mind. i don t know. i don t know. i really don t know. this is a cat that meant a lot of things to a lot of people. i have tried to be very thoughtful and respectful of that. and if i ever felt that it would be appropriate, i think i would. i ve tried very hard not to make this mine. i tried to make this what i really honest live thought would be the voice of this cat. and it really belongs to everyone else. i m not planning anything. all right. we ll wait and see. we are looking at the iconic pictures. eric spiegelman, thank you so much and bless p-22. absolutely. we ll miss him. all right. i m sara sidner to for fredricka whitfield. thank you for joining us. it is 1:00 eastern time. we have breaking news for you. a deadly and dangerous winter storm is wreaking havoc across the united states. we are learning of new throeuf threatening situations unfoldings al we speak in upstate new york. officials there say there are hundreds of cars that are still stranded in buffalo
from the january 6th committee. much of the blame placed directly on former president trump. in meticulous detail, the report explains what it calls trump s multipart plan to overturn the 2020 election, this and the suggestion to ban trump from holding office again. jonathan karl standing by. congress passing a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill avoiding a government shutdown. funds for natural disaster relief, additional aid for ukraine and what it also includes to protect future elections. rachel scott on capitol hill. covid cases on the rise again. the cdc tonight warning americans to be cautious at holiday gatherings and for parents to be on the lookout for estimates of a rare invasive form of strep throat in children just as 45 states report high rates of flu infections. overseas tonight, for the first time, vladimir putin publicry referring to the deadly conflict in ukraine as a war. britt clennett on the ground in kyiv. we re learning more about that off-campu
officials caution, severe pediatric cases are on the rise in several states. gift cards: boom or bust? they are seemingly everywhere this time of year. cbs carter evans reports, many go unused, wasting billions of dollars. and, on the road. cbs steve hartman looks at the true meaning of extended family. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett, in for norah. tonight, more than 200 million americans are under some form of winter storm advisory heading into christmas weekend. the national weather service alerts range from washington state to maine, and the gulf coast from texas to florida is under a hard freeze warning. the midwest has, and is, suffering the most, with near-whiteout conditions reported in minnesota, iowa, wisconsin, and michigan. in the east, flash flooding has inundated communities across several states, inc