captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is friday, february 22nd, 2013. welcome to "cbs this morning." breaking news. blade runner oscar pistorius could be freed on bail at any moment. we'll take you to south africa. and more than a foot and a half of snow blankets the midwest. only on "cbs this morning," the ex-mayor who gambled away a million dollars. she talks about her reversal of fortune. and if you're a baby boomer, your work outcould cause boomeritis. but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 skojds. >> i mean you can't see the

roads. ice. it's dangerous. >> a mid-winter whiteout marches across the country. >> a deadly winter storm that's now crawling east. >> it may have sent a killer tornado through texas. >> up to 17 inches of snow in some area. in kansas, the national guard is patrolling the roadways. >> probably almost three-fourths of the state is snow-packed. >> oscar pistorius will learn today whether he will face preted tated murder. >> three people are dead after a rolling shoot-out ends in a fiery crash on the biggest strip. >> police say someone in black ranger opened fire on someone in a maserati. >> there are a number of suspects. >> it's almost like a hollywood movie but unfortunately this is real life.

>> how police confiscated christopher dorner's deadly intent. the person who cracked the case was his former partner. >> all that -- >> the best shot of the night was made by a cheerleader. >> i'm against this decision. >> free car. >> you're a senator? >> yes. >> that's awesome. i'm a lieutenant in the k.i.s.s. army. >> they have found all sorts of thing in hagel's past. he was once a republican. >> my new book, "killing jesus." >> he's going to be super

disappointed when he finds out there's already a book about that. welcome to "cbs this morning." the middle of the country from texas to wisconsin is digging out from a powerful storm. it is causing serious problems in minnesota this morning, and now the snow is heading for the great lakes. >> the storm has dumped more than a foot and a half in some areas. snow, wind, and ice are blamed for at least two deaths. dean reynolds is just north of chicago. dean, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah. the snow has tapered off after dropping 3 or 4 inches of snow, but that was more than enough to create plenty of problems. as the wintry storm blew across illinois, its impact was painfully easy to describe. >> it's freezing, and the wind is terrible. >> reporter: overnight traffic crawled to a near standstill here as the snow began to fall,

stranding some cars. it's part of the same massive system that crippled kansas. parts of that state got nearly a foot and a half of snow, and that's not all. a mix of thunder and lightning made for an unusual weather event called thundersnow. across the midwest, icy, snowy roads created treacherous driving conditions. >> you can't see the roads. ice. it's dangerous. >> reporter: on one slick road a minivan slid directly into a stop light before the giant pole came crashing down. and in the town of lawrence, kansas, a car erupted into flames as it tried to climb a snowy hill. for much of the day, a two-mile stretch across much of the major highway in kansas was closed. the plows were out in full force trying to clean up the mess. >> hoping to get everybody to their destinations.

hope they can get from point a to point b without having to get stuck somewhere. >> reporter: hundreds of flights from kansas city to chicago were canceled overnight, and the traffic around here is very, very slow. indeed, the snow is going away, but it's about to be replaced by something even worse. ice. charlie, norah? >> dean reynolds, thank you. and meteorologist jeff berardelli of our cbs affiliate has more. >> another storm is going to develop along the eastern seaboard, move up, and may give significant snow into interior portions of new england. let's go to the maps and show you right now. as you can see we have heavy snow in parts of michigan. still heavy snow in milwaukee and wisconsin. as we kind of look ahead into tomorrow, the worst of it looks to be probably mid afternoon

tomorrow. notice all the way to about boston, it's mainly going to be rainfall. however, just interior to boston, and boston's going be a very close call. it will be a mix of wet heavy snow and rain. and even into nevada it looks like snow is possible. vermont, new hampshire, the berkshires and maine. in fact, we're expect significant snowfall accumulations. also into maine along the coast to boston, it's a very tough call right now. it looks like a mixture of snow and rain and a couple of slushy inches. >> thank you. breaking news in south africa. the judge could decide at any moment whether to give oscar pistorius bail. prosecutors feel he's a flight risk. emma is live there at the court

now. emma, good morning. >> reporter: eight nights in a police cell, four days in court. oscar pistorius is about to find out whether he's going to be freed on bail. he cried again in court this morni morning. his family's now waiter for him. for first time friends of reeva steenkamp can come to the court but the family is staying away. >> she can't believe her best friend is gone. she and reeva were room maits. her room is empty now after she went to spend the fateful night at oscar pistorius's house. i can tell you miss her. >> too much. i go through a lot of stages of disbelief because it doesn't feel real. this is a very, very weird

sensation. i feel broken inside. >> reporter: she had been living at the family's room for a past six months and gina's father cecil fells like her dad. >> we're going to find out the truth. whether it's ten years, 20 years, i don't know. but the truth will come out one day. >> reporter: oscar pistorius was back in court today for the fourth and likely defense. he argues the charges against him should be manslaughter, not premeditated murder because oscar thought he was shooting an intruder. they're back due in court withen the next half hour and he faces the unenviable task of making a decision in this case. he knows he's going to be

criticized in either way. he has two body coaches by his side. his defense attorneys are sitting quiet while his running coach says he could be back to training. president obama called republican leaders yesterday. bill plante is at the white house. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. first high-level contact but no reported progress. congress will be back to work on monday, but there's a sense here at the white house that the white house will find it politically impossible to make any kind of deal. it will mean trimming across the board. with the pentagon and other departments already in crisis

mode, the white house announced thursday that he had phoned them but wouldn't state more. was it to reach out for a decision or to reach out in order to compromise? >> the president shoek with senator mcconnell and the speaker. i have no content to read out to you. the two republican leaders pointed out this was the first time they reached out in ought mat imcuts in 2012. it will mean $1.2 trillion in across-the-board cuts. thursday president obama argued to friendly radio hosts that they're standing in his way for the wrong reasons. >> their basic view is nothing is important enough to raise taxes on well thi individuals or

corporatio corporations. and they would prefer to see these kinds of cuts and that's what behinds them at that the point. eric cantor put it this way in a statement. president obama has said that unless he gets a second tax hike, he will forced to let criminals loose on the streets, meats at your grocery store won't be inspected and emergency responders won't be able to do their jobs. these are false choice. now, the cuts may not be as drastic as people have portra d portrayed. they say it's only going to increase the damage. norah, charlie? >> do you know if he called democrats? >> no, he did not. that's what the republicans were saying. perhaps he should have called dechlg carats if he wapded to alkt. major garrett this morning.

more on these phone calls. why did president do it because the white house understands because if its make a continued opinion lick appeal to reduce pressure on the republicans they can't talk to them. these were per fungtsry calls. they were a part of the play thal the president knows they have to go through and as norah pointed out they have to put something forward. they did pass two alternatives to avoid these see question station cuts. they'd like to see the democrats coming up with something. >> we know congress is out there on vacation. this week. they're back next week. do you think there's any decision between the republican party that they might cave. >> there is.

several moose ago congress wanted to prae vent the across-the-board cuts to protect the defense department. now they can't move. they can't put together a vote after they raise taxes to give up spending cuts that are railroad on the law, until the president comes up with an alternative set, they're going to dwrin and bare it. it will change raptly enough to occur before march is. is there a political risk for him. >> >> he is the is ten real voros. you te you're the central player in the drama. they're saying, hey, it's federal law. the president needs to come up with a remedy. by saying all these things could happen march 1st and as bill pointed out shoes these apparent

things won't happen, maybe the president cried wolf and he was knowledgeable of all. >> don't forget to see him on this week's "face the nation." they'll talk about the fallout in their state from the automatic spending cuts. that is sunday, this week on cbs flu vaccines only stop the worst flew varn seeng flu. help us understand this. i thought, you know, seniors are supposed to get the flu vaccine. they're the most vul nevern't. and now we're finding out it's not that effective. what does this mean? >> seniors are reflected the worst but they respond the least well to the vaccine. it's truchl this year against

the dominant strain, it was only about 9%. but if you look at all the straights together it was 27% effect everybody. still not something to write home about but affecting hundreds and thoptds of hospitalizations. >> how long has this strain ben? it causes really serious deseal and people have been 'affected sore far. >> dud the window close. >> it's closed right now but we plan to open it again in the fachl we need a better vaccine. this is the one we have. we need to use it to prevent as many infections as possible. >> give this shot has not been effective for seniors, do you

think you'll change next year? >> we changed it last year to keep up with the viruses. for those younger than 85, it was 50% to 60% according to various studies. it prevented folks from givening the flu to seniors. >> dr. william shatner, thank you very much. ben tracy shows us the violent confrontation that horrified tourists. >> reporter: this is amateur video of the fiery end of the deadly shoot-out on the los angeles shift. police say one person opened fire on a maserati. they say the shoot-out was the escalation of a fight that began at a nearby report. >> the mass rahdy traveled

through a red light at a high rate of speed. one of those local vehicles carb on fire. >> it set off a violent chain reaction, two people in the car and the driver of the maserati were all killed in the wreck. those in hotels were startled out of bed by the chaos. >> there was a loud boom and i heard two other bibles. >> reporter: place are still searching for the trainer of the range rover who was on the scene. authorities think that tourists should still feel safe. >> what happened on the strip today will not be tolerated. these individuals will be found, thatly be prosecuted to the full extend of the lar. >> for cbs this morning, los

angeles. the l.a. police sergeant have cracked a case. she had a hunch dorn never was the one who killed the young woman and fiance in california. he had a connection to the woman. >> and a "wall street journal" says there's been a wave of car bombs in damascus, syria. 90 people died from separate atacts. most died from a powerful car bomb. "the new york times" says seven republicans are cautiously moving to expand medicaid. it could give an u unexpected min f for the president. it's a very interesting story. >> very interest ig. the former owner of a peanut company has been charged with an

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