This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. They activated iceforce level one in dallas today, which launched a fleet of trucks to sand slippery roads. In this winter of strange and severe weather, even Central Texas got a rare snowfall. More than half a million homes and businesses are still without power in the northeast. The average low temperature in the continental u. S. Today was 11 degrees, the lowest of the season. And in the west, there is a hopeful sign of a possible break in the historic drought. We have a series of reports on the severe weather, and first were going to go to chip reid in pennsylvania where many folks are spending another night in the dark. Chip. It is ice, hard, heavy ice. And that hard, heavy i reporter they certainly are, scott. And heres what caused a lot of this problem. This may look like snow, but its really not. It is ice, hard, heavy ice. And that hard, heavy ice stuck to the branches of trees, even big, healthy ones like this one, and brought them down, and when the trees came down, so did the power lines. In southeastern pennsylvania, thousands of power crews, some from as far away as arkansas, are working around the clock to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes. Clarence and rosalyn watts of abington have been without power for two days. They are heading out of town to stay with friend. The hardest part of it is the cold, because it penetrates your bones. And you feel it from top to bottom. Its colder in here than outside. Reporter pennsylvania governor tom corbett. This storm is, in some respects, as bad or maybe even worse than Hurricane Sandy because with Hurricane Sandy it was during the summertime. The weather was warmer. The workers werent dealing with ice and snow. Reporter at nearby Villanova University classes were canceled. Were canceled and some dorms were ice cold. Freshman robert hart. The worst part of it was . Definitely the freezing showers. It was the coldest shower i ever had. It was awful. Reporter and there is a warning tonight, scott, from health officials. They are urging people not to take gas grills or generators inside their homes because two dozen people have already been taken to the hospital with Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Pelley and freezing Weather Forecast for the weekend in the northeast and midatlantic. Chip, thank you very much. Anna werner followed the snow deep into the heart of texas. Reporter just an inch or so of snow fell in dallas, but it was enough to snarl the morning commute and cause more than 500 accidents. 70 trucks putting down a mixture of sand and salt struggled to keep roads free from ice. Shalam hassan lives in the suburb of irving. It is pretty bad. I mean, this is texas and were not supposed to have cold weather this long, and this cold. Reporter even houston saw a dusting of snow and sleet, and san antonio got these little snow pellets called graupel, forecasters tell us theyre particles of snow that become encased in ice as they fall through the atmosphere. This latest wintry blast in texas has the states largest power provider urging residents to reduce their electricity use through noon tomorrow. Scott, freeze warnings have been posted for towns along the states border with mexico. Pelley and they got five inches in the panhandle. Anna, thank you very much. There was a small break today in californias record drought. The red on this map shows where drought is extreme, and the darkest area is even worse. They call that exceptional. John blackstone is in san francisco. Reporter for the first time reporter for the first time in months, people in san francisco, needed their umbrellas. The rain caused problems during the morning commute for drivers unaccustomed to wet roads. At pebble beach, the annual pro am Golf Tournament was suspend because of rain. Is the drought over . The drought is probably not over but it does look like a break. Reporter meteorology Professor John monteverdi find encouragement in the longterm forecast for next winter, the possible return of el nino. Models developed by predict a models developed by the scrips institution of oceanography predict add growing pool of warm water in the pacific ocean. That creates the el nino weather pattern that often means a wetterthannormal california winter. But not always. Theres no absolute way theres no absolute way of saying, yes, were going to have el nino and, second, that means a lot of precipitation on the west coast. Reporter the nearterm forecast is more certain, a lot of rain heading to Northern California this weekend. The description of this is an atmospheric river. It looks a narrow tongue of water that sort of resembles an ocean current as it comes to the coast. Reporter the governments Climate Prediction Center estimates theres a 49 chance of el nino developing later this year. Thats a higher probability than normal, scott. But far from certain. Pelley all the latest on the weather on cbs this morning tomorrow. John, thanks very much. The cold weather in mauveoftherest of the country has caused a shortage of natural gas for power plant in southern california. Today, the operator of californias power grid asked customers to cut back on their use of electricity. And natural gas. Today, the t. S. A. Banned all liquids, gels, and powders from carryon luggage on flights leaving the u. S. For russia and the winter olympics. Bob orr has been talking to his sources today about the possible threat of terrorism there. Reporter the t. S. A. Ban you mentioned on all carryon liquids and gels, only affects a hand full of flights leave every day for russia but it underscores the larger concern behind the new terror alert. The u. S. Government wednesday warned Airlines Worldwide that terrorists may attempt to smuggle explosives hidden inside tubes of toothpaste. Foreign Intelligence Services traced chatter about the threat to the same caucususbased terror group that has vowed to attack the sochi olympics. The potential attack, which some analysts say is unlikely, would involve terrorists sneaking explosives and other bomb parts past security and then assembling explosive devices while on board. Its not clear the terror group has the expertise to do that, but in 2004, russianbased terrorists did use female suicide bombers to take down two passenger planes. Police in france and austria picked up a small number of chechen women with ties to that terror group but source tell us theres no hard evidence yet connecting them to any plot, scott. Pelley bob, thanks very much. Its just one day now before opening ceremonies. The olympic torch was carried through sochi today by among others, ban kimoon, the u. N. Secretary general. Earlier ban told olympic officials games cannot allow any form of gender discrimination. He was referring to a russian law that restricts gay rights. There was a surprise in washington today that may mean the end of Immigration Reform. Surprising, because last week, both parties were optimistic that the one thing that would pass this year would be enhancements to Border Security and a plan for 11 million illegal residents to work toward legal status. Republican House Speaker john boehner was among those most encouraged until today. Heres nancy cordes. For reform fails, it will be the president s fault. Listen, theres widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws, and its going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes. Reporter it was a surprising aboutface for the republican leadership. Just last week, house budget care, paul ryan, told scott pelley that Immigration Reform was one of the partys top priorities. Pelley what about Immigration Reform . Any hope for that . I think there is hope for that. We intend to take the issue up here in the house. Reporter but that was before a threeday republican retreat in maryland where house members were luke warm about boehners proposal to give the nations 11 million undocumented workers the chance to gain legal status. New york Democrat Chuck schumer, whose bipartisan reform bill passed the senate seven months ago, said hes still optimistic the house will act. I would urge Speaker Boehner to keep working at it, to figure out it doesnt have to be exactly the way we did it, but to keep moving forward. Reporter but boehner acknowledged his caucus has been divided lately, and not just on immigration. You know, Mother Teresa is a saint now, but, you know, if the congress wanted to make her a saint and attach that to the debt ceiling, we probably couldnt get 218 republican votes. laughter reporter there are a lot of republicans who just think the timing is wrong. They think that this issue will be a loser for them and divide the party in an election year, and that it will overshadow their merge on obamacare which they think will be a political winner for them, scott. Pelley nancy cordes covering capitol hill. Nancy, thank you very much. The removal of its chemical weapons. Syria missed a deadline yesterday and has turned over less than 5 of its most dangerous chemicals. Last summer, the regime promised to give up the weapons to avoid a u. S. Military strike after it attacked civilians with poison gas in two towns near damascus. 1400 civilian were killed. There were survivors, and Margaret Brennan met one of them in washington. So we started feeling dizzy. Heba sewan is lucky to be alive. When a rocket filled with serran gas landed in her neighborhood, the wind carried most of the poison gas away from her apartment. Do you still feel the effects of the chemicals . Physically, no. But mentally and psychologically, yes. Reporter she rushed to a nearby field hospital. Crowded with people on the floor, people trying to help, shouting, people running back and forth, and it was like i cant describe it. Its horror. Their bodies start to make, like, something came out from their noses, from their ears. Its like blood was i dont know. And then we have to bury them all. Reporter the fumes left her temporarily blind. I couldnt see for a week, and i was like traumatized. I remember i wake up i sleep and wake up, sleep and wake up and ask how those people died. Reporter hebas fiance was killed by regime sniper on their wedding day. Her father was arrested by assads army over two years ago. Her 17yearold brother remains trapped in syria. What is it that the u. S. Can do . What kind of help do you need . We need justice. Reporter heba wants the world to know that the suffering continues in her home town. She believes she survived that chemical attack in order to tell her story. And, scott, the westernbacked Syrian Opposition paid her way here to the u. S. So that she can. Pelley that civil war in its third year. Margaret, thanks very much. In a moment, well have a few words about what made twitter stock drop like a rock. Theres a new warning just for women about strokes. And a filched fiddle is found, a 5 million fiddle when the cbs evening news continues. Honestly . My kids were always on my laptop. I didnt think i could buy them their own, let alone for under 300. But this asus with windows is lightweight and has everything they need not like chromebooks that cant install office or have to be connected to the internet to get much done. 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Reporter for both sexes, risk factors include age, high Blood Pressure, smoking and high cholesterol. Todays report outlined the unique risks women have, including gestational diabetes, use of Birth Control pills, especially for those who smoke, are hypertensive or have clotting problems. And high Blood Pressure during pregnancy, which can lead to a condition called preeclampsia. Women with a history of pre eclampsia have an increased risk for stroke even 30 years later and should be closely monitored. Other factors that impact women more than men include an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, and severe headaches called migraines with aura. Oconnor had a history of severe migraines. I just figured my migraine were because like they told me years ago, it was the hormones. So i didnt and i never would have equated it with a stroke, never. 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S. 50 years ago tomorrow. Ringo took Anthony Mason on a magical history tour. Reporter ed sullivan first noticed the beatles when he saw a crowd of teenagers awaiting them at Londons Heathrow airport. And he said, book those boys. He didnt know anything about us and we certainly didnt know him. Reporter sullivan would bring john, paul, george, and ringo starr to america. One psychiatrist said youre nothing but four elvis presleys. Its not true its not true. laughter . Ladies and gentlemen. Reporter an introduction. screaming reporter that for ringo, the beatles and this country changed everything. Well she was just 17. It was like one of those magic moments. We land and it was all perfect. We were number one, and the kids loved us, and we loved the idea of being in america. Id never been to america. Well i say that something, i want to hold your hand reporter i want to hold your hand would spend seven weeks at number one. Only a few months earlier, the band had been unknown here. You werent really sure how you were going to be received in america. No, we felt very insecure because in the summer, george came to america, george harrison, and he was going into record shops going, have you got the beatles records . And they were saying no. And when he came back, he says oh, its going to be tough, you know, they dont know us over there. The beatles are great reporter but when beatelmania ignited in america, the sound was deafening. screaming . How do you play over that . You just play, and as you know, later on, we didnt play because we we just couldnt get over it. You know, we were in stadiums now, and they were really loud. But that was part of the beatles and the audience. That was just how it was. Reporter how it was a half century ago. Ringo and paul mccartney, the two surviving beatles, rarely play together. But they reunited for a concert to be broadcast on cbs this sunday to mark those 50 years. It does mean a lot that were still out there doing what we love to do, and thats play, and it gives me the opportunity to play with paul. There are places i remember reporter who knew 50 years ago how much it would mean just to see two beatles come together to again. Some have gone and some remain. Anthony mason. Cbs news. Cbs news, los angeles. Cut pelley you can see ringo and paul together again on that special that anthony mentioned. The beatles, the night that changed america, a grammy salute. Thats this sunday night at 8 00, 7 00 central, right here on cbs. And thats the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org mrs. Linda Marie Macdonald is your realtime captioner. Smacked by storm one as the second more powerful system makes a beeline for the bay area. And tonight, we are bracing for possible floods. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. Well have more on those storms in just a minute but first, a story that youll only see on kpix 5. Covered california is shutting down a major portion of its website following our investigation of doctor shortages. Julie watts has been on this story and is here with the exclusive. Julie. Reporter we got word late this afternoon that covered california is shutting down a key part of the website because there are way too many mistakes about which doctors are accepting covered california patients. You would think that once you have the insurance that all you needed to do was find a list of doctors that accepted the plan. Came to the realization a week later that not enough regular doctors are available. Reporter these are two who signed up for Obama Administration and discovered the doctors originally advertised as in network werent actually accepting their insurance. This is something that the consumer is going to have to work out with the health carrier. Reporter earlier this week covered california told us talk to the insurers about the inaccuracies on its website. Let me stop you. He did that anwe did that and anthem said oops, sorry, our bad they werent ever contracted with us on the covered california plan. Isnt it covered californias responsibility to ensure that your insurers are actually presenting Accurate Information on the covered california website . It really is not feasible for covered california or any entity for that matter to go through and check thousands upon thousands of doctors to make sure the information that they are providing is indeed accurate. Reporter but we checked a few
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