Pete Hegseth deflects blame for the controversial "double tap" that killed survivors of a US military strike against a suspected Venezuelan drug boat. So who made the call to hit the boat a second time? ... Putin meets with a US delegation today as both sides test a possible path towards ending the war in Ukraine ... A Trump stronghold gets tested today when voters head to the polls in Tennessee ... Cars collide as snow falls and millions of Americans in the northeast and beyond head to work.