she even lived with them for a while in peoria. >> nathan has a very big heart for people. he just loves to help people out. and just wants to do the lords work. >> by the fall of 2010, nathan and denise we're living back in the states. by then, they had a third child, jenelle. their days were filled with shuttling kids to school and daycare, and raising funds for their next overseas mission. life with three young kids was busy, hectic, normal. but then came valentine's day, 2013. when nathan pulled into their driveway mid afternoon and discovered something terribly wrong. >> i could see that the windowpane was broken. glass was on the ground. at that point, i began to put things together that someone had broken into the home. and at that point i called the police, called 9-1-1. >> 9-1-1. where is the emergency? >> ah, we've got a break. in. >> a daring burglary in the middle of the day. that would rob this family of everything. coming up -- there would be no more calls, candies or flowers this valentine's day. no one can find denise. >> she hadn't entered her phone calls.

, but any additional thoughts, general, brown especially surface to specific to peoria, illinois?> when i tell the, if not just for peoria [inaudible] and i appreciate the opportunity to go visit, but when it's when you look across the guards because of the funding and the way that will have to dip into some of our other accounts it will curtail some of the trainings there just for the day to day resin this as a c one c-130 unit that will be impact. then there's also the additional training. so the funding for those additional element that will continue to build up on this bill sets, that will also be impacted. alonso tell you it's a ripple effect. so if you don't get the full training, when these are [inaudible] and you're supposed to be training someone pie, to it's just kind, of a kind of flights downhill and it becomes a bit of a slippery slope that we have getting ourselves out of. and so, i have a concern not just about peoria, but i've really looked across, you know, the got as a whole, the impact of curtailing or counseling counseling training. and you may miss those oppor

. >> reporter: in peoria, a major highway nearly impassable state police jumping in to help stranded drivers. missouri's governor activating the national guard, and joining others declaring a state of emergency. americans across 26 states feeling the impact, including texas where last february's freeze led to a power grid failure. more than 200 people died the state bracing for days of subfreezing temperatures nbc's morgan chesky is in dallas. >> reporter: the texas power grid's biggest test since last year's storm left millions of people without any electricity. but on streets like this one that went dark for days, the governor says there is still no guarantee there won't be outages, even though the state claims 99% of power generators are ready to go. >> there could be ice on power lines to cause a line to go down, or it could be ice on trees >> reporter: the massive system moving east, where this morning, punxsutawney phil saw his shadow. >> six more weeks of winter. >> reporter: predicting a longer winter with more snow. >> shaq in a snowy detroit. travel is difficult not only fo

a jackknifed fedex truck along an illinois interstate, snow piling up so quickly near peoria, cars stopped>> let the plows do their thing and come out later on because it's one lane, and you're sliding all over the place. >> reporter: airlines canceled more than 5,000 flights today and tomorrow. tonight, concern about sleet and ice in texas, almost a year after a freeze there led to one of the nation's biggest blackouts. and here in chicago, amid sloppy roads tonight, a number of schools have already announced they will go remote or close all together tomorrow. norah. >> o'donnell: janet thank you very much for being out there in the cold. we appreciate it.ea well, now to the forecast and where this nasty weather is headed next. let's turn to cbs' lonnie quinn. hey, there, lonnie. >> reporter: hey, norah. right now if you look at the radar picture there are two different sections of the storm we are looking at. if you pull that radar up, you can see what i'm talking about. one section is up around the ohio valley. the other section is down around texas. and the texas wing, if you will, rea

any additional thoughts, especially specific to peoria, illinois >> it's not just for peoria and theork they do and appreciate the opportunity to go visit. but because of the funding and the way we tapped into some of our other accounts, it will curtail the training. as a c 130 unit, that will be impacted and there's the individual training. for those particular airmen and we'll continue to build on their skillsets. if you don't get the full training and you're supposed to be training someone behind you, it kind of slides down hill and becomes a bit of a slippery slope we have to dig ourselves out of. i have a concern, not just about peoria but the guard as a whole, the impact of curtailing or counseling training. you may miss opportunities for the airmen. you don't get the time back. it's important. you want quality air men and you want to make sure they have quality to work with. that's why it's important. thank you. >> very good. thank you so much. i'll yield back. thank you. >> and thank you for being there. mr. womack and kirk patrick and carter. >> i'm going to be very brief. a

a jackknifed fedex truck along an illinois interstate, snow piling up so quickly near peoria, cars stoppedtheir tracks. >> let the plows do their thing and come out later on because it's one lane, and you're sliding all over the place. >> reporter: airlines canceled more than 5,000 flights today and tomorrow. tonight, concern about sleet and ice in texas, almost a year after a freeze there led to one of the nation's biggest blackouts. and here in chicago, amid sloppy roads tonight, a number of schools have already announced they will go remote or close all together tomorrow. norah. >> o'donnell: janet thank you very much for being out there in the cold. we appreciate it. well, now to the forecast and where this nasty weather is headed next. let's turn to cbs' lonnie quinn. hey, there, lonnie. >> reporter: hey, norah. right now if you look at the radar picture there are two different sections of the storm we are looking at. if you pull that radar up, you can see what i'm talking about. one section is up around the ohio valley. the other section is down around texas. and the texas wing, if y