i'm jericka duncan in for norah. national drug chains are limiting the sale of over-the-counter children's medicine amid a widespread shortage. plus, the white house accuses texas governor greg abbott of endangering lives when he dropped off bus loads of migrants outside the vice president's home on a very cold christmas eve. more on those stories in just a moment. but first, a state of emergency is in effect tonight in new york state following the deadly blizzard that dropped more than four feet of snow in buffalo. president biden spoke with new york governor kathy hochul to offer federal assistance as the death toll has risen to at least 27 in the buffalo area and at least 55 nationwide. drinn place across several parts of erie county, new york, and at the nation's airports chaos, while thousands of cancellations and delays leaving some travelers stranded. and it's ot over yet with even more snow and cold in the fo cbs' nancy chen starts us off tonight from new york. >> reporter: as snow continues to fall,s this un

jericka. >> duncan: tanya, thank you, good to hear.dent 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 in 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 we

i'm jericka duncan in for norah.ht, the sports world is mourning the passing of soccer superstar pele at the age of 82. his fellow brazilian footballer neymar wrote on instagram, "pele made soccer into art." also tonight, embattled new york congressman-elect george santos' own constituents are calling on him to resign after he lied about his faith and linked his mother's death to the september 11 attacks. but first, a major storm system moves across the western part of the country, dumping nearly a foot of snow in parts of colorado, shutting down an interstate and leaving drivers stranded for more than nine hours. heading into another holiday weekend, more rain and snow is in the forecast from california to the rocky mountains, and a separate system will bring heavy rain to much of the east coast. reporter jasmine arenas from our cbs station in denver starts us off tonight. >> reporter: in denver overnight, the snow fell heavy, wet, and left its mark. >> i just walked out my apartment, and now there's a tree on my ca

i'm jericka duncan, norah is on assignment.nterview with treasury secretary janet yellen in just a moment, but first, american brittney griner is on her way home. she was arrested for possession of cannabis oil nearly 10 months ago, sentenced to nine years in prison, and sent to a penal colony in russia. her release was part of a prisoner swap for international arms dealer viktor bout. the so-called merchant of death was serving a 25-year federal prison sentence in illinois for conspiring to kill americans and for supporting terrorism. left out of the deal was ex- marine paul whelan, imprisoned in russia since 2018, on espionage charges. we have team coverage tonight of the story, and begin with cbs' margaret brennan. margaret, good evening. >> reporter: and good evening to you, jericka. these final details came together within just the past 48 hours. u.s. officials feared it could all fall apart, and it wasn't until very early this morning that officials here in washington breathed a sigh of relief when brittney griner finally

jericka. >> duncan: so many people impacted. tanya, thank you.eath toll from that brutal holiday winter storm has risen to 69 nationwide, with at least 38 in western new york. nationwe right now a travel ban remains in effect in buffalo. the city is struggling to clear the streets and fully recover from that historic blizzard. today the erie county executive criticized the city officials for their response. >> the mayor is not going to be happy to hear about it but storm after storm after storm after storm, the city unfortunately is the last one to be opened and that shouldn't be the case. it's embarrassing, to tell the truth. >> duncan: the national guard is going door to door as you see there doing wellness checks while state police are passing out meals. now to that major storm on the west coast bringing heavy rain, strong winds and snow. it's all a part of a system being called an atmospheric river which can lead to extreme flooding. cbs' carter evans explains from los angeles. >> reporter: high surf battered the coast of oregon as the intens

jericka. >> duncan: thank you, kris. you can see more of norah's interview with treasury secretary janet yellen this sunday on "60 minutes." well, we have new information in the case of the seven-year-old texas girl who was allegedly abducted and killed by a fedex driver. in an affidavit obtained by cbs news, it attorney horner told investigators he accidentally hit athena strand while backing up his truck, but she wasn't seriously injured. he says he panicked and put her in a van, where he ultimately killed her. athena's mother is speaking out tonight for the first time. maitlyn gandy said horner was delivering part of her daughter's christmas present when she was abducted. >> the packages containing "you can be anything barber" athena was robbed of the opportunity to grow up to be anything she wanted to be. and this present ordered out of innocence and love is one she will never receive. >> duncan: heartbreak story. the weis county sheriff says his office is seeking the death penalty. athena's funeral will be held tomo

reporting from our nation's capital, i'm jericka duncan. >>> this is cbs news flash. dan lieberman in new york. the january 6th committee released another batch of documents detailing how then chief of staff to former president trump mark meadows burned documents during the transition period. according to key witness cassidy hutchinson, who said staffers were told to keep some oval office meetings close holed, potentially omitting them from official records. >>> tiktok has been officially banned from electronic devices managed by the u.s. house of representatives. a notice sent out to staff calls tiktok a high risk to users due to a number of security risks. >>> new yorkers flock to times square ahead of new years to celebrate annual good riddance day, throwing scrawled messages about this year's disappointments into the trash. for more down lows our app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> good evening and thank you so much for joining us. i'm jericka duncan in for norah. we ha

i'm jericka duncan in for norah.ht, six years of donald trump's tax returns have been made public. thousands of pages of financial documents show staggering losses, questionable deductions, and very little paid in federal taxes. plus, southwest airlines flights are back on schedule following a week-long meltdown impacting tens of thousands of passengers. but first, a major break in that murder case of four university of idaho students. authorities arrested 28-year-old bryan christopher kohberger at his parents' home in pennsylvania. he is now facing four counts of first degree murder. and we still don't know the motive in the killings of the college students, which sent shock waves across the country. cbs' danya bacchus starts us off tonight from idaho. still a lot of questions. good evening, danya. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. there are still a lot of questions and idaho law limits what investigators can say at this point. but during a news conference late today, they reveal they do not have the murder weapon

i'm jericka duncan in for norah. chains are limiting the sale of over-the-counter children's medicine amid a widespread shortage. plus, the white house accuses texas governor greg abbott of endangering lives when he dropped off busloads of migrants outside the vice president's home on a very cold christmas eve. more on those stories in just a moment burst state of emight in new york state following the deadly blizzard that dropped more than four feet of snow in buffalo. president biden spoke with new york governor kathy hochul to offer federal assistance as the death toll has risen to at least 27 in the buffalo area and at least 55 nationwide. driving bans remain in place across several parts of erie county, new york. and at the nation's airports, chaos with thousands of cancellations and delays leaving some travelers stranded. and it's not over yet with even more snow and cold in the forecast. cbs's nancy chen starts us off tonight from new york. >> reporter: as snow continues to fall, this unrelenting storm is bein

i'm jericka duncan in for norah.sports world is mourning the passing of soccer superstar pele at the age of 82. his fellow brazilian footballer neymar wrote on instagram, pele made soccer into art. also tonight, embattled new york congressman-elect george santos' own constituents are calling on him to resign after he lied about his faith and linked his mother's death to the september 11th attacks. >>> but first, a major storm system moves across the western part of the country, dumping nearly a foot of snow in parts of colorado, shutting down an interstate and leaving drivers stranded for more than nine hours.headto ather hay weekend, more rain and snow is in the forecast from california to the rocky mountains. and a separate system will bring heavy rain to much of the east coast. reporter jasmine arenas from our cbs station in denver starts us off tonight. >> reporter: in denver overnight, the snow fell heavy, wet, and left its mark. >> i just walked out my apartment, and now there's a tree on my car, so -- yeah. >>

i'm jericka duncan in new york. we thank you for watching.e a great night. >>> with more rain on the way we will see if it will get in the way of the morning commute. >>> talk about a grinch of the situation tonight, inflation coming for your christmas tree. the bay area mom and pop tree lot trying to cushion the blow for the customers. >>> another tough break for the 49ers, the latest on jimmy g injury and the backup to the backup who led the 49ers to a victory over miami. >>> the sun came out for a while but then the rain came down again. streets are slick all over the bay area at this hour. >> it's going to stay slick for the morning commute. more impressive rain right now but we do need to consider that this is a possibility from now until tuesday afternoon. it's not going to rain nonstop but let me show you what it looks like. let me show you where we are in this storm, there still a lot more out here and that's why we got two days to get through. this is coming right down on the city right now. some of the better rain of the day falling

our national correspondent jericka duncan spoke with former fox news anchor gretchen carlson, also a rmer cbs news correspondent and a former fox news contributor. jericka has followed their journey for the past three years as they led the effort to get the law passed. >> reporter: it is not unusual for companies and employers to use ndas. they've been used here at cbs, and some companies will use them to protect trade secrets. but the problem is these ndas have also been used to cover up bad behavior, and this new law aims to help change that. >> we don't believe that there's a place for ndas to cover up bad behavior at work. >> reporter: for gretchen carlson and julie ra again ski, the speak out act is about changing a culture rooted in silence. >> so that if you are one of the millions of workers in america who signed a nondisclosure agreement on your very first day of work, you now are yo hand and say my boss or colleague has sexually harassing me. >> reporter: cbs news legal analyst ricky cleamon. >> before the speak out act, you really couldn't tell anyone about sexual assault o

reporting from our nation's capital, i'm jericka duncan. >>> this is cbs news flash.ney 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 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'mkealy, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." . >>> we have breaking news tnight out of the supreme court. it ruled title 42 will remain in effect. plus, embattled congressman-el

jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. >> o'donnell: turning to one of the toughest questions that parentsyoung children are asking this holiday season: what is the best age for your child's first phone? the answers from the experts we talked to might surprise you. here's adrianna diaz with what you need to know. >> reporter: 12-year-old henry berman is allowed us to an hour of screen time a day on computer, but his parents are considering a cell phone. >> my wife and i have been kind of struggling with it because, you know, there's a lot packed into that phone. >> reporter: what are your concerns about your son getting a phone? >> we all know digital technology and social media kind of destroys us. so just trying to figure out how to destroy him a little less. >> reporter: 42% of kids have a smartphone at 10 years old. by the time they're 14, 91% have phones. catherine pearlman wrote "first phone." her advice to parents: use a phone that allows you to limit features. >> it's developing habits sooner, but it's also learning a little bit at a time rather than getting your first phone at 13,

jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. >> o'donnell: the makers of the popular video game "frtnite" have agreed to pay a record $520 million to settle claims of violating child privacy laws and tricking users into making purchases. it is the largest fine ever for violating f.t.c. rules. federal regulators accused epic games of collecting child and teen data without parent consent. the battlegame with more than 400 million players around the world is generally free to download but it does make money from those in-game purchases. turning now to one of the toughest questions that parents with young children are asking this holiday season: what is the best age for your child's first phone? the answer from the experts we talked to might surprise you. here's cbs' adriana diaz with what ou need to know. >> reporter: 12-year-old henry berman is allowed up to an hour of screen time a day on the computer. but his parents are considering a cell phone. >> my wife and i have been kind of struggling with it because, you know, there's a lot packed into that phone. >> reporter: what are your concerns ab

." >> i'm jericka duncan in new york. much for staying with us. >>> there was a major drug bust in mexico. police say they found 660 pounds of fentanyl packed inside coconuts in a truck headed toward the u.s. border. customs and border protection say mexico produces most of the fentanyl that reaches the united states, mostly with chemicals imported from china and elsewhere. the drug is blamed for tens of thousands of overdose deaths each year in the u.s. cpp says seizures of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and meth have all fallen recently, but for fentanyl, it's up. jeff gore has the story from the busiest border crossing in the world. >> hi, where you going today? >> chula vista. >> anything to declare today? >> no, ma'am. >> reporter: at the san ysidro port of entry in between san diego and tijuana, more than 65,000 vehicles cross every day. >> what are we passing through now? >> this is a piece of what we call our nonentry inspection technology. this enables us to scan as a driver drives his or her vehicle through, we're

. >>> i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks for staying with us. according to the federal communications commission about 19 million americans or 6% of the u.s. population do not have broadband service to connect to the internet. the biden administration's infrastructure act has allocated $65 billion to fix that. but in new mexico one man isn't waiting. he's floating his own solution to bring the internet to hard to reach places. john blackstone has that story. >> reporter: in roswell, new mexico the launch of an enormous silver air ship doesn't have the roar of a rocket, but in mission control chief of operations stephanie luongo finds plenty of excitement in what's being tested. >> i like the idea we're going to change the world and we're going to revolutionize earth observation and providing broadband to the underserved. >> reporter: this test flight is an attempt to show that a big balloon can do things that rockets and satellites can't do. >> we are going to disrupt the satellite industry once we get this operational. >> reporter: inside its h

. >> this is the "cbs weekend news" with jericka duncan. >> good evening. jericka is off. i'm arnold barnett. the mayor of el paso, texas, declaring a state of emergency. today on "face the nation" texas congressman gonzalez called the situation there dire. >> the city declared a state of emergency. this is something you do when there's a hurricane, a fire, an earthquake. what is happening is it's a hurricane of migrants. >> more asylum seekers expected this week with the likely end of a rule known as title 42 that enforced expulsions. cbs' lilja luciano is there. >> reporter: with thousands of migrants crossing daily into el paso the city is struggling to keep up. >> all the places i know are also full. >> reporter: ruben runs a shelter there. >> it is ulterly painful to say i don't have room for you. >> reporter: with nonprofits and churches reaching full what happens they are forced to sleep outside in below freezing temperatures. the cold was deadly says christopher silva. how many people are sleeping here tonight? do you know? >> around 50. >> reporter: 50? wow. they

jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. >>> the makers of the popular video game fortnite have agreed to pay a record $520 million to settle claims of violating child privacy laws and tricking users into making purchases. it is the largest fine ever for ating ft accus epic games of collecting child and teen data without pa ns more than 400 million players around the world is generally free to download, but it does make money from those in-game purchases. >>> turning now to o of the toughest questions that parents with young children are asking this holiday season. what is the best age for your child's first phone? the answers from the experts we talked to might surprise you. here's cbs's adriana diaz with what you need to know. >> reporter: 12-year-old henry berman is allowed up to an hour of screen time a day on the computer. but his parents creighton and emily are considering a cell phone. >> my wife and i have been kind of struggling with it because, you know, there's a lot packed into that phone. >> what are your concerns about your son getting a phone? >> we all know digital technol

. >>> this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. >> good evening. it's been a white christmas for many americans with plenty of weather misery to go with it. it's a disaster in buffalo, new york. nationwide, the mammoth storm is blamed for at least 33 deaths and hundreds of thousands of power outages. it's also still causing nightmares for travelers on highways and airports. >> reporter: at airports across the country, more than 2,300 flights have been canceled with thousands more delayed. the airport in buffalo, new york, is still shut until at least tuesday. christmas in buffalo, a ghost town. frigid temperatures and fierce winds have trapped people in their homes and cars under 6-foot snow drifts. new york's governor deployed 400 members of the national guard, calling it a storm for the ages. >> we are in a war, and this will go down in history as the most devastating storm in poin emergency services istory. paralyzed from reaching the hardest-hit areas. >> we've had police vehicles in the city, fire trucks literally stuck in snow, ambulances stu

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 "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 left passengers stranded and leggage piling up. since friday, 20 thousands flights canceled and almost 40,000 delayed. southwest airlines is being hit 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. vy equipment clears the snow covered streets as the death toll rises. 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 riffo will start us off tonight from new york. >> reporter: for passengers on southwest, the nightmare before christmas has become the meltd

. >>> this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. >>> good evening, and thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin with a major break in one of the deadliest acts of international terrorism. tonight a former libyan officer accused of making the bomb that brought down the pan am flight 103 over scotland is now in custody. it happened december 21, 1988. the jim jumbo jet was flying from london to new york. 259 people onboard and 11 on the ground were killed. cbs' christina ruffini in washington with more on the suspect. good evening. >> good evening, juku. the fact the suspected bomb maker is now in u.s. custody marks a major milestone in a prosecution that has been going on for decades. >> a quiet night in a scottish village shattered. >> reporter: this was the aftermath of the bomb stashed in the luggage compartment of pan am flight 103 four days from christmas. among the victims 35 students from syracuse university returning home after a semester abroad. >> no amount of time or distance will stop the united states and our scottish partners from pursuing justice