. >> catherine herridge, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> tonight the police responds to a fight at an new jersey mall prompted an internal investigation as two officers handcuffed and pinned a black teen to the floor while allowing another teen involved sit on a couch. the black teen's family is demanding the officers be fired. here's cbs's jericka duncan. >> reporter: this video of two teens fighting inside a new jersey mall has sparked outrage. two officers intervened. one teen was allowed to sit on the sofa. the black teen was placed in handcuffs with both officers kneeling on his back. >> because he's black. >> reporter: what was your initial reaction to that video? >> anger, hurt, disgust disappointment. >> reporter: ebone who does not want to use her last name says her son z'yke did not resist when officers handcuffed him. >> they were agreeing to me being inferior to him. >> reporter: he said he was trying to stop his 7th grade friend from being bullied by a 15-year-old named joseph. >> i did not bully, tease them. >> reporter: we spoke to joseph who said he's hispanic. >> i wa

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catherine herridge, cbs news, washington. >>> a federal government shutdown this weekend has been averted. a bipartisan vote took place. the senate passed a short-term funding bill to pay for the government through march 11th. now the house approved it last week. leaders hope it will give negotiators enough time to reach a deal financing federal agencies until the fall. the bill now goes to president biden's desk for signature. >>> and there are more encouraging signs that the u.s. is moving past the omicron surge. the nation is now averaging 121,000 covid cases per day. that is the lowest since mid-december. now researchers at the university of washington believe 73% of americans are immune to the omicron variant, at least for now. they say that number could rise to 80% in a month. >>> in california, governor gavin newsom yesterday announced his state is the first to move from a pandemic to an endemic approach. he introduced the smarter plan which calls for keeping schools open, stockpiling masks, and expanding testing to look for new variants. >> we're taking, we are taking a more sensi

norah. >> o'donnell: catherine herridge with that important investigation. thank you. turn now to beijing and the olympics, where the u.s. men's hockey team had their gold medal dreams melt away following a 3-2 quarter final loss to slovakia. meanwhile, tonight, root for girl power with the u.s. women's hockey team once again going for gold against arch rival canada. cbs' jamie yuccas has a preview of the big game. >> reporter: this is the sixth time these teams have battled for gold in the olympic finals. canada has won three times. tonight, the americans hope to even the score. >> we bring out the best level of competition from one another. >> reporter: we spent time with hilary knight and the rest of the team before they left for beijing. >> when we are in those jerseys, hate is probably a word that comes up a lot. >> reporter: hate? >> yeah, we hate one another, right? >> reporter: these women are all about perseverance, many growing up without leagues of their own. >> i grew up in a place where a woman didn't really play hockey at all. so i was a figure skater to

cbs' catherine herridge has more. >> reporter: the eight-page ruling from the new york judge means stateney general letitia james can question former president trump, don jr., and ivanka about their business practices as part of a civil inquiry, and the court order sets a short timeline, rulings a the trumps must comply in full with existing subpoenas to provide records and sit for depositions within 21 days. >> i love loans. i love other people's money. >> reporter: last month, james alleged the trump organization repeatedly engaged in fraudulent and misleading practices to secure loans, tax benefits, and insurance coverage. the trump organization is accused of inflating prices, including tripling the actual size of mr. trump's penthouse, which added about $200 million to the valuation. james also alleged the valuations of trump golf courses in new york and scotland were exaggerated. at today's contentious hearing, the trump lawyers attacked james and her probe as "tainted by political bias" in an effort to pave the way for criminal charges in a separate case. the judge said, "their arg

catherine herridge, the cbs news, justice department. >>> now to an update on the investigation.tal car company hertz appeared in court with customers who said the company had falsely arrested them. more than 200 people say that they were arrested, charged or sent to jail after hertz told police that they stole a rental car. consumer investigative correspondent anna werner has more. >> reporter: last august, colorado real estate appraiser drew seaser and his family were heading to mexico to celebrate hi dr' graduation. >> we couldn't await to be together and spend time at the beach away from the stress of day to day life. >> reporter: but at the airport, customs officers stopped him. >> when they checked my passport, they're like, mr. seaser, are you aware you have a warrant out for your arrest out of georgia? at first i thought they were joking. >> reporter: it was no joke. hertz wanted him arrested for stealing a rental car in georgia the previous november. but seaser says he's never been to georgia and never rented a car from hertz. he was arrested anyway. >> i was terrified,

catherine herridge hears from veterans who say they were wrongly denied benefit claims. >>> we'll meetrican slave sharing the story of his life and lessons from his father. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thank you so much for watching. i'm tom hanson. have a great day. ♪

cbs' catherine herridge has more on a remarkable day within the g.o.p. >> reporter: in searing comments the january 6 riots, the former vice president took on his old boss. >> president trump said i had the right to overturn the election. president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. >> reporter: addressing a conservative conference in florida, the public rebuke seemed especially striking. >> the presidency belongs to the american people and the american people alone. and, frankly, there is no idea more un-american than the notion that any one person could choose the american president. >> the ayes have it. >> reporter: in a vote that seems to symbolize a divide among republicans, the r.n.c. today censured adam kinzinger and liz cheney for serving on the january 6 committee, calling it a democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse. in response, cheney tweeted video from january 6 writing, "this is not legitimate political discourse." more than 225 people have been charged for assaulting law enforcement. three weeks before

. >> that's all for the "cbs overnight news" reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm catherine herridgesh, i'm tom hansen in new york. the fbi is investigating bomb threats to a dozen black colleges this week as racially motivated violent extremism and hate crimes, jump juv nasa has reported the international space station will retire at the end of 2030 by crashing into a remote part of the pacific ocean. the iss hosted more than 200 astronauts since it was launched in 2000. and rock and roll hall of fame nominees are out -- 17 candidates are up for the honor including eminem. lionel richie. dolly parton and duran duran. the inductees will be announced in may more news do load the cbs news on y >>> it's thursday, february 3rd, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." >> most people haven't seen this much snow in probably, you know, 10 or 15 years. >> winter blast. a massive storm sweeps across the u.s. causing problems on the ground and in the air. >>> military muscle. the u.s. takes new action amid the threat of war between ukraine and russia. >>> jeff zucker resigns. the cnn president st