i m not i m not losing my hope. i have friends who live there. no news yet. o donnell: our interview with surfside s mayor, describing the scene like a bomb went off. so, how did this happen? the latest in the investigation. and, the heroes those rushing towards the disaster instead of away from it. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from surfside, florida. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with horror and hope here in surfside, florida, after part of the 12-story condo building behind me collapsed overnight. part of the 12-story condo uild now, surveillance video shows it folding in on itself in a matter of seconds, as the people living inside slept, and these images showing the before and after. it s actually hard to fathom the scope of the destruction, but as we come on the air tonight, one person is confirmed dead and nearly 100 people are still unaccounted for in this building b
pete, what do we know about at&t s decision? reporter: this is a huge development from at&t. it along with verizon is really behind the 5g push which is set to roll out tomorrow across the country far and wide, but issue here is that there are really serious aviation safety concerns that have been brought up by air. . they say the problem will lead to thousands of cancellations and delays and diverted flights. the big issue is with the 5g radio spectrum. it is so close, airlines say to radar altimeters, to what they use, a highly sensitive instrument that pilots use in critical phases of flight t.sends a radio beam down to the ground and bounces back up to the airplane to give them a hyper accurate reading of how close they are to the ground. airlines say they need this, especially in low visibility conditions. on a day like yesterday there, would have been 1,100 delays and diversions if this does cause errors, if this 5g system does cause errors with the radar altimeters.
putin at his home in sochi. president biden s warning to putin, do not invade ukraine. what he said would happen if putin does. our cecilia vega then asking, would this involve u.s. troops? and our ian pannell with the flash point on the ukraine border already. and what ian witnessed on the ground there today. amazon tonight reporting a major server outage. what this means for amazon delivery trucks. some halted weeks before christmas. and streaming services, amazon, netflix, disney plus. and how some of your devices at home have been effected, too. the state of emergency in hawaii tonight. the major storm battering the islands. mudslides slamming into homes. power knocked out to thousands. the dramatic call for help tonight. the plane in trouble in florida. smoke in the cockpit. the engine failing. and you will hear the pilot. actor jussie smollett takes the stand in his own defense. what he now claims about his alleged attackers, those brothers who he claims shouted
putin at his home in sochi. president biden s warning to putin, do not invade ukraine. what he said would happen if putin does. our cecilia vega then asking, would this involve u.s. troops? and our ian pannell with the flash point on the ukraine border already. and what ian witnessed on the ground there today. amazon tonight reporting a major server outage. what this means for amazon delivery trucks. some halted, weeks before christmas. and streaming services, amazon, netflix, disney plus. and how some of your devices at home have been effected, too. the state of emergency in hawaii tonight. the major storm battering the islands. mudslides slamming into homes. power knocked out to thousands. the dramatic call for help tonight. the plane in trouble in florida. smoke in the cockpit. the enjin failing. and you will hear the pilot. actor jussie smollett takes the stand in his own defense. what he now claims about his alleged attackers, those brothers who he claims shouted
including canada. some experts say it could already be in the u.s., undetected. carley: marianne rafferty has more on this breaking news this morning. good morning, marianne. reporter: good morning. carley and todd. president biden holding an emergency meeting last night on the new covid omicron variant as two cases are confirmed in canada. the health team says they need another two weeks to gather data on the variant. a u.s. travel ban on eight african nations that s. takes effecttoday. nearly a dozen countries confirming cases of omicron and experts say the travel ban won t stop the variant from reaching the u.s. it s almost definitely here already, looking at the number of cases coming off planes this weekend. it s almost a certainty that cases have gotten into the united states. reporter: health officials say there s no reason to fear the vaccines would be ineffective against omicron. in all the previous examples of variants, the vacation seens have worked to va