and the breaking headline. the arrest tonight in the murder of a prominent synagogue leader. first, the house voting moments ago, republicans voting to formalize the impeachment inquiry involving the president. but where is the evidence? and the stunning moment today, the president's son hunter biden coming before the cameras. mary bruce live at the white house. these new winter storm warnings at this hour across several states. the storm bringing heavy snow, rain, damaging winds. it will slam the south, too, and the northeast. rob marciano timing it out. the news breaking late today, police arresting a suspect for the murder of a prominent synagogue leader in detroit. the tragedy on campus. one college student dying, three others overcome by suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in campus housing. tonight, the fbi now on the case after several attempted abductions, three young women separately targeted near campus. the suspect, they say, following the women in his car. tonight, the families of the american hostages still being held captive by hamas meeting with president biden, and what they said afterward. breaking news involving the supreme court tonight. agreeing to look at two major issues that could effect january 6th prosecutions and donald trump. terry moran standing by. a landmark deal at the climate summit. nearly 200 nations and what they decided when it comes to oil, gas, and coal. martha raddatz reporting. tesla tonight recalling 2 million vehicles because of issues with its auto pilot feature, after a string of accidents. and our made in america christmas. your ideas pouring in. and someone else, too. >> hi, david! it is that time of year again. your made in america, and my favorite things. >> david: tonight, oprah is here with her list with made in america gifts, too, and tonight, we go to find them. good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. we do goint with the breaking news from capitol hill just a short time ago. house republicans voting to formalize the impeachment inquiry into president biden, despite providing no evidence of high crimes or misdemeanors. they say they need the inquiry to find the evidence. tonight, president biden's reaction just in here, and it comes just hours after the stunning moment today, the president's son hunter biden before the cameras, acknowledging personal failures, but saying the house's year-long investigation of him is, quote, all too embarrass and damage his father. our chief white house correspondent mary bruce leading us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, house republicans voting to formalize the impeachment inquiry into president biden. the move coming just hours after the president's son made a surprise appearance on capitol hill. >> for six years, i have been the target of the unrelenting trump attack machine, shouting, "where's hunter?" well, here's my answer. i am here. >> reporter: for years, republicans have tried to tie president biden to his son's business dealings, but have found no concrete evidence of wrongdoing. hunter biden, already indicted for failing to pay taxes he has since repaid, today insisting his father did nothing wrong. >> in the depths of my addiction, i was extremely irresponsible with my finances. but to suggest that is grounds for an impeachment inquiry is beyond the absurd. it's shameless. there is no evidence to support the allegations that my father was financially involved in my business, because it did not happen. >> reporter: house republicans had subpoenaed him to testify today behind closed doors. but hunter biden says if they want to hear from him, it should be in public. >> they have ridiculed my struggle with addiction. they have belittled my recovery. and they have tried to dehumanize me, all to embarrass and damage my father, who has devoted his life to public service. >> reporter: tonight, the chair of the republican judiciary committee jim jordan says they will hold hunter biden in contempt for defying their subpoena. this, though jordan himself refused to comply with a subpoena from the january 6th committee. today, a different tune. >> look, when congress asks you to come, you're supposed to come and come and testify. >> reporter: house republicans have spent a year investigating nothing on the president. they say form amizing their impeachment inquiry tonight will give them access to more documents. >> the white house has chosen this moment to stonewall and resist the legitimate investigative powers of the house. >> reporter: democrats say it's all a sham less than a year before the election. >> drm drnl donald trump, the puppet master, has directed the extreme maga republicans to launch a political hit job against joe biden. >> david: mary, the president responding to all of this just before we came on the air tonight? >> reporter: and david, the president is calling this a baseless political stunt, not supported by facts. biden saying, instead of doing their jobs, house republicans are focused on, quote, attacking me with lies. and as for hunter biden, the white house says the president was aware of what he was going to say, and that he is proud of his son. david? >> david: mary bruce leading us off tonight. thank you. meanwhile, we are also tracking a major new winter storm tonight moving across the country. the warnings already up, set to slam the south next and then right up the east coast, into the northeast. snow, heavy rain, damaging winds all over again. let's get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano, tracking it all for us. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. this is pretty potent upper level storm that's really going to blossom over the next couple of days, bringi iing winter conditions to the southern rockies. 6 to 12 inches of snow coming in the next 12 to 18 hours. heavy rain coming into the i-35 corridor, tapping moisture from the gulf of mexico. dallas, houston, during the day on friday. and then getting more moisture, looks like florida is going to get slammed on saturday with wind and rain and all this moisture pushes up the east coast during the day on sunday. and reaching into the northeast sun night into monday so, if you are getting an early start on any sort of holiday travel in the east, you are going to have some issues. david? >> david: rob, thank you. to the other news this wednesday night, and the tragedy on campus. authorities say one student has died, three others overcome by carbon monoxide in campus housing. this playing out in olympia, washington, and here's mola lenghi tonight. >> reporter: tonight, students at evergreen state college are outraged and demanding answers after a suspected carbon monoxide leak on campus killed one student and injured three others just before winter break. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: several students holding up signs and pointing the finger at the administration, voice what they say is inadequate housing across campus. >> so many people on this campus has been harmed by mold in the dorm. something going wrong with their dorm. >> the conditions here are just terrible. >> reporter: it was on monday when, according to officials, officers were called to an area of student housing when a residence imaginer could not contact a student in the home. an officer breaking down the door to get inside. >> male and female, foaming at the mouth. >> one patient with cpr, one unconscious, one conscious. >> reporter: crews on-scene testing for carbon monoxide. 21-year-old computer science major jonathan rodriguez was pronounced dead at the scene. investigators are now working to pinpoint where the leak came from. just that day, a campus contractor responded to carbon monoxide alarms in that same complex. forensic engineering team specializing in carbon monoxide poisoning is investigating the source of that gas leak, david. >> david: mola, thank you. to another campus now, and tonight, the fbi is now on the case after several attempted abductions, all of them involving young women being followed at the university of arizona. here's abc's zohreen shah tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the university of arizona on edge after the attempted abductions of three female college students in the last week. >> uapd is enhancing its patrol capabilities. we're working hard to saturate the campus within the area and outside the area. >> reporter: the three incidents taking place within a mile of the tucson campus, repeefting a similar pattern. a man following the women in his car. one victim attacked from behind, screaming before the suspect fled. a second woman reporting being followed by that vehicle. the third woman groped, but able to get away. all of the victims describe the suspect as a man 30 to 40 years old, around six feet tall, with a medium heavy set build, and close cropped hair. police say he is driving an early 2000s dark blue toyota camry or corolla with tinted windows and arizona plates. authorities urging students to take precautions while the suspect is on the loose. >> i'll have to be on the phone with somebody that's, like, nearby. >> reporter: and david, the fbi's helping local officials, offering to process any evidence at quantico to help develop leads on the suspect as quickly as possible. david? >> david: zohreen shah tonight, thank you. we turn now to israel's war with hamas. and tonight, the families of the american hostages still being held captive by hamas meeting with the biden, and what they said afterward. one family saying they are hoping for a christmas miracle. here's james longman. >> reporter: tonight, president biden meeting with the families of the eight americans held hostage by hamas for 68 days. jonathan dekel-chen's son sagui among the 135 people still in captivity. >> the u.s. administration is completely committed to getting the hostages out. >> reporter: liz naftali, who's 4-year-old grandniece abigail idan was recently freed, with a message. >> we would love a christmas miracle. we'd love for all of our loved ones to come back and be with us for christmas. >> reporter: the white house says biden was moved by their stories and their hope. and after, his comments at a fund-raiser tuesday, where he warn warned israel is starting to lose support around the world over their indiscriminate bombing of gaza. prime minister netanyahu today vowing to continue the fight "until the destruction of hamas." but that fight coming at a cost. ten israeli soldiers have died in gaza in the past 24 hours, the highest combat death toll since october. and misery in gaza. massive storms sparking floods. this child's body carried through knee-deep water. there's no dignity in death here. we've been following 68-year-old grandfather wajih abulhiya, now living in a makeshift tent in rafah. i spoke with him today over the phone. what happened to your tent? >> the rain come in the tent. >> reporter: your tent was flooded last night? >> yes. in the morning, i covered the tent with plastic bag. >> reporter: he's running out of options. >> it's very difficult, but what can i do? >> reporter: after that meeting with president biden, david, one hostage family member said she felt president biden had brought the light when there had been so much darkness. david? >> david: everyone thinking about those families. james longman, thank you. tonight, there is breaking news at the supreme court. the nation's highest court agreeing now to take on a challenge to the felony obstruction statute, which has been used to prosecute more than 300 defendants in the january 6th attack on the capitol. let's bring in terry moran. and terry, the court's decision here could effect hundreds of cases involving those who attacked the capitol. it could also effect donald trump. >> reporter: it sure could, david. this could have a huge impact, hundreds of january 6th defendants, and donald trump himself, have been charged under a federal law that makes it a crime to obstruct an official proceeding. but today, the supreme court agreed to hear an appeal from one january 6th defendant who argues that that law, which was passed by congress to deal with witness tampering in corporate criminal cases, cannot be applied to the attack on the capitol. republicans have been making this case for months, some of them arguing that the justice department should now prosecute liberal protesters who disrupted official proceedings in tennessee and new york city earlier this year. and two of the four charges that trump fashices in this case are based on that law, so, the court's move is a big win for him. and he got another win today, when the judge in this case delayed the entire case while trump appeals another issue. his claim of presidential immunity for any of his actions leading up to january 6th and after the election. this delay could delay the start of his trial scheduled to begin in early march for months. david? >> david: terry moran, thank you. tonight, the high court also taking on a case involving expanded use of the abortion pill. the fifth circuit court of appeals ruefuling that the fda overstepped its authority by allowing the drug to be prescribed virtually, mailed to patients, and taken at home. the decision could block getting the drug by mail. the case is also a direct chal reng to the fda's approval process. we turn now to the landmark deal today at the u.n. climate summit. nearly 200 nations agreeing to, quote, transition away from fossil fuels, oil, gas, and coal. the primary source of global warming. here's martha raddatz. >> hearing no on just, it is so decided. [ applause ] >> reporter: tonight, after decades of debate and disagreements, a breakthrough in tackling global warming. for the first time, some 200 countries at the u.n. climate summit in dubai approving a plan that calls for "transitioning away" from oil, gas, and coal, increasing renewable emergency, cutting me methane emissions, and establishing a fund to help countries most vulnerable to climate change. >> this is a sea change moment. but it doesn't mean you've solved everything overnight. we have to keep pushing. >> reporter: the agreement comes after earth's hottest year ever recorded and record highs in fossil fuel emissions. many nations had urged stronger language in the agreement, calling for a flatout phase out of fossil fuels. and while this climate pact is considered a milestone, it is not legally binding and there are no set ways to enforce it. climate scientists say to prevent the worst-case scenarios, the world has to cut greenhouse gas emissions nearly in half by 2030. ultimately, it will be up to these 200 countries to follow through with their own goals, but the hope is there will be a measurable impact. david? 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