justice clarence thomas. border city overwhelmed. migrants overcrowding emergency shelters as they seek asylum claims. cbs omar villafranca reports tonight from el paso. and on the road. cbs steve hartman with a lesson in kindness, both inside and outside the classroom. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. duncan: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this friday. i m jericka duncan in for norah. tonight, six years of donald trump s tax returns have been made public. thousands of pages of financial documents show staggering losses, questionable deductions, and very little paid in federal taxes. plus, southwest airlines flights are back on schedule following a week-long meltdown impacting tens of thousands of passengers. but first, a major break in that murder case of four university of idaho students. authorities arrested 28-year-old bryan christopher kohberger at his parents home i
in spirit. plus, celebrating orthodox christmas in ukraine. no cease-fire, but new american firepower heads to the front lines. i m ian lee in kyiv with ukraine being promised heavy weapons that the pentagon says can change the battlefield. weekend journal, a minnesota cancer survivor pays it back by sharing her hair. wow! and later, double duty on capitol hill. the four-day stalemate complicated lives and child care. challenging, but it s been fun. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. it took 15 ballots and heated moments, but tonight congress finally has a new house speaker. kevin mccarthy won early this morning, putting an end to days of raucous debate and a historic standoff with emboldened hard-line republicans. the gop s strife playing out for all to see and ending with arm twisting, flaring tempers and phone calls from former president donald trump. cbs christina ruffini leads us off with what happen
strikes on what u.s. military officials say is a training facility and a safe house in eastern syria. defense secretary lloyd austin said the strikes were in response to iran-linked attacks on american personnel. the strikes come four days after two u.s. warplanes hit a munitions warehouse in the same region. turning now to the israel hamas war, tonight gaza s largest hospital is caught in the crossfire. the world health organization today called for urgent action to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals, saying, quote, the world cannot stand silent while hospitals which should be safe havens are transformed into scenes of death. meanwhile, cbs news has learned negotiations to free the hostages taken by hamas are ongoing as qatar continues to mediate deal-making. about 240 hostages remain in gaza following the terrorist organization s october 7th raids which triggered the war. cbs s debora patta leads us off tonight in east jerusalem. and a warning, some of the images we re
private property in san jose. that evening. we begin on the fire watch tonight. tonight a palo alto woman is under arrest, accused of starting this fast-moving wildfire that is now forcing evacuations in chester county. this has tripled in size just sends noon today. it s the fawn fire . it s burned or than 1200 acres, and has forced at least 2500 people from their homes since the broker yesterday near shasta lake. responding fire crews say that they encountered 30-year-old alexandra souverneva coming out of the brush, asking for water. after speaking with her mama enforcement arrested her. though they have not released any details on what she told them. we are nge fi nditns andeva rs . to bring in meteorologist darren peck who