you're looking at pictures courtesy of our affiliate, kprc, in houston.bi is now assisting with the katy, texas, high school evacuation. harris county sheriff's office remains the lead agency. they're looking into a suspicious device, potential explosive device, as explained by our affiliate, kprc. they issued a statement, the school district, a little while ago saying students have been evacuated to an he enclosed are. water is being provided to the students and staff, as needed. more than 3,000 students, by the way, attend this high school in katy, texas. it's the seven lakes high school there. so they're on the scene. authorities are checking out this suspicious package, potentially described as some sort of explosive device. the kids, students, they're all on the baseball field or the football field. we'll stay on top of this story, update you as we get more information. >>> dennis rodman's latest controversial trip to north korea is now over. he arrived in beijing earlier today to a swarm of reporters wanting answers. once again, justifying his trip

places like houston residents have been scrambling to protect themselves and property as reported by kprc. >> reporter: this is the inventory that they have to protect your plants and pipes. many people here in houston took note of the warning of the deep freeze and they came out to buy it. >> volunteers have been handing out coats, hats and gloves to the homeless. we're all in this together. we begin in chicagoland with ron allen who is covered up to the chin. are you all right? >> reporter: i'm doing just great. how are you doing? it's not bad. you come out here. you get bundled up and it's fine. believe me, this is nothing. it's deserted. chicago is like a ghost town. this is the center of town. people have heeded advice to stay indoors. wise thing to do. temperatures are -- last time i looked it was negative 15. windchills 35, 40 and of course once you get in those numbers it all just is like that woman said, it's just crazy. if you look over here, there's nothing. usually there are thousands of people out here. that's a good thing. it's dangerous out here. there are traffic accidents

we're told by our affiliate kprc that a device has been found that is, quote, unquote, potentially explosive. you see all the kids scatter on the football field here. parents are being told, stay away, you cannot pick up your students, your children at this time. we're watching this story very closely out of katy, texas, as soon as we have more information, we'll pass it along to you live. >>> for days more than 300,000 people have not been able to use tap water to drink, to bathe, to brush their teeth. that could soon be changing of course as anxiety is running high over this contaminated water. plus a figure skater falls and finishes in fourth place, yet we makes the u.s. olympic team over the ladies who beat her. is that fair? we'll discuss coming up, you're watching cnn. [ male announcer ] even more impressive than the research this man has at his disposal is how he puts it to work for his clients. morning. morning. thanks for meeting so early. come on in. [ male announcer ] it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. [ male announcer ] what kind of energy is so abundant, it can help