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Release of paul whelan from russian detention. with ongoing strategy meetings as recently as today. lester? >> marissa parra, thank you. the body of an american journalist is now back in the u.s. following his unexplained death at the world cup in qatar. grant wahl collapsed while covering fridays argentina-netherlands match, qatari officials said. no cause of death has been given. the state department said today that it has seen no indication of foul play. more than three decades after the ex...

Hundred and seventy people. the suspect, abi agila masud, is alleged to have been a member of the libyan intelligence service. he has been told he will not face the death penalty. 0ur north america editor sarah smith reports. abi agila masud was told in court what the charges agaisnt are and that he could face life in prison if convicted. he is accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people when it blew up pan am flight 103. two years ago, that then us attorney general, william barr, announce...

Maybe 2-feet of snow potentially in places like rapid city. in the southern part of the city, thats where the threat of tornadoes is going to be, especially across the northern half of shreveport. tuesday and wednesday both dangerous days in the deep south. commutes here will be dicey as well. linsey. >> that weather map really lit up. rob, thank you. a major breakthrough in to the bombing of pan am flight 103. the man accused of making the explosive device is now in u.s. custody. all people o...

Pump. linsey. >> all right, em, our thanks to you. tonight, wnba superstar brittney griner is said to be in good health and spirits. were learning new details. tonight, these new images of griner posing with some of the team that brought her home. the american diplomat who was with her on the flight is now sharing what he saw first hand. faith abubey is in texas. >> reporter: tonight, brittney griner spending her third night inside this texas army medical center as her reintegration process co...

Of the bombing will be commemorated quietly in lockerbie in a few days�* time. sara smith, bbc news, washington. well, earlier i spoke to bob and eileen monetti, whose son rick was a passenger on pan am flight 103. i began by asking for their reaction to this latest suspect being charged. well, since attorney general barr announced the indictments a couple of years ago, the family members, and especially my daughter, kara, and otherfamily members have been lobbying the us, the attorney general...

Negotiate griners release and he said something striking about the conversation that he had with her during their flight home. take a listen. >> tried to give her some space, look, you probably want to decompress after ten months in a russian prison. she said, i want to talk, i want to relate to people. and i found someone who was wonderful. kind, generous, interesting and above all authentic. >> and to add to that, also very positive, but you are someone who understands very much what brittney ...

Heavy winds put millions along the pacific coast at risk, water rescue crews in orange counting hoisting a man to safety after a flash flood tore through a drainage canal. high winds also battering the region with wind gusts reported up to 169 miles per hour at a ski resort near the nevada border. at this popular lodge in lake tahoe, the chair lifts almost taking flight in the wind. dangerous winds also downing power lines and trapping drivers in their cars in northern california. >> whatever yo...

Detail in the newscast. >> thank you, darren, thank you for watching, cbs evening news captioning sponsored by cbs >> odonnell: tonight, a dangerous winter storm moves east with blird warnings in multiple states and the threat of a rare december tornado outbreak. california digs out from up to six feet of snow, and hurricane force winds, as the rest of the country and the airlines prepare for a wintry mess. are you in the path of the coast-to-coast storm? our forecast aherd. accused terrorist fa...

Finally appeared in the dock. the prosecutors say libyan abu agila masud was colonel gadaffis chief bomb maker. and that he travelled to malta where he delivered a suitcase, containing the bomb, primed it and it handed it to two other libyan intelligence agents. one of the passengers that day was tommy abberman, 36 years old, he was on his way home to newjersey from a three day business trip in europe. his brother bert is the president of the families of flight 103. it of the families of flight ...

Issue with this and they will continue to work as one. the criminal case is all evidence with libyans. when abdelbaset al—megrahi was indicted, i spoke to fbi agents and a scottish policeman who were actively involved in the investigation and i said at the time, is iran involved? both of them independently said to me, there is not one scintilla of criminal evidence that will tie iran to pan am flight 103. and i said what about intelligence information? both of them said, iran was up to their n...