the snow continues to fall and blow across roads. the brutal snow creating dangerous driving conditions. caucus big chill. republicans scramble to meet iowa voters this final weekend of campaigning despite the frigid weather. it is cold. plus, taiwan voters choosing a new president, defying china. i m elizabeth palmer in taiwan. voters have just elected a new government, and beijing s not going to be happy. rallying cry. thousands march in the nation s capitol for gaza. new warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe. i m charlie d agata in tel aviv. aid agencies say thousands in gaza, the israeli government faces an international court on charges of genocide. and later, golden gate focus. the photographer capturing life s joys and struggles on the famous bridge. i came out here one day by myself photographing and never really left. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from washington with adriana diaz. good evening, everyone. adriana is off. i m wei
watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, recovery efforts are underway after the u.s. military shot down a suspected spy balloon over the atlantic ocean. meanwhile beijing is warning it will use necessary steps in similar situations. could this push the u.s. toward a cold war with china or will both sides find a diplomatic solution? after days of suspected spying over the u.s. mainland, a chinese balloon was abruptly shot out of the sky on saturday by a u.s. fighter jet. the balloon was so high up when it was destroyed, the sound of the blast took several seconds to reach the ground. listen to this. and the shoot-down ended days of concern and speculation about the balloon s purpose. chinese insist it was a balloon. the u.s. is confident it was conducting a survey over the ocean and the u.s. issued a fighter jet with heat-seeking missile to destroy it. the debris landed in water that s about 47 feet
accountability itself. downplaying of what happen is an insult to servicemembers sitting here and throughout the united states of america. the biden administration inherited a chaotic withdrawal already in progress. on the day the biden administration began 5000 taliban prisoners had been released, american forces had been reduced to 2500. come the commander-in-chief makes a decision, is that their decision or the previous administration s decision? when the commander-in-chief makes a decision, it is his decision, can t base it on anybodiel, accountability is thea the top. todd: lucas tomlinson has more. lucas. lucas: many are calling for president biden to take responsibility for the withdrawal from afghanistan. the president said it would not look like this. in a memo crafted by the white house, it laid blame on former president donald trump. the outgoing administration provided no plans for how to conduct theifiable withdrawal or how to some who served are sp
us i m eric shawn. ian made land from the south carolina coast just over 24 hours ago. it was weaker than the category monster that stamped entrance lamp florida. ian did plenty of damage with high winds and storm surge flooding. ian s remnants are now bringing heavy rain to the mid atlantic and northeast. areas of west virginia and those are at risk now we are told a flash flooding today. ask newest team coverage alexandria hoff is in fort myers, florida. molly and pawleys island, south carolina. rich edson with the latest on the federal response. but first we are going to go to adam tracking the storm s path what is the most important information that you have to give us now, adam? it is still a rainmaker print yes it s no longer a tropical storm. running over to the mid atlantic eventually up into new england all through the weekend as it makes its move. this is a future forecast. you can take a pay attention to the time step in the quarter. the heaviest rain over easter
paid their last respects to mikhail gorbachev, the man who brought the cold war to an end. the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history. a rare period when russia was opening up to the world. mississippi police charge a man with making terrorist threats after a warning that he d crash a twin engine aeroplane into a us discount store. hello and welcome to bbc news. very good to have you with a s. us. nasa tried and failed again on saturday to get its space launch system vehicle to lift off from florida s kennedy space center. the countdown had to be halted three hours before launch, because of a fuel leak. it s the second postponement in a week. the artemis programme aims to once again send humans to the moon in 2025, but the nasa team has suggested there may now be a significant delay to the project. our science editor, rebecca morelle, sent this update latest from kennedy space center in florida. there s a real sense of di