with scott pelley. axelrod: good evening. scott s off tonight. i m jim axelrod. the deadly storm system that claimed 56 lives as it swept through the south and midwest is now dumping snow on northern new england. half a foot has fallen in maine. it s also producing historic flooding in missouri, where they re filling and stacking sandbags to hold back the surging mississippi river. bad weather is blamed for more than tin,000 flight delays in the past few days, and more than 4,000 cancellations. we have a team of correspondents deployed, beginning with adriana diaz at chicago s o hare airport. adriana. appropriate jim, all day long, we ve seen lines stretch across the length of the terminal as passengers try to get through security and to their gates, but many flights were canceled or delayed. crowded chaos took over the terminals here. check-in lines, six rows deep. security checkpoints, packed with passengers, running out of patience. i don t even know what to think. i m
it s reported that the u.s. government on israeli, it also swept up private conversations of u.s. lawmakers. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. the potential for historic flooding in the midwest threatens to swamp hundreds of homes and it stems from the massive storm system that killed at least 56 people as it moved across the united states. days of downpours in the midwest have caused rivers to swell. flooding threatens about 18 million americans. it is blamed for at least 13 deaths in missouri alone. rivers, including the mississippi, could reach historic levels in the next couple of days. don champion is in new york. don, good morning. reporter: good morning. right now, officials are monitoring 19 levees that are considered vulnerable. the floods have already shut down highways and led to missouri is in the midst of a very historic and dangerous flooding event. reporter: missou
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midwest is now dumping snow on northern new engnd. half a foot has fallen in maine. it s also producing hick flooding in missouri where they re filling and stacking sandbags to hold back the surging mississippi river. bad weather is blamed for more than 10,000 flight delays over two days and more than 4,000 cancellations. we have a team of correspondents deployed beginning with adriana diaz at chicago s o hare airport. adriana? reporter: all day long, we ve seen lines stretch across the length of the term naal as passengers try to get through security to their gates. many flights werer canceled or delays. crowded chaos took over the terminals here. check-in lines six rose deep. security checkpoints packed with passengers running outf patient. i don t even know what to think. reporter: 800 flights were canceled or delayed by late this afternoon on top of a nearly 1400 canceled yesterday. with an estimated 80,000 t ting through o hare today, emotions were high. i want t