. >>> tonight here, why mariah carey, cyndi lauper, and chubby checker are all making news. >>> and the winner of the westminster dog show, right here. >> david: good evening. we do begin tonight with this dangerous storm hitting right now. the second major storm this week, and now, a third storm right behind it. 125 million americans on alert for heavy snow and flash flooding now. there is also a tornado watch as we come on tonight. multiple states in the south. snow and ice pushing their way from chicago to new york at this hour. chicago getting the most snow of the season so far. look at this tonight. drivers struggling to stay on the roads. virginia with a state of emergency in place at this hour. more than a foot of snow falling there in the last 24 hours. hundreds of accidents now reported. nearly 200,000 customers without power tonight. heavy ice taking down power lines. some of those lines you can see smoking when hitting the ice and snow on the ground. lee goldberg has the forecast, where this hits tonight into tomorrow. and now, this third storm right behind it. abc's alex per

there are a total of 14 performers on the ballot, including oasis, cyndi lauper, outkast, billy idol, and mariah carey. there are eight nominees appearing on the ballot for the first time. the winners will be announced in april, and it's a good group of people. it always amazes me every year this comes out, there are people like cyndi lauper, billy idol and others. mariah carey, who i would have assumed are already been in there. >> i know it's insane. well, good for them. >> let's hope they get in. >> yeah. all right. well, we still have much more news for you ahead. >> let's go to abc seven news anchor dion lamb for a look at what's coming up at 530 today. dia. >> yeah. hey there, dan and ama. lots to get to at 530, including an oakland college taking matters into their own hands, proposing their own police force to protect students and faculty. reporter anser hassan joins me to explain why the proposal was rejected by the city. plus, i sit down with legendary actress joan chen, the grand marshal of this year's san francisco chinese new year parade. hear why she's excited to show of

. ♪ come on, baby, let's do the twist ♪ >> john: chubby checker, mariah carey, cyndi lauper among ther the rock & roll hall of fame class of 2025. other nominees include outkast, phish, the black crowes, oasis, bad company, billy idol. more than 1200 artists and other members of the music industry will decide who makes the cut. inductees will be announced in april. when "cbs evening news plus" returns, we'll discuss the art of a hostage deal in our interview. we will talk to a former top diplomat about negotiating freedom with the russians. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> john: the white house confirmed today another american being held in russia was released as part of a negotiation to free her and two others from belarus. this comes after the release of an american teacher, marc fogel, who touched down on u.s. soil last night after being in a russian prison for nearly four years. these negotiations are often years long diplomatic affairs and in tonight's interview, we talk to roger carstens, who has president biden's chief hostage negotiator knows it better than anyone. let's start with brittney griner, w

pop music had madonna and cyndi lauper. hip hop has drake and kendrick lamar.f titans, the pulitzer winning super bowl headliner. >> kendrick lamar and i'll be performing at super bowl 59, meet me in new orleans. >> and winner of five grammys this year, including the coveted record of the year for not like us. >> we're going to dedicate this one to the city, compton watts. yeah. >> kendrick lamar is having the best week ever. >> versus the second most streamed artist of all time, with club hits like nice for what? >> but it's all right. it's a short life. >> drake has always had commercial success and has been able to sell out arenas and stadiums. >> these are the two icons. he has a huge artist. he has the biggest of the biggest. >> some celebs taking sides. >> who is winning? >> oh, kendrick. >> i think drake. >> oh, you think drake and you think kendrick. >> it's easy to make up lyrics like it's no drake. >> wow. >> i think in some ways it's pretty difficult to track the origin of where things went left between kendrick and drake. but what seems to be like t

>> jessica: something like "girls just want to have fun" by cyndi lauper. >> jesse: that was mine. >>jeanine: oh, my god. >> greg: i think you have to earn that. >> jesse: i'll take it. sorry, trump. >> greg: dana? >> dana: so embarrassing. >> judge jeanine: what is it? >> dana: that song "hips don't lie" by shakira. even in my mind, am trying to learn this song of hers, i'm trying to learn it in spanish. >> greg: somebody is moving. >> judge jeanine: yeah, see you, spain. >> greg: so that's it? >> dana: i guess so. >> greg: theme for today, "big balls" by ac/dc. jenny asks what do you consider the most adventurous thing you've ever done? dana, you do a lot of adventurous things. i could answer the question for you but you go ahead. >> dana: remember that story for the first time in my mom heard about it on air? that was not adventurous, that was reckless peered i went to el paso on a private plane with a girlfriend and two guys in college. so dumb. i am surprised i am here. >> greg: it's amazing, you filmed that movie in tijuana. >> dana: i still get royalties. >> greg: i was going t

. >> it's like such a, like something like girls just want to have fun, like cyndi lauper. >> is that>> jessie. >> i think you have to earn that though. >> yeah. >> yeah, you can go ahead. >> just take it. >> i'll take it. sorry, trump. >> dana, i'm sure it's going to be somebody. >> we know. >> with one that's so fun. embarrassing. what is it? no it's not, it's not. all i can think of is that song hips don't lie by shakira. >> shakira. >> because it's been in my mind. because i'm trying to learn this song of hers. some kind of dia de janeiro. i think i'm trying to learn it in spanish. no, i'm trying to learn spanish. i'm trying to, like, keep up on my spanish. >> and somebody. >> is moving. >> yeah. see you spain. just kidding. >> so that's. >> it, i guess. >> so i'm going to go with a theme for today. big balls by ac. >> dc of. >> course. a classic song. >> jenny asks, what do you consider the most adventurous thing you've ever done? dana? you are. you do a lot of adventurous things. i could i could actually answer the question for you, but you go ahead. >> no, you remember, remembe

greats of the music world. 14 artists are in contention to be inducted, including billy idol, cyndi lauperah carey, outkast and the white stripes. the official list of inductees will be announced in april. the ceremony is scheduled for later this fall. if miami doesn't make it in. >> this. >> we protest at noon. the countdown to the 97th academy awards is now in the teens. >> and as part of our coverage, i will be highlighting a number of nominees with ties to the bay area, and there are many being recognized for their work across various categories, from visual effects and wicked, to animated feature film to actors and actresses in both leading and supporting roles, and more. the region's influence will be on full display, and earlier this week, i sat down with oakland's own julian noisecat, whose documentary feature film sugar cane is one of five to receive an oscar nod. he credits the bay area community and his oakland upbringing. >> in oakland is so central to so much important history for this entire country. you know, very significant movements came out of the bay area, the black pan

it is celebrating its 40th anniversary including cyndi lauper's sound track theme song "good enough."ton, josh brolin, corey feldman. now the cast is reuniting in l.a. to celebrate kwan because he got his hand and footprints cemented into history at the tcl chinese theater. brolin got up to share a touching tribute to his friend. he calls kwan an example of the american dream who happens to have a heart of gold. this is so sweet. he added, i couldn't be happier for you. this honor is not only totally deserved, but celebrates all that is right in this industry. we say congratulations. i love that man and everything he's been in. it was nice to see the goonies reunited, right? >> robin: and it feels so good. [ laughter ] >> sam: all right. it may be cold but ladies and gentlemen, let's sing together and warm up with thoughts of spring at the annual met gala. this morning -- i don't know. perhaps that it's just spring. learning new information about the annual fund-raiser. back in october, "vogue" and the metropolitan museum of art announced the theme of this 2025 event was super fine, t