direct hit from the dangerous hurricane. we have the storm s track. and tonight s eye on america, hurricane hunters fly into ian s powerful winds to show us the new technology they hope will better predict a storm s path. and cbs s ben tracy got a first hand look. this drone can literally go fly around the insides of a hurricane? yes. this is a special edition of the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. reporting tonight from fort myers. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. and as we come on its air tonight, ian has regained hurricane strength as it moves into the atlantic. taking aim at georgia and the carolinas. but what it left behind here in florida is unimaginable in scale and historic in reach. the president saying tonight, this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida s history. we witnessed the trail of destruction this category 4 storm left. florida governor desantis said today this is a once-in-500-year flooding event. the hurricane-
life in its tracks and left dozens of people dead. in eastern europe, millions of ukrainians are grappling with freezing temperatures in the dark with no power after russia unleashed another brutal series of missile strikes across the country today. we re going to take you live to kyiv. also this hour, the new year could bring some relief at the pump. we re going to take a look into why some experts say gas prices could continue to tumble in 2023. and in 25 hours from now, house lawmakers will release former president trump s tax returns to the public. what we can expect all coming up. but we begin with the latest on the recovery hours after a blizzard left 76 people dead nationwide. in buffalo, new york, we have national guard troops helping to dig that community out. then in rochester, state officials broke out a handy new vehicle with a tool that acts as a claw to pick up and drag cars and vans to clear the roadways. there you see it. but the travel chaos triggered by
back for another hour. here are the big stories we re watching. another tidal wave of plight cancellations for southwest customers today, thousands left stranded and baggage grave yards across the airports and exhausted customers fighting for answers. i ve spent about nine and a half hours trying to get through to southwest, just on hold with them. probably about 17 calls. and every time, i get about two and a half hours in, it just drops. the line just drops. in buffalo, snow is starting to melt as the death toll mounts. with mounting snow of this volume comes rapid flooding for search and rescue teams to deal with. the latest on their efforts and the blame game over the county s response to the historic blizzard in just a minute. new developments on capitol hill. the january 6th committee just dropped another batch of deposition transcripts, and there are some familiar trump world names on the list. speaking of donald trump, after almost four years of legal battles,
but i think it does. as elie points out the intent issue has always been a question mark. we didn t know what he knew and whether he realized his act was going on. it was a with full act which requires a statute. but now, this reporting indicates it had apparently the conversation that they didn t know priceless to date. it is like 2021. so herschmann is not talking to him as his lawyer. but he s probably trying to give him some good friendly advice. because, trump is, at that point and a hefty discussion with the national archive and is trying to get documents back. so, it is after that, in january of the next year. that he starts returning up to 15 boxes that have 184 classified documents. that is when it goes to the department of justice, and investigation starts. so this reporting, we don t know why it has come up now. but this is certainly a key witness. her shin was a witness in from the january six committee. we had clips of him. he is very strong witness. and, appar
fiona dealt a devastating blow to puerto rico. most of puerto rico without power this morning. it could be days before it is restored. many people there also have no running water. at least two deaths have been reported from the hurricane which dumped up to 30 inches of rain. emergency crews have rescued well over a thousand people including this woman who had to be carried to safety. many more may still be trapped in the flood waters. parts of the island, puerto rico we re talking about, are still struggling to recover from maria that made landfall five years ago today. let s go to layla santiago. what can you tell us? brianna, john, it has been continuing to rain this morning. these are the outer bands of fiona. we are in the northeastern part of the island, san juan. where a small portion of customers have actually had their power restored, but in the interior, in the southern part where we spent most of our time it s a different story. they are waking up without pow