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going into the weekend could top a foot. >> norah: wow. mike bettes, thank you. the other news tonight is from here in washington. we are finally learning why the defense secretary has been in the hospital for more than a week after keeping the public and the president in the dark for days. 70-year-old lloyd austin revealing today he is being treated for prostate cancer, and now the white house has issued an order to all presidential cabinet members to make sure the failure to disclose doesn't happen again. more now from cbs's david margin at the pentagon. >> reporter: secretary austin had surgery from prostate cancer more than two weeks ago but had the diagnosis from his commander in chief until today. >> the president didn't know about the diagnosis until this morning. >> reporter: austen >> reporter: austin underwent surgery on his or her 22nd. cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook describes the operation, which the pentagon called an elective medical procedure. >> when you take out the entire