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>> right here. one was in this arm, and one was in this arm. i never saw my three-year-old because my face couldn't turn that way. but i did see the baby, and he cried, and then he just stopped. so at that time, i thought he was... gone. but he wasn't. >> reporter: while pinned under the rubble, huda says she never heard jha'lil make a sound. did jha'lil die in your arms? >> he did. he did. >> reporter: jha'lil dunbar was one of at least 12 children in kentucky to die because of these tornadoes. while jha'lil died in his mother's right arm, huda's one-year-old son, julius, was untouched in her left arm. it is unfathomable to her how that could have happened. but then again, so, too, is this. >> i don't care about anything in this house. i just need to figure out how we're going to move forward without him, you know. >> reporter: the tornado that obliterated huda's home, also destroyed the homes of her aunt and her mother. onnelli kn huda's aunt when we were there, and i'm just so thinking of that family and thinking of huda. david, thank you. well, tonight, we are tracking a crosscountry storm that could hit tornado-ravaged communities with heavy rain and damaging winds. just think about that. tomorrow, southern illinois and kentucky could get gusts up to 50 miles per hour. across the plains, gusts could hit 70 miles per hour. rain is likely every day from wednesday to saturday. seems cruel. and tonight, there's wild weather in the west. floodwaters sent an empty car floating down the l.a. river and orange county neighborhoods in an area burned by wildfires were vaccinated because of mudslides. all right, we're also learning more tonight about that then-president trump knew during the january 6 insurrection on the capitol. his chief of staff turned over more than 9,000 text messages, but when the congressional committee investigating the riot asked for his call records, mark meadows stopped cooperating. well, that's why the house is set to vote to held him in contempt. cbs' kris van cleave reports from capitol hill. s. >> reporter: tonight, mark meadows is poised to become the first current or formren neearse january 6 committee. > se a tin hfull opeople whohinw w gks.ey kw a frt ofted statesan havno kings appropriate the vote comes after wiem, republican liz cheney read startling text messages meadows received on january 6, pleading with him to get former president trump to stop the capitol assault, including from donald trump jr. >> "he's got to condemn this ( bleep ) asap." donald trump jr. texted again and again, urging action by the president. "we need an oval office address. he has to lead now. it has gone too far and gotten out of hand." >> reporter: also texts from several fox news hosts who just hours later would publicly downplay the insurrection, including laura ingraham. >> "this is hurting all of us. he is destroying his legacy. ." >> reporter: and sean hannity: >> "can he make a statement? ask people to leave the capitol?" >> reporter: cheney suggested the former president may have illegally obstruct an official protding of congress, which is a felony. >> did donald trump, through action or inaction, druptly seek to obstruct or impede congress't eltoral s?day ght, thefohite hof staff addressed the move to hold him in contempt. >> this is not about me holding me in contempt. it's not even about making the capitol safer. this is about donald trump and about actually going after him once again. >> reporter: the justice department will ultimately have to decide whether meadows would face a criminal contempt charge similar to steve bannon. today, general keith kellogg, who was mike pence's nat withe fornarise cudvty a, iser deposition. he was reportedly with former president trump on january 6. norah. >> o'donnell: so many new details emerging. kris van cleave, thank you. well, now, to the latest in the battle against coronavirus where doctors may soon have a new weapon. there's a new antiviral pill from pfizer that could be the breakthrough drug we have all within waiting for and it can't come soon enough as the u.s. nears a grim new milestone: 800,000 covid deaths. cbs' elise preston has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, a somber moment as members of congress stopped to remember the nearly 800,000 american lives lost to covid. >> we have 1100 deaths every day still. and we can't be cavalier about the fact that we're losing so many lives from this right now. >> reporter: new c.d.c. data shows the omicron increasing in the u.s., making up nearly 3% of all new infections. a study out of south africa today shows the variant appears to be more resistant to two doses of the pfizer vaccine, knocking down efficacy against hospitalization to 70% and against infection to 33%. but if authorized by the f.d.a., a new treatment pill could be available this month. >> this pill can reduce approximately nine out of 10 hospitalizations. it's very, very sensitive, omicron, to this antiviral. so spectacular results. >> reporter: today, dr. anthony fauci said omicron will dominate the u.s. because of its rapid growth. the n.f.l. is tackling covid spread, mandating boosters for coaches and some team employees. this comes after 65 players across the league tested positive in the last two days. >> to come back here a year later and be in this room, it's just really surreal, and i've just been so great will. >> reporter: it was one year ago today in this room that sandra lindsay became the first american to get a covid vaccination. the critical care nurse is now a strong advocate for all americans to trust the science. >> we're exhausted, and we really want to see people protected. >> reporter: what does that exhaustion feel like? >> it just feels like a big weight on your shoulders. >> reporter: meanwhile, infections among children are spiking, up nearly 24% since last week. starting today, new york city will require children ages 5-11 to show proof of at least one vaccine dose. and december 27, children 12 and up will have to show they are fully vaccinated. norah. >> o'donnell: really enjoyed seeing that nurse again. elise preston, thank you so much. well, santa may be able to deliver all his presents in one night, but the rest of us need to plan ahead. the deadline for shipping your holiday gifts is fast approaching if you want them to arrive before christmas. cbs' meg oliver reports. >> reporter: when did business really start to pick up? >> i would say at least a week before thanksgiving. >> reporter: and you've been going nonstop ever since. >> nonstop. >> reporter: this week, holiday mailing intensifies with christmas only days away. a long island, new york fedex cowerrer raymond wenz is hustling to keep up. >> i need a signature. >> reporter: delivering up to 250 packages six days a week during the holiday season. do you feel like you can keep up this pace? >> i don't think anybody can. >> reporter: tornado damage in the central u.s., supply chain shortages, and a surge in online shopping are adding to the delivery pressure. fedex expects to ship more than 100 million more packages this holiday season compared to 2019. >> we sort 6,000 packages an hour here. >> reporter: nanette malebranche is managing director of tristate district fedex express. what's different about this year? >> the volume is obviously higher. our residential volume is much higher than it has been in the past. >> reporter: the company is hoping to hire 90,000 extra employees to help them through the peak season. u.p.s. is hirin 100,000 seasonal workers. the u.s. postal service expects to process nearly 2.3 billion pieces of mail this week, making it the busiest time for holiday shipping. though the delivery rush means longer hours for wenz, he's not complaining. it must feel good when you see people's faces when you're delivering these packages? >> oh, yeah. every one i take out, they ask, "do you like your job?" i say, "no, i love my job." >> reporter: here at this fedex facility, there are 84 miles of conveyor belts to sort these packages. now, if you miss tomorrow's ground shipping deadline, you have until december 22 to send two-day, and december 23 to send overnight. but fedex is closed on christmas day. norah. >> o'donnell: they deserveidate off. meg oliver, thank you. all right, there has been so much turmoil and suffering in haiti this year, and tonight, at least 66 people are dead and dozens more wounded after a gasoline tanker truck overturned and exploded in northern haiti. we want to warn you that some of the images you're about to 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