ukraine and an all out effort to avoid a rail strike here in the united states. well, the clock is ticking for negotiators to avoid the potentially crippling rail strike here in the united states. talks led by labor secretary marty walsh have been going on throughout the early morning hours. one official tells cnn don t expect a resolution any time soon. a strike could put a serious dent in a u.s. economy already struggling to recover threatening deliveries of amtrak is warning of cancellations and more to come. more from pete muntean. reporter: it is the latest effort to put the breaks on a rail worker strike that could bring a major blow to the economy. bosses met with the labor secretary in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal by midnight thursday. that s when 60,000 workers could walk off the job in solidarity with train engineers fighting for sick time. a strike will mean freight rail, which makes up 40% of all freight in the u.s., will grind to a halt impacting eve
florida from hurricane ian. majority in lee county where officials face questions whether evacuation orders should have been issued earlier. this morning fort myers beach is closed entirely, even more residents, so crews can search for survivors. power could be out for a month. there s been nearly 2,000 rescues in southwestern florida since hurricane ian hit the state. a man in naples says he swam nearly a mile to save his wheelchair-bound mother. feels like i m swimming forever. we re arriving at grandma s. or i m arriving at grandma s. what s the time? 5:41. when he arrived he found his another neck deep in floodwaters. needless to say, thrilled to see him. it was a sigh of relief. as i was approaching the house, i couldn t get through the front door. water up to the windows, and i heard her screaming inside, and she was actually on the phone with my youngest son who was giving status updates to her, and it was, it was a scare and a sigh of relief at the same time.
it is the top of the hour. good morning, i m poppy harlow. glad you re with me. right now officials in florida are working trying to identify and locate those still missing after hurricane ian ravaged several parts of the state. and while the search and rescue missions continue, more than 2,000 people have been pulled to safety despite that the death toll has risen significantly over the last 24 hours. at least 101 people across 11 florida counties died as a result of the storm. hurricane ian is also to blame for at least four deaths in north carolina. well this morning more than 400,000 people across the state remain without electricity. officials warn residents and businesses may be in the dark for weeks or even months and the storm could have a major impact on the u.s. economy. the shrimp industry is devastated. all of those people are without a lot of them lived on the boats. they have no home now and no work. we have got a disaster going on here. our infrastructure
well, tonight, three officers face punishment for the death of candidate kyle mullen during hell week. cbs david martin speaks to the mother of the yale football player. and, a warning for parents. tonight, the respiratory illness on the rise in children. cbs nikole killion talks to parents and doctors. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we want to begin with the breaking news in what is the largest defamation suit payout ever in american history. the landmark verdict awarded the families of those killed in the sandy hook massacre parents who lost their young children, and then faced a decade of torment a small sliver of justice. a connecticut jury ordered far- right infowars host alex jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages for spreading lies about the elementary school shooting. the 2012 massacre in newtown, connecticut, killed 20
then two plaintiffs, a defamation slash slander damages past and future $60 million. alex jones ordered to pay nearly one billion dollars for profiting off of sandy hook wise. tonight, connecticut senator chris murphy and what this means for these families and ben collins on where the alex jones industrialized goes from here. plus, senator elizabeth warren on her midterm message to democrats and a special programming note for viewers in the new york area. when all in starts right now. we have good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. tomorrow the january six committee will be holding what maybe, a little unclear but maybe their final hearing. they will be apparently divulging new evidence showing how the ex president directed the attempted coup. washington post reports that the committee quote is expected to highlight newly-obtained secret service records showing how trump was ribbed levy alerted to bloom violence that day, and he still sought to stop the conflict. t