er storm sandy victims bablgths snow and bitter cold. >> these people are living on their second floors, have no first floor vno means of cooking. some don't have any heat. and the ones that have heat is going right through the walls. >> reporter: the blustery mix of snow and ice made driving conditions treacherous across the northeast midwest and south. in knox county, tennessee this fire truck skidded off the road crushing troomer slaying in his vehicle. slagl suffered a heart attack and slid off the road. a fire truck coming to his aid skidded in the same place. slagl died. in lexington, ken tuck eblack ice and slippery roads caused another fire truck to flip on its side. it's been a week of arctic air that has left much of the nation in an icy grip. in vermont, 20 degrees below zero. and in minnesota some parts of the state dropped to 30 below.

in new york city, temperatures remain below freezing all week. >> cold weather right now how serious is this? >> so, you know, it's pretty serious. >> reporter: dr. jeffrey rabrich is the medical director of emergency medicine at st. luke's hospital. >> you can get confusion dizzence, people can pass out. your heart could even stop if your temperature gets low enough. >> reporter: donna graziano says the dangerously cold weather won't stop her from making sure sandy victims have hot meals and a place to get warm. >> it's a place for the residents to come, sit down like a human being and eat. >> reporter: another major ice storm will bring snow sleet and freezing rain to the midwest tonight before moving to the mid-atlantic and northeast. forecasters, warn there could be widespread power outages and icy roads. jim. >> axelrod: now to the cost of the flu epidemic that's gripped the country. so far this year, insurance companies have paid out at least $100 million more than last year to cover doctor and hospital visits.

the c.d.c. reports the number of the cases is starting to ease in most parts of the country but remain widespread in 47 states. dr. jon lapook now reports on the trouble in texas. >> reporter: in tarrant county texas flu cases have nearly tripled since the beginning of december. four more ambulances have been added to mobile medstar's fleet in fort worth. spokesman matt zavadasky said emergency calls are up 15% since last year. >> we're at our daily average and we still have eight hours of our busiest time frame to go for today. >> reporter: an ambulance headed to the home of a woman with kidney problems and diabetes. she called 911 after feeling ill for a couple of days. >> we have an elderly patient who has preexisting medical conditions. they get flu-like symptoms. it gets exacerbated because of their underlying medical conditions to the point they have to call 911 and go to the emergency room for treatment. >> reporter: some star medstar

ambulances double as waiting rooms when area hospitals become overcrowded. the c.d.c. said elderly make up half of all hospitalizations. in winsor senior living the focus is on prevention. staff members respond quickly if a resident shows flu-like sympts on. >> if they don't feel good or act like they're feeling good, then they'll cent them back. >> reporter: two years ago the building was quarantined during a flu outbreak. clinical director carmelita dolores does not want a repeat of that misery. >> there's no life walking in the hall baips they're not even allowed to go and check their mailboxes except one by one. >> reporter: the cdc has issued a reminder to nursing homes on the steps needed to prevent an outbreak at their facility. health care workers should make sure all residents and staff get vaccinated and promptly treat any resident who shows signs of the flu. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: a group of hackers successfully targeted the computer systemave federal

agency today. they called it "operation last resort," and this cyberattack was an exercise in revenge. >> reporter: the shadowy group calling itself anonymous took over the web site of a u.s. sentencing commission, a government agency that advises federal courts. the so-called hack vifts replaced the official text way message that said a line was crossed when internet prodigy aaron swartz killed himself this month. the 26-year-old was facing federal charges for using a computer network at m.i.t. to download millions of research articles. his family and friends say he was driven to suicide by aggressive prosecutors. on youtube anonymous explained its attack. >> with aaron's death, we can wait no longer. the times what come to show the united states department of justice and its affiliates the true meaning of infiltration. >> reporter: the group also claims to have downloaded

encrypted government files threatening to release them unless there's extensive legal reform. it's hardly the first cause taken up by anonymous. the group has disrupted computer networks of visa, mastercard, and paypal for hampering the work of julian assange and wick likes. anonymous recently leaked evidence related to a rape case in steubenville, ohio. the f.b.i. has launched a criminal consideration into this attack saying it's always concerned when someone illegally accesses a government agency's network. the sentencing commission web site is back but not working perfectly. and there's a warning from anonymous that the attacks are not over. the group claims there will be change or there will be chaos. jim. >> axelrod: dan, thank you. senator tom harkin of iowa announced today he will not be seeking eye sixth term next year. the 73-year-old democrat is the third senator in the last two weeks to announce he won't be running again. joining democrat jay rockefeller of west virginia and republican

saxby chambliss of georgia. the republican nominee for vice president in the last election had some advice for his party today. paul ryan urged a gathering of conservatives in washington, d.c. to stick together and be careful to pick the right fights with president obama. >> we can't get rattled. we won't play the villain in his morality plays. we have to stay united. we have to show that if given the chance, we can govern. >> axelrod: moving overseas now to egypt where violence has claimed dozens of lives. in said at least 30 people were killed protesting a judge a decision to hand out death sentences to those convicted in a so riot last year. in cairo nine are dead after opponents of president mohammed morsi battled police for a second straight day. in the battle for mali, french forces and their local allies claim to have regained control of the airport and bridge in the negotiate city of gao.

refugees from the north are moving south often bunking in with relatives. elizabeth palmer reports from segou. >> reporter: we found the maiga clan, four families jammed in together in in one brother's house. the extremists who took over their town made life impossible for women fatima tells me. "we couldn't go out by ourselves," she says. and demonstrates how even way man to accompany them, women had to cover up or face arrest. the maiga family has its hopes pinned on the french army, which along with the mali military is pushing north to drive the extremists out. we asked fatima to call home for the latest news. it's not good. the extremists are reinforcing and no food is getting into the town. down the road, we find the segou school. the principal shows us the list of refugee students who fled the extremists' attack on education. the extremist excuse-- public

schools weren't islamic enough. the schools in the north are closed. >> closed, closed, because that's why they are here because all the schools are-- they attended were closed. >> reporter: no one has been turned away and classes here are overflowing. this eighth grader is from the town of gao. "we're not get anything news from there," though, she tells me. all communication has been cut off. but in the 24 hours since we spoke to her some good news. gao has now fallen to the french and mallian forces. it was a rout. the islamic extremists in most areas appear to have fled into the desert rather than dig in and fight. the question, of course is what happens after that. mallians are very much afraid the extremists will regroup in the desert and then come back as a violent insurgency, the kind of thing we've already seen in

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safe towns, safe cities, safe states, and a safe country. and if that means getting rid of the guns that means getting rid of the guns. >> axelrod: some supporters of gun rights say there's been a voice that's been muffled in this debate, if not missing altogether. the one belonging to female gun owners. here's nancy cordes. >> shooter are you ready? >> yes. >> reporter: tina wilson-cohen teaches women how to shoot. and the idea of an assault weapons ban worries her. >> i'm very concerned and i think we are teetering on losing our rights. >> reporter: she says about 90% of her female clients buy guns to boost their confidence levels and for self-protection. >> we have females that are out there saying "we need to ban guns," but we don't really have somebody at the table that represents women saying why we do need them. >> reporter: one of her students, jennifer wisner, struggled for months before she made the decision to buy a gun.

>> to have people put limitations on what you can do after you've given it so much thought, it's kind of sad. >> reporter: she purchased a smith & wesson pistol two months ago. >> as a woman you're not expected to own a gun. you know, for me, you give it some thought. you know, can you shoot the gun? do you want to shoot the gun? if you had to, could you? you really think about it before you ever go and do it. >> reporter: in the wake of the newtown shooting, both women say they support the call for universal background checks for gun buyers. in fact, a cbs news poll shows 92% of all men and women including gunl owners, support the idea. but wilson cohen and wizzener don't agree with a pew poll of women gun owners, 70% of whom support a ban on semiautomatic weapons, 56% supporting limits on high-capacity ammunition clips. both women say they're convinced any limits on firearms will ultimately mean the loss of

their guns. >> they are very scared right now, which is, you know, why we see all the hype about people hoarding ammo and buying guns. people are scared. >> reporter: this wednesday the senate judiciary committee holds its first hearing on the president's proposals and while democrats control the senate, it's still far from clear whether they have enough votes in their own party to pass an assault weapons wan. nancy cordes, cbs news, washington. >> axelrod: up next, a watchdog of wall street. after getting tough on corporate crime, an an enforcer gets set to leave the s.e.c.

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the securities and exchange commission was a laughing stock. the agency charged with policing wall street had misthe the largest financial fraud in u.s. history, bernie madoff's billion-dollar ponzi scheme. then robert khuzami, a former federal prosecutor, took over the s.e.c.'s enforcement decision division. >> the results from the enforcement division alone the last three years have been the three highest number of enforcement cases we've ever brought. >> reporter: including 180 insider trading cases involving 430 defendants and nearly $900 million in illegal profits. what's been the most important case, in your view? >> that would probably have to be the galleon cases for the simple reasons it really focused on kind of insider trading as ad about businessmodel. >> reporter: in 2011, the head of the galleon group investment fund, raj rajaratnam, was convicted of paying for confidential information and leading the biggest insider trading scheme ever.

now serving 11 years in prison, raj rajaratnam was fined $92 million, and that case has led to charges against 59 other defendants. the increase in insider trading cases is directly the result of what? >> there are many, many, many hedge funds all chasing the same level of return, and in order to distinguish yourself, you need an edge. >> reporter: so the 56-year-old khuzami updated the s.e.c. technology and created specialized investigative teams to make the agency more nimble. >> this one they went very short. >> reporter: can a bernie madoff case slip by this agency again? >> we have done an incredible amount of work to reduce the chances of that happening. >> reporter: and when he leaves the s.e.c., he hopes to take the sheefd bernie madoff with him. anthony mason, cbs news, washington. >> axelrod: still ahead, he served his country in war.

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teach for america to get more veterans into the teaching profession. when you let them know you're a veteran, what's the reaction? the question that's usually asked, "mr. thompson have you shot anyone?" >> axelrod: he was an army paratrooper for three and a half years, seeing combat in afghanistan. >> as a veteran, that passion to serve your country really never leaves you. >> axelrod: so this feels just like another way to be in service. >> most definitely. >> axelrod: unemployment rates for veterans returning from iraq or afghanistan are a full three points higher than the national guard average. former army staff sergeant shawn murph seheading up teach for america's efforts to recruit more vets. >> we value leadership, commitment to service ability to motivate, influence folks organizational skills. >> reporter: cardoza high is an inner-city school with inner-city problems, foreign terrain, perhaps for a wide whitekid from the san francisco

suburbs but not this combat veteran. >> one of my favorite students was killed in gun violence. >> reporter: that student was aeb-year-old lucki parnell. she was about to graduate when she was shot sitting outside her home two years ago. >> it was tough. because you know what it's like with your military experience, but i never imagined i'd have to face that again as a teacher. let me hear from someone on this side of the room. >> reporter: a newcomer to the classroom, it was his years on the battlefield that allowed brian thompson to give his students what few other teachers could-- exactly what they needed. >> i'm there to listen and always just let them be, hey i've lost friends, too in similar ways. i tell them my fellow veterans, look into teaching. you are bringing such a skill set to this job. and you need to, you know, share those experiences share those skills with the students of this country and help this generation do great things.

>> axelrod: there are a total of 100 teachers with military experience in teach for america's program now. the goal is to make that 300 a year by 2015. and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. later on cbs two editions of "48 hours." for now, i'm jim axelrod in new york. for all of us here at cbs news, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org you're traveling from the bay area to the big easy. we're just eight days away from the super bowl. tonight a virtual tour guide of things to do if you are traveling from the bay area to the big easy. >> got a lot of red and gold going on just preparing for the craziness. >> from balloons to big screen tvs how bay area businesses are

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>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald it's good karma for the 9ers helping them win. >> stocking up on game day supplies eight days by the super bowl. the bay area is already getting ready for the big game. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. if you are going to the super bowl in new orleans, you're extra lucky not only going to see some great football but you are going to one of the world's greatest party towns. don knapp is at a new orleans style restaurant in san francisco with some tips from the natives. >> reporter: you would think that going to a super bowl would be enough for any city just go there see the game and come home but in