Tonight, nearly 100 million Americans facing brutally cold temperatures, while people from Texas to Tennessee remain without power from that deadly ice storm.

Hundreds of thousands are in the dark as the south begins to thaw out, plus the forecast that could bring below zero degree temperatures to much of New York State

and the potential frost quakes in Boston.

CBS's Lillia Luciano is covering the dangerous weather.

The resolution is...

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar kicked off a major House committee

after GOP leaders cite the Democrats widely condemned anti-Israel comments.

Alec Murdoch murder trial, a possible motive unveiled in court,

why prosecutors claim the former prominent attorney killed his wife and son.

Synagogue attack, new details about the man charged with trying to firebomb a large synagogue in New Jersey.

Eye on America, the effort to save America's largest coral reef.

CBS's Manuel Bohorkas takes us there.

We'll show you what's happening inside this lab.

Plus, I dropped recall after an over-the-counter brand was linked to vision loss and one death.

And the young singer hitting all the right notes on her journey to the Grammy Awards.

To let's play.

This is the CBS Evening News with Nora O'Donnell, reporting from the nation's capital.

Good evening, and thank you for joining us on this Thursday night.

We are coming on the air tonight with some breaking news.

We have just learned that the Pentagon is tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over the United States.

President Biden was briefed.

Fighter jets scrambled and there was a discussion at the highest levels of our government

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