so now here s what we know. the balloon is about 200 feet high, the pay load, which you saw suspended beneath it to gather intelligence was about the size of a jetliner. that debris, which is expected to include glass solar panels was spread out over the size of 15 football fields. may have included battery material, explosives that would detonate that vehicle. the pieces now on their way, some of them, to the fbi lab at quantico for analysis. so there s a lot of discussion about how this thing was brought down and whether or not it maximized our ability to understand what it was and what was in it. as i mentioned, we re watching the white house. the press briefing is john going. we re waiting for fresh answers about what happened up there, new reaction. china says there might be a further response merited for the united states from our taking this out of the sky over the weekend. today fox news spoke with the gentleman who disclosed that this was up there in the sky without
some wonder whether the next major putin offensive will launch from. the special counsel investigating trump is locked in at least eight secret court battles right now. we re going to tell you everything we know about it and why tonight. a near collision on a u.s. airport runway. a 777 coming dangerously close to a cargo plane. this is the third close call in less than a month. what is going on? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, attacked. new video into outfront tonight showing russian soldiers coming under fire. i warn you, as we always want to do here, it is graphic. i ll show you now. these are heavily armed russian soldiers that you see on your screen hiding, trying to stay out of view of ukraine s drones. they re spotted, though, and targeted. now, according to ukraine, two of the men were killed. and a russian state television war correspondent, who is embedded with russian troops, tonight posting, claiming that the private
that s why i hope very much that they don t. spending spree, why americans are buying like crazy despite high inflation. plus the origins of black history month in chicago. surf s up, even if the temperature isn t. the winter wave riders chilling out on lake superior. everything else goes away, all you re doing is just focused on riding that wave. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. tonight, a powerful winter storm that piled up snow, prompted blizzard warnings, water rescues, and freeway closures. it s on its way out of southern california. 30 million americans woke up to weather alerts. los angeles chilled after a dusting of snow. this was the storm seen from space today. as it flowed over the california toast. cbs tom wait is in los angeles tonight with the latest. good evening, tom. how are you feeling out there? reporter: cold. good evening to you, adriana. california took a direct hit from the storm, l.a
and i m rosemary church. just ahead, moments of terror for passengers on a united airlines flight after a man allegedly attacked a flight attendant and attempted to open an emergency exit. more on this and a string of unsettling article incidents ahead. in ohio, investigators have gun looking into a second norfolk southern train crash, we will discuss what went wrong and what needs to happen to make rail systems safer. plus, kidnapped in mexico, cnn learned the identities of the four americans taken at gunpoint as the fbi asked the public for help finding them. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining iu.s. aviation safety is in the spotlight after a series of near disasters, one man was arrested monday for attempting to open an emergency door on a plane. after he tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck way broken metal spoon. that man francis for res was tack kel by passengers zip tied according to a woman on the flight a
trapped for more than a week and the new winter threats we re tracking. protesters and police clashing in atlanta. nearly two dozen now facing domestic terror charges. the ntsb investigating after another norfolk southern train derails in ohio. our one-on-one with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. we asked should the company be forced to pause operations? jurors in the alex murdaugh double murder trial breaking their silence. what they say about his decision to take the stand. and he was the last original member of a legendary rock band. remembering guitarist gary rossington. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. and thank you for joining us. chilling images tonight appear to show four americans kidnapped at gunpoint moments after crossing from texas into mexico on friday. tonight the fbi asking for the public s help, offering a $50,000 reward to help locate the americans who were attacked by armed men after crossin