and your wallet. while inflation has slowed for six straight months, some grocery store staples have continued to skyrocket in price. one item that is leaving consumers shell-shocked is eggs. cbs's carter evans takes a look in tonight's "money watch." >> i have not been able to find eggs anywhere. >> reporter: the line of cars is 30 minutes long at billy's egg farm in southern california. >> i appreciate you waiting. >> reporter: and workers are scrambling to meet demand. >> we pack eggs in here 8:00 to 4:00 nonstop. >> reporter: he sells 25,000 fresh eggs a day for $5 a dozen. >> that's a pretty good bargain right now. grocery stars are $7 to $9 a dozen. >> reporter: that's if you can find them. this is what a lot of store shelves here look like. at egg tuck, a breakfast spot in los angeles that goes up to 6,000 eggs a week, costs have quadrupled and they're feeling it. >> all of our courses are made with eggs. >> reporter: nationwide, prices for grade a eggs are up 137%

from last year to an average of $4.25 a dozen. why is there a shortage right now? what's going on? >> well, i'm sure you heard. there is a bird flu in the midwest, and most of the eggs that come to our grocery stores here in california come from the midwest. >> reporter: so far, almost 58 million birds in the u.s. have been infected or euthanized. it's the country's worst outbreak ever. >> the unfortunate reality with this particular strain of the bird flu is that it seems to be potentially endemic in wild birds. >> reporter: meaning it could be here to stay. but the american egg board says inflation is an even bigger part of the problem. >> you have feed prices that are up. you have fuel prices that are up. you have grain prices that are up. your packaging costs that are up. your labor costs that are up. >> reporter: and there's another factor in california. all eggs sold in the state now have to come from cage-free chickens, like billy mouw's. >> it's expensive. it's about $20 to $25 per bird to switch over to cage-free. >> do you think your prices will come back down?

>> i'm sure hoping so. i'm hoping it just levels off. >> reporter: and we paid more than 6 bucks for these eggs, but even at that price, it's still one of the cheapest forms of protein available, and the ones you have in your fridge are going to last a month, so there's no need to rush out to the store. prices have declaesed slightly in the last week or so, but they could rise again. easter is right around the corner. norah. >> carter evans, thank you for cracking that story wide open. we appreciate it. all right. tonight there are new details after shots were fired in philadelphia outside the federal courthouse early this morning. the u.s. marshal's service says a man was shot multiple times by a courthouse security officer after the suspect approached the officer with two edged weapons and refused to comply to commands to stop and drop the weapons. the suspect is currently hospitalized in critical condition. the fbi is now leading the investigation. well, a record number of guns were found at u.s. airports last year, and a new tsa report

just out today shows a vast majority of those guns were loaded. cbs's caitlin huey-burns has more on this disturbing trend. >> reporter: the alarming number from the tsa, more than 6,500 firearms found in passengers' carry-on luggage last year, an increase of nearly 10% from the year before. and 88% of those guns were loaded. back in may, the tsa administrator warned about this trend. >> we still have a pretty significant issue with weapons being introduced into the screening process. >> reporter: four of the top five airports are in the south with atlanta, dallas-fort worth, houston intercontinental, nashville, and phoenix topping the listment keith jeffries spent 20 years at the tsa. he says new scanners are making identification more efficient. >> there are folks that own firearms, and then there are responsible firearm owners. but unfortunately we're seeing more and more where folks are saying, i forgot it was in my bag.

>> reporter: the tsa requires guns to be unloaded and properly secured in checked luggage. you must also notify your airline. in december, a rhode island man was arrested with a disassembled gun hidden in two jars of peanut butter in his checked bag. suite tampa's orng and a boa now, to t aet these h penaltye $15,000. you would also lose your tsa pre-check eligibility for up to five years if caught with a gun, not to mention possible criminal charges. norah. >> caitlin huey-burns, thank you so much. back here in washington, the white house is pushing back against republican criticism over the classified documents found at president biden's home and former office. cbs's adriana diaz was the first

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little concern expressed from republicans when classified documents were found at mar-a-lago. and, norah, we have learned tonight that special counsel robert hur is expected to begin his investigation into president biden's classified documents within the next two weeks. >> adriana diaz, thank you very much. wnba star brittney griner made a surprise public appearance weeks after her release from russia. that story is next.

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finally tonight, overcoming the wounds of war takes courage, strength, and help from hope for the warriors. that's a nonprofit that is helping injured veterans looking for ways to heal their mental and physical scars and find something else, inspiration. here's cbs's janet shamlian. >> reporter: this is a slice of happiness chris kind couldn't imagine in the past. the army veteran says he was angry and depressed. in the years after a mortar blast in iraq left him with a brain injury, later ptsd. >> these are skin grafts right here. >> reporter: and burns on 65% of his body. >> it wting to that, you know -- to that new normal. >> reporter: the father of five says he needed connection but couldn't find it, until he started gardening. so you found joy in this and

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reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. embattled republican congressman george santos has beenesmall business and science. this despite growing calls for his resignation amid questions about his finances and background. the university of texas at dallas is the latest post-secondary school in that state to block access to tiktok on campus wi-fi. last month, governor greg abbott banned the app from all government devices, citing security and privacy concerns. and the world's oldest person has died at the age of 118. french nun sister andre passed

away peacefully at her retirement home on tuesday. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight there are alarming new details about what the mayor of albuquerque is calling politically motivated shootings. a failed republican candidate is under arrest, accused of hiring men to shoot at the homes of democratic lawmakers. plus, cbs news tonight has new details on the timeline of the special counsel's investigation into president biden's handling of classified documents. but first we want to start with those major storms that are pummeling the west coast and the aftermath as california crumbles. more than 500 mudslides have already been reported, and the danger continues even when the

rain stops falling. that's because the soil and hills are saturated, increasing the risk of landslides, mudslides, and sinkholes. california's governor saying today at least 20 people have died from the storms, and president biden is set to tour the damage on thursday. cbs's kris van cleave will start us off tonight from hard-hit ventura county. good evening, kris. >> reporter: norah, there is destruction from north of san francisco to south of san diego. take a look at this. the ground beneath this road gave out. the crews working to repair this mountain highway tell us damage stretches here more than 30 miles, and that is the story across the golden state tonight. the deluge has stopped, but the danger continues. a mudslide stopped this commuter train in its tracks on the tracks. more than 200 passengers on board had to be evacuated. in berkeley -- >> this is just all our backyard area. >> reporter: -- mud poured through marjorie cruz's home of more than 20 years, one of eight in the area deemed unlivable.

>> we just are at the mercy of this mud and hoping and praying and keeping our fingers crossed that it doesn't take the rest of my house out. >> reporter: since new year's, california has experienced more than 500 landslides spanning the entire state, from the mountains to the coast. >> once you've had a lot of rain and the sponge is full, then the next rainstorm that comes in, the bar is lower for triggering new landslides. >> reporter: the present danger rooted in the past. >> get out of here! >> reporter: in 2005, this slide on a clear morning swallowed up the community of la conchita. ten people died. >> and there has been a huge landslide. >> reporter: nearly a decade later, one of the nation's worst ever mudslides in the town of oso, washington. 43 killed, also without warning. >> it was the rain in the month before that ended up triggering it. so the hazard doesn't go away when the rain stops. >> reporter: the record rain also brings the hazard of flooding, causing roads to buckle, sinkholes to open up, boulders to crash down.

in ojai, they're digging out. john sehon rode out back-to-back storms at home. this was his view as the water rose around him. >> could not sleep, you know. i was going out and checking the waters levels about every 20 minutes, making sure, you know, it wasn't going to rise up on me real fast and catch me by surprise. >> reporter: now, in some places, damage like this could take months to fully repair. and because the ground is super saturated, any new rain could bring with it new damage. norah. >> i'm worried about where you're standing. kris van cleave, thank you. the other big story making headlines tonight, a failed republican candidate accused of targeting his opponents. police say solomon pena falsely claimed his november election loss was rigged. well, he's under arrest tonight, suspected of orchestrating a number of shootings at the homes of four democratic lawmakers. we get new details from cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: solomon pena, just three months ago, was a candidate for the new mexico statehouse, championing himself

as a maga republican. tonight he's under arrest, accused of targeting democratic officials because he was unhappy with his loss in november, which he falsely argued was fraud. >> this was about a right-wing radical, an election denier who was arrested today, and someone who did the worst imaginable thing you can do when you have a political disagreement, which is turn that to violence. >> reporter: pena allegedly hired four accomplices to fire bullets into the homes of two high-profile democratic state legislators and two county commissioners according to police. one was adriann barboa, who found evidence of gunfire after returning home from christmas shopping. >> my home was shot right through my front door four times, out my back window, right through my living room and kitchen, right where i had just been playing only hours before with my brand-new grandbaby. >> reporter: pena confronted at least two of the four targets at their homes just weeks earlier, after the election. >> he said in so many words at your home, don't certify this election? >> he said, i want results now.

and he was -- he was definitely aggressive. >> reporter: in their report, police say photos show pena with one of the alleged accomplices, and that individual with multiple guns and ammunition, and that pena paid one of the shooters $500. the police report says pena was unhappy with one of the shootings and asked the shooters to be more aggressive, to shoot lower into the houses and to do so earlier in the evening when targets would less likely be laying down. new mexico house speaker javier martinez, whose home was also targeted, was born in mexico. >> that is a place where politics and journalism can actually get you killed. i would have never thought that that could be the case in my own country here. >> reporter: police say in one of the shootings, a state legislator's 10-year-old daughter woke up to bullet debris falling on her head. solomon pena makes his initial court appearance tomorrow in new mexico. norah. >> scott macfarlane, thank you. turning now to the economy and your wallet. while inflation has slowed for

six straight months, some grocery store tape ples have continued to skyrocket in price. one item that is leaving consumers shell-shocked is eggs. cbs's carter evans takes a look in tonight's money watch. >> i have not been able to find eggs anywhere. >> reporter: the line of cars is 30 minutes long at billy's egg farm in southern california. >> i appreciate you waiting. >> reporter: and workers are scrambling to meet demand. >> we pack eggs in here 8:00 to 4:00 nonstop. >> reporter: he sells 25,000 fresh eggs a day for $5 a dozen. >> that's a pretty good bargain right now. grocery stores are $7 to $9 a dozen. >> reporter: that's if you can find them. this is what a lot of store shelves here look like. at egg tuck, a breakfast spot in los angeles that goes through up to 6,000 eggs a week, costs have quadrupled, and they're feeling it. >> all of our courses are made with eggs. >> reporter: nationwide, prices for grade a eggs are up 137% from last year to an average of $4.25 a dozen. why is there a shortage right now? what's going on?

>> well, i'm sure you heard. there is a bird flu in the midwest, and most of the eggs that come to our grocery stores here in california come from the midwest. >> reporter: so far, almost 58 million birds in the u.s. have been infected or euthanized. it's the country's worst outbreak ever. >> the unfortunate reality with but the american egg board says inflation is an even bigger part of the problem. >> you have feed prices that are up. you have fuel prices that are up. you have grain prices that are up. your packaging costs that are up. your labor costs that are up. >> reporter: and there's another factor in california. all eggs sold in the state now have to come from cage-free chickens, like billy mouw's. >> it's expensive. it's about $20 to $25 per bird to switch over to cage-free. i'm hoping it just levels off. >> reporter: and we paid more than six bucks for these eggs. but even at that price, it's still one of the cheapest forms of protein available, and the ones you have in your fridge are going to last a month. so there's no need to rush out to the store. pr prices have decreased slightly

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm willie james inman in washington. thanks for staying with us. history will be made today in annapolis, maryland, when wes moore is sworn in as the state's first black governor. he'll take the oath of office on a bible that once belonged to the abolitionist frederick douglass, just blocks away from one of the nation's earliest slave ports. moore insists he wasn't running to make history but to make change. he rose from poverty to become a rhodes scholar, a best-selling author and investment banker. some are even mentioning him as

a possible future presidential candidate. moore discussed his ambitious plans for maryland. >> politics is a very humbling business. when we first got into this race, i was polling at 1%. >> reporter: he's a best-selling author, an army captain, and now a first time's the charm politician. >> we want moore! >> reporter: maryland's democratic governor-elect wes moore won in a landslide. >> thank you, maryland! >> reporter: beating his republican opponent with more than twice as many votes. >> we ended up receiving 89% of the vote in baltimore. >> reporter: a vote of confidence from a city that's struggling. high crime rates, high poverty rates, high unemployment rates. a lot of smart people have been working on these issues for a long time. >> yeah. >> what makes you think you can do something that all these smart, talented people haven't been able to do? >> i think we have to approach this that it's not about what program can we institute. it's about how we're changing

the entire human condition that people are existing in. >> changing the entire human condition? >> that's exactly right because you could have a person. >> that's a tall order for a governor. >> it's a very tall order, but it's doable. we've got to change the entire a co-system. i it's the way they are policed. that's something that a governor can actually fix. >> for instance, in maryland, as in most other states, even if someone doesn't personally kill anyone, if they're involved in a felony that leads to murder, they can be charged with so-called felony murder. wes moore told us he supports a bill that would prohibit that charge for juveniles. >> when you're looking at the juvenile justice system, we can't forget these are children that we're talking about. >> so are you open to signing that bill? >> yeah, i'm absolutely open to looking at how can we come up with ways of being able to make sure that our society is accountable, yet at the same time never forgetting we're still talking about children in all of this. >> you sound like you could do

this in your sleep. if i busted into your bedroom at 3:00 in the morning, you could give a stump speech. >> well, i love this work. i've never run for public office before, but i've been a public servant for my entire life. >> he seems like someone who gets a vision and then pursues it. how stubborn is he? >> i wouldn't say stubborn. he's a wonderful partner. he's hard-charging. he's mission-driven. >> dawn fight moore and her husband have been married for 15 years. >> i need on tape that she said i'm not stubborn. >> i'd use that at home and tell my wife, no, no, i'm hard charging. i'm mission driven. >> it's true. >> since 2016, wes and dawn moore have lived in baltimore. this week, the family is moving to the governor's mansion in maryland's capital. >> you've got two kids who grew up here in baltimore. >> yes. >> how did you sell them on annapolis? >> well, you know -- >> the puppy. >> yeah, we will be getting a puppy. >> one of your own is going to

be running this government. >> we're so excited about it. >> reporter: bishop dante hickman leads southern baptist church in east baltimore, where wes moore is a member. >> do you remember when he told you, bishop, i'm thinking of maybe running for governor? >> it was almost like we had to push him. we really felt like he had the moral compass and clarity and that he could build consensus around the state. >> reporter: and he has a resume seemingly built for this moment. he's a johns hopkins graduate, a rhodes scholar, and a soldier who fought in afghanistan. he worked as an investment banker and ran robinhood, a nonprofit organization. >> there was never a time when i said this is going to be great when i run for governor one day. but every single one of those experiences prepared me for this. >> reporter: wes lay atun day, omari, moore, 44, was born in tacoma park, maryland, a suburb of washington. his father died in 1982 when moore was 3. >> this is my grandfather,

reverend james joshua thomas. this picture was actually taken right around the time that my dad died. >> reporter: when moore was 5, his mother took him and his two sisters to live with her parents in the bronx in new york city. >> their house was barely big enough for them, but when my mom called and said she needed help, they figured out to make it big enough for all of us. >> but 1989, moore was acting out. >> i am a kid who was 11 years old with handcuffs on my wrists. >> i think you might be the first governor who was ever previously arrested for graffiti. that's probably right. and i think about how different that could have turned out because in my case, i'm sitting there in the back of a police car with my friend, and then eventually after, you know, a talk and a lecture, the officer pulls me out of the car, unlocks the cuffs, and lets me go. >> reporter: it's a story he told in his best-selling 2011 memoir "the other wes moore."

but these days, it comes with a moral. >> i want us to be a society that believes in second chances. i want the people who are receiving the second chances also to understand that, you know, at some point second chances become last chances. and i want people to understand their own individual power of being able to change the lives of people. >> reporter: moore's own transformation began when his family sent him to military school in pennsylvania. he was 13. a year later, his mom moved back to a suburb outside of baltimore for a steady job with benefits at a nonprofit. >> that job didn't just change her life. it changed the trajectory for our entire family. so it was from that point that when people said, where are you from, my answer was easy -- baltimore. >> reporter: many found that answer misleading. during the campaign, moore was criticized for exaggerating his connection to baltimore. but he hasn't wavered. >> i'm not a baltimorean by birth. i'm a baltimorean by choice. i believe in this place.

i believe in this city. i believe in the people here. >> reporter: there's a lot of work to do, right? >> yes. yes, there is. >> reporter: and now as he gets resident for life as governor in annapolis, he's confident that they believe in him. >> what do people in this congregation -- what do they ask you to do there? >> don't forget them. the thing that they oftentimes say most to me is, just don't forget us. >> that was kell afa sin anyway reporting. overseas after three decades of hiding in plain sight, italy's most wanted fugitive is behind bars. mafia boss matteo messina denaro was arrested at a medical clinic in sicily. he faces years in prison for what is described as a lifetime of murder and mayhem. chris livesay has more. >> reporter: they called him the ghost. for 30 years, italy's most wanted gangster evaded capture, until now. the mass murderer didn't put up a fight and admitted to police in palermo he was matteo messina denaro. it's a name that end ises

slivers in italy. he once allegedly boasted he could fill a cemetery with his victims. they included the son of a mafia turncoat, the 12-year-old was held hostage for two years, then strangled. the body dissolved in acid. a blood wluft so diabolical, his nickname was diab leek was assassinations notorious. at a monument to those national heroes, the prime minister called the arrest a great victory for italy. it was long rumored messina denaro had changed his face with plastic surgery. turns out he didn't even have to change his glasses thanks to protection in his native sicily, says criminal law professor mauritzio bill aco-sa. >> matteo messina denar row is for sure a leader a a chief of the mafia organization. so it could take advantage in all these years of a lot of support, and this is the reason

why it has been so difficult to arrest him. >> eve supported him. locals cheered his arrest. "for me, today represents the end, the end of co-sano tra." the old mass murdering mafia that brought down this country is over. he was the last of the top bosses of the sicilian mafia known as the cosa nostra. so his capture truly marks the end of an era, namely that depicted in "the godfather" movies, but while of course those were fictional, the people messina denar row killed were very, very real. >> that was chris livesay reporting. the overnight news wondering what actually goes into your multivitamin? at new chapter, its' innovation, organic ingredients, and fermentation. fermentation? yes. formulated to help you body really truly absorb the natural goodness. new chapter. wellness, well done. (peaceful music)

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fermentation? yes. formulated to help you body really truly absorb the natural goodness. new chapter. wellness, well done. for many elementary school students, recess is their favorite part of the day. but for others, playground fun is off limits. well, for one group of school kids in minnesota, they took matters into their own hands to change all of that. steve hartman found this story "on the road." >> reporter: at glen lake elementary in hopkins, minnesota, recess is a mixed blessing. on the one hand, there's so much to do. but on the other hand, not everyone can do it. >> it just didn't seem fair that some kids were just left out. >> and it's really sad to see other kids go through that. >> they didn't look happy, and

recess is about having fun. >> reporter: glen lake has a lot of students with physical disabilities, but no wheelchair merry go round, swings, or any adaptive playground equipment whatsoever. >> come on in. >> reporter: which really bothered the kids in betsy julian's fifth grade class, to the point where one day they asked her, why can't we just buy the equipment ourselves? >> i said, do you know how much that costs? it costs a lot of money, $300,000. >> reporter: $300,000 by her estimation. but the kids were undeterred. they started collecting spare change, then held a bake sale, printed flyers and went door to door. then they began cold-calling businesses and even got restaurants to donate a portion of their profits. this went on for months until last week, when they hit their goal. [ applause ] >> we were all very happy on the inside and on the outside. >> the smile on my face, i could say, was on ear to ear smile.

>> i was just really happy that we made it. >> reporter: reese riley says they worked so hard, it was overwhelming to finally know a more inclusive playground would be coming. >> you're a good kid. >> thanks. >> reporter: and as for the kids who will benefit, they seem to appreciate the effort almost more than the result. >> first time i set foot on this playground, i'm probably going to start crying. from seeing the effort that all the school has made. >> reporter: mrs. julian couldn't agree more. >> my future as an adult is bright knowing that this generation of students, of change-makers, sees something that needs fixing, and they go for it head first. >> the whole thing -- >> reporter: head first and dive deep. >> what's our next step? >> reporter: after raising the $300,000, mrs. julian's class set a new goal, to the ceiling and beyond. they now hope to buy adaptive

playground equipment for other schools in the district, turning loneliness and isolation into child's play.

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this time of year, a lot of people get the winter blues, and they don't know why. well, it's an actual medical condition called seasonal afecktive disorder. bradley blackburn has the story. >> reporter: every morning in the fall and winter, mcgahn fellman starts the day with a cup of coffee and one very bright light. >> i just have it kind of at the side while i'm having my breakfast, reading the paper. >> reporter: fellman says she first experienced symptoms of depression more than 30 years ago, serious enough to require hospitalization. her doctors later realized some of her symptoms were connected to the changing seasons. >> it was a surprise. i'd never heard of seasonal ainfective disorder. >> our bodies really depend on light from the sun or sunlight

to regulate our circadian rhythms. >> reporter: dr. dorothy sid is a psychiatrist with northwestern university. >> studies have shown it can be very helpful for treating non-seasonal major depression. it can be used on its own or in combination with some antidepressant medicine. >> reporter: according to a recent american psychiatric at rick association poll, nearly 40% of americans say their mood declines in winter and a quarter report feeling depressed. patients can feel fatigued or less motivated, and they may not be able to enjoy their normal activities. >> that treatment makes a big difference for you. >> io say it's almost life or death to me. >> reporter: in addition to light therapy, fellman takes antidepressants with higher doses from october through may. >> there are tools out there that can help people be happy, lead a normal life, and not feel alone. >> reporter: she wants others to know the winter blues are real, but help is out there. bradley blackburn, cbs news, new

york. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm willie james inman. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. embattled republican congressman george santos has been assigned to two house committees, small business and science. this despite growing calls for his resignation amid questions about his finances and background. the university of texas at dallas is the latest post-secondary school in that last month, governor greg abbott banned the app from all government devices, citing security and privacy concerns. and the world's oldest person has died at the age of 118. french nun sister andre passed away peacefully at her retirement home on tuesday.

for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, news, new york. tonight, the new round of severe weather hitting the country as california struggles to dry out from that record flooding. the dangerous threat to california with the rising risk of landslides. >> it's not just mudslides authorities are worried about. they're also concerned about situations like this, where the ground gives out beneath the road. >> plus, the severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes in the south. tonight, a failed republican candidate under arrest, accused of hiring four men to shoot democratic officials. new video tonight of the 39-year-old at the homes of some of the lawmakers. egg-flation. our look into why the price of eggs has skyrocketed. cbs's carter evans shows us the lengths some people are willing to go for the breakfast staple.

also tonight, guns at america's airports. the record number of firearms confiscated at security. wait until you hear just how many of those guns were loaded. the 12-year-old boy who caught a great white shark. >> i don't know if i want to go up against a shark. and making dreams come true for america's heroes. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, there are alarming new details about what the mayor of albuquerque is calling politically motivated shootings. a failed republican candidate is under arrest, accused of hiring men to shoot at the homes of democratic lawmakers. plus, cbs news tonight has new details on the timeline of the special counsel's investigation into president biden's handling of classified documents. but first we want to start with those major storms that are pummeling the west coast and the

aftermath as california crumbles. more than 500 mudslides have already been reported, and the danger continues even when the rain stops falling. that's because the soil and hills are saturated, increasing the risk of landslides, mudslides, and sinkholes. california's governor saying today at least 20 people have died from the storms, and president biden is set to tour the damage on thursday. cbs's kris van cleave will start us off tonight from hard-hit ventura county. good evening, kris. >> reporter: norah, there is destruction from north of san francisco to south of san diego. take a look at this. the ground beneath this road gave out. the crews working to repair this mountain highway tell us damage stretches here more than 30 miles, and that is the story across the golden state tonight. the deluge has stopped, but the danger continues. a mudslide stopped this commuter train in its tracks on the tracks. more than 200 passengers on board had to be evacuated. in berkeley -- >> this is just all our backyard

area. >> reporter: -- mud poured through marjorie cruz's home of more than 20 years, one of eight in the area deemed unlivable. >> we just are at the mercy of this mud and hoping and praying and keeping our fingers crossed that it doesn't take the rest of my house out. >> reporter: since new year's, california has experienced more than 500 landslides spanning the entire state, from the mountains to the coast. >> once you've had a lot of rain and the sponge is full, then the next rainstorm that comes in, the bar is lower for triggering new landslides. >> reporter: the present danger rooted in the past. >> get out of here! >> reporter: in 2005, this slide on a clear morning swallowed up the community of la conchita. ten people died. >> and there has been a huge landslide. >> reporter: nearly a decade later, one of the nation's worst ever mudslides in the town of oso, washington. 43 killed, also without warning. >> it was the rain in the month before that ended up triggering

it. so the hazard doesn't go away when the rain stops. >> reporter: the record rain also brings the hazard of flooding, causing roads to buckle, sinkholes to open up, boulders to crash down. in ojai, they're digging out. john sehon rode out back-to-back storms at home. this was his view as the water rose around him. >> could not sleep, you know. i was going out and checking the waters levels about every 20 minutes, making sure, you know, it wasn't going to rise up on me real fast and catch me by surprise. >> reporter: now, in some places, damage like this could take months to fully repair. and because the ground is super saturated, any new rain could bring with it new damage. norah. >> i'm worried about where you're standing. kris van cleave, thank you. while california could finally see a break from the rain, a significant winter storm is sweeping across the country. for details, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. the stormy weather producing mudslides in california. now producing some really heavy snow across the four corners.

this is flagstaff, arizona. more than two feet of snow in the last three days, one of the snowiest januarys we've had in a decade. and more snow on the way. we also are going to watch that snow push its way into the plains, the midwest, and the northeast for the rest of the week. places like new york, philadelphia, d.c. still waiting on their first snow of winter. if you take a look, though, at the forecast, primarily a rain event into the northeast with the heavy snow on the back end of this. minneapolis gets accumulating snow. eventually boston gets some light snow. but mostly a rain event along i-95. then there's severe weather across the south. strong storms develop for us late afternoon and evening. the possibility, norah, of tornadoes exist throughout the afternoon and likely overnight. >> those states on alert. mike bettes, thank you. the other big story making headlines tonight, a failed republican candidate accused of targeting his opponents. police say solomon pena falsely claimed his november election loss was rigged. well, he's under arrest tonight, suspected of orchestrating a number of shootings at the homes of four democratic lawmakers.

we get new details from cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: solomon pena, just three months ago, was a candidate for the new mexico statehouse, championing himself as a maga republican. tonight he's under arrest, accused of targeting democratic officials because he was unhappy with his loss in november, which he falsely argued was fraud. >> this was about a right-wing radical, an election denier who was arrested today, and someone who did the worst imaginable thing you can do when you have a political disagreement, which is turn that to violence. >> reporter: pena allegedly hired four accomplices to fire bullets into the homes of two high-profile democratic state legislators and two county commissioners according to police. one was adriann barboa, who found evidence of gunfire after returning home from christmas shopping. >> my home was shot right through my front door four times, out my back window, right through my living room and kitchen, right where i had just been playing only hours before with my brand-new grandbaby.

>> reporter: pena confronted at least two of the four targets at their homes just weeks earlier, after the election. >> he said in so many words at your home, don't certify this election? >> he said, i want results now. and he was -- he was definitely aggressive. >> reporter: in their report, police say photos show pena with one of the alleged accomplices, and that individual with multiple guns and ammunition, and that pena paid one of the shooters $500. the police report says pena was unhappy with one of the shootings and asked the shooters to be more aggressive, to shoot lower into the houses and to do so earlier in the evening when targets would less likely be laying down. new mexico house speaker javier martinez, whose home was also targeted, was born in mexico. >> that is a place where politics and journalism can actually get you killed. i would have never thought that that could be the case in my own country here. >> reporter: police say in one of the shootings, a state legislator's 10-year-old daughter woke up to bullet debris falling on her head.

solomon pena makes his initial court appearance tomorrow in new mexico. norah. >> scott macfarlane, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" w l be

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." there are dramatic developments tonight in the case of a missing mother of three from massachusetts. weeks after ana walshe's disappearance on new year's day, her husband, brian walshe, was charged today with her murder. cbs's nancy chen has the gruesome new details. >> reporter: two weeks after ana walshe was reported missing, prosecutors announced they've issued an arrest warrant for her husband, brian walshe. >> a continued investigation has now allowed police to obtain an arrest warrant charging brian

walshe with the murder of his wife. >> reporter: walshe is already in police custody. last week, he was charged with misleading investigators and has pleaded not guilty. >> blood was found in the basement area as well as a knife, which also contained some blood. >> reporter: ana, a 39-year-old mother of three, was last reported seen on new year's day at home in cohasset, massachusetts, near boston. investigators tell our cbs boston station, wbz, that their search of a nearby waste facility turned up trash cans with blood, a hatchet, a hacksaw, and a rug. prosecutors say walshe was also caught on tape purchasing $450 worth of cleaning supplies. >> that would include mops, bucket, tarps, tvex, drop cloths, as well as various kinds of tape. >> reporter: more details are expected when brian walshe is arraigned tomorrow. ana walshe's body has not been found yet. norah. >> nancy chen, thank you. turning now to the economy

and your wallet. while inflation has slowed for six straight months, some grocery store staples have continued to skyrocket in price. one item that is leaving consumers shell-shocked is eggs. cbs's carter evans takes a look in tonight's "money watch." >> i have not been able to find eggs anywhere. >> reporter: the line of cars is 30 minutes long at billy's egg farm in southern california. >> i appreciate you waiting. >> reporter: and workers are scrambling to meet demand. >> we pack eggs in here 8:00 to 4:00 nonstop. >> reporter: he sells 25,000 fresh eggs a day for $5 a dozen. >> that's a pretty good bargain right now. grocery stores are $7 to $9 a dozen. >> reporter: that's if you can find them. this is what a lot of store shelves here look like. at egg tuck, a breakfast spot in los angeles that goes through up to 6,000 eggs a week, costs have quadrupled, and they're feeling it. >> all of our courses are made with eggs. >> reporter: nationwide, prices for grade a eggs are up 137%

from last year to an average of $4.25 a dozen. why is there a shortage right now? what's going on? >> well, i'm sure you heard. there is a bird flu in the midwest, and most of the eggs that come to our grocery stores here in california come from the midwest. >> reporter: so far, almost 58 million birds in the u.s. have been infected or euthanized. it's the country's worst outbreak ever. >> the unfortunate reality with this particular strain of the bird flu is that it seems to be potentially endemic in wild birds. >> reporter: meaning it could be here to stay. but the american egg board says inflation is an even bigger part of the problem. >> you have feed prices that are up. you have fuel prices that are up. you have grain prices that are up. your packaging costs that are up. your labor costs that are up. >> reporter: and there's another factor in california. all eggs sold in the state now have to come from cage-free chickens, like billy mouw's. >> it's expensive. it's about $20 to $25 per bird to switch over to cage-free. >> do you think your prices will come back down? >> i'm sure hoping so. i'm hoping it just levels off.

>> reporter: and we paid more than six bucks for these eggs, but even at that price, it's still one of the cheapest forms of protein available. and the ones you have in your fridge are going to last a month, so there's no need to rush out to the store. prices have decreased slightly in the last week or so, but they could rise again. easter is right around the corner. norah. >> carter evans, thank you for cracking that story wide open. we appreciate it. all right. tonight there are new details after shots were fired in philadelphia outside the federal courthouse early this morning. the u.s. marshal's service says a man was shot multiple times by a courthouse security officer after the suspect approached the officer with two edged weapons and refused to comply to commands to stop and drop the weapons. the suspect is currently hospitalized in critical condition. the fbi is now leading the investigation. well, a record number of guns were found at u.s. airports last year, and a new tsa report just out today shows a vast

majority of those guns were loaded. cbs's caitlin huey-burns has more on this disturbing trend. >> reporter: the alarming number from the tsa, more than 6,500 firearms found in passengers' carry-on luggage last year, an increase of nearly 10% from the year before. and 88% of those guns were loaded. back in may, the tsa administrator warned about this trend. >> we still have a pretty significant issue with weapons being introduced into the screening process. >> reporter: four of the top five airports are in the south with atlanta, dallas-fort worth, houston intercontinental, nashville, and phoenix topping the list. keith jeffries spent 20 years at the tsa. he says new scanners are making identification more efficient. >> there are folks that own firearms, and then there are responsible firearm owners. but unfortunately we're seeing more and more where folks are saying, i forgot it was in my bag. >> reporter: the tsa requires

guns to be unloaded and properly secured in checked luggage. you must also notify your airline. in december, a rhode island man was arrested with a disassembled gun hidden in two jars of peanut butter in his checked bag. but it's not just guns. tsa agents in new york found a cat inside a suitcase before thanksgiving and a four-foot boa constrictor at tampa's airport. now, to try and get these numbers down, tsa has increased the penalty for just under $15,000. you would also lose your tsa pre-check eligibility for up to five years if caught with a gun, not to mention possible criminal charges. norah. >> caitlin huey-burns, thank you so much. back here in washington, the white house is pushing back against republican criticism over the classified documents found at president biden's home and former office. cbs's adriana diaz was the first to break the story, and tonight she has new details about how the president is handling the

growing controversy. >> will you commit to speak to the special counsel? >> reporter: today, president biden did not acknowledge the controversy publicly, but cbs news has learned that privately he's expressed frustration the documents ended up at his home and private office. the white house has been criticized for not being more forthcoming. the first documents were discovered on november 2nd but the white house didn't acknowledge that until last week, after being asked by cbs news. and since then, the white house has said even more documents had been found at another location. today white house press secretary karine jean-pierre was asked 18 times about the issue. >> so when it comes to legal issues, we have been very clear that we are not going to comment. >> reporter: republicans continue to criticize the white house for not going public sooner. >> prior to an election, they kept it secret. at no time did he get raided by the fbi. >> reporter: but white house aides are calling that criticism fake outrage, arguing there was

little concern expressed from republicans when classified documents were found at mar-a-lago. and, norah, we have learned tonight that special counsel robert hur is expected to begin his investigation into president biden's classified documents within the next two weeks. >> adriana diaz, thank you very much. wnba star brittney griner made a surprise public appearance weeks after her release from russia. that story is next.

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finally tonight, overcoming the wounds of war takes courage, strength, and help from hope for the warriors. that's a nonprofit that is helping injured veterans looking for ways to heal their mental and physical scars and find something else, inspiration. here's cbs's janet shamlian. >> reporter: this is a slice of happiness chris kind couldn't imagine in the past. the army veteran says he was angry and depressed in the years after a mortar blast in iraq left him with a brain injury, later ptsd. >> these are skin grafts right here. >> reporter: and burns on 65% of his body. >> it was just hard adjusting to that, you know -- to that new normal. >> reporter: the father of five says he needed connection but couldn't find it, until he started gardening. so you found joy in this and some relief? >> oh, a lot of relief.

>> reporter: but his burns prevented him from being outside in the midday sun. that's when hope for the warriors gifted him this $10,000 greenhouse. what was that like hearing you were going to -- >> i was like wow. >> reporter: the nonprofit has granted more than 250 wishes, everything from woodworking equipment to family vacations. what is it like for you to see these wishes granted? >> to be able to grant a wish, that's really cool. and to know that it's life-changing. >> reporter: kind now living up to his name. >> the biggest thing about growing this stuff and making me feel good is just giving it away to other people, man. >> you're giving. what are you getting? >> i'm getting joy. >> reporter: joy and growth. janet shamlian, cbs news, florenceville, texas. fosomef yo theews overnight continues. and for others, you can check back later for "cbs mornings." you can also follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah

o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. embattled republican congressman george santos has been assigned to two house committees, small business and science. this despite growing calls for his resignation amid questions about his finances and background. the university of texas at dallas is the latest post-secondary school in that h state to block access to tiktok on campus wi-fi. last month, governor greg abbott banned the app from all government devices, citing security and privacy concerns. and the world's oldest person has died at the age of 118. french nun sister andre passed away peacefully at her retirement home on tuesday.

for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new it's wednesday, january 18th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." a scary situation for a qantas plane while through flying over the ocean. what triggered the distress call. mystery in massachusetts. a woman vanishes on new year's day. her body nowhere to be found. now her husband is being charged with murder. guns at checkpoints. the tsa confiscates a record number of firearms in 2022. the top five airports that seized the most. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. breaking overnight, a helicopter crashed near the ukrainian capital of kyiv has killed at