millions of people are still under a winter weather alert. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in washington, and this is the situation room special report. let s begin with what we re learning about that 11-hour hostage drama at a texas synagogue. the fbi calling it terror, terror targeting the jewish community. our senior national correspondent is on the scene for us. update our viewers, ed, on the latest. reporter: wolf, in a couple of hours members of the beth israel synagogue will come together for the first time since this ordeal that they ve all experienced, essentially together. they re going to come together at this methodist church in the nearby town of south lake for a special service. this as many of the congregants are still coming to terms with the ordeal from over the weekend. the final moments as hostages escaped from inside the beth israel synagogue was captured by a photo journalist when cnn fill
being grilled by investigators. why he said he would have to lose his mind to grope someone in the governor s mansion. new terror alert: the warning tonight for americans heading to mass gatherings over the holiday season. lengthy prison sentence: new details tonight on the former m.m.a. fighter and gym owner who punched a capitol police officer during the january 6 riot. what his jail time means for the qanon shaman. and honoring our heroes: for the first time in nearly a century, the public lays flowers at the tomb of the unknown soldier, including this 96-year-old world war ii veteran. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we re going to begin tonight with the rough road to recovery for america s economy. inflation, which essentially means high costs and lower buying power, continued to surge last month, with prices rising at the fastest p
wh saide would have to lose his mind to grope someone in the governor s mansion. new terror alert: the warning tonight for americans heading to mass gatherings over the holiday season. lengthy prison sentence: new details tonight on the former m.m.a. fighter and gym owner who punched a capitol police officer during the january 6 riot. what his jail time means for the qanon shaman. and honoring our heroes: for the first time in nearly a century, the public lays flowers at the tomb of the unknown soldier, icluding this 96-year-old world war ii veteran. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we re going to begin tonight with the rough road to recovery for america s economy. inflation, which essentially means high costs ano lt prices t the fastest pace in more than 30 years. it comes as companies struggle with a logjam supply chain and a nationwide labor shortage. the lab
Never mind a whole year for a fresh start. learning new details about that terrifying hostage situation inside a texas synagogue. in just a moment i ll speak with one of the worshippers who survived the 11-hour standoff with the gunman. stand by for that. also today, the family of the late martin luther king jr. is calling on congress to honor his legacy bypassing president biden s voting rights bill. the head of the naacp is standing by to join us here in the situation room on this mlk holiday. and an arctic blast crushes the u.s. east coast, canceling flights, snarling traffic and knocking out power for more than 200,000 americans.
Let alone three years. so it s gonna be interesting to see how this all works out. but um, you know, the more, the merrier is what i like to say. it s good for wolf blitzer. you know, one thing i think trump is it not like is that in all these straw polls that are being taken, and we know they are not worth much except donald trump looks at them. and desantis does very well. and if trump is out of the picture, desantis is is number one and he doesn t want anybody in his way, and he believes everybody, the water should part. and that he can just kind of glide into a nomination, should he decide to pursue it. and believes that detan tis should be somebody that should be grateful to him, and put aside his own political wants for donald trump. gloria borger, governor kasich, guys, thank you very much. we are going to have more news just ahead, including winter-weather wreaking havoc right now along the east coast as millions of americans are bracing for more disruptions. get decision