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cbs' jan crawford is outside the court, as justices hear what could be a landmark case.e chief caught on camera, flashing her badge to avoid a traffic ticket. what happened next. >> i'm hoping that you'll just let us go tonight. >> o'donnell: important news for travelers. when you need to get a new i.d. to get through airport security. ♪ ♪ ♪ and, the biggest names in art, entertainment, and politics come together for the kennedy center honors. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. we're following a number of developing stories, including the final push for votes in the high-stakes georgia senate runoff. plus, the shocking story of a young girl abducted from her own front yard. but we do want to begin with that state of emergency in north carolina, where tens of thousands are still without power, and schools will be canceled for a second day, after multiple power stations came under attack. officials say a

jan crawford, cbs news, the supreme court. >>> well, the cdc is urging americans to get the latest flu and covid vaccines amid the highest influenza hospitalizations at this time of year in nearly a decade. health officials say nearly every state is battling high levels of flu-like illnesses. respiratory viruses like rsv and covid are overwhelming the hospitals. the cdc is also recommending people wear masks on public transportation to help prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses. >>> and breaking overnight, emmy winning "cheers" actor kirstie alley has died. >> i've got a little something for you here. >> what is it? >> one of the shrimps from the buffet table. >> ew. >> you're lucky. my first choice was an oyster. >> so was mine, but i hired you. >> alley's children said their mother died from a cancer only recently discovered. she starred as rebecca howe on "cheers". in a post on twitter her two children wrote our mother's zest and passion for life were unparalleled and inspire us to live life to the fullest just as she did. alley was 71. >>> cause on camera. the police chief is

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." >>> i'm jan crawford in washington. thanks for staying with us.eral reserve meets this week to consider another interest rate hike to tackle high inflation. you may already be stretching your wallet to buy gifts for your family and friends. well, cbs's scott macfarlane shows us how the high cost of christmas is also hitting americans in other ways. >> reporter: christmas tree farmer gary thomas is chopping and selling trees he planted eight years ago at his sprawling operation near the pennsylvania/maryland border. that's how long it takes to grow trees tall enough for people's living rooms. >> i need to get height. people want, you know, eight foot. >> reporter: thomas says when the trees went in the ground, he had no idea how expensive business would be this christmas. he says he needs to pay more to keep workers in a competitive labor market and his supply prices are spiking. >>ertizer costs costs along to the customer? >> well, unofficifortunately wed to. my prices went up 15% this year on frazier fir. >> reporter: thomas is charging more than

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." >>> i'm jan crawford in washington. thanks for staying with us. war in ukraine will continue through the holidays, a kremlin spokesman said moscow has now interest in a christmas cease-fire, and that the topic is not on their agenda. meanwhile, as russia continues its air assault on civilian targets, washington is expected to announce it's sending at least one battery of patriot missiles to ukraine. the patriot is the u.s. military's most sophisticated air defense weapon and could be a game-changer. inside ukraine, a u.s. air force veteran captured by pro-russian forces months ago has been freed as part of a prisoner swap. emtee yaz tie yib reports from the war zone. >> reporter: a show of defiance as 64 ukrainian soldiers were released in a prisoner swap with russia. among them, sueti markese. >> my name is sueti markese and i'm well. >> reporter: the american air force veteran, who has live in the southern ukrainian city of kherson since 2018. it was occupied by russian forces at the start of the war, and he was taken into custody in early june

." >>> i'm jan crawford in washington. thanks for staying with us. to drive up the price of just about everything this holiday season, but despite tighter gift budget, retailers expect to set sales records. there are just ten shopping days left before christmas, and if you plan on visiting stores, you might be able to find some deep discounts. but if you're ordering online, beware, you're running out of time to make sure those gifts get to where they're going on time. it is showtime for the big shipping companies, and they're moving mountains of packages. kris van cleave got a firsthand look at a fed ex sorting center outside memphis. >> it is time to get serious about your shipping. this is the deadline for fed ex ground. this sorting center will handle about 10,000 packages just today. this is the last stop before they get delivered. and if your gifts aren't in some of these boxes, you need to start thinking about how they're going to get where you want them to go. that is the sound of the holidays, plane after plane touching down at the fed ex meg

." >>> i'm jan crawford in washington. thanks for staying with us.f experiments and hundreds of failures, scientists say they've reached a revolutionary breakthrough in the quest to create safe, clean energy. it's called nuclear fusion, and in the coming decades, it could provide an unlimited source of clean power and an end to the worldwide alliance on fossil fuels. lilia luciano has the details. >> reporter: it's the holy grail of energy creation that some say could save humans from extinction -- nuclear fusion. it combines two hydrogen atoms, which then mix helium and a a whole lot of energy. scscientists frorom the lawrenc livermore national laboratory in california achieved a net energy gain for the firstst time in history. >> the day you get more energy out of it than you put in, the sky is the limit. >> reporter:r: nuclear fusion i hohow stars likike our s sun ge power. >> yes! >> reporter: and the newews h h astrtrophysicist n neil de grgr tson very excited. >> we've known how to fuse atoms and generate energy. we just haven't been able to co

joining us, chief legal correspondent jan crawford, national security correspondent david martin, chiefhite house correspondent nancy cordes, plus senior investigative correspondent kathy and chief national affairs and justice correspondent jeff pegese. good morning. good to have you here on the holiday. david, i want to start with you because at this point last year, the world was watching vladimir putin build up his military forces around ukraine and wondering what he was going to do next. and then he did the unthinkable. what is happening on the ground? how is the cold affecting the combat now? >> right now the fighting has died down except in the center, but the important thing on the battlefield is whether when the ground freezes solid, ukraine can take back enough territory or russia lose enough territory so that both sides conclude, this is the best we can do and start negotiating. whether that happens remains to be seen. you know, it sounds counterintuitive, but the ukrainians have not yet demonstrated the ability to conduct offensive operations. all these russian russians outru