today. right now the storm is over pennsylvania. torrential rain and in some places, blizzard conditions. here is the big picture as best we know it. 67 in the caribbean. close to 8 million customers in 15 states and the district of columbia have no electricity. spent last night in red cross operated shelters. this may be the worst storm ever to hit new york city. one of the biggest challenges is where the massive subway system is shut down, tunnels and stations are filled with high water. no idea when the trains will be running again. this is a difficult situation. take a look at laguardia airport. the runways are submerged and levels were so high they reached the jet lanes where people usually walk on to the planes. an entire neighborhood is destroyed by fire. at least 80 homes burned to the ground in the new york burro of queens. this is an awful image. people are going through hell right now. tell us about it. you know, they really are. about 80 homes, the fire offi
near the cambodian capital. on the top of the world. cbs news remembers lempdgendary reporter bob simon. during the beginning of the first gulf war bob and his cbs crew were captured for 40 days in iraqi prisons. i thank god that the four of us are alive. reporter: republicans and democrats are not seeing eye to eye as the u.s. appears headed towards stepped up action against isis. isil is going to lose. a cease-fire deal reached according to president putin to put an end to the fighting in eastern ukraine. three winning tickets in powerball sold in north carolina, portuerto rico and texas. the lucky winners split $564 million. and a chase in dallas. that ended when the drive irplowed into two vehicles. people dragged the suspect out of the car. my mom taking down a high-speed chase guy. the fbi joining in the investigation into the fatal shooting of three muslim sunts students in chapel him, north carolina. a potential blizzard. places absolutel
on top of the world. cbs news remembers legendary correspondent bob simon. a gifted writer from the most dangerous places on erts. during coverage of the war bob and others were captured. i thank god that the four of us are alive. republicans and democrats do not see eye to eye. isil is on the defensive, and isil is going to lose. a deal has been reached according to president putin to put an end to the fighting in eastern ukraine. three winning tickets in powerball. the lucky winners will collect $564 million. chasing dallas and when the driver plowed into two vehicles people dragged the suspect out of the car. seeing my mom take down the guy. the fatal shooting of three muslim stew dentss in chapel hill, north carolina. places that are buried could see another half foot of snow. all that. tiger woods. you need to do some soul searching. and all that matters. i heard the guy takes it over hands it over to his guy, deflates it, and then h
a better idea of what s been lost. there was a car wreck in manhattan last night nothing remarkable, except the one person killed was bob simon. simon was in his 19th season on 60 minutes , and before that he d spent nearly 30 years on this program. he was among the most courageous and gifted reporters of our time, and he reminded us how good journalism can be. reporter: i m from bronx. and in fact it took a long time before cbs would put me on the air because i had such a thick bronx accent. we re going to pick up an american. american. pelley: the voice would become unmistakable, the perspective indispensable. reporter: they don t know how many communists they re up against. they do know the enemy bunkers are less than 30 feet away. pelley: bob simon hurryied to southeast asia in 1971 because as he put it, history was being made. reporter: civilian casualties were not announced bus it was another case of destroying a village in order to save it. pelley: once
port-au-prince. on top of the world. cbs news remembers legendary correspondent bob simon. a gifted writer from the most dangerous places on erts. during coverage of the war bob and others were captured. i thank god that the four of us are alive. republicans and democrats do not see eye to eye. isil is on the defensive, and isil is going to lose. a deal has been reached according to president putin to put an end to the fighting in eastern ukraine. three winningic tkets in powerball. the lucky winners will collect $564 million. chasing dallas and when the driver plowed into two veeshicl people dragged the suspect out of the car. seeing my mom take down the guy. the fatal shooting of three muslim stew dentss in chapel hill, north carolina. places that are buried could see another half foot of snow. all that. tiger woods. you need to do some soul searching. and all that matters. i heard the guy takes it over hands it over to his guy, defla