reporter: a.t. smith was the deputy director of the secret service. this is certainly an unprecedented event, to say the least, but the secret service is very well-equipped to handle large crowds, large visits, things that are unique in the way of protection. they are planning ahead for anything that could go wrong. reporter: as trump deals with a possible indictment, florida governor ron desantis moving closer to his own 2024 bid, said in a new interview today that character matters, a remark seen by some trump advisors as a not-so-veiled shot at trump. norah. norah: robert costa, thank you very much. there is new disturbing surveillance video tonight that shows a 28-year-old man who later died, pinned to the ground by a group of sheriff s deputies and staff members at a mental hospital. seven deputies and three workers are charged with second-degree murder. we get more now from cbs s jeff pegues.
questions. meantime, donald trump s former fixer michael cohen completing his grand jury testimony today. cohen arranged the $130,000 payment to daniels in 2016. the former president has denied he and daniels ever had an affair. a decision on whether to indict trump could come within days now. we turn next tonight, tracking this new cross-country storm moving east at this hour. 18 states on alert from california all the way to michigan. the midwest and south bracing, and then, of course, the northeast. let s get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano, timing this all out for us. hey, rob. reporter: hi, david. winds blowing behind that nor easter. now we re watching this west coast storm that is stretching out. a lot of alerts and they go all the way into the great lakes and flood watches up for the southwest. that s where the heavy rain is. the heavy snow tonight is going to be across southern denver, you go from 70 to snow in the morning. two to maybe eight inches of snow acro
2 million plus under blizzard warnings where we have 35-mile-per-hour wind gusts for three hours time knocking down visibility under a quarter of a mile. and if you are not under the warning, whiteout conditions are still possible. snow from california all the way to the ohio valley. this is round two, round three expected later this evening. and so we can expect additional heavier snowfall for minneapolis later tonight. you will see that heavy snow rolling in around 8:00, t9:00. and in the pinks, ice could cripple the city just north of chicago. detroit could be one of these locations where we have half an inch to a quarter of an inch of ice. and widespread outages and tre limb s could come down. and so snowfall totals, this is on top of what we ve already
massive in size and intensity. the freezing rain, no one wants to be in freezing rain. you don t want to lose power when it s cold and wet outside. you don t want to drive in it either, slip and falls on the sidewalks and driveways, sending people to the hospital. that s likely from areas north of chicago towards milwaukee up to madison is and all through the southern half of michigan. we ve also got a nasty mess of snow, then sleet changing the rain through central pennsylvania. that s treacherous driving too. and that will be heading through new england in the northeast as we go throughout this evening. here s the ice forecast. when you get above a quarter of an inch of ice on trees, that s when they start to snap and break. this area from ke detroit just north of chicago, those are the greatest areas of concern. as far as how many people are involved in this, california all the way to maine, 72 million people. that s roughly like one out of every four people in the country is under
describe the gunman as a loner who they say was apparently targeting locations he believed had somehow hurt him. the campus here says they will be closed until thursday. david? all right, alex perez, you almost don t know what to say about this anymore. alex, thank you. we think about the students, those families, and the young lives lost. thank you for that tonight. we move on to the other news this tuesday evening. we are tracking those two major storms moving across the country tonight. 125 million americans, 30 states from california all the way across to new york. and there s real concern over tornadoes after dark. let s get right to ginger zee, as we always do. hi, ginger. reporter: hi, david. i m about to show you a really busy map, so, let me point out that kind of brown and yellow color. both about wind. we re talking gusts upwards of 60 or even 85 miles per hour, which we have gotten close to in oklahoma. we ve seen damage in texas. but from santa barbara to jam jamesto