norah: president biden issues an executive order requiring more gun background checks. it is just common sense. check whether someone is a felon, domestic abuser, before they buy a gun. norah: a safety warning for drivers of midsize suvs. the majority of the midsize suvs we evaluated have a lot of work to do to improve safety for the rear seat position. norah: and remembering women s rights pioneer, former congresswoman pat schroeder. i will never apologize for my tears. i say no tears, no heart. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. tonight, a story making international headlines, the first known physical confrontations between u.s. and russian military forces since the war in ukraine began. a russian fighter jet rammed a $57 million u.s. drone, forcing it down. plus, a new study shows how much a good night s sleep could add to your life span. but first, an intensifying nor easter is slam
inflation is up 6%. norah: president biden issues an executive order requiring more gun background checks. it is just common sense. check whether someone is a felon, domestic abuse or, before they buy a gun. norah: a safety warning for drivers of midsize suvs. the majority of midsize suvs we evaluated have a lot of work to do to improve safety for the rear seat position. nornd: pioneer, former congresswoman pat schroeder. i will never apologize for my tears. i say no tears, no heart. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. tonight, a story making international headlines, the first known physical confrontations between u.s. and russian military forces since the war in ukraine began. a russian fighter jet round a $57 million u.s. drone, forcing it down. plus, a new harvard medical study shows how much a good night s sleep could add to your life span. but first, and intensifying nor easter is slamming new england ton
u.s. airports, and today we learned about yet another near collision. this is the seventh in recent months, at washington s reagan international airport last week, and american eagle jet taxied across a runway where a united airlines plane had just been cleared for takeoff. here is how it played out over air traffic control radio. canceled takeoff plan. boarding takeoff. norah: investigators say it appeared the pilot of the american eagle jet made a wrong turn. tonight, an important consumer alert about the safety of midsize suvs that so many families rely on. the insurance institute for highway safety is out with its new crash test results, with nearly half of the tested models earning its lowest rating for backseat safety. cbs s kris van cleave has the details. reporter: tonight, nine midsize suvs popular with families saw their crash test ratings plummet in the latest insurance institute for highway he majority of the midsize
chairman of the f.c.c. the f.c.c. expects to face lawsuits from major cable providers that could last for years. refuse to reboard that airplane. terrifying moments when an airasia planeloaded with passengers has engine trouble on the runway. witnesses hearing a large bang, one of the engines shutting down as the jet taxied at the airport in indonesia. this is the latest in a series of problems for that airline. one involving that crash that killed 162 people last week. a few days ago another airasia jet overshot the runway in the philippines forcing everyone to evacuate on emergency slides. proof of big foot? a fisherman in florida snapping this picture in a swamp near tampa. he says the creature he saw was an animal, not a person