weeks, but even before this so many of these small business owners reweac fing an extremely tight labor shortage that has now been made so much worse. jose gadi schwartz in los angeles. thank you. turning now to a deadly winter storm sweeping the nation. 57 million under alerts for snow, floods and dangerously cold temperatures. kathy park now on how its impacting travel and if there s any relief in sight. severe weather crippling the country from coast to coast. this is just terrible in the pacific northwest record rain and snow melt turned roads into rivers. the rising water swallowing homes and stranding drivers who needed to be rescued extreme flooding in western washington shut down a 20-mile stretch of i-5 in seattle, a landslide pushed a home off its foundation with a man still inside two hours outside the city 72-year-old delbert pratt drowned while moving his car