breaking news stories tonight, with a major shake-up in the race for the 2024 republican nomination. former new jersey governor chris christie just suspending his presidential campaign, just five days before the iowa caucuses. our new reporting tonight on who he might endorse and if it will change the republican battle. plus, those major winter storms slammed the northeast with flooding in new hampshire, connecticut, and new jersey, and authorities in florida are now assessing those tornado damages. but first, there is more breaking news tonight, with a major avalanche closing down a popular lake tahoe ski resort in california. search teams and emergency crews just finished scouring the slopes in search of any missing skiers or snowboarders. we know that at least one person has died and at least three people are hurt. we are tracking storms, too, from coast to coast, with another round of severe weather ahead, so tonight we have team coverage, and cbs s andrew haubner will st
with a major shake-up in the race for the 2024 republican nomination. former new jersey governor chris christie just moments ago suspending his presidential campaign, just five days before the iowa caucuses. our new reporting tonight on who he might endorse and if it will change the republican battle. plus, those major winter storms slammed the northeast with flooding in new hampshire, connecticut, and new jersey, and authorities in florida are now assessing those tornado damages. but first, there is more breaking news tonight, with a major avalanche closing down a popular lake tahoe ski resort in california. search teams and emergency crews just finished scouring the slopes in search of any missing skiers or snowboarders. we know that at least one person has died and at least three people are hurt. where tracking storms, too, from coast to coast, with another round of severe weather ahead, so tonight we have team coverage and cbs s andrew haubner will start us off from calif
loive at the southern borde as the u.s. and mexico hold crisis talks of the surge into the united states. we ll get an update of the meetings still underway, and the growing pressure on joe biden to take action. also this hour, the michigan supreme court rejecting a bid to remove donald trump from the primary ballot under the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. we ll break down the decision and how it differs from the colorado high court ruling that did bar trump from that state s ballot. plus, cnn investigating the shadowy world of dogfighting. our crew rode along for a federal crackdown on the blood sport that s thriving across the country. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m kaitlan collins, and you re in the situation room. we begin tonight with those urgent border security talks underway in mexico at this hour. secretary of state antony ball blinking are pressing the mexican president to stem the su
campaigned to block trump, freak when the out other rivals for failing to more forcefully denounce him. i would rather lose by telling the truth than lie in order to win, because this is a fight for the soul of our party and the soul of our country. reporter: and he had a final warning for voters. anyone who is unwilling to say that he is unfit to be president of the united states is unfit themselves to be president of the united states. reporter: meanwhile, in iowa, the remaining candidates have just five days left until the caucuses. tonight, florida governor ron desantis, former u.n. ambassador nikki haley, are set to face off in their first one-on-one debate. but trump is sharing the time slot by appearing elsewhere at a solo event. if you don t know there is a caucus coming up in iowa, you re living under a rock. reporter: iowa republicans expect more prison outreach. that is why the former president, who is opting to spend time in courtrooms this
at least that appears to be a firm court deadline. would seem to indicate this is about to happen tomorrow. it was last month that we first learned that former president trump had been subpoenaed. to testify in an investigation led by new york state attorney general. the attorney general sought his testimony part of her investigation into alleged tax fraud, bank fraud and insurance fraud at the trump family real estate business. we later learned that the new york attorney general in addition to subpoenaing former president trump had also subpoenaed two of his adult children. ivanka and don jr. to give testimony for the same investigation. you recall eric trump the other adult child who has been a major part of the trump real estate business has already testified in this case. a few weeks ago trump family lawyers filed a motion to try to block the subpoenas. to block trump and donald jr. and ivanka from having to