cbs' nancy chen sat down with commander billie farrell. >> fire! >> reporter: launched in 1797 as one of the navy's six original frigates, the u.s.s. "constitution's" history is american history. >> it is an honor to introduce commander b.j. farrell. ( ringing bell ) >> reporter: and now a new order as commander billie farrell becomes the first woman to serve as captain. >> there's only 76 people in history who have commanded this ship. >> reporter: and you will be 77. >> correct. >> reporter: george washington ordered the ship to be built and only men very in charge until now. the "constitution" still sails at least once a year. a third of its active duty crew, women.e a year. a thi >> such a special opportunity not just for the ship but a navy as a whole, especially having all the public here and they get to see there's a female leading us. >> reporter: docked in boston, the ship hosts more than half a million visitors annually. as a teenager, farrell was one of them. what would you tell that young woman today? >> even if i told her she would be

nancy chen reports. [ sirens ] >> reporter: large flames and heavy smoke shot out of the second and third floor windows of this bronx highrise as karen dejesus says she was about to feed her son. >> i was hearing people yell "help me, help me," and i realized it was a fire. >> reporter: she ran to the back room of her third floor apartment as it started to fill with smoke. firefighters used ladders to get her out. you climbed out through the window. >> yes, very scary. >> reporter: the fire started in the bedroom of a third-floor apartment after a space heater malfunctioned. investigators are looking whether the safety doors designed to close in the event of a fire malfunctioned or if they were propped open allowing new york city mayor -- allowing the smoke to spread quickly. eric adams toured the devastation. you came from inside this building. what did you see inside? >> looking at the apartment where the space heater was located, the grandmother had burns to her feet. that's how they woke up feeling the heat from the fire. just really intense. >> reporter: space heaters are linked to m

cbs' nancy chen is at the scene. good evening, nancy. >> reporter: norah, good evening to you. we have just learned federal regulators have opened an investigation into whether the space heater that sparked the fire was defective. firefighters described fouling thick smoke to save people even as their oxygen tanks began to empty.rgfl and h ssh out othe si floor windows of this bronx high rise just as karen dejesus said she was about to feed her son. >> i was hearing people yell, "help me, help me," and i realized it was really a fire. >> reporter: dejesus ran to her apartment window and firefighters got her out. you climbed out of a window? >> yes, it was very scary. >> reporter: a space heater malfunctioned in a third floor apartment. investigators are looking into whether the safety doors designed to close in the event of a fire also malfunctioned or if they were propped open allowing smoke to spread quickly throughout the 19 story new york building. mayor adams toured the building. what did you see inside? >> looking at the apartment where the space heater was located, the g

cbs' nancy chen is in hard-hit boston tonight. good evening, nancy. >> reporter: and, norah, good evening to you. this was one of the latest arrivals for the first snow of the season. this storm was fast moving, but it was powerful, dumping more than a foot of snow in parts of new england. with snow blanketing the landscape, some saw beauty. others saw work. >> it's going to be pretty easy to remove. it's just going to take a little bit of time, and we're going to have to get the machine out, for sure. >> reporter: in hard-hit massachusetts, the state's department of transportation worked to keep up, deploying more than 2,500 pieces of equipment to clear snow and ice off roads. >> i'm out here, if it's one inch, 36 inches, or 96 inches. >> reporter: slick highways turned deadly. the driver of this pickup was killed after careening off the road. the storm system got its start yesterday, stranding drivers on this kentucky highway. >> when cars start parking and shutting down on the interstate, you know that's not great. >> reporter:

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norah. >> o'donnell: nancy chen on the scene, thank you. well, in a stunning twist today, three suburban philadelphia police officers were charged in the shooting death last summer of an eight-year-old girl. they fired into a crowd trying to break up a gun fight. we get more now from cbs' meg oliver. >> reporter: nearly five months after the shooting of eight- year-old fanta bility, three sharon hill police officers were charged in connection with her death. today, following a grand jury investigation, officers devon smith, sean dolan, and brian devaney were each charged with voluntary and involuntary manslaughter and 10 counts of reckless endangerment. when did you determine that the fatal bullet was from an officer's gun? >> we initially determined back in i think the september time frame. we're now sure beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer shoot not only killed fanta bility, but they also wounded three other young people. >> reporter: the young girl was killed last summer after two teens exchanged gunfire at the end of a football g

are still investigating the exact cause, norah. >> o'donnell: nancy chen, thank you. well tonight, forecasters are tracking dangerous winter weather from coast to coast. more than a dozen vehicles, including a tractor trailer, piled up today on an icy highway in western michigan. there were no serious injuries. that same system dumped heavy snow across the western mountains and northern plains. the next major threat, it's coming friday, with millions in the east bracing for several inches of snow from tennessee to washington, d.c. to boston. some areas could get half a foot. all right, here in washington, one year ago tonight, political tensions were on the verge of exploding as lawmakers preparedd for a fin for a final count of the electoral college votes, confirming that joe biden won the presidency. well, tomorrow, president biden will address the nation to mark one year since the deadly attack on the capitol. and we're learning more about what he's going to say. and cbs' nancy cordes is at the white house. good evening, nancy. >> reporter: good evening, norah. you

norah. >> o'donnell: nancy chen, thanks. all right, stewart rhodes, the founder of the oath keepers, a far-right militia,s made his initial court appearance in plano, texas, today on seditious conspiracy charges related to the january 6 attack on the capitol. a judge ordered him detained pending a hearing on january 20. tonight, u.s. officials are sounding the alarm about a russian ploy designed to give vladimir putin an excuse to invade ukraine. the warning follows a widespread cyberattack on ukrainian government web sites. we get details from cbs' margaret brennan. >> reporter: as russia conducts military exercises on the ukrainian border, u.s. intelligence revealed today that russia has prepositioned operatives trained in urban warfare and explosives to carry out acts of sabotage on its own pro-russian fighters in eastern ukraine. >> we have information that they've prepositioned a group of operatives to conduct what we call a false flag operation, an operation designed to look like an attack on them, again, as an excuse

cbs' nancy chen sat down with commander billie farrell. >> fire! >> reporter: launched in 1797 as one of the navy's six original frigates, the uss "constitution's" history is american history. >> it is an honor to introduce commander b.j. farrell. >> reporter: and now a new order as commander billie farrell becomes the first woman to serve as captain. >> there's only 76 people in history who have commanded this ship. >> reporter: and you will be 77. >> correct. >> reporter: george washington ordered the ship to be built and only men very in charge until now. the "constitution" still sails at least once a year. a third of its active duty crew, women. >> such a special opportunity not just for the ship but a navy as a whole, especially having all the public here and they get to see there's a female leading us. >> reporter: docked in boston, the ship hosts more than half a million visitors annually. as a teenager, farrell was one of them. what would you tell that young woman today? >> even if i told her she would be commanding the ship, she wouldn't b

cbs' nancy chen is at the scene. good evening, nancy. >> reporter: norah, good evening to you. we have just learned federal regulators have opened an investigation into whether the space heater that sparked the fire was defective. firefighters described fouling thick smoke to save people even as their oxygen tanks began to empty. large flames and heavy smoke shot out of the second and third floor windows of this bronx high rise just as karen dejesus said she was about to feed her son. >> i was hearing people yell, "help me, help me," and i realized it was really a fire. >> reporter: dejesus ran to her apartment window and firefighters got her out. you climbed out of a window? >> yes, it was very scary. >> reporter: a space heater malfunctioned in a third floor apartment. investigators are looking into whether the safety doors designed to close in the event of a fire also malfunctioned or if they were propped open allowing smoke to spread quickly throughout the 19 story new york building. mayor adams toured the building. what did you see inside? >> looking at the apartment where

. >> nancy chen, thank you. >>> well tonight, forecasters are tracking dangerous weather -- winter weather from coast to coast. more than a dozen vehicles including a tractor-trailer piled up today on an icy highway in western michigan. there were no serious injuries. that same system dumped heavy snow across the western mountains and northern plains. well, the next major threat it's coming friday with millions in the east bracing for several inches of snow from tennessee to washington, d.c. to boston. some areas could get half a foot. >>> all right. here in washington, one year ago tonight, political tensions were on the verge of exploding as lawmakers prepared for a final count of the electoral college votes. confirming that joe biden won the presidency. well, tomorrow, president biden will address the nation to mark one year since the deadly attack on the capitol. and we are learning more about what he is going to say and cbs's nancy cortez is at the white house. good evening, nancy. >> good evening, norah. you know, that attack one year ago changed washington, possibly forever. and tom

. >> nancy chen on the scene. thank you. >>> well in a stunning twist today, three suburban philadelphia police officers were charged in the shooting death last summer of an 8-year-old girl. they fired into a crowd trying to break up a gun fight. get more now from cbs's meg oliver. >> reporter: nearly five months after the shooting of 8-year-old, three sharon hill police officers were charged in connection with her death. today following a grand jury investigation, officers devon smith, sean dolan, and brian devney were each charged with voluntary and involuntary manslaughter and ten counts of reckless endangerment. >> when did you determine the fatal bullet was from an officer's gun? >> we initially determined back in, i think, the september timeframe. we are now sure beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer shoot -- not only killed her but they also wounded three other young people. >> reporter: the young girl was killed last summer after two teens exchanged begunfire at th end of a football game. the three re

by political commentator, nancy scripted lauren chen believes so that needs to be much more focus instead of the real problems plaguing kind of the moment. i feel like this whole russian scare is, is merely something to try to detract from the protest to make it seem like these are not canadians who are part of this movement. which, when you, i mean, you look at the ground, an ottawa, i don't think russia managed to sneak 10000 protesters across the border. i, it is frankly insulting as well to the canadians. i think this protest is a long time coming. this is not about the vaccine itself. this is about the mandate . the canadian government has tried to implement some of the strictest in the world are right now if you are not vaccinated, cannot travel by plane train or ferry and that includes just even domestically. there is a federal mandate for a federal employees as well as health care workers. there have just been many times that the canadian government has told it's people that they do not respect their freedom of choice. the government is coercing you to do something that you may or