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good evening. i am norah o'donnell. and thank you for being with us. we want to begin with the news and analysis of that historic decision from the supreme court. the justices ruling that states cannot bar donald trump from running for another term, even though he is accused by some of insurrection. colorado and several other states were seeking to disqualified trump because of his action surrounding the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. now today's decision was unanimous. all nine justices agreed that trump cannot be barred from the ballot. and perhaps the most important ruling about a presidential election of more than two decades since the decision of bush versus gore in 2000. this is the key paragraph of the ruling. "states may disqualify persons attempting to hold state office, but states have no power under the constitution with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency." now the courts' three liberal members say the court's majority

went too far. justices sonya soto mayor, elena kagan, and ketanji brown jackson expressed frustration in a concurring opinion. saying that decision protects donald trump from "future controversy." cbs's robert costa has a former president's reaction. >> reporter: a crucial decision today with sweeping political consequences. the high court ruling that former president trump cannot be removed from colorado's ballot. due to the state court's view that he stoked the january 6th insurrection. >> you cannot take somebody out of a race. the voters can take a person out of the race very quickly, but a court should not be doing that. >> reporter: with this ruling, two other states also have their efforts to remove the former president stalled. three justices and a separate concurring opinion said allowing the colorado measure to go forward would we agreed create a

chaotic state-by-state patchwork of made a tense political landscape. justice amy coney barrett also urged americans to see unity from the unanimous decision. writing "in this circumstance, writings on the court should turn the national temperature down, not up." colorado's democratic secretary of state offered sharp criticism of the decision. >> i do believe that states should be allowed under the constitution to bar insurrectionists. >> reporter: the ruling comes a day before super tuesday, the biggest primary election day of the season, when voters in 15 states including colorado head to the polls. and trump's legal hurdles continue to pile up as the supeme court weighs another decision next month. >> i hope that the justices because they will be working on some other cases, but one in particular, presidents have to be given total immunity. they have to be allowed to do

their job. >> reporter: later this month, trump will also spend six weeks in court, where he is charged with falsifying business records related to hush money payments to a porn star. today trump's former cfo allen weisselberg pled guilty to two counts of perjury in the new york civil fraud case, but he will not testify against his former boss. looking ahead to tomorrow, top republicans tell me they expect to have a strong showing on super tuesday, as he marches closer to the nomination. allies of former ambassador nikki haley, tell me she will likely soon be at a crossroads of whther she is going to stay in the race. norah. >> norah: robert costa, thank you very much. for more analysis on that decision, let's bring in jan crawford. jan, as was outlined, the court ruling was unanimous, but they

also said that they did not agree totally. explain. >> reporter: that happens with the issues. they agree with the outcome but different ways of getting there, and that's what we saw today. they said the same bottom line, colorado supreme court was wrong and states can't kick donald trump off the ballot, but they disagreed with why, how they got there. and this is where it got interesting. the liberal justices use some very strong language suggesting conservatives were going to far, perhaps worried how their decision might be applied down the road. and then justice amy coney barrett wrote a separate decision saying "now is not the time to amplified disagreement with stridency." so you see this back and forth between the justices on an issue where they all say they agree. and why is that important? because even where there is agreement, unanimous agreement like we saw today, this court was fractured. as some of these more controversial cases come down the road, including that one where trump is arguing he should be immune from prosecution, we can see this all play out where they don't agree on the outcome. >> norah: such important context, jan. i was reading that too, justice barrett writing "the

court should turn the national temperature down, not up." >> reporter: good luck. >> norah: thank you. turning now to the weather with the blizzard slamming parts of california and nevada over the weekend with up to 7 feet of snow in some areas. cbs's carter evans reports from the snow and powerful winds have closed roads, knocked out power of thousands, and it's not over yet. >> reporter: this is what nonstop snow looks like. over three days, this historic storm walloped the lake tahoe region with two months worth of snow, and the reno area got hit with half a year's worth. wind gusts up to 190 miles per hour were recorded on some mountain peaks and some woke up to a wall of snow several feet tall. even removed during a snow plow was a challenge in the blinding blizzard. >> the goal is not to look at anything. >> reporter: unrelenting snowfall shut down the stretch of the heavily traveled interstate 80 over the weekend. at one point there were nearly

200-300 cars and nearly 100 big rigs trapped on the mountain highway. california highway patrol officers went car to car helping drivers including the stranded mom. >> the battery died. so she has a baby in the car with her, and my officers did an amazing job figuring out how to get her out of the area, get down to a warming shelter. >> reporter: she must've been terrified? >> she was scared. yeah, but she was being a mom. >> reporter: crews across the air and nevada are working around the clock to clear roads and rails. take a look at the train tracks covered with snow, and of the solution this giant snowplow train. even the u.s. mail was briefly brought to a standstill, but the delivery trucks were eventually dug out. local ski resorts are trying to get back to normal now after the storm shut down most operations. now all this new snow could

extend the ski season until memorial day. >> gives us a shot in the arm for the rest of the season, there is no doubt. >> reporter: and there is so much snow here, they have to make piles like this just to be able to clear the roads, and it's like this all over town. there is another storm moving in this evening, and it could bring another foot of snow to some areas. norah. >> norah: carter evans, thank you for your reporting this weekend. now for a look at when the winter storm warnings will break, let's bring a meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah. more snow on the way for the west coast and some of the higher elevations in california and oregon could see another 2 feet of snow. meanwhile, in texas, firefighting efforts do remain underway from the ground and from the air, a lot of smoke coming from these massive wildfires that are burning. mother nature providing some relief for those efforts.

winds are not as strong as they had been over the weekend, and especially last week. expecting to stay relatively calm over the next couple of days while that severe weather threat is increasing in areas that have temperatures in the 60s and 70s today. but by tomorrow, norah, temperatures will be in the 30s and even 20s. >> norah: chris, thank you. in another major development today, jack texsera, a member of the air national guard to pled guilty to one and the most serious national security breaches in years. the 22-year-old admitting to leaking classified military documents on social media. we have details including how much prison time texsera faces with cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: 22-year-old jack texsera appeared in court today in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs acknowledging his actions were one of the most extraordinary leaks of secrets in years. texsera arrested last april at his family home was asked whether he understood that by pleading guilty to all six counts, he could serve up to 16 years in prison?

"yes, your honor, i understand," he said. just a few years out of high school, texsera joined the national guard as a low ranking tech specialist with a top security clearance. prosecutors alleged he illegally posted pentagon records including troop movements in war plans in ukraine uploading in a series of 40,000 messages on discord in 2022 and 2023. leaks that shocked and embarrassed the pentagon. >> all of our adversaries were given access to sensitive national defense information. such unlawful disclosure or damages our intelligence capabilities. >> reporter: his parents said their sons actions were unfathomable, but also blasted the shocking failures by a review of where he worked. he had been caught and reprimanded before from accessing improper information. was this a wake-up call to the military?

>> i hope so. >> reporter: 15 people in texsera's unit were discipline and his leader was released of command. >> limiting to who has access, and it's something that i think they could be spending a lot more time thinking about. >> norah: scott macfarlane joins us now. scott, i understand this is not the only case of an intelligence leak in the news today, that there is another case we are learning about? >> reporter: an airforce civilian employee david slater sending classified information on a foreign dating website including secretive information about russia's war against ukraine. the fed say there is a coconspirator here, someone claiming to be a woman from ukraine. for now it is slater's conspiracy case. he makes his first appearance tomorrow in court in nebraska. >> norah: scott macfarlane, with that new development, thank you. president biden says he will not

let up pushing for a deal to bring hostages home and provide more relief to the more than 2 million people suffering in gaza. the vice president today met with a rival of prime minister benjamin netanyahu that is a key member of the work cabinet that oppose this visit to washington. cbs's imitiaz tyab reports on on the need for aid in gaza. >> reporter: more chaos at a delivery convoy in gaza city, where desperate palestinians again scramble for a sack of flour to feed their families. but for al kefarna, it's too late for his son yazan, who he had to bury with his bare hands. our cbs news team and gaza reported on yazan this past weekend as he landed starving because the food he needed, it basics like eggs and bananas were nowhere to be found. now all that is left is a cardboard grave marker, his name written in pen. i never thought he would starve to death,al kefarna says, please forgive me, my son. on sunday, vice president kamala harris bluntly called out israel for not doing enough to

ease what she called a humanitarian catastrophe and urged both sides to accept a deal. >> given the immense scale of suffering in gaza, there must be an immediate cease-fire. for at least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table. >> reporter: cbs news has learned their framework has been reached by israel and hamas which includes a six week pause in fighting and an increase in humanitarian aid into gaza and the release of 40 hostages. but a formal truce has yet to materialize. the biden administration urged three c-130 aircraft to airdrop meals of coordination with the u.s. ally jordan. a move agencies have said it is inefficient and will do little to relieve the suffering. and in that meeting with

israeli war cabinet member benny gatz, they said the cease-fire was urgent, but israel has yet to send a message to cairo where those talks are taken place. norah. >> norah: imtiaz tyab, thank you. now to college basketball sensation caitlin clark. the 22-year-old is makinghistorr place and the record books as she makes an impact on the sport that is unmistakable. >> caitlin clark! becomes the all-time leading scorer. >> norah: iowa senior guard caitlin clark snaps the 54-year-old record held by pistol pete maravich in front of a sold-out crowd. the magic number 3,668 points. that's the most in ncaa basketball history, men's or women's. >> it's really crazy to think about. >> norah: the praise is

pouring in. from lebron james who was the first nba player to score 40,000 points this weekend, he congratulated clark online along with fans billie jean king and president biden. the basketball phenom and her team are attracting more eyes to women's basketball inspiring young girls and sending ticket prices soaring. >> people that are showing up and coming to our games, they really love the way that our team plays. people love it. they are not just here for me. i'm sure i help, but at the end of the day, we have a really great team and a really great culture, and that's what makes it so fun. >> norah: she is so humble, and her career is just beginning. clark announced that she will head to the wnba draft. she is expected to be the number-one pick, and the team that holds that pick, the indiana fever saw ticket prices double from last season. we will be watching.

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>> norah: finally tonight's "heart of america," longtime philadelphia eagles center jason kelce announced his retirement today after 13 seasons. the nfl tough guy did not hide his emotions when he delivered his heartfelt goodbye. >> [crying] thank you, philadelphia. from the bottom of my heart, thank you for letting me represent this city and allowing me into your homes every sunday. it has truly been a privilege. >> norah: the 36-year-old kelce spent his entire career with philadelphia, played in two super bowls, and won the lombardi trophy in 2018. after the eagles were knocked out of this year's playoffs, he spent the rest of the season cheering on his younger brother

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