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cbs's janet shamlian reports tonight from conroe, texas, where officials have declared a disaster duee dangerous flooding. >> reporter: a city submerged. cars plowing through floodwater in mandeville, louisiana, north of new orleans. this is what six inches of rain in less than 24 hours looks like. a first responder helping a passenger to safety. in texas, the storm is over, but the emergency is ongoing. authorities have been on the scene here for the past day, taking these boats out and bringing people to safety. the water came up very quickly. you can see a car submerged there in the background. just the distance between me and the car, there's eight feet of standing water. emergency crews used these boats to rescue people from more than a dozen homes. >> thanks for your help. appreciate it. >> reporter: including a few pets. first responders say one homeowner wouldn't leave until it was almost too late. >> the individual called 911. he couldn't get out of his house. >> reporter: five people had to be rescued after trying to drive through the fast-flowing water. warnings not to driv

cbs' janet shamlian reports from houston where nearly a foot of rain has already fallen in some areas. >> reporter: a dramatic rescue not a moment too soon. a houston driver on top of his car as flash floodwaters swallow it. >> there you go. there you go. >> reporter: the storm drenching the south. beyond relentless rain, hail, lightning, and dense fog. a whopping ten inches of rain over the past three days northwest of houston. washing away roads like this one leading to a neighborhood. the deluge has swamped low-lying areas like this park in houston and so many other across southeast texas. it's not over yet. more storms are expected on thursday. >> this is a pretty bad storm definitely. >> reporter: louisiana is also in the path of flash flooding tonight, pushing dangerously close to homes. in mississippi, this car filled like a bathtub full of water. it's the same storm that brought ferocious flooding to san diego earlier in the week after historic rainfall resulted in hundreds of water rescues and a state of emergency. in northern california newly released video shows a woman bei

>> james: important information, janet shamlian, thank you. where that rain is headed next, along with another winter storm moving toward the northeast, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes, from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> j.b., good evening. the rain that has been relentless this week, especially across the south, and a lot of places will see more rain in the coming days. showers tonight across the south that spread across the great lakes and the northeast. more rain returns tomorrow meaning more flooding is back in our forecast, as well. the temperature is, they have been incredibly mild, a lot of 60s and 70s across the south, temperatures very mild in the midwest, melting snow here and bringing in rain, that also ups our flood risk. going into the weekend now, another shot of rain, heavy rain from the central plains across the south, spreading its way from the mid-atlantic into the northeast, but also notice some colder air will move in here. that means some snow is in our forecast, rain 2-3 inches in po

>> norah: janet shamlian, thank you for being there.l, for where these storms are headed next, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes, from our partners of the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. our flood risk will continue across the south for the next several days with more rain coming our way. we have already had their heavy rain the last week, some areas across texas and louisiana as much as 8 inches of rain in the last seven days. round after round of storms still in our forecast, especially through the day on thursday. we will see heavy rain across texas, louisiana, mississippi, at all of this pushing east as we go into thursday afternoon, should finally begin to reinvent as we get into friday but not before another 3-5 inches on the area of 2-3 inches back in our forecast. going hand-in-hand with that, very warm temptress, a lot of 60s and 70s across the south and temperatures across the north well above freezing, that could last of the first week of february, norah, which means especially in our state

>> norah: that is important information, janet shamlian, thank you.ed states, nearly 5 million children live in homes with access to an unlocked or unsupervised gun. that is according to the nonprofit brady united against gun violence. and that could lead to tragedy. in our series "guns in america," cbs's jericka duncan spoke with two parents who turned their loss into a life mission. >> reporter: kristin and mike song of connecticut last saw their youngest son ethan alive on january 31st, 2018. he was 15 years old. >> it was probably one of the best conversations i had ever had with ethan. >> reporter: the day that he died? >> yes, because after he got his braces off, ethan was thinking about what his future was going to be like. >> reporter: but that day while hanging out at his best friend's house, ethan was shot and rushed to the hospital, where his parents learned ethan had died. >> it feels like someone is physically ripping your heart out of your body, while also shoving you off a cliff, and we were probably on the floor for 5 minutes just tryi

. >> janet shamlian, thanks for being there. for where the storms are headed next, meteorologist mike bettis from the weather channel. >> our flood risk will continue the next several days across the south, more rain coming our way. we've had very heavy rain last week. texas and louisiana had areas with 8 inches in the last several days. round after round through thursday. heavy rain, texas, louisiana and mississippi, pushing east into thursday afternoon. should relent into friday, but not before another 3 to 5 inches in spots. going hand in hand with that, very warm temperatures, 60s and 70s across the south and across the north, well above freezing. could last through the first week of february. means with the states with snow, more rapid melt and more flooding. >>> now to the standoff between the federal government and the state of texas at the southern border. the biden administration is demanding that texas allow border patrol agents full access to a crossing point in eagle pass and is being blocked by the texas national gu

cbs's janet shamlian reports tonight from houston. >> reporter: a post-holiday punch, with flu caseside. at houston's texas children's hospital, they have their hands full. when should a parent take a child to the hospital? >> so parents need to be on the lookout for respiratory systems. we tell the parents especially little kids to look and see if they are pulling in on their chest. >> reporter: estimated hospitalizations have jumped 50% nationwide since last week. among flu deaths this season, 27 children. >> that's her. [crying] >> reporter: they know their crushing pain. >> she was so small. >> reporter: their 2-year-old daughter kennedy had the flu last year. her condition quickly deteriorated and she stopped breathing as her mom rushed her to the hospital. did you ever think it was possible you could lose your daughter to the flu? >> she was sick and we were thankful, we have the flu down, that is not the problem to have those thoughts and think that in less than three days later she was gone, i still can't believe it. >> reporter: kennedy was up-to-date on her vaccines and pre

janet shamlian has the story. >> reporter: its historic homes are the fabric of savannah, georgia.alvaging precious materials from those about to be torn down. >> i got bit by the old building bug, and the next thing i knew, i was a warrior for these old building materials, trying to do everything i could to keep them out of the landfill. >> reporter: check out the tight growth rings on the bottom piece. it's irreplaceable wood hundreds of years old. >> you can't find this as a new lumber yard. >> reporter: the kind repurpose savannah salvages when it convinces owners to deconstruct a building instead of demolish it. >> why is this important right now? >> construction and demolition is the single biggest contributor to american landfills. so this is an urgent, urgent area to address our current practices. >> reporter: from hinges and doorknobs to tubs, window frames, and that rare wood, it's all sold at their warehouse. in five years, they've kept 3,000 tons of material out of landfills. >> this is hardware. this is our house jewelry. >> what's hold often ends up in new constructio

cbs' janet shamlian reports from the hard-hit state of texas. >> reporter: tonight 3-month-old re p prater is hospitalized more than 300 miles from home because it was the closest intensive pediatric care bed available. it must have been pretty serious. >> it was. he was on oxygen almost immediately when we got to the hospital. his breathing was gets worse. >> reporter: prater has rsv. back home in amarillo his 3-year-old brother is sick with the flu. cases like theirs overwhelming children's hospitals. >> in the past 24 hours, our emergency rooms and urgent cares have seen over since hundred kids. that's a kid being checked in every two minutes to be seen by a provider. >> reporter: it's not just texas. across the country, there were more than 73,000 flu hospitalizations, and more than 4500 deaths, including 20 children. but the fewer than half of children received this year's flu vaccine, the lowest in five years. rsv infections are dropping, but flu and covid cases continue to rise. what's being done to accommodate the influx of patients? >> we've had to open up a second unit that was u

cbs's janet shamlian reports tonight from conroe, texas, where officials have declared a disaster due to the dangerous flooding. >> reporter: a city submerged. cars plowing through floodwater% in mandeville, louisiana, north of new orleans. this is what 6 inches of rain in less than 24 hours looks like. a first responder helping a passenger to safety. in texas, the storm is over, but the emergency is ongoing. authorities have been on the scene here for the past day taking these boats out and bringing people to safety. the water came up very quickly. you can see a car submerged there in the background, just the distance between me and my car, there is eight of standing water. emergency crews use these boats to rescue people from more than a dozen homes. including a few pets. first responders say one homeowner wouldn't leave until it was almost too late. >> this individual called us, called 911, he couldn't get out of his house. >> reporter: five people had to be rescued after trying to drive through the fast flowing water. warnings not to drive on flooded roads are frequently ignored.