Norah the ultimatum for the popular app used by 170 million americans after the house passes a bill that would force its Chinese Parent Company to sell the platform or face a ban. Keep tech tak norah the protest tonight from users. It is 90 plus percent plus of my familys income. It is how we feed our family. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with the fate of social media app tiktok hanging in the balance. In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the house voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill that would ban the Popular Platform unless it severs ties with the Chinese Communist party. President biden vowed to sign the bill if it passes the Democraticcontrolled Senate and if the bill becomes law, it would give tiktoks chinesebased Parent Company bytedance six months to sell the Video Sharing App or it would be removed from app stores and Web Hosting Services here in the u. S. Now, tiktoks massive Lobbying Efforts were not enough to stop the crackdown, despite a flood of phone calls to members of congress and these online influencers who are here in washington visiting capitol hill. Cbss Scott Macfarlane is going to start us off tonight from capitol hill. Reporter tiktok has lured 170 million american users with its quick viral videos. But perhaps nothing has spread faster than a plan in congress off from its u. S. Users. Just eight days after it was introduced, the bill passed the u. S. House overwhelmingly. Why in the hell would we want communist party to have access to our private data . Reporter despite an 11th hour flurry of lobbying by tiktok. [chanting keep tiktok] which the business or learn paid to fly a large sum of its most popular users to washington this week to make their case. Including gohar khan of connecticut, who posts Strategy Video for College Applicants to millions of tiktokusing high schoolers. What would you do if it went away tomorrow . I would have to bring my think of a whole new strategy for bringing customers and. Reporter tiktok much tidal waves of reaching out to representatives by typing in their zip. An example of how china could misuse personal data. Basic way the Company Using the geolocation data along with the Zip Code Information to target these kids. Reporter President Biden that he would sign the bill into law but it would have to slot and i might pass a sluggish u. S. Senate first Vehicle Leaders of the Senate Intelligence committee have expressed support. This is a National Security issue. Reporter but whether china would allow a say on who would buy tiktok open issues and questions remain about First Amendment rights. Passing a bill that could lead to an interruption or an elimination of the app is a huge, monumental decision that i wish more people understood. Reporter and a statement to cbs news, tiktok says the legislative process was secretive and at the bill was jammed through. They argue, because they say its a ban. Former President Trump has oppose this bill and, norah, that could be pivotal with the republican u. S. Senators. Norah Scott Macfarlane, thank you so much. Not to that sweeping racketeering case against donald trump and george are pure of a Fulton County judge today dismissing six of the 41 counts against the former president and mark meadows. It is considered a legal setback or prosecutors, but trump still faces ten charges that could result in decades in jail. Hira cbss nikole killion. Reporter Fulton County judge scott mcafee throughout charges that accused former President Trump and several of his codefendants of pressuring public officers to vioate their oats as part of an alleged effort to overturn the 2020 election. Mcafee said District Attorney fani willis and her prosecutors were not specific enough about the violations, writing, the lack of detail concerning an essential legal element is fatal. Just three of trumps 13 counts were tossed, including one for his january 2021 phone call to Georgia Secretary Of State brad raffensperger. I just want to find 11,780 votes. Reporter Trump Legal Team applauded the ruling. It was a step in the right direction. It goes to the sloppiness of, frankly, the prosecutors down there. Reporter former federal prosecutor tom dupree said it was only a partial victory for trump. The judges Decision Effecively has the result of narrowing the case against trump and the other defendants. It doesnt eliminate it entirely, though. It is a lie. Reporter mcafees ruling comes out of a highly anticipated decision this week about whether willis and special prosecutor nathan wade should be disqualified from the election interference case. Last month, the pair admitted to having a romantic relationship for about a year after wade was hired, but denied any wrongdoing. The romantic relationship ended before the indictment was returned, yes or no . To a man, yes. Reporter the Sprawling Racketeering Case against the former president and his Associates Remains largely intact, but if willis is disqualified, another attorney could be assigned to the case, which could significantly impact the proceedings. Norah . Norah and potentially delay them. Nikole killion, thank you so much for your well coming landslide destroyed one home and damage several others early today in the sherman oaks neighborhood of los angeles. Video from the scene shows large cracks in the ground near heavily damaged pool area. No one was hurt but several people were forced to leave their hillside home. This community was hit with nearly 2 inches of rain just last week. Yet another winter storm is taking aim at the rockies tonight with possibly the biggest snowstorm in years set to slam denver. While severe storms could bring in hail and tornadoes to parts of the south. So for more, lets bring in meteorologist mike bettes. He is with our partners at the weather channel. Good evening, mike. Norah, good evening. Three major Weather Stories playing out over the next couple of days all caused by the same lowpressure storm system. First it is the snow. Major snow across the four corners of putting Winter Storm Warnings in denver. The forecast, the biggest snow 1418 inches across the metro. That begins tonight and blasts through the day on thursday. You can see the timing here from heavy snow throughout the day, and gradually tapers going into friday and saturday but really likes across utah, colorado, new mexico, arizona. The other story following Severe Weather from chicago all the way down to waco. Numerous major metropolitan areas, hail, high winds, maybe even tornadoes that comes out of this. Storms overnight and through the day on thursday, more storms again as we get into friday. Really hitting the south with very heavy rain. And then all behind that, very dry conditions, extreme winds, igniting a fire danger for us, here, especially in western texas, norah. Norah mike bettes, thank you. Turning out to the political turmoil and violence in haiti, a special team of marines is now in portauprince providing additional security at the u. S. Embassy there. This is a small group of the Military Heads and some americans are being airlifted out, including a famous author. Cbss Cristian Benavides reports tied on the unrest and the continuing gang violence. Reporter a dramatic Rescue Mission overnight to get americans out of haiti. Mitch albom, bestselling author of books like tuesdays with morrie, airlifted to safety come along with his wife and eight others out of hades violencetorn capital of portauprince. Albom was visiting his orphanage, have faith haiti, with a group of volunteers, when a State Of Emergency was declared, trapping him and the others for ten days. The helicopter arrived in the middle of the night. A private mission spearheaded by u. S. Rep cory mills and lisa mccain. It landed right as you see in movies, somebody jumps out and says go, go, go and you run underneath the blades and you jump in. Reporter Albom Great Will to be back on u. S. Ground but cant shake the thoughts of what he left behind. You know, everybody inside started clapping, but my wife and i, it was a gut punch, because, you know, all of our kids are still at the orphanage. Reporter a team of marines have been deployed to provide additional security and prepare for evacuation of the u. S. Embassy. This just a day after the nations Prime Minister ariel henry announced his resignation. The transition to find his replacement is unlikely to be a smooth one. Haitis capital, home to approximately 3 million, facing widespread gang warfare. Here at the Border Crossing of dajabon, people are being deported by the truck loads, some Stranded Americans fleeing. We met troy stocker, who is trying to get back home to illinois. Tires burning on the street, they will block you, they dont want you to cross, they dont need to get through. So today was a good day. Reporter a sign of how tense things are here at the border, less than a mile from where we are, two haitian nationals that were attempting to cross the border were shot by members of the dominican army. Officials here in the Dominican Republic say that a scuffle had taken place and one of them was killed. Norah . Norah Cristian Benavides, thank you for being there. Well, back here at home, the 2024 General Election is officially underway with both President Biden and donald trump securing enough delegates to get their partys nomination. Today, the presidnt hit the Campaign Trail in the Battleground State of wisconsin, which he won by only 20,000 votes four years ago. And tonights listening to america, cbss Nancy Cordeshe R state to hear whats on their minds. Reporter Jay Whisenten coowns a barbershop on milwaukees north side, just a few blocks from where President Biden spoke today. Jay voted for biden in 2020, but is now undecided. Ive been seeing it from both perspectives, and ive been seeing it from the black voters, as well, like, yeah, we going to vote for trump this year, we need big t back in office. Reporter we set on him at the rise and grind coffee shop which is owned by bobbi tatum, a lifelong democrat. Im a biden fan. I feel like he is unemployment is, you know, down. I feel like he is helping Small Businesses. Im a Small Business owner. Reporter Patti Granger is a project manager, imam of two, and plans to vote for donald trump. He is a very strong personality. But i like the fact that he pushes boundaries or doesnt come in as a politician. Reporter inflation is one of her biggest issues. Almost 6 for sticks of butter, and we are the dairy state. [laughs] reporter how much of it do. You attribute to the aftereffects of the pandemic, and how much of it do you attribute to President Bidens policies . Its been years now since the pandemic. Im not buying that anymore. The pandemic. We are still getting the aftermath. Reporter you feel like the economy is improving . It has. We ate where we need to be but i feel like we are going, we are headed in the right direction. Reporter all three are uneasy about sending more aid to ukraine, something biden has been pushing for. Its like, how can you send billions of dollars over there, yet our communities need it here . Reporter a big issue here in wisconsin is abortion. For me, its big. Being a woman, and also having two daughters. Its important for them to have a choice for their body. Thats they own personal decision. You know, they should be able to have the choice whether or not if they want to keep a child or not. Reporter and how are they feeling about age . Youve got an 81yearold running against a 77yearold. I feel like the choice is very limited. Its very limited when it comes to that. So, unfortunately, thats what we have to choose from. Reporter and that choice, they all told me, has been paying extra attention to Vice President harris and whoever trump chooses as his running mate. Harris made her sixth trip here to this Battleground State since she took office last week and her focus, norah, with reproductive rights. Norah nancy cordes, what a really interesting conversation. Thank you so much beard well, tonight, after olivia munn is revealing her yearlong battle with an aggressive form of Breast Cancer that lead to a double mastectomy. And the biggest surprise, how she learned of her diagnosis. Cbss Roxana Saberi tells us about the test every woman should know about. Good for him. Good for your baby. Reporter revealing her diagnosis, olivia munn shared this emotional year on instagram. Thank you so much. We love you. Split them up Beard Reporter the 43yearold known for her roles in marvels Xmen Apocalypse and hbos the newsroom says she was diagnosed after testing negative for 90 different cancer genes and two months after having a normal mammogram. Lets do it. Reporter she credits her obgyn with saving her life after she calculated her Breast CancerRisk Assessment score. 37 , and recommended additional testing, which led to her diagnosis. Dr. Elizabeth comen is a breast oncologist. So if you have a score, for example, that is greater than a 20 lifetime risk of Breast Cancer, you may be eligible to include mris in your screening, in addition to potentially mammograms and ultrasounds Beard Reporter the assessment with questions like current age, family history, if the patient has given birth, and when. How unusual is it for someone who test negative on a genetic test to still have cancer . Even if someone goes through Genetic Testing for the genes that we are aware of does not come up with an inherited risk for Breast Cancer, it doesnt mean that they wont be diagnosed with Breast Cancer in their lifetime. Reporter munn appeared at the Academy Awards just last sunday. Right here reporter she said she kept her Diagnosis Private until now because she needed to get through the hardest parts before sharing. And by sharing her experiences, munn says she hopes to inspire others. 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