been diagnosed with cancer and is postponing public duties. he left the hospital a week ago after treatment for an enlarged prostate. joining us is nbc s molly hunter. i understand the palace has just released a statement. what are they saying? chris, that s right. we just got the statement. i m just reading it for the first time as well. the big thing to understand, as you know, we covered the king s health scare last week which was really presented as a routine procedure. he was only in the hospital for three nights. he was in the london clinic right here in central london. right now we have the statement from buckingham palace. it says during the king s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement of owes that s what we knew. we knew he had gone into the hospital for what he and the palace called a routine procedure. a separate issue of concern was noted. subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer. this is coming directly from buckingham pa
identified. first tonight, tracking this new storm, from texas up to michigan, over to the northeast. multiple states now under alerts for ice and freezing rain, as the death toll now rises from these brutal winter storms. at least 75 dead. the rescue playing out, several stranded on lake erie. a fire truck spinning out of control. and the images coming in out of the west this hour, the rescues and the life threatening storm system hitting now. ginger zee standing by to time this all out. we have breaking news tonight. the u.s. launching those new air strikes on iranian-backed militants. it comes after a missile attack on a u.s. base in iraq. james longman with late reporting. tonight, the identities of two u.s. navy seals lost now revealed after they fell from a ship during a daring mission. the race for president. the new hampshire primary is tomorrow, and tonight, the showdown between donald trump and nikki haley. haley trying to make the case that she is the only
what this week s interest rate increase means for your money and how you can soften the blow. smash and grab. the d camera and the suspects million-dollar getaway. you ll want to see what they stole. and later, building history. the landmark that stands up for barrier-breaking women. we want to embrace women and art, just like they did, back in the 1920s and 30s. this is the cbs weekend news, from chicago, with adriana diaz. good evening. thank you for joining us. communities in the south have been flattened by a series of tornadoes that tore through several states late friday, leaving behind an almost apocalyptic path of destruction. more than two dozen people were killed in mississippi. at least one in alabama. and the search for the missing is under way. president biden pledged the government will do everything it can to help. nbc s omacbs omar is in stille have silver city. reporter: when the sun came up, residents realized their house was tore down. this
i m katy tur. the midterms did not go so well, for the gop, instead of a red wave, it was a trickle, one that could look more like a single drip if the pressure on george santos wins out. stay tuned on him for a moment. why did republicans don t so poorly? candidate quality was surely in play. denying the election was not exactly a winning strategy. and showing some controversy fatigue. all of the trump daum weighed the party down. but one of the biggest reasons republicans massively underperformed was arguably abortion. the overturning of roe v. wade, a gop dream for decades, was more of a nightmare for the general election. the party paid the price. instead of backing away from what was proven to be a wildly unpopular position, house republicans are running right toward it. today, the first two votes, speaker kevin mccarthy will bring to the floor will be on abortion. the first, protecting so-called pregnancy centers, and the second, protecting babies born alive after late
the winds are gusting at 85 miles per hour, and the other big concerns are life-threatening storm surge and heavy rain. we are tracking who is in the most danger. all of this as millions of people in florida are taking those first painful steps towards recovery. so many lives are upended by hurricane ian s devastation, and the storm is likely one for the record books as the grim evidence of the powerful strike now litters coastlines. today, fort myers beach impassable. shells of buildings is all that is left. boats are tossed like toys as well as homes at this point, we know that 25 people have died in florida. roughly 2 million without power, and staggering level of destruction and damage estimates are climbing fast. we have teams covering it all, and we begin in south carolina where ian is bearing down and our nick valencia is in myrtle beach. what are you seeing there, nick? well, ana, we are getting a break in the rain, and wred not expecting it to last, but the residen