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>> smith: good evening. katie is off tonight. it is fast and furious-- the winter storm that slammed into the pacific coast yesterday is heading east tonight. after rolling over several western states, that system is now pummeling a huge area from the southwest up through the plains, and its leaving a path of destruction. homes flooded, trees toppled, and bill whitaker reports, its making for a miserable holiday week for millions. >> reporter: from the pacific to the mississippi, winte...

>> smith: good evening. katie is off tonight. it is fast and furious. the winter storm that slammed into the pacific coast yesterday is heading east tonight. after rolling over several western states, that system is now pummeling a huge area from the southwest up through the plains, and its leaving a path of destruction. homes flooded, trees toppled, and bill whitaker reports, its making for a miserable holiday week for millions. >> reporter: from the pacific to the mississippi, winter...

excruciating days, their families waited for word, hoping and praying and crews dug through the rock to get to the miners. suddenly came word, every one of them is alive. its being called the miracle in the mine. but as seth doane reports, their ordeal is far from over. >> reporter: these pictures from a camera lowered deep inside the mine reveal at first just rocky darkness and then a sign of life. one miners face. after 17 days of waiting, finally celebration. ( cheers and applause )...

good evening. once again tonight, all eyes are on the gulf of mexico where we are days away from marking the fifth anniversary of katrina, where they have 90 days worth of crude oil in that water. today, the massive bp fund, $20 billion designed to make it right, as they say in their commercials, starts to get handed out. there is one man in charge of it -- a new england lawyer named kenneth feinberg. can you imagine having that job? hes the authority who will get to decide who gets wh...

>> reporter: the top general in iraq said on cbss "face the nation" today that its still far too soon to declare a mission accomplished in iraq. >> i would say determine whether weve won the war or not, and we can see that in three to five years, as we see how iraq turns out. >> reporter: the white house, though, says president obama isnt wavering from his timeline for getting combat troops out, as he promised early in his administration and reiterated earlier this month. >> and i made...