good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. tonight, winter storms blanket the nation. all 50 states under weather alerts today. the midwest is getting clobbered as a blizzard, heavy snow, and freezing temperatures cause havoc at the nation s airports, with more than 2,000 flights canceled. what the wild weather means for the nfl playoffs. also, there is bitter cold and whiteout conditions in iowa just as the 2024 election is heating up. it s the final countdown for the kickoff of the race for the white house. cbs s ed o keefe is there with how frigid weather is forcing candidates to adapt. but first, we ve got more on that military bombardment of terrorist targets in yemen from u.s. and british fighter jets, ships, and a submarine. we are just learning new details, as president biden today issued a fresh warning to the houthi militia that the u.s. will fight back if the rebels retaliate. the president tonight clearly trying to contain what is now
good evening. i m norah o donnell and thank you for being with us. tonight, winter storms blanket the nation. all 50 states under weather alerts today. the midwest is getting clobbered as a blizzard, heavy snow, and freezing temperatures cause havoc at the nation s airports, with more than 2,000 flights canceled. what the wild weather means for the nfl playoffs. also, there is bitter cold and whiteout conditions in iowa just as the 2024 election is heating up. at the final countdown for the kickoff of the race for the white house. cbs s ed o keefe is there with how frigid weather is forcing candidates to adapt. but first, we ve got more on that military bombardment terrorist targets in yemen from u.s. and british fighter jets, ships, and a submarine. we are just learning new details, as president biden today issued a fresh warning to the houthi militia that the u.s. will fight back if the rebels retaliate. the president tonight clearly trying to contain what is now an escalat
an impending humanitarian emergency. at least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the south african township of soweto. voters injapan are choosing members of the country s upper house of parliament in elections overshadowed by the assassination of former prime minister, shinzo abe. and in the tennis defending champion novak djokovic faces nick kyrgios in the men s final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome to bbc news. the battle to become britain s next prime minister is intensifying. nine candidates have now announced they will stand in the contest to replace borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party. the ukjunior trade minister penny mordaunt is the latest to come forward. she follows the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt with both pledging to cut taxes. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is expected to declare in the coming days. our political correspondent, jonathan blake reports. the two newest entrants to the race are the
the president tonight clearly trying to contain what is now an escalating regional conflict. it is exactly what many had feared, as the worst outcome, as we are now nearly 100 days since hamas attacked israel. cbs s charlie d agata reports tonight from tel aviv. reporter: repeated ultimatums gave way to a military action overnight, as f-18 fighter jets and support aircraft led the way in a bombing campaign against iranian-backed houthi militants, including the use of u.s. warships and a submarine. british typhoon fighters took off from bases in cyprus, covering a distance so long, they needed refueling aircraft. cockpit footage is set to show air strikes aimed at degrading houthi capabilities and weapons stocks. u.s. military officials say more than 150 precision-guided munitions struck over 60 targets at nearly 30 locations,
sweden. is it a sort of show of strength against vladimir putin and against russia? i think it is two things, really. 0ne it is symbolic in that it is putting some weight behind the security agreements signed by the prime ministerjohnson in the last six weeks with finland and sweden and this is sort of the first step of that so it is symbolic in that the uk are sending a thing for typhoon fighters and another two, the f 35 which is much more capable to conduct high intensity warfighting with capable to conduct high intensity war fighting with the swedes and the finns. the uk has a lot of experience and in the baltic region air patrol missions and there is a sort of the next step up to go, if the russians decided to have a go we need to make sure we can operate with the finns and swedes as easily as possible. how do you actually