Pelley good evening. So lets start with the good news about the flu. Today, the c. D. C. Said that the flu season in much of the country appears to have worst of it. But the worst still includes this the flu is now widespread in all but six states, and its sending americans 65 and older to the hospital at the highest rate in at least a decade. Heres dr. Jon lapook. Reporter at a Senior Center in new york city, the fridays bingo game is in full swing but 96yearold may robinson is thinking about her friend who recently caught the flu. My deceased friend had it. They worked very hard to save her, but she passed. Reporter the c. D. C. Began tracking flu hospitalization rates 10 years ago. This year, the hospitalization rate for patients over 65 has been more than twice the average rate over the previous five seasons. Dr. Susan ream is an Infectious Disease specialist at the cleveland clinic. People who are 65 years of age and up tend to have other diseases like Heart Disease diabetes Kidney Disease and also the immune system as we age doesnt work quite as well. Reporter most of this years flu is from an especially nasty strain called h3 n2. In past years, h3 n2 has caused a two to threetimes higher hospitalization and death rate than normal. In addition, the strain mutated soon after production of this years flu vaccine began too late to change it. Two weeks ago the c. D. C. Reported the effectiveness of this seasons vaccine only 23 . It tend to cause more severe illness, and because the vaccine isnt fully active against the strain of h3 n2, we have a double whammy this year. Reporter flu vaccine takes only about two weeks to kick in, so its not too late to get it since flu season can last until may. The c. D. C. Is urging people with flulike symptoms to contact their Health Providers about possible antiviral medications because they can help prevent complications. Pelley vaccines work thank you jon. As of tonight at least 114 cases of measles have been reported in 14 states. Today the president said through a spokesman that science indicates children should be vaccinated. Most doctors agree like the one carter evans met. They cant protect every kid in the United States but it can protect the ones i care for. Youre smiling reporter Pediatrician Charles Goodman has a message for parents vaccinate your children against the measles or find another doctor. Its a very hard line to take but at some point i had to draw the line in the sand and say you know what . I gotta protect my kids. Thats my job as a pediatrician. Reporter the moolses virus can linger in the air up to two hours and babies under a year old are especially at risk because theyre too young to receive the vaccine. And those babies can die. I had to weigh the risk, the risk of kids in my office gets measles potentially dying versus the rights of those parents not to immunize when i thought most of them were making that choice based on bad information. Do you have any special concerns . Reporter dr. Goodman said hes tried for years to educate parents about the safety of vaccines. When you have that talk with them, do they ever change their minds . Very rainfall and ive tried and tried to convince them and i cant convince them. Reporter what are they basing this on . All the internet, not based on science. Reporter you are the doctor. But they believe the internet sometimes more and thats why i took the stance. Believe your doctor, listen to your doctor, not the internet. Reporter or go somewhere else. Or go somewhere else. Reporter some parents we spoke to who oppose vaccine say they feel bullied by doctors who threaten to drop unimmunized patients but scott, dr. Goodmans stance is having an effect. Patients are calling for vaccinations. Pelley quick action in the cock pist a jetblue airliner may have prevented disaster. Heres jeff pegues. Jetblue flight 94 was traveling from Orlando International airport on sunday. The air bus a320 was coming in for a land act Westchester County airport just outside new york city when the cockpits Collision Avoidance system sounded an alarp. The jetblue plane was traveling at about 250 Miles Per Hour on a collision course with a smaller plane that was two miles to the southwest. Air Traffic Controllers ordered the jetblue pilot to look out reporter jetblue 94 climbed 200 feet. The planes had been secondeds away from disaster. His airplanes all over the place, jetblue 94. Reporter both planes landed safely. More excitement than i needed today. Reporter the smaller plane was flying without the help of air Traffic Controllers under normal visual flight rules. In the worlds most crowded airspace private aircraft share the skies with commercial jets. In 2013, there were about 6700 instance wheres planes were flying too close to each other. Thats roughly 18 incidentaiseco day. According to the federal aviation administration, there were 38 highrisk events that year. The numbers in that highrisk category were down compared to the previous year, but not by much. At any one time, there are about 7,000 planes in the air over the u. S. Scott, air traffic is projected to increase in the decades to come with more planes and drones. Pelley jeff pegues in the washington newsroom. Jeff, thank you. Winter storms are causing trouble in phoenix. Cars got stuck in the mud at a presuper bowl concert. Snow sent cars skidding in portland, maine, and on new hampshires Lake Winnipesaukee a truck fell through the ice. The driver made it out though. Another big storm is expected to bring snow to the plains tomorrow night and then move east. Chicago, philadelphia, new york, and boston could get six to 12 inches by monday. When it comes to snow removal it turns out that secretary of state john kerry has no diplomatic immunity. Kerry was fined 50 bucks for failing to shovel the walk at his boston home. He was in saudi arabia. Mitt romney sold his house in the boston suburbs last year and a couple weeks ago he said he had his eye on a house in washington, but no more. Today, he announced he will not make a third run for the presidency. Heres nancy cordes. Reporter romney made the announcement in a pair of Conference Calls with his inner circle. Reporter it was a sudden reversal for the former Massachusetts Governor who spent the past few weeks courting donors and arguing third times the charm. People get better with experience. laughter reporter but sources say while respect for romney runs deep enthusiasm for another run turned out to be shallower. Some of his strongest backers were signing on with other candidates including one top strategist in allimportant iowa who joand jeb bushs team just yesterday. In what some saw as a slight to bush romney said today he wanted to hand the reigns to our next generation and someone who may not be as well known as i am. Still, romneys retreat will give bush and other moderates some breathing room in a g. O. P. Field thats gaining anchorage every day. Just this week three more hopefuls set up Political Action committees to help them raise money. One of them was South Carolina senator lindsey graham. What is going to determine whether you do end up jumping into the race and when will you decide . If i can be competitive. Im not going to put my family friends, and myself through the he that comes with running for president. Reporter thats the same calculation a lot of potential candidates are going through right now. Even though romney has decided to bow out he still made it clear today he thinks he could have won and he pointed to polls, scott that still show him at the top of the g. O. P. Pack. Pelley nancy cordes on capitol hill. Nancy, thank you. Nato said today it will set up Forward Command headquarters in six nato countries near ukraine. A ceasefire in ukraine collapsed, and the neighbors are nervous about russias intentions. Nato says russia is arming rebels fighting the ukrainian troops there and here is Elizabeth Palmer. Reporter heres the new front line in eastern ukraine. Prorussian rebel fighters are pushing forward under heavy fire fire. Theyre trying to surround the ukrainian military, who so far appear to be holding on inside the town of debaltseve air strategic prize with key air rail and road links but the whole area is a battleground where sporadic shelling kills civilians randomly as it did today in donetsk. Some families have sought refuge underground where its safe but where theres little light or heat, and no prospect of life returning to normal any time soon. In the nearby town of svitlodarsk, after the local hospital was destroyed by rocket fire, local authorities loaded the children on to buses to get them out of range. But there wasnt enough room for parents. Why not us . Asked one of the mothers. Are we being left here to die . At another hospital further up the road where ukrainian soldiers are being treated in a makeshift operating room, doctors say theyre seeing a steady flow of civilians, too of all ages, wounded and dead. Scott, secretary of state john kerry is traveling to kiev next week for talks with the ukrainian government, and then hell move on to germany where he will meet russias foreign minister. At the moment there seems to be mow prospect of direct peace talks with the two warring sides. Pelley Elizabeth Palmer in our london newsroom tonight. Liz, thank you. In iraq there was a surprise attack today on the oil capital of kirkuk. The Islamic Extremist Group isis seized a hotel in the city. Iraqi Peshmerga Forces took it back. Last september, we visited the line outside kirkuk where isis had stalled. These are kurdish Peshmerga Forces in northern iraq, and if you look just on the other side of the bridge there youll see the black flag of isis flying over isiscontrolled territory. But that bridge was overrun today. The commander who hosted us is dead. Kirkuk is the gateway to iraqs northern oil fields. But isis also suffered a loss. Late today the u. S. Said an isis chemical weapons expert was killed in an air strike. Thousands of our own veterans are in a battle with homelessness. The Obama Administration has pledged to win that war but first, the government must count the casualties. John blackstone went along. Reporter the volunteers counting the homeless in los angeles walked on streets most would usually avoid among people who are often treated as invisible. How many do we have so far. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. Reporter Robert Malone volunteered to count because just months ago he was homeless, and like nearly one in 10 of the homeless across the country hes a veteran. So fortunately you had a car to live in at least. I did. Reporter now malone is in an apartment thanks to a Veterans Administration providing vouchers for housing. In 2006, an estimated 195,000 veterans were homeless. Counts like the one last night show a significant drop, more than 74,000 in 2009 to under 50,000 last year. Thats happened as the v. A. Has aggressively expanded programs to identify and support homeless vets. Last night, even the v. A. s new secretary, Robert Mcdonald was out counting. Do you happen to be a veteran . Yes. Really . Yes. Army navy, air force . Army. What unit . Special forces. Special forces. What years. I was in special forces. Reporter now its mcdonalds job to meet the goal set by president obama to end veteran homelessness by the end of this year. Its heartbreaking to hear those stories about people who served and are living on the sidewalk. Well, you know, what my Worst Nightmare is i open up one of those tents and i find somebody that i served with. That would break my heart because those guys looked out for me and i need to look out for them and thats why im here. Reporter veterans who are among those living here on l. A. s skid row could be moving to a more stylish part of the city. The Veterans Administration has announced a plan, scott to move veterans into housing it owns in a fashionable neighborhood just west of beverly hills. Pelley John Blackstone reporting for us tonight. John, thank you. The nfl commissioner reflects on his mistakes this season. And the first lady turns critic. Her review of american sniper when the cbs evening news continues. O worlds full of heroes and titans. For respawn, building the best Interactive Entertainment begins with the cloud. 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Arizona cardinals president will chair the nfl committee oversee it. Hes done the right thing here obviously acknowledged the way the ray rice matter was handled was not the right way. Reporter in this season of distractions, super bowl week is proving no different. Its been dominated by questions about whether the patriots broke nfl rules by intentionally deflating footballs in the a. F. C. Championship game. On tuesday, owner robert kraft said if the nfl doesnt find any wrongdoing i would expect and hope that the league would apologize to our entire team and in particular, coach belichick and tom brady for what they have had to endure this past week. Reporter today goodell was asked about krafts comments. My thoughts are this is my job. This is my responsibility to protect the integrity of the game. I represent 32 teams. All of us want to make sure that the rules are being followed. Reporter now despite all the intense criticism, the league is as popular as ever. 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If youve had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before your begin an aspirin regimen. Pelley well, get ready for this young folks, the older you get, the more time you spend looking for things that youve lost, some more valuable than others and some absolutely priceless. Heres Steve Hartman on the road. Reporter one of the residents of this Apartment Building in hillsboro, oregon is being robbed, slowly robbed, of her memories. It seems like a lot of my life is gone and i cant find it. Reporter 64yearold rose hill first noticed this about a year ago. I was rooting for them to find brain lesions. Reporter rooting for it. Yeah. Reporter why . I wanted to know what was causing it because if you know whats causing causing it maybe you can fix it or make it better or make it not hurt so bad. Reporter doctors still dont know if its dementia or what and while they have been searching for a cause rose has been praying to get back at least some of the pieces of her past, and thats why it felt like a miracle when some of those memories did resurface at this goodwill outlet, of all places. I knew they didnt belong here and i knew i had to find the opener of them and return them. Reporter sara redlich was going through the bins here when she saw something that stood out, more than hir hair, even. Beneath all these tired books and blank slates, she found a truly fascinating read love letters, all addressed to one rosyrose rosie hill. Rose has no idea how the letters ended up at goodwill. I didnt even know we had those. Reporter they were written in 1973 by her nowexhusband when he was in the vietnam war. But the fact that theyre divorced in no way diminishes the value these letters now hold for her. I remember. You smell the smells. Okay. You hear the sounds. You feel like you are back in time and place. I bought myself 200 worth of a camera. Okay, thats where the camera came from. Reporter most of the letters are just about ordinary life but rose says when you suffer from memory loss, any recollection feels like total joy. These letters may be 40 years old, but they couldnt have come at a better time. Hi reporter which is why rose is so grateful for sara. I wouldnt say she loves her like a daughter but she did mark her height on the kitchen wall, and they do plan to stay in touch which could make for some very fun new memories. Steve hartman, on the road, in hillsboro, oregon. Pelley and thats the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world im scott pelley. See you again on monday. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org questions over whether there were enough First Responders sent to that deadly annapolis mansion fire. Reporter its a multimillion dollar lawsuit, the family of the woman that died aboard the smoke filled metro train suing 0 matt arks the dollar amount and their heartbreak suing wmata, the dollar amount and their heartbreak coming up. And in the middle of patriots nation some fans have been told theres a very important legal reason they might not be able to watch the entire game. Good evening. Im jan jeffcoat. Im derek mcginty. Some very gusty winds are causing more problems than just bad hair days tonight. 40mile an hour winds whipping around the tourists at the monument and even brought down a few tree branches. Virginia power says a tree branch falling on power lines in springfield left about 500 people in the dark. They expect to get the lights back on there soon. Theyll need heat because the strong winds will make the air outside feel like its below 0 tonight. Chief meteorologist topper shutt is tracking where its going to be. We just saw some folks jogging around the mall. Tomorrow morning will be below 0. Our wind advisory continues for the entire area till midnight. Winds could gust Miles Per Hour. 38 mileperhour wind gust at leesburg at 7 00, 37 in manassas and a 41 mileperhour wind gust at national. So far weve had a 43 mileper hour wind gust at dulles today. Temperatures in the 20s across the board falling like a stone. 22 in hagerstown, 21 in cumberland, 27 leesburg and manassas. Factor in the winds it feel like 10 in gaithersburg feels like 10 in gaithersburg, leesburg an
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