we ll have more on the deadly storms slamming much of a country with snow and arctic cold in a moment, but first, the stunning new indictment of alec baldwin. why prosecutors once again charged the actor with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2021 shooting death on the set of the movie rust. what led them to bring back the criminal case nine months after initial charges were dropped. plus, cbs news joins the u.s. navy in the middle east. cbs s charlie d agata gets a firsthand look at u.s. warships home to the 4,000 sailors and marines in the region trying to% keep the peace. but we want to begin with the second major winter storm in less than a week dropping heavy snow from washington to philadelphia to new york. those snowy roadways were the backdrop for the drama that unfolded when a single-engine cessna caravan with seven people on board was forced to make an emergency landing on a busy highway in virginia. cbs s christina ruffini is on the scene. tower,
good evening, i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us on this busy friday night. we ll have more on the deadly storms slamming much of a country with snow and cold in a moment, but first, the stunning new indictment of alec baldwin. why prosecutors once again charged the actors with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2021 shooting death on the side of the movie rust. what led them to bring back the criminal case nine months after initial charges were dropped. plus, cbs news joins the u.s. navy and the middle east. cbs s charlie d agata gets a firsthand look at u.s. warships home to the 4,000 sailors and marines in the region trying to keep the peace. but we want to begin with a second major winter storm in less than a week dropping heavy snow from washington to philadelphia to new york. there was snow we roadways where the backdrop for the drama that unfolded when a single engine cessna caravan with seven people on board was forced to make an emerg
here imminent explosion sending families fleeing in ohio. a train carrying dangerous chemicals derailing, forcing evacuations. several of the cars carrying vinyl chloride. and tonight, the careful operation under way at this hour at the site. trying to avert a potential explosion. tonight, news on that chinese spy balloon shot down by the u.s. by an f-22. the teams moving quickly to recover key pieces. the debris field more than 15 football fields wide. and what we re already learning tonight about the balloon, how it maneuvered. and the trained u.s. navy teams now using unmanned, underwater vehicles to detect whether there could be any explosives. martha raddatz right here with me tonight on what she s learned. here in washington, president biden on the eve of his state of the union address, after that very promising jobs report, and after some key victories, including that bipartisan infrastructure law. the white house knows many americans still are not feeling this. wh
here at home this evening, the warnings of a possible imminent explosion sending families fleeing in ohio. a train carrying dangerous chemicals derailing, forcing evacuations. several of the cars carrying vinyl chloride. and tonight, the careful operation under way at this hour at the site. trying to assert a potential explosion. tonight, news on that chinese spy balloon shot down by the u.s. by an f-22. the teams moving quickly to recover key pieces. the debris field more than 15 football fields wide. and what we re already learning tonight about the balloon, how it maneuvered. and the trained u.s. navy teams now using unmanned, underwater vehicles to detect whether there could be any explosives. martha raddatz right had here with me tonight on what she s learned. here in washington, president biden on the eve of his state of the union address, after that very promising jobs report, and after some key victories, including that bipartisan infrastructure law. the white hou
tonight, israel intensifying strikes on gaza, warning civilians to move south amid what it calls massive attacks. the israeli military says it has cut gaza in two, its forces reaching the sea completely surrounding gaza city ahead of an expected assault there. ian pannell, one of the few journalists to get inside with a close-up look at the devastation and the forces on the ground. protests from washington to europe in support of palestinians. secretary of state antony blinken with an urgent diplomatic push to prevent the war from spreading. matt rivers standing by in tel aviv. also developing, a hit and run at stanford university now being investigated as a hate crime. students on edge on college campuses nationwide with increasing reports of anti-semitism and islamophobia. a california police officer off the job after allegedly sending racist text messages to a colleague. the police chief calling the messages disgusting. the big reveal in iowa. that state s governor e