cbs's janet shamlian is going to lead us off tonight from houston. vening, janet. >> reporter: norah, good evening. we are inside one of the thousands of homes across texas that has been ravaged by this storm. take a look at what a houston mom and her daughter came home to-- the ciling is gone. walls throughout this house are buckling. everything they own is soaked. there will be no easy recovery. >> this is where the desk was. >> reporter: this is what the storm left behind for shawn thierry. when the pipes burst, her world exploded. the house is now unlivable. >> i mean, this is a nightmare. this is everyone's nightmare. your home is your-- your abode, it's where you go to find your peace and work, and now i'm uprooted. >> reporter: the texas state representative and her eight- year-old daughter are in a hotel. they won't be able to live here for months. >> i'm living through hurricane harvey all over again. >> reporter: thierry is among millions in a new phase of misery. with the lights coming back on, the horrors of the storm revealed. >> all the

janet shamlian is in houston where she leads us off tonight. janet, good evening. >> reporter: jericka, go there is an enormous need for water tonight. distribution sites and community centers like this are running out. even as temperatures went to the 70's today, it is very clear that the winter storm that blast city. in the parking lot of houston's football stadium, desperation stretches for miles. >> it is really mind boggling, that is why i had to come help however i could. >> reporter: many store shel are bare. this giveaway is nothing short of a lifeline. the weather crisis is now a humanitarian one. the state has thawed, but the need is growing. they will run out of food here well before the cars in line stop coming. water issues are life threatening. when this hotel went up in everyone got out safely.nt the louisiana, mississippi, and oklahoma also struggling with water issues. back in texas embattled senator ted cruz posted pictures of himself handed out water days after his cancun vacation debacle. amid a slow recover, acts of kindness

cbs's janet shamlian is going to lead off our coverage tonight from hard-hit houston. vening, janet. >> reporter: norah, good evening. this is a life-threatening humanitarian crisis, and it is growing by the hour. families all over this state doing whatever they can to stay warm, and sometimes making deadly choices. the snow here is gone now, but the bitter cold remains. tonight, a crisis in texas. millions in the dark with no heat for a third day. lines of misery for food and gas. and now, millions without running water. frozen pipes bursting, flooding and this winter apocalypse-- icicles inside a dallas apartment building. >> it's been a little crazy. i mean, i think we did our best to prepare. >> reporter: steven and laura dandridge have been living in the dark for most of the past three days, with their year-old son bobby. no power to their fridge, but it's so cold, they're storing food in the garage. >> when the sun goes down, you know, it's-- you can't keep open flames going, you've got to turn the stove off. >> reporter: almost three million texans are still with

cbs' janet shamlian is going to lead off our coverage from houston, where temperatures are expected toet again tonight. good evening, janet. >> reporter: norah, there's a critical search across texas for water tonight. community groups are collecting it, they're bringing it to centers like this, and then they are shuttling it out to people who need it. how dire is it? well, the county judge called it a manmade disaster that has cut lives short. andrew rudnick has called at least 100 plumbers to repair his burst pipes. he always hears the same thing: >> six weeks. >> reporter: the houston dad and his wife, megan, have a six- month-old daughter, reese, and they're desperate for help. what's it like having a six- month-old and no water in your house for days on end? >> it's scary to have to ask a neighbor to use their outdoor hose to fill a pot so that you can boil water for your baby's bottle. >> reporter: they're also worried about mold growing and may have to tear down the walls themselves. >> it's definitely overwhelming. we're just talking about where we're going to stay tonight. >>

norah. >> o'donnell: janet shamlian, thank you.night, we're learning new details about the u.s. airstrikes against iranian- backed militia groups in syria. a short time ago, president biden told reporters he's putting iran on notice that they can't act with impunity in the middle east and to be careful. cbs' david martin reports from the pentagon tonight. >> reporter: cell phone video shows what was left of a desolate outpost on the syrian side of the border with iraq. two f-15 eagles dropped seven 500 pound bombs, destroying nine buildings and damaging two. initial reports said one person was killed and three injured. we recognize the significance of the operation as the first of its kind under the new administration. >> reporter: pentagon spokesman john kirby said iranian backed military also used the border post to smuggle weapons into iraq. >> we had information this compound was being used by the groups to facilitate the movement of resources, material and weaponry into iraq to conduct the attacks. >> reporter: two weeks ago,

janet shamlian, cbs news, killeen, texas. >> diaz: a powerful earthquake rocked japan today.attled millions of homes in the eastern part of the country, including tokyo. it's the same region where three nuclear reactors melted down after a quke and tsunami a decade ago. reports say at least 80 people have been hurt. in a rare show of unity today, france and russia came together to rebury their soldiers killed- - listen to this-- during napoleon's retreat from moscow over 200 years ago. they were afforded full military honors. the remains were discovered by french and russian archaeologists in 2019. a fire destroyed a large section of paul newman's camp for seriously ill children. flames broke out late friday at the hole in the wall gang camp in ashford, connecticut. thankfully, no one was hurt. so far there's no word on a cause. the camp was created by the late actor in 1988, to give thousands of sick kid a chance to experience the outdoors. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," a difficult lunar new year as racist attacks on asian americans surge. also, nascar speeds int

norah. >> o'donnell: janet shamlian, thank you so much. today former president trump suffered a major supreme court defeat. the justices rejected his bid to keep his tax returns from the manhattan district attorney is conducting a broad investigation into the trumps, including payments mr. trump allegedly made in 2016 to two keep quiet about affairs with him. in a statement the former president called the investigation a "fishing expedition." tonight, judge merrick garland appears to be on his way to senate confirmation as our nation's attorney general. he says his top priority will be investigating the january 6 capitol riot. cbs' kris van cleave reports tonight from the capitol. >> please stand to be sworn. >> reporter: nearly five years after being nominated to the u.s. supreme court, merrick garland finally got his senate confirmation hearing today for attorney general. if confirmed, garland will oversee prosecution of hundreds charged in relation to the capitol attack. >> this was the most heinous attack on the democratic processes th

>> o'donnell: janet shamlian, thank you. going to turn now to a shocking story, a largely unknown consequence of the pandemic. nearly 40% of military families have had trouble putting food on the table. many are forced to turn to food banks. cbs's mark strassmann spoke with families about this, including one that is down to their last $6. >> we are military and we are struggling. >> reporter: we met this army family on the front line of a food crisis. >> all right, my love, what would you like today? >> just, everything. >> reporter: desiree alvarez, her three-year-old elijah and six-year-old marysol. >> this is the first time that i have consistently had to go to a food bank over and over again. >> reporter: her husband is an e-3 private at joint-base louis mccord, or j.b.l.m. washington is expensive for a family of four living on $2,300 a month. a half hour away, thurston county's food bank serves 1,500 military families like the alvarezs... >> we're going to the park! >> reporter: ...a 22% spike since the pandemic began.

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janet shamlian, thank you.ht, as the drug lord known as el chapo serves a life sentence in colorado, his wife is also behind bars. she was arrested monday at dulles airport on charges of drug trafficking and helping to plan her husband's infamous escape in mexico. here's cbs's jeff pegues. >> reporter: today the former beauty queen appeared before a judge in washington, d.c. she is alleged to have played a key role in guzman's bold 2015 prison break during which a sinaloa cartel construction crew carved out a mile long escape tunnel under mexico's alti- phahno maximum security prison. el chapo's subsequent arrest, extradition to the u.s., trial and conviction aid his wife, who is more than 30 years younger, a platform to seek her own notoriety. she regularly she regularlyre attended her husband's trial in new york and also appeared on a reality tv show called "the cartel crew." >> she is a wealth of knowledge because she knows full well the inner workings of the sinaloa cartel. >> reporter: and that may be what

janet shamlian spoke to one family that's planning a funeral for a loved one killed by the cold while also rebuilding their own lives. janet, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, beyond the burst pipes and the water logged homes, a devastating human toll, the deaths from hypothermia. at least 15 of those happened here in the houston area. we're now hearing the stories from heartbroken families talking about how their loved ones died. >> i miss his phone calls. i never thought i would. >> reporter: when isaac ibarra couldn't reach his brother, he went to his house where he found hem dressed in layers on the floor. his cause of death was hypothermia. he was mentally disabled but lived independently. >> i don't think i would have ever thought anybody dying of hypothermia in houston, texas. >> reporter: gilbert's death came as lawrence as isaac's home were damaged aburst pipes. they're now recovering from their own disasters and planning a funeral. gilbert's sister has filed suit against center point energy in ercot which manages the texas power grid. >> reporter: what is your goal do

janet shamlian reports from houston for us. lot of these people never expected to be in a food line like that. good morning to you. >> reporter: homeowners are worried. many of them have been through this battle after hurricane harvey 3 1/2 years ago and some of them are still battling with insurance companies trying to get that settlement and this winter storm is going to be much more expensive. harvey primarily affected the coast and cities like houston the winter storm we saw last week did damage across wide swaths of texas. >> i thought, god, i can't do this again. >> reporter: tabitha charlton was playing cards with her twin daughters last week when she heard a pipe burst. >> the ceiling caved in in their bedroom. i don't know what to do. there was water shooting out of the ceiling, just shooting down on everything. >> reporter: now the song and dance with her insurance company. a process she's all too familiar with. charlton's home also flooded during 2017's hurricane harvey. those claims settled just 12 days ago. >> when

we begin with janet shamlian in houston for us. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning.t has been a challenge to find the basics, gas, groceries, in the hard-hit areas over the past few days. this service station came back online overnight, but for hundreds of thousands of texas families, this is day four of the misery. they are waking up once again without heat or power amid bitterly cold temps. in texas, it's a full-on humanitarian crisis. >> this is worse than harvey, and we lost everything. >> reporter: some desperate families using outdoor grills inside and running cars in garages to stay warm. those choices contributing to at least 300 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning according to "the houston chronicle." >> cold and now deal with this. >> reporter: this man homeless after seven town homes went up in flames west of dallas during rolling blackouts. >> pretty short supplies, especially water right now. >> reporter: with temperatures below freezing, an hour long wait just to get into this grocery store. insidede some shelelves bare.. at this market, customers waited