australian scientists launch a campaign to find it. forecasters in the us say a major winter storm sweeping the us this week may bring the coldest christmas in four decades to parts of the country. there has already been major snowfall in many areas. more than 90 million people in 37 states are set to experience sub zero temperatures, including places as far south as texas. tom brada reports. a fierce winter storm is sweeping across the united states. more than 100 million people are under winter weather alerts, with warnings of ice, snow and freezing winds. at a white house briefing, president biden called for caution. this is really a very serious weather alert here, and it goes from oklahoma all the way to wyoming and maine. it s not like a snow day when you re a kid, this is serious stuff. meteorologists say the winter storm could become a bomb cyclone an unofficial term for a certain type of powerful storm, which rapidly builds in strength. heavy snowfall and strong wi
minds about our future. kamala harris made her first late night appearance. debut, slamming texas governor greg abbott for sending bus loads of illegals to northern cities like new york and some of them dropped off at her home in washington, d.c. here is how she responded. i just think it s a dereliction of duty. if you see problem and if we agree we need to address it, then if you are a leader, participate in a solution. we are offering solutions. but instead this gamesmanship with real human beings who trust us. dana: manmade answer to some. gillian turner on the growing national security threat posed by cartels along the border. josh kraushaar with cree action politically. griff jenson is live in eagle pass, texas. you already saw it is not groundhogs day, it is reality for the people there. such a great point. the vice president talks about seeing solutions to the problem. officials here don t see a solution that s ready. opening behind the national guard behind me
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we cover the devastation caused by hurricane ian. here is the newest information coming in this saturday evening. the storm s death toll in florida now stands at 66. this is the scene in north port, which is in sarasota county. state officials say the latest known death is that of a 62-year-old woman also from that county. she apparently drowned after getting trapped in her vehicle. take a look at the massive amount of water people risked traveling through today east of sarasota. they re in their car. this is a car, not a boat, makes its way down a very flooded state highway. sheriff s deputies and firefighters went door to door in the community of hidden river warning people about a potentially levee beach. on cape coral, they are checking on victims who may need urgent help. fire rescue say they have been collecting people and pets and taking them to a fire station where helicopters are ferrying people to safety. this afternoon, governor ron desantis said while more than ha
it must have shocked you when d you found out that there wasn tt a carbon monoxide detector at the preschool. what every parent needs to know. and the top-secret j.f.k. assassination files. both a republican and a democratic president pushed off the release. is there something they don t want you to know? this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we ll get to that breaking news about those guns found near the supreme court and the arrest in just a minute. but we want to begin overseas amid russia s failing invasion. the kremlin continues to target ukraine s infrastructure, including power plants and the nation s water supply, as the winter cold sets in. as russian troops suffer setbacks on the battlefield, president vladimir putin is gp g martial law on four regions martial law on four claimed by moscow. well, tonight, we