I truly believe they saved my dads life. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor this is our western edition; good evening. Were going to begin tonight with this storm that is sweeping up the northeast coast, the second in less than a week. More than 50 Million People are again dealing with a dangerous mix of wind, rain, and heavy snow. What is different and especially dangerous about this storm is the lightning. More than halfamillion homes and businesses are without power tonight. When the day began, 120,000 were still in the dark from fridays storm. Thousands of flights have been canceled. Amtrak is running fewer trains s ong the busy corridor from washington to boston. Kris van cleave is in central park here in new york tonight, where the snow is still piling n. Fis . Reporter jeff, the northeast was still recovering from last weeks storm, and this wet, heavy snow isnt helping. Its knocking out power, its snarling traffic, and its stopping trains. Wet, heavy snow created white out conditions for drivers in fishkill, new york. One to three inches of snow fell per hour. Snowplows tried to keep up, but owey were no match as over a foot of snow fell on parts of new york and across pennsylvania. Hazardous conditions along interstate 80 in pennsylvania caused multiple car wrecks. Several tractortrailers slid off the highway and several people were hurt. At Philadelphia International airport, the storm temporarily halted Flight Operations as crews worked to clear runways. In the new york city area, residents not only got heavy snow, but also experienced thunder snow, which made usually unimpressed new yorkers take notice. R whoa. Reporter this is the second noreaster to slam the area in less than a week. Rollions of people from new york to maine are still in its path. Utility crews in new jersey have been working 16hour shifts since monday to restore power. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy again, folks are frustrated enough. Count me among them. We got to do a postmortem and figure out how we can still have 20odd thousand outages. Reporter in scarsdale, new york, myrna manner is going on her sixth day without loectricity. She lost power during fridays storm. Food spoiled and had to be thrown away. Its been a complete and total disaster. Reporter when the snow stops, parts of new york city inuld see nearly a foot of snow. Schools in many places will be closed, and those power crews will be working to get the atghts back on, contending with not only cold temperatures but ffsting winds. R ff . Glor kris van cleave leading us off tonight. Kris, thank you very much. Along the coast, the major s reat again is flooding. Ssmarco morgan is in duxbury, massachusetts, which is still drying out from the last storm. Demarco, how is it looking tonight . Reporter jeff, good evening. This entire block here is underwater. It has been raining nonstop for the past couple of hours, and officials here believe the flooding will only get worse. The ocean engulfed dozens of homes in duxbury, massachusetts. Wnoreaster that blasted through last week battered and broke open two sections of this 65yearold seawall, leaving some areas under four feet of water. Fire chief kevin nord is worried about more flooding with the high tide. Chief, whats your biggest fear . Losing this for the town, and to lose this and compromise this whole area here would change really the landscape, you know. Urmediately, though, its always the residents and making sure we protect their homes. Reporter take a look at this huge, gaping hole right here. E w these stones and massive rocks have been placed here as the last line of defense to save homes like this one and many others in this area. Yesterday, the Duxbury Fire Department went door to door, advising residents to evacuate. Tim spellman didnt need to be told twice. So youre about to get out of rige, you and your family . Right now, exactly. Were leaving right now, as soon as we finish. The water will come over the road, and we wont be able to get out of here. For the First Time Since ive been here since 1989, ive seen the wall even move, never mind crack or fall into the ocean. Reporter and that concerns you . Very concerned. If i lose that seawall, ill probably lose my house to the ocean. Reporter the Duxbury Fire Department just informed us another chunk of the seawall just broke off, and this is raising even more concern tonight. Orff . Glor demarco morgan, tenuous situation there along the coast. The storm is expected to move out overnight. Philadelphia, new york, and boston will end up with around a half a foot of slushy snow. Inland areas in Higher Elevations could get as much as two feet from this storm. And more snow could be on the horizon for next week, the last full week of winter. The legal battle between the r esident and a former adult film star escalated today. Tae has filed a lawsuit seeking permission to talk about an alleged affair with mr. Trump. His Legal Team Denies the affair and says she needs to follow a nondisclosure agreement. Our chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford has more on this. Jan . Reporter well, jeff, the president s personal lawyer rstually tried to head off this lawsuit and keep ms. Daniels from talking. He got a temporary restraining order last week through private arbitration that he says, amongst other things, blocked her from filing it. The white house says that proves the president has prevailed. But her lawyer told cbs news moments ago that those claims are ludicrous. Heen allegations of an affair a decade ago between the president and the former porn star became news earlier this year did you have a sexual elsationship with donald trump . Reporter Stormy Daniels went on latenight television and said her lips were sealed. Do you have a nondisclosure agreement . Do i . Reporter daniels now wants to talk. The lawsuit, that hush agreement is not binding, because mr. Trump never signed it. Daniels alleges she started an intimate relationship with mr. Trump in the summer of 2006 that continued well into 2007. That would have been shortly elanr his wife melania gave birth to their son. Flash forward nine years. Dss than two weeks before the 2016 election, daniels signed a nondisclosure agreement, under nge pseudonym peggy peterson, taking 130,000 in exchange for her silence. Ne. Trumps personal Attorney Michael Cohen also signed the agreement. The lawsuit says mr. Trump, using the alias david dennison, left his signature line blank. For man who likes his name on all his properties, as a ussinessman mr. Trump reportedly used pseudonyms to talk to the media or defend his real estate dealings. After the story broke, cohen said publicly that mr. Trump didnt know about the agreement and that he made the payment on his own. I think it is completely uncredible. Ie reporter on cbs this enrning, daniels lawyer Michael Avenatti scoffed. You have to conclude that mr. Cohen was operating on his own, mr. Trump knew nothing about it, and, in fact, the drafted agreement had a place for mr. Mump to sign, multiple places. Reporter cbs news legal analyst Rikki Klieman says its not whether mr. Trump knew about the agreement and failed to sign it. Tellkey issue of whether daniels can tell all is that cohen broke the secrecy. It sounds like youre saying thats a pretty good argument. T i think the best argument is that Michael Cohen talked about it, and that therefore the door is open. Glor so if attorney cohen compromised the agreement by talking, why cant daniels talk, too, why then does she need the file this lawsuit . Reporter well, heres the thing. There is a clause that she would she saidpay 1 million in damages to a person she said is donald trump every time she talks. So i mean, it would at least be in her interest to try to get i moval from a judge before she says anything. Jeff . Glor chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford. Jan, thanks very much. The Trump Administrations feud with california intensified today when the Justice Department sued the state over das sanctuary laws that protect y lacumented immigrants. Ig of the nations undocumented population lives in california. John blackstone tonight has more on this. California, we have a soblem. Reporter attorney general Jeff Sessions traveled to the heart of the resistance. What do we do . Stand up, fight back. Reporter . Telling california to back off on immigration. California is using every power it has, powers it doesnt have, to frustrate federal Law Enforcement. Reporter while attorney general sessions was inside complaining about california rnstructing justice, these protesters were outside obstructing traffic. And this protest also attracted time counterdemonstrators wearing make America Great again caps. California governor jerry brown quickly answered the challenge. Iu described this in terms of war with the federal government today. Weve never had washington come to california and sue the state and make up lies. Reporter the Justice Departments lawsuit attempts to block three state laws. One restricts police from tipping off immigration agents about someones legal status. Another prevents ice from r pring detainees in local jails, and a third requires private employers to give notice before cooperating with ice. A flash point for sessions was oakland mayor libby schaaf tipping off her city about recent immigration raids. I believe that i was absolutely within my rights to share information. So, heres my message to mayor schaaf how dare you. How dare you needlessly endanger rae lives of our Law Enforcement officers to promote a radical, openborders agenda. Is theyre talking about going to the supreme court. This lawsuit will last a lot longer than the trump ticenistration. Glor john, the Justice Department believes it will eventually win this battle in the u. S. Supreme court. How is california now defending itself . Reporter well, officials here suggested today that they will argue states rights. Theyll argue that under the 10th amendment they dont have to, its not their job to enforce federal immigration laws. Jeff . Glor all right, John Blackstone in sacramento, thank you. There was a Deadly School shooting in alabama today. The Police Say Two students were shot during dismissal at Huffman High School in birmingham. One, a 17yearold girl, later died. The other is in critical condition. The police say the shooting may have been accidental. Tomorrow the president will formalize his plan for a 25 tariff on imported steel and 10 on aluminum. The administration suggested today there may be some exemptions for u. S. Allies, including canada and mexico. Nancy cordes is following this story tonight. Nancy . Reporter jeff, Congressional Republicans are making a last ditch attempt tonight to change sse president s mind on this issue ahead of that announcement tomorrow. 107 of them have just sent him a letter expressing deep concern dbout the prospect of broad global tariffs on aluminum and steel, and warning that the move will make u. S. Businesses less competitive and u. S. Consumers poorer. Republican leaders from the speaker on down have been ysrning the president for days that the kind of acrossthe board tariffs that hes been talking about could spark a trade war. In fact, just today, e. U. Officials announced that they might retaliate with penalties on u. S. Products ranging from cranberries to Peanut Butter to orange juice. Anpublicans are urging the president at the very least to make these tariffs more narrowly targeted at countries like china, and it appears that the white house is listening, because today for the first time, jeff, they said that countries like mexico and canada, u. S. Allies essentially, might be exempt. Ll rigr all right, nancy cordes on capitol hill. The president did narrowly win the battleground state of pennsylvania in 2016, partly on his promise to revive the steel industry. Michelle miller went to steel country to get tariff plan reaction. Reporter wheatland, mnnsylvania, is home to one of the largest steel pipe makers in s rth america. His inan industries has more than a dozen plants like this in the u. S. He in this facility, theres 275 people that work here. Reporter c. E. O. Barry zekelman told us he expects to add hundreds of jobs in wheatland alone, and pick up toduction, if trumps 25 tariff on foreign steel becomes reality. Steel is the backbone, and we can be the backbone again. What we could do is employ a lot dore people. We could be proud to walk through these plants, that are hatting idle right now. Hows it running today . Reporter hes so fired up about the president s trade plan, hes pledged to give 1,000 to each of his 2,000 employees every year the tariff stands. I believe it means job security. Reporter thats a welcome surprise for karen yanak, who is a machine operator. I truly believe that were going to get a lot of the domestic business back. Reporter but some workers, like nikki jagers, are more cautious. It gave me hope for us, but what about the other industries . Reporter youre worried about a trade war . Yes. Reporter five hours away in allentown, an american Architectural Metal manufacturing where they make roof parts, georgia tia is worried about something else. Your fear is . Possibly a slowdown in work and orders because of price increases. Reporter with less than a dozen employees, lowpriced steel boosts his companys bottom line. The start to 2018 has been his esst on record. Sales are up 20 . He says tariffs would force him to pass on higher prices to his customers. The prices are going to go up. Were the ones that have to pay for it, the manufacturers and the end users. Every day for a small business, we fight for our lives. This is just one more thing thats going to make us have to go out and fight. Reporter now, george tia, who you just saw there, is one of the 6. 5 million workers who depend on industries that buy steel. The number of workers who actually make steel, jeff, roughly 140,000. Glor Michelle Miller just back from steel country. Michelle, thank you very much. Aming up next on the cbs d . Ening news, who could be behind the poisoning of a former russian spy living in england . And, later. laughter glor . Very strange voices on some of amazons alexa devices. Tell your doctor what youve tried, and how long youve been at it. Linzess works differently from laxatives. Linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. It can help relieve your belly pain and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements that are easier to pass. Do not give linzess to children less than six and it should not be given to children six to less than eighteen. It may harm them. Dont take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. Get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe stomach pain, especially with bloody or black stools. The most common side effect is diarrhea, sometimes severe. If its severe, stop taking linzess and call your doctor right away. 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G in summary, this is being treated as a Major Incident involving attempted murder by administration of a nerve agent. Reporter attempted murder, because the victim, Sergei Scripal, a former Russian Military officer, and his daughter yulia, are still clinging to life after they hillapsed in this park in salisbury on sunday. One of the Police Officers who helped them is also in serious condition. Heres scripal two weeks before the attack, buying groceries. He had done jail time in russia for spying in the 1990s, but he came to britain as part of a Prisoner Exchange negotiated with moscow in 2010. Tlis modest brick house is where Sergei Scripal settled when he came to the u. K. And he wasnt living like a man who was afraid for his life. He act, he was publicly listed at this address under his own name. Ck wa soft target, who suffered ge outrageous attack with a lethal banned chemical agent. Ree most common are sarin and v. X. , but they are very difficult to get hold of and pest as difficult to use. Glor liz, theres obviously been a lot of speculation that the russian state may be behind absolbut are there other possibilities . Ks reporter absolutely. Russian organized crime networks, for example, or even agents, russian agents, that gcripal may have outted during his time as a spy, who are now looking for revenge. Glor liz palmer, thank you very much. When we come back here tonight, great story. , eers in the halls of Stoneman Douglas high, thanks to a surprise guest. In just two weeks ill take that. Yeeeeeah ensure high protein. With 16 grams of protein and 4 grams of sugar. Ensure. Always be you. But