putin is right now entirely too confident of his ability to wear down ukraine. plus, millions brace for tougher times at the grocery store as extra federal benefits are cut. and later, go for launch. spacex gets set for nasa s upcoming crewed flight. why me? why am i so lucky? announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york, with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. more than 10 million people from texas to missouri are threatened by severe and dangerous weather. oklahoma could see the worst of it with thunderstorms forecast to bring destructive winds as powerful as category 2 hurricane. tornadoes are possible. the same storm system impacted southern california this weekend. look at those pictures with a mix of misery, and it s not over. cbs s joy benedict leads us off tonight from los angeles. joy, good evening. reporter: yeah, good evening, jericka. it has been tough. california is getting a small break but is bracing for more
the weeks winter storm dumped more than 10 inches of powder in portland making it one of the snowiest days there on record. snow so tonight, tornado threat. dangerous storms take aim at the plains. 10 million people at risk. oklahoma in a bull s-eye of trouble. the same system clobbering california. mudslides, rescues, and damage in its wake. also tonight, shipwreck disaster. dozens are dead after a migrant boat breaks apart near italy. battle lines. today vladimir putin says russia s survival is at stake in ukraine. i m in ukraine where the grinding warfare is making life a misery for so many. head of the cia tells cbs news putin s arrogance could be his downfall.
the showers and thundershowers have come in. they re getting very strong, and the heaviest storms are making their way on shore as we speak. so nobody really wants to be on the beach at this point anymore, at least not towards the jacksonville beach area. this is the area we re most concerned about. we re seeing augustine kind of sandwiched between there and jacksonville. as soon as this red stuff starts making its way onto shore, we can see wind gusts getting close to hurricane strength. 70 miles per hour, so that s dangerous. we already have reports in florida and south georgia of trees coming down and some power outages, and that s going to increase before the end of the night. the storm should make landfall this evening or overnight, and it will start to curb to the northeast. so the weakening is good, but the stalling not so great, and that s the concern, because we ll likely see some flooding associated with this. in fact, we could be talking anywhere between 3 and 6 in