cease-fire. what we are learning about their time being held by hamas. >> the food was not enough and the water was not enough. >> norah: our new reporting as the cia director negotiates for the remaining hostages, as no americans are released today. the snow chaos that led to a multicar pileup, as nearly 220 million americans face freezing temperatures. >> taking your child to the hospital for an emergency? how one medical center changed its procedures to be ready. >> this is something that every hospital should strive for. ♪ ♪ >> norah: and meet the man teaching us about forgiveness and building community, one sweet treat at a time. >> they are terrific. >> that is so good. >> i'm just thankful that we were given the opportunity and we made the best of it, the american dream. ♪ ♪ >> norah: good evening to our viewers in the est, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. and we do want to begin tonight with the nation's goodbye to former first lady rosalynn carter. hundreds were in attendance for a powerful memorial service in atlanta. 99-year-old former president jimmy carter made a rare public appearance to pay his respects to his beloved wife. remember, they were together for more than three quarters of a century. president biden and first lady jill biden sat right there in the front row with former present bill clinton and all the living former first ladies on this second day of a three-day tribute to her life and legacy. the georgia native and devout christian was remembered for her love of family, her humanitarian work, and her tireless dedication to others. the trailblazing first lady died last week at the age of 96 after a battle with dementia. cbs's mark strassmann will start us off tonight from outside the glenn memorial church in atlanta. good evening, mark. it was a beautiful ceremony. >> reporter: good evening, norah. family, friends, former presidents all here, and the only mystery going in was whether jimmy carter would feel strong enough to join them. he did. [singing] inseparable once again, rosalynn carter and her husband, jimmy carter, the 39th president, a frail 99, draped in a blanket embroidered with her imaes. >> my mother, rosalynn carter, was the most beautiful woman i have ever met. and pretty to look at, too. >> reporter: star power in the sanctuary. america's most exclusive sisterhood. all five living first ladies. >> secretary clinton and dr. biden, we also welcome your lovely husbands. [laughter] >> reporter: their husbands making a trio of presidents in the room. ♪ imagine all the people ♪ admiration for mrs. carter shimmered throughout. she was plains born, plainspoken, from her days as first lady to a half century of globe-trotting as a voice for the voiceless. >> it is remarkable how far she could see and how far she was willing to walk. >> reporter: jason carter, one of her 11 grandchildren. >> she'd never talked to a group of people bigger than her sunday school class, and then she elected a governor and a president. [singing] >> reporter: the carters shared a great american love story, married for 77 years. their daughter, amy carter. >> my mom spent most of her life in love with my dad. >> reporter: kathryn cade, one of her closest friends. she talked to me about mrs. carter's long life of service. >> she was really, in many ways, my northstar. she had a vision for how each of us could really make a difference in this world, and she exemplified that herself. >> reporter: today's service had a who's who quality to it. tomorrow's funeral will be small and private. rosalynn carter will be buried in plains on the family property. norah? >> norah: dedicating her life to public service. mark strassmann, thank you so much. heading overseas now to the release of a dozen more hostages from inside gaza on this fifth day of a temporary cease-fire between israel and hamas. the latest group of hostages brings the total number freed during the truce to 81. cbs's lilia luciano reports from tel aviv that, once again, no americans were part of this latest exchange. >> reporter: nine women, most elderly, a teen, and two thai citizens, walked from hamas to freedom on the fifth day of the temporary truce. meirav tal was dragged from her home in kibbutz nir oz was released, but her partner, yair yaakov, was not. and 17-year-old mia leimberg was held and released with her dog, bella. in the west bank, ahmed salaymeh, a 14-year-old, was the youngest among 30 women and children released today by israel in the exchange. the relative calm of the truce had water, food, and fuel trickling into gaza as the u.s. airlifted more than 54,000 pounds of humanitarian aid for the 1.8 million displaced and stuck within the enclave's borders. as we learned more from the israeli hostages about their conditions in captivity. >> she told me some time the food was not enough and the water was not enough. she told me, at some points, they had a small bottle of water for each person for two days. >> reporter: yair rotem says his niece, 13-year-old, hila, emerged on saturday thinner, pale, and quieter, but is improving. >> she said the terrorists made them speak very quiet all the time. they're hushing them, had to whisper at night, they didn't want to talk at all, and in the daytime, they told him be very quiet, so she is like, whispering. >> reporter: defined the terms of the deal, hamas separated hila from her mother, raaya. who is still captive. what has she said about that moment? was she able to talk to her mom? >> they came and took hila. okay, just two of you, going out. of course, it was a very sudden moment, and hila said they allowed to go and give a hug. >> reporter: in tel aviv today, an outcry of orange balloons, demanding the release of the youngest hostage of all. 10-month-old kfir bibas as well as his 4-month-old brother ariel and their parents. there are up to nine americans believed to be held captive, including 19-year-old itay chen. the fact that your son is a solider, an israeli soldier, does that worry you that he is in any kind of different position? >> yeah, it is difficult to answer that one. we just have to hope that the fact that he is a u.s. citizen, maybe that gives him maybe an extra layer of protection, but i don't thin it matters too much to hamas. >> reporter: cia director bill burns was in doha today and secretary of state antony blinken will be here in tel aviv and also in the west ban later this week, all part of the u.s.'s efforts to assist in the release of all of the hostages. that means to take the deal beyond just some women and children, to include men and soldiers, like ruby's son, itay. norah? >> norah: significant negotiations. lilia luciano, thank you so much. back here at home, millions of americans are in the path of another round of wintry weather with heavy snow in parts of the northeast and freeze warnings as far south as florida. cbs's elaine quijano reports from a snowy central new york. >> reporter: there were whiteout conditions across parts of the midwest and northeast as the first major snow of the season dropped up to two feet in some places. >> i think it is a great, a change of pace for us. you know we are a little overdue. >> reporter: in ohio, at least 20 vehicles were involved in a pair of pileups on interstate 271 near cleveland, blamed on blinding snow squalls. more than 100 schools closed today because of the weather. in new york, airport crews in rochester were hard at work on the tarmac deicing planes before takeoff. and near buffalo, thunder snow, as a lake-effect mix of cold air, unpredictable winds, and snow clogged roads and towns. >> oh, it was crazy, a foot of snow in the road for about 8 miles, and slick when it was plowed. >> reporter: as the snow fell, the plows and shovels began the tough task of clearing it out. >> this snowfall is kind of what we used to get. i miss it. never bothered me. >> reporter: snow flurries dusted parts of philadelphia and baltimore. and late today, a holiday mishap outside the white house, when a powerful gust of wind toppled the national christmas tree. the national park service says thursday's tree lighting ceremony will still take place as planned. meantime, here in central new york, more snow is expected overnight and officials are warning of slippery road conditions, low visibility, and a potentially dangerous morning commute. norah? >> norah: elaine quijano, thank you so much. and while the snow will taper off overnight, the deep freeze will continue for much of the country, so for a look at the chilly forecast, let's bring meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. hey there, mike. >> norah, good evening. winter chill has settled in and so too has the snow. the snow around the great lakes will be winding down, but several more inches of accumulation still in the works, in western new york where elaine was reporting from. you can see the hour by hour forecast. keep some light snow through the middle of the day tomorrow. most places get less than 5 inches, and the farther you get away from the lakes, the less snow you will end up seeing. boy, the cold air, though, has really spread its wings throughout the day today. tomorrow morning, very chilly. for a lot of places around the lakes in the teens, along the i-95 corridor, most places will be below three freezing in the cold air goes all the way of south past i-10 including right in tallahassee, norah, expecting their first freezing morning temperature tomorrow morning. >> norah: that's cold. mike bettes, thank you. now to capitol hill, where this could be embattled congressman's george santos' final week. a house ethics committee accuses the republican of using campaign funds for botox, adult content site onlyfans, and even spending more than $6,000 at the luxury designer store ferragamo. scott macfarlane reports tonight if two-thirds of the house will vote to expel him. >> reporter: the clock is now ticking on the brief, tumultuous congressional career of new york republican george santos. >> if they want to send me home, if they think this was a fair process, if they think this is how it should be done, and if they are confident that this is a constitutional way of doing it, god bless their hearts. >> reporter: democrats made a move on the house floor today. >> representative george santos be, and hereby is, expelled from the house of representatives. >> reporter: forcing republican leaders to bring the expulsion resolution to the floor within two days, with many of santos' own g.o.p. colleagues supporting his ouster. he said he won't fight it. why not? >> it is not a good use of my time. >> reporter: santos has pleaded not guilty to federal fraud and conspiracy charges, accused of stealing the identities of his campaign donors and ringing up thousands of dollars of purchases on their credit cards. the long island republican, who has already acknowledged fabricating many parts of his life story, is also charged with submitting false reports to the federal election commission. do you think it needs to move now? >> it should have moved long ago based on his own admissions. >> reporter: momentum toward his expulsion began building earlier this month, after a blistering report by the house ethics committee accused santos of using campaign money for luxury goods, botox treatments, and personal trips. >> he has no right to be here, and it is actually a travesty that he has been here for 11 months. >> norah: and scott macfarlane joins us now from capitol hill. scott, i understand there is also some news tonight on a different matter. the house investigation into hunter biden, the president's son, offering to testify publicly. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, norah, the house oversight committee, which has been investigating the president's son all year and subpoenaed him last month, has rejected that offer, saying they want him behind closed doors for a deposition first, as others have gone. the bidens' attorneys told the committee they want this public. they think it is a baseless probe, and they say they want all americans to see it, norah. >> norah: scott macfarlane, thank you very much. big news today in the 2024 presidential election. nikki haley picked up the endorsement of the political action network founded by the billionaire koch brothers in the republican primary. the influential group is launching a multimillion dollar ad campaign this week in all early voting states, and this gives the former south carolina governor and u.n. ambassador a major boost less than seven weeks before the iowa caucuses. the conservative organization says haley "offers america an opportunity to turn the page on the current political era." tonight, the world health organization is tracking a wave of respiratory illnesses among children and others in china. take a look at this. hospital emergency rooms, especially in beijing and china's north, are full of kids with illnesses, including pneumonia. now, chinese health officials claim that most of these cases they are seeing are caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a new virus, as was the case with covid-19. in tonight's "eye on america," the difference between life and death in a critically-sick child can often come down to proper training, equipment, and supplies. cbs's janet shamlian shows us what emergency rooms across the country are doing to save their youngest patients. >> he got really tired, and he stopped breathing, and i couldn't wake him up. >> reporter: it is every parents fear: their child's life in danger. >> any medications in your purse, mom? >> reporter: in this case, it is a simulated emergency. >> what kind of things could we work on or do better? >> reporter: part of new pediatric training at grand river health, a hospital in rifle, colorado. what is the motivation for this hospital or any others to do this? >> i think the statistics speak for themselves. a 40% reduction in morbidity/mortality for kids and e.r.s that are pediatric ready is huge. >> reporter: critically-ill children are almost four times more likely to die in hospital emergency rooms with the lowest pediatric readiness scores, according to a study published in the "journal of pediatrics." in most states, readiness programs are voluntary. a hospital trade group has come out and said it is not fair to expect every hospital in the country to have expertise in specialized pediatric care. what would you say to them? >> i would say that it is certainly something every hospital should be doing. >> reporter: emergency equipment and medicine is different for children. >> so this is our pediatric code cart. >> reporter: at grand river health, they have color-coded trachea tubes and other supply based on a child's weight, something kehaulani rust is grateful for. >> we knew it was urgent. >> reporter: what was your fear level at that point? >> high. >> yeah. >> very high. >> reporter: when tucker rust, a 4-year-old with diabetes, became critically ill, the emergency room was ready. >> i think it is incredible. i think the biggest thing for us that we love about it is we don't have to travel to a children's hospital for tucker to get seen. >> reporter: so what should parents do if there is no pediatric trauma unit nearby? experts say most pediatric emergencies can be handled appropriately in any e.r. so parents should take their child to the closest hospital to be stabilized, then advocate for a transfer, if necessary. do you have any doubt that the changes you have made here have saved the lives of children? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: giving young patients like tucker... 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