>> glor: tonight, adding up: as the snow continues, so do the costs. don dahler on the winter that could cost the economy $50 billion. two skiers found dead in colorado. an avalanche warning is issued all the way from new mexico to wyoming. terrell brown reports. another case of air rage this weekend. jeff pegues, looks into a growing problem. >> guys, what is this? >> i'm pointing! you told me to point! >> glor: and bill whitaker says the tallest building in the west will begin with one big pour. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor with a western edition of the broadcast. and just as one storm moves out the next moves in.

yes, we've heard this before but now it's adding up, not just in the weather books but on the country's balance sheets. and the weather is winning. the next system will dump more snow on the midwest starting tonight including chicago which has already received 62 inches this year, average 25. columbus too, so far this year 47.6 inches, average 18.2. on tuesday the storm hits the east coast. new york so far has gotten 51 inches of snow this year, average 16.4. with more on what that means, here's don dahler. >> reporter: it has been the winter of our discontent. storm after storm brought car accidents, flight delays, school and business closings, and budget busting overtime for snow removal crews. the net result: the economy still recovering from the recession has chilled. financial analyst george goodman says bad weather cost the nation

$50 billion in lost productivity. which segments have been hardest hit do you think? >> well, the retail segment has clearly been hard hit. we've had numbers down .4% in january, i think it is going to be worse in february. people just aren't going to the stores during snowstorms. >> reporter: manufacturing dropped .8% in january, the most in almost five years. municipalities across the country are struggling to cover the costs. tony sharon is superintendent of highways for ramapo new york. >> we are over $70,000 over the salt budget, and about 63,000 over on overtime, that is not counting this last storm. >> reporter: chicago budgeted $20 million this year for salting and plowing roads. they've already spent $25 million. 500 water mains burst in detroit last month, almost twice as many as usual, forcing the bankrupt city to hire extra crews to fix them. elgin city, illinois has all ready spent $615,000 in weather- related, three times the norm expenses. propane bills in staunton

virginia soared 32% over last year. homeowners in waco texas are seeing electric bills 50% higher than 2013. and crews in delaware racked up 65,000 overtime hours clearing state roads. this winter airlines canceled more flights than in the past 25 years. over 75,000 flights never took off costing passengers an estimated $3 billion in hotels, extra meals and lost productivity. in school districts in the south to new england, storms have forced record numbers of school closures, and jeff that puts a financial burden on families who either have to find child care or take a day off work. >> glor: don dahler, thank you very much. today searchers recovered the bodies of two skiers who were killed saturday during an avalanche. it happened about 80 miles south of denver. and it's the third incident like that in colorado in just the last week.

here's terrell brown. >> reporter: this was as close as police would let our cameras get to the avalanche while rescue workers recovered the bodies of two missing skiers. three others were airlifted to the hospital with injuries ranging from broken bones to a collapsed lung. brian lazar deputy director of the colorado avalanche information center says the risk of avalanches across the west is especially high. >> some of the avalanches we are seeing right now in this particular in the last couple of weeks across the state of colorado are as big as they have run in decades within the trigger, a record level of mountain snow and warmer weather that is making it unstable. accuweather's andrew baglini: >> now the jet stream is coming in more from the west, off of the pacific, so we're not getting that cold air. what we're getting instead: heavy snow, even rain at times and gusty winds, and because we don't have that cold, it's a lot more unstable in the mountains. >> reporter: 14 people have been killed by avalanches across the mountain west since december. six of those deaths occurred last week alone. one of the victims, 46-year-old

kevin kuybus, his neighbor says the news was unexpected because he always puts safety first. >> i don't think he was prepared for what they got into. >> reporter: in colorado there have been hundreds of reported avalanches in the last week. and with forecasters predicting warmer temperatures in the week ahead, avalanche warnings are posted from washington state to utah. terrell brown, cbs news, new york. >> glor: as terrell just mentioned, for much of the country there is a warm-up on the way. by wednesday projected highs will climb into the 50s through the midwest. it will be in the 40s in the northeast, warm enough to melt plenty of snow. in atlanta highs in the upper 60s. what farmers in california's central valley would like to see in their forecast is rain. president obama told farmers on friday they can expect more than a hundred million dollars in federal aid. here's carter evans. >> reporter: president obama spent about two hours friday touring some of california's drought stricken fields. and he got an earful from

beleaguered farmers like joe del bosque. >> that will feed close to half a million people, that one field. >> reporter: his farms are normally lush with almonds, cherries, and melons, but without rain his farm has to survive on water he saved last year and there is on enough for half of his crops. >> the other half which is like the field that is right here behind me, it won't get planted. >> reporter: he says he'll lose roughly half his income this year. >> california is our biggest agricultural producer. so what happens here matters to every working american, right down to the cost of food that you put on your table. >> glor: the president pledged more than $100 million in disaster aid to help farmers weather the drought. >> the fields have dried up. this is going to help them feed their livestock. >> we will all be applying for it because it is going to hit all of us. >> reporter: cattle rancher janet burback has already sold off 25% of her herd. the rest of her hungry cattle

feed on expensive alfalfa bails hauled in from oregon. she's losing $2,000 a week. >> we figure that we can get through to about may and that's it. >> reporter: del bosque is also wondering how long he and others can hold on. >> if we have another dry year next year i think that you will see many, many farmers going broke. >> reporter: financial aid, he says, can pay some of the bills for now, but without rain, the drought relief funds only amount to a drop in the bucket. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> glor: secretary of state john kerry today called climate change a weapon of mass destruction and urged global action to fight it. in a speech to students in indonesia he took aim at those who deny climate change. he said, "we don't have time for a meeting anywhere of the flat earth society." there's been some climate talk in sochi where the winter olympics have often felt more like summer. here is the latest medal count. the u.s. stands third with 16 behind the netherlands and

russia. but this weekend the biggest story was a pair of u.s. victories in non-metal matchups. and the bigger matches yet to come. mark phillips is there. >> reporter: winning is nice but the u.s. hockey team here has learned something over a successful weekend, the more you win, the more you raise expectations. a dramatic shoot-out win against the russians was followed by a 5-1 cruise over slovenia. the u.s. is now one of the olympic favorites as the business end of the tournament, the elimination games begin. defenseman kevin shattenkirk knows from now on, you lose are you out. >> i wouldn't say it is putting pressure on us, it is just we expect to win now. it is not like in years past where usa was maybe considered an underdog and you know, a long shot to win it. >> reporter: it's the russians who have the problem. after losing to the u.s., they had to go to another sudden death shoot-out to squeak by slovakia.

and now they will have to play and win another game to stay alive. and they are still fuming over the goal that might have been. the one that was disallowed against the u.s. because the net had been moved off its moorings by the u.s. goalkeeper. many russians thought they were robbed. too bad, say the american players. feel any sympathy for the russians? >> not really. >> reporter: the hockey drama continues, skiing legend body miller's drama has ended. he tied for bronze in the super- g, the 6th medal of his long olympic career, and an emotional one dedicated to his younger brother who died last year. >> i felt like that was all very connected and very raw and emotional for me. and i just, in the finish, it just all kind of came out. >> reporter: jeff, an olympic games where all the advanced talk had been about security and costs have finally settles down to what they are supposed to be

about: sports. >> glor: mark phillips, thank you. there was an explosion in egypt today. it blew apart a tourist bus on the sinai peninsula. as the bus was nearing the border with israel. a security camera caught the moment when the driver and at least two south korean tourists were killed. there was no claim of responsibility for what security sources say was a bomb. it is the first attack on sinai tourism in nearly nine years. at least 11 miners were rescued today following an accident at an illegal gold and platinum mine outside johannesburg, south africa. as many as 200 miners are still below ground tonight. debora patta is in south africa she joins us with more on this. >> reporter: jeff, what makes the situation so extraordinary is that the miners are working illegally. this means that the men trapped more than 80 feet below the surface don't want to come up because they fear being arrested. now this mine has been shut

down. but in south africa it's not uncommon for workers to sneak in and dig for gold and platinum. in this case, the illegal miners went down on saturday morning, then boulders blocked the entrance trapping them underground, they were only discovered when local police heard screams from the area. emergency workers were dispatched to the scene. the 11 miners that did come to the surface were promptly arrested and in fact, two of them when they saw the police were waiting for them, tried to escape back underground but failed. police continued to patrol the area should those miners change their minds. jeff. >> glor: all right, debora patta, thank you very much. prosecutors in florida say they will ask for a retrial against a man who shot and killed an unarmed teenager. a jury could not reach a verdict on whether michael dunn shot jordan davis in self-defense or a fit of rage. after an argument over loud music. manual bojorquez has more from

jacksonville. >> reporter: there was anger outside the duval county courthouse when after almost 30 hours of deliberation the jury deadlocked on a first-degree murder charge. >> at the end of the day we walk away saying jordan davis' death was not vindicated. >> reporter: jurors did reach verdicts against michael dunn on three counts of attempted murder. >> we the jury find the department defendant guilty. ( gun shots ) >> oh my gosh! >> reporter: dunn fired ten shots at an suv carrying four teenagers at a jacksonville convenience store parking lot in november 2012 after an argument over their loud music. this week he testified he had no choice but to grab his gun and shoot when he saw jordan davis holding what he thought was the barrel of a shotgun. >> i thought i was going to be killed. >> reporter: but police did to the find a weapon on davis or in the suv. davis' parents spoke after the verdicts were read.

>> we will continue to wait for justice for jordan. >> reporter: angela corey is the lead prosecutor. >> as far as we are concerned rate now, we intend to retry him, retry michael dunn on first-degree murder. >> reporter: dunn is scheduled to be sentenced next month on the guilty counts and could face more than 60 years in prison. his attorney plans to appeal. manual bojorquez, cbs news, jacksonville, florida. >> glor: later here, unruly passengers, airlines looking for new rules to keep them better behaved and a collision at the gate of baltimore airport today. those stories when the "cbs evening news" continues. evening news continues much go. from the crack, off the backboard. [ laughs ] dad! [ laughs ] whoo! oh! you're up! oh! oh! so close! now where were we? ok, this one's good for two. score! [ male announcer ] share whatat you love with who you love.

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of-- lot of hype for a bunch of concrete being poured but then again l.a. is a city built on hype. for example,. >> los angeles will be one of the greatest cities on planet earth period. when this project is done. >> this project is a 73 story skyscraper called the wilshire grand which when it's completed in 2017 will be the tallest building west of the mississippi. a bit taller than the eiffel tower. shorter than one world trade center. punny by comparison than the burj khalifa tower in due birk the world's tallest testimony you can't break that record, perhaps the next best thing, set a world record for the longest continuous pour of concrete. >> 21,200 cubic yards which is a new guinness world record title, congratulations. >> yes, today, right here that record was broken, complete with recognition by guinness, 18 and a half

hours of unininterrupted concrete, something to get hyped up. >> think of the pyramids, think of the great castles in europe, think of the cathedrals that draw your eyes to the heaven, this is that kind of building. >> that building might still be a big hole in the ground. but for now, they have a record set in stone. bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >> that is the cbs evening news tonight, later on cbs, "60 minutes." i'm jeff glor, cbs news in new york. scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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