also tonight, after more than 15,000 cancellations, southwest now vowing to return to normal operations within hours. the airline s chief personally apologizing for the chaos. what the airline is now saying about reimbursing passengers, some finally being reunited with their lost luggage. alex perez with important information for travelers. and that breaking news from brazil. global soccer superstar pele, the three-time world cup champion and arguably the world s most famous athlete, dead at 82. matt rivers on his lasting legacy. a new and deadly wave of russian missile strikes rocking ukraine. the biggest barrage in weeks. further crippling the country s damaged infrastructure. firefighters battling this fire at a critical substation. britt clennett on the ground in kyiv. for congressman-elect george - santos to resign. the republican now under scrutiny by multiple prosecutors, but santos tonight refusing to step down. this, as a new alleged fabrication emerges about his
southwest now vowing to return to normal operations within hours. the airline s chief personally apologizing for the chaos. what the airline is now saying about reimbursing passengers, some finally being reunited with their lost luggage. alex perez with important information for travelers. and that breaking news from brazil. global soccer superstar pele, the three-time world cup champion and arguably the world s most famous athlete, dead at 82. matt rivers on his lasting legacy. a new and deadly wave of russian missile strikes rocking ukraine. the biggest barrage in weeks. further crippling the country s inf infrastructure. firefighters fighting this fire at a critical substation. britt clennett on the ground in kyiv. outrage and growing calls for congressman-elect george santos to resign. the republican under scrutiny by multiple prosecutors, but santos tonight refusing to step down. this, as a new alleged fabrication emerges about his educational background. aaron kat
they re making headway, but as our mona kosar abdi reports, the work is far from over. with temperatures rising, the snow is starting to melt. officials are clearing storm drains in anticipation of any flooding and the state is on standby with some 800,000 sandbags. reporter: in wrightsville, pennsylvania, the susquehanna river blocked by huge chunks of ice. they re worried about more flooding there too tonight. well, back here in the denver area, major roadways looking a bit better, but still a lot of snow and the ground. still many secondary roads unplowed. and with temperatures dropping below freezing tonight, a lot of that leftover snow, whit, will likely freeze. one of the major concerns tonight. mola, thank you. let s get to rob marciano, also in denver. and rob, the west is now facing another threat. reporter: yeah, whit. fresh winter storm watches and warnings are up here in colorado, in utah, nevada, and california, where that next pulse along the atmospheric river is
easter is exiting the coast. we are still going to see leftover snow over new ng he land and the lake-effect snow belt as well. we are also going to deal with a little bit of unsettled weather for the northwest and the gulf coast. otherwise not a big winter storm threat more than average here. seasonal temperatures is a little bit above average. midnight here s what it looks like. we have showers for atlanta along the coast we are in the clear. 40 degrees cloudy skies that s my forecast for midnight. after that we could get a little bit of rainfall. otherwise pretty good. it is going to be cold across the northern rockies but no big storm systems which is great news. as i mentioned it could be a lot worse. it could be warmer. 58 was the record high on new year s eve and 65 and 72 the coldest windchills of minus 21. we will take 40 degrees with
this morning on world news now, it looks like winter is settling in to stay. millions of us will deal with dangerous cold today while trying to navigate mountains of leftover snow. plus, sharing her sorrow, the widow of a man killed in a movie theater talks about the day her life was shattered and how she plans to pick up the pieces. and a fire in a neighborhood of homes. and this morning s biggest, hottest stars. why jonah hill from wolf of wall street has $60,000. it is thursday, january 23rd. from abc news, this is world