nikki battiste, cbs news, laguardia airport. >>> now to the rising tensions in the middle east. the biden administration is expected to redesignate the houthi rebels in yemen as a terrorist organization. this as the first medication for israeli hostages is expected to enter gaza today on their 103rd day in captivity. france and qatar announced the deal between israel and hamas to let in the medicine along with additional aid for palestinians. >>> meanwhile, a group of freed hostages gathered at their kibbutz near the gaza border for a solemn 1st birthday celebration for the youngest hostage. kafir will turn 1 tomorrow at which point he would have spent a third of his life as a hostage. >>> and the israeli army released new video it says shows the vast hamas tunnel system. they estimate the tunnels have more than 5,000 entry points and stretch as far as 450 miles which is much longer than originally thought considering gaza is only 25 miles long and six miles wide. charlie d'agata has the latest on the widening conflict. >> reporter: the assault of gaza continued, but israel's fi

cbs's nikki battiste was in the courtroom. >> this matter is now adjourned. >> reporter: tonight a southd despite believing the court clerk in alex murdaugh's double murder trial lacked credibility, murdaugh should not get a new trial. >> i did not have a conversation with any juror about anything related to this case. >> reporter: murdaugh's lawyers say that court clerk rebecca hill told jurors not to be misled by the defense's evidence or fooled by murdaugh's testimony and pressured them to quickly render a guilty verdict, which would help hill sell a tell-all book she planned to write. >> i usually give a little pep talk to the jurors, and i do remember saying pay attention. it's a big day today. >> reporter: one of the jurors who found murdaugh guilty said comments made by hill to, quote, watch murdaugh's actions and watch him closely when he took the stand made it seem like he was guilty, which influenced her verdict. another juror also said they heard comments hill made about ? >> we're not going to comment at this time. >> reporter: all 12 jurors testified today. >> alex murdaugh

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nikki battiste, thank you so much. snow and cold we are feeling now will move offshore, but yet another cross-country storm is right on its heels. for the forecast, let's bring in weather channel meteorologist mike bettis. good evening, mike. >> reporter: good evening, norah, a court of a snow in territory, meaning a lot of us picked up our first 1 inch snow in years, but now exiting through maine, places like new hampshire might get a little bit of light snow to go, but everything is gone by tomorrow morning. however the cold air really does remain entrenched here, very cold wind chills overnight, going down to the gulf coast. in the west it's all about winter storm indigo and the ice, significant ice all around i five, from washington back down to oregon, power outages and significant significant travel delays he anticipated. and late in canada and the week, it looks at the ohio valley and the northeast. and what that means is continuing snow thursday through the weekend. >> norah: mike bettis, thank you. to the othe

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cbs's nikki battiste has been speaking with frustrated travelers at laguardia airport in new york. >>ght the arctic blast along with high winds and blinding snow swept through the northeast. the extreme cold and snow forcing airlines to cancel or delay flights. at new york's laguardia airport, more than 200 cancellations since yesterday. >> how are you feeling? >> frustrated. i was crying down at baggage claim. >> i'm frustrated too. handling all of it has been really stressful. >> reporter: in nashville, a ground stop on monday left hundreds of passengers stuck on the tarmac, some for almost seven hours after de-icing trucks ran out of fuel. >> then we were left to wait and not knowing what was coming there. >> reporter: it's a mess throughout the midwest. at chicago's o'hare airport, negative 20-degree windchills are hampering operations. roxana saberi is there. >> reporter: two of the biggest airlines told cbs news the cold here is taking a toll on equipment, batteries, and staff who have to work outside. but winter weather elsewhere is also leading to delays and cancellations here

>> james: nikki battiste, thank you so much. turning overseas, cia director william burns is heading to france, hoping to help broker a deal between israel and hamas to release all remaining hostages held in gaza. a source tells cbs news that burns will meet with israel's intelligence chief and the prime minister of qatar. burns was involved in talks that led to previous hostage rel releases. we turn now to alabama, where a death row inmate is about to become the first person in the u.s. to be executed with nitrogen gas. a new method critics say could cause excessive pain. here is cbs's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: the state of alabama is preparing to kill inmate kenneth smith using nitrogen gas for the first time as a method of execution it involves placing a mask over his face, filling it with the gas number which would deprive him of oxygen. smith was 1 of 2 men convicted of work murdering elizabeth sennett in 1988. it is the second time the state has tried to put him to death, after a failed attempt using lethal injection