cbs' carter evans takes a look. >> reporter: americans are refusing to let covid kill christmas this year. airports across the country are bracing for millions to fly today, many making up for missed hugs with mom. it's the first time jessica bedewi has seen her parents in two years. she and her boyfriend were stuck in australia during the pandemic. >> as soon as the borders opened, we were very quick to organize everything, before things changed. >> reporter: how much busier is this year going to be than last year? >> so we're going have more than double the amount was passengers. >> reporter: in los angeles airport ceo justin erbacci says omicron is not scaring away passengers. >> well, i think a huge difference is the amount of people who are vaccinated and boosted. people are much more comfortable traveling. >> reporter: another 100 million will be hitting the road over the next week and a half, approaching prepandemic levels. and that's with the cost of gasoline up more than a dollar over last year. >> the gas price haven't affected my decision to travel. but i definitely felt t

carter evans has the story. >> reporter: we're walking on a lake bed right now. we should be under water, and this is where your town's water comes from. does it concern you? >> deeply. >> reporter: stephanie is mayor of fairfax, california, in the heart of marin county where average rainfall the nearly 40 inches. but not this year. almost all of california is facing extreme drought. >> as beautiful as it is, it's frightening. >> reporter: it's forcing drastic measures on all 200,000 county residents, now told to cut water usage to just 55 gallons per day, dramatic considering a ten-minute shower uses about 25 gallons. 40 for a load of laundry, and a single sprinkler head can spray out 15 gallons per minute. you can't use those anymore? >> no. i mean, it's 1/3 of our water usage. >> reporter: the new restrictions mean no refilling swimming pools or fountains. you can't wash your car in your driveway, and outdoor irrigation is prohibited. >> there is no irrigation at all until june. >> reporter: none? >> none. >> reporter: john and his wife margaret lived here bec

but what they don't have is a motive, margaret. >> brennan: carter evans in beverly hills. tonight, we are looking into one of the causes of america's housing crunch. the nationwide shortage of available homes is being driven in part by a labor shortage. industry experts say more than 2 million new workers will be need to over the next three years to meet the demand. here's cbs' mark strassmann. >> so right now they're running the wire through the house. >> reporter: developer joe atalla builds houses like this three-bedroom, two and a half bath near boise. >> the good news is these guys are showing up. >> yeah, these guys are on the job, exactly. >> reporter: because that's not true for everybody. >> it's not. >> reporter: america's builders face twin supply chain crises, a shortage of materials and labor, all trades. >> all the way through, you know, tile and sheetrock and roofing, all of those things. >> electrical. >> reporter: plumbing. exactly. >> reporter: the industry says it now has up to 430,000 open construction jobs and will need another 61,000 new hires every m

margaret. >> carter evans in beverly hills. tonight, with eare looking into one of the causes of america's housing crunch. the nationwide shortage of available homes is being driven in part by a labor shortage. industry experts say more than 2 million new workers will be need to over the next three years to meet the demand. here's cbs's mark strassmann. >> so right now they're running te wire through the house. >> reporter: developer joe atalla builds houses like this three-bedroom, two and a half bath near boise. >> the good news is threes guys are showing up. >> yeah, these guys are on the job, exactly. >> reporter: because that's not true for everybody. >> it's not. >> reporter: america's builders face twin supply chain crises, a shortage of materials and labor. all trades. >> all the way through, you know, tile and sheetrock and roofing, all of those things. >> electrical. >> reporter: plumbing. exactly. >> reporter: the industry says it now has up to 430,000 open construction jobs and will need another 61,000 newes every m

cbs' carter evans is going to lead us off tonight in los angeles. good evening, carter. >> reporter: good evening, norah. here's the bottom line for most working americans: with inflation this high, if you inflation this high, if you're not getting a raise of almost 7% this year, you're losing money, because it just doesn't go as far. the latest item on the menu-- higher prices. >> we'd rather not pass it along, but if we have to, we have to. if our hands are that tied. >> reporter: at tallyrand restaurant in burbank, california, owner karen ross says the cost of just about everything is climbing. >> we've seen our beef prices go up 50%. >> reporter: 50%, 5-0. >> 5-0. shocking. >> reporter: it's a result of surging demand from americans with money to spend, combined with lingering supply chain issues, ships stuck at ports, and a shortage of truck drivers to deliver the goods. that's led to the worst inflation in nearly four decades. it had pretty much been kept in check since the last major surge in 1980, but now the wallop to the wallet is pronounc

cbs' carter evans takes a look. >> reporter: americans are refusing to let covid kill christmas this year. airports across the country are bracing for millions to fly today, many making up for missed hugs with moms. it's the first time jessica bedewi has seen her parents in two years. she and her boyfriend were stuck in australia during the pandemic. >> as soon as the borders opened, we were very quick to organize everything before things changed. >> reporter: how much busier is this year going to be than last year? >> so we're going to have more than double the amount of passengers. >> reporter: in los angeles, airport c.e.o. justin erbacci says omicron is not scaring away passengers. >> i think a huge difference is the amount of people who are vaccinated, and boosted. people are much more comfortable traveling. >> reporter: another 100 million will be hitting the road over the next week and a half, approaching pre-pandemic levels. and that's with the cost of gasoline up more than $1 over last year. >> the gas prices haven't affected my decision to travel, but i've definitely felt t

cbs' carter evans takes a look. >> reporter: americans are refusing to let covid kill christmas this year. airports across the country are bracing for millions to fly today, many making up for missed hugs with moms. it's the first time jessica bedewi has seen her parents in two years. she and her boyfriend were stuck in australia during the pandemic. >> as soon as the borders opened, we were very quick to organize everything before things changed. >> reporter: how much busier is this year going to be thn last year? >> so we're going to have more than double the amount of passengers. >> reporter: in los angeles, airport c.e.o. justin erbacci says omicron is not scaring away passengers. >> i think a huge difference is the amount of people who are vaccinated, and boosted. people are much more comfortable traveling. >> reporter: another 100 million will be hitting the road over the next week and a half, approaching pre-pandemic levels. and that's with the cost of gasoline up more than $1 over last year. >> the gas prices haven't affected my decision to travel, but i've definitely felt th

carter evans, thank you. all right, we're going to turn now to one police department's efforts to reduce crime and build trust in the community it serves. in tonight's "eye on america," cbs' nancy chen takes us to the city of racine, wisconsin,s where for some officers,s policing begins at home. >> reporter: growing up in one of racine, wisconsin,'s toughest neighborhood, 17-year-old kamari andrews says his reaction to seeing police was instinctive. >> my impression of law enforcement was to run from them all the time. >> push back from here to hold it on. >> reporter: but that started to change five years ago, when he met officer tim cisler just a few houses down. it was it like the hangout spot to go to after school? >> it was. >> reporter: this is a c.o.p. house, short for community-oriented policing. it's one of six homes manned by a l lone officer whose job is to know anything that's happening in that neighborhood. >> anything that occurs in that neighborhood, they should know about it-- thefts and crime

here's cbs' carter evans. >> reporter: at the crack of dawn, the golfers here are not alone. >> you want to count in groups of five or ten. >> reporter: researcher richard brockman is also on the green, counting monarch butterflies just hanging out behind the ninth hole. >> here we have a few hundred clustering close together. h they just look like pine conesea or like, dead leaves, whatever. most people would never see them. >> reporter: an estimated 200,000 migrating western monarchs are spending the winter in california. last year, only 2,000 were spotted, and they were thought e to be on the verge of extinction. >> some of the biggest factors that are impacting monarch populations are insecticides, as well as habitat loss. >> reporter: so is there a big comeback? >> i think it's way too early tt tell, and we'll need a few years of decent numbers to see if this is really a comeback. >> reporter: in cool weather, the monarchs cluster in trees, only flying off to feed and pollinate when temperatures rise, conserving energy for spring, when it's time to reproduce. future generations will

carter evans, thank you. all right, now to a solemn ceremony at the white house today. three u.s. soldiers were honored with the nation's highest military award. two sacrificed their lives saving others, including the man who just became the first black recipient of the medal of honor since the vehement war. here's cbs' david martin. >> reporter: a mother and daughter received the medal of honor three years after their husband and father, army ranger christopher celiz, used his body to shield a battlefield casualty in afghanistan. >> i'm in awe that he would be so selfless but that's who chris was. i wouldn't have expected anything less. >> reporter: eight years ago master sergeant earl plumlee stepped into the breach to stop a suicidal attack on his outpost in afghanistan. you see ten guys coming at you, what did you think? >> that i would be killed. >> reporter: so what do you do when you think you're going to be killed? >> try and take a few of them with me. >> reporter: 16 years ago, sergeant first class, alwyn cashe pulled his soldiers from a burning vehicle in iraq. >> flame

here's cbs's carter evans. >> reporter: at the crack of dawn, the golfers here are not alone. >> you want to count in groups of five or ten. >> reporter: researcher richard brockman is also on the green counting monarch butterflies just hanging out behind the ninth hole. >> here we have a few hundred clustering close together. they're pine cones or dead leaves, looks like. most people would never see them. >> reporter: an estimated 200,000 my grating western monarchs are spending the winter in california. last year only 2,000 were spotted and thought to be on the verge of extinction. >> some of the biggest factors impacting monarch populations are insecticides as well as habitat loss. >> reporter: is there a big comeback. >> i think it's way too early to tell and we'll need a few years of decent numbers to see if this is really a comeback. >> reporter: in cool weather the monarchs cluster in trees, flying off to feed in polleny when temperatures rise, conserving energy for spring when it's final to reproduce. future generations will fly to other western states for the summer before m

carter evans, thank you. all right, now to a solemn ceremony at the white house today. three u.s. soldiers were honored with the nation's highest military award. two sacrificed their lives saving others, including the man who just became the first black recipient of the medal of honor since the vehement war. here's cbs's david martin. >> reporter: a mother and daughter received the medal of honor three years after their husband and father, army ranger christopher celiz, used his body to shield a battlefield casualty in afghanistan. >> i'm in awe that he would be so selfless but that's who chris was. i wouldn't have expected anything else. >> reporter: eight years ago master sergeant earl plumlee stepped into the breach to stop a suicidal attack on his outpost in afghanistan. you see ten guys coming at you, what did you think? >> that i would be killed. >> reporter: so what do you do when you think you're going to be killed? >> try and take a few of them with me. >> reporter: 16 years ago, first sergeant alwyn cashe pulled his soldiers from a burning vehicle in iraq. >> flames sphi

carter evans, thank you. all right, we're going to turn now to one police department's efforts to reduce crime and build trust in the community it serves. in tonight's "eye on america,"s" cbs' nancy chen takes us to the cbs' nancy chen takes us to the city of racine, wisconsin, where for some officers, policing begins at home. >> reporter: growing up in one of racine, wisconsin's toughest neighborhoods, 17-year-old kamari andrews says his reaction to seeing police was instinctive. >> my impression of law enforcement was to run from them all the time. >> push back from here to hold it on. >> reporter: but that started to change five years ago, when he met officer tim cisler just a few houses down.e hangout spo was it like the hangout spot to go to after school? >> it was. >> reporter: this is a c.o.p. house, short for community- oriented policing. it's one of six homes manned by a lone officer whose job is to know everything happening in that neighborhood. >> anything that occurs in that neighborhood, they sho

carter evans, cbs news. >> well, now for what lies ahead, cbs boston's chief meteorologist eric fisher is here with the forecast. good evening, eric. >> good evening, norah. today is a day for the record books when it comes to the weather in the middle of the country. we've had this widespread windstorm, the whole thing rocketing across the middle of the country tonight. let's take a look at some of those advisories. a huge area. wind advisories, high wind warnings from new mexico all the way to western new york. and in this area we've had wind gusts up to 100 miles per hour. places like russell, kansas, lamar, colorado. and tonight now we're tracking more tornadoes. this is moving so fast. it's not just the wind in the storms. the storms themselves in this line that's moving across iowa at 80 to 100 miles per hour with embedded tornadoes. that will continue to move to the north and east. there are more tornado watches there. in fact, if one touches down in minnesota tonight, it would be the first on record during the month of december in minnesota. here is why. we've had record warmth

carter evans has the story. >> reporter: at the crack of dawn, the golfers here are not alone. >> you want to count in groups of five or ten. >> reporter: researcher richard brockman is also on the green counting monarch butterflies just hanging out behind the ninth hole. >> here, we have like a few hundred that are clustering close together. they just look like pinecones or dead leaves or whatever. most people walking by would never even see them. >> reporter: an estimated 200,000 migrating western monarchs are spending winter here in california. last year, only 2,000 were spotted and they were thought to be on the verge of extinction. >> one of the biggest factors that are impacting monarch populations are insecticide, as well as habitat loss. >> so is there a big comeback? >> i think it's way too early to tell and we will need a few years of decent numbers in order to see if this is a really a comeback. >> in cool weather, the monarchs cluster in trees, only flying off to feed and pollinate when temperatures rise. conserving energy for spring when it's time to reproduce. future gen

here's cbs's carter evans. >> reporter: this is one of the most protected and patrolled cities in the world. you will be caught and brought to justice. >> reporter: police say 29-year-old ariel maynor is responsible for shooting and killing jacqueline avant, the 8-year-old wife of clarence avant. it happened in the truesdale neighborhood of beverly hills at 2:30 wednesday morning. just one hour later police responded to another shooting at a home in nearby hollywood. >> he was in the house and collecting property and then after that somehow discharged a weapon and apparently shot himself in the foot. >> reporter: this video appears to show maynor with an injured foot being wheeled away from the hollywood home. >> somewhere in the night we had an astute watch commander at hollywood that was starting to put two and two together and reached out to beverly hills and there were some similarities. >> reporter: like surveillance video of the getaway vehicle seen heading toward hollywood and an ar-15 style rifle found at the second scene. the detectives believe was used to kill jacqueline ava

here is cbs' carter evans. >> reporter: at the crack of dawn, the golfers here are not alone. >> you want to count in groups of five or ten. >> reporter: researcher richard brockman is also on the green, counting monarch butterflies just hanging out behind the 9th hole. >> here we have a few hundred that are clustering close together. they just look like pinecones or dead leaves or whatever. most people walking by would never even see them. >>reporter: an estimated 200,000 migrating western monarchs are spending the winter here in california. last year only 2,000 were s spotted, and they were shout thousandth to be on the verge of extinction. >> some of the biggest factors impacting monarchs are insecticide as well as habitat loss. >> reporter: so will s there a comeback? >> i think it's too early to tell. and we'll need a few years of decent numbers to see if this is really a comeback. >> reporter: they only fly off feed and poll late 1998 when temperatures rise. future generations will then fly to other western states for the summer before making the long journey back to california

carter evans shows us how this works. >>> this is one of our most popular gifts. >> reporter: at lula's garden in los angeles, 'tis the season for succulents, but the ceo says getting holiday help during the pandemic worker shortage is a challenge. >> reporter: have you hired any people that have been shown up and things like that? >> definitely. >> reporter: she orders instant workers on an app. >> reporter: a worker shows up the next morning? do you have to send them a paycheck? >> is the best part. once you put the credit card on the app, it charges automatically. >> every worker has a schedule that meets their needs. >> reporter: the cofounded instant work in 2015. >> we are economic opportunity at the touch of a button. a worker can create a profile and get to work within a day. >> reporter: when covid hit last year, this is took off. >> the whole workforce changed how they worked during the pandemic. they are not just looking for better jobs are higher pay, but more flexible work. >> reporter: that appeal to chester lemmon who lost his job during the pandemic. now he has a selecti

cbs' carter evans is going to lead us off tonight in los angeles. good evening, carter. >> reporter: good evening, norah. here's the bottom line for most working americans: with inflation this high, if you're not getting a raise of almost 7% this year, you're losing money because it just doesn't go as far. the latest item on the menu-- higher prices. >> we'd rather not pass it along, but if we have to, we have to. if our hands are that tied. >> reporter: at tallyrand restaurant in burbank, california, owner karen ross says the cost of just about everything is climbing. >> we've seen our beef prices go up 50%. >> reporter: 50%, 5-0. >> shocking. >> reporter: it's a result of surging demand from americans with money to spend, combined with lingering supply chain issues, ships stuck at ports, and a shortage of truck drivers to deliver the goods. that's led to the worst inflation in nearly four decades. it had pretty much been kept in check since the last major surns in 19 eight peupon but now the wallop to the wattle is pronounced in basic needs-- ener

evans reports, it happened when officers opened fire on a suspect inside a store. >> suspect entered into the business. >> reporter: the by czar attack inside a burlington coat factory began after security had amman leave a store. >> he started threatening security he was going to throw items. >> reporter: she said she tried to help customers escape. >> customers were waiting downstairs. i had a customer in front of me. he reached down, he attacked he, hit her with a chain. >> female victim, head trauma. >> reporter: they received additional radio calls from multiple people indicating there was a possible shooting in progress. investigators say, when officers saw the suspect about to assault another person, they opened fire, killing. >> officer needs help. >> reporter: they later found a bullet hole in the wall. >> it went behind it. it turned out to be the dressing room. >> reporter: inside, 14-year-old valentina orellana-peralta was dead from a gunshot wound. she was reportedly trying on queensier ray dresses with her mother. >> preliminarily we believe that round was an officer's

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evans reports, it happened when officers opened fire on a suspect inside a store. >> suspect entered into the business. >> reporter: the bizarre attack inside a burlington coat factory began when security asked a man leave the store. >> he started threatening security he was going to throw items. >> reporter: she said she tried to help customers escape. >> suspect was waiting downstairs. i had a customer in front of me. he reached down, he attacked her, hit her with a chain. >> female victim, head trauma. >> they received additional radio calls from multiple people indicating there was a possible shooting in progress. >> reporter: investigators say, when officers saw the suspect about to assault another person, they opened fire, killing him. >> officer needs help. >> reporter: they later found a bullet hole in the wall. >> we went behind it. it turned out to be the dressing room. >> reporter: inside, 14-year-old valentina orellana-peralta was dead from a gunshot wound. she was reportedly trying on quinceaÑera dresses with her mother. >> preliminarily we believe that round was an off

carter evans, cbs news. >> o'donnell: well, now for what lies ahead, cbs boston's chief meteorologist eric fisher is here with the forecast. good evening, eric. >> good evening, norah. today is a day for the record books. when it comes to the weather in the middle of the country, we've had this widespread wind storm, the whole thing rocketing across the middle of the country tonight. let's take a look at some of those advisories, huge areas, high-wind warnings from new mexico to new york. and in the area we have had wind 2k3wu679s up to 100 miles per hour, places like russell, kansas, lamar, colorado. and tonight we're tracking more tornadoes. this is moving so fast, it's not just the wind in the storms. the storms themselves in this line that's moving across iowa at 80o 100 miles perur with there are more tornado w ther in monthdown i r of december in minnesota. here's why-- we have had record warms. records set in places like des moines, way into the 70s. omaha, nebraska, way in the 70s as well. all of this will continue to move rapidly to the northeast. behind it, we're talking a b

carter evans, cbs news. >> o'donnell: for what lies ahead, eric fisher is here with the forecast. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, norah. today is a day for the record he books. when it comes to the weather in the middle of the country, we've had this widespread wind storm, the whole thing rocketing across the middle of the country tonight. let's take a look at some of those advisories, huge areas, high-wind warnings from new mexico to new york. and in the area we have had winds up to 100 miles per hour, places like russell, kansas, lamar, colorado. and tonight we're tracking more tornadoes. this is moving so fast, it's not just the wind in the storms. the storms themselves in this line that's moving across iowa at 80 to 100 miles per hour with embedded tornadoes. this will continue to move to the north and east. there are more tornado watches there. in fact, if one touchdown in minnesota tonight, it would be the first on record in the month of december in minnesota. here's why-- we have had record warms. records set in places like des moines, way into the 70s. omaha, nebr

carter evans, thank you. >>> all right. we are going to turn now to one police department's efforts to reduce crime and build trust in the community it serves. in tonight's eye on america, cbs's nancy chen takes us to the city of racine, wisconsin, where for some officers, policing begins at home. >> reporter: growing up in one of racine, wisconsin's toughest neighborhoods, this 17-year-old says his reaction to seeing police was instinctive. >> was to run from them all the time. >> push back. hold it on. >> reporter: but that started to change five years ago when he met officer tim just a few houses down. >> was it like the hang-out spot to go to after school? >> it was. it was. >> reporter: this is a cop house, short for community-oriented policing. it's one of six homes manned by a lone officer, whose job is to know everything happening in that neighborhood. >> anything that occurs in that neighborhood, they should -- they should know about it. trends in crime, if there's a spike in theft from vehicles or if there is a sp

carter of texas, i inform the house that he will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on h.r. 852. mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. boyle will vote yes on the previous question, h. resolution 852. mr. speaker, mr. doil doyle, i inform the house he will vote yes on the previous question, h.r. 852. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. miller from the state of west virginia, i inform the house that mrs. miller will vote no on the previous question. ms. van duyne: as the member designated by mr. jackson from the state of texas, i inform the house that mr. jackson will also vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? green green and -- mr. green: and still i rise, mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. henry