largest and is warn they re ready to take action against anyone who violates the truce said to take evacuate on sunday. the promise comes as fighting in eastern ukraine intensifies. at least 25 people were killed today. ukrainian officials say that shelling in a key town in ukraine. we have more with the latest on the fate for debaltseve. they re in a support position for up to 8,000 ukrainian soldiers in the town of debaltseve. separatists say they have surrounded the town and it has become a major flash point. if the operatests take control of debaltseve, it would give them a direct route via railway into russia. there was very little on the road to debaltseve but heavy equipment and ambulances. artillery was firing nearby. everything is destroyed said this ambulance driver. hehe said there were dead bodies on the road. we re here at at an army checkpoint. there is heavy weaponry and heavy shelling. these soldiers are very nervous about us being here. they say they don
they are more malleable and more changeable it is. it makes you uneyes eyes in something like that. woodruff: and it s friday. mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the week s news. those are some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you re own chief life officer. supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the deep freeze of 2015 tightened its grip today across much of the eastern u.s. in the process, it left a legacy, inscribed in ice,
they are more malleable and more changeable it is. it makes you uneyes eyes in something like that. woodruff: and it s friday. mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the week s news. those are some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you re own chief life officer. supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the deep freeze of 2015 tightened its grip today across much of the eastern u.s. in the process, it left a legacy, inscribed in ice,
reporter: with a wind chill at minus 13 degrees, boston city workers and the national guard were digging out neighborhoods before the next major snowstorm. boston has already received more than 74 inches of snow over the last 30 days. mayor marty walsh: we re preparing for this weekend s snowstorm, so snow removal is our top priority in the city of boston right now. reporter: crews are hauling away 1500 truckloads of snow per day. four snow melters are working around the clock melting nearly 1,000 tons of snow an hour. the arctic blast is affecting an estimated 127 million people across 27 states and the district of columbia. it s chris from the meals program. reporter: chris muhammad and his team deliver meals to more than 900 people each week. in 20 years he s never missed a delivery, no matter the weather. there are challenges all the way around. i ve never seen this much snow on the ground. a route that would ordinarily take five to six hours will probably tak
reporter: now, 300 homes are without gas and electricity, and power employees as you can see are working to restore it the right now. they tell me it is unlikely that everybody will have lights and heat by the time the day is over. the that is why they have opened up a shelter, as well as established a hot line for customers, affected by this explosion. we have got all that information on our web site at cbs philly.com. live from stafford township ocean county i m charlotte huffman for cbs-3 eyewitness news . absolutely incredible scene there. lets look closely at where all this happened, with the miracle of google earth we are able to show you the the house itself in happier times. this is the home, a small modest, brown home at 59 oak avenue in stafford township. then as we go to our map we re able to show you the exact area where all this happened. here is the home itself. here is the home that had the shed destroyed. you can see the shed in this picture on our map. l