cbs's nikole killion will start us off tonight from outside the courthouse in atlanta. nikole, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, major, and it's not just as new delay in the new york case, but this election case here in georgia has effectively been put on hold until today's ruling by a judge, effectively clearing district attorney fani willis to proceed. fulton county judge scott mcafee gave district attorney fani willis an ultimatum today: either step aside from the 2020 election subversion case, or have her form a romantic partner, special prosecutor nation weighed, withdraw. within hours, wade tendered his resignation, effective immediately, to move this case forward. the former president hailed the move onto route social, calling wade a disgrace. >> he had to. there is no way is going to be the elector district attorney of fulton county fani willis who was going to step down. after this decision came out. >> reporter: the judge's ruling found trump and the codefendants who filed the complaint against willis and zelenskyy failed to prove a conflict of in

hira cbs's nikole killion. >> reporter: fulton county judge scott mcafee throughout charges that accused former president trump and several of his codefendants of pressuring public officers to vioate their oats as part of an alleged effort to overturn the 2020 election. mcafee said district attorney fani willis and her prosecutors were not specific enough about the violations, writing, "the lack of detail concerning an essential legal element is fatal." just three of trump's 13 counts were tossed, including one for his january 2021 phone call to georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> reporter: trump legal team applauded the ruling. >> it was a step in the right direction. it goes to the sloppiness of, frankly, the prosecutors down there. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor tom dupree said it was only a partial victory for trump. >> the judges decision effecively has the result of narrowing the case against trump and the other defendants. it doesn't eliminate it entirely, though. >> it is a lie. >> reporter: mcafee's ruling comes out of a

here's cbs' nikole killion. >> reporter: former president donald trump is under increasing financial pressure. some of his prized properties like trump tower and 40 wall street up for possible seizure if he can't pay the $464 million bond by next monday. >> have some of greatest assets in the world. this is a rigged trial. >> reporter: his lawyers claim more than 30 insurance companies rejected his bond bids. but the office of letitia james dismissed the argument that he can't find the money saying there is nothing unusual about even billion-dollar judgments being fully bonded. james spoke to abc news -- >> if he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek judgment enforcement mechanisms in court. and we will ask the judge to seize his assets. >> reporter: to meet the monday deadline, trump likely needs over $500 million in collateral for the bond, but he's claimed to have only between $350 million and $400 million in cash with the rest of his wealth tied up in property and other assets. >> so it would be up to her, anything she tries to seize he can then try to de

for more on why the party chose her, let's go to our congressional correspondent, nikole killion, at enator katie britt is considered a rising star within the republican party, and her name has even been tossed around as a potential vice presidential pick for former president trump. at 42, as you mentioned, she is the youngest republican woman in the u.s. senate, the first female senator elected from the state of alabama. she has two school-age children, and she considers this speech a huge honor. >> nikole killion on capitol hill. here now, senator katie britt. >> my husband, wesley, and i just watched president biden's state of the union address from our living room, and what we saw was the performance of a permanent politician who has actually been in office for longer than i've been alive. one thing was quite clear, though. president biden just doesn't get it. he's out of touch. under his administration, families are worse off, our communities are less safe, and our country is less secure. i just wish he understood what real families are facing around kitchen tables just like this

cbs' nikole killion reports. >> reporter: fulton county judge scott mcafee threw out charges that accused former president trump and several of his co-defendants of pressuring public officers to violate their oaths as part of an alleged effort to overturn the 2020 election. mcafee said district attorney fani willis and her prosecutors were not specific enough about the violations writing, "the lack of detail concerning an essential legal element is fatal." just three of trump's 13 counts were tossed including one for his january, 2021, phone call to georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> reporter: trump's legal team applauded the ruling. >> it was a step in right direction. it goes to the sloppiness of, frankly, the prosecutors down there. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor tom dupree said it was only a partial victory for trump. >> the judge's decision has the result of narrowing the case against trump and the other defendants. it doesn't eliminate it entirely, though. >> it is a lie. >> reporter: mcafee's ruling comes ahead of a highly

nikole killion, thank you so much for your well coming landslide destroyed one home and damage severalearly today in the sherman oaks neighborhood of los angeles. video from the scene shows large cracks in the ground near heavily damaged pool area. no one was hurt but several people were forced to leave their hillside home. this community was hit with nearly 2 inches of rain just last week. yet another winter storm is taking aim at the rockies tonight with possibly the biggest snowstorm in years set to slam denver. while severe storms could bring in hail and tornadoes to parts of the south. so for more, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes. he is with our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. three major weather stories playing out over the next couple of days all caused by the same low-pressure storm system. first it is the snow. major snow across the four corners of putting winter storm warnings in denver. the forecast, the biggest snow 14-18 inches across the metro. that begins tonight and blasts through the day on thursday. you can see the

nikole killion, thank you so much. >>> turning now to the political turmoil and violence in haiti.cial team of marines is now in port-au-prince, providing additional security at the u.s. embassy there. this as a small group of the military heads in. some americans are being airlifted out, including a famous author. cbs' cristian benavides reports tonight on the unrest and the continuing gang violence. >> reporter: a dramatic rescue mission overnight to get americans out of haiti. mitch albom, best-selling author of books like "tuesdays with morrie" airlifted along with wiz with his wife and eight others out of port-au-prince. albom was visiting his orphanage, have faith haiti with a group of volunteers when the state of emergency was declared, trapping him and the others for ten days. the helicopter arrived in the middle of the night, a private mission spearheaded by u.s. rep cory mills and lisa mcclain. >> it landed as you see in movies. somebody jumps out and says go, go, go, and you run underneath the blades and you jump in. >> reporter: albom grateful to be back on u.s. ground,

cbs's nikole killion has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, former president donald trump is under increasingal pressure. some of his prized properties, like trump tower and 40 wall street, up for possible seizure if he can't pay the $464 million bond by next monday. >> i have some of the greatest assets in the world. and this is a rigged trial. >> reporter: trump lawyers have claimed more than 30 insurance companies rejected his bond bids, but the office of new york attorney general letitia james today dismissed their argument that he can't find the money, saying there is nothing unusual about even billion-dollar judgments being fully bonded. >> if he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek, you know, judgment enforcement mechanisms in court, and we will ask the judge to seize his assets. >> reporter: to meet the monday deadline, trump likely needs over $500 million in collateral for the bond, but he has claimed to have only between $350,000,000.450 million in cash, with the rest of his wealth tied up in property and other assets. >> so it would be up to her. anything

." >>> i'm nikole killion in washington. thanks for staying with us.artial government shutdown at midnight. the house of representatives is poised to take up a $1.2 trillion spending measure today. if it passes, the bill will move on to the senate and possibly get to the president's desk in time to keep the government open. the proposed plan does not include aid to ukraine in its war with russia. the pause in funding has ukrainian troops scavenging to keep their u.s.-made equipment on the battlefield. charlie d'agata reports. >> reporter: when we visited a ukrainian howitzer brigade on the eastern front lines over the summer, they were burning through u.s.-supplied artillery rounds in an intense counteroffensive. but now ammunition stocks are dangerously low along with other crucial supplies needed to keep the war effort moving. at an undisclosed wooded location not far from the battlefield, a small team of mechanics have been working around the clock to fix damaged humvees. it's like a triage for battle-worn military vehicles. they put more than a hun

for more on why the party chose her let's go to our congressional correspondent nikole killion at the. >> norah, senator katie britt is considered a rising star within the republican party and her name is even then tossed around as a potential vice presidential pick for former president trump. at 42, as you mention, she's the youngest republican woman in the u.s. senate, the first female senator elected from the state of alabama. she has two school aged children. that's something she's likely to lean into in this speech, calling the republican party the party of parents and working families. you can also expect that she's going to draw a very sharp contrast with president biden depicting him as too old, out of pace, out of touch. according to experts she will say our commander in chief is not in command and call him a dithering and diminished leader. you can also expect she will touch on g.o.p. talking points from crime to the border, foreign policy, she considers this speech huge honor. >> norah: nikole killion on capitol hill. here now senator katie britt. >> good evening, america.

cbs' nikole killion has the latest. >> reporter: tonight donald trump is under increasing financial pressureeet up for possible seizure if he can't pay the $464 million bond by next monday. >> i have some of the greatest assets in the world, and this is a rigged trial. >> reporter: trump's lawyers have claimed that more than 30 insurance companies rejected his bond bids, but the office of new york attorney general letitia james to date dismissed their argument that he can't find the money, saying there is nothing unusual about even billion judgments being fully bonded. >> if he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek, you know, judgment enforcement mechanisms in court, and we will ask the judge to seize his assets. >> reporter: to meet the monday deadline, trump likely needs over $500 million in collateral for the bond, but he's claimed to have only between 350 and 400 million in cash with the rest of his wealth tied up in property and other assets. >> so it would be up to her anything she tries to seize, he can then try to defend against. but basically, he needs to pu