scare onboard a cross-country united flight in san diego to newark. a lithium battery catching fire. passengers screaming, air traffic control radioing the pilots, saying they could not hear them. we have new reporting tonight, the u.s. navy off the east coast and what they ve now decision covered. parts of that suspected chinese spy balloon and what it reveals. and the unmanned underwater vehicles examining the wreckage for explosives. a way for the chinese spy balloon to self-destruct. martha raddatz with new reporting. just moments ago, the first look tonight at what president biden will tell the american people later this evening. the address in prime time, the state of the union here on abc. the president before congress and the country, and mary bruce live at the white house. there is also breaking news from memphis at this hour in the tyre nichols case. we have new reporting tonight. what one of the officers allegedly did. pierre thomas is here. also, the war i
the growing frustration for residents. and a first look at china s spy balloon. take a look at this picture, as we learn that some of the surveillance aircraf is now at the fbi lab at quantico. announcer: this is the from the nation s capital. norah: good evening and thank you for joining us on a busy night here in the nation s capital. president biden set to address the nation tonight and what will likely be the largest television audience of the year for him. he is going to be touting his accomplishments, and we have just learned that he will directly address republicans, urging them to work with them. the other major news tonight, the quick thinking flight attendants preventing a midair disaster after a fire started right after take off. what caused the fire? we will have more on that in just a minute. but we do want to begin overseas as time is running out for victims buried in turkey and syria after that massive earthquake with a death toll at nearly 8,000. offic
here imminent explosion sending families fleeing in ohio. a train carrying dangerous chemicals derailing, forcing evacuations. several of the cars carrying vinyl chloride. and tonight, the careful operation under way at this hour at the site. trying to avert a potential explosion. tonight, news on that chinese spy balloon shot down by the u.s. by an f-22. the teams moving quickly to recover key pieces. the debris field more than 15 football fields wide. and what we re already learning tonight about the balloon, how it maneuvered. and the trained u.s. navy teams now using unmanned, underwater vehicles to detect whether there could be any explosives. martha raddatz right here with me tonight on what she s learned. here in washington, president biden on the eve of his state of the union address, after that very promising jobs report, and after some key victories, including that bipartisan infrastructure law. the white house knows many americans still are not feeling this. wh
neo-nazi arrested. the fbi accuses two people of trying to completely destroy baltimore by attacking the city s power grid. close call on the tarmac. the new investigation tonight after two planes nearly collide in austin. important news tonight. for social security recipients, the largest annual increase in four decades. but is it enough to help with the soaring cost of groceries? and music s biggest night. and beyonce s historic grammy win. announcer: this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. reporting tonight from new york. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. there are new developments tonight in the chinese balloon story. the pentagon revealing today the u.s. navy has collected a majority of that chinese aircraft shot down over the weekend off the south carolina coast. and the senior u.s. general responsible for bringing down that balloon making a stunning admission. there we
here at home this evening, the warnings of a possible imminent explosion sending families fleeing in ohio. a train carrying dangerous chemicals derailing, forcing evacuations. several of the cars carrying vinyl chloride. and tonight, the careful operation under way at this hour at the site. trying to assert a potential explosion. tonight, news on that chinese spy balloon shot down by the u.s. by an f-22. the teams moving quickly to recover key pieces. the debris field more than 15 football fields wide. and what we re already learning tonight about the balloon, how it maneuvered. and the trained u.s. navy teams now using unmanned, underwater vehicles to detect whether there could be any explosives. martha raddatz right had here with me tonight on what she s learned. here in washington, president biden on the eve of his state of the union address, after that very promising jobs report, and after some key victories, including that bipartisan infrastructure law. the white hou