breaking news stories tonight, with a major shake-up in the race for the 2024 republican nomination. former new jersey governor chris christie just suspending his presidential campaign, just five days before the iowa caucuses. our new reporting tonight on who he might endorse and if it will change the republican battle. plus, those major winter storms slammed the northeast with flooding in new hampshire, connecticut, and new jersey, and authorities in florida are now assessing those tornado damages. but first, there is more breaking news tonight, with a major avalanche closing down a popular lake tahoe ski resort in california. search teams and emergency crews just finished scouring the slopes in search of any missing skiers or snowboarders. we know that at least one person has died and at least three people are hurt. we are tracking storms, too, from coast to coast, with another round of severe weather ahead, so tonight we have team coverage, and cbs s andrew haubner will st
with a major shake-up in the race for the 2024 republican nomination. former new jersey governor chris christie just moments ago suspending his presidential campaign, just five days before the iowa caucuses. our new reporting tonight on who he might endorse and if it will change the republican battle. plus, those major winter storms slammed the northeast with flooding in new hampshire, connecticut, and new jersey, and authorities in florida are now assessing those tornado damages. but first, there is more breaking news tonight, with a major avalanche closing down a popular lake tahoe ski resort in california. search teams and emergency crews just finished scouring the slopes in search of any missing skiers or snowboarders. we know that at least one person has died and at least three people are hurt. where tracking storms, too, from coast to coast, with another round of severe weather ahead, so tonight we have team coverage and cbs s andrew haubner will start us off from calif
submerged. cleanup continues in florida after catastrophic tornadoes tore through the panhandle. cbs s dave malkoff is an panama city beach. reporter: the national weather service is trying to figure out how fast this tornado was actually spinning. bending steel beams like this, yanking them out, they re pretty well secured there. s of us would be about 125-mile-an-hour wind. reporter: what ef is that? that s a 2. reporter: and tonight, some new jersey residents trapped in their home surrounded by floodwater. so heidi expected to get? i expected to get all the way up to here. reporter: charles mcdougald and his family moved here in 2017. this is the third time he has been hit. so back in december, when the flood hit, it went above that mailbox. yes. reporter: how much damage did your house suffer? about $10,000, $20,000 may be. you are just cleaning up from that. we are just getting through. reporter: tonight, emergency crews are going door-to-door advising f