good morning. i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. this morning mexican authorities have just finished autopsies, sadly, on two americans killed in mexico, now their families are waiting for answers with just how this happened when a group of four friends were kidnapped just across the southern border, two survivors are now recovering in a hospital in texas. ahead, what we re learning about their ordeal, the effort to bring them home and broader law enforcement issues in mexico. plus right now lawmakers are gathering for a hearing on the origins of the covid-19 pandemic as the department of energy says they have low confidence in the lab leak theory. plus five texas women filing a landmark lawsuit to challenge that state s abortion laws, saying those bans nearly killed them, but the lawsuit isn t asking to overturn the law. what they are seeking, you re going to hear directly from one of the women about the impact of that law. we will get to all of that this morning, bu
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, everyone. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett in for norah. tonight, more than 200 million ameramericans are under some fof winter storm advisory heading into christmas weekend. the national weather service alerts range from washington state to maine, from 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 including connecticut, new jers
as thousands of flights have been canceled. sam bankman freed was now back at home. he s released on a $200 million bail. the biden administration had not yet released border immigrant numbers for november or even a plan for what they ll do if title 42 is lifted as we await a decision from the supreme court. we begin with the huge $1.6 trillion spending bill that s on its way to the house tonight after the senate approves the measure on thursday, despite many lawmakers blasting the bill. jeff paul is following it all for us tonight. good evening, jeff. good evening, jonathan. the bill passed by a vote of 68-29. the 4,000 plus page bill heads to the house. before a shutdown that could occur just 24 hours from now. a lot of hard work and a lot of compromise, we funded the government with an aggressive investment and american families and american workers and national defense. it is one of the most significant appropriation packages we have done in a really long time.
million meal is into the area, and leaders of water. right where the state has a point of distribution setup, so we can get that food and water to individuals that need it. ian is also believed to be one of the most costly storms to ever hit the united states, threatening homes and businesses and completely washing away roads. more than 700,000 florida residents still do not have power. this weekend, we learned the president and the first lady planned to travel to florida wednesday to survey the damage. the bidens will also visit puerto rico tomorrow to address the devastation hurricane fiona left on the island two weeks ago. the storm killed at least two dozen americans and power still is not fully restored. plus, 10% of the island remains in the dark. but let s start this hour in hard-hit fort myers, florida. msnbc correspondent vlad is talking to survivors. vlad, my friend, you spoke earlier with people who are evacuated from their flooded homes in fort myers beach. tell
mother is under scrutiny after he linked her death to 9/11. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight we have a new window into the previously unseen testimony in the january 6th investigation. the house select committee going public with a significant new batch of transcripts including the panel s interview with donald trump jr. cnn political correspondent sara murray is here with me in the situation room. she has been going through all this new material. sara, this round of transcripts involve some members of trump s inner circle. what have you learned? we ve reported on how important mark meadows texts were for this committee. and we see it again in the committee s interview with donald trump jr. he is texting mark meadows during the riot while it s infurling, saying we need an oval address. we need to leave now, talking about his father. it s gone too far and gotten out of hand. th