A lab where scientists for weeks ntis time get an up close look at how Climate Change is altering life on the ocean floor. Buried alive the frantic tarch for survivors after an fvalanche hits a swiss ski resort. And former prisoners change peir lives by taking the stage ind writing their own second act. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell. Garrett good evening, yoeryone. Norah is off tonight. Im Major Garrett. We begin with postholiday headaches for millions of travelers, especially those on the road. According to a prediction from da. A. , today, the day after holidays, and for many, itsp aiving up to its billing. A powerful snowstorm shut down two of the nations busiest interstates today in, of all eftces, southern california. That left cars and trucks stranded for hours. Elsewhere, theres been heavyra. That messy mix is expected to push all the way to new england over the next few days. Tll get to the forecast in a moment, but first, jamie yuccas leads us off with tough
Two men on the run to help save lives. Its worth every ounce of pain that were experiencing. Odonnell and the virus that keeps spreading, sending tens of thousands of Children Home from school. This is the Cbs Evening News with Norah Odonnell, reporting tonight from washington. Odonnell good evening. And thank you so much for joining us. If you watched todays hearings, you saw two career Foreign Policy Officials School lawmakers on what they should really care about russia. Former white house Official Hona Hill told lawmakers she worried President Trump had fallen victim to a fictional narrative about ukraine. Hill testified, alongside Embassy Official david holmes, who says he overheard the president on the phone asking if ukraine would investigate the bidens. Slmes said today that phone call in the middle of a restaurant in kiev was unlike anything hed seen in his career. And tonight, it appears the house is on its way to impeaching the president. Hod we have late word that the white
e. reporter: tonight, a once in a thousand year rain event swamping the dallas-fort worth area. look at these numbers. a foot of rain. reporter: the rain moving in fast overnight, inundating urban roadways. caught people offguard, but i think everybody wasn t anticipating this much rain this fast. reporter: for many trying to get through, their vehicles stalling in the floodwaters. near downtown dallas, this incredible scene captured by a storm chaser s drone, showing first responders swimming on interstate 30, trying to reach stranded motorists, directing them to higher ground. receding water revealing this pick-up truck atop a highway barrier. and the rain kept coming long after sunrise. so many cars have been stranded and abandoned in niece floodwaters, after we ve seen more rain in the past 24 hours than this area normally gets in an entire summer. east of dallas, families and their pets rescued from their
downplaying expectations for the climate summit. demand for oil is surging during a developing global energy crisis right now. china and russia, two of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases are no-shows at this global climate summit here in scotland. natasha, update our viewers on the latest e. reporter: president biden and john kerry, global climate envoy, have arrived in glasgow where they will attempt to raise ambitions by other countries to combat climate change. the president is expected to make remarks later this morning and he is expected to make a personal commitment to fighting climate change, according to his national security adviser who spoke to reporters last night. the president has been talking up this legislation at home about this $550 billion that the legislation includes for climate
reporter: in this south bend, indiana, theater an unlikely transition is taking place. we re talking about a child born with no heart. reporter: from the jail cell or. i managed to keep mine. reporter: .to center stage and possibly to a second chance. see, most of the men i grew up they sold their souls to the mvil. reporter: it s here a group current and former convicts tell their stories in the play heartless, featuring jamarcus fields. how long were you in? 26 years. e. reporter: and for what? c murder. t> i understand i committed the crime. i have to do the time. all i can say is we re still whman. reporter: fields finished his sentence in october at what s called a reentry center which tries to reintroduce convicts to society. his fellow actors will end their decades behind bars in the coming months. explain to me how a guy in the joint gets involved in this sort of thing. as i ve been getting to get goser and i m beginning to see