can't control yourself. and trump retorted you can't either. he continued to attack carroll even after her testimony. >> it's a rigged deal. it's a made-up fabricated story. >> reporter: carroll telling jurors she has received regular death threats since she publicized the sexual assault committed by mr. trump. a separate new york jury award her a total of $5 million in that case. attorney joe tamburino believes in this case the jury might hold trump's outbursts against him. >> everything he does in that courtroom is watched by the jury, and that jury is going to take every look that he give, every word that he says, every time he gestures or makes a noise, and they can use that against him. >> reporter: now keep this in mind. president trump is not required to attend these proceedings, which are focused on one very narrow thing, exactly how much ms. carroll should be awarded for the defamation mr. trump has

already been found liable for. and there remains the possibility, norah, that he may take the stand in his own defense, but that may come with very specific restrictions. >> errol barnett, thank you. donald trump tonight hitting the campaign trail in new hampshire, holding a campaign event just six days before the first-in-the-nation primary. cbs' caitlin huey-burns is on the ground in the granite state where she is talking to voters. >> reporter: with just six days to go until the first in the nation presidential primary, it's shaping up to be nikole killion versus donald trump. florida governor ron desantis is shifting resources to the next primary in south carolina, aiming to pressure former u.n. ambassador nikki haley in her home state. he'll return home here to new hampshire later this week. >> i've been campaigning for 11 months now. >> reporter: haley is staking her campaign on new hampshire, and setting her sights on front-runner donald trump. >> chaos follows him. we can't have a country in disarray and a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos.

we won't survive it. >> reporter: and she has grabbed trump's attention. >> nikki hailly is a disaster. >> reporter: but she has also stirred new controversy on racism in america. >> no. we're not a racist country, brian. we've never been a racist country. >> for you to say that america has never been a racist country, it's just like -- >> was she asleep during the 1960s? >> reporter: we sat down with a group of republican and independent voters here weighing the candidates and found them disappointed with their options. how many of you are excited about your choices this time around? no one? who are you leaning towards? >> i'm leaning towards donald trump. i'm not crazy about him as a person. not looking for a husband or a friend, though. looking for somebody who is going to improve the quality of americans, the majority of americans' lives, financially hopefully. >> nikki haley, i'm not a

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now to that double health scare for the royal family. catherine, princess of wales is in a london hospital tonight where she is recovering from what is called a planned abdominal recovery. buckingham palace also announced that king charles will undergo a procedure next week for an enlarged prostate. >> reporter: the last time both king charles and princess catherine were seen in public, they were the picture of health as they attended the royal family's annual christmas day church service. a palace source told cbs news it was the king himself who wanted to make the details of his diagnosis public to encourage other men who may be experiencing symptoms related to an enlarged prostate to see their own doctors. less than a year after his lavish coronation, the 75-year-old king is doing things

decidedly differently than his late mother by manage more open about his health. the announcement came shortly after it was revealed his daughter-in-law, the princess of wales was recovering from a successful planned abdominal surgery. in a statement, kensingon palace announced the princess will spend up to two weeks in a london hospital and several months recuperating, stressing the surgery was not cancer-related. >> really shocked, actually. didn't realize that she was being so unwell. yeah, just hope that she is doing okay. >> reporter: known as kate, the 42-year-old mother of three frequently polls as one of the most popular and photographed members of the royal family, who since the death of queen elizabeth and following her brother and sister-in-law harry and meghan's sensational departure from senior royal duties has increasingly been undertaking solo public engagements. despite the king's openness, we

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being struck by a tractor-trailer. so far, at least ten have died in oregon after a string of storms plunged parts of the state into a deep freeze. up to a quarter inch of ice made driving treacherous around portland. these are the icy streets that everyone in this community is facing right now. it is a complete sheet of ice. it feels like the car is in an ice skating rink. heavy ice and strong winds toppled more than 300 trees in the area. mark christiansen's truck took a double hit. >> there was one right on the front and one on the back bumper. >> reporter: the winter blast knocked out power to nearly 76,000 oregon customers. the dahlstroms have had no electricity for five days. what's it like inside your house? >> our kitchen is 30 degrees right now. and yeah, all my fish are dead, and i had ball pythons as pets that are dead. so it's sad.

>> reporter: a third of the flights out of portland were canceled today. in buffalo, new york, plows are battling lake-effect snow up to 4 inches an hour. more that two feet could blanket the region by thursday. snow also fell further south in knoxville, tennessee, where it caused this boat dock to collapse. and in several cities, including bellingham, washington, schools were closed. residents urged to stay close to home and stay safe. this is the kind of damage that homeowners are dealing with, and many still don't have power in the portland area. so far 18 people have been treated at local emergency rooms for carbon monoxide poisoning. firefighters say some had used generators and portable propane stoves inside. norah? >> that's scary. carter evans, thank you. now to donald trump's blowup inside a new york city courtroom where he is accused of defamation and could face a $10 million fine. donald trump has already been found liable for defamation and for sexually abusing e. jean carroll. cbs' errol barnett was there today.

>> reporter: tonight the former president taking his defense to the cameras. >> i have no idea who she was and nor could i care less. >> reporter: despite this photo showing them socializing back in 1987, mr. trump continues to deny knowing e. jean carroll. inside the federal courthouse, mr. trump was warned of being thrown out by judge lewis kaplan, citing audible reactions to ms. carroll's often emotional retelling of trump's attack on her character and credibility. carroll's attorney telling the judge she is worried the jury could hear trump saying, quote, it is a witch hunt, and, quote, it really is a con job. kaplan warned the current republican front-runner he may lose his privilege to sit through the trial, to which trump replied"i would love it." the judge responded "you just can't control yourself", and trump retorted "you can't either."

he continued to attack carroll even after her testimony. >> it's a rigged deal. it's a made-up fabricated story. jurors she has received regular death threats since she publicized the sexual assault committed by mr. trump. a separate new york jury award her a total of $5 million in that case. attorney joe tamburino believes in this case the jury might hold trump's outbursts against him. >> everything he does in that courtroom is watched by the jury, and that jury is going to take every look that he give, every word that he says, every time he gestures or makes a noise, and they can use that against him. >> reporter: now keep this in mind. president trump is not required to attend these proceedings, which are focused on one very narrow thing, exactly how much ms. carroll should be awarded for the defamation mr. trump has already been found liable for. and there remains the possibility, norah, that he may take the stand in his own defense, but that will come with very specific restrictions. >> errol barnett, thank you.

there is breaking news from the mideast. tonight a u.s. official tells cbs news the military has launched another round of strikes targeting houthi-controlled territory in yemen, specifically targeting sites prepared to launch attacks. this comes after a u.s. cargo ship was hit today by a suicide drone fired by the houthis. there are no reports of injuries. earlier the u.s. saying it is putting the houthis back on the list of terrorists. the houthis have been targeting commercial ships, avenging israel's crackdown on hamas. president biden met with congressional leaders a the white house today to discuss negotiations over a national security package, which includes funding for ukraine, israel, and the southern border. cbs' weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> reporter: with ukraine funding dwindling by the day, president biden summoned

congressional leaders to the white house, urging them to pass more money. senate majority leader chuck schumer moments after the meeting wrapped. >> i am more optimistic than ever before that we come to an agreement. i put the chances at a little bit greater than half now. >> reporter: the white house is asking for a nearly $106 billion national security package that includes more than $60 billion for ukraine. but house speaker mike johnson insists his republican caucus would block it unless the administration agrees to change immigration policies. >> before we even talk about ukraine, i am going to tell the president, what i'm telling all of you and we have told the american people. border, border, border. >> speaker johnson has made clear that they're not even going to talk about ukraine until the border is addressed. so how is the president going to navigate that? >> he is not the only person that is going to be in the room. there will be other congressional members. >> reporter: including a bipartisan group of senators who are hammering out an immigration deal. but hard-line republicans have said it would be dead on arrival in the house. the funding package also includes $14 billion for israel in its fight against hamas.

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inside they found advanced weaponry from iran. two navy s.e.a.l.s fell overboard and remain missing. in an alarming turn, hostilities are now boiling over into the greater middle east, with iran launching attacks in iraq, syria, and pakistan in the last two days. dizzying flash points that risk spiraling even further out of control. sparked by the hamas massacre on october 7th and israel's devastating counteroffensive in gaza. "my house was bombed and i fled here without bringing anything with me, not even money," says yousef abui shaq. we need bread, food and blankets a deal has just been brokered by israel and hamas to deliver additional aid to palestinians in exchange for medicine to israeli hostages. more than 130 remain in hamas captivity. it was qatar that helped broker

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her father's seat to collide backwards, colliding with taylor, killing her, despite being killed in her car seat. >> i didn't want my daughter to die in vain, and i'm going to go to the end of the earth to make sure this taken care of. >> reporter: 13 careers since the accident. thy hope the heart-wrenching anniversary would finally come with some relief. >> wee! >> reporter: a new regulation making vehicle seats stronger. but the nation's top auto safety regulator missed its congressionally mandated deadline. >> as a mom it makes me angry. every day i put my kids in the car, and i worry to this day because you don't know. it could happen again. >> reporter: we found crash test after crash test after crash test showing what can happen when a seat collapses. but every single one met or exceeded the federal strength standard dating to 1967. and so does a banquet chair. >> 200! >> reporter: safety estimates nearly one child a week dies in this kind of crash. >> it shouldn't require an act of congress to get them to act

on regulation. >> we shouldn't have to wait for people to die to take action. >> reporter: national transportation safety board chair jennifer homendy. >> there recommendations on recommendations on recommendations that the ntsb has issued over and over and over again to nhtsa and others and there hasn't been an action. that tells me you're not serious about safety. so get serious. >> i'm going to turn up the heat on nhtsa. >> reporter: ed markey led the effort in congress, passing legislation as part of the 2021 infrastructure deal, giving the national highway traffic safety administration two years to draft a strength standard. why is it this hard to get something done up here? >> it shouldn't be hard. this is actually very simple. we're not trying to put somebody on a mission to mars. we're just trying to make sure kids in the back seat are protected. >> reporter: markey and connecticut senator richard blumenthal are among ten senators demanding answers. >> frankly, i'm going to the president of the united states, and i'm going say you don't want this agency to be delaying

andallying when kids' lives are at stake. >> reporter: nhtsa told the far senators it is proceeding as expeditiously as possible and plans to publish a proposed seat regulation in the coming months according to this letter obtained by chris before christmas. >> what are you going to do about missing deadlines like this? >> when it comes to safety, the one thing that matter morse than doing something in times for a congressional deadline is doing it right. >> reporter: transportation secretary pete buttigieg. >> every week that goes by safety experts believe another child loses their life. why can't this get done faster? >> nhtsa has to make tough choices every day because literally everything they do involves life safety. they have limited resources to deal with dozens of overlapping requirements and mandates. >> reporter: but for the warners -- >> it needs to be fixed, and it needs to be fixed now. >> reporter: each day they wait is another reminder of a life cut short 13 years ago, and countless more that could be

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>> reporter: and took indie rock to the top of the pop charts. ♪ if you believe they put a man on the moon, man on the moon ♪ >> reporter: music is way beyond rational thinking, stipe has said. it doesn't have to make any sense. but there is something there. ♪ it's the end of the world as we know it ♪ >> reporter: rem enters the songwriters hall of fame. ♪ i feel fine ♪ ♪ i don't want to spend my life jaded, waiting ♪ >> reporter: hillary lindsey has written 27 number one country hits, many with carrie underwood. ♪ visa success take the wheel, take it from my hands ♪ >> reporter: with laurie mckenna and liz rose, she is part of the love junkies, the trio that wrote the grammy-winning "girl crush" for little big town.

♪ maybe then you'd want me just as much, i got a girl crush ♪ >> reporter: lady gaga went to lindsey to could write "a million reasons". ♪ reasons to wonder why, baby i need just one good one, good one ♪ >> reporter: there have been so many days that i think i'll never write another good song, lindsey said, and yet i show up. i don't want to, but i show up. hillary lindsey has now shown up in the songwriters hall of fame. ♪ as a kid growing up in virginia, timothy moseley wanted to be a dj. "then my mom bought me a casio keyboard," he recalled, "and i started to sample sounds." as timbaland, he put a stutter in the beat of r&b and became one of music's most influential

producers. ♪ ♪ riding my pony ♪ >> reporter: cowriting monster hits with missy elliott ♪ ♪ >> justin timberlake. ♪ i'm bringing sexy back, them other boys don't know how to act ♪ >> reporter: and nellie furtado. ♪ you teasing me, you know what i want and i got what you need ♪ >> reporter: timbaland has been elected to the songwriters hall of fame. ♪ remember my name, fame ♪ >> reporter: dean pitchford has written some of the most memorable movie themes of our time. from "fame" to "footloose." ♪ got to cut loose, footloose, kick up the sunday shoes ♪ >> reporter: and even the lizzie

maguire movie. ♪ hey now, hey now, this is what dreams are made of ♪ >> reporter: an actor and dancer, pitchford played pippa on broadway, but made his mark as a songwriter. his songs became hits for melissa manchester. ♪ you should hear how she talks about you, you should hear what she's saying ♪ >> reporter: whitney houston. ♪ he fills me up, he gives me love, more love than i've ever seen ♪ >> reporter: and denise williams. ♪ i just want to cheer, let's hear it for the boy ♪ >> reporter: give the boy a hand. dean pitchford is now in the songwriters hall of fame. ♪ >> reporter: donald fagan and walter becker met at baird college in new york in 1967 "when we started, we were going to be the white sam and dave,"

fagan said. ♪ are you reeling in the years ♪ >> reporter: instead, as steely dan, they created a brazen fusion of jazz, pop, and r&b marked by complex chord changes and often inscrutable lyrics. ♪ when you smile for the camera, i love you better ♪ >> reporter: a universe of characters came alive in their music. ♪ ricky don't lose that number ♪ >> reporter: steely dan is now i the songwriters hall of fame. ♪ you might use it if you feel

many americans decided to skip their flu and covid shots this season, and that's led to a big jump in cases. michael george reports. >> reporter: winter respiratory viruses have been hitting hard this season. >> it spread very quickly. >> reporter: the carter family

suspects they got sick on a flight to florida christmas day. >> i've got a burning throat. i'm completely lethargic, and i've got a fever and headache. >> reporter: and we should expect more illnesses to come. while some flu indicators decreased last week like hospitalizations, the cdc says it's monitoring for another surge that usually comes after the holidays. >> folks, try not to seek care during the holiday season, but it is very probable that the next weeks we'll see an upsurge of cases. folks who have not gotten vaccinated against influenza should get their vaccines. >> reporter: so far the threw in seen has caused 14 million illnesses, 150,000 hospitalizations. >> kids who do go on to get hospitalized or die from respiratory illnesses are much more likely not to have been vaccinated than other kids. you can dramatically reduce the risk by getting them vaccinated.

>> reporter: cbs news medical contributor dr. celine gounder says lots of covid-19 is circulating right now. >> the good news is we don't seem to see a big increase in hospitalizations at this stage. however, we are still seeing deaths from covid. and the over 90% of those deaths are occurring among the elderly. this is why it's especially important in that group to keep up with your yearly covid shots. >> reporter: and it bears repeating stay home when you're sick so you don't spread your illness to others. michael george, cbs news, new york. and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm catherine herridge. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. u.s. central command says it struck 14 missiles that were loaded to be fired in houthi-controlled yemen yesterday. it called the missiles an

imminent threat to merchant vessels and navy ships in the region. the department of justice will release a report today on law enforcement's response to th2022 uvalde school shooting. 19 elementary school students and two teachers were killed. attorney general merrick garland was in uvalde yesterday, where he viewed commemorative murals and met with the victims' families. and usher tells "vogue" that the spirit of r&b will take the ma stage at his halfti show at super bowl lviii. it airs on february 11 th for more news download our app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. going on a little detour. >> these roads are completely covered with ice. >> tonight, america on ice, freezing temperatures touching nearly every corner of the u.s., making everyday activities dangerous and even deadly. we'll tell you where the storm

is headed next, and when it will finally warm up. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> we learned today that the princess of wales kate middleton, who is 42 years old, will be in the hospital for two weeks following abdominal surgery. and just hours later, king charles announced he too would be hospitalized for treatment for an enlarged prostate. we're going the talk to our chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook about their progress. prognosis, plus the big health headline here at home, colon cancer is killing more young men and women than ever before. plus, our alarming reporting about sextortion and the safety of our kids online. children as young as 9 years old being targeted and sexually exploited. we're going to talk to the fbi, and we have new safety warning that every parent should know about. we do want to begin with

that really awful weather that's killed dozens of people, including two adults and a teenager just today in portland when a live power line fell on their car. a baby was injured but did survive. winter storm warnings and advisories are in effect in nine states from washington to south dakota. 132 million americans in 44 states will have temperatures in the teens or below tonight. that's cold! cbs' carter evans is going to start us off tonight from hard-hit portland. >> reporter: tonight, the deadly cold snap continues to grip the nation with dozens of weather-related deaths so far, many caused by hypothermia and crashes on the road. among the victims, five family members in northeastern pennsylvania, all killed after being struck by a tractor-trailer. so far, at least ten have died in oregon after a string of storms plunged parts of the state into a deep freeze. up to a quarter inch of ice made driving treacherous around portland. these are the icy streets that everyone in this community is facing right now.

it is a complete sheet of ice. it feels like the car is in an ice skating rink. heavy ice and strong winds toppled more than 300 trees in the area. mark christiansen's truck took a double hit. >> there was one right on the front and one on the back bumper. >> reporter: the winter blast knocked out power to nearly 76,000 oregon customers. the dahlstroms have had no electricity for five days. what's it like inside your house? >> our kitchen is 30 degrees right now. and yeah, all my fish are dead, and i had 12 pythons as pets that are dead. it's sad. >> reporter: a third of the flights out of portland were canceled today. in buffalo, new york, plows are battling lake-effect snowfall, up to 4 inches an hour. more than two feet could blanket the region by thursday. snow also fell further south in knoxville, tennessee, where it caused this boat dock to collapse. and in several cities, including

bellingham, washington, schools were closed. residents urged to stay close to home and stay safe. this is the kind of damage that homeowners are dealing with, and many still don't have power in the portland area. so far 18 people have been treated at local emergency rooms for carbon monoxide poisoning. firefighters say some had used generators and portable propane stoves inside. norah? >> that's scary. carter evans, thank you. that dangerous storm is heading across america. so here is meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. we have good news for the west. the temperatures are beginning to warm now. the ice is over in cities like portland, but the snow, it is not. it's on the move across the intermountain west. plenty of snow from the cascades to the colorado rockies. then that system gets a second life, if you will, across the midwest and the northeast, going into thursday and friday. a wide swath of 1 to 3 inches of snow is expected with heavier amounts in the mountains and off the lakes where double-digit

snow is possible and will continue around buffalo as well. the cold air, it is here to stay. temperatures very chilly through late this week. the temperatures even this weekend, saturday morning, temperatures could be as much as 20 degrees below zero. but a warm-up is on the way. a week from now, norah, the entire east gets warm, 15 degrees above average and everyone gets a chance to thaw out. >> that's good news. mike bettes, thank you. there is breaking news from the mideast. tonight a u.s. official tells cbs news the military has launched another round of strikes targeting houthi-controlled territory in yemen. specifically targeting sites prepared to launch attacks. now this comes after a u.s. cargo ship was hit today by a suicide drone fired by the houthis. there are no reports of injuries. earlier today the u.s. announced it is putting the houthis back on a list of global terrorists and is aiming to cut off the iranian-backed group's funding. the houthis have been targeting commercial ships, avenging israel's crackdown on hamas.

president biden met with congressional leaders a the white house today to discuss negotiations over a national security package, which includes funding for ukraine, israel, and the southern border. cbs' weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> reporter: with ukraine funding dwindling by the day, president biden summoned congressional leaders to the white house, urging them to pass more money. senate majority leader chuck schumer moments after the meeting wrapped. >> i am more optimistic than ever before that we come to an agreement. i put the chances at a little bit greater than half now. >> reporter: the white house is asking for a nearly $106 billion national security package that includes more than $60 billion for ukraine. but house speaker mike johnson insists his republican caucus would block it unless the administration agrees to change immigration policies. >> before we even talk about ukraine, i am going to tell the president, what i'm telling all of you and we have told the american people. border, border, border. >> speaker johnson has made

clear that they're not even going to talk about ukraine until the border is addressed. so how is the president going to navigate that? >> he is not the only person that is going to be in the room. there will be other congressional members. >> reporter: including a bipartisan group of senators who are hammering out an immigration deal. but hard-line republicans have said it would be dead on arrival in the house. the funding package also includes $14 billion for israel in its fight against hamas. pleading for help, family members of hostages reminded lawmakers it's been more than 100 days since hamas militants kidnapped their loved ones. >> 103 days, no daylight, no fresh water, no food, no air. >> reporter: president biden said he was encouraged after today's meeting. and speaker johnson characterized it as productive. but politically, he is in a tough spot with far-right house republicans threatening to start the process to oust him if he supports ukraine funding before

border deal is passed. norah? >> weijia jiang at the white house, thank you. there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> now to donald trump's blowup inside a new york city courtroom where he is accused of defamation and could face a $10 million fine.

donald trump has already been found liable for defamation and for sexually abusing e. jean carroll. cbs' errol barnett was there today. >> reporter: tonight the former president taking his defense to the cameras. >> i have no idea who she was and nor could i care less. >> reporter: despite this photo showing them socializing back in 1987, mr. trump continues to deny knowing e. jean carroll. inside the federal courthouse, mr. trump was warned of being thrown out by judge lewis kaplan, citing audible reactions to ms. carroll's often emotional retelling of trump's attack on her character and credibility. carroll's attorney telling the judge she is worried the jury could hear trump saying, quote, it is a witch hunt, and, quote, it really is a con job. kaplan warned the current republican front-runner he may lose his privilege to sit through the trial, to which trump replied i would love it. the judge responded you just can't control yourself.

and trump retorted you can't either. he continued to attack carroll even after her testimony. >> it's a rigged deal. it's a made-up fabricated story. >> reporter: carroll telling jurors she has received regular death threats since she publicized the sexual assault committed by mr. trump. a separate new york jury award her a total of $5 million in that case. attorney joe tamburino believes in this case the jury might hold trump's outbursts against him. >> everything he does in that courtroom is watched by the jury, and that jury is going to take every look that he gives, every word that he says, every time he gestures or makes a noise, and they can use that against him. >> reporter: now keep this in mind. president trump is not required to attend these proceedings, which are focused on one very narrow thing, exactly how much ms. carroll should be awarded for the defamation mr. trump has already been found liable for. and there remains the

possibility, norah, that he may take the stand in his own defense, but that may come with very specific restrictions. >> errol barnett, thank you. donald trump tonight hitting the campaign trail in new hampshire, holding a campaign event just six days before the first-in-the-nation primary. cbs' caitlin huey-burns is on the ground in the granite state where she is talking to voters. >> reporter: with just six days to go until the first in the nation presidential primary, it's shaping up to be nikki haley versus donald trump. florida governor ron desantis is shifting resources to the next primary in south carolina, aiming to pressure former u.n. ambassador nikki haley in her home state. he'll return here to new hampshire layer this week. >> i've been campaigning for 11 months now. >> reporter: haley is staking her campaign on new hampshire, and setting her sights on front-runner donald trump. >> chaos follows him. we can't have a country in disarray and a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos. we won't survive it. >> reporter: and she has grabbed trump's attention.

>> nikki haley is a disaster. >> reporter: but she has also stirred new controversy on racism in america. >> no. we're not a racist country, brian. we've never been a racist country. >> for you to say that america has never been a racist country, it's just like -- >> was she asleep during the 1960s? >> reporter: we sat down with a group of republican and independent voters here weighing the candidates and found them disappointed with their options. how many of you are excited about your choices this time around? no one? who are you leaning towards? >> i'm leaning towards donald trump. i'm not crazy about him as a person. not looking for a husband or a friend, though. looking for somebody who is going to improve the quality of americans, the majority of americans' lives, financially hopefully. >> nikki haley, i'm not a enthusiastic supporter necessarily. it's more like who's outstanding

that i can vote for, because i think it's important to vote. and who can i vote for and keep trump out. >> it's having to vote from a bunch of not greats. >> reporter: now nikki haley had to return to south carolina last night to care for her elderly father, who was in the hospital. but she is returning back to the campaign trail here in new hampshire tonight. norah? >> caitlin huey-burns, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. after cooking a delicious

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now to that double health scare for the royal family. catherine, princess of wales is in a london hospital tonight where she is recovering from what is called a planned abdominal recovery. cbs' imtiaz tyab reports buckingham palace also announced that king charles will undergo a procedure next week for an enlarged prostate. >> reporter: the last time both king charles and princess catherine were seen in public, they were the picture of health as they attended the royal family's annual christmas day church service. a palace source told cbs news it was the king himself who wanted to make the details of his diagnosis public to encourage other men who may be experiencing symptoms related to an enlarged prostate to see their own doctors. less than a year after his lavish coronation, the 75-year-old king is doing things decidedly differently than his

late mother by being more open about his health. the announcement came shortly after it was revealed his daughter-in-law, the princess of wales was recovering from a successful planned abdominal surgery. in a statement, kensington palace announced the princess will spend up to two weeks in a london hospital and several months recuperating, stressing the surgery was not cancer-related. >> really shocked, actually. didn't realize that she was being so unwell. yeah, just hope that she is doing okay. >> reporter: known as kate, the 42-year-old mother of three frequently polls as one of the most popular and photographed members of the royal family, who since the death of queen elizabeth and following her brother and sister-in-law harry and meghan's sensational departure from senior royal duties has increasingly been udertaking solo public engagements. despite the king's openness, we aren't likely to hear much more

about the princess' health, the palace saying it's her wish to keep the information private, and any further update will be made if there is significant new information to share. norah? >> imtiaz tyab, thank you so much. there are so many questions about king charles's medical diagnosis. cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook is here. dr. lapook, so good to have you. how common is an enlarged prostate for an older man? >> it's very common. and as the prostate gets bigger it can block the normal passage of urine from the gladder to the outside. normally you can take care of it, a lot of people with just medications. but sometimes you need a procedure to help open up the passageway. >> and for princess catherine, what does two weeks in the hospital indicate about the severity of her mystery illness? >> you know, i'm not her doctor obviously, and you don't want to speculate. but 10 to 14 days is a little bit of a long time to be in for an elective procedure. the gastroenterologist in me wonders about various possibilities. but you know what? she has asked for privacy, we

don't want to speculate. we'll wish her good luck. >> that's a good point. and jon, i do want to ask you about the american cancer society today reporting colon cancer is killing more young men and women than ever before. you are a gastroenterologist. what is going on? >> we've been concerned about this. we're seeing that younger people are increasingly affected which is why the guidelines for people screening at normal risk has fallen from 50 to 45. why has it done that? maybe there is something in the environment, maybe something we're eating, our increased obesity which is linked to an increased risk for kohl lan cancer. it is our inactivity? or something in the microbiome, the trillions of bacteria in our gut and something we're eating or antibiotics are changing that and increasing the risk. we don't know. we're going to end with good news which is every year for the last 30 years, the total deaths from colon cancer have dropped, which is a terrific achievement. but today's report shows us we can't be omplacent. and we really have to screen. screening works. you need to talk to your health care provider. >> and dr. lapook, thanks to the

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>> they always said he had a beautiful smile, which he did. >> reporter: when his mother tamia woods said an online predator targeted james on instagram. >> james received 200 messages in less than 20 hours? >> it ranged anywhere from i own you to you need to take your own life. >> reporter: the fbi calls it financial sextortion. >> any child can be a victim of this crime. >> reporter: minors coerced by criminals often working together overseas into sharing compromised images of themselves. >> this is a predator that is solely interested in financial gain. >> reporter: children as young as 9 years old told to send money or the photos will be posted online. from october 2021 through march 2023, the fbi has tracked roughly 12,600 sextortion victims, all of them minors. since 2021, at least 20 kids have died by suicide, including

woods' son james. >> the most horrible phone call i've ever received, that my only child, my blessing is no longer here. >> reporter: now the fbi is trying to warn parents and encourage victims to break their silence. >> why do tips matter so much? >> that's the intelligence. that's the information that we have that makes law enforcement have the ability to act. >> reporter: the woods family shattering the stigma. >> you know, he was my only child. and so i have to live through my memories. and that's all i have now are memories. >> reporter: by sharing their story.

a police raid allegedly on the wrong house is under investigation tonight in a cleveland suburb. newly released body cam video shows officers bursting into the home with a battering ram and multiple flash-bangs. the woman who lives there says her 17 month old son was

hospitalized with a chemical irritation of his lungs. she said officers were looking for a teenager who had not lived at the house for over a year, had visited the home five times, and the landlord had told police that there were new tenants. we'll be right back. finally tonight, the 2024 inductees to the songwriters hall of fame are an eclectic group of musicians, but they all have one thing in common -- they're all hit-makers. ♪ are you reeling in the years, stowing away the time ♪ >> oh, from the classic rock of

steely dan, the hip-hop and r&b of timbaland to the alt rock of r.e.m. this year's artists wrote om of the biggest hits of the last 50 years. also on the list are writing legends like hillary lindsey and dean pitchford. he penned classics such as footloose and she co-wrote the theme song "fame" for the 1980 movie. and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back for "cbs mornings." 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. u.s. central command says it struck 14 missiles that were loaded to be fired in houthi-controlled yemen yesterday. it called the missiles an imminent threat to merchant

vessels and navy ships in the region. the department of justice will release a report today on law enforcement's response to the 2022 uvalde school shooting. 19 elementary school students and two teachers were killed. attorney general merrick garland was in uvalde yesterday, where he viewed commemorative murals and met with the victims' families. and usher tells "vogue" that the spirit of r&b will take the main stage at his halftime show at super bowl lviii. it airs on february leonardo on 11th on cbs and paramount+. for more news download our app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs n it's thursday, january 18th, 2024. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, growing violence in the middle east as both the u.s. and pakistan launch retaliatory strikes on different iranian linked targets.