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there was a big shake-up in the world of cable news today. cnn president jeff zucker abruptly resigned after acknowledging a consensual relationship with a coworker. details of the relationship came to light during the investigation into now-fired cnn anchor chris cuomo. cbs' jericka duncan has more. >> reporter: he was one of america's most powerful moguls opeld the careers of today, his exit came suddenly. in his resignation letter, jeff zucker admitted to a consensual relationship with another executive at cnn. "i was required to disclose it," zucker wrote, "but i didn't. i was wrong." in a separate statement, cnn chief marketing officer, allison gollust, admitted to the relationship. the two met more than 20 years ago when both were at nbc. zucker's downfall comes just two months after cnn anchor chris cuomo was fired for not
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disclosing the extent of his involvement in advising his brother, then-new york's governor, on how to handle sexual harassment allegations. during the chris cuomo investigation, zucker was asked about his own relationship with gollust. what stands out as problematic when you look at why he resigned? >> leadership and culture starts from the top, and if he's not following it, i don't know how they can expect any employee to follow it. >> reporter: today, cnn host alisyn camerota defended zucker. >> these are two consenting adults who are both executives. they can't have a private relationship feels wrong. >> reporter: the network's brian stelter says it may all be a domino effect from chris cuomo's firing. >> there were reports he wasn't going to get paid millions of dollars that were going to be on the remainder of his contract. as a source said earlier to me today, he was trying to burn the place down. >> reporter: a source close to
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chris cuomo tells cbs news he had no involvement in exposing zucker's relationship. as for gollust, last year, she was rumored to have been next in line to take zucker's position if he stepped down. as of right now, she is staying put at cnn. norah. >> o'donnell: jericka duncan, thank you. former miami dolphins head coach brian flores is speaking out after filing a proposed class action lawsuits against the n.f.l. and three teams over alleged racist hiring practices. flores appeared with his lawyers on "cbs mornings" and said he filed the suits, because it's time for the n.f.l. to change. cbs' manuel bojorquez reports. >> reporter: today, on "cbs mornings" former miami dolphins coach brian flores described how he felt before an interview for the head coaching job with the new york giants. >> humiliation, disbelief, anger. >> reporter: that's because, according to this proposed class action lawsuit, a texting mix-up by his former boss, new england patriots coach bill belichick, seemed to confirm the job was already someone else's.
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it went to brian daboll.es alled only to fulfill the n.f.l.'s so- called, "rooney rule," a rule requiring teams to interview minority candidates. >> to go on what was going to be, what felt like, or what was a sham interview, i was hurt. >> but you went knowing that you probably weren't going to get it. >> i did. >> reporter: the giants responded saying in part, "brian flores was in the conversation to be our head coach until the 11th hour. ultimately, we hired the individual we felt was the most qualified to be our next head coach." the n.f.l. said it in its that its clubs are committed to: committed to ensuring equitable ploiment practices and called employment practices and called the accusations without merit. flores' allegations against his former boss goes a step for example, alleging stephen ross offered him $100,000 for each game the team lost in order for a better draft pick, which he refused to do. >> you think it hurt your career? >> i think it hurt my standing within the organization and
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ultimately was the reason why i was let go. >> reporter: the dolphins said in part, "we vehemently deny the allegations and the implication that we acted in a many inconsistent with the integrity of the game is incorrect. dolphins owner stephen ross has not yet commented on the accusations himself. as for the n.f.l., here's how the numbers stack up: about 70% of players are black, but of the 32 teams, only three head coaches are men of color, and only one of them is black. norah. >> o'donnell: manuel bojorquez, nyquil severe gives you powerful relief for your worst cold and flu symptoms, on sunday night and every night. nyquil severe. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, best sleep with a cold, medicine.
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we're going to try it out. it's something you can produce on a printer that costs less than $200. earl griffith, an a.t.f. firearms officer, says a small conversion device like this one can turn a legal semiautomatic handgun into an illegal machine gun. how many rounds a minute was that? >> so that-- that was about 30 rounds. >> reporter: 30 rounds. >> yes. >> reporter: so you essentially emptied the clip. >> emptied the magazine of 33 rounds, yup. >> reporter: conversion parts are so easy to make, that we watched as this 3d printer assembled one in about 45 minutes. marvin richardson is the acting director of the a.t.f.. how have ghost guns complicated the job of a.t.f. agents? >> you can buy a box of firearms parts, and you can assemble those firearms together in-- i've seen videos on youtube
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where you can see people doing it in record time, 20, 30 minute. >> reporter: last year, police in chicago seized over 400 ghost guns, new york over 200. richardson says so-called "trigger pullers," criminals and gang members using guns, are well known to law enforcement. >> so what we've learned is that those people that we go after vr prior to us having tt nt with them. >> reporter: eight arrests. >> and in many instances, eight violent criminal arrests. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues joins us now with more of his excellent reporting. so, jeff, these ghost guns obviously a big problem. but they're not the only reason for the spike in crime, right. >> reporter: well, that's right. if you talk to law enforcement they'll tell you it's the court system at times shutting down because of the pandemic. in some cases it's a revolving door. they arrest the suspects and the suspects get right back out on the streets. >> o'donnell: jeff, thank you. there's a lott more news ahead
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never forget that hitler and his third reich believed in their racial purity and considered the jewish people to be an inferior race, and that is what led to the death of six million jews. tonight, four suspected drug dealers are under arrest for allegedly supplying the fentanyl-laced heroin that killed actor michael k. williams last september. prosecutors say williams died of an overdose just hours after buying the drug on a new york city street, a deal that was caught on surveillance video. the suspect who personally handed the deadly drug to the actor was captured in puerto rico. and there's big football news here in washington. the longtime n.f.l. franchise that changed its name to the washington football team is now officially the washington commanders. they unveiled their new name, logo, and burgundy-and-gold colors today. the name commanders was chosen after a two-season seach. some of the other options were the red hogs, admirals, and presidents.
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all right, coming up next, an inspiring story of one man's journey from poverty to silicon valley, and his latest plans to change the world.
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>> o'donnell: we kick off our black history month series with a young man who hopes to use artificial intelligence to solve real-world problems. if you think that's impressive, wait until you hear the rest of his story. cbs' carter evans reports. >> didn't know my father, still don't know his name. and my mom was actually in prison while i was born. >> reporter: how cody coleman went from prison baby to running a silicon valley start-up is hard to imagine, even for him. >> still really hasn't hit me, you know. it's crazy. >> reporter: adopted by his grandparents in south jersey, coleman grew up in poverty, battling hunger. his mentally ill mother bounced in and out of his life, at one point hoarding dozens of animals. >> i'm allergic to cats and dogs. so i'm sick the entire time. >> reporter: and no one really notices? >> no one noticed.
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going to school was an escape for me. >> reporter: he discovered a love of computers. his math teacher encouraged him, even helped get his braces fixed. >> i felt like for the first time i wasn't alone. >> reporter: his older brother urged him not just to apply to college but the best schools. >> a switch flipped in my head and i went from thinking why bother?, to why not? >> reporter: when he was accepted to m.i.t., a high school teacher set up a fund for food. he went on to get his ph.d. at stanford. at 30, investors are pouring millions into his company coactive where he's developing artificial intelligence that will allow anyone to sort through millions of images in seconds. >> it seems like a miracle happened. but at every step of the way it was just kind of these small little things. when i was growing up, even on my best days, it seemed like my future was bleak. and now, even on my worst days, my future seems bright.
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>> o'donnell: that's the overnight news, for some the o back for cbs mornings and follow us online at cbs.com. reporting from the nation's capitol i'm norah o'donnell. >> this is cbs news flash from new york. the fbi is investigating bomb threats at colleges this week as racially violent extremism and hate crimes, six juveniles have been identified as persons of interest. nasa has reported the international space station will retire at the end of 2030 by crashing into a remote part of the pacific ocean. the iss hosted more than 200 astronauts since it was launched in 2000. and rock and roll hall of fame nominees are out --
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the inductees will be announced in may. more news download the cbs news on your corrected cellphone and tv. tom hansen from new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news". >> o'donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us as we follow a number of big news stories tonight and we want to begin with a dangerous winter storm moving across the nation with heavy snow, freezing rain, and brutal cold temperatures, from central to cleveland while central illinois and northern indiana could see more than 18 inches when it's over. more than 110 million americans under the alert and 25 state
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from colorado to maine. yep, it's big. the storm means travel nightmares across much of the country, with airlines canceling more than 5,000 flights for today and tomorrow. we'll have the forecast for where the storm is headed next in a minute. but first cbs' janet shamlian is joining us from hard-hit chicago and windy chicago. good evening, janet. >> reporter: norah, good evening the windy city living up to the billing tonight. this is a massive storm impacting a wide swath of the middle of the country. and the next chapter could be equally as dangerous-- rain turning to sleet and sheet of ice. a brutal winter storm barreling across more than a dozen states. 2,00 miles of mess: snow, sleet, freezing rain, and arctic cold. >> we're never prepared for it, but it is what it is. >> reporter: interstate 70 near kansas city grinding to a halt, littered with semis turned like toys. a jackknifed fedex truck along
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an illinois interstate, snow piling up so quickly near peoria, cars stopped in their tracks. >> let the plows do their thing and come out later on because it's one lane, and you're sliding all over the place. >> reporter: airlines canceled more than 5,000 flights today and tomorrow. tonight, concern about sleet and ice in texas, almost a year after a freeze there led to one of the nation's biggest blackouts. and here in chicago, amid sloppy roads tonight, a number of schools have already announced they will go remote or close all together tomorrow. norah. >> o'donnell: janet thank you very much for being out there in the cold. we appreciate it. well, now to the forecast and where this nasty weather is headed next. let's turn to cbs' lonnie quinn. hey, there, lonnie. >> reporter: hey, norah. right now if you look at the radar picture there are two different sections of the storm we are looking at. if you pull that radar up, you can see what i'm talking about. one section is up around the ohio valley. the other section is down around texas. and the texas wing, if you will, really shows the character of
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this storm. it's serving up everything-- rain, sleet, snow, freezing rain, icing conditions out there. the ice is by far the most dangerous that mother nature serves up. i talked about this yesterday, and the futurecast will show us by tomorrow morning, icing is taking place from dallas over towards little rock, to memphis, to cincinnati. that's a tough situation to be on the roads. as you push into friday, that icing moves into the northeast. now, it may not be icing for everybody, because some people will be at the freezing mark or above the freezing mark. i mean the temperatures on friday, 32 degrees, maybe that degrees around providence. maybe you're getting icing but maybe you're not. look at forth worth-- it's 12 degrees. that's the cold air that will move in by saturday, and everybody, if it's wet on your roadways friday, it's going to be frozen by the time you get to saturday. norah, that's the very latest. the big snow totals will be well north of that line i just showed you. it's all yours. >> o'donnell: lonnie quinn, thanks. well tonight, the standoff with russia has escalated with the u.s. saying it will deploy thousands of troops to allies in eastern
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europe as a message to putin. cbs' charlie d'agata reports tonight from inside estonia, the former soviet republic, and now a member of nato. >> it's important that we send a strong signal to mr. putin and, frankly, to the world, that nato matters to the united states. nato matters to our allies. >> reporter: that signal, shipping out 2,000 troops from fort bragg, north carolina, to poland and germany, and redeploying roughly 1,000 forces from germany to romania. the decision comes as new satellite imagery reveals a russian troop build-up in areas bordering ukraine, including belarus, where joint military drills took place today with tanks and combat helicopters. countering that threat in the baltic nation of estonia this week, america has been flexing its own military might, sending a squadron of f-15 fighters to strengthen nato policing missions. these american fighter jets have
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been deployed with nato partners on the alliance's eastern flank, right along the border with russia. and the mission has never been more critical. >> what we're primarily looking for is any aircraft that are operating outside of normal international rules that might infringe on nato airspace. >> reporter: such as the russian fighter jet we're told was intercepted in these skies just last weekend. with tensions rising in ukraine, the aim is to reassure nato partners while keeping russia on watch. the pentagon has made clear no u.s. combat troops would be sent to ukraine itself. today, russia called the deployment of american forces destructive and unjustified. norah. >> o'donnell: charlie d'agata, thank you. turning now to covid, the c.d.c. said today that people who are ñot vaccinated are 97 times more likely to die from covid than those who are vaccinated and boosted.
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covid deaths remain at their highest level in nearly a year, and have now surpassed the worst day of the of autumn surge caused by the delta variant. nancy chen has more. >> reporter: today the white house said it will be ready to start distribution of pfizer's vaccine for children ages six months to four yea as the f.d.a. authorizes it. >> we will have vaccines available for essentially all age groups in america. be major milestone. >> reporter: it's welcome news for nicole hansen, a mother of two kids under four. to daycare and normalcy. >> i feel like i'm not 100% a good mom or 100% a good employee because i'm having to constantly juggle. >> reporter: but only about 30% of parents say they would get their children under the age of five vaccinated immediately, and only 38% of five- to 17-year- olds are fully vaccinated. washington, d.c., elementary school principal brigham kiplinger has made it his mission to get shots in arms,
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often calling parents himself. 80% of his eligible students have now had at least one dose. >> haven't always gotten the answer i was hoping for, but keep the faith and keep your eyes on the prize and every shot into an arm is a big win. >> reporter: the vaccine also needs c.d.c. sign-off before kids under five could get it, which could be as soon as early march. norah. >> o'donnell: that's some good news. nancy chen, thank you. "cbs overnight news" wl be righ
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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news". ♪ welcome back to the overnight news. covid vaccines for children under five years of age could be available in the u.s. as early as next month. pfizer has asked the fda to approve many doses of the vaccine for kids as young as six months, if authorized could get the first of two doses by early march, and the doses contain one-tenth the amount adults gets and there's a chance two doses might not be enough for kids
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ages two through four. despite the skiens parents -- despite the science -- >> helping people is a good thing. >> reporter: they both got two doses of the vaccine at cincinnati children's hospital. >> i promise my parents i would get my shot. >> reporter: lillian was four. will was just three when they were enrolled. >> they were both great. they both did awesome. >> reporter: their mom said she was grateful both kids got the vaccine. >> we're so lucky. who in the world can say they're all protected. all ahead of schedule. >> reporter: soon millions more children as young as six months old could be eligible. the fda could make decision
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about authorization in the next few weeks but experts don't expect authorization for kids under five to significantly effect new case number which remain high because only 38% of children already eligible are clearly vaccinated. >> once it's clear people should be feel comfortable using it. >> reporter: this is a doctor part of the fda advisory k34i9. >> we will carefully look at the data and prove the vaccine for children less than five only if there's a clear and robust data set for safety and efficacy. more american troops are being deployed to parts of europe and growing tensions of russian military building outside of ukraine. 2,000 deployed and 1
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shipping out 2,000 troops from fort bragg, north carolina, to poland and germany, and redeploying roughly 1,000 forces from germany to romania. the message to nato allies we've got your back and to russia, we're watching. the u.s. force is 336 fire squadron taking part in an enhanced police intermission >> it's about reassuring your nato allies. >> absolutely. this is a team effort from the nato alliance. >> here's why it matters. the ballotic states are sandwiched between russia and it's ally belarus and ballotic sea and fighter jets have been launched to the region and naval exercised in the sea and
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missiles rolled to belarus. this was created in direct response to military aggression and now with moscow threatening once more it's never been more vital to the security of this region. >> began after the russian back incursion of eastern ukraine in 2014. the head of the estonia air force told us the u.s. jets are crucial. >> primarily to show the alliance is taking its business seri seriously. >> president biden is reaching out to build support for supreme court nominee. the president is said to be discussing potential nominees with several gop senators including minority leader mitch mcconnell, mr. biden wants the advice of senators along with their consent echoing the language of the constitution. cbs news confirmed former
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senator doug jones will help to guide the president's choice through the confirmation process. nancy cordes is at the white house. >> this is not a static issue. >> reporter: hoping to head off any problems president biden met with the top democrat and top republican on the senate judiciary committee and vowed to seek advice from both sides before selecting a nominee. but several republicans including texas senator ted cruz slamming the campaign promise to nominate the first black female justice. >> he's saying if you're a white guy tough luck. >> reporter: at least a dozen women under consirati me former lawyers and prosecutors. >> black women are 6% of the u.s. population. he's saying to the 4% of
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super bowl sunday is just ten days away and part from the game and commercials, chicken wings will once again be the star of the show. the national chicken council said americans consumed 1.4 billion wings during last year's super bowl. we take a closer look at the history of the buffalo wing th specialty became a natio favorite. >> reporter: the biggest event in the world of wings takes place labor day ek c only be on. >> reporter: the national chicken buffalo wing festival has been copied around the country to go with ubiquitous tv ads and epic parking lot tailgates but where did it all start?
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>> did you know poultry is the nation's third largest crop. >> reporter: wings have been around as long as there's been chicken. >> it's big business. >> reporter: you have to go to buffalo 50 years ago when this piece of poultry began to fly. in 1961 alabama native john young started serving wings in his tomato based mambo sauce and that same decade, original owners of the anchor bar in buffalo began promoting the wing recipe that became the staple, deep fried, rolled in pepper and rolled in ca y enne-based buffalo sauce like franks. and did you haves took off at the same time and by theid0 vast majority of wings were served in new york. >> we had the wings put us o
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team is doing real well. >> until the buffalo bills went to the super bowl four straight times, national coverage zeroed in on their saucy secrets. >> winter, summer, spring or fall we know how to back a football team and we know how to eat well. >> reporter: the man known as king of wings is drew. >> all of a sudden buffalo bills, buffalo wings, all of the commercials are about chicken wings. >> introducing new hot wings from kentucky fried chick zblen buffalo wings new from pizza hut. >> dominoes, buffalo wings. >> wings became the official food of football sports and tailgating and that's where it really took off across the country and world. >> wings for a long time were for people who didn't have buy chicken to eat. >> it was called peasant food,
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it really was. if you didn't have money you would go to the restaurants and ask for them because they didn't know what to do with them. >> today everyone has an idea to do with them. buffalo wing culture has spread, so much for many half the other equation is equipped there's buffalo cauliflower. buffalole mac and cheese. buffalo salads. tenders, thighs. on the back of his pick-up in the parking lot of high mark stadium, home of the buffalo bills drew through down his spread. though, not many napkins. >> do you have any concoction to get all of the king sauce off of my pants. >> so you are bills mafia all the way. you can take the boy out of new york but can't -- oh, look at this, look at this, bills mafia all the way. you are not supposed to wash it
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during the season, you suck it up, hang it with the closet and put it back on. company february after we win the super bowl then you can wash them. >> the sampling came from anchor bars, duff's and danny's. >> they combine buffalo wing sauce medium with a cajun sauce and mix it all together. >> the fastest growing trend has been barbecue wings, first fried and then finished on the grill. >> the sauce is carmelized, it's a different flavor profile. >> completely. you get the sweetness and the smokeyness from the grill. >> exactly. great balance. >> there's parm wings, dry rub wings, really any season you want. but the classic will always be buffalo style, mild, medium, hot, or death sauce. >> it's not complicated about people mess it up all the time. >> number one, you got to have fresh oil.
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change your oil. don't be cheap and use dirty oil and make them with buffa-love. >> traditionally served with blue cheeses for most buffalonians there's no other way though most are served with ranch. >> we'll gancht's definitely blue cheese. i sensiti issue herebuff matter of a fire storm three years ago, frank's red hot promoted ranch dressing day. >> reporter: the other never-ending discussion, which wing type. >> i'm a drum guy. >> i'm a flat guy. that's a sport, it's like you're watching the football game, on the field, ripping it apart, got different ways to eat it. it just becomes a sport for people. >> the drums have better meat. >> i get two bones, i get to
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split them. i get more opportunity. >> okay. but i feel like there's not as much there. >> peace, brother. >> agree to disagree? >>
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when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm lookinghe you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been
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designed for you. getting lost into a good book is often an escape into a new world. a teenager discovered that after her dad was diagnosed with cancer and now she's helping thousands to discover it too thanks to the gift of literature. meg oliver with the story. >> reporter: surrounded by boxes of books emily can't help but smile. >> you love books, right? >> i do, very much. >> reporter: the 18-year-old from maryland is the mastermind behind the magical book drive for love and buttercup. started in 2019 when emily's best friend, her dad, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. >> it was the worse, like every single night.
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nightmares and panic attacks and i thought it's hard enough for an adult te cancer but when you think of a kid having cancer it broke my heart. >> so she put it out on social media. >> i was expecting two or three responses but there were hundreds and hundreds, so many books at my door. so exciting. >> she's distributed 9,000 new books to hospitals and those in need including medstar georgetown university hospital where her dad was treated. >> is this your form of therapy. >> it was, i think it helped more than anything. >> her dad turned the page and is doing well. as for emily her happy ending would be to make this book drive into a life-long mission. meg olive r cbs news.
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>> that's all for the "cbs overnight news" reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm catherine herridge. >> this is cbs news flash, i'm tom hansen in new york. the fbi is investigating bomb threats to a dozen black colleges this week as racially motivated violent extremism and hate crimes, jump juv nasa has reported the international space station will retire at the end of 2030 by crashing into a remote part of the pacific ocean. the iss hosted more than 200 astronauts since it was launched in 2000. and rock and roll hall of fame nominees are out -- 17 candidates are up for the honor including eminem.
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lionel richie. dolly parton and duran duran. the inductees will be announced in may more news do load the cbs news on y it's thursday, february 3rd, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." >> most people haven't seen this much snow in probably, you know, 10 or 15 years. >> winter blast. a massive storm sweeps across the u.s. causing problems on the ground and in the air. military muscle. the u.s. takes new action amid the threat of war between ukraine and russia. jeff zucker resigns. the cnn president steps down over a relationship with a colleague. why at least one host says he did nothing wrong. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin this morning with a massive winter storm impacting
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