good morning. it s saturday, february the 3rd. i m ali velshi. the israel, gaza war continues. it s steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. now, the united states has upped the ante, conducting what the biden administration says is the first in a series of strategic retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed proxy forces operating in iraq and syria. and their iranian handlers operating alongside them. these groups are among those responsible for more than 160 tags on u.s. troops in the region since the october 7th attack on israel. that include last sunday s deadly attack on tower 22. it s a u.s. base in the extreme northeast corner of jordan. right near the border with iraq and syria. more than 40 u.s. service members were wounded and three u.s. soldiers died in that attack. 24-year-old specialist, kennedy sanders, was posthumously promoted to sergeant. 46-year-old sergeant, william jerome rivers, and 23 year o
brought against him by writer e. jean carroll. now i guess we are going to see, is this number enough or potentially do we go through this again? nancy: the cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m nancy cordes in for norah. thank you for being with us. we are going to have more on that massive payout donald trump was ordered to make to e. jean carroll in a moment. also tonight, though, big news from the border, where migrant crossings hit a new record in december. hundreds of thousands of them, and countered by border agents. plus, boeing 737 max 9 is returning to the skies. cbsnews is there as the first flight takes off from seattle after the planes were grounded for three weeks following that terrifying midair incident. but we want to begin tonight a jury found he acted maliciously, out of hatred, ill will, or spite in his ongoing verbal attacks on the former elle magazine columnist. they concluded he should pay $83.3 million in damages. a previous ju
airports around the country are seeing the biggest memorial day in years. and also, a passenger opens up an exit door mid flight, and it is captured on camera, and we have video right here on cnn news central. kevin mccarthy speaks just moments ago, and we got new information about where the negotiations stand on avoiding a default, and maybe reaching a deal on raising the debt ceiling. now, hints of optimism overnight, but to state the obvious, until there is a deal, there is no deal. the stock market had been up on hin hints of signs of what is about to happen, and members were going home, but they need to be within hours of getting back. lauren fox, standing by on capitol hill, and you just heard from speaker kevin mccarthy, and what did he say? he is optimistic that a deal can come together very soon, but he noted there are still some outstanding sticking points. he said they made progress last night, and hoping to make more progress this morning. he met by bike w
a federal judge has ordered the massachusetts air national guardsman accused of leaking classified documents to be held behind bars until his trial. mourners packed into a new york city church today for the funeral jordan neely. all of us have the right to live. more than 15 million are on alert for severe storms across the southern plains today. watch for some hail, as well as the heavy downpours, the lightning, and can t rule out even an isolated tornado or two. james: remembering jim brown. the iconic football player, actor, and civil rights activist has died at the age of 87. he helps everybody. that is what he is known for. meet gravedigger allen mccloskey. allen has been at this job since 1952. what was your hardest one? my wife. how did you get through that? i figured she d want me to do it. james: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. i m james brown, in for norah. and we begin tonight with
the massachusetts air national guardsman accused of leaking classified documents to be held behind bars until his trial. mourners packed into a new york city church today for r the funeral jordan neely. all of us have the right to live. more than 15 million are on alert for severe storms across the southern plains today. watch for some hail, as well as the heavy downpours, the lightning, and can tule out even an isolated tornado or two. james: remembering jim brown, the iconic football player, actor and civil rights activist has died at the age of 87. he helped everybody. that is what he is known for. meet gravedigger allen mccloskey. allen has been at this job since 1952. what was your hardest one? my wife. how did you get through that? what made her. james: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. i m james brown, in for norah. and we begin tonight with a high-stakes showdown over the economy. the nation