Downtown truckee on top of the foot and a half they got yesterday, and we could see another foot and a half today. In texas, the largest wildfire in state history expands, Scorching Everything in its path. [ siren ] also tonight, the United States begins dropping food into gaza, desperate for humanitarian aid. Reporter im imtiaz tyab in tel aviv. Global outrage is only growing after palestinians were killed scrambling for food this week, prompting rare american intervention. Russia launches new deadly Drone Strikes as ukraine struggles to fight back. Donald trump rallies supporters today. Weve been on a rocket to the republican nomination. As he faces a critical moment of financial truth. And later, fur and fiction. Therapy dogs unleashing confidence in young readers, especially kids maybe struggling with reading. Doing it to a dog, it feels good. This is the Cbs Weekend News from new york with adriana diaz. Sechlt sechlt sechlt sechlt sechlt sechlt sechlt sechlt Sechlt Captioning funded by cbs good evening. Adrianna is off. Im meg oliver. Tens of millions of people are impacted across at least eight states. California and nevada are seeing the it. This powerful blizzard shutting down vital roads including 100 miles of interstate 80, the snow piling up fast. Plows are working to get stranded trucks moving again. The worst of the Big Storm Happening right now. The fierce winds also fuelling Wildfire Threats further west across the plains. Cbss carter evans is in the town of truckee, california, and leads us off tonight. Carter. Reporter well, good evening, meg. This blizzard is pummelling the mountains of california and nevada with heavy snow and winds up to 190 Miles Per Hour in the mountain peaks. Behind me, crews are working on fixing downed Power Lines Rights in the middle of it and theres more to come. Californias most powerful blizzard this year is hammering lake tahoe and other Sierra Nevada communities. Busy highways and roads shut down due to dangerous whiteout conditions. Couldnt even see the road. Theres like no road to see. Reporter in california interstate 80 closed, leaves cars and semis stucks. Emergency crews spent hours getting people to safety and authorities are still retrieving the vehicles. A Union Pacific plow train is busy cleaning out tons of snow, joining the heavy duty plows working around the clock. The National Weather service says more than half a Million People are under a blizzard warning. Many are hunkering down, Stocking Up On Batteries and lanterns. Im about to go home and not leave for the next couple of days. Reporter several ski resorts including sugar bowl are also off limits, shut down because of avalanche danger. Residents nearby are now bracing for the next round. I do expect with the high winds that the power will go out this weekend. Reporter it turns out the wind is having a big impact on snow levels. The Lead Scientist at the Berkeley Snow Lab tells me those highlevel gusty winds are breaking up snowflakes before they hit the ground, so by the time they get down here theyre packing together much more tightly. As a result, meg, the snow might not be as deep in some areas as originally predicted. Carter evans with those incredible pictures. Thank you. To texas now. Strong winds and dry air this weekend are speeding the spread of whats already the largest wildfire in state history. More than 1,700 square miles of land have been scorched and 500 structures destroyed. Fire so intense local ranchers say livestock have been unable to escape the flames. Two people have been killed. Today the United States began dropping palettes of food aid into the gaza strip. The operation by american c130 cargo planes expands americas direct role in addressing a growing humanitarian crisis and underscores a widening gap between washington and israel over its Military Campaign against hamas. Cbss imtiaz tyab in tel aviv has the latest. Reporter good evening. In all, 38,000 meals were air dropped from the c130 aircrafts which were coordinated with the help of u. S. Ally jordan. The rare intervention by the president comes after at least 115 palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded when Israeli Forces opened fire as thousands had gathered for one of the first Food Aid Deliveries in gaza city in months. Palestinian leaders are calling it israels Flower Massacre after those who had swarmed the trucks in the desperate hope of getting a sack of flour were killed. Now, the Israeli Military continues to insist the deaths were caused by a stampede, but United Nations observers sent to gaza citys Al Shifa Hospital found the majority of dead and wounded from the convoy had suffered from bullet and shrapnel wounds. The chaos and carnage only underscores how desperate the decision across gaza is. Since the start of the war the Israeli Military has blocked most food, water and medicine into the besieged palestinian territory, triggering a near famine according to the u. N. International aid agencies are sharply criticizing President Bidens decision to air drop food into gaza, saying it will do little to help those who are starving. U. S. Officials have acknowledged to cbs news the drops of aid are insufficient but are being done as a statement that the world is not just standing by watching the famine unfold. Tonight were learning israel has agreed to a ceasefire and hostage release framework that would see a sixweek pause in fighting and the release of women, elderly and sick hostages, meg. Hamas has yet to respond. All right. Imtiaz tyab, thank you. Today a ship attacked by Iranbacked Houthi rebels last month sank in the red sea. The britishflagged vessel is the first vessel to be destroyed in their campaign to disrupt shipping in the region. The ship was already leaking oil and was carrying a cargo of fertilizer, prompting fears of an environmental catastrophe. Another cargo ship came under attack today. Its crew was forced to abandon ship. To ukraine now. Today at least seven people were killed when debris from a russian drone hit an Apartment Block in the city of odesa. A threemonthold baby was among the dead. Cbss Charlie Dagata is in kyiv as Ukrainian Forces struggle to fight back. Reporter when we visited a Ukrainian Howitzer Brigade on the Eastern Front lines over the summer they were burning through u. S. Supplied Artillery Rounds in an intense counter offensive. But now Ammunition Stocks are dangerously low along with other crucial supplies needed to keep the war effort moving. At an undisclosed, wooded location not far from the battlefield, a small team of mechanics have been working around the clock to fix damaged humvees. It is like a triage for battleworn military vehicles. They put more than 100 back into the fight in the month of february alone. Made in america, repaired right here in ukraine not far from the front lines. Vehicles that cant be saved are stripped for spare parts. They cant afford to waste a single thing. Cannibalizing radiators, drive shafts, suspension springs, it is an mro unit, maintenance, repair and overhaul, modelled on the u. S. Military system they were trained under. Add to that, recovery. So you are sometimes rescuing these vehicles while under fire . Yeah. Why not . Reporter thats dangerous. Yeah, i know. Reporter the major is the unit commander. He is clearly proud of his men. Reporter how difficult is it to get new parts for these vehicles . Lately it gets more and more difficult, he said. We critically need more parts. The most critical tool in the garage is the little handwritten inventory book. Stocks, already down 60 in recent weeks. New engines like this complements of the u. S. Government are becoming a rare commodity, but the mechanics know that their work here helps save lives, providing protection in the fight. The commander put it more bluntly. The more vehicles out of commission, the more soldiers will die. Threats on the ground and from the air, meg. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after the attacks in odesa we need more air defenses from our partners to stop what he called russian terror. This is the only way to save lives. Charlie dagata on the front lines for us. Thank you. Tonight President Biden is at camp david where the white house says hes preparing for thursdays stateofthe Union Address before congress. Also today, republican rivals donald trump and nikki haley were on the Campaign Trail trying to get out the vote ahead of a pivotal week. Cbss Natalie Brand joins us with more. Natalie, good evening. Reporter meg, good evening to you. Just tonight we have learned from republican officials that trump has won the michigan and missouri gop caucuses, meaning he has won all primary contests so far heading into a critical election week. In duelling rallies in North Carolina less than 100 miles apart, Nikki Haley Made A lastditch appeal to voters in the final sprint to super tuesday. How many more times do we have to lose before we realize maybe donald trump is the problem . Reporter former President Donald Trump fixated on Border Security and crime and railed against the multitude of court cases against him. Theyre not 91 counts, theyre not legit. Theyre biden counts. Reporter the charges have galvanized his supporters. Any kind of heat like that should promote him, as you can see all of the people here. We dont care about it. Reporter but as election season ramps up, trump faces a legal and financial reckoning. Just this week a new york judge ruled he has to pay his more than 450 million civil fraud penalty while he appeals with the deadline later this month. Thats on top of a separate 83 million judgment in his Defamation Case with author e. Jean carroll, and that doesnt include the significant legal fees trump faces from his four criminal cases. With tens of millions of dollars in Campaign Cash going to legal bills last year. Theres at least a third of republicans who want someone besides trump. Reporter it is the reason Brittany Martinez says she hopes haley remains in the race past tuesday when more than 15 states hold election. I akeep at it because your voice for people like me who dont feel supported by the current maga party. Reporter the Biden Campaign this week is stepping up its outreach to female voters. The first lady Just Launched a Women For Biden harris organizing group. She is on the Campaign Trail in key Battleground States in the west today, arizona and nevada. Headed to wisconsin tomorrow. Meg. Natalie brand, thank you. Cbs news will have extensive coverage of the republican and democratic primaries including a Special On Tuesday at 10 00 p. M. Eastern on cbs news streaming and paramount plus. Tonight police in arizona are asking for the Publics Health finding two people involved in a possible abduction. It happened on february 23rd. A Security Camera at a gas station near i10 west of phoenix capturing the scene. You see a car pulling up and a woman gets out, but when she starts running toward a convenience store, the driver drags her back and pushes her inside. The man then jumps into the car and speeds off. Within 30 seconds they are gone. Police have one witness so far but no substantial leads. Today a collision and derailment involving three Norfolk SouthernFreight Trains spilled diesel feel into a river near bethlehem, pennsylvania. The trains were pulling box cars and tanker cars, at least one of which was partially submerged in the lehigh river. No injuries are reported and local officials said the diesel spill has been contained. Today we learned of the death of the alwayseye catching iris app fell. She was known for designing clothes for bright patterns. She loved bigrimmed glasses and red lipstick. Among her clients, nine different president s from truman to clinton as well as greta garbo and estee lauder. The selfdescribed Geriatric Star Let died at home in palm beach, florida. 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