk about school. it is supposed to be a place where students and teachers are supposed to feel safe and protected. in santa rosa, some say it is no longer the case. several recent violent incidents possibly involving gangs has many on edge. this is a look at what santa rosa police took from students this year. three knives, two