CBS Evening News, 01/02/26
CBS Evening News
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3.5 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Nearly three feet of snow has blanketed parts of the Northeast as severe weather impacts people across the country, bringing frigid temperatures and snow to the East Coast and heavy rain and mudslide concerns to Southern California. President Trump warned Friday in a social media post that if Iran "violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue." Investigators said Friday that the deadly fire that tore through a popular bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana early on New Year's Day was caused by sparklers on Champagne bottles, which ignited the bar's ceiling.
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| 0:28.2 | It's one of the busiest travel days of the holiday season, as millions of Americans are |
| 0:35.8 | heading home. Heavy snow is making roads treacherous in some |
| 0:39.5 | places ice also a danger. We'll have this rescue and the forecast. President Trump warns the |
| 0:46.9 | U.S. is locked and loaded and will take action if Iran opens fire on protesters. We'll explain why |
| 0:53.0 | thousands there are taken to the streets. |
| 0:56.0 | Federal officials say they stopped a planned New Year's Eve terrorist attack before it could unfold. |
| 1:02.0 | Tonight, the chilling details. |
| 1:05.0 | A hiker is killed in a suspected mountain line attack in Colorado. |
| 1:09.0 | We're going to test them for human DNA and then we'll know for |
| 1:11.2 | sure. She wanted company. And Steve Hartman on the road with a goose tale of love, loss, and hope. |
| 1:18.9 | They haven't really left each other's side since. |
| 1:24.1 | From CBS News headquarters in New York, this is the CBS Evening News. |
| 1:30.3 | Good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining us. I'm Jerika Duncan. |
| 1:35.3 | Heading into the first weekend of the new year, it is a busy night, whether you're driving or taking a plane, holiday travelers are making their way home. |
| 1:44.5 | Several days of heavy snow has made a mess in parts of central New York. |
| 1:49.0 | Coastal flooding left roads underwater today in the San Francisco Bay Area. |
| 1:54.0 | We'll get the forecast from Lonnie Quinn in a moment, but first, Skylar Henry leads us off from Atlanta. |
| 2:00.0 | This is how not to start off the new year. Skyler Henry leads us off from Atlanta. |
| 2:04.5 | This is how not to start off the new year. |
| 2:09.2 | Stuck on the side of the road buried in up to 16 inches of snow. |
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