A new round of hearings. Reporter mr. President , will you participate in the Impeachment Hearings next week . Odonnell a woman is convicted of homicide after killing a young woman in newn a. A human dynamo steals the show, setting a west point record. Hes crying tears of joy. Odonnell a babys cry never sounded so good. Why this little boys parents have so much to be thankful for. And a new approach that could give new hope to Pancreatic Cancer patients. This is the Cbs Evening News with Norah Odonnell, odonnell good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. Just hours before tens of millions of americans head home for the thanksgiving holiday, backtoback storms may be ruining their plans. Two out of three people will
feel the impact from heavy snow winds. More than 2,000 flights were canceled or delayed today in the u. S. Are only going to get worse. Weve got a team of reporters covering these Monster Storms and where theyre heading. Barry pedersen leads off us in denver. Barry,
the f.a.a. is testing that, but kris van cleave reports some critics say that test is unrealistic. evacuate, evacuate! reporter: in a simulated cabin that can be filled with smoke and plunged into darkness, the f.a.a. will try to determine at what point the size of seats and the space between rows becomes a hazard to evacuating a plane quickly. but they ll do it without any of the obstacles passengers may encounter during a real emergency, like bags, smoke, comfort animals, or the dark. during the testing, we re going to try to minimize the variables to the ones that are important for this particular test. that gives us a much cleaner look at the empirical data so it s much easier to make conclusions and recommendations. reporter: during the 12 days of f.a.a. testing at this oklahoma city facility, the 720 volunteer passengers will be broken into groups of just 60. that wouldn t fill even half the seats on the smallest 737. these tests are going to be nothing but a sham. re