square with police drones and officers on horseback. why some are calling it an attractive target for terrorists and what s being done to keep cities around the world safe on the holiday. also, the confrontation in the red sea. u.s. navy attack helicopters say they were acting in self defense after sinking multiple boats and killing ten houthi rebels. after they attacked a commercial cargo ship. how this could affect shipping in the red sea region, and tonight, abc news has learned the navy is moving an aircraft carrier out of the region. israel warned on a lengthy timetable for the war with hamas. how much longer they expect it to last. and the u.s. and israel at odds over who will control gaza once the fighting ends. the migrant crisis pushing cities to their breaking point. hundreds of migrants flown from texas to illinois then bussed to chicago. big city mayors plead for federal help. president biden heads into the new year facing a tough senate fight over border
square with police drones and officers on horseback. why some are calling it an attractive target for terrorists and what s being done to keep cities around the world safe on the holiday. also, the confrontation in the red sea. u.s. navy attack helicopters say they were acting in self defense after sinking multiple boats and killing ten houthi rebels. after they attacked a commercial cargo ship. how this could affect shipping in the red sea region, and tonight, abc news has learned the navy is moving an aircraft carrier out of the region. israel warned on a lengthy timetable for the war with hamas. how much longer they expect it to last. and the u.s. and israel at odds over who will control gaza once the fighting ends. the migrant crisis pushing cities to their breaking point. hundreds of migrants flown from texas to illinois then bussed to chicago. big city mayors plead for federal help. president biden heads into the new year facing a tough senate fight over border
good wednesday morning. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. tornado warnings in effect for parts of the southwest. this after severe storms yesterday. more than a dozen tornados reported tearing across the south. look at these pictures here. homes, buildings disappearing. we ll speak with the mayor of deerpark, texas. new this morning, germany will send those leopard 2 tanks to ukraine and it comes as the u.s. is sending abram tanks to ukraine. bottom line, is it enough? we begin with those destructive tornados slamming parts of texas and louisiana. rosa flores is in pasadena, texas, with more. rosa? reporter: this tornado activity was so powerful. let me show you what we re seeing on the ground. this was a power pole that simply snapped. if you look down, you ll see a mangled piece of metal wrapped around parts of the debris and the rest of the pole is back here. beyond the pole you see it s shear devastation. there s a trailer that s turned on its side. it s upside dow
house. president biden s chief of staff ron klain stepping down. departure comes at a challenging time with a special counsel investigation into handling of classified documents and possible re-election campaign. right to the arlette saenz joining us from delaware where president biden is spending the white house. a little bit of news at the white house this saturday afternoon. tell us more. reporter: jim, marking a significant change in leadership apartment the white house as cnn confirmed white house chief of staff ron klain is expected to step down from his post in the coming weeks. sources say that transition is expected to happen at some point after the state of the union address slated for february 7th. this comes as really there has been very little turnover when it comes to the inner circle of advisers working with president biden. klain has been there from very beginning of this white house and worked with biden as vice president as well as during his time in the s
for a third straight day, kevin mccarthy rejected now 11 times to lead the house of prepresentatives. and, royal rumble. prince harry accuses his brother, the future king of england, of shoving him, in a fight about meghan markle. tonight, the new revelations. 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 on this busy thursday night. tonight, there is promising news from doctors about buffalo bills safety damar hamlin. they say today marks a really good turning point in his recovery. plus, that republican revolt in the house of representatives continues for the third straight day, as a small group of members hold kevin mccarthy s speakership hostage. we ll tell you about the real- life consequences of the stalemate in just a minute. but first, we have new details in the murders of the four university of idaho students. it was this affidavit relea