when we got away from the plane did i see how fast the flames were spreading." "i can only say it was a miracle" said tsubasa sue war ra. if we hadn't gotten out right then, we could have all died. as the airbus burned out of control, authorities said it had collided on the runway with a smaller plane belonging to japan's coast guard. five of the six crew members were killed. in a tragic twist, they'd been on their way to another disaster, to bring relief supplies to ishikawa in western japan. the area devastated on new year's day by a powerful earthquake. the scale of the damage in this relatively remote area is now becoming clear. many older wooden houses not built to modern earthquake-proof standards simply collapsed. whole neighborhoods disintegrated. and now rescuers are racing the clock, fighting mudslides, wrecked roads, and strong

aftershocks to find anyone who may still be alive but trapped in the ruins. local authorities have now confirmed 55 people dead, but, major, that number is bound to rise because some of the rescue crews haven't even managed to penetrate to the farther-flung corners of the earthquake zone. >> elizabeth palmer, thank you. police in rochester, new york, gave an update on a deadly crash outside a concert just after midnight on new year's day. investigators say the suspect has now died after crashing his rented suv into another car, killing two passengers. police released photos of the suspect buying gas canisters days before the crash and say he had at least a dozen filled with fuel when he appeared to target a pedestrian crossing. police also say there is no evidence this was politically motivated or linked to terrorism. tonight health officials are warning about the spread of respiratory illnesses nationwide fueled, as we might expect, by

holiday gatherings and travel. the cdc says more than half the country is seeing a rise in covid, flu, and rsv cases. cbs's meg oliver reports the spike in cases comes as fewer americans are getting vaccinated. >> reporter: covid is making a comeback across the country with the most hospitalizations seen since february of last year. >> it's concerning in the sense that the volume of patients is higher. >> reporter: the emergency room at st. joseph's medical center in paterson, new jersey, is packed with patients. hospital admissions for covid more than tripling here from a month ago. >> how concerned are you with the increase? >> they are sicker, especially patients that are the most vulnerable, that have comorbid disease, things like cancer or respiratory disease. >> reporter: nationwide, emergency room visits and deaths are up from the previous week, and it's not just covid cases that are climbing. >> we're starting to see a higher number of influenza-like illnesses, influenza a, rsv, and other viral illnesses.

>> reporter: 31 states are reporting high or very high levels of respiratory illnesses, including flu and rsv. >> are a lot of these people vaccinated? >> a lot of patients are, yes. we do have a number of patients who still are not as well. >> reporter: less than 50% of adults and children have been vaccinated against the flu. the numbers are even lower for covid. the case counts so concerning, at least ten states and washington, d.c. have reinstated mask mandates in some hospitals. >> right now, what we're focused on is making sure that if the respiratory situation gets even worse, that the hospitals will be able to scale up and respond appropriately. >> reporter: the cdc is encouraging those who have not received a flu shot or an updated covid vaccine to do so, saying it's not too late, and it's the best protection against severe illness. major. >> there is still time. meg oliver, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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optimize traffic lights around the world. >> are these intersections coordinated already? >> so they're actually not. >> reporter: the system suggests changes, and city engineers then decide if they want to implement them. >> we had one case where we moved four seconds for a particular time of day. that can help reduce some of that top and go traffic. >> once the system gives you a recommendation, how quickly could you make an adjustment? >> it can take us five minutes. >> reporter: seattle is the first u.s. city to try this, but the program is being tested out at 70 intersections in 13 global cities, impacting 30 million car trips per month. google claims it could reduce stop and go traffic by up to 30%. >> it means a lot for drivers, and it also means a lot for emissions. >> reporter: she says half of vehicle emissions at intersections come from cars accelerating after stopping, and google thinks it can reduce those by 10%. it matters because transportation is the number one source of planet-warming pollution in the u.s.

>> so intersections are a really good leverage point for tackling climate. >> reporter: google provides its service for free and plans to expand to thousands of cities, creating what it calls a green wave for drivers. >> i feel like i engaged with the red wave a lot more often than the green wave. >> we're trying to change that. >> reporter: ben tracy, cbs news, seattle. a man is arrested after a tensz standoff inside the building that houses colorado's supreme court. details next.

a man is under arrest tonight in colorado after firing multiple shots and causing extensive damage inside the building that houses the state's supreme court in denver. police say after crashing his car, the man shot out a window and forced his way inside, where

he held a security guard at gunpoint before surrendering. investigators say the incident is not linked to threats to the court following a ruling last month to remove donald trump from the primary ballot. the new york city and washington, d.c. areas were rattled today by small earthquakes. a 2.3 magnitude quake centered near rockville, maryland, struck just before 1:00 a.m. followed by a 1.7 earthquake that shook a neighborhood in queens, new york. there were no reports of serious damage or injuries. for the first time in the history of powerball, someone has hit the jackpot on new year's day. the winning ticket was sold in grand blank michigan. the $842 million jackpot is the fifth largest in the game's history, and the cash payout before taxes tops $425 million. finally tonight, the new year brought in a unique story for two sets of twins born minutes apart from their sibling. first up, ezra humphrey of new jersey came into the world on new year's eve while his brother

ezekiel was born more than a half an hour later in 2024. twins born on different days and different years. they're not alone. in connecticut, seven morris was born one minute before midnight while his baby sister sue lee followed three minutes later at 12:02 a.m. a second set of twins born a year apart. what a way to start the new year. and that is the overnight news for this wednesday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings" and of course follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. that's where you'll find my podcast "the takeout." politics, policy, a little bit of pop culture. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. u.s. customs and border protection is reopening four locations along the southern border that have been closed

recently due to record-high numbers of migrant crossings. senior u.s. officials say the number of migrants processed at the border has dropped significantly in recent days. the treasury department says the national debt is now over $34 trillion. congress returns to work next week ahead of deadlines on january 19th and february 2nd to continue government funding. and baseball legend david ortiz struck out on his gender reveal pitch from his girlfriend. that didn't stop the hall of famer from receiving the big news, though. it's a boy. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin with a shake-up at

the top of one of the nation's most prominent universities. the presdent of harvard, claudine gay, resigned today following accusations of plagiarism and the university's alleged mishandling of anti-semitism on campus since the start of the war between israel and hamas. the announcement comes less than a month after her congressional testimony that sparked outrage and intense backlash both from critics and prominent university donors. gay becomes the second ivy league leader to step down following last month's contentious hearing before the house committee on education. cbs's nikole killion has been following this story from the beginning and is here to start us off tonight. nikole, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, major. pressure had been building on claudine gay to step down even testimony last month, it wasn't enough, making her the shortest serving president in the history of the university. six months into her tenure, harvard university president claudine gay announced she's resigning so that our community can navigate this moment of extraordinary challenge.

gay's resignation comes nearly a month after she and the presidents of upenn and mit faced widespread condemnation following this testimony at a house education hearing on anti-semitism on college campuses. >> does calling for the genocide of jews violate harvard's rules of bullying and harassment? yes or no? >> it can be depending on the context. >> it does not depend on the context. the answer is yes, and this is why you should resign. >> reporter: house republican chair elise stefanik, a harvard alum, posted two down, referring to gay and penn president liz mcgill, who also resigned days after the hearing. while harvard's governing board initially backed gay, she faced increasing scrutiny following charges of plagiarism in her dissertation and several articles, including reports of a new complaint filed this week. gay, who is harvard's first black female president, denied the allegations of plagiarism and stated it has been distressing to have doubt cast

on my commitment to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus. >> it came out of nowhere. >> reporter: jonathan frieden is a harvard law student who attended the congressional hearing and has experienced anti-semitism on campus. >> the issues that exist are systemic, and they still need to be addressed. >> so you think this is just the beginning? >> i hope that this is just the beginning. >> reporter: harvard's governing body says gay will stay on as a faculty member, and they have named an interim president. tonight there are now new calls for mit's president to step down although the school's board has previously said she has their full support. major. >> nikole killion, thank you so much. we turn to escalating tensions in the middle east now. in a suspected israeli attack, a senior hamas leader, who was also a founder of the group's military wing, was killed in an explosion in beirut. this comes as fears mount that the war in gaza will spread. cbs's ian lee reports tonight from tel aviv.

>> reporter: an explosion rocked southern beirut tuesday evening, killing seven hamas militants, including a top commander and founder of the group's military wing, saleh al arouri, a man wanted by the israelis and americans. the u.s. government had a nearly $5 million bounty on his head. since hamas' brutal attack on october 7th, israel has been engaged on multiple fronts from lebanon to yemen. iranian-backed houthi rebels fire missiles and drones toward israel and are attacking commercial ships by sea and air, threatening to disrupt the world's economy and send oil prices soaring. shipping giant maersk will now sail around the horn of africa to avoid the red sea, adding thousands of miles to the journey. in recent days, the u.s. navy destroyed three small houthi boats attempting to board a container ship. in response, iran says it sent a destroyer to the region. iran analyst sima shine believes

this is all part of iran's plan to end the war in gaza. >> the other steps that might be done is to bring the u.s. to put pressure on israel to stop. >> and they think by putting pressure on the united states and the international shipping objective? >> it is one of the ways that they believe it might put pressure on israel to stop. >> reporter: israeli officials say the war could last throughout the year, until hamas is destroyed. but many palestinians wonder what price they'll have to pay until the fighting ends. and tonight hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah condemned the assassination of al arouri as a serious assault on lebanon and vowed that his killing will not go unpunished. major. >> ian lee, thank you very much. now to a fiery disaster in japan following a powerful earthquake that shook the nation on new year's day. a japan airlines flight carrying nearly 400 people burst into

flames after colliding with a coast guard plane carrying relief supplies. the passengers and crew had about 90 seconds to escape. cbs's elizabeth palmer has the story from tokyo. >> reporter: first you see an explosion far down the runway. then the japan airlines airbus comes into view trailing sparks and flame. video from inside the cabin showed relative calm. but outside, fire was engulfing the aircraft. pictures posted on social media show passengers escaping on evacuation slides and then running for their lives. incredibly, all 379 people on board got out. "i saw the fire in the engine," said satoshi yamake, "but only when we got away from the plane did i see how fast the flames were spreading." "i can only say it was a

miracle," said tsubasa suwara. "if we hadn't gotten out right then, we could all have died." as the airbus burned out of control, authorities said it had collided on the runway with a smaller plane belonging to japan's coast guard. five of the six crew members were killed. in a tragic twist, they'd been on their way to another disaster, to bring relief supplies to ishikawa in western japan. the area devastated on new year's day by a powerful earthquake. the scale of the damage in this relatively remote area is now becoming clear. many older wooden houses not built to modern earthquake-proof standards simply collapsed. whole neighborhoods disintegrated. and now rescuers are racing the clock, fighting mudslides, wrecked roads, and strong aftershocks to find anyone who may still be alive but trapped in the ruins. local authorities have now

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i'm major garrett in washington. thanks so much for staying with us. there are new warnings about the potential dangers of a dietary supplement used by millions of americans. it's called kratom, and it's taken to treat everything from pain to anxiety to opioid withdrawal. but kratom is controversial. it's a plant that's been used for centuries overseas, but when it is processed and concentrated, the active ingredient can be harmful, blamed for addiction, seizures, even deaths. it is illegal to import kratom, and that's as far as federal regulations currently go. but a number of states have signed on to something called the kratom consumer protection act. mark strassmann reports. >> reporter: dustin hernandez, an overnight hotel clerk, died from a violent seizure at work. toxicology testing blamed toxic effects of a psychoactive component in a health supplement called kratom. >> he was in denial about it being addictive, but us as a family noticed it.

he thought he needed it. >> reporter: dusty young says her 29-year-old brother took kratom for anxiety. >> were you concerned about the amount of kratom he was taking? >> yes. he had a little shake to him and wasn't as hungry as much. >> and did you say anything to him about it? >> yes. >> what did you say? >> i told him that stuff wasn't good for him, that we noticed these changes. and he said he needed it to feel normal. >> reporter: kratom is a southeast asia tree. its leaves processed and eventually sold as a dietary supplement with opioid-like properties. kratom products are often marketed as a wellness wonder. sme users believe it's good for pain, anxiety, and drug addiction withdrawal. but the fda considers kratom addictive. the agency told us in a statement it has warned consumers not to use kratom because of the risk of serious adverse effects. since 2014, the fda has tried to bar kratom from being imported. nonetheless, kratom is sold widely from online to gas

stations. >> every bag of kratom on the shelf got here by people who are fraudulently saying it's something else. >> reporter: lawyer talis avenue alynns represents dustin hernandez's family. >> he put his faith in this kratom product, and then he was hooked. >> there's fraud going on. >> absolutely. >> multiple levels of fraud? >> yes. and what makes it even worse is that they're selling it like it's coffee or tea. >> reporter: even the american kratom associaion, the aka, admits -- >> there are a number of kratom actors that you would agree on bad actors? >> absolutely i would agree with that. >> how many kratom players are there? >> i'd guess about 8,000. >> and how many legitimate ones are there? >> i would say three dozen, maybe a few more than that. >> the fda has made it the wild, wild west. they should be regulating it and protecting consumers. >> reporter: six states and a number of cities have banned kratom sales. in response, the aka is pushing

the kratom consumer protection act, a best practices standard. 11 states have signed on. but the aka denies the dark chemistry of ma tragedy nin or kratom. >> so there hasn't been a scientific evaluation of a level ma tragedy anyone that would be toxic. >> that medical examiners have determined it was the cause of death. >> they merely repeat what the fda says. >> reporter: this video makes dustin hernandez's family wince. >> this kratom product is associated with seizures, coma, and death, and if that had been on the bag, a lot of lives would be saved. >> reporter: his family says dustin hernandez was always shy. they intend to be a loud voice for accountability. mark strassmann in dallas. now to the fear that artificial intelligence could soon take over the music business. lawsuits are pending against a number of a.i. companies for alleged copyright infringement.

nikole killion spoke with two grammy-winning producers leading the call for congressional action. >> reporter: they are the creative forces behind some of the biggest names in pop and r&b. ♪ now songwriting and producing hall of famers jimmy jam and terry lewis, who helped launch the musical careers of stars like janet jackson with her album control, are sounding a new tune on artificial intelligence. >> it's a new day. it's a new technology. it needs to be new rules. ♪ >> how would that work if a.i. is used on a song like "control"? >> a.i. would take a song or take a body of work even, and then it would be able to create a song based on all the data that it had. ♪ >> so like if all of a sudden someone took janet and did a version of her voice and put it over a song, if she said, yes, that's fine and she's

participating in it, that's different than if somebody just takes it and just does it. and right now there's really no regulation against doing it. >> you've got to put some penalties on the books so that we can move forward productively. >> reporter: senators chris coons and marsha blackburn are drafting a bipartisan bill dubbed the no fakes act. it would protect the voice and visual likeness of artists and hold individuals, companies and platforms liable for replicating performances without permission. >> the no fakes act would take lessons from lots of existing state laws that create essentially a private right to be protected from the misuse of your image or your voice or your likeness and turn it into a national standard. ♪ >> reporter: earlier this year, an unauthorized a.i.-generated song featuring drake and the weeknd garnered millions of views before it was taken down. ♪ but a final song endorsed by the

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during the pandemic, a lot of people spent time experimenting in their kitchens. roxana saberi spoke with one woman who turned those lonely days into a busy brewery. >> reporter: at this brewery in new york, zara is trying to bring beer back to its roots. >> look at that. oh, and look, the pink is in the foam. >> reporter: with the taste of who she is. >> the blue salt. >> the blue salt, yes. it's mild. it's sourced from the middle east. >> reporter: and where her family came from. >> not only being a woman but also having middle eastern descent or parents that emigrated here from iran, i think both factors kind of play into how people see me. >> reporter: before iran's 1979 islamic revolution, about a dozen iranian factories produced beer, vodka, and other liquors. >> all of these things, when the revolution happened were just

condemned, and that's when alcohol was prohibited in the country. >> reporter: her grandfather, who emigrated to the u.s. soon after, used to ferment beer in his basement in iran. one day in 2020, her grandmother reminisced out loud she missed the taste of it. >> it sparked the idea to try to brew a batch and see. i figured, oh, well, it can't be that hard. >> it can't be that hard. >> yeah. it is. it's pretty hard. >> reporter: as the pandemic set in, she experimented in her small brookly kitchen. >> i started that as a hobby, trying different ingredients. >> what kind of ingredients? >> i would use anything from sour cherries to bar berries to dried black limes, sumac. the stories that i heard from my grandfather was like, oh, whatever they were kind of growing in the garden. so that's when he would use in the beer.

>> reporter: a year later she rented this space on staten island and began rolling out cans of back home beer. >> it's fruited with sour cherries, which in iran we use to make jams and a really delicious and beautiful and bright sour cherry rice. >> it's one of my favorites. >> exactly, yes. it's delicious and also sumac. and the sumac in this beer is cured. here we say salamaty. >> reporter: american made beer follows european traditions but historians say evidence of beer making dates back many millenia to china and ancient mesopotamia, located in modern day iraq and iran. >> ywe talk about the beginning of agriculture, that's usually where you're going to see some of the earliest evidence for beer making. >> and the founder of chicago's beer culture center says the original brewers were mainly women. >> you will see a lot of hieroglyphs with women drinking

and making beer. >> so it wasn't extraordinary for women to be involved in brewing. it was ordinary. >> absolutely. it was everyday stuff. they've been doing it forever. >> why did the role of women in brewing diminish over the years? >> laws start changing. beer becomes business. then that just means access to resources is incredibly limited for women. >> reporter: when islam arose in the region in the 7th century, it for bade the drinking of alcohol. still, beer and winemaking in the middle east continued to evolve. >> i was disheartened to see that such a rich history of fermentation had almost been erased. and so for me, it was important to make that connection again between alcohol and the middle east. >> reporter: now ta bet abuy is selling six styles. each can designed by female iranian artists. >> this is a rumi quote that she put on there. it says if light is in your heart, you will find your way home. >> reporter: she delivers to more than 250 bars, restaurants,

and shops in new york and washington, d.c. >> in an industry like this that is dominated by white men, i came in. i didn't have any experience working in breweries or anything like that. i've really had to learn a lot. >> reporter: these days, only around 6% of breweries in the u.s. are majority or exclusively owned by women. even fewer are run by women of color. >> there are only things that happen throughout the process that i question if they would happen if i were a man. >> like what? >> assuming that i'm not the owner or the boss and i'm the assistant or not giving me the time of day. and so many breweries not taking me seriously. >> but ta bet abuy says she's also grateful for a lot of support from inside iran, where iranians send her messages like these asking for advice on brewing their own beer at home illegally. >> they definitely brew at their own risk, and it's amazing the beer that they are making with such limited resources there.

>> reporter: and online, where her kickstarter campaign recently raised more than $125,000. >> my vision ultimately is to have my own brewery and taproom, to tell people to come to my home. come back home. drink this delicious beer. eat some persian street food. >> reporter: and, she says, she hopes brewing this beer will keep shaking up stereotypes. >> hopefully one day i can visit iran, and i can brew the beer there, and they can live in a country that used to exist before the revolution. >> and you can drink your beer freely, outside on the streets. >> yes. i would love

states across the country are enforcing hundreds of new laws that took effect with the new year. cristian benavides has the new story. >> reporter: new laws in the new year served up pay raises for 10

million americans, many working in food services and child care. 22 states passed laws raising the minimum wage. >> my son is about to graduate from high school. he wants to go to college now. >> reporter: in california, it's now illegal to carry a gun in most public places, even with a concealed carry permit. it's one of several states with new gun regulations. >> nothing about a red flag law interferes with your right to the second amendment. >> reporter: while minnesota passed a new red flag law allowing guns to be taken from people deemed an imminent threat. and illinois banned semiautomatic rifles and high capacity magazines. other laws focus on hot button issues like gender affirming care. >> children are not mature enough to drive, not mature enough to buy alcohol or cigarettes or get a tattoo. why in the world would we allow them to remove perfectly healthy reproductive organs. >> reporter: idaho, louisiana, and west virginia have blocked minors from access to puberty

blockers and hormone therapy. here in florida, it's already a law for drivers to move over a lane for stopped emergency vehicles. but now the move over law will apply when any vehicle is on the side of the road with its hazards on. and a warning for porch pirates. anyone caught stealing packages left outside in pennsylvania could now face felony charges. cristian benavides, cbs news, miami. and that is the overnight news for this wednesday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings." reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. u.s. customs and border protection is reopening four locations along the southern border that have been closed

recently due to record-high numbers of migrant crossings. senior u.s. officials say the number of migrants processed at the border has dropped significantly in recent days. the trsury department says the national debt is now over $34 trillion. congress returns to work next week ahead of deadlines on january 19th and february 2nd to continue government funding. and baseball legend david ortiz struck out on this gender reveal pitch from his girlfriend. that didn't stop the hall of famer from recei ng the big news it's a boy. for more, download the cbs news pp on your cell phone connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, the president of harvard university resigns after criticism of the university's handling of anti-semitism on campus and accusations of plagiarism in her academic past.

harvard's first black female president out after just six months on the job. an israeli air strike kills three hamas leaders in lebanon, including one of the founders of the group's military wing. what it could mean as the conflict widens. a deadly collision in japan involving a passenger plane and a coast guard plane on its way to victims of the massive earthquakes there. our new series, "guns in america." we spend a night at one of the nation's top medical trauma centers with a firsthand look at the impact of gun violence. >> you see people on their worst day, and they're on death's door. shift a few seconds from here to there, and that shift can have a big impact. >> google maps and a.i. may mean less red lights in your future. >> when i look at a red light, i see opportunity, opportunity to help drivers and opportunity to help the planet. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news."

we begin with a shake-up at the top of one of the nation's most prominent universities. the president of harvard, claudine gay, resigned today following accusations of plagiarism and the university's alleged mishandling of anti-semitism on campus since the start of the war between israel and hamas. the announcement comes less than a month after her congressional testimony that sparked outrage and intense backlash both from critics and prominent university donors. gay becomes the second ivy league leader to step down following last month's contentious hearing before the house committee on education. cbs's nikole killion has been following this story from the beginning and is here to start us off tonight. nikole, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, major. pressure had been building on claudine gay to step down. even though she apologized for her testimony last month, it wasn't enough, making her the shortest serving president in the history of the university. six months into her tenure, harvard university president

claudine gay announced she's resigning so that "our community can navigate this moment of extraordinary challenge." gay's resignation comes nearly a month after she and the presidents of upenn and mit faced widespread condemnation following this testimony at a house education hearing on anti-semitism on college campuses. >> does calling for the genocide of jews violate harvard's rules of bullying and harassment? yes or no? >> it can be depending on the context. >> it does not depend on the context. the answer is yes, and this is why you should resign. >> reporter: house republican chair elise stefanik, a harvard alum, posted two down, referring to gay and penn president liz mcgill, who also resigned days after the hearing. while harvard's governing board initially backed gay, she faced increasing scrutiny following charges of plagiarism in her dissertation and several articles, including reports of a new complaint filed this week. gay, who is harvard's first black female president, denied

the allegations of plagiarism and stated "it has been distressing to have doubt cast on my commitment to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus." >> it came out of nowhere. >> reporter: jonathan frieden is a harvard law student who attended the congressional hearing and has experienced anti-semitism on campus. >> the issues that exist are systemic, and they still need to be addressed. >> so you think this is just the beginning? >> i hope that this is just the beginning. >> reporter: harvard's governing body says gay will stay on as a faculty member, and they have named an interim president. tonight there are now new calls for mit's president to step down although the school's board has previously said she has their full support. major. >> nikole killion, thank you so much. we turn to escalating tensions in the middle east now. in a suspected israeli attack, a senior hamas leader, who was also a founder of the group's military wing, was killed in an

explosion in beirut. this comes as fears mount that the war in gaza will spread. cbs's ian lee reports tonight from tel aviv. >> reporter: an explosion rocked southern beirut tuesday evening, killing seven hamas militants, including a top commander and founder of the group's military wing, saleh al arouri, a man wanted by the israelis and americans. the u.s. government had a nearly $5 million bounty on his head. since hamas' brutal attack on october 7th, israel has been engaged on multiple fronts from lebanon to yemen. iranian-backed houthi rebels fire missiles and drones toward israel and are attacking commercial ships by sea and air, threatening to disrupt the world's economy and send oil prices soaring. shipping giant maersk will now sail around the horn of africa to avoid the red sea, adding thousands of miles to the journey. in recent days, the u.s. navy destroyed three small houthi boats attempting to board a container ship.

in response, iran says it sent a destroyer to the region. iran analyst sima shine believes this is all part of iran's plan to end the war in gaza. >> the other steps that might be done is to bring the u.s. to put pressure on israel to stop. >> and they think by putting pressure on the united states and the international shipping lanes, they can achieve that objective? >> it is one of the ways that they believe it might put pressure on israel to stop. >> reporter: israeli officials say the war could last throughout the year, until hamas is destroyed. but many palestinians wonder what price they'll have to pay until the fighting ends. and tonight hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah condemned the assassination of al arouri as a serious assault on lebanon and vowed that his killing will not go unpunished. major. >> ian lee, thank you very much. former president trump filed an appeal today asking the superior court in maine to overturn a ruling that keeps him

off the march primary ballot. the court now has until january 17th to make a decision. maine's secretary of state last month disqualified trump from the ballot over his alleged role in the attack on the u.s. capitol nearly three years ago. trump is expected to appeal a similar ballot ruling in colorado to the u.s. supreme court. new jersey senator bob menendez was hit with new federal charges today, alleging that he used his influence to promote the middle eastern nation of qatar in exchange for gifts, including luxury watches. menendez is already facing charges for allegedly taking bribes of gold bars, among other things, to help egypt's government. menendez has denied the charges and resisted calls to resign. turning now to the weather, a new pacific storm is expected to soak the west coast before marching across the country later in the week. for details, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. >> major, good evening. we have a blockbuster storm in the making that could become a bona fide nor'easter by this

weekend across the northeast. it gets its origins in the woeft with significant rain, two to three inches in spots and significant mountain snow. feet in the cascades, the sierra nevada as well as the colorado rockies. from here it marches its way to the middle of the country, produces present significant rain across the south. then snow across the northern side of that. weekend. more rain across the south and significant snow potentially across the ohio valley and right into the northeast with low tracking off the coast. a pretty significant snowmaker could be in the works here for i-95. a lot of places here that haven't had snow, literally big snow, in years. you can see as of right now, major, it looks like pretty good really hugging t

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2 or 3 days into quitting again, i go get into a vehicle and guess what? there's a pack of cigarettes in there. i mean, i got the unlit cigarette in my hand. and i said to myself, why do i even try to quit if i'm going to cave so easily every time? something clicked in my head that told me. i can do this. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." now to a fiery disaster in

japan following the powerful earthquake that shook the nation on new year's day. a japan airlines flight carrying nearly 400 people burst into flames after colliding with a coast guard plane carrying relief supplies. the passengers and crew had about 90 seconds to escape. cbs's elizabeth palmer has the story from tokyo. >> reporter: first you see an explosion far down the runway. then the japan airlines airbus comes into view trailing sparks and flame. video from inside the cabin showed relative calm. but outside, fire was engulfing the aircraft. pictures posted on social media show passengers escaping on evacuation slides and then running for their lives. incredibly, all 379 people on board got out. "i saw the fire in the engine," said satoshi yamake, "but only

when we got away from the plane did i see how fast the flames were spreading." "i can only say it was a miracle," said tsubasa suwara. "if we hadn't gotten out right then, we could all have died." as the airbus burned out of control, authorities said it had collided on the runway with a smaller plane belonging to japan's coast guard. five of the six crew members were killed. in a tragic twist, they'd been on their way to another disaster, to bring relief supplies to ishikawa in western japan. the area devastated on new year's day by a powerful earthquake. the scale of the damage in this relatively remote area is now becoming clear. many older wooden houses not built to modern earthquake-proof standards simply collapsed. whole neighborhoods disintegrated. and now rescuers are racing the clock, fighting mudslides, wrecked roads, and strong

aftershocks to find anyone who may still be alive but trapped in the ruins. local authorities have now confirmed 55 people dead, but, major, that number is bound to rise because some of the rescue crews haven't even managed to penetrate to the farthest-flung corners of the earthquake zone. >> elizabeth palmer, thank you. police in rochester, new york, gave an update on a deadly crash outside a concert just after midnight on new year's day. investigators say the suspect has now died after crashing his rented suv into another car, killing two passengers. police released photos of the suspect buying gas canisters days before the crash and say he had at least a dozen filled with fuel when he appeared to target a pedestrian crossing. police also say there is no evidence this was politically motivated or linked to terrorism. tonight health officials are warning about the spread of respiratory illnesses nationwide fueled, as we might expect, by

holiday gatherings and travel. the cdc says more than half the country is seeing a rise in covid, flu, and rsv cases. cbs's meg oliver reports the spike in cases comes as fewer americans are getting vaccinated. >> reporter: covid is making a comeback across the country with the most hospitalizations seen since february of last year. >> it's concerning in the sense that the volume of patients is higher. >> reporter: the emergency room at st. joseph's medical center in paterson, new jersey, is packed with patients. hospital admissions for covid more than tripling here from a month ago. >> how concerned are you with the increase? >> they are sicker, especially patients that are the most vulnerable, that have comorbid disease, things like cancer or respiratory disease. >> reporter: nationwide, emergency room visits and deaths are up from the previous week, and it's not just covid cases that are climbing. >> we're starting to see a higher number of influenza-like illnesses, influenza a, rsv, and other viral illnesses. >> reporter: 31 states are

reporting high or very high levels of respiratory illnesses, including flu and rsv. >> are a lot of these people vaccinated? >> a lot of patients are, yes. we do have a number of patients who still are not as well. >> reporter: less than 50% of adults and children have been vaccinated against the flu. the numbers are even lower for covid. the case counts so concerning, at least ten states and washington, d.c. have reinstated mask mandates in some hospitals. >> right now, what we're focused on is making sure that if the respiratory situation gets even worse, that the hospitals will be able to scale up and respond appropriately. >> reporter: the cdc is encouraging those who have not received a flu shot or an updated covid vaccine to do so, saying it's not too late, and it's the best protection against severe illness. major. >> there is still time. meg oliver, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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turning now to the epidemic of gun violence in the u.s. last year there were 656 mass shootings nationwide. that was the second most on record and the fourth straight year above 600. in our series "guns in america," cbs's manuel bojorquez reports from inside a high-level trauma hospital. >> reporter: miami's ryder trauma center sees about 400 gunshot wound victims a year. >> so we've got a gunshot wound to the right femur. entrance, no exit. >> rescue 2 is going to be brought to you momentarily. >> reporter: on this night last summer, doctors and nurses treated several patients with bullets embedded in their legs or literal holes in their hands. >> you see people on their worst day, and they're on death's door.

>> reporter: nurse beth sundquist says as a level one trauma center, those who make it here have a better chance. >> in a matter of minutes, you can have your trauma surgeon here, and he's the same one that walks back and is in the operating room with you. and if you went to a smaller outside hospital, that doesn't happen. >> that doesn't happen. >> you wouldn't survive. >> reporter: what strikes dr. gabriel ruiz is how young many of the victims are. >> it's the biggest killer of children in our country. that impact, we don't even know how big it is, but we think that it might be bigger than cancer and cardiovascular disease and smoking and obesity, things that we as a society actively work on. i think the impact of gun violence is greater than those diseases. >> reporter: and the wounds, he says, have become more severe. >> we see also patients that have very, very serious injuries with very high energy weapons that actually mimic those that are seen in war. >> reporter: in fact, this is where the u.s. army trains some of its trauma surgeons before being deployed.

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>> are these intersections coordinated already? >> so they're actually not. >> reporter: the system suggests changes, and city engineers then decide if they want to implement them. >> we had one case where we moved four seconds for a north-south street to an east-west street for a particular time of day. that can help reduce some of that stop and go traffic. >> once the system gives you a recommendation, how quickly could you make an adjustment? >> it can take us five minutes. >> reporter: seattle is the first u.s. city to try this, but the program is being tested out at 70 intersections in 13 global cities, impacting 30 million car trips per month. google claims it could reduce stop-and-go traffic by up to 30%. >> it means a lot for drivers, and it also means a lot for emissions. >> reporter: she says half of vehicle emissions at intersections come from cars accelerating after stopping, and google thinks it can reduce those by 10%. it matters because transportation is the number one source of planet-warming pollution in the u.s.

>> so intersections are a really good leverage point for tackling climate. >> reporter: google provides its service for free and plans to expand to thousands of cities, creating what it calls a green wave for drivers. >> i feel like i engage with the red wave a lot more often than the green wave. >> we're trying to change that. >> reporter: ben tracy, cbs news, seattle. a man is arrested after a tense standoff inside the building that houses colorado's supreme court. details next.

a man is under arrest tonight in colorado after firing multiple shots and causing extensive damage inside the building that houses the state's supreme court in denver. police say after crashing his car, the man shot out a window and forced his way inside, where

he held a security guard at gunpoint before surrendering. investigators say the incident is not linked to threats to the court following a ruling last month to remove donald trump from the primary ballot. the new york city and washington, d.c. areas were rattled today by small earthquakes. a 2.3 magnitude quake centered near rockville, maryland, struck just before 1:00 a.m. followed by a 1.7 earthquake that shook a neighborhood in queens, new york. there were no reports of serious damage or injuries. for the first time in the history of powerball, someone has hit the jackpot on new year's day. the winning ticket was sold in grand blank, michigan. the $842 million jackpot is the fifth largest in the game's history, and the cash payout before taxes tops $425 million. finally tonight, the new year brought in a unique story for two sets of twins born minutes apart from their sibling. first up, ezra humphrey of new jersey came into the world on new year's eve while his brother ezekiel was born more than a

half an hour later in 2024. twins born on different days and different years. they're not alone. in connecticut, seven morris was born one minute before midnight while his baby sister sue lee followed three minutes later at 12:02 a.m. a second set of twins born a year apart. what a way to start the new year. and that is the overnight news for this wednesday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings" and of course follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. that's where you'll find my podcast "the takeout." politics, policy, a little bit of pop culture. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. u.s. customs and border protection is reopening four locations along the southern border that have been closed recently due to record-high

numbers of migrant crossings. senior u.s. officials say the number of migrants processed at the border has dropped significantly in recent days. the treasury department says the national debt is now over $34 trillion. congress returns to work next week ahead of deadlines on january 19th and february 2nd to continue government funding. and baseball legend david ortiz struck out on this gender reveal pitch from his girlfriend. that didn't stop the hall of famer from receiving the big news, though. it's a boy. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or it's wednesday, january 3rd, 2024. this is the "cbs morning news." growing fears of a widening war. new video of israeli air strikes in lebanon one day after the