why are their sons and daughters and spouses in the lobbying business, why are so many government contracts going to firms where relatives work? peter schweitzer claims this is all legalized extortion and this is what we plan to focus on in the year ahead. >> good. look forward to it. drew, thanks very much. i want to clarify the brain-dead mother in texas we were just talking about in the previous segment before the break, i misspoke when i said her wishes were in wright. -- in writing. i misread something. they were not. her husband said she relayed her wishes to him that she not be on life sustaining measures when brain-dead. she did not specify that meant when she was pregnant. we'll obviously continue to follow the story. there's going to be a hearing on friday. up next, bone chilling temperatures hitting a big portion of the u.s. after a brutal snowstorm. we'll get a live report from chad myers out in the middle of it. and a home goes up in flames. this story is remarkable. you should know about this little boy. six people are rescued, the hero dies, an 8-year-old boy. he went in to rescue others and did. so his mother says he died doing just that. she speaks out.