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earthquake. i feel it. oh, my god. >> a powerful earthquake rocks northern california, triggering a tsunami warning and sending people running to higher ground. the aftershocks and the damage. and keeping up the fight. donald trump's pick to run the defense department returns to capitol hill along with two billionaires put in charge of cutting government costs. good morning, i'm michael george. while we start with the intensifying search for the gunman who killed the unitedhealthcare ceo in new york city. police are uncovering new clues as they trace his steps, including new photos of an unmasked man wanted for questioning. detectives say he arrived in manhattan on a bus that originated in atlanta, days before the shooting. and they revealed bullet casings found at the scene had the words deny, delay and possibly depose written on them, which could point to a motive. cbs' jarred hill in new york is

tracking the latest on the manhunt. jarred, good morning. >> reporter: there is another possible piece of evidence here. they think they recovered a coffee cup the guy may have used. it was dusted for fingerprints, the latest potential puzzle piece to help solve this shocking killing. combing through new evidence linked to the brazen killing of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. nypd released two new images of the man wanted for questioning. in this one, taken at a hostel where police believe he stayed before the shooting, the man smiling. >> the police is right there. and the fellow told me his friend was in the same room as the guy. >> reporter: thursday, officers searched the hostel a few miles from the crime scene as they pieced together a timeline. officials say the man checked in days before with a fake new jersey i.d., then the morning of the killing at 6:15 a.m., the suspected shooter walked out of a subway station north of the hilton hotel. two minutes later, cameras

inside a nearby starbucks captured his partially covered face. half an hour late, police believe he shot and killed thompson outside the hotel before escaping through an alley way and riding a bike to central park where police say he was spotted on surveillance cameras. less than 15 minutes after the shooting, he left the park and was scene on a home security camera. richard esposito is a former nypd deputy commissioner. >> i wouldn't call this person a professional. professionals, hit men, assassins, they're in and out. and they're gone. >> reporter: as the manhunt continues, cbs news confirmed shell casings found at the scene were inscribed with words typically critical of the insurance industry. >> and, jarred, let's talk about the words on the shell casings. police haven't commented on the meaning, but we know it is a phrase used to describe insurers denying claims. and this whole story has a lot of people talking about the health insurance industry. >> yeah, michael, you mentioned this. people learned that deny, delay and potentially depose was

written on the casings. it is similar to deny, delay, defend, the title of 2010 book critical of the industry. unitedhealthcare and competitors have been criticized by doctors, patients, lawmakers for denying claims or making it hard to get care. in a recent survey from kaiser family foundation, two-thirds of americans said health insurance companies deserve a lot of blame for high healthcare costs and the killing and the possible motive are reigniting that conversation. >> jarred hill in new york, thank you for joining us. aftershocks continue to rattle northern california after yesterday's powerful earthquake prompted a brief tsunami warning for millions of people along the coast. the magnitude 7 quake struck off northern california about 20 miles southwest of eureka and was felt as far south as san francisco. the story from cbs' kenny choi. >> i feel it. oh, my god.

>> reporter: california, jolted by the state's strongest earthquake in more than five years. >> it was definitely pretty frightening having to worry about whether the ceiling was going to collapse on us. >> this all began to sag. this wasn't sagging before. and then right up here, you can see that there is also a crack. >> reporter: angie chavez works at a restaurant in rio dell, not far from the epicenter and gave this harrowing account. >> it felt very nerve-racking because we're trying to quickly exit the building and i'm losing my balance because of the swaying motion of the earthquake. and with refrigerator doors swinging open, back and forth, in front of me, i'm having to dodge all the bottles and merchandise that is falling out of there, while also holding on to my two co-workers. >> reporter: the offshore quake quickly triggered a tsunami warning and evacuation. before it was canceled, residents were told to seek higher ground from the oregon border to as far south as the city of san frncisco where the zoo was shut down.

for a magnitude 7 earthquake, the damage could have been much worse. >> started off pretty slow and then it started to escalate and that's when things really started to fall. >> reporter: but even though her restaurant is still standing -- >> it is definitely going to be a bit of a task to get back on our feet. >> reporter: there were fortunately no reports of major injuries or heavy damage, but there were power outages. kenny choi, cbs news, san francisco. people in the great lakes region and parts of the northeast continue to deal with relentless snow, bitter cold and gusty winds. erie, pennsylvania, saw near blizzard conditions with up to a foot of new snow and wind gusts topping 50 miles per hour. in ohio, governor mike dewine declared a state of emergency in four counties due to lake-effect snow. a driver slid off the road and ended up submerged in a pond. he was able to get out through the sunroof, though. in oxford, massachusetts, the weight of the snow toppled a tree on top of a van, seriously injuring the driver.

rescue crews had to cut away the branchs to get to him. and strong winds snapped a wooden pole at a high school in philadelphia, killing an elderly woman walking along the school's track. on capitol hill, donald trump's embattled pick to run the pentagon is fighting to salvage his chances of landing a job as defense secretary. and the pair of billionaires trump selected to help government cut government spending met with lawmakers. cbs's scott macfarlane reports. >> is there anything that would convince you to stand down from this nomination at all? >> reporter: former fox news host pete hegseth, a fourth day of door to door visits with senators who will decide his fate. >> do you think you're picking up momentum or losing momentum. >> reporter: hegseth denied allegations he committed sexual assault, struggled with alcohol and mismanaged two nonprofits, but a source close to the trump transition team said time is running out. >> do you think you can convince joni ernst? >> -- on the issue of alcohol? >> we had great conversations about who i am and what i

believe and the man i am today. i'm a different man than i was years ago. and that's a redemption story that i think a lot of americans appreciate. >> reporter: after republican joni ernst's conversation with hegseth, she notably did not offer her endorsement. >> the vetting will continue. i am certain through the next month or so. >> reporter: meanwhile, two of trump's most famous and polarizing billionaire backers came to the capitol. elon musk with his child on his shoulders, and vivek ramaswamy came to promote their department of efficiency or doge with plans to cut trillions of dollars in spending. neither shared any details with reporters, but met with house speaker mike johnson who echoed their concerns. >> government is too big, too many things and does almost nothing well. and the taxpayers deserve better. >> reporter: their plans for large scale layoffs of federal workers have raised the concerns of many. musk called them fake jobs. >> there is no reason for that. that is far too excessive and

unnecessary and unfortunately that is sometimes what you get when you have someone from the business world coming in with a mandate to just start chopping. >> reporter: musk did not respond when we asked if doge would target the most expensive programs, driving federal spending. >> any idea whether you want to cut social security? medicare maybe too? defense spending might be on the chopping block at all? >> reporter: scott macfarlane, cbs news, the capitol. president biden is considering issuing sweeping preemptive pardons to prominent critics of president-elect trump to protect them from possible retribution and future prosecution. people familiar with white house discussions tell cbs news that no specific names have been formally recommended to biden, but the list could include dr. anthony fauci, general mark milley, democratic senator-elect adam schiff and former republican congresswoman liz ki.

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