and any suggestion to the contrary is ridiculous. and number two, we have no reason to believe israel was involved in this explosion. >> reporter: iran has had long conflicts with isis and arab separatists that have carried out similar attacks in recent years. iranian officials told state immediate where the bags carrying the bombs appear to have been detonated by remote control. soleimani was a feared leader of the revolutionary guard corps. he was killed in 2020. thousands gathered on the anniversary of his death when state media reports the first bomb detonated. a second bomb exploded 15 minutes later, targeting people fleeing the first. and tonight part of the uncertainty who carried out the attacks, it is raising concerns on rising escalations in the region. iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei said it will be met with a harsh response.

norah? >> ian lee, thank you very much. 2024 is a presidential election year, and this afternoon former president donald trump filed an appeal to the u.s. supreme court, asking the justices to overturn a ruling that keeps him off the primary ballot in colorado. last month, colorado's supreme court ruled that trump is disqualified from holding public office due to his conduct surrounding the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. well, trump filed a similar appeal to maine's superior court after the secretary of state there removed trump from the primary ballot in march for the very same reason. tonight there is new information on the cause of that fiery crash in japan involving two planes on the same runway. it happened at one of tokyo's busiest airports in the wake of a devastating earthquake. cbs' elizabeth palmer is in tokyo. >> reporter: at the moment of collision, a fireball. then the japan airlines airbus sped along the runway in flames.

today the transport ministry said the passenger jet had authorization to land here. the coast guard-8 did not. a transcript shows the control tower told the japan airlines pilot he was cleared to land while the coast guard pilot was told to taxi to a holding point. the evacuation of the airbus was textbook. with only three of the eight emergency exits accessible, the cabin crew got 379 people off the plane safely. 12 hours later, this was all that was left of the plane. investigators are combing the wreckage, in part to see how the new generation carbon fiber body withstood the blaze. an inquiry will now examine the aircraft's voice recorders and interview the pilots who both survived. the coast guard plane had been headed here on a relief administration to the area of

western japan devastated by an earthquake on new year's day. destroyed roads have slowed the rescue effort, which now includes 2,000 military personnel and more dogs able to sniff out both the living and the dead. a race is now on to locate more than 100 people still believed to be buried in the ruins. those rescue crews are facing enormous obstacles. not only is there no power, no water, no internet, no cell phone service in many areas, but the near constant aftershocks is making it very dangerous for them to crawl in to those ruined buildings. norah? >> it's an incredible story. elizabeth palmer, thank you. well, tonight the cdc says seasonal respiratory illnesses are surging across the country, this as 31 states and washington, d.c. report high or very high levels of the flu. cbs' janet shamlian reports from

the hard-hit state of texas. >> reporter: tonight 3-month-old re p prater is hospitalized more than 300 miles from home because it was the closest intensive pediatric care bed available. it must have been pretty serious. >> it was. he was on oxygen almost immediately when we got to the hospital. his breathing was gets worse. >> reporter: prater has rsv. back home in amarillo his 3-year-old brother is sick with the flu. cases like theirs overwhelming children's hospitals. >> in the past 24 hours, our emergency rooms and urgent cares have seen over since hundred kids. that's a kid being checked in every two minutes to be seen by a provider. >> reporter: it's not just texas. across the country, there were more than 73,000 flu hospitalizations, and more than 4500 deaths, including 20 children. but the fewer than half of children received this year's flu vaccine, the lowest in five years.

rsv infections are dropping, but flu and covid cases continue to rise. what's being done to accommodate the influx of patients? >> we've had to open up a second unit that was under renovations. sometimes we have kids who are waiting to go to our icus who are waiting in the emergency room because we do not have any beds available. >> reporter: with kids heading back to school after a break, hospitals are bringsing for a holiday hangover, another wave of pediatric patients. for reese's mom marty, though, there is an end in sight. are you at the point you finally feel you can exhale? or not yet. >> yes, i think so. this morning was probably that turning point for me when we got there and she said he's been off oxygen for 40 minutes and he is doing really good. >> reporter: doctors here at cook children's medical center stress it is not too late to get a flu shot. and while the flu season usuallynd at the end of march, they wouldn't be surprised this year if it stretches into april. norah? >> janet

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song of connecticut last saw their youngest son ethan alive on january 31st, 2018. he was 15 years old. >> it was probably one of the best conversations i had ever had with ethan. >> reporter: the day that he died? >> yes. because after he got his braces off, ethan was thinking what his future was going to be like. >> reporter: but that day while hanging out at his best friend's house, ethan was shot and rushed to the hospital, where his parents learned ethan had died. >> it feels like someone is physically ripping your heart out of your body while also shoving you off a cliff. and we were probably on the flor for five minutes just trying to cope with, you know, taking the next breath. and then it occurs to you that your other children are about to get this body blow that will forever harm them. >> reporter: an investigation found ethan was accidentally shot while he and his 14-year-old best friend were playing with a gun. that gun belonged to the best friend's father. but it was the 14-year-old who was charged with manslaughter

and sentenced to probation, according to the songs. and because of state law at the time, the father could not be found negligent for failing to secure his firearm. >> ethan meant nothing in the eyes of the law. basically what the prosecutor said to us is you need to change the law. >> reporter: right now, 26 states have some form of gun safe storage or child access prevention laws. last year, there were at least 377 unintentional shootings by children resulting in 145 deaths. in 2019, the songs helped pass ethan's law in connecticut, requiring all firearms to be safely stored in homes occupied by minors under 18. how confident you that this will become a nationwide law? >> i'm 100% confident. >> supremely. >> yeah, because i will not stop until it's done. >> reporter: a growing number of parents turned advocates, fighting in memory of their children.

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helping stop the attack. the judge hit her head but is okay. it's unclear when her attacker, a three-time felon will be back in court on additional charges. crazy video. well, now this consumer alert. ford is recalling more than 112,000 of its popular f-150 pickup trucks from the 2021 through 2023 model years. federal regulators say a problem with the rear axle can cause the trucks to roll away when parked or lose power while driving. the recalled trucks have the trailer tow max duty package. ford se says it's not aware of any accidents caused by the problem. police are searching for a woman caught on camera blowing past

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ranger has now been identified as breanna johnson and a warrant is now out for her arrest. was a buzzer beater you have to see to believe, from who else, you know her, iowa's caitlin clark. we've got the video, the points scored. that's all next. finally tonight, the most exciting player in college basketball has done it again. >> are they going to get the ball up in time? clark for the win, yes!

>> swoosh. caitlin clark hit the three-pointer at the buzzer from the half-court logo to lead the hawkeyes to a last-second victory over ohio state. she scored 40 points for the tenth time in her career, the most of any division i player in recent history. she is simply incredible. what a baller. love her! and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and you can follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm shaunl call in new york. hundreds of documents related to

accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein have been unsealed. they mention former presidents bill clinton and donald trump, but do not accuse them of any wrongdoing. the documents do note contain a list of epstein's clients. several state capitol buildings across the country were evacuated wednesday after receiving bomb threats via email. the fbi called the threats hoax incidents. and a smooth year at the airport. the department of transportation says that 2023 with the low flight cancellation in 20 years with the lowest rate of cancel. i'm chanel caul, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> we want to begin tonight with

the southern border, where no matter what party you're in, there is agreement that something must be done to stop the unprecedented number of migrants coming across the border. but once again, while there is agreement on that, for decades, both republicans and democrats have been unable to pass comprehensive immigration reform. and as it stands now, president biden has proposed $14 billion in new funding to hire new border agents, asylum officers, and immigration judges, as well as new technology to combat the flow of fentanyl. but tonight you'll hear from the new republican speaker of the house in an interview with us at cbs news. why that proposal is being rejected. here are the facts. a record-breaking number of migrants are crossing into the united states, an average of about 250,000 per month since august. and in december, the numbers hit an all-time high with more than 300,000. well, today a delegation of house republicans are in the region to draw attention to the crisis. cbs' omar villafranca starts us off tonight from the border in

eagle pass, texas. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. house speaker johnson and the republican delegation got a briefing and a first-hand look at the operations during the southern border crisis, something the local officials say has been burdening border towns. >> all we're asking them is go to the ports of entrance. >> reporter: even as house speaker mike johnson and a group of more than 60 fellow republicans were getting briefed near the u.s.-mexico border, migrants waded across the rio grande. >> america is at a breaking point with record levels of illegal immigration. >> reporter: thousands of migrants have crossed illegally in the del rio sector, which includes the border town of eagle pass, where fire chief manuel melo says the numbers are overwhelming. >> a big bunch would probably be 25 persons crossing at one time that would be something big for us to see. >> everybody would be talking about it. >> everybody would be talking about it. now you're looking at 600, 800, 1200, 3,200. >> how much has your job changed? >> drastically. it's changed drastically.

>> reporter: most migrants enter the u.s. illegally, but claim asylum, which means they can't be immediately deported. to share the burden, texas republican governor greg abbott has bussed thousands of migrants to cities led by democrats, including new york, chicago, and denver, where today an encampment was taken down with hundreds of migrants moved into shelters already approaching capacity. and the buses keep showing up. just outside chicago and just outside new york city, they're targeting the suburbs to get around new local laws that require advance notice. as president biden arrived last night at the white house, he blamed congress for inadequate funding. >> got to do something. they ought to give me the money i need to protect the border. >> reporter: but for now chief melo says a federal problem is crushing small border communities. >> hospitals are overwhelmed. how do you think you would feel as a citizen having to wait

because we've got three, four, five migrants inside? >> reporter: this afternoon, the justice department sued texas over a new state law which would make it a state crime to illegally cross the border, and would give the state of texas the power to deport migrants. the doj says it's unconstitutional. norah? >> omar villafranca there on the border. as we mentioned, speaker mike johnson led this delegation of house republicans, and he spoke with cbs news senior foreign affairs correspondent and "face the nation" moderator margaret brennan, where he points the blame for the crisis squarely at the president. >> on his first day in office, president biden came in and issued executive orders that began this chaos. remain in mexico is one of them. the catch and release program has created part of this problem. he could end catch and release. >> but you need the logistical and financial support to do that. you need the judges. you need to be able to process people. we talked to federal judges agents about just that challenge. .

and congress has the purse strings to give him the money to do that. >> that's true. i'll quote to you the deputy chief of the u.s. border patrol. he said it is as if we're trying to administer an open fire hydrant. he said i don't need more buckets. i need the flow to be turned off. the way you do that is with policy changes. we're just asking the white house to apply common sense, and they seem to be completely uninterested in doing so. >> and margaret joins us now from the border. so margaret, what else did the speaker tell you? >> well, norah, the speaker said he does want a deal, but he has not been read in on what the white house and senate are negotiating. you did hear him mention that trump era remain in mexico policy, which requires migrants to stay outside the u.s. while their asylum claims are adjudicated here. tonight i spoke with a senior administration official who told me that while nothing is off the table, the biden administration needs mexico's help. it's hemispheric crisis, and

they're not going to, quote, stuff things down their throats. as for those asylum hearings, there are fewer than 800 judges in this country dealing with three million pending cases. the white house's funding request would hire more judges and help clear that backlog. >> all right, margaret brennan, thank you. you can see more of margaret's interview with house speaker mike johnson. that's this sunday on "face the nation." 2024 is a presidential election year, and this afternoon former president donald trump filed an appeal to the u.s. supreme court, asking the justices to overturn a ruling that keeps him off the primary ballot in colorado. last month, colorado's supreme court ruled that trump is disqualified from holding public office due to his conduct surrounding the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. well, trump filed a similar appeal to maine's superior court after the state's secretary of state there removed trump from the primary ballot in march for the very same reason.

a las vegas judge was attacked in her courtroom today by a man she was about to sentence for attempted battery. video shows the man jumping over the bench an pouncing on the judge. the judge hit her head but is okay. it's unclear when her attacker, a three-time felon will be back in court on additional charges. crazy video. back here at home, weather is a big story. a major winter storm system is plowing across the country, dropping rain and snow in the west. and while the northeast is bracing for what could be the biggest snowstorm in two years. let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. a storm that's been dishing out some serious snow and rain along the west coast is on the move. it could become a significant snowmaker along i-95 in the northeast by this weekend. there is where it sits. it's moving towards colorado, new mexico tomorrow, producing snow here, rain farther south. as we get into friday and saturday, now notice the snow along i-70 through kansas.

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>> i'm olivia gazis in washington. thanks for staying with us. drones are being used for everything from dropping bombs in war zones to delivering groceries and medical supplies. they're also playing a wider role in policing. hundreds of departments already use the technology for surveillance, but a growing number are now sending out drones on emergency calls. mark strassmann has the story. >> this is 911. what's the address? >> reporter: on the edge of atlanta, a 911 call, check on a suspicious person. >> all right, launch. >> reporter: in brookhaven, georgia, the first police responder a drone, racing by air to answer the call along with patrol officers and cruisers. >> it allows us to either escalate a police response or de-escalate it based on the things we're seeing here in the camera view. >> reporter: lieutenant abraham ayana led the department's dfr program two years ago. dfr for drone first responder. two drones operating from a pair

of high-rises, responding to emergency calls in this bedroom community of 60,000 people. >> we don't have a lot of the same resources as large agencies have, particularly with helicopters. drones can be a force multiplier? >> they're absolutely a force multiplier. a drone can cover so much more territory compared to people. >> reporter: the drones don't patrol. they respond. it's aerial intelligence relaying visuals about fast-changing circumstances on the ground. >> murray, stop right there. >> reporter: to officers flying the drones and communicating with patrol units. >> both hands on the steering wheel. >> reporter: even on a routine traffic stop, the drone becomes their backup. >> it's a relief that i know someone else is still looking at me. i don't have a physical backup. >> reporter: a big advantage, response time. on the ground, brookhaven police typically need 4:30 to respond to an emergency call. but by drone, without having to mess with traffic, in the vast

majority of cases, that response time drops to 90 seconds. >> the drone is there. >> reporter: ayana showed us how that quick response has paid off. >> get on the ground! >> reporter: as this officer arrested an armed robbery suspect. a second suspect inside the store panicked. >> run out the back of the cvs. has no idea that there is a drone above him. he jumps another fence and runs and jumps several more fences. >> reporter: the drone led officers right to him. >> and there he is appearing now. and he was captured without incident, with a fraction of the time and a fraction of the resources that otherwise would have been expended. >> reporter: brookhaven's police department is young, only a decade old. this drone program might not fly in much of america. >> a lot of police agencies have a tougher time because they have to deal with issues around privacy and transparency. >> trust. >> trust is a big thing. well don't use drones as a control tactic. that removes any concerns about

profiling or concerns about police policing certain areas differently. we're not looking down in a person's backyard. we're focused on a mission. it is a completely reactionary tool to incidents already occurring on the ground. >> traffic stop. >> reporter: roughly 15 police agencies nationwide have a dfr program. they need a special waiver from the faa. >> i believe that we are on the leading edge of things to come in this field. >> reporter: brook haven police chief brand don gurley says dro discipline can go too far. you go too far, it stays on the ground? >> not only that we kill the opportunity for many other departments across the nation. >> reporter: with a bird's-eye view, suspects can still run, but they can't hide. mark strassmann in brookhaven, georgia. from high-tech policing to the next generation of transportation, the new year is giving a new effort to put nor school buses on the road.

manuel bojorquez has the story from miami. >> reporter: the yellow school bus is a symbol of growing up in the usa. it's also a workhorse of the transportation industry. there are almost 500,000 school buses in the united states, moving 25 million children between home and school over an estimated four billion miles a year. 90% of them run on diesel. >> the exciting part to me is if we took those and made them all electric, that would take 500 million tons of carbon emissions off of the records where these school buses travel on a day-to-day basis. >> reporter: briton smith is president of bluebird. >> you can see from the front end it looks like a regular school bus. >> reporter: which has been making school buses for nearly 100 years. >> this gives more torque. >> reporter: the company added this 40,000-square-foot facility in fort valley, georgia, to produce more zero emission electric vehicles. smith says they put one thousand on the road since 2018.

can these buses hold the charge to where they need to go? >> absolutely. so the really great part is that our school buses have a range of about 130 miles. now most school routes are only 30 to 40 miles in the morning and afternoon. and then it always returns to the same place at night. so every night you're charging. it takes anywhere from four to eight hours to charge overnight and then you're ready. >> reporter: several bus make verse gotten into the electric bus vehicle market. so far just more than 1% of school buses are electric. part of it is basic math. the electric kind can cost $375,000, more than double the cost of a traditional bus. >> okay, here we go. >> reporter: two years ago, the bipartisan infrastructure law earmarked $5 billion to help school districts offset the costs of starting to go electric. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> reporter: but advocates say those districts stand to save $100,000 per electric bus in

fuel and maintenance costs. sue gander is executive director of the maintenance. >> over 15 years or so, you're seeing the savings. and the savings are going right back to the school districts. >> reporter: in miami-dade schools, the 20 electric buses rolled out this school year came from a carmaker settlement with florida over emissions violations. and part of the bush came from those who would be on board. you had students who wanted to see this? >> yes, we did. we had several student groups, environmental clubs. all of that factored into what we were going to do. >> reporter: students in lower income communities are more likely to ride the bus. and diesel exhaust can impact their respiratory health. >> i'm looking around seeing all these electric buses. and you see a smiling face, it's a good feeling because we're doing something good for the community, for our students, for the district. >> reporter: james hicks is the administrative director of miami-dade transportation department. he says they're still fine-tuning routes and charging schedules.

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the streets of southern california have a been literally hopping this week because cruisin is legal again. the decades long ban on low riders went out with the new year, and the vintage cars with their ear-splitting stereos and hydraulic suspensions can now bounce down the street without having to dodge the highway patrol. people who spend a lot of time and money on their ride say it's part of their culture, and new they don't have to hide. natalie morales took a ride. ♪ >> reporter: on any given weekend, down the boulevards of los angeles and the san fernando vall valley, the streets are jumping and pumping with low riders. >> with the boulevard, it's always something going on. sometimes we have two, three events. we don't event know where to go. >> reporter: alejandro vega known in low rider circles as chino has been building and painting cars since the early

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low-riding had developed gang and drug stereotypes by the '80s, leading to bans across california. so why did cruising become illegal? >> they think were looking at it like a public nuisance, as a way to sort of have control of the streets. >> reporter: denise sandoval is a professor of chicano studies in l.a. >> you know, racial stereotyping always plays a role in laws that are targeting working class communities or communities of color. like when you look at the 90s and the attacks on our community. and again, that was sort of the fear of like gangs. but low riders are not gang members. >> reporter: she says since those days, low-riding has regained a lot of positive vibes that first brought it to prominence. >> when you talk to a low rider and you ask them, what does it mean to be a le rider, and they say well, it's about heart, it's about pride, it's about family. it's not just your blood family, but your community also as family. >> all right, cute, revving it

up. >> reporter: on a sunday afternoon recently, i took a cruise with q. he is the member of the uso car club alongside chino vega. >> are we going to bounce? >> bounce a little bit. >> what kind of looks do you get on the highway? >> it's crazy. people pull out their cameras. i get the thumb's up, the honks. >> that is so fun. woo! it's a little tilt a whirl. . more and more women are building and showing off their own rides. >> women have always been a part of low riding as solo riders. low riding has been a masculine activity, but the changes that i've been seeing these last five years is that women are just starting their own clubs. women are a creating space for themselves. >> reporter: for the community, it's a new day for low riders. one where they can embrace their culture without fear of prosecution. >> there is a lot of people that go to the cruise spots and will

literally make a day out of. we take our chairs. we sit down and stay there. when we see the police, we have to pick up and leave. i don't think we have to do that anymore. >> and low riders were celebrating already in force, with cruises over the new year's eve weekend along some of the avenues and boulevards made famous for the joyride, maybe even taking down some of those no cruising signs along the way. and ultimately what they view as freedom of expression, art, and a representation of their culture will no longer be criminalized or discriminated aginst and can be enjoyed by many future generations of low riders. >> that was natalie morales. and that is the "cbs overnight news." (female) i grew up in a home that didn't have running water. my shoes always had holes in them. i know how it is to be poor. i listened to a message of dr. stanley's, talking about, you know, how you never really live your life until you actually give it away.

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>> a dj recently started the party at nobu, las vegas celebrating the luxury brands with free-flowing sake, cavier-topped tacos and decadent desserts. >> we have great teams. >> reporter: the chef nobu remains a the helm after launching his empire with actor robert de niro. >> robert de niro said why don't we do our own hotel? i think it should work. >> reporter: it did work, thanks in part to japanese inspired rooms, nobu spa treatments and room service from nobu restaurants which are always part of the brand's hotels. >> just really amazing innovative ideas with simple ingredients. >> reporter: chicago is also a mecca for food lovers, and even more so now thanks to a very popular tv series based on this real-life italian sandwich shop, mr. beef. >> no, chef does not respect. >> reporter: fans of "the bear" visit mr. beef to show respect

to the charismatic owner. >> it kind of immortalized us. >> reporter: other guests making appearances include republican quality meet and everett with dirks that look like this and this. a chicago food tour inspired by the show launched this month. >> it's actually by popular demand that we're starting the tour, which is really awesome. >> reporter: another option for eating your way through the city. wendy gillette, cbs news, chicago. and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm olivia gazis. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. hundreds of pages of documents from a lawsuit related to accused sex trafficker jeffrey

epstein have been unsealed. they mention former presidents bill clinton and donald trump, but do not accuse them of any wrongdoing. the documents do note contain a list of epstein's clients. several state capitol buildings across the country were evacuated wednesday after receiving bomb threats via email. the fbi called the threats hoax incidents. and a smooth year at the airport. the department of transportation says that 2023 with some of the lowest flight cancellation in 20 years with just canceled. for more information dow oad our app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. ♪ tonight, the crisis at the border with a record number of migrants last month crossing into the united states, with thousands bussed to major american cities like new york and chicago. the new showdown tonight over how to crack down.

>> america is at a breaking point. >> the speaker and more than 60 house republicans traveled to america's southern border. their demands as president biden blames congress for the crisis. guns in america. our look tonight at a family's mission to change gun storage laws. >> we always taught our kids about gun safety, but there are so many places where kids go where guns are in the home. winter's first major storm heads east with new york city, philadelphia and washington bracing for the first significant snow in years. ford recalls over 100,000 vehicles. we'll tell you which models are affected. clark for the win! >> and the amazing caitlin clark's buzzer beater. >> this is why caitlin clark will go down as one of the best to ever play the game. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news."

>> we want to begin tonight with the southern border, where no matter what party you're in, there is agreement that something must be done to stop the unprecedented number of migrants coming across the border. but once again, while there is agreement on that, for decades, both republicans and democrats have been unable to pass comprehensive immigration reform. and as it stands now, president biden has proposed $14 billion in new funding to hire new border agents, asylum officers, and immigration judges, as well as new technology to combat the flow of fentanyl. but tonight you'll hear from the new republican speaker of the house in an interview with us at cbs news. why that proposal is being rejected. here are the facts. a record-breaking number of migrants are crossing into the united states, an average of about 250,000 per month since august. and in december, the numbers hit an all-time high with more than 300,000. well, today a delegation of

house republicans are in the region to draw attention to the crisis. cbs' omar villafranca starts us off tonight from the border in eagle pass, texas. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. house speaker johnson and the republican delegation got a briefing and a first-hand look at the operations during the southern border crisis, something the local officials say has been burdening border towns. >> all we're asking them is go to the ports of entrance. >> reporter: even as house speaker mike johnson and a group of more than 60 fellow republicans were getting briefed near the u.s.-mexico border, migrants waded across the rio grande. >> america is at a breaking point with record levels of illegal immigration. >> reporter: thousands of migrants have crossed illegally in the del rio sector, which includes the border town of eagle pass, where fire chief manuel melo says the numbers are overwhelming. >> a big bunch would probably be 25 persons crossing at one time that would be something big for us to see. >> everybody would be talking about it.

>> yeah, everybody would be talking about it. now you're looking at 600, 800, 1,200, 32,00. >> how much has your job changed? >> drastically. it's changed drastically. >> reporter: most migrants enter the u.s. illegally, but claim asylum, which means they can't be immediately deported. to share the burden, texas republican governor greg abbott has bussed thousands of migrants to cities led by democrats, including new york, chicago, and denver, where today an encampment was taken down, with hundreds of migrants moved into shelters already approaching cap capacity. and the buses keep showing up. just outside chicago and just outside new york city, they're targeting the suburbs to get around new local laws that require advance notice. as president biden arrived last night at the white house, he blamed congress for inadequate funding. >> got to do something. they ought to give me the money i need to protect the border. >> reporter: but for now chief melo says a federal problem is

crushing small border communities. >> hospitals are overwhelmed. how do you think you would feel as a citizen having to wait because we've got three, four, five migrants inside? >> reporter: this afternoon, the justice department sued texas over a new state law which would make it a state crime to illegally cross the border, and would give the state of texas the power to deport migrants. the doj says it's unconstitutional. norah? >> omar villafranca there on the border. as we mentioned, speaker mike johnson led this delegation of house republicans. he spoke with cbs news senior affairs and "face the nation" margaret brennan, where he points the blame for the crisis squarely at the president. >> on his first day in office, president biden came in and issued executive orders that began this chaos. remain in mexico is one of them. the catch and release program has created part of this problem. he could end catch and release. >> but you need the logistical and financial support to do that. you need the judges. you need to be able to process people.

we talked to federal judges federal agents about just that challenge. and congress has the purse strings to give him the money to do that. >> that's true. i'll quote to you the deputy chief of the u.s. border patrol. he said it is as if we're trying to administer an open fire hydrant. he said i don't need more buckets. i need the flow to be turned off. the way you do that is with policy changes. we're just asking the white house to apply common sense, and they seem to be completely uninterested in doing so. >> and margaret joins us now from the border. so margaret, what else did the speaker tell you? >> well, norah, the speaker said he does want a deal, but he has not been read in on what the white house and senate are negotiating. you did hear him mention that trump era remain in mexico policy, which requires migrants to stay outside the u.s. while their asylum claims are adjudicated here. tonight i spoke with a senior administration official who told me that while nothing is off the

table, the biden administration needs mexico's help. it's hemispheric crisis, and they're not going to, quote, stuff things down their throats. as for the asylum hearings, there are fewer than 800 judges in this country dealing with three million pending cases. the white house's funding request would hire more judges and help clear that backlog. >> all right, margaret brennan, thank you. you can see more of margaret's interview with house speaker mike johnson. that's this sunday on "face the nation." back here at home, weather is a big story. a major winter storm system is plowing across the country, dropping rain and snow in the west. and while the northeast is bracing for what could be the biggest snowstorm in two years. let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. a storm that's been dishing out some serious snow and rain along the west coast is on the move. it could become a significant snowmaker along i-95 in the northeast by this weekend. there is where it sits. it's moving towards colorado, new mexico tomorrow, producing

snow here, rain farther south. as we get into friday and saturday, now notice the snow along i-70 through kansas. rain and even thunderstorms down along the gulf coast, including around new orleans. getting into the weekend, this is when it becomes a bigger player now. heavier showers and thunderstorms with a big mess farther north now. a mix, freezing rain, even snow. saturday, the low really begins to form here off the coastline. snow forming for us here from philadelphia northbound. and then really bombing out, potentially producing big wind force as well. how much snow are we talking about? in some pockets maybe a foot, but a large area north from maine all the way to west

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>> turning now that deadly attack in iran. a senior white house official saying just moments ago that it looks like the kind that isis has staged in the past. two explosions killed nearly 100 people at a ceremony honoring a top iranian general, a man who the pentagon says was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of americans. cbs' ian lee reports. >> reporter: blood, panic, and chaos after twin bombings in iran today. scores of people were killed when the explosions ripped through a procession near the tomb of iranian general qasem soleimani. videos of the nation's deadliest bombing in more than 40 years showed bodies lying on the road. no one has yet claimed responsibility. the state department quickly condemned the attack. >> number one, the united states was not involved in any way. and any suggestion to the

contrary is ridiculous. and number two, we have no reason to believe israel was involved in this explosion. >> reporter: iran has had long conflicts with isis and arab separatists that have carried out similar attacks in recent years. iranian officials told state media the bags carrying the bombs appear to have been detonated by remote control. soleimani was a feared leader of iran's elite revolutionary guard corp. thousands gathered on the anniversary of his death when state media reports the first bomb detonated. a second bomb exploded 15 minutes later, targeting people fleeing the first. and tonight part of the uncertainty who carried out the attacks, it is raising concerns on rising escalations in the region. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei said it will be met

with a harsh response. norah? >> ian lee, thank you very much. 2024 is a presidential election year, and this afternoon former president donald trump filed an appeal to the u.s. supreme court, asking the justices to overturn a ruling that keeps him off the primary ballot in colorado. last month, colorado's supreme court ruled that trump is disqualified from holding public office due to his conduct surrounding the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. well, trump filed a similar appeal to maine's superior court after the state's secretary of state there removed trump from the primary ballot in march for the very same reason. tonight there is new information on the cause of that fiery crash in japan involving two planes on the same runway. it happened at one of tokyo's busiest airports in the wake of a devastating earthquake. cbs' elizabeth palmer is in tokyo. >> reporter: at the moment of collision, a fireball. then the japan airlines airbus sped along the runway in flames.

today the transport ministry said the passenger jet had authorization to land here. the coast guard-8 did not. a transcript shows the control tower told the japan airlines pilot he was cleared to land while the coast guard pilot was told to taxi to a holding point. the evacuation of the airbus was textbook. with only three of the eight emergency exits accessible, the cabin crew got 379 people off the plane safely. 12 hours later, this was all that was left of the plane. investigators are combing the wreckage, in part to see how the new generation carbon fiber body withstood the blaze. an inquiry will now examine the aircraft's voice recorders and interview the pilots who both survived. the coast guard plane had been headed here on a relief

mission to the area of western japan devastated by an earthquake on new year's day. destroyed roads have slowed the rescue effort, which now includes 2,000 military personnel and more dogs able to sniff out both the living and the dead. a race is now on to locate more than 100 people still believed to be buried in the ruins. those rescue crews are facing enormous obstacles. not only is there no power, no water, no internet, no cell phone service in many areas, but the near constant aftershocks is making it very dangerous for them to crawl in to those ruined buildings. norah? >> it's an incredible story. elizabeth palmer, thank you. well, tonight the cdc says seasonal respiratory illnesses are surging across the country, this as 31 states and washington, d.c. report high or very high levels of the flu. cbs' janet shamlian reports from the hard-hit state of texas.

>> reporter: tonight 3-month-old reese prater is hospitalized more than 300 miles from home at cook children's medical center in fort worth, texas, because it was the closest pediatric intensive care bed available. it must have been pretty serious. >> it was. he was on oxygen almost immediately when we got to the hospital. his breathing was quickly getting worse and heavier. >> reporter: prater has rsv. back home in amarillo his 3-year-old brother is sick with the flu. cases like theirs overwhelming children's hospitals. >> in the past 24 hours, our emergency rooms and urgent cares have seen over 600 kids. that's a kid being checked in every two minutes to be seen by a provider. >> reporter: it's not just texas. across the country, there were more than 73,000 flu hospitalizations, and more than 4500 deaths, including 20 children. but the fewer than half of children received this year's flu vaccine, the lowest in five years. rsv infections are dropping, but

flu and covid cases continue to rise. what's being done to accommodate the influx of patients? >> we've had to open up a second unit that was under renovations. sometimes we have kids who are waiting to go to our icus who are waiting in the emergency room because we do not have any beds available. >> reporter: with kids heading back to school after a break, hospitals are bracing for a holiday hangover, another wave of pediatric patients. for reese's mom marty, though, there is an end in sight. are you at the point you finally feel you can exhale? or not yet. >> yes, i think so. this morning was probably that turning point for me when we got there and she said he's been off oxygen for 40 minutes and he is doing really good. >> reporter: doctors here at cook children's medical center stress it is not too late to get a flu shot. and while the flu season usually at the end of march, they wouldn't be surprised this year if it stretches into april. norah?

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on january 31st, 2018. he was 15 years old. >> it was probably one of the best conversations i had ever had with ethan. >> reporter: the day that he died? >> yes. because after he got his braces off, ethan was thinking what his future was going to be like. >> reporter: but that day while hanging out at his best friend's house, ethan was shot and rushed to the hospital, where his parents learned ethan had died. >> it feels like someone is physically ripping your heart out of your body while also shoving you off a cliff. and we were probably on the floor for five minutes just trying to cope with, you know, taking the next breath. and then it occurs to you that your other children are about to get this body blow that will forever harm them. >> reporter: an investigation found ethan was accidentally shot while he and his 14-year-old best friend were playing with a gun. that gun belonged to the best friend's father. but it was the 14-year-old who was charged with manslaughter and sentenced to probation,

according to the songs. and because of state law at the time, the father could not be found negligent for failing to secure his firearm. >> ethan meant nothing in the eyes of the law. basically what the prosecutor said to us is you need to change the law. >> reporter: right now, 26 states have some form of gun safe storage or child access prevention laws. last year, there were at least 377 unintentional shootings by children resulting in 145 deaths. in 2019, the songs helped pass ethan's law in connecticut, requiring all firearms to be safely stored in homes occupied by minors under 18. how confident you that this will become a nationwide law? >> i'm 100% confident. >> supremely. >> yeah, because i will not stop until it's done. >> reporter: a growing number of parents turned advocates, fighting in memory of their children. jericka duncan, cbs news, gilford, connecticut.

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ranger has now been identified as brianna johnson, and a warrant is now out for her arrest. was a buzzer beater you have to see to believe, from who else, you know her, iowa's caitlin clark. we've got the video, the points scored. that's all next. finally tonight, the most exciting player in college basketball has done it again. >> are they going to get the ball up in time? clark for the win, yes! >> swoosh.

iowa's caitlin clark hit that three-pointer at the buzzer from the half-court logo to lead the hawkeyes to a last-second victory over michigan state. the reigning national player of the year scored 40 points for the tenth time in her career, the most of any division i player in recent history. she is simply incredible. what a baller. love her! and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and you can follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. hundreds of pages of documents from a lawsuit related to

accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein have been unsealed. they mention former presidents bill clinton and donald trump, but do not accuse them of any wrongdoing. the documents do not contain a list of epstein's clients. several state capitol buildings across the country were evacuated wednesday after receiving bomb threats via email. the fbi called the threats hoax incidents. and a smooth year at the airport. the department of transportation says that 2023 with the low flight cancellation in 20 years with just 1.2% of flights canceled. for more download the cbs news app on your it's thursday, january 4th, 2024. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, a father and son arrested in the murders of a pregnant texas teen and her boyfriend.