board. i'm just going to go the extra step now to double-check, cross-reference everything. >> reporter: but for two of santos' republican new york freshman lawmakers, that's not enough. they want him to resign altogether and say his recusal today is like someone quitting before they were about to get fired. j.b. >> caitlin huey-burns reporting. the white house says that vice president kamala harris will travel to memphis tomorrow to attend the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29-year-old father and fedex worker who died after being beaten by members of a memphis police department. as the city of memphis and the nation mourns, the reverend j. lawrence turner says the public funeral will focus on the way nichols lived and not the way he died. >> we want to be sure that we're focused on celebrating tyre's life. we cannot and will not allow the way in which he died to define the totality of his life.

>> five former police officers have been charged with nichols' murder, and the district attorney is considering filing charges against seven other first responders. tonight, alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter along with a weapons expert in the shooting death on the set of the western "rust." prosecutors say more than a dozen safety violations occurred on the set. cbs's kris van cleave joins us with the new details. good evening, kris. >> reporter: j.b., these new charging documents lay out a chain of events where prosecutors say there were multiple opportunities to avoid tragedy. now, these documents allege that alec baldwin missed the required firearms training before filming began. he was given his own training session on the set of "rust," but the documents say baldwin was distracted and talking on his cell phone to his family during the training. video and pictures from around the time of the shooting allegedly show multiple instances where baldwin had his

finger on the trigger of the gun. baldwin has claimed he didweapo forensic review found the trigger had to be pulled for that gun to fire. baldwin's attorneys did not comment today but have called the charges a terrible miscarriage of justice. it will now be up to a judge to decide what charges could move forward to a possible trial. but as it stands tonight, if convicted, baldwin could face up to five years in jail. j.b. >> kris van cleave reporting. tonight, a possible lead in the investigation into the disappearance of two monkeys from the dallas zoo. police released a photo of a person of interest following a string of mysterious and troubling incidents. we get details from cbs's janet shamlian. >> reporter: tonight police are looking for this man in connection with two monkeys missing from the dallas zoo. the photo in this video of the same man wandering the zoo grounds were taken sunday before the emperor tamarin monkeys, which look like this, were

reported missing monday. zoo officials say they believe the monkeys were taken, calling their habitat intentionally compromised. >> there's several markets for this type of monkey. some is j people want khem as pets the bizae incint at the zooe moh, i security were put in place. earlier this month, a clouded leopard escaped. the fencing around its hab tats had been cut. the animal was found nearby the same day. the zoo's enclosure of the lan gore monkeys was also discovered cut, but none escaped. on january 21st, an endangered vulture was found dead. the bird reportedly had an unusual injury. a cause of death is pending. janet shamlian, cbs news, houston. a decades-long mega drought fueled by climate change is nearing a tipping point for states in the west. the colorado river is the main supply of water for 40 million people, but the river and its

reservoirs are now running dry. in partnership with the weather channel, cbs's ben tracy shows us that as water becomes scarce, wall street sees profits in our new series, "protecting the planet." >> come on back. >> reporter: colorado rancher joe bas just one source of water, the colorado river. so that river is yourots that river. >> reporter: and that river is why someone newad. >> water asset management owns that property. >> and when you first heard of them, what was your reaction? >> surprise and concern. they are concerning because they're large. >> reporter: water asset management is a new york investment firm with offices inside this building. in the past five years, it has bought at least $20 million worth of land in western colorado. >> these are folks that have identified the drought as an opportunity to make money. >> reporter: andy mueller's job is to protect colorado's share of the river. he says water asset management

has acquired more than 2,500 acres of farmland for the water rights that come with it. >> with the intent to not use the water and send the water downstream to an entity or entities that might pay them quite a bit of money. i view these private drought profiteers as vultures. >> that's pretty strong. >> yeah. >> it's a trillion dollararket >> repr: matt diserio presidet management. he declined our request for an interview, but three years ago, he said one of his firm's strategies is to profit from water rights, in part by making the farms it buys more efficient and selling water to other users, including farmers and municipalities. >> when you need water, water is the only thing that will do. >> so why is water now so scarce in the west? dr. greg posteol is here to explain. >> ben, the colorado river relies mostly on snow melt from the rocky mountains and climate change is making the west hotter. and for every degree increase in

temperature, the river flow has dropped by about 5%. that adds up to about a 20% reduction over the past century. >> reporter: the nation's largest reservoirs are hitting record lows. it's so bad, congress is allocating $4 billion that can be used to pay farmers to not use their water, making water rights even more valuable. so whose land is this? >> water asset management. >> reporter: joe bernal is now leasing some land from water asset management. he says ranchers here are keeping an eye on their new neighbors. >> and we'll be watching for what may be coming. >> reporter: ben tracy, cbs news, grand junction, colorado. police say a man armed with an ar-15 rifle opened fire today inside a target store. how it all ended, next.

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adults are living with a criminal record. even for those who have paid their debt to society, getting a second chance can be a frustrating journey. cbs's jan crawford has one man's success story. >> reporter: sincere and engaging, melod teymorian is great in job interviews. but one thing kept holding him back. >> the hurdles were the background checks. i would find that i was being flagged. >> flagged for what? >> for the felony possession charge. >> reporter: a prescription for painkillers ultimately led him to heroin and a 2016 drug conviction for a nonviolent drug offense. >> when you do get the interview, you're excited, right? maybe this time is going to be different. maybe i'm going to get this job. >> reporter: instead, it was

rejection after rejection because virginia keeps nonviolent drug felonies on a person's record for life, even for those like ta morian, who say he's been sober in all the years since. >> reporter: that doesn't say anything about my character today. >> reporter: he finally found an employer who saw he was more than his record. >> there's so much opportunity that exists in the population, so much passion and drive and desire to want to be a productive member of society. >> that was three years ago, so i've been employed with this company now, and i've experienced the growth that i wanted all along. >> reporter: growth and purpose after a second chance at life. jan crawford, cbs news, annandale, virginia. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm james brown.

this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. ahead of a meeting at the white house wednesday, president biden will ask house speaker kevin mccarthy for what budget cuts his party is seeking to raise the federa debt limit, demanding the speaker agrees to avoid a government default on federal debt. nikki haley, the former governor of south carolina, who served as president trump's ambassador to the united nations is planning to announce her own run for the white house on fweb 15th. she'll go up against her former boss, currently the sole republican seeking the 2024 republican nomination. and a green comet that hasn't aperiod in the sky since the neanderthals 50,000 years ago will make its closest approach, expected to brighten in the northern hemisphere today

and thursday. better look while you can. it might not return for millions of years. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, former president donald trump pleads the fifth during his deposition ahead of the $250 million fraud lawsuit filed by new york's attorney general. plus, alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting on the set of his film, "rust," along with the movie's weapons specialist. but first, a massive winter storm system is targeting the nation's midsection with ice, sleet, and snow. winter storm alerts are spread across 14 states. officials are urging residents to stay off the roads and be prepared for power outages. at least two deaths in texas

have been reported. thousands of flights have also been delayed and canceled, mostly in the south. cbs's omar villafranca will start us off tonight from memphis. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. memphis is under an ice storm warning, and let me show you exactly what that means. there's a thin layer of ice all on these trees and on the roads, and it's causing all kinds of problems from texas to tennessee. tonight, a dangerous winter storm is gripping the south, kent.ing travel from texas to creating chaos on the roads. >> slow down. don't take these roads for granted. >> reporter: and canceling thousands of flights. texas bearing the brunt. thunder sleet and freezing rain reported across the lone star state, making roads look more like ice rinks. >> it was so slushy, i thought i was driving through an icee. >> reporter: officials blaming

the wicked weather for hundreds of crashes. at least two people are dead. >> because of icing, many roads in texas will remain very dangerous for the next 24 to 48 hours. anybody who needs to be out driving needs to be very cautious of the conditions. >> reporter: txdot is using more than 2,000 trucks and other equipment to clear the roads but is still warning residents to stay home. nearly half the flights going into and out of dallas are canceled or delayed for hours. and tens of thousands of customers are without power. the governor assuring residents that the grid is keeping up with demand. >> there is not anticipated to be any challenge to the power grid in the state of texas. >> reporter: but some are relying on old-fashioned horsepower to keep moving during the storm. across the river in arkansas, the governor there has declared a state of emergency. now, schools across this region

will be closed on wednesday because of the weather, but this storm is expected to move out of here tomorrow. j.b. >> omar villafranca in memphis, thank you. in washington, embattled congressman george santos has told his fellow republicans that he is temporarily stepping aside from two congressional committees amid ongoing investigations into his campaign finances and other issues. cbs's caitlin huey-burns has more. >> reporter: with legal scrutiny intensifying, congressman george santos told a private meeting of his republican colleagues that he was sorry for being a distraction and looked forward to clearing his name. >> are you confident that you will be cleared? >> yes, i am. >> why are you confident you'll be cleared? >> i have nothing to hide. >> if you have nothing to hide, why do you think you're under investigation? >> reporter: santos informed house speaker kevin mccarthy of the decision to temporarily step aside from his new committee assignments last night. >> i think it was the appropriate decision.

going through ethics on some of these concerns will allow -- the voters have elected him. he'll have a voice here in congress, and until he answers all those questions, then at that time, he'll be able to be seated on committees. >> reporter: with a narrow house majority, speaker mccarthy has defended santos' right to stay in congress even as a new poll shows 78% of voters in his district say he should resign, including 71% of republicans. >> i've made my sincere apology multiple times. >> reporter: but santos, who has admitted to lying extensively about his background and work experience, isn't giving up his seat. >> i can guarantee you that from now on, anything and everything is always going to be above board. it's largely always been above board. i'm just going to go the extra step now to double-check, cross-reference everything. >> reporter: but for two of santos' republican new york freshman lawmakers, that's not enough.

they want him to resign altogether and say his recusal today is like someone quitting before they were about to get fired. j.b. >> caitlin huey-burns reporting. cbs news has obtained video excerpts of former president donald trump's deposition in the new york attorney general's fraud investigation. trump repeatedly pleaded the fifth, refusing to answer any questions about his or his company's finances. here's cbs's ed o'keefe. >> reporter: near the start of the deposition, former president donald trump tells new york attorney letitia james that he would be invoking his right against self-incrimination. >> anyone in my position not taking the fifth amendment would be a fool, an 0 times over nearly four hours -- >> i decline to answer the question. >> reporter: -- the former president invoked the fifth.

>> same answer. same answer. same answer. >> and i am tonight announcing my -- >> reporter: trump, running for the white house once again, is facing multiple federal and state investigations. the lawsuit filed last year by attorney general james accuses the former president, his three children, and their company of a long-running scheme to inflate the value of their properties, something investigators asked trump about. >> the valuations contained in this document reflect false and misleading valuation statements, is that correct? >> same answer. >> reporter: former prosecutor harry litman. >> he was disciplined and just said "same answer, same answer," because the stakes are high. he couldn't be trump. it's a really vivid demonstration of the justice system catching up with him and making him abandon his normal >> rte bil int r a si i e paa jones sesittidenbeeng from investigators'sitn, w cet the fbi searched his mar-a-lago home, he was allowed to make a statement and used it to lash out at james. >> this is the greatest witch

hunt in the history of our country. >> reporter: trump's attorneys had no comment on the videos released. the civil case is set to go to trial on october 2nd. j.b. >> ed, i understand you have no cbs reporting about the investigation into president biden's handling of classified documents? >> reporter: that's right. cbs news has learned that the fbi searched the penn biden center in washington in mid-november after lawyers for the president found about ten documents with classification markings there. two sources tell us that the search was conducted in cooperation with representatives for the president, but his attorneys, tnor the justice department had previously disclosed details of the search. james. >> thank you, ed. a woman from hawaii is lucky to be alive after a five-foot boulder slammed into her home in honolulu. surveillance video shows the moment the giant rock smashed through the wall last weekend, narrowly missing the woman inside the house.

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm nicole scanga in washington. thanks for staying with us. a decades-long mega drought has the colorado river and its reservoirs at the lowest level on record. 40 million people in seven western states rely on the colorado for their water, and the federal government gave the states months to come up with a voluntary plan to drastically now impe mandatorycu govnment cd

meanwhile, wall street sees dollar signs in the water war. ben tracy reports. >> we are talking potentially billions of dollars at stake, and that's because the colorado river is one of the most valuable economic resources in the united states. and despite a wet winter so far here in the west, the river system is still in crisis, and now private investors are betting that in a hotter and drier future, water is the new oil. joe bernal's family has lived on the western slope of the rockies for nearly 100 years. >> come on back. >> reporter: he raises cattle and grows crops on more than 500 acres of land near grand junction, colorado. your main source of water is the colorado? >> our only source of water is the colorado. >> so that river is your lifeline? that's it? >> that's all we've got is that river. >> reporter: and that river is why someone new bought the land just down the road from his

ranch. >> water asset management owns that property. >> and when you first heard of them, what was your reaction? >> surprise and concern. they are concerning because they're large. >> reporter: water asset management is a wall street investment firm with offices inside this building in new york city. cbs news has learned that in the past five years, the company has bought at least $20 million worth of land in western colorado. investors in a manhattan-based firm are now one of the largest landowners in the grand valley. i assume they wouldn't be here if they didn't think there was a lot of money to be made. >> i think that's a logical assumption. >> does that worry you? >> of course it worries us. >> what do investors in new york want with land here in colorado? >> i don't think they want much with the land. it's the water, right? >> reporter: andy mueller is general manager of the colorado river district, yessed by the state to protect its share of colorado river water. >> water in colorado, water in the west is your future. without water, you have no future. >> reporter: mueller says water

asset management has acquired at least 2,500 acres of land for the water rights that come with it. he theecators,t gets drier, those whtrich that identified the drought as an opportunity to make money. i view these private drought profiteers as vultures. >> that's pretty strong. >> yeah. they're looking to make a lot of money off this public resource. >> it's a trillion dollar market opportunity. >> reporter: mat diserio is president and co-founder of water asset management. he declined our repeated requests for an interview. >> we basically acquire very specific water rights. >> reporter: but in an interview three years ago with fintech, diserio explicitly said one of his firm's strategies is to profit from water in part by making the farms it buys more efficient and then selling parts of its water rights to other farmers and cities increasingly desperate for this essential resource. >> when you need water, water is the only thing that will do.

>> reporter: water asset management even hired colorado's former top water official, james ecklund, as a lawyer, and the company's website states that scarce clean water is the resource defining this century, much like plentiful oil defined the last. >> so why is water now so scarce in the west? have greg posteol with our partners at the weather challenge is here to explain. >> the colorado river relies mainly on the snowpack from the rocky mountains but climate change is making the west hotter. for every degree increase in temperature we see, that corresponds to about a 5% reduction in the river flow. so over the last century, we've seen roughly a 20% reduction overall. >> then on top of that, you have this 23-year-long mega drought in the west, the worth in 1,200 years, and there's also overuse of this river by a lot of western states. >> that's right, and it's taken a toll on the nation's largest reservoirs. lake mead in nevada and lake

powell in arizona, there's at about 25% of their combined full capacity, and there are real fears that this crucial water supply for the west is on the brink of disaster. >> and that is a problem for people all over the west, including ranchers high in the colorado rockies. >> all right. who wants this one? >> reporter: rancher carrie donovan is a former colorado state senator. she's alarmed by the amount of land being bought by investors for water rights. >> scarcity does equal value, right? >> reporter: she tried to make colorado's anti-speculation laws stronger, but that effort failed. colorado has pretty strong laws on this. you can't move water out of state. you have to use it for a beneficial use. so how do they make money on this? >> they'll probably make money because the state will be forced to create a system that doesn't exist right now to allow more flexibility in how a water right is used. >> so these private investors may not be buying this under the rules that exist today, but this

might be a long-term play. >> yeah, i think you're exactly right. in fact, if you look at their website, they even present it as such. >> reporter: as the arid west gets more desperate, the federal government is expected to make sure the taps keep flowing in cities including denver, las vegas,nix, and allocated $4 billion in drought funding that can be used to pay farmers to fallow their land and not use their water. some western states, including colorado, are also considering payment plans. >> and those dollars get pretty big, pretty fast. >> and if you're sitting on water rights, that's just free money? >> who's going to benefit most from a fallowing concept? an investment firm that's not too concerned if the ground that they own is farmed or ranched. >> so whose land is this? >> water asset management. >> reporter: and now this rancher's future is tied to wall street. some of the land joe bernal now farms is leased to him by water

asset management. >> what kind of landlord have they been? >> so far, so good. >> reporter: but he says ranchers here in the grand valley are keeping an eye on their new neighbors from new york. >> good stewards of the land and stewards of the water rights will have their eyes open and will be watching for what may be coming. >> reporter: now, water asset management is not the only firm looking to buy water rights in the west, but local officials tell us it is one of the most aggressive. now, as for that federal deadline for western states to propose cuts to their water supplies, six of the states have issued a plan for cuts, but california, which draws the largest share of the river, is so far not on board. the federal government may have to impose cuts, which will likely end up in court. >> that was ben tracy ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or

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which falls on april 20th, is not actually a national holiday. neither is national talk in an elevator day, july 28th, or even the much beloved national taco day, october 4th. what these so-called national days are really are largely the invention of this guy. >> i've always had a love of celebration, and i was digging around about where national popcorn day came from and couldn't find any real information. >> reporter: yes, marlowe anderson of mandan, north dakota, was curious one day about the origins of national popcorn day, january 19th, so he started keeping a blog called the national day calendar, which these days has grown into the sort of official decider of those often weird days you see people celebrating on facebook or hear them talking about on morning tv. >> as you know, it's national oatmeal day. >> i love it. >> it is national dog day today. >> today is national rece receptionist day. >> reporter: in the first month,

there was like a thousand people that came to the website. six months, we had a million people a month come to the website. i'm like, this is really interesting. >> reporter: working from this small building in mandan, anderson had been running a video conversion and computer repair business. but then the calendar took off. >> we actually had a meeting about two years after starting this about whether it should go away or continue on because it was stressing the company. we were really starting to get stressed here because of the hundreds of phone calls, thousands of emails, for something we're not getting paid for. >> reporter: anderson decided to go all in on the calendar. after all, national have fun at work day is january 28th, creating a system whereby people can suggest new national days online, which is where amy monette and doug phillip come in. so what is a really big day? >> national pizza day. >> pizza day. >> hot dog day. >> beer day.

>> this day is already in existence. >> reporter: amy and doug are part of the team at national day who vote on what does and doesn't get a spot on the calendar. >> i like that one, though. >> a lot of it is food related. >> we have a lot of food days. >> donut day. >> are people just looking for an excuse to eat ando nut. >> i think people are looking for an excuse just to have some fun. >> i want to also make sure i understand this. you don't have any governmental authority to do this? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: the government, of course, has the 11 actual national holidays we're all familiar with. >> welcome, everybody. >> reporter: on the national day calendar, there are also sponsored days in which a company pays money to have a national day declared for its product, which makes business sense to someone like kim francis. >> hi, everybody. i'm kim francis. >> reporter: spokesperson for the checkers and rallies chain of restaurants. do you account for a national french fry day and make sure that you have enough stuff

basically? >> with the national french fry day, we absolutely plan weeks in advance to make sure we have plenty of fries to satisfy the demand on national french fry day. that's how impactful it is. >> reporter: locals lined up for the free food but seemed largely unaware these national days were getting decided just down the block. do you know that's all getting picked here in mandan? >> no. no. >> yeah, like a block from here is the headquarters. are you ever in a conversation with someone, your friend or whatever, and they're like, hey, guess what? it's national wine day. let's like have some wine? >> yeah. yes. or like yesterday was grandparents day, and i was for sure going to post happy grandparents day to my mom, and they're grandparents, so yeah. >> reporter: which seems to be why this national day calendar thing has taken off, because we can all use a reason to reach out to a sibling -- april 10th -- or eat a blueberry popsicle -- september 2nd -- or,

you know, step in a puddle and flash your friend day on january 11th. >> luke burbank

. cindy williams, who played shirley on the hit sitcom "laverne & shirley," has died. she was 75. david begnaud looks back on her life and career. >> five, six, seven, eight, schlemiel, schlimazel, hospitalen feffer incorporated. >> reporter: they were just two blue collar girls, roaming together while working the grind at a milwaukee bottling company. cindy williams play shirley to penny marshall's cavalier laverne. >> it's dynamite. >> that good, huh? >> reporter: they had their own special brand of that slap stick humor. with the exception of lucille ball and carol burnett, women were rarely seen doing physical comedy. shirley was known for her one liners, and cindy williams delivered them with perfect timing.

>> i'm going to be cold as ice. >> is anyone sitting here? >> nobody but you, mister. >> reporter: before becoming shirley, williams spent the first half of the '70s in feature films like george lucas' american graffiti. that's where she dances with ron howard. >> i had to practically throw myself at you. ♪ sunday, monday, happy days ♪ >> it was howard's hit sitcom happy days that would bring "laverne & shirley" to life as a spin-off, even surpassing happy days in the prime-time ratings. marshall in ,nd eve ter theirw ended in 1983, she and williams remained close friends. >> you have a history with each other that you don't have -- i mean not -- it's very unique, and she's like a witness to my life. sometimes i don't want her to be. >> well, i didn't want to be a witness, and i objected to some of your life. >> jump! >> reporter: "laverne & shirley" back together again. >> david begnaud reporting.

and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm nicole sganga. this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. ahead of a meeting at the white house wednesday, president biden will ask house speaker kevin mccarthy for what budget cuts his party is seeking to raise the federal debt limit, demanding the speaker agrees to avoid a government default on federal debt. nikki haley, the former governor of south carolina, who served as president trump's ambassador to the united nations is planning to announce her own run for the white house on february 15th. she'll go up against her former boss, currently the sole republican seeking the 2024 republican nomination. and a green comet that hasn't appeared in 9 earth's night sky since the neanderthals walked the land 50,000 years ago will make its closest approach, expected to brighten in the northern hemisphere today and thursday.

better look while you can. it might not return for millions of years. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. tonight, 36 million americans facing winter storm threats from texas to west virginia. at least two killed after freezing rain and ice caused deadly pileups across the lone star state. dangerously cold temperatures hit the midwest before moving into the northeast. cbs's omar villafranca has details on this dangerous ice storm. george santos recuses himself. the embattled republican temporarily steps down from two congressional committees amid a flurry of investigations. what he is saying about the decision. trump pleads the fifth. cbs news has the video excerpts of former president donald trump's 2022 deposition in his

new york fraud case. alec baldwin officially charged in the "rust" shooting death. prosecutors detail what they say the actor did wrong the day the cinematographer died. and a new clue in the case of two missing monkeys at the dallas zoo. why police want to talk to this man. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, former president donald trump pleads the fifth during his deposition ahead of the $250 million fraud lawsuit filed by new york's attorney general. plus, alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting on the set of his film, "rust," along with the movie's weapons specialist. but first, a massive winter storm system is targeting the nation's midsection with ice, sleet, and snow. winter storm alerts are spread

across 14 states. officials are urging residents to stay off the roads and be prepared for power outages. at least two deaths in texas have been reported. thousands of flights have also been delayed and canceled, mostly in the south. cbs's omar villafranca will start us off tonight from memphis. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. memphis is under an ice storm warning, and let me show you exactly what that means. there's a thin layer of ice all on these trees and on the roads, and it's causing all kinds of problems from texas to tennessee. tonight, a dangerous winter storm is gripping the south, snarling travel from texas to kentucky. creating chaos on the roads. >> slow down. don't take these roads for granted. >> reporter: and canceling thousands of flights. texas bearing the brunt. thunder sleet and freezing rain reported across the lone star state, making roads look more

like ice rinks. >> it was so slushy, i thought i was driving through an icee. >> reporter: officials blaming the wicked weather for hundreds of crashes. at least two people are dead. >> because of icing, many roads in texas will remain very dangerous for the next 24 to 48 hours. anybody who needs to be out driving needs to be very cautious of the conditions. >> reporter: txdot is using more than 2,000 trucks and other equipment to clear the roads but is still warning residents to stay home. nearly half the flights going into and out of dallas are canceled or delayed for hours. and tens of thousands of customers are without power. the governor assuring residents that the grid is keeping up with demand. >> there is not anticipated to be any challenge to the power grid in the state of texas. >> reporter: but some are relying on old-fashioned horsepower to keep moving during the storm.

aross the river in arkansas, the governor there has declared a state of emergency. now, schools across this region will be closed on wednesday because of the weather, but this storm is expected to move out of here tomorrow. j.b. >> omar villafranca in memphis, thank you. well, this wintry weather and bitter cold is far from over. let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> good evening, james. again, another round of impactful sleet and freezing rain and some snow for parts of texas, arkansas, mississippi, and tennessee. ice storm warnings posted again into tomorrow. already a quarter of an inch to almost half an inch of ice, we've seen across parts of texas, arkansas, and into tennessee with the potential for more ice, doubling the amounts we've already seen in some areas. a glaze to even damaging ice, so

we can expect more power outages, dangerous travel, and very cold temperatures into the northeast after new york went every day in january, james, with temperatures above average. >> chris, thank you for the serious heads-up for sure. cbs news has obtained video excerpts of former president donald trump's deposition in the new york attorney general's fraud investigation. trump repeatedly pleaded the fifth, refusing to answer any questions about his or his company's finances. here's cbs's ed o'keefe. >> reporter: near the start of the deposition, former president donald trump tells new york attorney general letitia james that he would be invoking his right against self-incrimination. >> anyone in my position not taking the fifth amendment would be a fool, an absolute fool. >> reporter: so more than 400 times over nearly four hours -- >> i decline to answer the question. >> reporter: -- the former president invoked the fifth. >> same answer. same answer. same answer. >> and i am tonight announcing

my -- >> reporter: trump, running for the white house once again, is facing multiple federal and state investigations. the lawsuit filed last year by attorney general james accuses the former president, his three children, and their company of a long-running scheme to inflate the value of their properties, something investigators asked trump about. >> the valuations contained in this document reflect false and misleading valuation statements, is that correct? >> same answer. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor harry litman. >> he was disciplined and just said "same answer, same answer," because the stakes are high. he couldn't be trump. it's a really vivid demonstration of the justice system catching up with him and making him abandon his normal playbook. >> reporter: not since bill clinton sat for a deposition in the paula jones case has a sitting or former president been seen on tape taking questions from investigators. in trump's deposition, which took place just two days after the fbi searched his mar-a-lago home, he was allowed to make a statement and used it to lash out at james.

>> this is the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country. >> reporter: trump's attorneys had no comment on the videos released. the civil case is set to go to trial on october 2nd. j.b. >> ed, i understand you have new cbs reporting about the investigation into president biden's handling of classified documents? >> reporter: that's right. cbs news has learned that the fbi searched the penn biden center in washington in mid-november after lawyers for the president found about ten documents with classification markings there. two sources tell us that the search was conducted in cooperation with representatives for the president, but his attorneys, the white house, nor the justice department had previously disclosed details of the search. james. >> thank you, ed. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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>> if you have nothing to hide, why do you think you're under investigation? >> reporter: santos informed house speaker kevin mccarthy of the decision to temporarily step aside from his new committee assignments last night. >> i think it was the appropriate decision. going through ethics on some of these concerns, and we'll make sure -- the voters have elected him. he'll have a voice here in congress, and until he answers all those questions, then he'll -- at that time he'll be able to be seated on committees. >> reporter: with a narrow house majority, speaker mccarthy has defended santos' right to stay in congress even as a new poll shows 78% of voters in his district say he should resign, including 71% of republicans. >> i've made my sincere apology multiple times. >> reporter: but santos, who has admitted to lying extensively about his background and work experience, isn't giving up his seat. >> i can guarantee you that from now on, anything and everything is always going to be above board.

it's largely always been above board. i'm just going to go the extra step now to double-check, cross-reference everything. >> reporter: but for two of santos' republican new york freshman lawmakers, that's not enough. they want him to resign altogether and say his recusal today is like someone quitting before they were about to get fired. j.b. >> caitlin huey-burns reporting. the white house says that vice president kamala harris will travel to memphis tomorrow to attend the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29-year-old father and fedex worker who died after being beaten by members of a memphis police department. as the city of memphis and the nation mourns, the reverend j. lawrence turner says the public funeral will focus on the way nichols lived and not the way he died. >> we want to be sure that we're focused on celebrating tyre's life. we cannot and will not allow the way in which he died to define the totality of his life.

>> five former police officers have been charged with nichols' murder, and the district attorney is considering filing charges against seven other first responders. tonight, alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter along with a weapons expert in the shooting death on the set of the western "rust." prosecutors say more than a dozen safety violations occurred on the set. cbs's kris van cleave joins us with the new details. good evening, kris. >> reporter: j.b., these new charging documents lay out a chain of events where prosecutors say there were multiple opportunities to avoid tragedy. now, these documents allege that alec baldwin missed the required firearms training before filming began. he was given his own training session on the set of "rust," but the documents say baldwin was distracted and talking on his cell phone to his family during the training. video and pictures from around the time of the shooting allegedly show multiple instances where baldwin had his finger on the trigger of the

gun. baldwin has claimed he did not fire the weapon, but an fbi forensic review found the trigger had to be pulled for that gun to fire. baldwin's attorneys did not comment today but have called the charges a terrible miscarriage of justice. it will now be up to a judge to decide what charges could move forward to a possible trial. but as it stands tonight, if convicted, baldwin could face up to five years in jail. j.b. >> kris van cleave reporting. tonight, a possible lead in the investigation into the disappearance of two monkeys from the dallas zoo. police released a photo of a person of interest following a string of mysterious and troubling incidents. we get details from cbs's janet shamlian. >> reporter: tonight police are looking for this man in connection with two monkeys missing from the dallas zoo. the photo and this video of the same man wandering the zoo grounds were taken sunday before the emperor tamarin monkeys, which look like this, were reported missing monday.

zoo officials say they believe the monkeys were taken, calling their habitat intentionally compromised. >> there's several markets for this type of monkey. some is just for people who want to keep them as pets, and the other one is people who want to breed them. >> reporter: it's the fourth bizarre incident at the zoo in the last month, and it comes after additional cameras and security were put in place. earlier this month, a clouded leopard escaped. the fencing around its habitat had been cut. the animal was found nearby the same day. the zoo's enclosure of the langur monkeys was also discovered cut, but none escaped. on january 21st, an endangered lappet-faced vulture was found dead. the bird reportedly had an unusual injury. a cause of death is pending. janet shamlian, cbs news, houston. a decades-long mega drought fueled by climate change is nearing a tipping point for states in the west. the colorado river is the main supply of water for 40 million people, but the river and its

reservoirs are now running dry. in partnership with the weather channel, cbs's ben tracy shows us that as water becomes scarce, wall street sees profits in our new series, "protecting the planet." >> come on back. >> reporter: colorado rancher joe bernal has just one source of water, the colorado river. so that river is your lifeline. that's it. >> that's all we've got is that river. >> reporter: and that river is why someone new bought this land just down the road. >> water asset management owns that property. >> and when you first heard of them, what was your reaction? >> surprise and concern. they are concerning because they're large. >> reporter: water asset management is a new york investment firm with offices inside this building. in the past five years, it has bought at least $20 million worth of land in western colorado. >> these are folks that have identified the drought as an opportunity to make money. >> reporter: andy mueller's job is to protect colorado's share of the river. he says water asset management has acquired more than 2,500

acres of farmland for the water rights that come with it. >> with the intent to not use the water and send the water downstream to an entity or entities that might pay them quite a bit of money. i view these private drought profiteers as vultures. >> that's pretty strong. >> yeah. >> it's a trillion dollar market opportunity. >> reporter: matt diserio is president of water asset management. he declined our request for an interview, but three years ago, he said one of his firm's strategies is to profit from water rights, in part by making the farms it buys more efficient and selling water to other users, including farmers and municipalities. >> when you need water, water is the only thing that will do. >> so why is water now so scarce in the west? well, dr. greg posteol with our partners at the weather channel is here to explain. >> well, ben, the colorado river relies mostly on snowmelt from the rocky mountains, and climate change is making the west hotter. and for every degree increase in

temperature, the river flow has dropped by about 5%. that adds up to about a 20% reduction over the past century. >> reporter: the nation's largest reservoirs are hitting record lows. it's so bad, congress is allocating $4 billion at can be used to pay farmers to not use their water, making water rights even more valuable. so whose land is this? >> water asset management. >> reporter: joe bernal is now leasing some land from water asset management. he says ranchers here are keeping an eye on their new neighbors. >> and we'll be watching for what may be coming. >> reporter: ben tracy, cbs news, grand junction, colorado. police say a man armed with an ar-15 rifle opened fire today inside a target store. how it all ended, next.

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about one-third of american adults are living with a criminal record. even for those who have paid their debt to society, getting a second chance can be a frustrating journey. cbs's jan crawford has one man's success story. >> reporter: sincere and engaging, melod teymorian is great in job interviews. but one thing kept holding him back. >> the hurdles were the background checks. i would find that i was being flagged. >> flagged for what? >> for the felony possession charge. >> reporter: a prescription for painkillers led teymorian to heroin and a 2016 drug conviction for a nonviolent drug offense. >> when you do get the interview, you're excited, right? maybe this time is going to be different. maybe i'm going to get this job.

>> reporter: instead, it was rejection after rejection because virginia keeps nonviolent drug felonies on a person's record for life, even for those like teymorian, who say he's been sober in all the years since. >> that doesn't say anything about my character today. >> reporter: he finally found an employer who saw he was more than his record. >> there's so much opportunity that exists in the population, so much passion and drive and desire to want to be a productive member of society. >> that was three years ago, so i've been employed with this company now, and i've experienced the growth that i wanted all along. >> reporter: growth and purpose after a second chance at life. jan crawford, cbs news, annandale, virginia. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm james brown.

this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. ahead of a meeting at the white house wednesday, president biden will ask house speaker kevin mccarthy for what budget cuts his party is seeking to raise the federal debt limit, demanding the speaker agrees to avoid a government default on federal debt. nikki haley, the former governor of south carolina, who served as president trump's ambassador to the unitedunited s is planning to announce her own run for the white house on february 15th. she'll go up against her former boss, currently the sole republican seeking the 2024 republican nomination. and a green comet that hasn't appeared in the earth's night sky since the neanderthals walked the land 50,000 years ago will make its closest approach, expected to brighten in the

northern hems sphere today and thursday. better look while you can. it might not return for millions of years. for more, download the cbs it's wednesday, february 1st, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, torture suspect dead. police track down benjamin foster, the man accused of kidnapping and beating a woman. how they say he tried to hide during an hours' long standoff. ice storm. winter weather leads to crashes, canceled flights, and power outages in the nation's midsection. what's on tap for today. road to the white house. a former governor is expected to announce her bid this month becoming the first gop challenger to former president trump. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a severe ice storm affecting millions of americans