spike in border crossings. >> we're inside el paso's migrant welcome center, which has been set up to accommodate the high number of migrants. >> reporter: title 42 likely will remain in effect until the supreme court makes a final ruling, possibly next summer. manuel bojorquez, cbs news. tonight, cbs news has learned the democratic-controlled house and ways and means committee will release former president donald trump's tax returns to the public on friday. the redacted documents are expected to include the returns filed between 2015 and 2020, the years he ran for and served as president. well, the fallout on the political -- the political fallout surrounding newly elect the congressman george santos is growing. the new york republican has yet to be sworn into office, but tonight there are increasing calls for him to resign after he confessed to lying about his education, work history, and his family background.

here's cbs's caitlin huey-burns. >> reporter: in various interviews, the congressman-elect confessed to a string of lies about his background. >> if i disappointed anyone by resume embellishments, i'm sorry. >> reporter: santos told "the new york post" he did not graduate from college despite claiming degrees from baruch college and nyu. i'm embarrassed and sorry, he said. we do stupid things in life. he also admitted he never worked directly for goldman sachs and citigroup, credentials he had touted on the campaign trail. >> i believe i used a poor use of words, but i did work in the industry for a number of years. >> reporter: but questions about his finances remain, including the source of $700,000 he reported to have loaned his campaign. santos also addressed scrutiny about his claims of jewish heritage. he has now deleted a portion from his campaign website where he recalled his grandparents

fleeing jewish persecution during world war ii. >> i always joked, i'm catholic, but i'm also jew-ish. >> the republican jewish coalition didn't find it funny, saying, he deceived us and misrepresented his heritage. he will not be welcome at any future rjc event. nassau county republican chair joseph cairo called the lies profound and said santos has broken the public trust. >> the question really is can the system protect itself? can congress set standards for who is appropriately a member of the house of representatives or not? >> reporter: and another republican congressman from new york that's coming to congress next term has called for an ethics investigation into his future colleague. but republicans here in leadership on capitol hill remain silent. as for santos, he vows to fill his full term, and he is expected to be sworn in to

congress next week. jericka. >> caitlin huey-burns at capitol hill for us tonight, thank you. turning now to ukraine, where the fighting in the east and south intensified today as both sides try to hold territory. cbs's ian lee shows us where the heaviest fighting has been. >> reporter: if war is the mother of invention, meet one of her children. ukrainian troopser-rig a car used to pin poit targets for their artillery. in bakhmut, ukrainian guns pound the enemy. soldiers here repel intense russian attacks. va the city quickly became symbolic for ukraine. bakhmut still stands. president zelenskyy praised the soldiers, calling the fighting in the east difficult and painful. that pain felt by the family of volodymyr. he was killed in bakhmut last

week. his candlelight funeral is a vivid reminder of the war as roughly 9 million ukrainians live without power.te t he'sead negotiate some acceptable outcomes with everyone involved and accused kyiv of refusing to talk. but ukraine's foreign minister says putin isn't serious. >> everything they do on the battlefield proves the opposite, proves to the contrary. they're not seeking peace. >> reporter: ukraine wants a u.n.-supported peace summit in february. but with neither side willing to give an inch on their demands, it looks like at least for now, this war will be settled on the battlefield. jericka. >> ian lee from ukraine, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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reporting from our nation's capital, i'm jericka duncan. this is cbs news flash. i'm courtney kealy in new york. the january 6th committee released more transcripts, including interviews with cassidy hutchinson, the former aide to mark meadows, the chief of staff during former president trump's administration. she discusses how qanon theories were taken seriously. in this now viral tiktok video, two friends are seen being harassed at the a california in-n-out burger. a denver man was later arrested, charged with two counts of committing a hate crime. police began a criminal investigation after seeing the video on social media. and tonight's 45th kennedy center honors recognizes performing artists who have shaped american culture for decades. it airs right here on cbs at

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flights have been canceled and almost00 th hardest, accounting nearly half of the cancellations. and the city of buffalo, new york, remains paralyzed from what's being called the blizzard of the century. heavy equipment is helping clear the snow-covered streets as the death toll rises. and on the west coast, the first round from a powerful storm is bringing high wind and drenching rain to washington, oregon, and california. cbs's tanya rivero will start us off tonight from new york. >> reporter: for passengers on southwest, the nightmare before christmas has become the meltdown after christmas. >> honey, it's been horrific for everybody. >> reporter: at airports around the country, the writing is on the monitors. luggage piled everywhere. southwest passengers stuck in endless lines at the counter and on the phone. >> i was on hold for six hours. i literally fell asleep, woke up, and i was still on hold. >> reporter: in new york, we met the mason family, all eight of

them flying southwest, trying to get to a family reunion in dallas. >> we get up to the front, and she said, yeah, there's no way. you guys are not getting out today or tomorrow or wednesday tcoult usy. on a flight would be friday. >> reporter: christmas day, southwest canceled nearly half of its flights. on monday, it was three-quarters, with nearly its entire schedule canceled or delayed. and today, over 2,500 more flights canceled. passengers again out of luck. so are flight crews. >> scheduling doesn't know where a lot of our pilots are even at right now. >> reporter: crews have to call in to get their assignments and are waiting on hold for hours. what makes it so different at southwest? >> well, it's almost like a house of cards at this point. we're not able to provide answers, and it really is -- it's disgraceful. >> reporter: in a statement, southwest offered heartfelt apologies and said, we were fully staffed and prepared for the approaching holiday weekend when the severe weather swept

across the continent. >> this storm was forecast for five days. everyone knew what was coming and was preparing. southwest wasn't. >> reporter: the department of transportation is investigating the circumstances that led to this chaos. as for the masons, that stranded family of eight, they rebooked on american and are flying to dallas overnight just in time for that family reunion. jericka. >> tanya, thank you. good to hear. we parts of western new york as at least 34 deaths are being blamed on that historic blizzard. the national guard and state police are enforcing driving bans as search and rescue efforts continue. here's cbs's michael george. >> my truck got the worst of it. >> reporter: tonight, buffalo's roads are still clogged with snow and abandoned vehicles. a driving ban remains in effect. >> please, please, please do not drive in the city of buffalo unless you are emergency personnel.

it is ugly right now on many of the streets. >> reporter: icy roads still treacherous. >> slow down! >> reporter: state police are using armored vehicles to clear the way, and more than 100 military police are now arriving to help. buffalo's airport has recorded more than 51 inches of snow the past four days, paralyzing the city. gusting winds were brutal for firefighters battling this house fire. ice not just on the roads but encasing entire buildings. but there were warm moments too. this group of tourists from south korea was taken in by a family after their van got stuck in the snow. and army national guardsman matthew waldman helped a woman about to give birth. >> my mother texted me saying, hey, there's a woman in labor, and nobody can help her right now. so i decided to veer off course a little bit, go to her address, and i -- her street was completely snowed in at least waist-high in snow. >> reporter: tonight, daniesha king and her baby are doing

well, but buffalo remains under a state of emergency. >> the blizzard conditions, of course, are gone. but we're going to be responding in some ways to this blizzard for still a number of days as they continue to open up the city of buffalo. >> reporter: and now that the storm has passed, temperatures are expected to rise and trigger a rapid melt in the coming days. jericka. >> michael george for us in new york tonight, thank you. tonight, cbs news has learned the democratic-controlled house and ways and means committee will release former president donald trump's tax returns to the public on friday. the redacted documents are expected to include the returns filed between 2015 and 2020, the years he ran for and served as president. well, the political fallout surrounding newly elected congressman george santos is growing. the new york republican has yet to be sworn into office, but tonight there are increasing calls for him to resign after he confessed to lying about his

education, work history, and his family background. here's cbs's caitlin huey-burns. >> reporter: in various interviews, the congressman-elect confessed to a string of lies about his background. >> if i disappointed anyone by resume embellishments, i'm sorry. >> reporter: santos told "the new york post" he did not graduate from college despite claiming degrees from baruch college and nyu. "i'm embarrassed and sorry," he said. "we do stupid things in life." he also admitted he never worked directly for goldman sachs and citigroup, credentials he had touted on the campaign trail. >> i believe i used a poor use of words, but i did work in the industry for a number of years. >> reporter: but questions about his finances remain, including the source of $700,000 he reported to have loaned his campaign. santos also addressed scrutiny about his claims of jewish heritage. he has now deleted a portion

from his campaign website where he recalled his grandparents fleeing jewish persecution during world war ii. >> i always joked, i'm catholic, but i'm also jew-ish. >> reporter: the republican jewish coalition didn't find it funny, saying, he deceived us and misrepresented his heritage. he will not be welcome at any future rjc event. nassau county republican chair joseph cairo called the lies profound and said santos has broken the public trust. >> the question really is can the system protect itself? can congress set standards for who is appropriately a member of the house of representatives or not? >> reporter: and another republican congressman from new york that's coming to congress next term has called for an ethics investigation into his future colleague. but republicans here in leadership on capitol hill remain silent. as for santos, he vows to fill his full term, and he is

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jericka duncan in washington. thanks so much for staying with us. health officials are warning that holiday gatherings could jump-start the so-called tripledemic of rsv, covid, and the flu. the cdc says hospitalizations for rsv and influenza have been on the decline in recent weeks, and covid hospitalizations have also fallen slightly. but all three viruses continue to circulate, and some children's hospitals are swamped with young patients.

and for those sick at home, a growing shortage of children's medicine has left some pharmacy shelves empty. carter evans has that story. >> i had to go to four different stores. >> reporter: it took megan shane her a whole day to find medicine for her 19-month-old daughter when her fever spiked. >> i had myself husband, my pas parents, my siblings. nobody could find anything. >> reporter: she thinks her daughter has the flu, just one of the viruses overwhelming doctors. >> we never had such an amount of people getting sick at the same time. >> reporter: shane her is just one of many parents panicking over a run on children's pain relief medicine at drugstores. >> there's nothing on the shelves. >> it's just so ridiculous how difficult it's been just to get children's tylenol. >> if you see some tylenol or ibuprofen, you better grab it. >> is there any end in sight? >> no. we don't know. it is a shortage. it's a national shortage.

>> reporter: to combat part of the problem, the government released reserves of tamiflu, and cvs, target and walgreens are limiting purchases of over-the-counter children's medicine. >> what are you telling parents who are calling you in a panic? >> i would say don't panic. this is not going to lead to any kind of a complication with your child. these are medicines to simply make your child more comfortable. >> reporter: some parents have but dr. sean o'leary says parents should follow recommended dosages. >> can parents substitute adult medicines? >> yes, for kids that are able to swallow pills and the dose works out properly, sure. usually once kids get over 110, 120 pounds, that's going to match up with an adult dose. you want to be careful that you're not overdosing your children with these medicines. >> reporter: carter evans, los angeles. overseas now, ukrainian forces have begun a winter offensive in the eastern part of the country. they've also managed to strike again deep inside russia.

security camera footage shows what appears to be a ukrainian drone strike on a russian airbase. moscow claims the drone was shot down before reaching its target but says three soldiers were killed by the debris. and despite the war, ukraine's jewish community still managed to celebrate hanukkah. ian lee reports from kyiv. >> reporter: the season of peace didn't bring any here. ukrainian artillery continues to bombard russian positions around bakhmut. while russia shelled kherson, killing at least ten civilians. president zelenskyy said russia is throwing everything at them to make some progress. amidst the war, german family celebrates hanukkah. they light the candles of their menorah to remember a jewish victory thousands of years ago. "we fight for the existence of light in every home" victoria tells me. "we fight to be a free people

like in the original hanukkah story." victoria's husband, sister, and two sons gather for the festivities as they have for years, so they were shocked at putin's reason for starting this war. how do you respond to putin when he says he's fighting naziism? "we've known what naziism means since world war ii," she says. to say there are nazis out here is total madness. in the center of kyiv, a giant menorah towers over independence square, broadcasting the holiday to the country. the family felt safe in ukraine until russian troops invaded. the federation of jewish mm quickly evacuated them along with tens of thousands of others. they eventually returned, but life is different now. how has the war changed you? >> i'm more stressed. i can't live a normal life because of the war. >> do you blame putin, then, and russia for doing this?

>> i want to kill him. if you give me a gun and his head, i will shoot him. >> reporter: the family stayed up late to watch their president, a jewish comedian turned wartime leader, address a joint meeting of congress. "tears filled our eyes when he spoke and at how the americans greeted him," she tells me. so are you proud of him? >> yes, very much. >> reporter: proud of a leader who's united the nation on what they say is their road to another

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the holidays are a time for good cheer and some added stress. both can increase drinking. a new study found alcohol consumption spikes between thanksgiving and new year's. for some, it's just a couple of extra drinks, but others end up drinking twice as much as they do the rest of the year. that has many americans falling into a category known as the gray area of drinking. meg oliver explains. >> when i came up here, i didn't know anyone. i was in the house. it was a long day. it was a long day with just me and the baby. >> and you felt isolated? >> i did. >> reporter: maureen anderson is a married mother of four. she says that isolation is part of what led her to drink more frequently. >> it became less of an out of the house special occasion party thing to more of a at the end of the day, time to have a glass of

wine, shut off my brain, relax. >> how did you like to drink? >> you know, when i was making dinner, i'd pour a glass of wine and -- >> would that lead to another glass of wine? >> yeah. it could be a bottle a night. it could be a little more. it could be less. i could take a night off. >> reporter: anderson didn't consider her solve an alcoholic but a gray area drinker. dr. shaw is the chief of addiction medicine at jersey shore university medical center. >> the term gray area drinker means someone who is drinking more than they probably like but not so much that it's causing external consequences yet. >> is this just another term for alcoholism? >> i think the term falls into this gray area because it doesn't yet meet the medical definitions of alcoholism. but i think that risk is there. >> reporter: drinking nationwide is on the rise. according to the journal of addiction medicine, during the covid pandemic lockdown, drinking among women increased more than 50%, and for women with children under 5, it shot up more than 300%.

>> this is always a time of year where more clients come in. >> reporter: nutritionist jolene park quit drinking eight years ago. >> this gray area drinking spectrum, it's real. >> reporter: she gave a ted talk on the subject that's been viewed more than 350,000 times. now she counsels people like herself to stay away from the bottle by eating healthy foods, exercising, and natural relaxation techniques. >> how do you know if you're a gray area drinker? >> gray area drinkers can and do stop drinking. it's very, very characteristic. they stop frequently and say, you know, they have a night. they wake up the next morning and say, i can't keep drinking like this. >> go get it! >> reporter: anderson has gone two years without a drink and is also now a certified recovery coach helping other women. >> what do you want people to take away from this? >> i want women to know that they're not alone, that, you know, we're expected to drink a

lot and be okay with it and to deal with it and to feel fine. we really are expected to drink a lot. it's everywhere. >> reporter: i'm meg oliver, fairfield, connecticut. if you want to go out for a non-alcoholic drink, how about a mocktail? >> i'm sitting here in one of the biggest breweries on the east coast, right? >> we're a top 20 craft brewery by size in the country out of 9,000 craft breweries. >> reporter: there's one thing you won't find in all of these cases of craft beer -- alcohol. >> it's one of the biggest oxymorons out there. >> reporter: they founded athletic brewing in connecticut in 2017. last year sales hit $37 million, and they're on track to double that this year. >> john said, we're not launching commercially. this is an indistinguishable award-winning craft beer. >> reporter: in the last five years, non-alcoholic beer s ha

>> 80% of our customers drink alcohol at other times during the week. >> is this pretty similar to what a full alcohol brewery would be doing? >> 100%. all the same. >> what we do is traditional brewing through and through. we tweak a degree here, a degree there, but we wind up at a fully fer menlted product. >> reporter: eric as move is the chief wine critic at "the new york times." we asked him to taste some of the latest non-alcoholic beverages, including an athletic beer. >> it's super hoppy. there's a lot of flavor in there. >> i thought you might hate this. >> no, i quite like it. >> have you noticed in the last five or ten years that there are more and better non-alcoholic drinks on the menu? >> oh, absolutely. no good cocktail list nowadays is complete without at least a few selections. >> do you think there's more room to grow? >> it's going to increase. dry januarys are a big thing. that's been extended to october. >> i'm worried it's going to take over the whole calendar.

>> with some people, it is. >> you have people thinking intently about their health and deciding maybe that alcohol consumption is not a great thing. >> we're going to do some day drinking without the booze. >> reporter: cameron winkleman is head bar tender at man hat ta. one of the country's foremost wine experts, are you feel be skeptical? >> a little bit. >> this is pinot noir that's been dealcoholized and carbonated. >> if you were to drink a good sparkling wine that's made naturally, the bubbles would be cascading all over the moug. this feels more like a soft drink. >> that's if you compare it to wine. >> if we're comparing it to other non-alcoholic wines, i think is a really good effort. it's not overwhelmingly sweet. >> alcohol is part of the natural process of making wine. yeast transforms the sugar in the grape juice into alcohol and carbon dioxide. if you don't have alcohol, you're putting together parts

that don't really have a un elent. >> imov says some of his favorite non-alcoholic drinks are the ones that don't try to imitate wine. >> this is actually a gooseberry ferment. >> wow. it's almost very floral. >> mm-hmm. >> i really like that. >> reporter: he also liked some of the alcohol-free cocktails. >> a mass riverine seed lip that's been infused with mango, grapefruit, yuzu and coconut water. >> oh, my, that is delicious. so concentrated and yet light and refreshing. >> the growth in this market seems to be as an add-on, right? not, i'm going to give up cocktails and only drink mocktails. it's like, i don't want to have four cocktails, but maybe i could do two and two. >> that's as i understand it. it's not my personal experience, i confess. >> what's your personal experience? >> i just drink less. >> but that's not really the american way. the american way is let me figure out a way to consume even

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foror 20 years now, operation warm has been providing coats, shoes, and other items for families in need. the nonprofit recently passed a major milestone. nikki battiste has that story. >> 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: thoe we is operatin warm started by dick sanford 24 years ago here in pennsylvania. >> i noticed half a dozen children who were waiting for a schoolbus. 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. now i don't get cold when it starts snowing. >> it won't be cold when it starts snowing now? >> reporter: the kids can take home new shoes too. there are about 800,000 children on the waiting list. >> on a scale of 1 to 10, how excited are you? >> a 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 is the overnight news for this wednesday. 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 the nation's capital, i'm jericka duncan.

this is cbs news flash. i'm courtney kealy in new york. the january 6th committee released more transcripts, including interviews with cassidy hutchinson, the former aide to mark meadows, the chief of staff during former president trump's administration. she discusses how qanon theories were taken seriously. in this now viral tiktok video, two friends are seen being harassed at a california in-n-out burger. a denver man who hurled racist and homophobic slurs was later arrested, charged with two counts of committing a hate crime. police began a criminal investigation after seeing the video on social media. and tonight's 45th kennedy center honors recognizes performing artists who have shaped american culture for decades. it airs right here on cbs at

8:00 p.m. eastern. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'urtney kealy, cbs news, new york. tonight, the post-christmas travel nightmare is far from over. thousands of flights canceled. thousands more delayed, all caused by winter weather and staffing problems. passengers stranded in airports. luggage is piling up, and patience is wearing thin. southwest airlines blamed for most of the chaos. cbs's tanya rivero reports. buffalo digging out. the national guard is called in to clear the streets as the death toll rises from the worst snowstorm in a generation. breaking tonight, supreme court immigration ruling. the pandemic-era restriction blocking migrants at the mexican border will remain in effect. calls to resign. congressman-elect george santos

remains defiant after admitting to several lies. cbs's caitlin huey-burns on how lawmakers could respond. health watch. cbs's dr. jon lapook explores a medical breakthrough for young patients with heart defects. and furnishing hope. how a washington, d.c. nonprofit is providing those in need with furniture and a brighter future. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm jericka duncan in for norah. we have breaking news tonight out of the supreme court. it ruled the covid-19 border restriction known as title 42 will remain in effect. plus, embattled congressman-elect george santos is facing calls to step aside after admitting he put, quote, a

little bit of fluff on his resume. but first, we begin with the travel nightmares at the nation's airports. bad weather and staffing issues have left passengers stranded and luggage piling up. since friday, nearly 20,000 flights have been canceled, and almost 40,000 delayed. southwest airlines is being hit the hardest, accounting for nearly half of the cancellations. and the city of buffalo, new york, remains paralyzed from what's being called the blizzard of the century. heavy equipment is helping clear the snow-covered streets as the death toll rises. and on the west coast, the first round from a powerful storm is bringing high wind and drenching rain to washington, oregon, and california. cbs's tanya rivero will start us off tonight from new york. >> reporter: for passengers on southwest, the nightmare before christmas has become the meltdown after christmas. >> honey, it's been horrific for everybody. >> reporter: at airports around

the country, the writing is on the monitors. luggage piled everywhere. southwest passengers stuck in endless lines at the counter and on the phone. >> i was on hold for six hours. i literally fell asleep, woke up, and i was still on hold. >> reporter: in new york, we met the mason family, all eight of them flying southwest, trying to get to a family reunion in dallas. >> we get up to the front, and she said, yeah, there's no way. you guys are not getting out today or tomorrow or wednesday or thursday. the earliest they could get us on a flight would be friday. >> reporter: christmas day, southwest canceled nearly half of its flights. on monday, it was three-quarters, with nearly its entire schedule canceled or delayed. and today, over 2,500 more flights canceled. passengers again out of luck. so are flight crews. >> scheduling doesn't know where a lot of our pilots are even at right now. >> reporter: crews have to call in to get their assignments and are waiting on hold for hours. what makes it so different at southwest?

>> well, it's almost like a house of cards at this point. we're not able to provide answers, and it really is -- it's disgraceful. >> reporter: in a statement, southwest offered heartfelt apologies and said, we were fully staffed and prepared for the approaching holiday weekend when the severe weather swept across the continent. >> this storm was forecast for five days. everyone knew what was coming and was preparing. southwest wasn't. >> reporter: late today, transportation secretary pete buttigieg weighed in. >> well, i want passengers to know that this department has their back, that we are going to be holding the airline accountable because they've got a lot of trust to repair. >> reporter: he says the department of transportation is investigating the circumstances that led to this chaos. as for the masons, that stranded family of eight, they rebooked on american and are flying to dallas overnight just in time for that family reunion. jericka. >> tanya, thank you. good to hear. well, president biden has declared a federal emergency in

parts of western new york as at least 34 deaths are being blamed on that historic blizzard. the national guard and state police are enforcing driving bans as search and rescue efforts continue. here's cbs's michael george. >> my truck got the worst of it. >> reporter: tonight, buffalo's roads are still clogged with snow and abandoned vehicles. a driving ban remains in effect. >> please, please, please do not drive in the city of buffalo unless you are emergency personnel. it is ugly right now on many of the streets. >> reporter: icy roads still treacherous. >> slow down! >> reporter: state police are using armored vehicles to clear the way, and more than 100 military police are now arriving to help. buffalo's airport has recorded more than 51 inches of snow the past four days, paralyzing the city. gusting winds were brutal for firefighters battling this house fire. ice not just on the roads but encasing entire buildings.

but there were warm moments too. this group of tourists from south korea was taken in by a family after their van got stuck in the snow. and army national guardsman matthew waldman helped a woman about to give birth. >> my mother texted me saying, hey, there's a woman in labor, and nobody can help her right now. so i decided to veer off course a little bit, go to her address, and i -- her street was completely snowed in at least waist-high in snow. >> reporter: tonight, daniesha king and her baby are doing well, but buffalo remains under a state of emergency. >> the blizzard conditions, of course, are gone. but we're going to be responding in some ways to this blizzard for still a number of days as they continue to open up the city of buffalo. >> reporter: and now that the storm has passed, temperatures are expected to rise and trigger a rapid melt in the coming days. jericka. >> michael george for us in new york tonight, thank you. while the northeast recovers from the latest storm, another one is hammering the west coast.

for details on that, let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather challenge. good evening, chris. >> good evening, jericka. a strong storm system moving into the pacific northwest is bringing more wind to what has already been a wet mess. heavy rain and tides higher than normal creating a lot of flooding around shorelines in western washington, and the threat for flooding will continue. even mudslides and landslides a possibility in the coming days. with the snow we've seen, more snow on top of it. many areas, snow will be measured in feet, even five to six feet. meanwhile, snow winding down in western new york while temperatures are warming up. over the next couple of days, we're going to see temperatures, jericka, warming up in some areas to be about 10 to 20 degrees warmer than what you would expect normally this time of year. so big thaw is on the way. >> looking forward to that. thank you, chris. there's a lot more news

ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." well, now to breaking news out of the supreme court. the pandemic-era restriction on immigration known as title 42 will remain in place. president biden says ending the policy is, quote, overdue. cbs's manuel bojorquez reports on what it means for migrants seeking asylum here in the u.s. >> reporter: for thousands of asylum seekers who recently crossed the southern border and thousands waiting in mexico, the supreme court ruling means a trump-era pandemic policy that allows the u.s. to quickly expel those who cross the border remains in effect for now.

in the 5-4 decision, justice neil gorsuch dissented, writing, the policy's fate should fall on elected officials. we are a court of law, not policymakers of last resort. >> i'm really disappointed. >> reporter: dylan corbett is among the immigrant advocates who argue title 42 has denied entry to those who do qualify for asylum or led others to attempt repeated or more dangerous crossings. >> will they be sent back? >> it means a lot of uncertainty because title 42 isn't a solution to what's happening at the border. people who need asylum now are often cases sent back to cities in northern mexico that aren't safe. >> reporter: since the policy has been in place, more than 2 million asylum seekers have been denied entry. but 19 republican-led states argue that lifting the policy would lead to an even greater number of migrants crossing the border into cities like el paso, where shelters are overcrowded. we were there during a september spike in border crossings.

>> we're inside el paso's migrant welcome center, which has been set up to accommodate the high number of migrants. >> reporter: title 42 likely will remain in effect until the supreme court makes a final ruling, possibly next summer. manuel bojorquez, cbs news. tonight, cbs news has learned the democratic-controlled house and ways and means committee will release former president donald trump's tax returns to the public on friday. the redacted documents are expected to include the returns filed between 2015 and 2020, the years he ran for and served as president. well, the political fallout surrounding newly elected congressman george santos is growing. the new york republican has yet to be sworn into office, but tonight there are increasing calls for him to resign after he confessed to lying about his education, work history, and his family background. here's cbs's caitlin huey-burns.

>> reporter: in various interviews, the congressman-elect confessed to a string of lies about his background. >> if i disappointed anyone by resume embellishments, i'm sorry. >> reporter: santos told "the new york post" he did not graduate from college despite claiming degrees from baruch college and nyu. "i'm embarrassed and sorry," he said. "we do stupid things in life." he also admitted he never worked directly for goldman sachs and citigroup, credentials he had touted on the campaign trail. >> i believe i used a poor use of words, but i did work in the industry for a number of years. >> reporter: but questions about his finances remain, including the source of $700,000 he reported to have loaned his campaign. santos also addressed scrutiny about his claims of jewish heritage. he has now deleted a portion from his campaign website where he recalled his grandparents fleeing jewish persecution

during world war ii. >> i always joked, i'm catholic, but i'm also jew-ish. >> the republican jewish coalition didn't find it funny, saying, he deceived us and misrepresented his heritage. he will not be welcome at any nassau county republican chair joseph cairo called the lies profound and said santos has broken the public trust. >> the question really is can the system protect itself? can congress set standards for who is appropriately a member of the house of representatives or not? >> reporter: and another republican congressman from new york that's coming to congress next term has called for an ethics investigation into his future colleague. but republicans here in leadership on capitol hill remain silent. as for santos, he vows to fill his full term, and he is expected to be sworn in to congress next week.

jericka. >> caitlin huey-burns at capitol hill for us tonight, thank you. turning now to ukraine, where the fighting in the east and south intensified today as both sides try to hold territory. cbs's ian lee shows us where the heaviest fighting has been. >> reporter: if war is the mother of invention, meet one of her children. ukrainian troops jury-rig a tower on a car used to pinpoint targets for their artillery. in bakhmut, ukrainian guns pound the enemy. soldiers here repel intense russian attacks. the city quickly became symbolic for ukraine. bakhmut still stands. president zelenskyy praised the soldiers, calling the fighting in the east difficult and painful. that pain felt by the family of volodymyr yezhov. he was killed in bakhmut last week.

his candlelight funeral is a vivid reminder of the war as roughly 9 million ukrainians live without power. russian president vladimir putin told state tv he's ready to negotiate some acceptable outcomes with everyone involved and accused kyiv of refusing to talk. but ukraine's foreign minister says putin isn't serious. >> everything they do on the battlefield proves the opposite, proves to the contrary. they're not seeking peace. >> reporter: ukraine wants a u.n.-supported peace summit in february. but with neither side willing to give an inch on their demands, it looks like at least for now, this war will be settled on the battlefield. jericka. >> ian lee from ukraine, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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finally tonight, home for the holidays takes on a special meaning for one amazing nonprofit based here in d.c. cbs's james brown shows us the women on a mission to fill the hearts by filling the homes of those in need. >> reporter: single mom gloria antelon moved to the nation's capital with next to nothing. >> got to the point where i slept in my car for maybe three, four days. >> and your kids? >> they was with me. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: until they got this home. >> whoa! >> reporter: all filled for free by furnish hope d.c. >> children deserve the bare necessities, if anything.

>> reporter: the women behind the washington nonprofit find new homes for gently used furniture. >> on my way here today, around the corner from me, there was a beautiful queen mattress sitting out with the garbage. i went and knocked on the door. i asked if we could put it >> did you know this neighbor? >> yeah, i do. >> so they didn't think you were crazy coming -- >> they did, but i do know the neighbor. >> reporter: founder niki mock often does the pickups in her own pickup. and women like antelon, now a volunteer, find new purpose here. >> so you need everything? >> yes. >> even though you're just getting the footing yourself, you're excited about helping others to get the footing that you now have. >> yes. >> and you're enjoying it? >> yes. >> reporter: giving more than just furniture a new future. james brown, cbs news, washington. and that is the overnight news for this wednesday. reporting from our nation's

capital, i'm jericka duncan. this is cbs news flash. i'm courtney kealy in new york. the january 6th committee released more transcripts including interviews with cassidy hutchinson, the former aide to mark meadows, the chief of staff during former president trump's administration. she discusses how qanon theories were taken seriously. in this now viral tiktok video, two friends are seen being harassed at a california in-n-out burger. a denver man who hurled racist and homophobic slurs was later arrested, charged with two counts of committing a hate crime. police began a criminal investigation after seeing the video on social media. and tonight's 45th kennedy center honors recognizes performing artists who have shaped american culture for

decades. it airs right here on cbs at it's wednesday, december 28th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." flight fiasco. thousands of people stranded as southwest airlines cancels more than 7,000 flights in 3 days. the airline struggling to keep up as a massive snowstorm battered much of the nation. the stark warning from pete buttigieg. western new york still reeling from that deadly blizzard. at least 32 people have died in the buffalo area from the severe weather. who's being called in to help the paralyzed city? title 42 can stay in place for now. that's the latest ruling from the supreme court.