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nancy cordes, cbs news, los angeles. >>> four men have been charged in connection with a ship that was intercepted by the u.s. navy last month. they're suspected of transporting iranian-made weapons in the arabian sea. two navy s.e.a.l.s died trying to board that ship. david martin has more. >> reporter: the four were arrested after navy s.e.a.l.s boarded this vessel off the coast of somalia and found missile parts including a warhead the u.s. says were being smuggled from iran to the houthis in yemen. two navy s.e.a.l.s, petty officers chris chambers and gage ingram, were lost at sea while attempting to board in rough seas. the boarding occurred last month on the same date the u.s. and britain launched its first round of strikes against houthi targets in germany. strikes which have yet to put an end to attacks against commercial shipping. >> we've certainly seen in the past 48, 72 hours an increase in attacks from the houthis. >> reporter: the criminal complaint says the four suspects carried pakistani identification cards and that the alleged captain had a satellite phone in which he

nancy cordes, cbs news, los angeles. >>> a former fbi informant charged with lying about the bidens had contact with russian that's according to prosecutors who made a revelation, the revelation in court yesterday as they urged the federal judge in las vegas to keep alexander smirnov behind bars while we had awaits trial -- while he awaits trial. the judge allowed him to be released from custody on electronic monitoring. he's charged with making up a multimillion dollar bribery scheme involving president biden, his son hunter, and a ukrainian energy company. >>> two men have been charged with murder in last week's deadly shooting after the kansas city chiefs' super bowl parade. court documents released yesterday said lyndell mays and dominic miller began firing at each other after getting into an argument. one woman was killed in the gunfire last wednesday, and 22 others were injured. the suspects were also both shot in the melee, and they remain hospitalized. >>> breaking overnight now, syrian state tv says two people were killed in an israeli strike that hit a residential building nea

i'm nancy cordes in washington.ews bay area, this is the evening edition. >> it is one of the biggest days on san francisco's calendar, a look at this year's chinese new years parade and some of the local students putting on a show during the celebration. >>> custard remains a very popular treat, there is one bakery in particular that people seem to flock to, the problem is, nobody seems to know when it is open. >>> neighbors helping neighbors, the story behind one man's plan to bring power to a neighborhood. and later, you know it is tough being an oakland a's fan, how some sports fans took matters into their own hands. good evening, i'm andrea nakano. tonight is the culmination of lunar new year celebrations, that began two weeks ago when asian culture marked the year of the dragon. da lin joins us from the chinese new year parade, how is it going out there? >> reporter: it is popping, very loud and hopefully you can hear me with all the noise and folks behind me, the year of the dragon, the largest chinese new ye

tonight, we have team coverage from the pentagon to the middle east, and we want to begin with cbs's nancy cordes at the white house. good evening, nancy, and we are hearing from the commander in chief tonight, right? >> reporter: that's right, the president just issued a statement, norah, saying all of the facilities the u.s. struck this afternoon had been used to attack u.s. forces. and he added this: if you harm% an american, we will respond. pentagon officials say two b-1 bombers were among the military aircraft used to strike more than 85 targets in iraq and syria. the targets included command and control centers, weapons depots, and drone storage facilities. all of them linked to iran's revolutionary guard and affiliated with militia groups. the strikes were approved by the president and launched just a few hours after he welcomed the bodies of three fallen service members back to u.s. soil. all three were stationed in jordan at a u.s. outpost known as tower 22, that came under fire last sunday. the bases air defense system had been temporarily taken off-line to allow a u.s. drone to return

nancy cordes, thank you so much.has been noted that republican front runner donald trump has not denounced or even placed blame on vladimir putin for the death of alexei navalny and that led the former president's opponent, nikki haley, to blast trump and question why he hasn't called putin a "murderous thug." the former u.n. ambassador made some news today about her place in the race for president, which has days to go until the south carolina primary. here is cbs's caitlin huey-burns. >> i'm not going anywhere. >> reporter: on the verge of losing her home state primary, nikki haley is efying calls from donald trump to drop out of the race. >> i feel no need to kiss the ring. i have no fear of trump's retribution. >> reporter: pledging to play on through super tuesday, haley slammed trump as unelectable. >> he's gotten more unstable and unhinged. he spends more time in courtrooms than he does on the campaign trail. he's so obsessed with his own demons from the past, he can't focus on delivering a future americans de

cbs's nancy cordes is traveling with the president in cali california. >> reporter: the pictures shownt biden embracing and sitting with alexei navalny's widow and daughter in a san francisco hotel room. one week after navalny's suspicious death in a russian penal colony. >> he was a man that had incredible courage, and it's amazing how his wife and daughter are emulating that. >> reporter: navalny's daughter dasha is a student at nearby stanford university. her mother flew to california to comfort her after meeting with european leaders and vowing to carry on her husband's work. "by killing alexei, putin killed half of me." she said beard in russia, navalny's mother said today she had finally been taken to a morgue to see the body. she was told he died of natural causes and said that she was being pressured to hold a private burial ceremony as russian police try to head off more protests over his death. "they want it done secretly," she said. "i don't agree with that close would be a way to find putin flex his muscle today, flying on a nuclear capable strategic bomber, even as the u.

nancy cordes, thank you so much. now to a tragic story out of florida.-year-old girl has died after a hole she was digging on a beach north of miami collapsed on top of her and her 9-year-old brother. cbs's manuel bojorquez has the heartbreaking details. >> there's a little girl buried under the sand and they have not gone to her yet. >> reporter: digging with their bare hands, bystanders rush to try to rescue a little girl, buried after the hole in the sand she was playing in collapse. christina bleckinger was there and tried to help. >> it was horrifying. my husband grabbed a bucket and started helping. the boy, you can see his head and even that took a long time to get out. he was stuck under the sand. you could see him. the girl, we couldn't see. >> reporter: the child, identified as 7-year-old sloan mattingly, was playing with her 9-year-old brother on tuesday at the beach in lauderdale by the sea. her family was visiting from indiana. >> they were just together as a family digging a hole to have fun in. >> reporter: the children were rushed to the

. >> nancy cordes, thank you very much. >>> now to a terrifying attack on board an alaska airlines flight. federal authorities have charged a man with assault with a dangerous weapon after he allegedly stabbed another passenger during a flight between seattle and las vegas last month. cbs's carter evans reports this is just the latest in a series of mid-flight incidents in recent weeks. >> reporter: it happened on an alaska airlines flight on approach to las vegas in january. investigators say julio alvarez lopez bound pens together with rubber bands before the flight and used the makeshift weapon to stab the man sitting across the aisle. photos show the victim with cuts and bruises. a federal grand jury indicted lopez wednesday. court documents say he planned on attacking and killing the man and felt the mafia had been chasing him. sam vinograd is a cbs contributor. >> based upon just the sheer number of incidents we've been seeing over the past few years is that we really do need a new approach to airline safety. >> reporter: just this week, passengers had to forcibly restrain a man who

nancy cordes, thank you so much. >>> tragic developments tonight in the houston area. the body of an 11-year-old girl who had been missing since last week was found in a river today. and now a friend of her father's, who had been living on the family's property, is facing charges in her murder. cbs's omar villafranca has the heartbreaking details. >> i sadly announce that audrii's body was located at the trinity riv on the u.s. highway 59. >> reporter: a sheriff confirmed what many fears, 11-year-old audrii cunningham was killed. investigators spent the day combing the water waes outside of houston for any clue into the disappearance before finding her body today. >> we will continue to process the evidence that has been gathered to ensure justice for audrii. >> reporter: an amber alert was issued thursday after investigators learned cunningham never made it on the school bus that morning or to school that day. search crews from several agencies were looking on the banks of the trinity river. >> my heartaches with this news. >> reporter: prosecutors say they will charg

here is nancy cordes. >> reporter: 7-year-old charlotte is a new comer to football. >> i'm good at throwingn. >> touchdown, yeah! >> reporter: just a few months ago, this atlanta girl didn't know a fumble from a field goal. but then her favorite singer started showing up at games. >> i really like to see taylor. i'm always like daddy, daddy, taylor's coming back on! ♪ you ready for a ♪ >> reporter: come sunday, a lot of girls just like charlotte will be watching the super bowl for the first time. football viewership among girls ages 12 to 17 spiked an astounding 53% at the start of the season, pushing overall nfl viewership up 7% this year over last. >> i had to. >> reporter: the swift effect extends to merch too. after she wore this $14 ring at the afc championship last weekend, the boutique that sells it saw a 4,000% spike in sales. >> oh, my gosh, what do we do, what do we do? and then the sales started and they haven't stopped. >> reporter: nicole auerbach coffers football. >> i have cousins who couldn't name the team in their own city, and now they can name half the starting quarterbac