documents uncovered at his office and the brutal storms in california. flooding, massive rainfall and flooding, tens of thousands under evacuation orders right now. and according to governor gavin newsom 17 confirmed dead right at this hour. cnn s nick watt joins us with the latest along the los angeles river which in normal times is a river in name only. what s the latest, nick? reporter: you re right, anderson. this is normally just a trickle. in fact, there s usually a homeless encampment in what is the l.a. river. those people about to flee to higher ground. you know, californians just aren t used to this amount of water. and in many cases the state s just not equipped to deal with it. further north up in santa barbara the floodwater just overwhelmed the sewer system, and that ended up with sewage on the streets in santa barbara. and also, you know, drivers just trying to drive where they shouldn t be driving because frankly they just don t know any better. so wave seen
alec baldwin officially charged in the rust shooting death. prosecutors detail what they say the actor did wrong the day the cinematographer died. and breaking news in the search for two monkeys missing from a dallas zoo. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from new york. brown: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. norah is on assignment. i m james brown. tonight, former president donald trump pleads the fifth during his deposition, ahead of a $250 million fraud lawsuit filed by new york s attorney general. plus, alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting on the set of his film rust, along with the movie s weapons specialist. but first, a massive winter storm system is targeting the nation s midsection with ice, sleet, and snow. winter storm alerts are spread across 14 states. officials are urging residents to stay off the roads and b
underway for millions across the u.s. and it s already canceled 1,000 flights. we are live on the ground. in memphis, two more officers and three emt workers off the job this morning for their response in the beating of tyre nichols. this as we are hearing nichols in his own words for the first time. secretary of state antony blinken walking a diplomat tightrope as vie less is escalating in the middle east. he is meeting with the palestinians. another suspicious incident at the dallas zoo. two monkeys believed to be stolen, also this. hollywood losing another tv icon. laverne & shirley star cindy williams died at 75. her family remembering her as kind and generous with a, quote, brilliant sense of humor. cnn this morning starts right now. we are going to begin with the dangerous ice storm freezing the south from texas all the way to west virginia. nearly 40 million americans under winter weather alerts. this is a live look in arkansas where the declared a
blinken is called on both sides to ease tensions after an outbreak of deadly violence in the middle east not seen in years. back here in memphis, two more officers relieved of duty as part of the ongoing investigation of the killing of tyre nichols. new details thef how the initial police report contradicts so clearly all we saw in those videos, and it is alarming. we begin with the deadly weather in texas after one person is dead after a 10-car pile-up in austin. correspondent ed lavandera is joining us in austin, and the weather has turned in the last hour. emergency officials must be warning folks definitely not the time to go outside now. things have gotten real now, guys. we are just getting what feels like pelted by an onslaught of snow cone machine ice just getting thrown at you, and it is starting to hurt. so if i stumble through the live shot, it is because every one of these pellets of ice is starting to sting on my ears. but you see that the roads are startin
we know 72 people were onboard, including children and search efforts will resume at daylight on monday. video also shows what appears to be the plane moments before it went down, and the aircraft rolling on its side, you see there in midair. i want to get to vetica, who is following this. any word on what might have caused this? no word on that. the focus is trying to find the missing passengers on that plane. 68 bodies have been recovered, four are still missing. as soon as there is daylight in nepal, which is another four hours from now, the rescue teams will be back on the site and looking for the four passengers. for now the death figure stands at 68. we are expecting a report in the next four passengers looks like it would be to find the voice recording box. that will be key on knowing what went wrong. it s important to tell our viewers that this country has faced several accidents in the past, and this is essentially because most of the highest mountains are in this