Episode 2

Heading into the first weekend of the new year, it is a busy night on the roads and at the airports as holiday travelers make their way home. Several days of heavy snow have made a mess in parts of central New York, while coastal flooding left roads underwater in the San Francisco Bay Area. Skyler Henry reports, and Lonnie Quinn has the forecast. President Trump warned 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." Natalie Brand and Elizabeth Palmer have more. Investigators said 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. Ramy Inocencio reports. Police in Columbus, Ohio, are asking for the public's help as they search for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a dentist and his wife on the city's Near East Side. Lacy Crisp of CBS Columbus affiliate WBNS has details. A potential New Year's Eve terror attack inspired by ISIS was thwarted in North Carolina, authorities announced. A suspect is in custody, accused of planning to attack a grocery store and a fast-food restaurant in the town of Mint Hill, which is located near Charlotte. Scott MacFarlane has the latest. A woman hiking on a trail in Colorado was found dead after a suspected mountain lion attack, authorities said. Carter Evans reports. Steve Hartman returns to a story about a widowed goose first told in 2023, with a bittersweet update from an Iowa cemetery pond. "You come first," declares the new anchor of the Evening News. "Not advertisers. Not politicians. Not corporate interests — including the new owners of CBS."