>> mark strassmann, thank you. >>> when we come back, we'll take a closer look at some of the very newaces we met in the first days of the 118th congress. >>> a lot of us were glued to last week's coverage for the battle of the house speaker on the house floor and particularly taken by the pictures of all the children and grandchildren in the chamber for those marathon sessions. also awaits the official swearing-in of house members. this year we saw a lot more dads in charge, both on the house floor during votes and behind the scenes. especially when some moms had to head home to work. california democratic congressman jimmy gomez was one of those dads. his 4-month-old son became a social media and national tv star as he and his father bonded on and off the house floor. the baby had a firsthand view of all the chaos from his forward-facing baby wrap. the last time children were in the spotlight during the first days of congress was back in 2007. that's when nancy pelosi became the first woman speaker. she appeared on "face the nation" right after that with our bob schieffer. >> let me

norah. >> o'donnell: just shows the disparity, mark strassmann. thank you so much. turning now overseas, vladimir putin called for a 36-hour cease fire in his war against ukraine to mark orthodox christmas, celebrated in both countries. ukraine quickly rejected that as hypocrisy and said there could be no truce until russia withdraws troops from occupied land. tomorrow is expected to announce $3 billion weapon package for ukraine that include armored fighting vehicles. the arrest of a drug lord's son set off a wave of violence in mexico. cartel members even fired shots at passenger jets. that story next. inside joke. artichoke. game with doug. brand new mug. come here, kid. gimme a hug. have you gotten your updated covid-19 booster? they're designed to help protect against recent omicron variants. schedule yours at vaccines.gov. ♪ she is fearless heart's on the line depend silhouette... ...keeping leaks off her mind. comfortable in shapeware fabric... ...she moves with ease. confident on nights like these. depend silhouette. the only thing stronger than us, is you.

norah. >> o'donnell: mark strassmann, thank you so much. and for more on where the storm threats are headedneck, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes. from the weather channel. good evening. >> reporter: major storms playing out in multiple parts of the country. thunderstorms and tornadoes. meaning a medium chance for tornadoes the rest of the night tonight. in the middle of the country, midwest has this travel with the big snow coming in, many places seeing double digit snows. in california high impact snow, wind and rain event is incoming beginning tning tomorrow blastie if rest of the week. in the south, numerous storms in dark red, big storms coming into atlanta for the morning drive. big squall line pushes through the carolinas during the remainder of the day, high winds in california, numerous outages, anticipated big snow, four to five feet, increasing avalanche ger and northern califoria with up to a foot of rain, mudslides are a near certainty and flash flooding. >> o'donnell: tonight cbs news learned new information about the

we've got team coverage, starting with cbs' mark strassmann from atlanta tonight. good evening, mark. >> reporter: good evening, norah. a confirmed midafternoon tornado near atlanta's airport led to the secretary ground stop in as many days here. no flights in or out for roughly a half hour, all part of a storm-tossed thursday across the south. >> oh, my gosh! >> reporter: selma, alabama, the bull's eye of a powerful tornado ripping through the city, causing major damage. >> i have never been so scared in my. life but i was praying. >> reporter: a line of large tornadoes swept through the south. touching down in central and eastern kentucky, roofs blown off, cars flipped on their sides, a trail of ruin. striking in the middle of the day, causing misery in mississippi. southern states ravaged as the toll continues to mount in the west. here's my colleague carter evans. >> reporter: here in california,ings a break in the weather only reveals more agony. agricultural fields and entire neighborhoods flooded. near the town of sprekles, the salinas river could crest at 25

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norah. >> mark strassmann, thank you so much. >>> and for more on where the storm threats are headed next, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. major storms playing out in multiple parts of the country. severe storms across the south. thunderstorms and tornadoes, a for conof 5, meaning a medium chance of tornadoes. in the middle of the country, the midwest, hazardous travel with big snow coming in here. many places seeing double-digit snows. in california, high-impact snow, wind and rain event is incoming beginning tomorrow, lasting for the rest of the week. across the south, numerous storms here highlighted in the darkest red with the future radar showing big storms coming into atlanta for the morning drive. big squall line pushes through the carolinas for the remainder of the day. high winds across california. numerous power outages anticipated. big snow, four to five feet, in the highest elevations, increasing the avalanche danger. and then norah, in northern california with up to a foot of r

norah. >> o'donnell: mark strassmann, thank you so much. for more on where the storm threats are headed next, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> reporter: norah good evening. major storms playing out in multiple parts of the country. severe storms across the south, thunderstorms and tornadoes. a tor-con of five, meaning we've got a medium chance for tornadoes the rest of the night tonight. in the middle of the country, midwest hazardous travel with the big snow coming in here, many places seeing double digit snows. and then in california, high impact snow, wind and rain event is incoming, beginning tomorrow, lasting for the rest of the week. across the south, numerous storms here, highlighted in darkest red with the future radar there showing big storms coming into atlanta for the morning drive. big squall line pushes through the carolinas for the remainder of the day. high winds across california, numerous power outages anticipated. big snow, four to five feet in the hi

mark strassmann, thank you so much. >>> well, turning now overseas.se-fire in his war against ukraine to mark orthodox christmas, which is celebrated in both countries. well, ukraine quickly rejected that as hypocrisy and said there could be no truce until russia withdraws its troops from occupied land. the u.s. tomorrow is expected to announce a new $3 billion weapons package for ukraine that will include armored fighting vehicles. >>> the arrest of a notorious drug lord's son set off a wave of violence in mexico. cartel members even fired shots at passenger jets. that story is next. ♪ma ma ma ma♪ [clears throut] for fastst sore throroat rel, try vivicks vapococool ds with two t times more m menthol perer drop*, and d the powerfrful rusf vicks s vapors foror fast-acg reliefef you can f feel. vicks vapopocool dropsp. fastst relief yoyou can . ladies... welcome to my digestive system. whwhen your gugut and vagigl babacteria are off balananc. you mamay feel it.t. but jujust one alilign womens prprobiotic daily helps soothe digestitive upsets. and suppor

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