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well, it wasn't the wedding this couple planned for. they got married at the highland hospital in oakland. it was supposed to be at the courthouse earlier this week, but the groom was admitted to the hospital on their wedding day. the couple says they are grateful for the hospital staff that helped arrange tonight, inflight fright. >> alaska, 1282. >> a door on an alaska airlines boeing jet rips off the aircraft leaving a gaping hole at 16,000 feet. >> i heard like a big bang. >> the cabin depressurized,
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forcing passenger to grab oxygen masks. >> the pilot, thank god, he got us landed. >> the plane nearly new. now the faa taking action. grounding others just like it across the country. we'll have the latest on the investigation. also tonight, winter storm alert. at least 40 million people along the east coast are in the path of freezing rain, flooding, and snow. but there's an even bigger cross country threat on its heels. that could impact travel next week. we'll have the details. it's been three years since the january 6th insurrection. tonight, stunning newly released video from the deadly stand-off inside the capitol. and countdown to caucus. as donald trump faces legal issues across the country, a new cbs news poll reveals whether americans think he should appear on the ballot. and later, rocking the boat.
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the program helping kids navigate life's choppy waters. >> i think like the adrenaline pump you get out of it is incredible. good evening. adriana is off. the northeast is in the midst of the first big snowstorm of the season. a wintry mix is bringing snow, rain and icy roads. up to a foot of snow is expected along a huge stretch of the east from pennsylvania to maine. but first, we begin with the investigation into an alaska airlines jet that had a section of its fuselage blow out mid flight. cbs is in wllos angeles with th details. >> reporter: the faa is temporarily grounding and requiring immediate inspections of about 171 boeing 737 max-9
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planes after that flight's plane lost a chunk of its cell mid air forcing an emergency landing in portland. a plug door blew off the plane while it was 16,000 feet in the sky. >> alaska, we just depressurized. >> reporter: the 171 passengers and six crew members on board the aircraft friday evening were headed to ontario, california. videos taken from inside the plane show passengers appearing calm. >> i heard a big bang. i looked to my left and there's a huge chunk, a part of the airplane missing. >> there was a kid in that row. his shirt was sucked off him and out of the plane. >> reporter: no serious injuries were reported. could this have been much worse? >> if this had happened at hare altitude, the odds are it could have been a whole lot worse. >> reporter: cbs news travel editor peter greenberg.
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>> this still seems like an anomaly. if it is a design flaw with the entire fleet, you have a very serious problem. >> reporter: the plane had only been in service a couple months. tonight the faa is ordering inspections of that airliner and dozens more like it. >> it is going back to the assembly line itself to see what may have happened from day one on the assembly line to see how this could occur. it will take some time. >> reporter: alaska and united airline are the only u.s. carriers that use the 737 max-9s. both airlines are warning passengers to expect delays as the planes undergo inspections. >> thanks. now to the snowstorm, winter storm warnings and advisories are in place from the appalachians to new england. people are bracing for up to a foot of snow in some parts. nicky is in allenton, pennsylvania. >> reporter: snow started falling here just a few hours ago, but already, it's quite the wintry mess.
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locals here are used to snow. they say they haven't seen a storm like this in quite a while. warnings went up as the snow came down across the northeast. big flakes fell in western pennsylvania and at the opposite end of the state, we found travelers surprised at the storm's intensity. do you remember the last time it snowed? >> no. not like this. it's bad. >> reporter: the storm has been marching east, blanketing arkansas, including this bridge where several tractor-trailers collided. communities in the northeast have been preparing for days. crews readying plows and pre-treating roads. >> this is their super bowl. they live for the big storms. this is our first big storm so we're excited. >> reporter: boston could get a half foot of snow in parts of new england could get double that. the storm could end a snowfall drought in several northeast cities, including new york. cities could see an inch or more, an amount not seen for almost two years. >> we're expecting our operation will largely be focused on
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spreading salt on every street in the city just so the roads don't get slippery. >> reporter: snow and rain are expected to fall through overnight on large swaths of the east. >> don't go out unless you need to go out. stay off the roads. >> reporter: many leading the warning clearing the stores ahead of time. >> milk, bread, the usual. i don't want to leave my house on sunday if i don't have to. >> reporter: crews in the northeast say they're grateful the storm is hitting this weekend when fewer people need to go places. but robert, a second even more powerful storm is expected to bring ice, speak to, rain, and even strong winds from texas to the northeast by mid-week. >> thank you. now to the forecast. for more on what's going on tonight and next week, let's bring in meteorologist alex wilson from our partners at the weather channel. >> all right, robert. first i want to tell you about today's storm.
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we're getting big snow in parts of the northeast. areas like new york city, it is rain for you guys. we'll continue to see the rain, the snow, the wind overnight and into tomorrow morning. by tomorrow afternoon, things begin to waned down. still some interior snow for parts of the northeast. the heaviest snow focused along the i-81 corridor and points east. big cities like new york and philadelphia missing out on this one. then the next system waiting in the wings. this is going to be a powerhouse storm. significant severe weather along the gulf coast. heavy snow, blizzard conditions possible in the plains, but very warm into the northeast, and rain. a lot of rain coming for areas that have just seen some snow. so there is a significant concern, unfortunately, already several days out. tuesday into wednesday, we could be looking at likely flooding in the northeast. >> thanks, alex wilson. and weather is to blame for a deadly and massive 35-vehicle pileup on an interstate highway in california. two people were killed and nine
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more were injured in the wrecks near bakersfield, california. police blame the crashes on foggy conditions. at left a 18 tractor-trailers were among the vehicles involved. the u.s. supreme court has agreed to here arguments next month over a decision by the colorado supreme court, finding donald trump ineligible to the presidency blocking him from the it at a's primary ballot. ed o'keefe is on the campaign good evening. are these legal issues having an impact on trump's campaign? >> the former president continues to say he's confident that he'll ultimately prevail and even more legal challenges continue to embolden his supporters in the first of the nation state. on the question of whether or not he should appear on ballots across the country, a new cbs news poll out tonight shows a narrow majority of americans would keep him on. you'll notice a sharp partisan divide. eight in ten democrats would take him off ballots.
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nine in ten republicans would keep him on them. as justices prepare for the case, trump has issued a warning. >> i just hope we get fair treatment because if we don't, our country is in big, big trouble. does everybody understand what i'm saying? it so. >> so ed, where does the race stand overall? >> well, trump maintains the double digit lead according to recent polls. he's overseeing a far more disciplined operation than the first time in iowa. his opponents are in a mad dash to finish in second place behind him. ron zants and nikki haley are set to spend most of next week in iowa and they're both set to debate each other. they're both calling on the former president to join them on the debate stage. he calls them disloyal. bob? >> in iowa, thanks. today marks three years since the violent siege on the u.s. capitol.
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this morning the fbi arrested three fugitives wanted in connection with the attack and what has been the largest criminal investigation in american history. tonight in newly released video, we see capitol police officers calmly fending off protesters as they try to enter the house chamber while two republican congressmen admonish the rioters for what they're doing. the conspiracy theories and political divisions that gave rise to january 6th persist and raise fears about the future. >> reporter: the officers were outnumbered and overwhelmed by a mob. some of whom fought police with chemical spray, makeshift weapons, poles and fists. >> what stands out to you most when you think back to three years ago today? >> how it came out of nowhere. >> reporter: deputy chief thomas lloyd was in the thick of it. >> you never forget that. it still hangs on you. >> every day. >> reporter: police withheld the siege after there was an investigation unlike any of its
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history. >> not only the largest doj investigation ever, it's probably the most successful, too. >> reporter: scott frederickson is a foerld federal prosecutor. >> they have pretty much a perfected record in all of their prosecutions. >> reporter: the feds have charged nearly 1,200 people. more than half of whom have pleaded guilty. dozens more have been convicted at trial including every single defendant to face a jury. some who face charges remain fugitives and the fbi has yet to catch whoever left live pipe bombs near the capitol that day. president trump is raising the prospect of pardons for rioters if he takes office. >> i call them the j-6 hostages, not prisoners. i call them the hostages. >> reporter: roiling tensions and enraging the family of brian sicknick who died of a stroke one day after being assaulted stopping the mob. >> they broke the law. they broke several laws. they're on camera doing it. they're convicted in court and
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sitting in jail because of it. >> reporter: this investigation is about to get larger. federal prosecutors say they expect dozens month of arrests in the coming months. cbs news, the capitol. president biden has accepted house speaker mike johnson's invitation to deliver the state of the union address on march 7th. the president responded on x writing, looking forward to it, mr. speaker. it will be johnson's first state of the union as speaker and will serve as a critical platform for mr. biden to make his case for re-election to the country. secretary of state antony blinken is en route to the middle east again. his fourth trim there since fighting between israel and hamas broke out on october 7th. the state department says blinken is aiming to prevent the conflict from spreading while expanding humanitarian aid and reducing civilian casualties. meanwhile the israeli military says it has completely dismanned hamas's military framework in northern gaza. ian lee has the latest from tel
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aviv. >> reporter: good evening. secretary of state antony blinken arrived in turkey to a middle east in trouble. he'll be playing the role of firefighter as he tries to extinguish the conflicts popping up in the region. the worst fighting in israel's north in nearly 20 years risk as new war. today lebanese militants hezbollah fired more than 60 rockets across the border. israel responded with punishing air strikes and artillery. hezbollah says its attack is revenge for the assassination of a top hamas commander in beirut this week. in yemen's capital, iranian-backed houthi rebels warn to stop attacking commercial shipping. we will make the sea as we made the land. a graveyard for america and israel, says this man. today the u.s. navy announced it shot down a houthi drone near multiple ships and cbs news has learned the pentagon is preparing plans to it will back at the houthis including strikes
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against targets in yemen. hamas's brutal attack three months ago sparked the crisis. in southern gaza, israeli forces advance. their main focus now, air strikes pound the city. nearby palestinians dig a new cemetery. the old ones are already full. israeli traps hunt for hamas in southern gaza while searching for hostages. this person attended the music festival with his brother when the militants attacked. >> what is it like coming back here? >> it's a weird feeling. >> reporter: he got away. guy didn't. taken by hamas. time now stands still with his brother in captivity. >> may bromy brother is the who world for me. >> more than 100 hostages remain if gaza including six americans. secretary of state antony blinken will likely work for their release while also pushing to get more desperately needed
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but for some students in new york, it's about pushing through the waves of life. >> the adrenaline pump you get out of it is like incredible. >> reporter: 17-year-old victoria morillo sails along the bronx river with confidence and ease. >> i've seen people come out here, oh, my god, this is really scary. especially -- >> reporter: like that right there? >> yeah. i was shy before rocking the boat, now i apply communication, being assertive, letting people know i'm here, and i have a voice. >> adjust to that angle, then should be correct. >> reporter: she's one of 900 students who joined rocking the boat, a nonprofit organization teaching middle and high schoolers how to build boats, sail them, and the importance of protecting the water quality of the river. >> why you have to replace the whole thing.
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>> reporter: adam green founded the program 25 years ago. >> i started it as a volunteer project out of college. it's changed a whole lot. >> reporter: in one of new york city's poorest neighborhoods in the bronx, on purpose, says green, who always envisioned working with underserved youth. where does that come from? >> in me, i guess my parents. i was very fortunate to have parents who were always focused on equity, on trying to allow everybody to have opportunities. >> reporter: 33-year-old juan pablo is the director of sailing. what is your hope for these children you're interacting with on a regular basis? >> we want kids to come through here and learn about themselves, what they want to do in the future, set goals for the future. our hope for them is to be able to become better people. sailing, environmental education and building is a motivation to get there.
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>> reporter: by the looks of it, students like victoria are headed in the right direction. cbs news, new york. >> that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. i'm robert costa in washington. thanks for watching. good night. captioning funded by cbs -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com f0 from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. >> i look to my left, and there's a huge part of the airplane just missing. now at 6:00, more than 170 passenger jets grounded after a near disaster on an alaska airlines flight. what investigators are saying about the mid-air incident. >> we have to do more with less.
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plus, why san francisco officials want voters to remove some restrictions on the city's police force. and a second snowstorm within a week blanketing the sierra. how much is falling and the major issues on the roads. and suspended no more. what we're learning about what draymong green could be back on the court for the warriors. good evening, i'm andrea nakano. brian is off tonight. it may be hard to believe, but election season is already here. the california primary is coming up march 5th. that's less than two months away. san francisco's problems are not easily solved, but some officials will be asking the voters in march to help remove what they say are obstacles to progress. john ramos has the story. >> reporter: doom loop or not, whatever situation san francisco finds its in is largely of

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