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"we came here to the south just like they told us" his father says. "and this is what we found. what can we do?" we were told that our family was forced to flee south to rafah where they live in a makeshift shelter by the road. the israel defense forces have issued this interactive map outlining evacuation zones which residents can access it via oh q qr code. let alone somewhere in the midst of this raging battle lies the fate of at least 130 remaining. still unaccounted for, eight americans like 19-year-old u.s. is really citizen speed seven, whose parents are counting each day. >> we do not have proof of life even after 15 days. >> he said his son a soldier serving in a tank unit was among those taken captive on october 7th. he carries an hourglass to serve as a reminder that time is running out. what's the first thought that goes through mine in the mor morning? >> you wake up and you get that slap in the face. you spend 18, 20 hours a day to find a way to get a chance to see my son and hugged him again. >> reporter: they are both now worried, the renewed fighting might imperil the safety of their son. >> you know, i'm just a mom that wants her son back home where he belongs. >> reporter: and they were both deeply critical of the red cross for not pushing hamas harder for access to the hostages including their son to see if he is okay or even alive. the president of the red cross visited gaza today and called for the release of all hostages. norah. >> norah: we are thinking of those families, charlie d'agata, thank you. the escalating violence in gaza is raising tensions across the entire region today. the white house pointed the finger directly at iran after an american worship was forced to shoot down multiple drones that were targeting commercial ships in the red sea. cbs's david martin is at the pentagon with new details. >> reporter: the iranian backed houthi rebels had already hijacked one commercial vessel in the red sea and now they have attacked three more. hitting them with antiship missiles. national security advisor. >> attacks on international waters are totally unacceptable and have toe stop. >> reporter: said publicly to attack israeli shipping, but none of the vessels hit on sunday had the connection to israeli shipping. >> it shows you the recklessness that the houthis are acting on. we are talking about the houthi here, they are the ones with the finger on the trigger, but the gun, the weapons are being supplied by iran. >> reporter: three drones flew to an american explorer and the red sea that answered the distress calls from the ships under attack. the uss carney shot the drones down even though it was not the intended target. >> if left unchecked, this could be more serious and more prevalent. >> reporter: retired general jamie fogo said with one task force in the mediterranean and another in the persian gulf, the u.s. has more than enough firepower with which to retaliate. >> taking out the missile prior to hitting the target and taking out the launcher we are capable of doing that. >> reporter: a u.s. official tells cbs news that the pentagon is considering striking targets in yemen, but warns that it would only give the houthis exactly what they want, which is to provoke a wider middle east war. there was one retaliatory strike in the region this weekend when a u.s. drone killed five iraqi militants as they were preparing to attack american troops. norah. >> norah: david martin with all that new context and reporting at the pentagon, thank you. now to one of america's former diplomats who is under arrest and accused of betraying his country. cbs's manuel bojorquez reports that former u.s. ambassador is charged with spiraling and spying on united states for nearly four decades. >> this action exposes one of the highest reaching and longest lasting infiltrations of the u.s. government by a foreign agent. >> reporter: attorney general merrick garland about the full force of the justice department again 73-year-old victor manuel rocha, a former ambassador to bolivia and career diplomat. prosecutors say after receiving a tip that an undercover fbi agent posed as a foreign agent and contacted rocha on what's app, they met three times in this busy miami neighborhood. it includes images from their conversations in spanish that says that rocha caimed his involvement went back almost 40 years. that he boasted what we have done is enormous, more than a grand slam. we refer to the united states as the enemy, and said that his number one priority was protecting the castro regime. >> he would have had the ability to gain access that would have raised harm to the united states. >> reporter: john carlin is a former prosecutor. >> he had the ability to gain and share information that would thwart u.s. agency's ability to collect information on cuba, on one hand, but he also was one of the key officials charged with performing our policy positions on cuba. >> reporter: rocha appeared in federal court today, but has not yet entered a plea. and prosecutors have not revealed what kind of information they believe he could have shared, but noted that he was a topic diplomats in havana in 1996 when cuba shot down two unarmed planes belonging to a u.s.-based anti-castro group killing four men. norah. >> norah: manuel bojorquez, thank you so much. we want to turn out to a deadly shark attacks this morning near a popular tourist resort in the bahamas. the victim is a woman from boston. we have the tragic details now from cbs's elaine quijano. >> reporter: shortly after 1115 this morning, police and the bahamas responded to a report of a shock attack near the sandals beach resort on nassau. >> according to the reports, the female along with the male relatives were paddle boarding just off of the resort in the western providence some three-quarter miles away from the shoreline. >> reporter: police say a lifeguard on duty rushed out to help the victim, 44-year-old woman from boston. she was brought back to shore and a rescue boat where emergency medical personnel tried to resuscitate her. >> cpr was administered to the victim, however, she suffered serious injuries it to the right side of her body. and thoroughly assess the victim, and she showed no vital signs of life. >> reporter: while fatal shark attacks are rare, just two weeks ago a german woman went missing off at the grand bahamas west and after encountering a shark. elaine quijano. cbs news. >> norah: tonight more than 10 million people across the pacific northwest are bracing for another round of heavy rains flooding and snow, nearly 2 feet of snow fell in parts of washington state over the weekend. 4 feet in utah and colorado. flood watch is in effect in several are expected to drench the region this week with as much as a foot or brain. back here in washington, the fate of a multibillion dollar settlement for victims of the opioid epidemic hangs in the balance. the supreme court heard arguments over whether the sackler family, the former owners of purdue pharma should get immunity for future lawsuits. jan crawford reports on the case that some are calling billionaire justice. >> we want justice, we want the sacklers in jail, but we want their money. >> reporter: cheryl joubert lost two sons to overdose and blames oxycontin and the sackler family -- trying to improve the 2021 multiple bankruptcy plan that will provide up to $6 billion for treatment and programs to combat the opioid crisis including 750 million to victims and their families. >> and i do believe that was the best deal. >> reporter: but that deal has a catch, it would shield the sackler deal and family from lawsuits even though they are not bankrupt themselves, and that has divided families who share a tragic bond. >> they need to be held accountable. >> reporter: whose son died from overdose it says that the deal leaves them off the hook. >> closing that door is not going to help anybody that is healing. >> reporter: isaacs along with the justice department is urging the supreme court to reject the plan. an argument today, the justices struggled. some were concerned rejecting the deal would leave many families with nothing. >> the opioid victims and their families overwhelmingly approve this plan, because they think it will ensure prompt payment. >> reporter: but other justices pointed out to the sacklers would benefit and only agreed to the plan because it protects them from lawsuits. >> the sacklers have taken the money and are not willing to give it back unless they have this condition. >> reporter: now the outcome of this case could also have huge implications for how corporations use bankruptcy to try to protect owners from lawsuits. and that's why you are seeing other organizations like the boy scouts and the catholic church filing papers in support of this agreement. a decision is expected by june. norah. >> norah: such an important case, jan crawford, thank you. now to a cbs news investigation into a grassroots effort to purge voter rolls ahead of the 2024 election, an army of conservative activists who falsely believe the 2020 election was stolen are now challenging eligibility of tens of thousands of voters. cbs's major garrett takes a closer look in the battleground state of georgia. >> i pay taxes here for 20 years. even though i was homeless. >> reporter: james mcwhorter is a barber in atlanta, and registered to vote at the barbershop address because he was for a time homeless. in october at a public hearing, he defended his right to vote. >> reporter: for you to be able to challenge me, you have that right as a citizen, of dekalb county, but i served to give you that right. >> reporter: talking to gail lee, lee believes that former president trump won the 2020 election and spends hours scouring dekalb voter rolls, she found that james mcwhorter's voter registration was linked to the barbershop, not a home address and therefore invalid. >> i am requesting these charges today -- >> reporter: 500 challenges and is one of those citizens loose in georgia and other states convince the roles are riddled with fraud. >> it's not true, it's just not true. >> reporter: we found 80,000 challenges to voter registration in georgia since 2021. the process is legal. one citizen can challenge an unlimited number of registrations. dekalb board election chair carly swift told us that challenges are administrative and technical errors that should not to deprive georgians the right to vote. swift and her colleagues have spent thousands of hours steering the challenges, the patterns have emerged. >> it's young voters. it's people of color. and its people on house. >> reporter: have you in your mind come up with the explanation of what the motive is? >> to disenfranchise a certain demographic. you are trying to put your foot on someone else's neck. >> all i had to do was call up the office and give them an address. it's not exactly a heavy foot. >> reporter: james mcwhorter has a residence now coming in after the hearing 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