now a breakthrough at the national laboratory in livermore, california. >> theykers, some of theos powerful on the planet, converged that energy down to a pellet, creating temperatures not seen until you go to the surface of a star. massive amounts of heat and, therefore, energy. pla currentl ne energy, using fission. the goal is to create a limitless and clean source reliance on fossil fuels at a time when climate change is threatening our planet. >> why is this important? >> the fusion plant does not rely on carbon dioxide, does not create nuclear waste like that. it's the energy source of the stars. >> reporter: but the doctor says it could be another 30 years before atomic fusion turns on

the lights in your neighborhood. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, los angeles. we've reported extensively about the growing concerns over tiktok, the chinese-owned social media giant. in our "60 minutes" interview, treasury secretary janet yellen sounded the alarm, and states are now cracking down. tonight cbs's scott macfarlane goes in depth to examine why tiktok could pose a threat to national security. >> reporter: emanuel isn't just cooking. >> i just wanted to cook food and just have fun. >> reporr:to tod is ant users w transfixed by a platform that seems to know who they are. >> have a conversation with my friends and go on tiktok. and they're like send me something. they're like, we were just talking about that. >> reporter: but critics say tiktok might know too much,

tracking its users' likes, dislikes and more. >> there's your email address. there's your phone number, the wi-fi network you're connected with. >> reporter: we asked thomas germane to show us how tiktok sweeps up data. >> and right there it's uploading, and we saw those servers light up there as the data was going up from my phone. there they all are. >> they now have access to all of your contacts. >> they're looking through all of my contacts to see whether those people are on tiktok, but who knows what they're doing with it? they're definitely keeping track of everything that's in there whether those people are on tiktok or not. the interesting thing is my friends didn't consent to having their phone numbers and emails in tiktok. >> reporter: while other apps collect data as well, tiktok's parent, bitedance, is a chinese company. >> we do have national security concerns. they include the possibility that the chinese government could use it to control data collection on millions of users. ep adyteast smitary.

>>ld somebody in a chinau car why kidooking at on tiktok oil.le he called i the ational security division at the justice department, worries chinese officials could influence what videos are shown to americans. >> it's not just the collection or theft of that data. it's also manipulating what it is that you see. and the question is for the national security professionals, do we want china determining what it is that we see here in america? >> reporter: tiktok's vice president of public policy, michael beckerman, says the worry is overstated. >> i think it makes for -- it makes for good politics. >> reporter: he says tiktok collects less data than other social media apps and is also working to move user information to servers in the united states, out of the reach of china. >> i mean this would be the firewall. but, again, bulletproof?

nothing is bulletproof, but for the concerns being raised on this, yeah, that is bulletproof. >> reporter: the biden administration is investigating tiktok's plans to relocate data to the u.s. as part of a sweeping, years-long security food. an aide tells cbs news investigating tiktok's links to china will be a priority as the gop takes control of the u.s. house. norah. >> parents want more information. scott macfarlane,

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well, wnba star brittney griner is recovering tonight at a military base in san antonio, and her agent says she's played basketball for the first time. and her first move was a dunk. the biden administration is now intensifying its focus on bringing home another american held in russia, paul whelan. we get more now from cbs's nancy cordes. >> reporter: one of the first things wnba star brittney griner did with her newfound freedom this weekend was to pick up a basketball and hit the court at fort sam houston in texas. her father telling cbs news, i felt like i had 500 pounds lifted off my shoulders. >> she probably spent 12 hours just -- just talking. >> reporter: roger kars tens is the administration's top hostage negotiator and was on the plane with griner as she headed home. >> she spoke at length about what it was like to undergo that ten-month ordeal.

>> reporter: today, white house officials held a strategy session as they tried to secure the release of paul whelan, imprisoned in russia four times longer than griner was. >> if the u.s. doesn't have a prisoner in custody that russia would be willing to make a trade for, what else could you do? >> we believe that there are plays that we can continue to try to run, things that we have had in motion, that we are still working on that could potentially lead to a positive result here. >> reporter: the white house is still defending its decision to exchange griner for notorious russian arms dealer viktor bout. former president trump claimed that he turned down a deal with russia to trade bout for paul whelan because bout has killed untold numbers of people with his arms deals. but russia expert and former trump aide fiona hill said there's another reason mr. trump never secured whelan's release. >> he was not particularly interested in paul's case in the way that one would have thought

he would be. >> reporter: the next high-level talks between the u.s. and russia about paul whelan are slated to take place later this week, and the state department says it is ready to get creative, though i'm told that does not mean that the u.s. is willing to change anything about its policy towards russia when it comes to the war in ukraine. norah. >> nancy cordes, thank you so much. america's largest pharmacies have agreed to pay billions over the opioid crisis. the opioid crisis. that s this cough. [sfx: coughs] this'll help. vicks vaporub? vicks vaporub's ...medicated vapors go straight to the source of your cough... ...so you can relieve your cough to breathe easier. vicks vaporub. fast-acting cough relief.

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operation warm has providing coats, shoes, and more for families in need nationwide. tonight cbs's nikki battiste shows us how this special organization just marked a major milestone. >> reporter: these may look like ordinary boxes, but what's inside them is extraordinary. hundreds of free coats for children in need. >> our tagline has become "more than a coat." we're really providing emotional warmth. >> reporter: the "we" is operation warm, started by dick sanford 24 years ago here in pennsylvania. >> i noticed half a dozen children who were waiting for a school bus. it was a really, really cold winter day, and it just struck

me, what are they doing outside without a coat? >> reporter: that first year, sanford bought coats for 58 children. operation warm now makes them, and this event marks a huge milestone, helping its 5 millionth child. how are you feeling about getting a brand-new coat?od i won't old whetartsowing. >> reporter: thee >> on a scaf to 10, how excite you? >> 10r: i the smielt jocelyn's face is any measure, the gift of giving is priceless. nikki battiste, cbs news, west grove, pennsylvania. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs mornings. and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com.

reporting from right here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm serena marshall in washington. two years ago, richmond, virginia, was home to more confederate statues than any city in the u.s. now the former capital of the confederacy has none. the city removed their last confederate st, of general a.p. hill, yesterday. it will be given to the black history museum and cultural center of virginia. five batches of by heart baby formula va been recalled due to potential for cross contamination. so far, no complaints or illnesses have been reported. and taylor swift can now officially shake off a copyright lawsuit brought against her in 2017. the judge dismissed the case

with prejudice that accused the singer of stealing lyrics of a 2000s r&b song. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm serena marshall, cbs news, washington. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. the first court appearance for the lockerbie bombing suspect just wrapped, and we're now learning whether or not u.s. prosecutors will seek the death penalty. and there are new details as brittney griner recovers from her nearly ten-month detention in russia. but first a monster winter storm system is dumping snow fr c to coast and bringing dangerous weather along with it. california's sierra nevada got buried over the weekend with wind gusts as powerful as a category 5 hurricane. the northeast is cleaning up from a different storm that dumped more than nine inches in parts of massachusetts and led

to the delays and cancellations of thousands of flights. but tonight, blizzard warnings are posted in five states and 64 million americans are facing weather alerts and advisories. so we want to begin with cbs's carter evans in crestline, california. >> reporter: tonight, a winter wonderland in northern california, the result of a massive storm that blanketed parts of the sierra nevada with nearly six feet of snow. powerful winds also wreaking havoc. gusts blew up to 100 miles per hour, forcing this tahoe resort to shut down the chair lifts. major roads were also closed due to heavy snowfall and whiteout conditions. >> it's crazy out there. be careful. it's slippery. >> reporter: in south lake tahoe, falling trees snapped power lines, leaving thousands without electricity. >> we are most concerned about transformers that may catch fire. we're also concerned about senior citizens that may not have heat. >> reporter: the fire department

received more than 200 emergency calls over the weekend with just ten firefighters on the force. >> so for the last two days, our crews haven't slept at all. >> reporter: in southern california, there are fears of more landslides like this one after dramatic downpours saturated hillsides and flooded rivers led to a swift-water rescue. in northern utah, more than 20 people were injured after a charter bus driver lost control and crashed on a slick highway. and as the storm moved east, a time-lapse video from the national weather service shows ketchum, idaho, getting more than 20 inches in about 24 hours. >> oh! >> reporter: and it brought thundersnow to iowa. but it's not all bad. the winter weather also means some fun. the year's first snowball fights and -- >> awesome sledding! >> reporter: now, normally the winter weather here in southern california has more of an impact in the higher elevations where i am. but overnight tonight, we're going to see something that's rarely seen in the los angeles

area -- freezing temperatures and even a frost warning. norah. >> carter evans, thanks so much. well, let's find out where this tremendous storm system is headed next with mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. a sprawling coast-to-coast storm will bring wild weather throughout the week. it already has in california. here at the sierra snow lab, three feet of snow and counting, and howling winds that came along with it. more snow and even severe thunderstorms now in play across the middle of the country. big snow for us across the dakotas into the upper midwest. blizzard conditions that could persist for days, and then severe weather all the way down through the south where days of tornadoes could be threatening us. look at the snow footprint here. in some pockets, two to three feet of snow. winds gusting over 50 miles an hour. travel will be impossible. four different time frames to watch for severe weather. tonight across the plains and then tomorrow across the lower mississippi river valley going into mobile.

then florida on thursday. norah, it all wraps up into the northeast late in the week with more snow. >> let it snow as they say. mike bettes, thank you. wel, here in washington today, the suspected bomb maker behind the downing of pan am flight 103 was told by prosecutors he will not face the death penalty. he's finally answering to charges here in the u.s. more than 30 years after the attack that shocked the world just days before christmas. here's cbs's catherine herridge. >> reporter: the alleged bomb maker abu agela mohammad mas'ud refused to answer questions until his own attorney is retained, slowing down a legal process that pan am flight 103 families have waited 34 years to witness. >> justice delayed is justice denied. >> reporter: victoria's husband was among the 190 americans killed on the plane. >> so this is a significant milestone for me, my family, and all the families of those killed. >> reporter: four days before christmas in 1988, the shattered

nose and cockpit bearing the name "clipper maid of the seas" symbolized american lives lost to international terrorism. the bomb ripped through the luggage hold nearly an hour into the flight from london to new york's jfk. 259 lives cut short on the flight and 11 more killed by falling debris in lodgeere,scnd carabrother, rick, one of 35 syracuse students on board. >> why did it matter so much to have the suspect prosecuted in an american court and face american justice? >> because this was an attack against america. >> reporter: the u.s. charged mas'ud two years ago after investigators pieced together fragments of the jet ultimately leading to parts of a cassette recorder packed with explosives. >> i did have a lot of faith in them that this day would come. >> reporter: u.s. officials won't say how mas'ud was taken into u.s. custody, but if he is convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $250,000 fine. norah. >> catherine herridge, thank you.

the cleanup and investigation continues tonight at the site of america's worst oil pipeline spill in nine years. the keystone pipeline spewed nearly enough oil to fill an olympic-sized pool into a creek in rural kansas last week, creating an environmental disaster that could possibly impact gas prices. cbs's omar villafranca joins us now with more on that. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. gas prices have dropped for six straight weeks, and there's some concern that the shutdown of that 2,700-mile pipeline that goes from canada to texas, bringing tar sand oil, it may reverse that trend. now, keep in mind this leak was found last week. the company that owns the pipeline, t.c. energy, estimates that the spill is nearly 590,000 gallons. the company shut down the pipeline and says the spill is contained and is not a danger to drinking water. the cause of the spill is still under investigation. now, an energy expert told me if the pipeline shuts down three to

four weeks, then it could affect gas prices. right now, we do not know when that pipeline will be back online. norah. >> all right. omar villafranca, thanks so much. tonight the fbi has joined the investigation into an american college student who went missing in france. ken deland jr., a student at st. john fisher university in new york state, was studying at a school in the french alps. his parents say he hasn't spoken with them in weeks and was last seen on surveillance video entering a store on december 3rd. >> it's a nightmare. it's your son. you want him to come home. you want to hear from him, at least hear that he's okay. >> french investigators say deland may have had trouble adjusting during his semester abroad and left the campus voluntarily. deland's parents say it's out of character for him to be out of touch for so long. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jan crawford in washington. thanks for staying with us. the federal reserve meets this week to consider another interest rate hike to tackle high inflation. you may already be stretching your wallet to buy gifts for your family and friends. well, cbs's scott macfarlane shows us how the high cost of christmas is also hitting americans in other ways. >> reporter: christmas tree farmer gary thomas is chopping and selling trees he planted eight years ago at his sprawling operation near the pennsylvania/maryland border. that's how long it takes to grow trees tall enough for people's

living rooms. >> i need to get height. people want, you know, eight foot. >> reporter: thomas says when the trees went in the ground, he had no idea how expensive business would be this christmas. he says he needs to pay more to keep workers in a competitive labor market and his supply prices are spiking. >>ertizer costs costs along to the customer? >> well, unofficifortunately wed to. my prices went up 15% this year on frazier fir. >> reporter: thomas is charging more than $100 each for his finest trees. >> it's scary. when i went to this year's price, i thought, how much resistance am i going to get? how many complaints am i going to get? how many google reviews are going to say i charged too much? >> reporter: decoration costs are rising too. cathry brown operates a 12 month a year christmas store in st. michael's, maryland, where there are always ornaments and decorations for sale, but whether it's never been more

complicated to actually set a price. >> are shipping costs impacting you? >> very much. >> reporter: surcharges and fuel costs make it pricier to bring the merchandise in and to send it out, she'll take a hit this holiday. >> i might not make it as much as it needs to be for my regular pricing. i'll absorb that cost for now. >> reporter: and when it comes to holiday dinner, there's sticker shock there as well with key staplesp% and th nionaletlis sllti iday sales could jump 8% from last year, more than $900 billion aftwo 's n just, you know, what you're going decorations. it's all the stuff to decorate with, and it goes quick. >> reporter: for karen hilton, she'll cut back on other holiday expenses but not on gifts. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: especially for her 5-year-old granddaughter amelia. >> i'd rather not get something

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a study from northwestern university finds birth rates in the u.s. are back above pre-pandemic levels after a slight decline in early 2020. the challenges of becoming a new parent can be tough even in the best of times. many believe the u.s. doesn't provide sufficient time or care for new moms to adjust. cbs's dana jacobson shows us how some are pushing for new solutions and new attitudes towards this critical time of life. >> reporter: about five weeks after her baby was born, elena checked into borum, inside a five-star hotel in new york city, the luxury retreat is a getaway for new parents, complete with a staff nursery, comfortable rooms, meals, and workshops. >> now, there are some babies who have reflux. >> reporter: all designed to help moms and their partners adjust to parenthood. >> we go from taking care of

ourselves to completely forgetting about ourselves or not having time for ourselves. so i think it's a big shift and then just coming here and even being able to physically heal, to take that time and have mental space for ourselves again and just ease into it and just have that support, which i think is just really nice. >> reporter: in the u.s., moms leave the hospital one to two days after giving birth. they often don't receive maternal support until the traditional six-week postpartum visit. abroad, many cultures prescribe a 30 to 40-day period of rest. >> in korea and other places like taiwan, it's unthinkable not to check in to a place like this after you give birth. >> reporter: suk park and his wife opened borum earlier this year, inspired by same lar korean retreats. >> our mission is really to make post-natal care essential, and we begin doing so by raising the awareness and start providing a solution, right, through the services that we provide.

>> reporter: but a stay like this is out of reach for most, with a price tag around $1,500 a night. >> do you think is possible that it can become more affordable? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> all the urban areas should have something like this, and across a multitude of price points. we should be able to stay at a place like this for under $500, which is roughly the price for what a night nurse would charge. >> reporter: the first six weeks following childbirth have been called the fourth trimester, a time that has lasting physical and mental health implications for both moms and their newborns. >> do we need to do a better job after a woman gives birth? >> mm-hmm. >> in really checking in to see how she's doing? >> absolutely. >> reporter: dr. katherine monk is a professor of medical psychology at columbia university. one of her focuses is maternal mental health. >> how prevalent is postpartum depression? >> yeah, you know, it's really prevalent. in fact, 10% to 15% of women.

>> wow. >> and that can actually be doubled when you're looking at women who are experiencing poverty. so it's really common. >> reporter: she says care for new moms is more comprehensive in other countries, where women have access to midwives or other supportive countries, particula australia, are way ahead an ther/baby units. an the countriha ve managed thisf hethconocs just have it a bit better than we do because there aren't so much disparities in who has access to what kind of care based on insurance and things like that. >> reporter: medicaid, the public health insurance program for people with low income, pays for 42% of all births in the u.s. some states only offer pregnancy-related medicaid coverage for 60 days after childbirth though more than half expanded that coverage to 12 months after the passage of the american rescue plan act in 2021. >> i decided to do a postpartum

depression advocacy and comedy tour, a national tour in a bright pink 40-foot bus, because i want to get people's attention. >> reporter: comedian angelina spicer is leading a national campaign to lobby for better care for new moms. >> i pushed my daughter out. i was like, i made a mistake. see, i kept my body, but i lost my mind. >> reporter: inspired by her poc >> you psydt thealla f i was the only mom there. i was the only black woman there. >> mm-hmm. >> it was a culmination of how i felt as a mom, misunderstood, depressed, sad, searching for community, searching for understanding, searching for connection. i thought that i was going to get that there. i didn't get that. but what i did get was sleep.

i got sleep. i got meds. and i got someone every 15 minutes asking me, hey, angelina, you okay? >> concerned about you? >> concerned about me. >> not just the baby. >> concerned about me. and i needed that. when i first had ava, i went on a ten-day vacation to this amazing resort in pasadena, called the las encinas psychiatric facility. i call it the waldorf hysteria. >> did you have any hesitation of, maybe this is one of those areas where i shouldn't go or joke? >> my mom told me -- she's like, you're going to joke about postpartum? you're going to joke about the psych ward? you'reoing to joke about intrusive thoughts? >> right. >> and i love my mom. so i hesitated because she said it. and i was like, well, mommy, this is funny, okay? and big burly dudes are in the comedy clubs laughing and dming me. there's freedom on the other side of these jokes. >> reporter: freedom to push for

meaningful change. spicer was part of an effort in california that got three bills related to maternal health passed, helping to change the screening process and aid those most in need. >> the onus can't fall on the mom's shoulders to rally herself, to begin to explain the intrusive thoughts she might be having. >> right. >> the depressive mood that she might be feeling. the sleepless nights. the onus can't be on the mother. it needs to be on the medical professional to initiate these conversations and initiate the support that's out there. >> my postpartum depression and anxiety was almost immediate. >> reporter: spicer is also working on a documentary about her own experiences. in the spring, she'll be on the road again, taking her bus and her comedy around the country, all in an effort to erase the stigma around postpartum mood disorders and rally for better care for moms. >> so where are you now with

motherhood? >> i'm deep in this thang with motherhood. this is the dream. i feel like i'm living the motherhood dream now. i felt like the cloud began to lift when my daughter was 3, and that's still a long time. >> yeah. >> but now that she's 7 and she has her thing, i can go back to work freely, and i'm not like pumping backstage at the comedy club. i really feel like i'm in a groove. we're in a groove. she is my best friend. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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watching a volcano erupt is a bucket list item for some people. well, now there's a way to get a front-row seat to rivers of boiling lava without the risk of getting hurt. cbs's tina kraus has the story. >> reporter: volcanos in the land of fire and ice are known to draw huge crowds with spectators often hiking miles to get close to the lava. now this new tourist attraction in iceland is giving lava lovers the excitement without any risk. >> it's real lava, actual, real live lava. >> reporter: eleanor and her family came all the way from

colorado to see the show. >> and it's so hot that you have to wear these glasses when they pour it down the spout. >> it's pushing up through the lava and forming these bubbles. >> reporter: furnaces remelt lava from one of iceland's volcanos that blew more than 100 years ago, sending red-hot molten lava down a chute and into a showroom. >> you can probably get much closer to the lava in a situation like this, much more so than you could in a real eruption. >> it was really beautiful. i can see why a lot of people would be drawn to it, really attracted by it. >> reporter: the spectacular sight was so exciting for eleanor, she documented the unique adventure on social media. >> you get all the sights and sounds and smells, but of course because the lava that we're melting here has already erupted, any toxic gases and stuff have left. >> reporter: leaving only a sense of wonder for tourists who keep on coming. tina kraus, cbs news.

and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jan crawford. this is cbs news flash. i'm serena marshall in washington. two years ago, richmond, virginia, was home to more confederate statues than any city in the u.s. now the former capital of the confederacy has none. the city removed their last confederate statue, the bronze statue of general a.p. hill, yesterday. it will be given to the black history museum and cultural center of virginia. five batches of byheart baby formula have been voluntarily recalled due to potential for cross-contamination of a back tier that can cause sepsis or meningitis. so far, no complaints or illnesses have been reported. and taylor swift can now officially shake off a copyright lawsuit brought against her in 2017. the judge dismissed the case with prejudice that accused the singer of stealing lyrics of a

2000s r&b song. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm serena marshall, cbs news, washington. tonight, a dangerous winter storm moves east with blizzard warnings in multiple states and the threat of a rare december tornado outbreak. california digs out from up to six feet of snow and hurricane-force winds as the rest of the country and the airlines prepare for a wintry mess. are you in the path of the coast-to-coast storm? our forecast ahead. accused terrorist faces justice in the u.s. nearly 34 years after pan am flight 103 exploded over scotland, families of the victims react. college student missing in france. our interview with the parents desperately searching for their 21-year-old son.

wh it mefor gas prices the mor scientifi could nuclear fusione the anan infinite >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. the first court appearance for the lockerbie bombing suspect just wrapped, and we're now learning whether or not u.s. prosecutors will seek the death penalty. and there are new details as brittney griner recovers from her nearly ten-month detention in russia. but first a monster winter storm system is dumping snow from coast to coast and bringing dangerous weather along with it. california's sierra nevada got buried over the weekend with wind gusts as powerful as a category 5 hurricane. the northeast is cleaning up from a different storm that dumped more than nine inches in parts of massachusetts and led to the delays and cancellations

of thousands of flights. but tonight, blizzard warnings are posted in five states, and 64 million americans are facing weather alerts and advisories. so we want to begin with cbs's carter evans in crestline, california. >> reporter: tonight, a winter wonderland in northern california, the result of a massive storm that blanketed parts of the sierra nevada with nearly six feet of snow. powerful winds also wreaking havoc. gusts blew up to 100 miles per hour, forcing this tahoe resort to shut down the chair lifts. major roads were also closed due to heavy snowfall and whiteout conditions. >> it's crazy out there. be careful. it's slippery. >> reporter: in south lake tahoe, falling trees snapped power lines, leaving thousands without electricity. >> we are most concerned about transformers that may catch fire. we're also concerned about senior citizens that may not have heat. >> reporter: the fire department received more than 200 emergency

calls over the weekend with just 10 firefighters on the force. >> so for the last two days, our crews haven't slept at all. >> reporter: in southern california, there are fears of more landslides like this one after dramatic downpours saturated hillsides and flooded rivers led to a swift-water rescue. in northern utah, more than 20 people were injured after a charter bus driver lost control and crashed on a slick highway. and as the storm moved east, a time-lapse video from the national weather service shows ketchum, idaho, getting more than 20 inches in about 24 hours. >> oh! >> reporter: and it brought thundersnow to iowa. but it's not all bad. the winter weather also means some fun. the year's first snowball fights and -- >> awesome sledding! >> reporter: now, normally the winter weather here in southern california has more of an impact in the higher elevations where i am. but overnight tonight, we're going to see something that's rarely seen in the los angeles area -- freezing temperatures

and even a frost warning. norah. >> carter evans, thanks so much. well, let's find out where this tremendous storm system is headed next with mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. a sprawling coast-to-coast storm will bring wild weather throughout the week. it already has in california. here at the sierra snow lab, three feet of snow and counting, and howling winds that came along with it. more snow and even severe thunderstorms now in play across the middle of the country. big snow for us across the dakotas into the upper midwest. blizzard conditions that could persist for days, and then severe weather all the way down through the south where days of tornadoes could be threatening us. look at the snow footprint here. in some pockets, two to three feet of snow. winds gusting over 50 miles an hour. travel will be impossible. four different time frames to watch for severe weather. tonight across the plains and then tomorrow across the lower mississippi river valley going into mobile. the gulf coast on wednesday and

then florida on thursday. norah, it all wraps up into the northeast late in the week with more snow. >> let it snow as they say. mike bettes, thank you. well, here in washington today, the suspected bomb maker behind the downing of pan am flight 103 was told by prosecutors he will not face the death penalty. he's finally answering to charges here in the u.s. more than 30 years after the attack that shocked the world just days before christmas. here's cbs's catherine herridge. >> reporter: the alleged bomb maker, abu agela mohammad mas'ud, refused to answer questions until his own attorney is retained, slowing down a legal process that pan am flight 103 families have waited 34 years to witness. >> justice delayed is justice denied. >> reporter: victoria's husband was among the 190 americans killed on the plane. >> so this is a significant milestone for me, my family, and all the families of those killed. >> reporter: four days before christmas in 1988, the shattered nose and cockpit bearing the

name "clipper maid of the seas" symbolized american lives lost to international terrorism. the bomb ripped through the luggage hold nearly an hour into the flight from london to new york's jfk. 259 lives cut short on the flight and 11 more killed by falling debris in lockerbie, scotland. cara lost her brother, rick, one of 35 syracuse students onboard. >> why did it matter so much to have the suspect prosecuted in an american court and face american justice? >> because this was an attack against america. >> reporter: the u.s. charged mas'ud two years ago after investigators pieced together fragments of the jet, ultimately leading to parts of a cassette recorder packed with explosives. >> i did have a lot of faith in them that this day would come. >> reporter: u.s. officials won't say how mas'ud was taken into u.s. custody, but if he is convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $250,000 fine. norah. >> catherine herridge, thank you. the cleanup and investigation continues tonight

at the site of america's worst oil pipeline spill in nine years. the keystone pipeline spewed nearly enough oil to fill an olympic-sized pool into a creek in rural kansas last week, creating an environmental disaster that could possibly impact gas prices. cbs's omar villafranca joins us now with more on that. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. gas prices have dropped for six straight weeks, and there's some concern that the shutdown of that 2,700-mile pipeline that goes from canada to texas, bringing tar sand oil, it may reverse that trend. now, keep in mind this leak was found last week. the company that owns the pipeline, t.c. energy, estimates that the spill is nearly 590,000 gallons. the company shut down the pipeline and says the spill is contained and is not a danger to drinking water. the cause of the spill is still under investigation. now, an energy expert told me if the pipeline shuts down three to

four weeks, then it could affect gas prices. right now, we do not know when that pipeline will be back online. norah. >> all right. omar villafranca, thanks so much.

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, the fbi has joined the investigation into an american college student who went missing in france. ken deland jr., a student at st. john fisher university in new york state, was studying at a school in the french alps. pen withhe weeks and lt selae video 3rd.deceer it's your son. you want him to come home. you want to hear from him, at least hear that he's okay. deland may have had trouble adjusting during his semester abroad and left the campus

voluntarily. deland's parents say it's out of character for him to be out of touch for so long. i want to turn now to ukraine where russian forces continue their relentless bombardment. in the south, the city of odesa was plunged into darkness. and in the east, russian drones struck a village near the front lines. today the pentagon said russia is quickly depleting its stockpile of artillery and rockets and is now using ammunition that was more than 40 years old. american scientists are expected to announce tomorrow that for the first time, they've successfully generated energy through nuclear fusion. as cbs's manuel bojorquez reports, the breakthrough may have tapped into a limitless source of clean energy. >> reporter: it's the stuff of science fiction movies. >> when we master this technology -- >> reporter: harnessing nuclear fusion, duplicating the process that powers the sun. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: scientists have been working on it since the

1950s. now a breakthrough at the national laboratory in livermore, california. >> they took 200 laser beams, some of the most powerful on the planet, converged that energy down to a pellet, creating temperatures not seen until you go to the surface of a star. >> reporter: the reported breakthrough involves fusing two or more atoms into one, creating massive amounts of heat and, therefore, energy. that's different from how nuclear power plants currently generate energy, using fission, splitting atoms apart, which creates radioactive waste. the goal is to create a limitless and clean source of power that would end our reliance on fossil fuels at a time when climate change is threatening our planet. >> why is this important? >> the fusion plant does not rely on carbon dioxide, does not create nuclear waste like that. it's the energy source of the stars. >> reporter: but dr. kaku says it could be another 30 years before atomic fusion turns on the lights in your neighborhood.

manuel bojorquez, cbs news, los angeles. we've reported extensively about the growing concerns over tiktok, the chinese-owned social media giant. in our "60 minutes" interview, treasury secretary janet yellen sounded the alarm, and states are now cracking down. tonight cbs's scott macfarlane goes in depth to examine why tiktok could pose a threat to national security. >> reporter: emanuel devor know isn't just cooking. >> i just wanted to cook food and just have fun. >> reporter: -- and dancing. ♪ with more than 3 million followers, he's riding a wave. >> excellent. >> reporter: tiktok today is a tsunami with more than a billion monthly users worldwide, many transfixed by a platform that seems to know who they are. >> have a conversation with my friends and go on tiktok. and they're like, send me something. they're like, we were just talking about that. >> reporter: but critics say tiktok might know too much,

tracking its users' likes, dislikes and more. >> there's your email address. there's your phone number, the wi-fi network you're connected with. >> reporter: we asked gizmodo reporter thomas germain to show us how tiktok sweeps up data. >> and right there it's uploading, and we saw those servers light up there as the data was going up from my phone. >> there they all are. they now have access to all of your contacts. >> they're looking through all of my contacts to see whether those people are on tiktok, but who knows what they're doing with it? they're definitely keeping track of everything that's in there whether those people are on tiktok or not. the interesting thing there is my friends didn't cannot sent to having their phone numbers and emails uploaded in tiktok. >> reporter: while other apps collect data as well, tiktok's parent, bytedance, is a chinese company. >> we do have national security concerns. they include the possibility that the chinese government could use it to control data collection on millions of users. >> reporter: already at least

seven states prohibit its use on official government devices as does the u.s. military. >> why would somebody in a chinese authority position care what my kid is looking at on tiktok? >> we think about data itself. people have called it the new oil. >> reporter: john carlin, who ran the national security division at the justice department, worries chinese officials could influence what videos are shown to americans. >> it's not just the collection or theft of that data. it's also manipulating what it is that you see. and the question is for the national security professionals, do we want china determining what it is that we see here in america? >> reporter: tiktok's vice president of public policy, michael beckerman, says the worry is overstated. >> i think it makes for -- it makes for good politics. >> reporter: he says tiktok collects less data than other social media apps and is also working to move user information to servers in the united states, out of the reach of china. >> i mean this would be the firewall.

but, again -- >> bulletproof? >> nothing is bulletproof, but for the concerns being raised on this, yeah, this is bulletproof. >> reporter: the biden administration is investigating tiktok's plans to relocate data to the u.s. as part of a sweeping, years-long security meanwhile, more scrutiny is on the way. an aide tells cbs news investigating tiktok's links to china will be a priority as the gop takes control of the u.s. house. norah. >> parents want more information. information. scott macfarlane we all need fiber for our digestive health, but less than 10% of us get enough each day. good thing metamucil gummies are an easy way to get prebiotic, plant-based fiber. with the same amount of fiber as 2 cups of broccoli. metamucil gummies the easy way to get your daily fiber.

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well, wnba star brittney griner is recovering tonight at a military base in san antonio, and her agent says she's played basketball for the first time and her first move was a dunk. the biden administration is now intensifying its focus on bringing home another american held in russia, paul whelan. we get more now from cbs's nancy cordes. >> reporter: one of the first things wnba star brittney griner did with her newfound freedom this weekend was to pick up a basketball and hit the court at fort sam houston in texas. her father telling cbs news, i felt like i had 500 pounds lifted off my shoulders. >> she probably spent 12 hours just -- just talking. >> reporter: roger carstens is the administration's top hostage negotiator and was on the plane with griner as she headed home. >> she spoke at length about what it was like to undergo that ten-month ordeal. >> reporter: today, white house officials held a strategy session as they tried to secure

the release of paul whelan, imprisoned in russia four times longer than griner was. >> if the u.s. doesn't have a prisoner in custody that russia would be willing to make a trade for, what else could you do? >> we believe that there are plays that we can continue to try to run, things that we have had in motion, that we are still working on that could potentially lead to a positive result here. >> reporter: the white house is still defending its decision to exchange griner for notorious russian arms dealer viktor bout. former president trump claimed that he turned down a deal with russia to trade bout for paul whelan because bout has killed untold numbers of people with his arms deals. but russia expert and former trump aide fiona hill said there's another reason mr. trump never secured whelan's release. >> he was not particularly interested in paul's case in the way that one would have thought he would be.

>> reporter: the next high-level talks between the u.s. and russia about paul whelan are slated to take place later this week, and the state department says it is ready to get creative, though i'm told that does not mean that the u.s. is willing to change anything about its policy towards russia when it comes to the war in ukraine. norah. >> nancy cordes, thank you so much. america's largest pharmacies have agreed to pay billions over the opioid crisis.

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we've got some breaking news just coming in. officials in the bahamas say they've arrested sam bankman-fried, the disgraced former ceo of the collapsed cryptocurrency platform ftx. u.s. officials have filed criminal charges and are expected to request his extradition to america. billions of dollars have not been accounted for since ftx collapsed. all right. we'll be right back.

we have a major opioid settlement to tell you about. america's two largest pharmacy chains, cvs and walgreens, will pay more than $10 billion to states and local governments to settle lawsuits. the companies were accused of helping to fuel the opioid crisis by failing to properly oversee how the drugs were dispensed. the heartwarming story of an organization providing coats and kindness. that is next.

for more than 20 years now, operation warm has been providing coats, shoes, and more for families in need nationwide. tonight cbs's nikki battiste shows us how this special organization just marked a major milestone. >> reporter: these may look like ordinary boxes, but what's inside them is extraordinary. hundreds of free coats for children in need. >> our tagline has become "more than a coat." we're really providing emotional warmth. >> reporter: the "we" is operation warm, started by dick sanford 24 years ago here in pennsylvania. >> i noticed half a dozen children who were waiting for a school bus. it was a really, really cold winter day, and it just struck

me, what are they doing outside without a coat >> reporter: that first year, sanford bought coats for 58 children. operation warm now makes them, and this event marks a huge milestone, helping its 5 millionth child. how are you feeling about getting a brand-new coat? >> good. i won't get cold when it starts snowing. >> you won't be cold when it starts snowing. >> reporter: the kids can take home new shoes too. there are about 800,000 children on the waiting list. >> on a scale of tw excited are you? >> 10. >> reporter: if the smile on jocelyn's face is any measure, the gift of giving is priceless. nikki battiste, cbs news, west grove, pennsylvania. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from right here in the nation's capital, i'm norah

o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm serena marshall in washington. two years ago, richmond, virginia, was home to more confederate statues than any city in the u.s. now the former capital of the confederacy has none. the city removed their last confederate statue, the bronze statue of general a.p. hill, yesterday. it will be given to the black h center of virginia. five batches of byheart baby formula have been voluntarily recalled due to potential for cross-contamination of a bacteria that can cause sepsis or meningitis. so far, no complaints or illnesses have been reported. and taylor swift can now officially shake off a copyright lawsuit brought against her in 2017. the judge dismissed the case with prejudice that accused the

singer of stealing lyrics of a 2000s r&b song. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. it's tuesday, december 13th, 2022. th is cross country storm. millions are under severe weather warnings with tornadoes first snowfall of the season. how those already impacted are digging out. xts found never custody. arrested in the bahamas. sam bankman-fried arrested in the bahamas. what's next for the former ceo. lockerbie suspect in court. the suspect in the bombing of pan am flight 103 appeared in federal court. hear why he refused to answer questions. well, good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. millions of people across the rockies, the northern plains,

and parts of the midwest are