nikki battiste has the details. >>> i'm very hopeful that this creates precedent. >> reporter: after the murder of her 6-year-old son dylan at sandy hook elementary school, nicole hockley fought for change. she's among nine victims' families who took on remington, manufacturers of the semiautomatic ar-15-style rifle used in the massacre. >> they will tell you this is made for hunting, but where's the animal in this? >> reporter: attorneys representing the families were able to navigate around a law designed to protect gun companies from litigation arguing that remington chose profit over safety and deliberately marketed the ar-15 to troubled young men. >> i know the headlines today are going to be a lot about the $73 million. that is just not really on my radar. it's more about the process of what we can do with what we've discovered and how we can share that. >> reporter: in december, 2012, the 20-year-old gunman entered the school and began a shooting rampage killing 20 first graders and six teachers before taking his own life. >> vicky was incredible -- >> reporter: jillian and ma

norah. >> o'donnell: nikki battiste, thank you.o a major development in the sex abuse scandal that has shaken the royal family. britain's prince andrew has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was sexually trafficked to the british royal by jeffrey epstein when she was just 17. cbs' ian lee is in london with more. >> reporter: prince andrew's legal battle with virginia giuffre ended today when the two reached a financial settlement for an undisclosed amount. a statement filed in a new york court said "andrew accepts that giuffre suffered both as an established victim of abuse and as a result of unfair public attacks." how much pressure was prince andrew under by the royal family to settle? >> everyone in the royal family was obviously very keen for him to avert a full-blown trial. >> reporter: the settlement comes just weeks before the queen's second son was set to be deposed under oath. >> there is no doubt in my mind that the possibility of his being dismantled piece by piece, question by question, and his cha

norah. >> o'donnell: nikki battiste with that news. thank you.ow to some breaking news on that so-called freedom convoy. a canadian judge tonight ordering the protesters at the ambassador bridge to end their five-day blockade. it's not clear if or when law enforcement will be sent in to remove the demonstrators. cbs' kris van cleave reports from detroit on the growing economic impact and the threat of similar protests in other u.s. cities. >> reporter: tonight, the five-day canadian border blockade protesting vaccine mandates is hitting the auto makers costing michigan workers millions in lost wages and prompting president biden to raise his concerns with prime minister justin trudeau. >> this effort has the potential to have a huge impact on workers and the american public. >> reporter: supply shortages are already forcing production disruptions at auto plants in canada and several states. the supply chain breakdown has flooded paul russo's detroit-area warehouse. these are for auto makers. >> that is correct. >> reporter: who can't make cars wi

cbs' nikki battiste joins us now with this late-breaking news. good evening, nikki. >> reporter: norah, good evening. pfizer says tonight it has given the f.d.a. data on a two-dose vaccine regimen for children ages six months through four years old. the doses are one-tenth of an adult's and would be given three weeks apart. pfizer says it also plans to submit data on a third shot for this age group soon. pfizer's request for emergency use authorization for its vaccines means one of the nation's youngest age groups will be eligible for shots possibly as soon as the end of this month. >> the second it's available we'll be calling our pediatrician. >> reporter: conz preti has been anxiously waiting for a vaccine for her three-year-old son and two-year-old twins. >> i don't want to get too excited and then have to sort of continue living in this limbo. >> reporter: in december, pfizer announced that two doses of its vaccine did not provide a strong enough immune response in 2- to 4-year-olds, prompting the company to add a third shot to the trial. aut

nikki battiste, thanks. well, now to beijing, and day four of the winter olympics. while team u.s.a. is still eyeing their first gold medal, u.s. men's figure skater, nathan chen, grabbed today's headlines, thanks to a world-record performance. cbs' jamie yuccas reports. >> reporter: team u.s.a.'s nathan chen may have given the americans their best shot at gold yet. after a disappointing performance at the 2018 olympics, the three-time world champion registered a world-record score in the men's short program. >> it's not 2018 anymore. >> i can't imagine being him and having to wait this long to fix what you-- what you messed up four years ago. >> reporter: emily giambalvo covers figure skating for of "the washington post." >> there's still the free skate left, but it just felt like, okay, this is different than pyongyang. it's not going to be that same disaster again. >> reporter: in ice hockey, the u.s. women's team suffered its first loss of the tournament to canada, but all eyes are on next week's expected gold medal rematch after canada lost to the u.s. in 2018.

cbs's nikki battiste joins us with this late-breaking news. ning, nikki. >> reporter: norah, good evening. pfizer says tonight it has given the fda data on a two doce vaccine regimen for children ages six months through 4 years old. the doses are 1/10 of an adult's and would be given three weeks apart. pfizer says it also plans to submit data on a third shot for this age group soon. pfizer's request for emergency use authorization of its vaccine means one of the nation's youngest age groups would be eligible for shots, possibly as soon as the end of this month. >> the second it is available we're going to be call our peeled trigs. >> reporter: conz preti has anxiously awaited a vaccine for her 3-year-old son and 2-year-old twins. >> i don't want to get too excited and then have to sort of continue living in this limbo. >> reporter: in december pfizer announced that two doses of its vaccine did not provide a strong engh iune response in 2 to 4-year-olds, prompting the company to add a third shot to the trial. authorization would come at a pivota

we get more now from cbs's nikki battiste. >> i'm very hopeful this creates precedent. >> reporter: after the murder of her 6-year-old son dylan at sandy hook elementary school, nicole hockly fought for change. she is among nine victims' families who took on remington, manufacturers of the semiautomatic ar-15 style rifle used in the massacre. >> they will tell you this is used for hunting. where is the animal in this? >> reporter: families were able to navigate around a federal wall designed to protect gun companies from litigation, arguing remington chose profit over safety and deliberately marketed the ar-15 to troubled young men. >> i know the headlines there are going to be about the $73 million. that is just not really on my radar. it's more about the process of what we can now do with what we've discovered and how we can share that to everyone else. >> reporter: back in december 2012, the 20-year-old gunman entered the school and began a shooting rampage, killing 20 first graders and six teachers before taking his own life. >> the key was an incredible person. >> reporter: julian an

nikki battiste, thank you. well, we turn now to the weather. another major winter storm is brewing tonight that's expected to make travel treacherous from the rockies to new england. cbs' lonnie quinn joins us now with the forecast. hey there, lonnie. >> reporter: hey, norah, the problem with this winter storm is there is an element of frzing rain. freezing rain isn that immedes wn thitays. it imposble to drive oodrren h n of t u'oongw iltransi om colado to the great lakes. you get to thursday morning and it transitions to some of that ice, some of that freezing rain. that line of pink, really tough morning commute for you on morning. and by friday, 3:00 p.m., it has moved into the bay area with a real mess-- snow, sleet, rain, freezing rain, all moving into a city that picked up, in some spots, up to two feet of snow in the last blizzard. and the icing, as i said, is the biggest problem of all. some areas could be seeing significant icing, not just in the midsection. that's where we focus, but even moving to the east, and jur snowfall totals,

cbs' nikki battiste has more on the gender gap recovery. >> in this book... >> reporter: laura dangerghters, was a special education teacher for chicago public schools. she loves her work, but last october, danger had to quit. >> i just sat there and cried. >> reporter: it was the lack of reliable child care during the pandemic, plus worries about her children falling ill that led her to give up her career. >> my kids were sick, and i wasn't sleeping, and i wasn't eating. it was just all of that weight of the last two years on me, and all of the things i knew i had to get done that wouldn't stop. and i... i put in my resignation that day. >> reporte dge heof t pandemic, one in three women considered leaving or changing jobs. working and finding affordable child care has only become more difficult during the pandemic. costs for child care centers have jumped more than 40%, forcing many to shut down. elonda edwards runs several child care centers in the washington, d.c., area. she said it's hard finding qualified women for the job openings. >> we're able to increase our tuition prices m

cbs' nikki battiste has more on the gender gap recovery. >> in this book... >> reporter: laura danger, a mom to two young daughters, was a special education teacher for chicago public schools. she loves her work, but last october, danger had to quit. >> i just sat there and cried. >> reporter: it was the lack of reliable child care during the pandemic, plus worries about her children falling ill that led her to give up her career. >> my kids were sick, and i wasn't sleeping, and i wasn't eating. it was just all of that weight of the last two years on me, and all of the things i knew i had to get done that wouldn't stop. and i... i put in my resignation that day. >> reporter: danger isn't alone. in the first year of the pandemic, one in three women considered leaving or changing jobs. working and finding affordable child care has only become more difficult during the pandemic. costs for child care centers have jumped more than 40%, forcing many to shut down. elonda edwards runs several child care centers in the washington, d.c., area. she said it's hard finding qualified women for the