Northeast and another storm is sending temperatures plummeting and vehicles skidding across the ice. We have two reports and a forecast. First adriana diaz in texas. Adriana . B reporter scott, this is one of dallas busiest highwayumpe intersections. Normally this would be bumper tobumper traffic, but this on andoff sleet storm has brought roadways to a crawl. So far theres been one traffic related death and 300 accidents. It looked like a monster truck derby on interstate 40 justid outside amarillo. 25 vehicles, mostly semis,br banged up and broken after sliding on icy roadways. Outside dallas, drivers had to reverse off an icy highway ramp, and one driver tried to push another up a slippery incline. Tony hartzel is from the Texas Department of transportation. Sleet is a little more challenging because people think that its a little like snow but its a lot slicker. It can look passable, but underneath can be black ice. Reporter at the dallas airport, more than 1,000 flights were canceled and the american sniper murder trial inst stephenville was postponed. This person turned a slushy parking lot into a fourwheel drive skating rink, but it was Serious Business for the 300 plows and deicing trucks deployed to stay ahead of the treacherous conditions. Reporter im anna werner in monterey, tennessee, where after a weekend of treacherous condition, power crews are working overtime. T at the height of this historic ice storm, 50,000 residents were without power, but as the storm subsided and foggy conditions lifted, by this evening Power Outages were down to 20,000. The main job for Emergency Personnel today became checking in on elderly residents stuck inin cold homes. You still good on food . Reporter people like 71ke yearold bill hites, whose son in indiana was worried and asked police to drop in. He was trying to stay warm using a patio heater, not meant to be used indoors, and police found it was leaking carbon monoxide. Come over to the shelter about 3 30, 4 00. If i dont see you, im coming back out here. Reporter mr. Hites wasr brought to an Emergency Shelter after he also told police he started his car in his garage trying to stay warm. Of the 26 people who have died here in the past week, scott nine died from exposure to the cold. Pelley anna werner, thank you very much, anna. Now for forecast well turn tois eric fisher, the chief meteorologist at our boston station, wbz. Eric . Reporter scott, were tracking more messy, wintry weather across the Southern States working their way overma toward alabama and georgia. That trend will continue overnight. He as we head through the overnight hours, tomorrow mornings drive, the Atlanta Metro heading over toward columbia, eventuallye, w closer to charlotte, were looking at snow, freezing rain and sleet all mixed together. Really dangerous conditions out there on the roads. Snow totals the heaviest in theci atlanta area, especially the northern part of the metro up into the mountains of north carolina. Another storm is lined up behind this one. This is wednesday into thursday. Pretty much the same area, that i20 corridor northward lookingd at more significant snowfall. That will wrap up on thursday morning and usher in more cold. Cold a big part of the story for tonight. Look at tomorrow mornings temperatures out the door. Well below zero. Record lows likely to fall into the northeast. Another batch moves in on wednesday, reinforcing this cold. Another arctic front, and that will lead us all the way into the weekend. Scott, after that maybe a little improvement. Pelley eric, thanks very much. Southern california also got a dose of winter weather. It rained the past few days in los angeles, and it has been snowing up in the mountains a rare sight this winter. Some ski areas have already closed because it has been so dry. Tonight, big bear could get seven inches. If you beat the well, if you beat the weather today by going to the mall, you may have been thinking about the new threat made against american shoppers by a terrorist group in east africa. That threat came in an online video and heres jeff pegues. Reporter the video calls for attacks modeled after the terrorist assault on the Westgate Mall in nairobi, kenya, in 2013. That attack took 67 people andke made the al qaeda affiliate al shabaab known worldwide. Now the group is urging followers to carry out similar assaults on Schooling Centers innt the west, with specific mention of americas biggest mall juste outside of minneapolis. What if such an attack was to occur in the mall of america in minnesota . Reporter the video also encourages attacks on malls in canada and in england, as well as Shopping Centers run by the company westfield, which operates 38 malls across the United States. However, in a joint intelligence bulletin, the f. B. I. And theit department of Homeland Security said the video is not an indication of ongoing alshabaab plotting in the west, but is likely an attempt to gain further attention for the kenya attack. The real threat is from lone wolves who may sympathize with the message, presenting Law Enforcement with limited opportunities to detect and disrupt plots which frequently involve targets of opportunity. For a few years now, police have been training for lone wolf attacks on malls and schools. explosion active shooter drills like thison one just outside washington, d. C. , emphasize confronting assailants as quickly as possible even while the shooting is still going on. In response to the video, the mall of america has increased security. Scott, alshabaab has found sympathizers in minneapolis large somaliamerican populationha where more than 20 people havemp been charged with attempting to join the group. Pelley jeff pegues in our washington newsroom tonight. Jeff, thanks very much. Tonight, in a remarkable investigation, cbs news correspondent jim axelrod and producer emily rand have discovered that unwittingco patients across the country were sent millions of dollars in medications they did not order. On the medications are made by compounding pharmacies which mix custom drugs for doctors, but in this case, the combination of the Compounding Pharmacy with a telemarketer added up to outrageous bills to medicare and private insurance. Reporter last april, john picard got a call from a telemarketer about an alternative treatment for pain. What kinds of questions did they ask you . Do i have ever pain . Do i have needs for medication . Reporter picard gave then caller permission to speak to his doctor. Did you authorize them to seek a prescription . No. Reporter which is why picard and his wife meryl were surprised when these jars ofs prescription creams and gels showed up three months later. Our Immediate Reaction was, oh, my goodness, someone else ordered medication and they sent it to us by mistake. Reporter it wasnt a mistake and their insurance had been billed, 2,500 for a pain cream, 3,600 for a migraine cream and nearly 13,000 for a scar gel. 18,680 and change. Reporter you must have been stunned. All i saw was egregious billing for something john didnt want, we had no idea how to use, we didnt know what was in it. Reporter the call came from a company in american forkmp utah, that went by several names, including action medical and western medical. Rachel wurtz worked in the billing department. We spoke to a couple, and they were billed 18,000 for these creams. Uhhuh. Reporter three creams. Is that unusual . No. Not for three, oh, no. 18,000 for a onemonth supply three creams, thats about right. Reporter western medical pitched the creams as a free benefit paid by insurance. If a patient said yes, western medical told their doctor, one of your patients has expressed interest in a noninvasive topical cream to help alleviate pain and sent over prewritten prescriptions for the doctor to sign. Why do you believe your doctor signed the prescriptions . We had been discussing the topic of pain, and they took advantage of that in the way that memo and that fax implied. Reporter sources linked to western medical tell cbs news the Company Collected up to 200 prescriptions a day, billing them to medicare and private insurance for more than 1 million a week. This is really abuse in the marketplace. Reporter dr. Steve miller is the chief medical officer at express scripts. They paid for john picard creams but recently stopped covering many of them because, dr. Miller says, there is no research proving they work. If you talk to almost any a pain expert, they will tell us these things work strictly through a placebo response and not through a physiologicalh response through pain receptors. Hr reporter the creams were formulated and produced at downing labs, a Compounding Pharmacy in dallas. Ashley downing and her husbandba and coowner Chris Downing recently hosted this red carpet event to celebrate their pharmacys multimillion dollar growth. Last month we sat down with the downings to ask them about their business. Did you have any knowledge that products produced by downing labs were being shipped to people who had not asked for them and Insurance Companies were being billed at these kinds of rates . We became aware that there were issues being made and that people were not happy, and when we then sat down as a company and decided were no longer going to have a relationship with them. Reporter so if i am talking to someone working at western medical and theyre telling me that the i think we should go aheadhi and. Reporter and just what . Not do this anymore. This is. I was not prepared for this at all. Reporter let me ask you one more question what is in those creams that is worth 18,000 . W we dont determine the formulas on, that so i. Im done. Or the pricing. Reporter the downings said the Insurance Company sets the price. They declined our repeatedth requests to explain theex relationship with western medical. But during our visit, we saw sales orders for a pharmacy affiliated with western medical for the exact same products they shipped to the picards. Were all paying for this. This is not just me and john and our little account. Nt these numbers are eventually spread across everyone in terms of what all of us pay in healthte care. Reporter in a statement to cbs news following our interview, downing labs said they did were not involved in billing the picards and only received the cost of the medication and small compounding fee. The owners of western medical declined to comment, and as for the picards, after making numerous complaints, they did get the charges to their insurance reversed. Pelley but you have to wonder how many did not. Jim, great reporting. Thanks very much. We learned today that the Academy Awards broadcast last night got its lowest rating in six years. Still, over 36 Million People watched. But that was down from nearly 44 million last year. As often, some actors used the National Stage as a soapbox. This was supporting actress patricia arquette. Its our time to have Wage Equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of america. Pelley and she has a point. According to the Census Bureau for every dollar a man makes, a woman earns just 78 cents for doing the same job. Jericka duncan is adding it up. I wanted to be able to control my own destiny. Reporter for most of her career, Financial PlannerMaura Griffin says she was paid less than men who were doing the same job. So she launched her own firm to help women close that gap. Part of my job is coaching them and letting them know how to negotiate. Reporter among fulltime workers, women earn 18 less a week than men. Women c. E. O. S make 20 less. And in the legal profession, women make 43 less than their male counterparts. Hollywood is pointing out that divide while women in arts and entertainment are making 21 less. Its an uneven Playing Field from the start. A year after graduation, men are already earning 7 more than women, according to a study by the American Association of university women. And once the salary is set, that gap widens over time. What we found is that women are not getting paid equally for equal work with equal experience. Reporter Anna Beninger is the director of research at catalyst, a nonprofit that promotes more opportunities for women. When you think about the impact that a gender wage gap has on someones lifetime earnings, you know, with women being four out of ten breadwinners these day, its having a huge impact beyond justth the women themselves. Its impacting our families and its impacting our economy. Reporter scott, if this wage disparity continues at this rate, experts say we wont see equality for women until 2058. Pelley Jericka Duncan reporting tonight. Jericka, thank you. New research could change the way doctors treat peanut allergies. And an nfl prospect takes a leap of faith when the cbs evening news continues. And an nfl prospect takes a leap of faith when the cbs or difficulty breathing or swallowing. If you have any of these symptoms, stop taking farxiga and seek medical help right away. 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Turns out keeping kids away from peanuts may be the wrong thing to do. Heres dr. Jon lapook. Reporter eightyearold evan woollen is enjoying a Peanut Butter sandwich. When he was a baby, his mother kerry thought this would never happen. He was allergic to peanuts. I think it would have developed into an allergy. Reporter evan was enrolled in a study challenging the idea that peanuts should be avoided in the first year of life. I hat quite a bit of peanuts. I had a peanut snack i had to have three times a week. Reporter researchers followed more than 600 british babies four to 11 months old who were considered at high risk of developing peanut allergiesa because they had eczema or an egg allergy. One group avoided peanuts. 1 the other, that included evan, ate a small amount of peanut protein every week. After five weeks, the kidsin eating peanuts had 81 fewer peanut allergies than the kids not eating them, exactly the opposite of guidelines from 15 t years ago withdrawn in 2008 that recommended excluding peanuts from the diets of infants and toddlers at high risk of allergies. I think this should change clinical practice. Dr. Hugh sampson is an expert not involved in the trial. I would encourage people with babies between four and eight months of age to come in and getple evaluated and get started on peanut protein if youre at high risk. Reporter today evan has no signs of peanut allergies. In fact. My favorite food is Peanut Butter, which does have a lot of nuts in it. Reporter researchers excluded children who were highly allergic to peanuts based on special skin testing, so dr. Sampson suggests that any strategy by parents or other caregivers to give peanuts to either toddlers or infants should definitely include input from a health professional. Pelley jon, thanks very much. 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I love this. Reporter heres the concept the photographer Devin Mitchell creates the mirror images buts never suggests what anyone should be. The only way to get the truthy from anyone is to allow them too create what their story is. This is their choice 100 . Your choice of who you are in your everyday life. Reporter in his everydayte life, marine veteran chris van etten, who lost both legs in afghanistan, now has a modeling career. The goal is someone will look at that picture and think, i need to get going, it will get better. Reporter one of the clearest messages is the pain of ptsd. The vets want us to see the drugs, the pills combined withus alcohol they use to fend off depression. Marine veteran Andrew Mclaren sent us this message. Im not going to become a statistic. Reporter is his resolve not to be the 22nd veteran today tor commit suicide. But just before this photo was taken, he unleashed pure anguish at his struggle. I want to kill myself everyan day. 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Org tying up the evening commute. We have breaking news on the peninsula thats happening right now. A train has hit a car on the tracks leaving a mangled mess. Thats now tying up the evening commute. Good evening. Im ken bastida. And im veronica de la cruz. The view from chopper 5 shows that heap of mangled metal difficult to make out exactly what it is. Cal trans says a southbound train hit a car that was on the tracks in menlo park. Its not clear why the car was on the tracks. A woman was the only person in that car. We just found out that she has died. No one on the train was hurt. Live look right now at chopper 5. Were told those crossing gates were fully functional at the time of the crash. They were destroyed in the collision. The train also may have suffered serious damage. It may take a while to clear that debris to get that all off the tracks. It had collision happened at 4 45. Cal trans says trains in that area are stopped till further notice. Earlier today a Freight Train collided with a pickup truck in morgan hill. Chopper 5 flew over that scene as crews cleaned up debris. It stalled around 1 30. The driver was able to get out. No one was hurt. New at 6 00, whats the holdup . A deal was struck days ago to get west coast ports back to order. The port of oakland is still moving at a snails pace. Kpix 5 has learned the reason behind a new slowdown at the port of oakland. Joe vazquez says workers are not going at full speed