This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Good evening, scott is off tonight. This is our western edition, the northeast is about to get hit by a major winter storm, two of them actually. A storm that dumped a foot of snow in the midwest is joining forces with a noreaster moving up the coast. Winter storm warnings and advisories are up tonight throughout the region. Thousands of flights were canceled or delayed today. And these are live pictures from the storm zone where onethird of the u. S. Population lives. We have a team of correspondents covering the story. Well begin in boston with Karen Anderson of cbs station wbz. Karen . Karen . Reporter maurice, weve already gotten four inches of snow and were expecting another 10 to 14 inches overnight. Now, the governor sent home state workers early today and the National Guard was activated. Bostonians tried all day to keep pace with the falling snow but most realized this was just the first step. Its supposed to go all night tonight till tomorrow. This is boston. Reporter gusts will reach 50 Miles Per Hour along cape cod with windchills that will make it feel 10 to 15 below zero. More than 2,000 plows and salt trucks are already on the road statewide driver ed gillen. Weve been going pretty strong since midnight last night and the best is yet to come. laughs reporter high tides at midnight and noon tomorrow could produce major flooding. A justcompleted 700,000 sea wall in the town of scituate is already being tested by 35 miles an hour winds pushing sea water towards shore. And another worry is the power. The high winds and snow can bring down utility lines. Leaving people without light and heat. The National Guard is prepared to evacuate anyone who cant make it to a shelter on their own. Dubois Karen Anderson in boston. Thank you. Also in boston is eric fisher, chief meteorprgist at wbz. Eric, how do you see this one playing out tonight . Reporter maurice, this is significant. The first noreaster of 2014. We didnt wait very long. Its been snowing all day here in boston and now its just starting to swing in new york city. A large system as you mentioned earlier, energy combining with a low off the coast. Thats from new england down to d. C. This evening and well track it through overnight hours. This is the brunt of the storm during the overnight into early tomorrow morning. Well be moving across long island and eastern new england during the Morning Hours and then out to sea as we head towards tomorrow afternoon as dumping some hefty snow totals. Over a foot in boston, in fact, some parts north of town have already seen more than a foot. Over a half foot in new york city and blizzard conditions possible across long island, block island, and into eastern massachusetts and new hampshire. The combination of 50 Miles Per Hour winds and the blowing and drifting snow. And perhaps the most noticeable thing about the storm, the frigid cold. Once this leaves, look at the temperatures come saturday morning. Much of the northeast goes subzero, windchill values as low as 30 below zero. Maurice, true winter weather, it didnt wait long this year. Dubois it sure didnt. Eric fisher, thank you so much from boston. It sure didnt, eric fisher, thank you so much from boston. Now in new york state Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered a number of major highways closed as the storm moves in. Terrell brown is on long island tonight. Terrell . And maurice, long island is one of the most densely populated places in the country. There are more people here than in 15 states. And the most important highway is the long island expressway. The blizzard is expected to dump a foot of snow here and create whiteout conditions some parts of the long island expressway will be closed at midnight to make way for a fleet of plows. Its a drastic step to take for one of the busiest highways in america. But last year, hundreds of motorists were stranded by a storm that dumped nearly three feet of snow. Many spent the night in their cars and in brookhaven, new york some residents were snowed in for days. Dan losquandro is the superintendent there. Once the storm ramps up, this will be a big plow operation. Well be pushing all the snows off the roadways and be salting and sanding some time tomorrow once we get the roadways clear. Reporter new yorks governor has also ordered interstate 87 between albany and new york city closed as well as the stretch of interstate 84 in new york. A decision to reopen the roads will be made before dawn. The heaviest snow is expected to fall overnight, maurice, and that along with the wind chill will make temperatures feel like ten below zero. Terrell brown on long island tonight, thank you. Now we want to give you a look at the storm as seen from space. It gives you an idea of just how much of the country is affected. The the snow is causing a lot of problems for air travelers, Dean Reynolds is at Ohare Airport in chi chicago with more about that top. Dean . Able results. Travelers at chicagos Ohare Airport scanned the board in search of good news but there wasnt much. A quarter of the flights in and out of here were canceled or delayed. So youre stranded, basically . Yes, we are. Reporter tyler and angela obradovich raided two days for a flight to cleveland. But since cleveland looks like this now theyve given up and rented a car. When do you think youll make it to warren, ohio . Probably 7 00 p. M. , im guessing. Tonight. 8 00 or 9 00. Reporter the trouble drifted east with the snow. New yorks three airports scrubbed more than 600 flights and delayed another 700. In boston, Logan Airport said it expected to be shut down until friday afternoon. But driving was undeniably hazardous. And Amtrak Train Service was limited so many, including debbie trowbridge, simply headed to the airport and hoped. She should have been at her desk in tampa instead of in terminal 3 at ohare. How frustrated are you on a scale of the 110 . 10. Yeah. Because i my girlfriends keep tweeting me from tampa that its almost 80 and sunny there. Reporter is it . Yeah. Reporter the good news for chicago is that the snow is slowly tapering off, but the bad news is that its being replaced by very cold air and, maurice, on monday the High Temperature here in chicago is expected to be eight degrees below zero. Dubois okay, Dean Reynolds in chicago tonight. Well, blinding snow and fog gave way today to bright, sunny skies in antarctica antarctica. That gave a helicopter crew the opening it needed to rescue dozens of passengers from a ship that has been trapped in ice since christmas eve. Heres elizabeth palmer. Reporter a break in the weather brought relief at last. Its 5 30 on the second of january. Reporter chris turney is the antarctic expedition leader. Weve just heard the helicopter from the chinese ice breaker is heading over to check out our helipad just behind me. If all goes well, well be off in about an hours time. Reporter the helipad was a home made effort stamped out in the snow near the stranded ship. First, the chopper tested the ice with a gentle, experimental landing. And then, when there were no cracks, it settled down to load the first dozen passengers. Were in the helicopter to take us home thanks, everyone reporter a few hours later, all 52 tourists and Research Scientists had been safely airlifted to a nearby australian ice breaker. Although its been a long ten days, there was never any real danger to the passengers, with plenty of food, water, and fuel available. Having a wonderful time. You can see we have this wonderful snowy wonderland. Reporter two nights ago, they celebrated a new year none of them will ever forget. Lots of ships are aund us now reporter and tonight theyre on the first leg of the long journey home. Meanwhile, left on board the Akademik Shokalskiy still mired in the ice are 22 russian sailors and crew who are going to wait it out until the wind and the current shift and they can sail their vessel into open water. Maurice . Dubois liz palmer, thank you. Federal investigators looking into mondays derailment and fire in casselton, north dakota, said today they found a broken axel at the scene but its the too soon to tell whether that was a factor in the accident. Also today, the u. S. Department of transportation put out a safety alert concerning Oil Shipments by rail. Heres transportation correspondent jeff pegues. Reporter the fire that followed the Train Derailment in casselton, north dakota, burned for more than a day. It was fueled by oil. The cargo on one of the trains. Now federal officials have ordered the oil industry to properly test, characterize, and classify Hazardous Materials when shipping oil. The department of transportation said it would conduct unannounced inspections of rail cars. The oil that burned in mondays derailment came testimony from the bakken region, encompassing parts of montana and north dakota, its one of the most active oil fields in the u. S. , producing almost a Million Barrels a day. But according to government officials, its a type of oil that may be more flammable than traditional crude oil. Much of the oil from the bakken region reaches its destination by rail. The wakeup call for the Freight Train industry came last summer when a train carrying oil derailed in a small town in quebec, canada. Maurice, 47 people died as the oil burned. Dubois jeff pegues in washington. A new report out today calls into question one of the main goals of the Health Reform law. To get people to stop using the emergency room as their primary care doctor by making more of them eligible for medicaid. More than four Million People who signed up for obamacare will be getting their health care through medicaid but will that keep them out of the emergency room . Thats the question. Here is Sharyl Attkisson. Reporter despite hopes that expanding medicaid would decrease expensive and unnecessary hospital visits because the poor would have access to doctors and Preventative Care todays study finds the opposite. Previously uninsured patients who became eligible for medicaid are much more likely to visit the e. R. And they show no measurable improvement in physical health such as Blood Pressure and cholesterol. M. I. T. Economics professor Amy Finkelstein coauthored the study. What medicaid does it it makes not only primary care now free for individuals but also the emergency room and as i teach my undergraduates, when you lower the price of something people tend to buy more of it and thats true both of primary care and apparently of emergency room care. Reporter the study, published today in the journal science, looked at 18 months of e. R. Visits by 25,000 people in portland, oregon, where the state expanded medicaid to more people prior to federal law doing so. It found that medicaid patients went to the e. R. 40 more often on average, often for conditions that could be treated less expensively at the Doctors Office or in urgent care clinics. The study was conducted back in 2008 before obamacare was enacted. It did find some benefits, maurice. Medicaid improves Patient Mental Health and financial stability. Dubois sharyl, its only been a couple days of obamacare but have hospitals seen any increase thats noticeable in terms of patients . Reporter we wondered and called around for a sampling and they told us they havent prepared to brace for it and havent seen an increase yet. Dubois Sharyl Attkisson in washington tonight. California just granted a law license to an illegal immigrant. A fugitive banker who faked his own death was finally captured. And the mayor who smoked crack makes a big announcement when the cbs evening news continues. E cbs evening news continues. Dubois in california today, the states highest Court Granted a license to practice law to a man whos been living in this country illegally. John blackstone fills us in on this landmark decision. Reporter Sergio Garcia was alone in his chico, california, office today when the state Supreme Court issued its decision granting him a law license. It has been a long, long journey going on five years, you know . I graduated law school in may, 2009, and here we are 2014 and we finally have a final piece of the puzzle that will allow me to fulfill my dream and become an attorney. Reporter he was brought to the u. S. From mexico when he was just 17 months old and has been waiting for his green card since 1994. He passed the bar exam on his first try but because hes undocumented federal law prevented him from getting a law license. California and its governor have given more and more rights to undocumented immigrants, they can now get drivers licenses and qualify for instate tuition. Another law forbids police in california from turning people over to federal immigration authorities for anything other than major felonies and sex crimes. But federal law prohibiting employment of undocumented immigrants could still present a barrier for garcia. In its filing in the case, the Justice Department says issuance of a law license to mr. Garcia would not imply authorization to work in the united states. The state of california, in general, you know, theres absolutely nothing that prevent he is from being a licensed attorney now in california. Reporter other states have been watching this closely. There are similar cases in new york and florida where undocumented immigrants are seeking licenses to practice law. California passed legislation written specifically, maurice, to help garcia qualify for his law license. Dubois john blackstone, thank you. On wall street today, after last years 26. 5 runup in the dow investors took profits today as they sold stock. The dow plunged 135 points. Its the first time the market has opened a year with a loss since 2008. A fugitive banker who was once declared dead is alive and under arrest. That story is next. Is next. [ male announcer ] bobs heart attack didnt come with a warning. Today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. 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I created false statements, covered up my losses and deceived and hurt the very people i was trying to help. I am emotionally overwhelmed and incapable of continuing in this life. But the Surveillance Video taken the day he vanished showed price in key west, florida. He claimed he was going to kill himself, but he was carrying a backpack and a rolling suitcase. His next known public sighting was tuesday when he was arrested for a traffic violation. He told local deputies sit down, im going to make you famous. When you saw the mug shot laughs it was crazy. I mean, i i would have thought that, like, you know, a hollywood Makeup Artist got to this guy. If he hadnt literally bumped into me on the side of the street i would not have known that that was him. Reporter what do you want to happen . I want him to rot in jail for a really long time. Hopefully for the rest of his life. I hope he thinks about what hes done to innocent people in did not deserve this. Reporter u. S. 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Good reporter they call themselves baca bikers against child abuse. One thing we try to do as an organization is to help the child feel empowered so they can enjoy their childhood and grow up as an adult knowing that theres always going to be somebody there and not all adults are bad. Reporter happy dodson is the president of the connecticut chapter which is currently helping eight families across the state. Hey, young lady hi. Hows school . Good. Reporter they helped by stepping into the void left by an overwhelmed court system and by forming a cocoon of support around the abused child, pledging 24 7 protection. Each member goes through an extensive federal background check and adopts child friendly road names like scooter, shaggy and poohbear. If the child has a problem sleeping or afraid to get on the bus or afraid to go to school, were there. Well take you to school, well catch the bus, well pick you up when that bus drops you off, well take you home and if need be well stay in that yard until you feel comfortable. Reporter for some of the members its personal. They, too, were abused. I knew a lot of kids when i was growing up that were under that umbrella of being afraid and nobody around to help. Thats why were here. Reporter when you met them for the first time, what was your impression . It was overwhelming. I gave each one of them a hug. Because they were there for me, you know . And i needed them. Reporter what was it like for your daughter . It was nice to know that all these people were on her side, that she had that backup, you know . And this she wasnt alone. Reporter bacas motto is no child deserves to live in fear. Because of them, this young girl no longer does. Elaine quijano, cbs news, derby, connecticut. Dubois and that is the cbs expected. Your realtime captioner is mrs. Linda m. Macdonald. Now at 6 00, because the rain isnt coming down, Something Else is going up, much faster than expected. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. Im allen martin. Our mild winter is triggering an unexpected boom for the construction industry. The lack of rain means many bay area projects are running ahead of schedule. But as kpix 5s don knapp shows us its not good news for all contractors. Reporter too bad we couldnt have sunshiny days and rainy nights. It would please one kind of contractor who needs the rain. The big apartment complex in larkspur is going up fast thanks to clear skies, mild temperatures and no rain. While most folks worry about drought and water concentration, the driest year in memory is helping contractors get ahead of schedule. Absolutely ahead of schedule. All jobs are running good now, pretty much everything is going slept. Reporter they can look down the road to other projects. We have been just flying on this because of the weather. Its cold in the morning but thats about it. As far as wetness goes, its great. Reporter while couction workers cheer the good weather, darren little spends days at his desk waiting for the phone to ring. He is a roofer. If its not raining they dont have a leak theres no work. Reporter he sent his eight roofers home to wait for rain. When we have the rain in september, october, everybody panicked and we got busy for about a month. Now when all the headlines say drought, no one wants to do any work. Reporter he says its only when winter storms send water through the roof