norah. >> o'donnell: nikki battiste, thank you. turning to the deadly school shooting in oxford, michigan where there are new questions tonight about whether warningor signs were ignored. the parents of the accused gunman are now in custody and tonight we're learning more about the tense manhunt that led to their arrests. we get the latest from cbs' michael george. >> do either of you have anyme questions or concerns... >> reporter: held in separate cells james and jennifer crumbley are now in the same county jail as their 15-year-old son ethan crumbley, the alleged shooter at oxford high school. the couple was expected to appear for an arraignment friday, they were arrested early saturday inside a vacant art studio in detroit after a manhunt. today the owner of the studio was interviewed by investigators. his attorney says he was unaware at the time the crumbleys were wanted and confirmed his house is being searched. >> how are you pleading to count one? >> not guilty. >> reporter: pleading not guilty to involuntary manslaughter i

here's nikki battiste. >> reporter: the white house made it clear -- to fight omicron, americans need a booster shot. >> our booster vaccine regimens work against omicron. at this point there is no need for a variant-specific booster. >> reporter: just 30% of fully vaccinated adults have a booster. >> it is a necessity. >> reporter: to emphasize the need for that extra shot, new jersey declared booster day one year after the first vaccines were administerered. omicron is surging there and in new ork, making up 13% of cases compared to 3% nationwide. the variant is reported now in 36 states, washington, d.c., and puerto rico. >> this is a roll of the dice. we don't know for sure that you're going to just slide right through without any problem. we also know that prior infection with covid is not holding up at all to omicron. >> reporter: as omicron spreads nationwide, california is reinstating an indoor mask mandate regardless of vaccination status, and philadelphia's health commissioner is urging residents to cancel holiday gatherings with friends and family. college campuses are crac

all right, nikki battiste, thank you. we want to turn now to newly released details in the kennedy assassination. more than 58 years after that tragic day in dallas, the government unsealed a trove of confidential documents, and they prvide new revelations, but they also fall short of reswroflg all speculation about here's cbs' jeff pegues. >> reporter: among the documents released today, is this c.i.a. cable saying that lee harvey oswald was in mexico city two months before the assassination, seeking a visa for cuba on his way to the soviet union. the note, dated september of 1963, also say that oswald speaks in broken spanish. on the same day, oswald visited the cuban consulate in mexico city, three times asking an in- transit visa to cuba, with russia as the final destination. within hours of president kennedy's killing on november 23, police arrested oswald for the shooting. oswald himself was killed, shot in the stomach, while being walked through police headquarters. for 58 years investigators and historians have be

cbs' nikki battiste has all the latest from new york. nikki, good evening. >> reporter: major, good evening. the c.d.c. is now saying the omicron variant is responsible for nearly 60% of all covid cases across the country as of christmas day. the highly contagious variant is ravaging new york city. here in manhattan, one in 50 residents tested positive just in the past week. tonight, new york's covid numbers soaring as high as its skyscrapers. the city has seen its covid case average climb more than 20,000 a day, a nearly 11-fold increase in the last month. new york is now reporting more new cases per capita than in any other state. across the country, hospitals are starting to feel the impact. just after thanksgiving, jackson health in miami had 37 covid patients. it now has over 200. in massachusetts, new cases are skyrocketing. it is one of at least seven states now reporting record-high daily infections, more cases than at any time since the start of the pandemic. testing sites overwhelmed, lines still stretching for hours. >> we're

nikki battiste, thank you. in south africa, where omicron was first discovered last month, cases have jumped from about 200 per day to about 20,000. cbs' debora patta reports >> reporr: firmly he grf a covid storm driven by omicron, south africa's fourth wave looks nothing like previous ones. six months ago, ward was overflowing with patients. now it's completely different. it's half empty, despite soaring infections across the country. this was the same hospital during the delta-fueled third wave, overwhelmed, desperately short of oxygen, and running up on the of i.c.u. beds. but this time around, says covid doctor fareed abdullah, patients so far have had mild symptoms with very few requiring oxygen. >> we've never seen that before. normally in a covid ward, you would have 80-90-- i would even go as far as saying 95% of patients would be on some form of supplemental oxygenation. >> reporter: south african scientists have released the first results of omicron's potency, finding it significantly reduces vaccine

all right, nikki battiste, thank you. well, tonight, nearly 100 million americans are under weather alerts as another powerful storm system is moving across the great plains and midwest and is threatening to bring strong winds, heavy rain, and another chance of tornadoes. from colado looked apocalyptcads as the front moved through. through, like a wall of wind. that's how the man who recorded this video described the storm front as it blew into boulder and knocked down dres in denver. >> the whole house shook. >> reporter: it became a full-blown, 100-mile-per-hour wind storm. strong winds whipped up flames in the high planes of the oklahoma panhandle. it's all part of this week's massive storm that pounded drought-stricken california with torrential rain and flooding, sweeping cars down the l.a. river, and dumping several feet of snow on the sierra nevada. 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

cbs' nikki battiste has all the latest from new york. nikki, good evening. >> reporter: major, good evening. the c.d.c. is now saying the omicron variant is responsible for nearly 60% of all covid cases across the country as of christmas day. the highly contagious variant is ravaging new york city. here in manhattan, one in 50 residents tested positive just in the past week. tonight, new york's covid numbers soaring as high as its sky scriepers. the city has seen its covid cases rice more than 20,000 a day, a nearly 11-fold increase in the last month. new york is now reporting more . st aft thaacks health in mia7 cidit hasve20ine. it is one of at least seven states now reporting record-high daily infections, more cases than at any time since the start of the pandemic. testing sites overwhelmed, lines still stretching for hours. >> we're trying to be the proactive type and get it done. if we don't know, then we could be spreading it around a lot further. >> reporter: but the lines mask a bigger problem, says dr. peter hotez. >> the hard r

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norah. >> o'donnell: nikki battiste,i , thank you. thank you. turning now to the weather, there's snow in the midwest, a tornado threat in the south, and it's supposed to feel like spring in the east tomorrow. cbs' lonnie quinn joins us. hey, lonnie. good to see you.oy see what's going on? >> norah, when you have all these different air masses out there, when they clash you get the possibility for dangerous weather, and that's what we're dealing with. let's go to the maps as of right now. i mean, take a look at the record heat that was established today in memphis, tennessee, oklahoma city. you were almost 80 degrees outside. but on the other side of that front, minneapolis maxed out at 30 degrees, picking up all kinds of snow, probably a half a foot of snow will fall for minneapolis. and that storm right there in minneapolis is the key to everything. so let's track where that's going to go. by, say, 1:00, 2:00 in the morning, it's into memphis tennessee. remember all the warmth memphis generated today? that gives the impetus for severe weather,

norah. >> o'donnell: nikki battiste, thank you. turning to the deadly school shooting in oxford, michigan where there are new questions tonight about whether warning signs were ignored. the parents to have the accused gunman are now in custody and tonight we're learning more about the spence manhunt that led to their arrests. the latest from cbs's michael george. >> do either of you have any held ineparat ey n in the s son cmbley t allegedshox schoo. the couple was expected to appear for an arequirement friday, arrested saturday insidt after a manhunt. today the owner of the studio was interviewed by investigators. his attorney says he was unacquire at the time the crumbleys were wanted and confirmed his house is being searched. >> how are you completing to -- pleading to count one. >> not guilty. >> reporter: pleading to not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting. prosecutors say they provided a gun to their kid and failed to secure it. ed over r over the we understood r weekend, counselors said ethan c

nikki battiste, thank you so very much. holiday travel chaos continued we're sorry to say for a sixth straight day. the toll so far, more than 6,000 flights canceled since christmas eve, with covid-related staff shortages the main culprit. cbs' errol barnett is at reagan national airport, and he has the latest. >> reporter: with every major airport in the country experiencing cancellations and delays tonight, it's an unhappy end to a difficult travel year. >> it's covid. i mean, nobody can control it. >> it's been very frustrating. >> reporter: the omicron wave and bad weather led to nearly 1,000 cancellations today and more than 4600 delays. on average, more than 1,000 flights have been canceled every day since christmas eve. >> my family had been waiting in airports for three days straight, and we just decide to cut our losses. >> reporter: nick napoli and his family from brooklyn are stuck in seattle. they were supposed to make it to denver to see his parents, but that leg has been canceled. >> we were hoping to get the

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nikki battiste, thank you so very much. holiday travel chaos continued we're sorry to say for a sixth straight day. the toll so far, more than 6,000 flights canceled since christmas eve with covid-related staff shortages the main culprit. cbs' errol barnett is at reagan national airport, and he has the latest. >> reporter: with every major airport in the country experiencing cancellations and delays tonight, it's an unhappy end to a difficult travel year. >> it's covid. i mean, nobody can control it. >> it's been very frustrating. >> reporter: the omicron wave and bad weather led to nearly 1,000 cancellations today and more than 4600 delays. on average, more than 1,000 flights have been canceled every day since christmas eve. >> my family had been waiting in airports for three days straight, and we just decide to cut our losses. >> reporter: nick napoli and his family from brooklyn are stuck in seattle. they were supposed to make it to denver to see his parents, but that leg has been canceled. >> we were hoping to get the f

norah. >> o'donnell: nikki battiste, thank you. well, let's go now to chicago where actor jussie smollett was back on the witness stand saying, "there was no hoax." he is sticking to his story that he was the victim of an antigay and racist attack while prosecutors say he staged the whole thing to increase his fame and fortune. cbs' charlie de mar has more from the courthouse.llet rned witness stand in his own defense, maintaining his innocence. during cross-examination, prosecutors asked smolet if he recruited one of the osundairo brothers to fake the attack. to when smollett replied, "as i have said for the past three years. i deny that. that never happened. there was no hoax." smollett admitted he changed his story, first telling investigators his attackers were white, but in later interviews said they were pale skinned. prosecutors asked if smollett thought his story would be more credible if he was attacked by white men. smollett responded, "you would have to ask someone who actually planned a fake hate crime." smollett claims

norah. >> o'donnell: nikki battiste, thank you. turning now to the weather. there's snow in the midwest, a tornado threat in the south, the and it's supposed to feel like spring in the east tomorrow. cbs' lonnie quinn joins us. hey, lonnie. good toy see you. what's going on? >> norah, when you have all these different air masses out there, when they clash you get the possibility for dangerous weather, and that's what we're dealing with. let's go to the maps as of right now. i mean, take a look at the record heat that was established today in memphis, tennessee, oklahoma city. you were almost 80 degrees outside. but on the other side of that front, minneapolis maxed out at 30 degrees, picking up all kinds of snow, probably a half a foot of snow will fall for minneapolis. and that storm right there in minneapolis is the key to everything. so let's track where that's going to go. by, say, 1:00, 2:00 in the morning, it's into memphis tennessee. remember all the warmth memphis generated today? that gives the impetus for severe weather, even the possibility of a to

norah.>> >> o'donnell: nikki battiste, thank you. well, let's go now to chicago where actor jussie smollett was back on the witness stand saying, "there was no hoax." he is sticking to his story that he was the victim of an anti-gay and racist attack while prosecutors say he staged the whole thing to increase his fame and fortune. cbs' charlie de mar has more from the courthouse. >> reporter: jussie smollett returned to the witness stand in his own defense, maintaining his innocence. during cross-examination, prosecutors asked smolet if he recruited one of the osundairo to when smollett replied, "as i have said for the past three years. i deny that. that never happened. there was no hoax." smollett admitted he changed his story, first telling investigators his attackers were white, but in later interviews said they were pale skinned. prosecutors asked if smollett thought his story would be more credible if he was attacked by white men.gh smollett responded, "you would have to ask someone who actually planned a fake hate crime." smoll

nikki battiste, thank you. in south africa, where omicron was first discovered last month, cases have jumped from about 200 per day to about 20,000. cbs' debora patta reports tonight from johannesburg. >> reporter: firmly in the grip of a covid storm driven by omicron, south africa's fourth wave looks nothing like previous ones. six months ago, this covid ward was overflowing with patients. now it's completely different. it's half empty, despite soaring infections across the country. this was the same hospital during the delta-fueled third wave: overwhelmed, desperately short of oxygen, and running out of i.c.u. beds. but this time around, says covid doctor fareed abdullah, patients so far have had mild symptoms with very few requiring oxygen. >> we've never seen that before. normally in a covid ward, you would have 80% to 90%-- i would even go as far as saying 95% of patients would be on some form of supplemental oxygenation. >> reporter: south african scientists have released the first results of omicron's po

cbs' nikki battiste leads off our coverage in wilkes-barre, pennsylvania. good evening, nikki. >> reporter: norah, good evening. here in pennsylvania, this hospital behind me is so full, covid patients have been packed in the e.r. waiting room for up to 20 hours. as cases rise in the northeast, several national guard troops are being deployed to maine, new york, and new hampshire. >> today, we got in more good news from the f.d.a. and the c.d.c. >> reporter: tonight, 16- and 17-year-olds can now get additional protection against covid, with the f.d.a. authorizing pfizer booster shots for this age group. it comes as covid cases across the country are on the rise, averaging 117,000 over a seven-day period. new cases have increased nearly 42%, and reported deaths are up 37% from last week. though the delta variant is driving the vast majority of u.s. cases, omicron is showing troubling signs. of at least 64 cases identified, more than 75% occurred in vaccinated people, and one-third had received a booster. and as holiday gatherings become more frequent, the pu

all right, nikki battiste, thank you. breaking news from chicago. a jury just found actor jussie smollett guilty of staging an anti-gay and racist attack on himself and then lying to police about it. let's get the details from cbs's charlie de mar, he is outside the courthouse, good evening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the verdict was just read moments ago. jussie smollett found guilty of five of the six disorderly conduct charges that he faced -- jussie smollett faced that foreperson right in the eye us a all six counts were read. he shook his head when the first five guilty verdicts came down. jussie smollett, we did get video of him walking into the courthouse moments before he learned his fate. he was, again, convicted with five of the six felony disorderly conduct counts for staging his own hate crime and then lying to several chicago police officers by reporting it as an actual hate crime. now, the jury, which was made up of six men and six women, deliberated for more than nine hours over two days. smollett took the stand in his

cbs's nikki battiste has it all. good evening. >> reporter: major, good evening. the cdc is now saying the omicron variant is responsible for 60% of all covid cases across the country as of christmas day. highly contagious variant is ravaging new york city. in manhattan, one in 50 residents tested positive last week. tonight, new york's covid numbers soaring as high as skyscrapers. seen the average climb to nearly 20,000 a day, nearly 11-fold increase in last month, new york reporting more new cases per capita than any other state. across the country, hospitals starting to feel impact. after thanksgiving, jackson health in miami had 37 covid patients. it now has over 200. in massachusetts, new cases skyrocketing, one of seven states now reporting record high daily infections, more cases than any time since start of the pandemic. testing sites overwhelmed, lines still stretching for hours. >> trying to to be proactive and get it done, we could be spreading it around further. >> reporter: lines mask a bigger problem says dr. peter hotez. >> the hard reality is, it's

cbs' nikki battiste joins us now. good evening, nikki. >> norah, good evening. as businesses and colleges urgently implement plans to combat omicron, dr. anthony fauci says right now there is no need to develop a vaccine specific to omicron because studies show a booster provides considerable protection. today the white house made it clear. to fight omicron, americans nee >> our booster vaccine regimens work against omicron. at this point, there is no need for a variant-specific booster. >> reporter: just 30% of fully vaccinated adults have a booster. >> it is a necessity. >> reporter: to emphasize the need for that extra shot, new jersey declared today booster day one year after the first vaccines were administered. omicron is surging there and in new york, making up 13% of cases compared to 3% nationwide. the variant is now reported in 36 states, washington, d.c. and puerto rico. >> this is a roll of the dice. you don't know for sure that that you're going slide right through it without any problem. well also know that prior infection with covid is not holding

cbs' nikki battiste is going to lead off our coverage tonight in new york with all those details. good evening, nikki. >> norah, good evening. not only is it one of the toughest mandates in the country, new york is now believed to be the first city to require vaccines for all workers. and now children here as young as 5 must be vaccinated before any indoor dining or entertainment. the new york mayor today called his mandate requiring all private workers be fully vaccinated a preemptive strike against the cold weather and the new omicron variant. >> look, this is how we put health and safety first, by ensuring that there is a vaccine mandate that reaches everyone universally in the private sector. >> reporter: the mandate will affect 184,000 businesses, but will not apply to people working from home, and there will be no testing alternative. early data shows that the new omicron variant produces mild symptoms at worst. in fact, it is believed to be the delta variant driving a new wave of cases across the u.s., averaging more than 100,000 a day with an increase in hospitalizations a

cbs' nikki battiste leads off our coverage in wilkes-barre. pennsylvania. good evening, nikki. >> norah, good evening. here in pennsylvania, this hospital behind me so full, covid patients have been packed in the er waiting room for up to 20 hours. as cases rise in the northeast, several national guard troops are being deployed to maine, new york and new hampshire. >> today we got in more good news from the fda, the cdc. >> reporter: tonight 16 and 17-year-olds can now get additional protection against covid, with the fda authorizing pfizer booster shots for this age group. it comes as covid cases across the country are on the rise, averaging 117,000 over a seven-day period. new cases have increased nearly 42%, and reported deaths are up 37% from last week. though the delta variant is driving the vast majority of u.s. cases, omicron is showing troubling signs of at least 64 cases identified. more than 75% occurred in vaccinated people, and one-third had received a booster. as holiday gatherings become more frequent, the push for vaccinations grows more urge