three months from venezuela. "they would give us the opportunity to come in," she says, "only to put up a fence instead." her 3-year-old daughter is sick in her arms. she hopes to get to her brother in north carolina. i asked her what does she want to tell president biden. she said that she just wants a chance to get inside. shelters here in el paso will be packed again tonight with hundreds of migrants. the white house has asked the supreme court that if they're going to let title 42 expire, at least wait until after christmas. norah. >> tough situation there. omar villafranca, thank you so much. there is breaking news tonight. the democratic-controlled house ways and means committee just voted to publicly release some of former president trump's tax returns. the committee received six years of trump's tax returns last month following a three-year legal battle. republicans have vowed to shut down the investigation into trump's taxes when they take control of the house next month.

well, tonight we have a cbs news exclusive ahead of the january 6th committee's release of its final report tomorrow. cbs's robert costa has obtained recordings of the committee's interview with one of trump's closest advisers, which could provide evidence of crimes committed in the white house. >> reporter: there was perhaps no adviser closer to the president than his personal aide, nick luna, who managed operations in and around the oval office. and on january 6th, luna was at trump's side most of the day. luna testified he sometimes saw presidential records must be kept. >> do you know whether the president ever tore up notes when he was finished with them? >> yes. >> okay. and just to be clear, did the president tear up notes when he was finished with them? >> i don't know what the documents were, but there were tearing. >> you are aware that at least sometimes the president would tear up notes or pieces of paper when he was done with them, is that correct? >> yes, sir, that's correct. >> reporter: luna's eyewitness

account trump would rip up documents and throw pieces in the toilet, which occasionally clogged the pipes in the white house. the audio files also show luna testified about an unusual exchange he had with trump's chief of staff mark meadows on a day when state republican legislators visited the white house to huddle and strategize about how to keep trump in power. >> there was one instance where it would normally be my job to go in and make sure that the president is comfortable in whatever the situation is, if he's sitting in a chair or something like that. and i remember specifically this instance he had said, don't come in. don't come into the room today. >> mr. meadows said that to you? >> correct. >> did he ever tell you why not to come into the room? >> he did not. >> reporter: luna said such a request was rare. >> it sounds like it was a rare occurrence that you were told not to come into a meetin like that. >> correct. >> reporter: in a statement, the trump campaign criticized the january 6th committee but did not address luna's testimony.

tomorrow the committee will begin releasing full transcripts of interviews conducted with key trump players. that's evidence the justice department's special counsel could be eager to see. norah. >> yeah. we'll learn lots of new things as well. robert costa with that exclusive, thank you. public health officials are concerned about a post-holiday surge of respiratory illnesses. pediatric hospitals nationwide are already in crisis mode. all this as there's a shortage of children's tylenol. the cdc says 45 states report high or very high levels of influenza, including one of the hardest-hit states, tennessee. cbs's janet shamlian traveled to an overwhelmed children's hospital in memphis. >> reporter: a crowded emergency room waiting area. >> 262. >> reporter: filled with sick children needing to be seen. >> she just woke up this morning. she was throwing up. >> reporter: the room filled with coughing, fever, and parents' fear. >> i'm trying to make sure she's not dehydrated. >> reporter: this is not an unusual day at le bonheur

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well, turning now to part two in our series on young children and cell phones. 1 in 3 americans say they've fallen for a phone scam, and kids are especially vulnerable. cbs's adriana diaz has tonight's family matters with tips on how to protect your children. >> do their social skills, you know, match up with the access that they have? >> reporter: at chicago's peterson elementary school, parents are ready for a lesson on kids' cell phone safety. devor ra heitner wrote the guide "screen wise". >> we should ask our kids permission before we share their picture. >> reporter: creighton berman just gave his 12-year-old a phone. linda gibson's 13-year-old has one too. >> our kids aren't always able to distinguish what's real and what's reliable so that's been my main concern. >> my son uses discord, which

is -- >> what is that? >> it's like a slack but for any interest. it's fairly anonymous. we talk about it a lot, but that is one that makes me kind of nervous. >> what should parents know to try to keep them safe? >> anyone is trying to exploit your child emotionally, financially, they will use threats to isolate them and scare them. if your clield knows they have a safe person in you and that you will fight for them and be on their side, they're much less vulnerable. >> heitner also suggests removing phones at bedtime, using parental controls to limit screen time and apps, researching apps on sites like common sense media, not allowing headphones during games where your child can chat, and modeling good behavior. >> ultimately i believe mentoring is more powerful than monitoring. we want to teach them how to do the right thing. >> we've had a lot of conversations about even just pictures that kids post on social media. >> for his phone, i think what we're going to do is limit it to just texting and phone calls. he'll probably find ways around it, so i think open dialogue is really the biggest thing. it's all you can really do. >> reporter: adriana diaz, cbs

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finally tonight, a story of hope and recovery. in 2020, a deadly tornado ripped through a tennessee town. cbs's david begnaud covered the devastation at the time, and he recently returned, and what he found is truly inspiring. >> there he is. >> reporter: we went back to cookeville, tennessee, to check in. >> wow, it's been a long time. >> reporter: nearly three years after a tornado hit in the middle of the night. >> there was no grass. it actually -- it pulled the grass out. >> reporter: it was a direct hit. 170 homes shredded. 19 lives lost, including an entire family that huddled together and are now buried together. josh, erin, and sawyer kimberlin.

his grandparents are trisha and pastor rodney pitts. >> i'm not the same person i used to be. that's for sure. >> what's changed? >> oh, man. everything. >> reporter: much of cookeville has been rebuilt, but not the kimberlin home. instead, the community pitched in and converted the land into what is now hope park. >> this was where sawyer played a lot, and they've made a happy place for kids. >> it means so much to know that their memory is still alive and the impact they had on people. >> reporter: they wanted us to hear the laughter, see the resilience, and feel their unbreakable faith. david begnaud, cbs news, cookeville, tennessee. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs mornings. and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com.

reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm courtney kealy in new york. elon musk confirmed that he will step down as the ceo of twitter. musk said in a tweet that, quote, i will resign as soon as i get someone foolish enough to take the job. it's a response to his twitter poll asking if he should resign. 57.5% said he should step down. the taliban has suspended university education for female students. girls are already barred by the taliban from attending secondary schools. human rights watch called it a shameful decision. the state department condemned it. and the 2023 numerals have arrived in times square. tourists can snap selfies by the seven foot tall numbers before they are hoisted up for the ball

drop on new year's eve. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm courtney kealy, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." a powerful earthquake killed two people, and tonight there is major damage to buildings and roads in northern california. plus, the biden administration just weighed in on the lifting of the immigration policy known as title 42. we're going to have more on that in just a moment. but first we're going to begin with the impending travel nightmare for those trying to make it home for christmas. record cold temperatures are on the way followed by blizzard-like conditions later in the week from the midwest to the northeast. aaa says nearly 113 million americans are expected to travel for the holidays. that's up more than 3.5 million since just last year.

airlines are already issuing waivers and travel alerts ahead of the expected delays and cancellations. cbs's errol barnett is at a busy laguardia airport in new york. good evening, errol. >> reporter: hey there, norah. good evening. this powerful storm will have widespread impact on airports which were already bracing for one of the busiest holiday travel days since the pandemic began. and now transit hubs like this one are planning for an avalanche of cancellations for what some expect to be a once-in-a-generation storm. snow is already falling in cities like seattle, and with that same cold air already moving east, those expecting to travel for the holiday face an uphill climb. >> hopefully we got this sweet spot just in time. >> reporter: in fact, the storm system is already causing delays and cancellations at seattle-tacoma international airport. thursday is expected to be the busiest travel day of the holiday season with more than

47,000 flights scheduled across the country. airlines are considering cancellations after meeting with their respective weather teams today. waivers are being offered to travelers wanting to change plans, but the time to make those changes is now. >> if you wait till flights start being canceled, it's too late. >> reporter: while 7.2 million are expected to fly, more than 100 million will be driving. one gift drivers can appreciate, falling gas prices, which are hovering around $3.12 a gallon, the lowest since july of 2021. now, for those flying this next week, the best advice is to download your airline's app so you get the latest updates. book the most early flight of the day on the most direct route. norah, you'll need all the resources and luck you can get. >> appreciate that good advice, errol barnett. thank you. in northern california, at least two people have died and nearly a dozen others injured after a

powerful magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck overnight near the rural town of ferndale. tens of thousands are still without power in the small community that is locate the more than 200 miles northwest of san francisco. here's cbs's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: this is what residents woke up to near the epicenter of california's most powerful earthquake in just over three years. >> it was just crazy. i mean everything just fell off the walls, and i thought my house was going to fall down. >> reporter: we saw firsthand the impact of the magnitude 6.4 quake, which struck humboldt county near the oregon border just after 2:30 this morning. >> i just woke up to this. >> reporter: darren gallagher says when he walked outside his home in rio dell -- >> the whole front porch fell off. there's a dirt bike over there holding up that end. >> reporter: the road buckled near ferndale, a town of 1,300 residents closest to the epicenter. >> we're talking about damage to homes, damage to critical infrastructure, and lifelines, so water, power.

>> reporter: but as powerful as this jolt was, the damage could have been much worse. the quake hit 11 miles beneath the surface. >> when it's really seen down further in the earth, then some of that energy has a chance to kind of die down before it gets to the surface. >> reporter: most buildings held steady. the injuries due to what state officials call non-structural items. >> your bookshelves, your tvs could fall over that aren't bolted down. short of a house collapsing on you or a building chancing on you, the potential for having a bookshelf fall over is high. >> reporter: perhaps most unsettling is that the 6.4 temblor may just be a warning. >> unfortunately we have no way of telling whether this is a foreshock to a larger earthquake. we don't know, but this is a great reminder. >> reporter: you can see the damage to this house behind me. there have already been more than 80 aftershocks. the strongest measured 4.6. ironically, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck this same area

exactly one year ago today. norah. >> manny bojorquez, thank you so much. well, let's turn now to some breaking news. cbs news has learned that ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is set for a series of high-profile meetings here in washington tomorrow. it is his first trip out of the country since the war began in february. the visit includes a meeting with president biden and an address to congress just as lawmakers are set to vote on a year-end spending package that includes $45 billion in new emergency assistance to ukraine. public health officials are concerned about a post-holiday surge of respiratory illnesses, pediatric hospitals nationwide are already in crisis mode. all this as there's a shortage of children's tylenol. the cdc says 45 states report high or very high levels of influenza, including one of the hardest-hit states, tennessee. cbs's janet shamlian traveled to an overwhelmed children's hospital in memphis.

>> reporter: a crowded emergency room waiting area. >> 262. >> reporter: filled with sick children needing to be seen. >> she just woke up this morning. she was throwing up. >> reporter: the room filled with coughing, fever, and parents' fear. >> i'm trying to make sure she's not dehydrated. >> reporter: this is not an unusual day at le bonheur children's hospital in memphis. >> can i listen to your heart? >> reporter: it's every day. fewer patients but more critical in the neonatal intensive care unit. >> hey, buddy. >> reporter: maverick king has rsv. he's 8 weeks old and has spent half that time in the hospital fighting for his life. >> this is definitely not how i thought we'd spend our first two months or his first thanksgiving and it's so close to christmas. >> is he okay? >> yeah. yeah, he's just upset. >> reporter: mom brittany king says this is an improvement. >> when he was intubated, what were you thinking? >> i don't think there's any words to sit there and watch your newborn baby have to be intubated to breathe. >> reporter: in each room, a

heartbreaking story. hospital president michael wiggins says it's unprecedented. how does this compare to what you saw during covid? >> well, this really is the pediatric experience of covid. the volumes of patients that the adult hospitals saw during covid, that's what we're experiencing now. >> reporter: nurses and other staff are taking extra shifts to ensure every child gets the best care. ahead of the holidays, what parents want most is to leave. >> there's a chance that we get to go home in a few days, but depending on how he does would determine if we're home by christmas. >> reporter: janet shamlian, cbs news, memphis. an estimated crowd of 4 million jubilant soccer fans flooded the streets and even the highways of buenos aires today as argentina tried to hold a victory parade for their world cup champions. a bus carrying superstar lionel messi and his teammates was moving so slowly that they had to be airlifted out by

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jeff pegues in washington. thanks for staying with us. we all welcome the holidays, but they can add stress to your life. much of that has to do with the strain that the holidays can put on your wallets, especially as inflation continues to take a bite out of family budgets. a recent survey found that 55% of americans say that they have experienced financial hardship due to rising prices. nancy chen has some ideas on how to manage the gift-giving season without taking on a mountain of debt. >> what do you want to eat,

then, buddy. >> reporter: for francesca devito, feeding her four kids is where inflation has hit the hardest. >> we do a lot more frozen veggies. same with fruits. try to stretch as much as i can. >> reporter: stretching has also meant debt, even after downsizing into this mobile home in new jersey. it seems like these credit cards are a matter of necessity for you. >> yeah. it's what gets you in between paycheck. then unfortunately your paycheck goes to trying to pay it down. then it comes down to am i going to pay the credit card down? am i going to pay the lot bill. >> reporter: now with holiday bills looming, devito and her husband are focusing on cutting back further to afford christmas for their children. but it hasn't been easy. even as inflation cools, costs are still up more than 7% from last year. on average, shoppers are expected to spend about $833 on holiday items, including gifts. >> the holiday season can be really overwhelming, but you can

save money. >> i like to call it post-traumatic broke syndrome. >> reporter: tiffany lee change is a financial educator featured in the netflix documentary get smart with money. her first tip to save. >> you make a list. you check it twice and see who's going to get a gift or not. >> so not everyone's going to get a gift? >> no. >> reporter: a recent survey found that 26% of consumers plan on shortening their gift list this year, with just close family making the cut. as budgets are stretching, credit card debt has soared 15% in the last year, a pace not seen in more than two decades, reaching a record $930 billion as the average interest rate nears 20%. liche says instead use debit cards or cash. >> unless you're someone who pays off their credit card debt every single month in full, if you are that person, then using a credit card that generates points so it allows you to ravel, allows you to ea back or gas, then you're okay. >> reporter: and although buy now, pay later options are

increasingly popular, liche recommends steering clear of them when it comes to gifts. >> the worst thing you can do with your finances is to be paying monthly on things that ideally you should be saving up for and paying off in full when you get that thing. >> reporter: another tip, consider group gifts or doing a secret santa, especially if you have a large family. that way, you don't need to buy presents for every single person. nancy chen, cbs news, new york. a growing number of people who can't make ends meet this holiday season are turning to food banks, and that includes active members of the u.s. military as well as veterans. janet shamlian has that story from texas. >> reporter: army private gypsy jones is used to military lineups, but this one is at a pantry for people in need of food. >> yes, please. >> reporter: jones is a single mom. >> i have three daughters. >> reporter: whose military paycheck doesn't cover her house payment, utility bills, clothing for her daughters, and

groceries. >> y'all are fantastic. thank you. >> what percent of the food in your house do you think comes from pantries? >> i'd say 80, 80%. >> i would get in line no later than 7:00 or 7:30. >> reporter: the food care center in killeen, texas, home to fort hood, is one of several pantries jones frequents. raymond cockerel runs it and sees more uniforms than ever before. how has the need grown in. >> five years ago when i started, we had about 600 military families come through our door. our most recent year that just ended, we had almost 2,000 families come through our doors. >> reporter: nationwide, at least 1 in 6 military and veteran families were food-insecure in 2021, up from 1 in 8 families just two years earlier. pantries face their own hurdles. a dollar donated used to cover seven meals here. with inflation, now just six. if you did not have these resources, how would it affect your budget? >> i would probably be looking

to take on a second job or a third job even to make the ends meet. >> do you need a few extra? help yourself to it, okay? >> thank you. >> thank you for your service. >> for her, there's no dishonor. >> there's nothing wrong with seeking help when you need it. >> reporter: a growing need serving those who serve. janet shamlian, cbs news, killeen, texas. holidays can be a challenging time for the nearly 400,000 children in our nation's foster care system. mark strassmann has a look at one program that is fostering hope by giving young people the skills and confidence they need to succeed. >> reporter: at 17, senior julie pen afort could be just another kid bouncing around california's foster care system. instead she's found hope with help. >> they're like family to me, so it's like i look up to them a lot, and they'v made a big impact in my life.

>> reporter: they are first star academy at ucla. this privately funded national program on 15 college campuses recruits, practically rescues foster care kids when they're high school freshmen. it teaches them life skills and you could say improbably pulls college dreams out of a black trash bag. >> a lot of foster youth know verything that they have in this room and take it to the next placement. >> when a case worker shows up with a black trash bag, they know it means it's time to go again. >> yes. sometimes they don't get an alert. >> reporter: nationally, roughly half of foster kids graduate high school. 10% go to college. but first star seniors, 97% graduate high school, roughly 2 out of 3 enroll in four-year colleges. what is it your program is doing right? >> we are providing them

positive adult role model that is going to be with them for four years. >> consistency. >> is the key word. >> just childhood experiences, you're taught to keep your head down, be quiet. >> reporter: israel andrade is julie's mentor. now 23, this former foster kid went to seven different middle schools. >> i went through the same stuff that julie did. our stories are very similar. >> reporter: once a month for four years they've met in person, but they're constantly talking, making sure she's on track. >> it's like i see him as a brother. >> what's the biggest thing he's taught you? >> i think how to stand up for myself. >> would you at 13 recognize you at 17? >> no, i would not. >> reporter: julie is applying to college now. >> whatever she does, i'm going >> reporter: her first choice, suffering from sinus congestion, especially at night? try vicks sinex for instant relief that lasts up to 12 hours. vicks sinex targets congestion at the source, relieving nasal congestion and sinus pressure

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restaurants, everything, just seeing the food on the plates and people sipping coffee. it's a very pleasurable experience to just be walking up and down the street. >> reporter: born in north carolina, hyatt helps u.s. and canadian firms that are currently manufacturing in china relocate to mexico. and it's not just companies looking to come here. mexico is now a top destination for young professionals who work remotely. >> technology has absolutely made mexico city, living down here much easier. you know, we talk about things like rideshare apps. we have all of that. >> reporter: the influx of american erkz pats is transforming some of mexico city's most traditional neighborhoods. but some say the change was already under way. what i'm hearing is that the pandemic didn't really start that. with everything else, it accelerated it. >> yeah, accelerated. it just threw some gas on the

flames. >> reporter: rents have soared in a neighborhood in a city tortured with bumper to bumper traffic. here, old world charm is fading. in its place, award-winning restaurants and hip coffee shops where customers speak english more than spanish. >> our cultures are kind of merging in many ways. mexico is becoming more americanized, and the united states, americans are taking a lot more interest in mexican culture and cuisine. >> reporter: most locals welcome the new arrivals and the dollars with characteristic mexican warmth. but tensions are growing around what some are calling gentrification. >> i think there's a positive and negative to all of this, that you're mentioning and, yes, it's not just mexico that's being gentrified as you say. there's many cities. i think that some of the positives, i think that they drive economy. i think people will get paid higher salaries. >> reporter: alexandra is the founder of welcome home mexico,

a relocation and real estate service. she helps ex-pats with everything from these negotiations to school interviews for their children. she says business has been booming since the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, with no signs of slowing down. >> now we have younger americans that can work remotely looking for a better quality of life, and they're coming now to mexico city. >> when you say a better quality of life, what is it about mexico city that americans like so much? >> they love the climate. they love the people, the culture, the food, the beauty. yes, of course, safety can be an issue. and when i say qualities of life, i mean of course we can't avoid the fact that your dollar goes a long way in mexico, no? things are still relatively reasonable in mexico. >> reporter: according to state department data, there are over 1.6 million u.s. citizens living in mexico. but that number only includes people who have applied for legal residency, which most remote workers don't do. mexico city's tourism agency

says that just in the first half of this year, over 1.9 million foreigners arrived at the city's international airport, spending almost $2 billion on hotel stays in the capital. >> mexico has always been an important destination for u.s. travelers as i'm sure you know. and i have to say our mexican hosts are incredible. >> reporter: katherine powell is a global head of hosting for airbnb, where she oversees the hosting sites and research team. she says more people are visiting mexico and staying for longer periods of time. >> so we've seen an incredible growth in long-term stays in particular, so these are stays over 28 days or more. and you mentioned mexico. i mean mexico, now 1 in 5 of their nights booked after long-term stays. >> reporter: in 1978, the mexican poet octavio pass said in general, americans have not looked for mexico in mexico. they have looked for their obsessions, enthusiasms,

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hard to believe, but christmas is just four days away. but there is a village in finland where you can sit on santa's lap all year long. wendy gillette exai. >> r stens have traveled all the way from orlando to visit may, nland. >> it's been it's definitely been a longtime dream of mine. i am a christmas fanatic. >> reporter: the couple paid a visit to santa, who's a busy man these days preparing for christmas. >> taking good care of reindeer and making the presents. >> reporter: the village post office receives more than half a million letters every year addressed to santa. sending mail here gets you a stamp from the arctic circle. santa says this year's letters tell him children have been nice, not naughty. >> to be honest, being good is a

bit more challenging for us grown-ups. >> reporter: rova knee a may in northern finland calls itself the official city of santa claus, and the area is expecting a record-breaking number of visitors as 2022 comes to a close. >> this season definitely tourism is catching up from the times before covid. >> reporter: here in rova knee a may seeing santa means braving the elements. temperatures often dipping below zero and only a few hours of light a day. but that all falls away when you th village. intohet circle t thh o have a cold one, spot the northern lights from a glass igloo at properties like arctic snow hotel where we stayed for a special rate. >> yes, yes. >> reporter: learn to guide a sled powered by husky dogs or take santa's reindeer out for a spin to help the get team in shape for this year's big ride. wendy gillette, cbs news, rova knee a may, finland.

and that is the overnight news for this wednesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jeff pegues. this is cbs news flash. i'm courtney kealy in new york. elon musk confirmed that he will step down as the ceo of twitter. musk said in a tweet that, quote, i will resign as soon as i get someone foolish enough to take the job. it's a response to his twitter aif hshould resign. 57.5% sa h thlihas suended university education for female students. girls are already barred by the taliban from attending secondary schools. human rights watch called it a shameful decision. the state department condemned it. and the 2023 numerals have arrived in times square. tourists can snap selfies by the seven foot tall numbers before they are hoisted up for the ball drop on new year's eve. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or

connected tv. i'm courtney kealy, cbs news, new york. tonight, home or not for the holidays? the bomb cyclone creating travel chaos with flights already getting canceled ahead of one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. the dangerous winter storm bringing freezing temperatures and up to two feet of snow. cbs's errol barnett has what you need to know before heading to the airport or hitting the road. deadly earthquake hits northern california. roads buckled. power knocked out to tens of thousands. the major damage tonight. border showdown. texas national guard troops arrive in el paso as the country awaits a supreme court decision on the fate of title 42. breaking news on donald trump's tax returns, plus a cbs news exclusive.

the never-before-heard january 6th testimony of the former president's personal aide. hospitals bracing for a surge of flu and rsv. but as cbs's janet shamlian reports, some emergency rooms are already crowded. >> we're seeing 2,000 more patients a month than we did last yar. and children and cell phones. what parents can do to protect their kids in the digital world. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." a powerful earthquake killed two people, and tonight there is major damage to buildings and roads in northern california. plus, the biden administration just weighed in on the lifting of the immigration policy known as title 42. we're going to have more on that in just a moment. but first we're going to begin with the impending travel nightmare for those trying to make it home for christmas. record cold temperatures are on the way followed by

blizzard-like conditions later in the week from the midwest to the northeast. aaa says nearly 113 million americans are expected to travel for the holidays. that's up more than 3.5 million since just last year. airlines are already issuing waivers and travel alerts ahead of the expected delays and cancellations. cbs's errol barnett is at a busy laguardia airport in new york. good evening, errol. >> reporter: hey there, norah. good evening. this powerful storm will have widespread impact on airports which were already bracing for one of the busiest holiday travel days since the pandemic began. and now transit hubs like this one are planning for an avalanche of cancellations for what some expect to be a once-in-a-generation storm. snow is already falling in cities like seattle, and with that same cold air already moving east, those expecting to travel for the holiday face an uphill climb. >> hopefully we got this sweet spot just in time.

>> reporter: in fact, the storm system is already causing delays and cancellations at seattle-tacoma international airport. thursday is expected to be the busiest travel day of the holiday season with more than 47,000 flights scheduled across the country. airlines are considering cancellations after meeting with their respective weather teams today. waivers are being offered to travelers wanting to change plans, but the time to make those changes is now. >> if you wait till flights start being canceled, it's too late. >> reporter: while 7.2 million are expected to fly, more than 100 million will be driving. one gift drivers can appreciate, falling gas prices, which are hovering around $3.12 a gallon, the lowest since july of 2021. now, for those flying this next week, the best advice is to download your airline's app so you get the latest updates. book the most early flight of the day on the most direct route.

norah, you'll need all the resources and luck you can get. >> appreciate that good advice, errol barnett, thank you. for more on this major storm system, let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. hey there, chris. >> good evening, norah. extremely cold air from the arctic will drop down into the united states in the form of a front, bringing winter storm conditions and dangerously cold windchills from canada all the way down to mexico. some of the windchills by thursday morning will be 30 to 40, almost 50 degrees below zero. that's what it will feel like on your skin. it's reasonably possible parts of wyoming could have windchills as low as 70 below zero. and then that cold air quickly drops down into the south, all the way down to the gulf coast and florida. and as it does, there could potentially be a flash freeze

with temperatures below zero or even around 5 degrees. norah, that's what makes things extremely dangerous on the roadways. precipitation freezing very quickly. >> super cold. thanks so much. in northern california, at least two people have died and nearly a dozen others injured after a powerful magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck overnight near the rural town of ferndale. tens of thousands are still without power in the small community that is located more than 200 miles northwest of san francisco. here's cbs's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: this is what residents woke up to near the epicenter of california's most powerful earthquake in just over three years. >> it was just crazy. i mean everything just fell off the walls, and i thought my house was going to fall down. >> reporter: we saw firsthand the impact of the magnitude 6.4 quake, which struck humboldt county near the oregon border just after 2:30 this morning. >> i just woke up to this. >> reporter: darren gallagher says when he walked outside his home in rio dell --

>> the whole front porch fell off. there's a dirt bike over there holding up that end. >> reporter: the road buckled near ferndale, a town of 1,300 residents closest to the epicenter. >> we're talking about damage to homes, damage to critical infrastructure, and lifelines, so water, power. >> reporter: but as powerful as this jolt was, the damage could have been much worse. the quake hit 11 miles beneath the surface. >> when it's really seen down further in the earth, then some of that energy has a chance to kind of die down before it gets to the surface. >> reporter: most buildings held steady. the injuries due to what state officials call non-structural items. >> your bookshelves, your tvs could fall over that aren't bolted down. short of a house collapsing on you or a building collapsing on you, the potential for having a bookshelf fall over is high. >> reporter: perhaps most unsettling is that the 6.4 temblor may just be a warning. >> unfortunately we have no way of telling whether this is a foreshock to a larger earthquake.

we don't know, but this is a great reminder. >> reporter: you can see the damage to this house behind me. there have already been more than 80 aftershocks. the strongest measured 4.6. ironically, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck this same area exactly one year ago today. norah. >> manny bojorquez, thank you so much. well, let's turn now to some breaking news. cbs news has learned that ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is set for a series of high-profile meetings here in washington tomorrow. it is his first trip out of the country since the war began in february. the visit includes a meeting with president biden and an address to congress just as lawmakers are set to vote on a year-end spending package that includes $45 billion in new emergency assistance to ukraine. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." let's turn now to that looming crisis at the southern border. new tonight, the biden administration is asking the supreme court to end restrictions on migrants hoping to gain asylum here in the u.s. the trump administration had put in place a rule during the pandemic that expelled migrants without allowing them to seek asylum. cbs's omar villafranca is in el paso where the texas national guard has now arrived. >> reporter: a dramatic scene on texas' u.s./mexico border. before sunrise, texas national guard troops arrived to put a razor wire fence alongside the banks of the rio grande.

texas governor greg abbott sending 400 more national guard troops to the el paso border in an attempt to block the flow of migrants into the u.s. they're getting on the bullhorn every once in a while and tlling people, "you can't be here. you being here on this side is illegal. you need to move on." and they're telling them to go to different points of entry. but what we found out, when they're going to other points of entry, customs and border patrol is not letting anybody in. this was one of the border crossings a week ago. this is what it looks like tonight. a line of humvees, armed soldiers, and texas state troopers. thousands of migrants have crossed this area in the last few days. despite the uncertainty of ending title 42, the city is putting plans in motion to house as many as 10,000 migrants, even considering opening their convention center and schools not currently in use. meanwhile, in ciudad juarez, mexico, 27-year-old yaneisy martinez and her three children

wait to cross the border. they have been traveling for three months from venezuela. "they would give us the opportunity to come in," she says, "only to put up a fence instead." her 3-year-old daughter is sick in her arms. she hopes to get to her brother in north carolina. i asked her what does she want to tell president biden. she said that she just wants a chance to get inside. shelters here in el paso will be packed again tonight with hundreds of migrants. the white house has asked the supreme court that if they're going to let title 42 expire, at least wait until after christmas. norah. >> tough situation there. omar villafranca, thank you so much. there is breaking news tonight. the democratic-controlled house ways and means committee just voted to publicly release some of former president trump's tax returns. the committee received six years of trump's tax returns last month following a three-year legal battle. republicans have vowed to shut down the investigation into trump's taxes when they take control of the house next month.

well, tonight we have a cbs news exclusive ahead of the january 6th committee's release of its final report tomorrow. cbs's robert costa has obtained recordings of the committee's interview with one of trump's closest advisers, which could provide evidence of crimes committed in the white house. >> reporter: there was perhaps no adviser closer to the president than his personal aide, nick luna, who managed operations in and around the oval office. and on january 6th, luna was at trump's side most of the day. luna testified he sometimes saw trump discard documents even though federal law says presidential records must be kept. >> do you know whether the president ever tore up notes when he was finished with them? >> yes. >> okay. and just to be clear, did the president tear up notes when he was finished with them? >> i don't know what the documents were, but there were tearing. >> you are aware that at least sometimes the president would tear up notes or pieces of paper when he was done with them, is that correct? >> yes, sir, that's correct. >> reporter: luna's eyewitness.

account echos reporting that at times, trump would rip up documents and throw pieces in the toilet, which oh kaushlly clogged pipes in the white house. the audio files also show luna testified about an unusual exchange he had with trump's chief of staff mark meadows on a day when state republican legislators visited the white house to huddle and strategize about how to keep trump in power. >> there was one instance where it would normally be my job to go in and make sure that the president is comfortable in whatever the situation is, if he's sitting in a chair or something like that. and i remember specifically this instance he had said, don't come in. don't come into the room today. >> mr. meadows said that to you? >> correct. >> did he ever tell you why not to come into the room? >> he did not. >> reporter: luna said such a request was rare. >> it sounds like it was a rare occurrence that you were told not to come into a meeting like that. >> correct. >> reporter: in a statement, the trump campaign criticized the january 6th committee but did not address luna's testimony. tomorrow the committee will

begin releasing full transcripts of interviews conducted with key trump players. that's evidence the justice department's special counsel could be eager to see. norah. >> yeah. we'll learn lots of new things as well. robert costa with that exclusive, thank you. while public health officials are concerned about a post-holiday surge of respiratory illnesses, pediatric hospitals nationwide are already in crisis mode. all this as there's a shortage of children's tylenol. the cdc says 45 states report high or very high levels of influenza, including one of the hardest-hit states, tennessee. cbs's janet shamlian traveled to an overwhelmed children's hospital in memphis. >> reporter: a crowded emergency room waiting area. >> 262. >> reporter: filled with sick children needing to be seen. >> she just woke up this morning. she was throwing up. >> reporter: the room filled with coughing, fever, and parents' fear. >> i'm trying to make sure she's not dehydrated. >> reporter: this is not an unusual day at le bonheur children's hospital in memphis.

>> can i listen to your heart? >> reporter: it's every day. fewer patients but more critical in the neonatal intensive care unit. maverick king has rsv. he's 8 weeks old and has spent half that time in the hospital fighting for his life. >> this is definitely not how i thought we'd spend our first two months or his first thanksgiving and it's so close to christmas. >> is he okay? >> yeah. yeah, he's just upset. >> reporter: mom brittany king says this is an improvement. >> when he was intubated, what were you thinking? >> that i don't think there's any words to sit there and watch your newborn baby have to be intubated to breathe. >> reporter: in each room, a heartbreaking story. hospital president michael wiggins says it's unprecedented. how does this compare to what you saw during covid? >> well, this really is the pediatric experience of covid. the volumes of patients that the adult hospitals saw during covid, that's what we're experiencing now.

>> reporter: nurses and other staff are taking extra shifts to ensure every child gets the best care. ahead of the holidays, what parents want most is to leave. >> there's a chance that we get to go home in a few days, but ou termine e' home by stmas. >> reporter: janet shamlian, cbs news, memphis.

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try nervivenerve relief. well, turning now to part two in our series on young children and cell phones. 1 in 3 americans say they've fallen for a phone scam, and kids are especially vulnerable. cbs's adriana diaz has tonight's "family matters" with tips on how to protect your children. >> do their social skills, you know, match up with the access that they have? >> reporter: at chicago's peterson elementary school, parents are ready for a lesson on kids' cell phone safety. devorah heitner wrote the guide "screen wise." >> we should ask our kidsion ber picture. >> reporter: creighton berman just gave his 12-year-old a phone. linda gibson's 13-year-old has one too. >> our kids aren't always able to distinguish what's real and what's reliable so that's been my main concern. >> my son uses discord, which is -- >> what is that?

>> it's like a slack but for any interest. it's fairly anonymous. we talk about it a lot, but that is one that makes me kind of nervous. >> what should parents know to try to keep them safe? >> anyone is tryin to exploit your child sexually, emotionally, financially, they will use threats to isolate them and scare them. if your child knows they have a safe person in you and that you will fight for them and be on their side, they're much less vulnerable. >> heitner also suggests removing phones at bedtime, using parental controls to limit screen time and apps, researching apps your kids want on sites like common sense media. not allowing headphones during games where your child can chat. and modeling good behavior. >> ultimately i believe mentoring is more powerful than monitoring. we want to teach them how to do the right thing. >> we've had a lot of conversations about even just pictures that kids post on social media. >> for his phone, i think what we're going to do is limit it to just texting and phone calls. he'll probably find ways around it, so i think open dialogue is really the biggest thing. it's all you can really do. >> news, chicago.

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finally tonight, a story of hope and recovery. in 2020, a deadly tornado ripped through a tennessee town. cbs's david begnaud covered the devastation at the time, and he recently returned, and what he found is truly inspiring. >> there he is. >> reporter: we went back to cookeville, tennessee, to check in. >> wow, it's been a long time. >> reporter: nearly three years after a tornado hit in the middle of the night. >> there was no grass. it actually -- it pulled the grass up. >> reporter: it was a direct hit. 170 homes shredded. 19 lives lost, including an entire family that huddled together and are now buried together. josh, erin, and sawyer kimberlin.

his grandparents are trisha and pastor rodney pitts. >> i'm not the same person i used to be. that's for sure. >> what's changed? >> oh, man. everything. >> reporter: much of cookeville has been rebuilt, but not the kimberlin home. instead, the community pitched in and converted the land into what is now hope park. >> this was where sawyer played a lot, and they've made a happy place for kids. >> it means so much to know that their memory is still alive and the impact they had on people. >> reporter: they wanted us to hear the laughter, see the resilience, and feel their unbreakable faith. david begnaud, cbs news, cookeville, tennessee. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com.

capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm courtney kealy in new york. elon musk confirmed that he will step down as the ceo of twitter. musk said in a tweet that, quote, i will resign as soon as i get someone foolish enough to take the job. it's a response to his twitter poll asking if he should resign. 57.5% said he should step down. the taliban has suspended university education for femal students. girls are already barred by the taliban from attending secondary schools. human rights watch called it a shameful decision. the state department condemned it. and the 2023 numerals have arrived in times square. tourists can snap selfies by the seven foot tall numbers before they are hoisted up for the ball

connected tv. i'm courtney kealy, cbs news, new york. it's wednesday, december 21st, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." holiday travel chaos. as we approach christmas, a major winter storm is moving across the country causing travel headaches. what you need to know before you hit the road. stepping down. elon musk says he will resign as twitter's ceo. see when he says he'll be stepping away. zelenskyy to washington. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, is set to address congress and visit the white house today. hear how his visit is crucial to further funding to ukraine. good morning. i'm dan lieberman in for anne-marie green.