cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports on the search for a motive. >> reporter: tonight as a community mourns the loss of 11 people, investigators say the more they learn about the gunman, the less they understand a motive. >> it doesn't make sense. >> reporter: new evidence shows 72-year-old huu can tran was not married, did not appear to know the victims, and was not a regular at the dance hall. >> we do not believe the suspect has frequented the dance studio in the last five years. [ siren ] >> reporter: and yet the shooter appeared to specifically target the star dance studio, stashing a motorcycle one block away as a possible backup getaway vehicle. after the attack, tran used a white van to drive to a second dance hall. police say he later shot and killed himself in that van during a standoff. investigators have recovered three weapons belonging to tran. the pistol he used to take his life, a rifle from his home, and the mac-10 pistol tran used to spray the dance hall with 42 rounds. >> the gun was shooting like -- like -- like nonstop like that. >> the scene keep coming back. shooting,

cbs' jonathan vigliotti reports on the deadly storm. we'll tell you where the severe weather is headed next. holiday travel chaos. the headaches for travelers continue, as more than 5,000 flights are delayed. also today, the f.a.a. slowing arrivals and departures to the entire state of florida after an issue with air traffic control. ukraine strikes back at russia. what could be one of the deadliest days for russian forces since the war began. idaho murder investigation. the new details on how authorities tracked down the suspected killer of those four college students. actor jeremy renner seriously injured. seriously the "avengers" star air-lifted after a snow plowing accident. tonight, an update on his condition. trhoremembering barbara walters. opened the door for generations of young women. ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> brown: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. i'm james brown, in for norah. tonight, as we begin the broadcast on t

. >>> but we go first to cbs's jonathan vigliotti near sacramento, california. ning, jonathan. >> reporter: and, j.b., good evening to you. the storm was so strong, it broke a levee that was recently reinforced to last until the year 2050. it cost $20 million. tonight this neighborhood looks like a lake. the flooding will likely only grow as it continues to rain. too much rain in california all at once. levees were breached. cars stranded, leading to dozens of rescues, several by helicopter. one driving along this flooded road so deceptively deep -- >> he was in the water for several hours before we were aware that he was missing. >> reporter: at least one death is already blamed on the storm. >> a person was found deceased who had been trying to drive through the water. >> reporter: in sacramento county, a flood advisory is in place tonight. what went on in your mind as it started to rain and then pour? >> it was time to evacuate. as soon as it got to flood stage, i said i'm out of here. >> reporter: but 83-year-old walt hoppe, a lifelong resident here, is stayi

cbs' jonathan vigliotti has more. >> reporter: when shirley munoz was first diagnosed with stage 4 lungcer in 2021, she was given little time. >> they told me that they didn't know where the cancer was coming from. so they told me that my body was basically covered in cancer. they told me that they couldn't guarantee a full year. >> reporter: which is why her appearance in this year's rose parade nearly two years later is a miracle. >> things changed completely for me when i decided to seek a second opinion. >> reporter: that's when this oncologist at city of hope cancer institute first gave munoz hope. >> she just turned around and said "bingo!" i was, like, is this a joke? >> reporter: it wasn't. not only was munoz's cancer isolated, it was treatable. >> this is really what we dream as medical oncologists, you know, that to actually make an impact on our patients' lives. >> reporter: munoz would have more time with her new husband who married her one week after the original diagnosis. >> reporter: how did you propose? >> um, simple, "will you marry me?" >> i knew that i wanted to be w

cbs's jonathan vigliotti is going to start us off tonight from sacramento county. good evening, jonathan. >> reporter: and good evening to you, norah. tonight, already, wind gusts reaching 30 miles per hour. they could more than double when the worst of the storm hits later on tonight. it will last more than 24 hours. rain will be the biggest threat. and, with roadways already flooded like this, meteorologists are warning, it will be brutal and could be deadly. california has already endured a pounding, and it's about to get even worse. in sacramento county, there's a race to repair breached levees. at this point, what is the risk? >> if that water comes up real high again, with those kinds of flows, we're going to start having trouble. >> reporter: throughout northern california, roads are flooding. water rising so fast, this 81-year-old woman had to be rescued. and the prospect of more power outages-- 3,000 p.g.& e. workers fixing what they can, as fast as they can. today, state officials issued a dire warning. >> this may be one of the most challenging and impact

we'll have the forecast in just a moment, but we go first to cbs' jonathan vigliotti near sacramento, california. good evening, jonathan. >> reporter: and, j.b., good evening to you. the storm was so strong, it broke a levee that was recently reinforced to last until the year 2050. it cost $20 million. tonight, this neighborhood looks like a lake. the flooding will likely only grow as it continues to rain. too much rain in california all at once. levees were breached, cars stranded, leading to dozens of rescues, several by helicopter, one driving along this flooded road so deceptively deep... >> he was in the water for several hours before we were aware that he was missing. >> reporter: at least one death is already blamed on the storm. >> a person was found deceased who had been trying to drive through the water. >> reporter: in sacramento county, a flood advisory is in place tonight. what went on in your mind as it started to rain and then pour? >> to evacuate. as soon as it got to the flood stage, i said i'm out of here. >> reporter: but 83-year-old walt hoppe, a lifelong resident

cbs's jonathan vigliotti is in sacramento county. >> reporter: the images are devastating. california battered yet again. the storm surge washing away this pier in santa cruz, powerful winds uprooting trees, heavy damage and a heavy toll. overnight north of san francisco, a red wood tree fell on to a mobile home. >> the frantic father came out of the household with the child and said my child's not breathing. >> reporter: that toddler died. in sacramento county, one man told us he had been searching for his sister for three days. later, emergency crews found her body in a submerged car. already swollen rivers now overflowing while raging creeks are prompting numerous rescues. >> this dog saved by a swift water team in southern california. >> just too much rain on already-saturated ground. san francisco normally gets 4.5 inches of rain for the entire month of january. they've nearly tripled that amount in less than a week. this satellite view shows not just one storm but a parade of them, one after another after another. new concern tonight in montecito where a deadly mudsli

>>o'donnell: jonathan vigliotti thank you so much. aaf somalia, senior administration officials say the raid on aei te green light this week from president biden. officials say no civilians were injured in the operation. >>> new wave of missiles today, a day turning now to the war in ukraine. russia lashed out, launching a wave of missiles today, a day after the u.s. and germany pledged to send tanks to help ukrainian forces. 11 people were killed, and about the same number injured, when dozens of buildings were struck in several regions. ukraine says of the 55 missiles that were fired, 47 were shot down. >>> now to our cbs news exclusive. nearly 4 million veterans may have been exposed to toxic fumes from burn pits. so we went to the va for tonight's eye on america to find out about the new health care benefits available. it's all part of what the va secretary told us is the alarmest outreach in history to our veterans. andrew myatt was willing to give his life to >> our job was to find i.e.d.s, disarm them, or destroy them. >> o'don

cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports on the search for answers. >> reporter: tonight, as a community mourns the loss of 11 people, investigators say the more they learn about the gunman, the less they understand a motive. >> it doesn't make sense. >> reporter: new evidence shows 72-year-old huu can tran was not married, did not appear to know the victims, and was not a regular at the dance hall. >> we do not believe the suspect has frequented the dance studio in the last five years. >> reporter: and yet the shooter appeared to specifically target the star dance studio, stashing a motorcycle one block away as a possible backup getaway vehicle. after the attack, tran used a white van to drive to a second dance hall. police say he later shot and killed himself in that van during a standoff. investigators have recovered three weapons belonging to tran: the pistol he used to take his life; a rifle from his home; and the mac 10 pistol tran used to spray the dance hall with 42 rounds. >> the gun was shooting like, like, nonstop, like that. >> the scene keeps coming back. shooting, people running,

jonathan vigliotti outside of sacramento, thanks so much.joined by meteorologist darren peck with a close look at why we are calling this a first alert weather day. >> we are not done with the storm. we saw the worst last night. so we are through with the most potentially trouble some storm. but we are not done. you can see the showers. you can look at the line off the coast, occasional strike of lightning. when we put it in the futurecast, we will pick up on that line of showers and watch that through the morning commute. this is different rain than yesterday. yesterday was wade spread steady and went for hours at a time. this will be more confined to the line that comes across. then we'll get scattered showers and will be on again off again through the remainder of the morning. then we will get a break by late afternoon and early evening, a chance to dry out. a little perspective, if you take that in total, in general it is about a half inch of rain still to go. we have about inch and a half to two inches from yesterday's storm. this is no

jonathan vigliotti, thank you so much. dangerous travel conditions as well as an varge danger. then widespread flooding from redding, california, all the way down into l.a. it will be a parade of storms one after another. as one storm exits, another one enters. you can see the storms one after another coming in off the pacific. it brings us a copious amount of rain and a it brings us a copious amount of rain and a ton of snow. northern california in particular will get hit and hit hard. but through the weekend, it extends all the way down into southern california. what that means, norah, is rivers rising and widespread flooding across the state. >> mike bettes with that new info. thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." welcome to my digestive system. with a align p probiotic.. when your r gut bactereria is out of f balance. you u may feel i it bubut just onene align daiay helps promomote a balalancet and sosoothe occasasional digeststive upsetsts. join thehe align healththy gut teamam up. bringing t together rereal align userers anand experts!s! to

cbs' jonathan vigliotti reports on the deadly storm.e'll tell you where the severe weather is headed next. holiday travel chaos. the headaches for travelers continue, as more than 5,000 flights are delayed. also today, the f.a.a. slowing arrivals and departures to the entire state of florida after an issue with air traffic control. ukraine strikes back at russia. what could be one of the deadliest days for russian forces since the war began.

cbs' jonathan vigliotti is going to start us off tonight from sacramento county. od evening, jonathan. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. tonight already wind gusts reaching 30 miles per hour. they could more than double when the worst of the storm hits later on tonight. it will last more than 24 hours. rain will be the biggest threat. and with roadways already flooded like, this meteorologists are warning it will be brutal and could be deadly. california has already endured a pounding, and it's about to get even worse. in sacramento county, there is a race to repair breached levees. >> at this point, what is the risk? >> if that water comes up real high again with those kind of flows, we're going start having trouble. >> reporter: throughout northern california, roads are flooding. ueold won had to be and the prospect of more power outages. 3,000 pg&e workers fixing what they can as fast as they can. today state officials issued a dire warning. >> this may be one of the most challenging and impactful series of storms of to touch down in california in the las

cbs's jonathan vigliotti has more. >> reporter: when shirley munoz was first diagnosed with stage 4 lung1, she was given little time. >> they told me that they didn't know where the cancer was coming from, so they told me that my body was basically covered in cancer. they told me that they couldn't guarantee a full year. >> oh, look. >> reporter: which is why her appearance in this year's rose parade, nearly two years later, is a miracle. >> things changed completely for me when i decided to seek a second opinion. >> reporter: that's when oncologist dr. herminia macavelli at city of hope cancer institute first gave munoz hope. >> he she just turned around and said bingo. i was -- is this a joke? >> reporter: it wasn't. not only was munoz's cancer isolated, it was treatable. >> this is really what we dream a medical oncologists, you know, that to actually make an impact on our patients' lives. >> reporter: munoz would have more time with her new husband, who married her one week after the original diagnosis. >> how did you propose? >> simple. will you marry me? >> yeah. i knew that i want