tensions rise around the globe. here are tonight's headlines. president biden making a direct appeal to the american people for more funding to the armies of america's allies. >> it's a smart investment that's going to pay dividends for american security for generations. >> breaking news, a u.s. warship intercepts missiles and drones launched from yemen that may have been headed to israel. the first american shots fired and what could become a wider war in the middle east. tonight, israel's army given the green light to go into gaza. according to an israeli government official. >> it's not just the sheer number of reservists who have been called up but the range in age and experience -- everybody has to be ready to fight and soon. >> norah: humanitarian aid making its way toward gaza. when it's expected to arrive. held hostage by hamas, our interview tonight with an american family in israel. five of them taken from their home and the heartbreaking news that two were killed including a 12-year-old. >> we have to find a way to say goodbye to these two people and still try to bring the other three home. >> norah: a travel warning for americans around the world and a new intelligence bulletin right here in the united states. >> we are seeing an increase in reported threats against faith communities, particularly jewish, muslim, and arab communities and institutions. >> guilty. >> norah: the guilty plea in the trump georgia election case that could lead to his former lawyer testifying against the former president. >> more chaos in congress. the latest plan to reopen the paralyzed u.s. house collapses. ♪ ♪ >> vandersloot. no! and that is it! for the first time in 21 years, the wnba has a back-to-back champion. >> we cried together, prayed together, and now we popping champagne together! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us. tonight, president biden will just delivered his second oval office address of his presidency, a setting that underscores the seriousness of the message. the situation in the middle east is deteriorating, israeli air strikes intensifying after the president's visit to tel aviv with bombings across the gaza strip. and protests erupting across the middle east, with multiple arab leaders now calling for demonstrations tomorrow, even as we learn new details about the gaza explosion. israeli defense forces now saying the blast happened outside of the hospital, and western intelligence indicates israel had nothing to do with the blast. today a u.s. navy destroyer living up to its name firing the first american shots of this conflict, taking down drones and missiles coming from yemen. also, this new tonight, an official telling cbs news the u.s. is preparing to send two iron dome missile defense systems to israel. we have team coverage tonight, starting with cbs's charlie d'agata in tel aviv. good evening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. tensions escalating by the minute across this region tonight, from area demonstrations to fighting on three fronts, while israeli defense minister tells troops you will soon see gaza from the inside. [explosions] the israeli military resumed its ferocious bombardment of gaza after the briefest of breaks during president biden's visit here yesterday. gaza's health ministry says the death toll has soared to nearly 4,000, if it hasn't topped that already, as they count the bodies recovered by the moment. hundreds of thousands of people have fled to escape the aerial onslaught and find food and shelter ahead of israel's anticipated ground offensive. trucks carrying aid lined up in a traffic jam on egypt's side of the border with gaza may be ready to roll after a u.n.-brokered deal to allow 20 trucks to cross into gaza. but international aid agencies say that doesn't come close to meeting the needs of more than 1 million people displaced within gaza, nearly half the territory's population. across, to the other palestinian territory of the west bank, israeli army video appears to show a rare israeli drone strike on a suspected palestinian gunman following clashes there. turning north of the country, another flash point, israeli tanks opened fire toward lebanon after iranian-backed hezbollah fired at least 20 rockets and an antitank missile into israeli territory. [chanting] in egypt, the president calling for a rare day of protests, adding to pro-palestinian protest across the region in anticipation of israel's expended move on gaza. [speaking non-english language] jihadist leaders calling for able-bodied men to make their way towards israel, like those boarding buses in iraq, others calling for attacks on all near the gaza border, prime minister benjamin netanyahu rallying forces. "we are going to win with full force," he shouts to soldiers. "are you ready?" "yes," they shout back. today, we visited a military base in the middle of the desert, where we watched troops, part of a 300,000 strong reserve force reporting for duty, carrying out close border combat training. it's not just the sheer number of reservists who have been called up, but the range in age and experience. everybody has to be ready to fight, and soon. lieutenant colonel daniel jeff. >> i think this is a beautiful aspect, visually, where you see people from all ages. you see from all various situations in life, coming and united, over here with a strong will to protect our country. >> reporter: that strong will is sure to be tested in the days and weeks ahead, as israeli forces engage in a battle that threatens to spread far beyond the narrow territory of the gaza strip. the lieutenant colonel told us soldiers are preparing for any contingency, including suicide bombers, roadside bombs. he said this is not a fight in 360 degrees, but 720, drones overhead, and of course, that vast underground network in gaza. norah? >> norah: charlie d'agata with that serious reporting tonight, thank you. well, in another worrying sign that the u.s. could get pulled into a potential wider conflict across the region, u.s. officials tonight say a navy warship in the red sea intercepted and shot down several missiles and drones that were launched from yemen. cbs's david martin reports from the pentagon that the intended target was believed to be israel. >> reporter: the uss carney fired the american military's first shot in what threatens to become a wider middle east war. shooting down drones and cruise missiles fired in the direction of israel by iranian-backed rebels in yemen. >> the uss carney, operating in the northern red sea earlier today, shot down three land attack cruise missiles and several drones that were launched by houthi forces in yemen. >> reporter: the carney, which had been with the aircraft carrier gerald r. ford off the coast of israel, got there just in time. passing through the suez canal on wednesday, and arriving in the northern red sea, where it had a clear shot, as the drones and missiles flew north. >> we cannot say for certain what these missiles and drones were targeting, but they were launched from yemen, heading north along the red sea, potentially towards targets in israel. >> reporter: in the last two days, there has also been a series of drone attacks on american troops in iraq and syria, attacks which are usually the work of iranian-backed militias. one of them turned out to be a false alarm, but resulted in the death of an american contractor, who suffered a cardiac arrest. in past attacks, when an american has been killed, the u.s. has retaliated with air strikes. the pentagon is considering retaliatory strike, again, but it is faced with a dilemma that any military action might set off exactly what president biden is trying to avoid: a wider middle east war. norah? >> norah: thank you. moments ago, president biden laid out the u.s. plan for the deteriorating situation in the middle east and asked congress for $100 billion for the next year. cbs's weijia jiang is at the white house, where the money includes funding for israel, ukraine, and other american >> reporter: president biden security interests. in just his second address from the oval office tried to convince americans and a bitterly divided congress to keep the money and military hardware flowing to ukraine and israel. >> history has taught us that when terrorists don't pay a price for their terror, when dictators don't pay a price for their aggression, it causes more chaos and death and more destruction. they keep going. the cost and the threats to america and the world keep rising. >> ukrainian president zelenskyy made his case to mr. biden earlier today in a phone call saying to his military desperately needs long-range missiles. the roughly $100 billion aid package proposed by the white house is expected to include at least $10 billion for israel, $60 billion for ukraine, and $30 billion for other security priorities like the border and taiwan, countering chinese aggression. republicans and the white house have grown wary of approving more ukraine aid, so the administration is hoping packaging it with funding for israel and the border will push it through. florida republican byron donalds says no. >> we have to stop this process of bundling in all these disparate issues just to try to get the members to vote for it. i think that is the wrong approach. >> reporter: connecticut democrat chris murphy said israel and ukraine need the money now. >> we know there is a huge bipartisan majority for israel aid and for ukraine aid, in both the house and the senate, so why not just do it all at one time? >> reporter: the white house plans to formally unveil that funding request tomorrow. it is worth noting that approving it requires a fully-functioning congress, which does not exist right now, as there is no speaker of the house. norah? >> norah: weijia jiang, thank you. escalating mideast tensions not only prompted that rare global travel alert from the state department, federal law enforcement officials are also warning of potential threats right here in the u.s. we get the details from cbs's catherine herridge. [chanting] >> reporter: with emotions running high at protests across the country, in new york city, to chicago, and washington, d.c., a new federal law enforcement bulletin obtained by cbs news warns individuals or so-called lone offenders, inspired by or reacting to the ongoing israel-hamas conflict, pose the most likely threat to americans. >> there have been a significant increase of reported threats across the country. >> reporter: attorney general merrick garland saying today the increased threats target jewish, muslim, and arab communities. the intelligence bulletin details reports of physical assaults, bomb threats, and online calls for mass casualty attacks. with metal barricades again securing the u.s. capitol, and armed security at places of worship, a separate alert from new york city police identifies an uptick in violent neo-nazi messaging online, and foreign terrorists like al qaeda are calling on followers to attack americans and western europeans. >> the current environment is dynamic and complex. >> reporter: javed ali is a former counterterrorism official. can homeland security stop the violence from coming here? >> homeland security is in an excellent position to try and prevent any foreign directed threat from entering the united states, but unfortunately, you can never have 100% security in these kind of moments. >> reporter: while there is no specific or credible threat here at home, multiple officials described the issue to cbs news as evolving, with law enforcement on standby ready to respond. norah? >> norah: catherine herridge, thank you very much. tonight, the number of people in israel taken hostage is on the rise. officials say that number is now at 203. cbs's roxana saberi spoke to one american family in israel, whose hope that loved ones taken by hamas will return home turned into heartbreak. >> i think it is everyone's greatest nightmare. >> reporter: it is the outcome abbey onn was dreading. she says israeli authorities confirmed yesterday they found the bodies of her cousin, 80-year-old carmela dan, an israeli american citizen, and dan's 12-year-old granddaughter, noya. >> tell me about noya. >> she is a "harry potter" fan. she dresses as "harry potter." she was a 12-year-old with autism. she was very, very close with to her grandmother. >> reporter: your cousin, carmela. what was she like? >> she was the matriarch of the family. she and her husband deeply believed in peace, as everyone who lived there did. >> reporter: onn believed hamas fighters took carmela and noya hostage after attacking dan's kibbutz in southern israel, where 1 of 4 people were killed or went missing. but dan's family held out hope she was alive, holding a birthday party for her on tuesday. >> we gathered all of us to hug each other and to be together and to try to strengthen one another, thinking that she would come home. >> reporter: do you think she was already dead? >> we believe so, yes. >> reporter: onn, who is also israeli american, still has three other relatives are missing, including this 11-year-old boy, who onn says appears in this video released by hamas, along with his big sister and their father. do you believe that your other three family members are still alive? >> i do. >> reporter: roxana saberi, cbs news, tel aviv. >> norah: now to a major development in george's election interference case. attorney sidney powell, a key figure in former president donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, has pleaded guilty in a fulton county courtroom. cbs's robert costa reports on what this could mean for her codefendants, including the former president. >> reporter: sidney powell, the conspiracy-pedaling former attorney for former president donald trump, sat in a fulton county courtroom today and admitted to her role in the breach of voting systems in georgia. >> are you pleading guilty today because you agree that there is a sufficient factual basis, that there are enough facts that support this plea of guilty? >> i do. >> reporter: powell was sentenced to six years probation, will pay thousands in fines, and write an apology letter to the citizens of georgia. along with trump, she was 1 of 19 defendants in the case brought by district attorney fani willis. powell agreed to testify truthfully against her codefendants at future trials. >> if i'm donald trump, or i'm donald trump's lawyer, i would certainly not be happy. >> reporter: beyond georgia, powell was a central figure in pushing trump's false election denial claims. >> president trump won by a landslide. >> reporter: in a now-infamous december 2020 oval office showdown, powell pushed to seize voting machines to look for fraud and although trump entertained her conspiracy theories, some white house lawyers were appalled. >> what they were proposing, i thought was nuts. >> reporter: powell's impact on trump and others in the case could be significant. >> you were ever in the room with sidney powell, you are very, very nervous now. >> reporter: in exchange for no jail time, powell pleaded to reduced charges, just one day before jury selection was set to begin in her trial, and sources close to former president trump tell me her testimony will be closely watched by his inner circle. >> norah: i bet. robert costa, thank you. well, tonight, more twists and turns and growing frustrations as the republican-led house tries to elect a new speaker and get back to business. congressman jim jordan, in a major reversal, is now pushing for a third vote to try and win to gavel. earlier today, jordan said he would support having interim speaker patrick mchenry lead the house temporarily, but some fellow republicans revolted against that plan. it is not clear at this hour when the next vote will be held. the nation's largest pharmacy chain is pulling some of the most common cold and cough medications from its shelves. we will explain why next. and struggle. ♪ and struggle with cpap. you should check out inspire. ♪ no mask. no hose. just sleep. inspire. sleep apnea innovation. learn more and view important safety information at inspiresleep.com before my doctor and i chose breztri for my copd, i had bad days, (cough, cough) flare-ups that could permanently damage my lungs. with breztri, things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing. starting within 5 minutes, i noticed my lung function improved. it helped improve my symptoms, and breztri was even proven to reduce flare-ups, including those that could send me to the hospital. so now i look forward to more good days. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. don't take breztri more than prescribed. breztri may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain occur. can't afford your medication? 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