These pizzas are a delight. When you see somebody who gets so engaged and gets so much of the community engaged, its an endorsement of the battle we fight to end hunger. Thank you for your time, and remember no matter how tall or small we are, we can make a big difference. Hello, everyone. Lets start with your headlines. A nightclub suddenly catches fire in brazil. A Staggering Number of people are dead tonight. Witnesses say it was packed with people during a pyrotechnic show. At least 233 people died with when they just couldnt get out. A cnn crew is on the scene. A full report in just a moment. Attention credit card shoppers. Stores in 40 states can now charge you a checkout fee worth up to 3 of your total purchase. A legal settlement allows stores to pass along processing fees charged by Credit Card Companies avoid the vie by using a debit card or cash. Chuck hagel got the nod today to be the next secretary of defense. Former cia director and retired air force say hagel is a fine choice. He earned two purple hearts in the vietnam war. Japan launched two surveillance satellites to help keep an eye on north korea. Officials are threatening to carry out a nuclear test and more longrange rocket launches. Condemned the company for last months rocket launch. Its a sickening number. 233 People Killed in a nightclub fire in brazil. Some burned to death. Some trampled. Some overcome by smoke. It happened when the jampacked nightclub suddenly caught fire and many of these victims didnt stand a chance. On the scene right now where rescuers are still picking through the burned rubble is shasta darlington. Reporter smoke filled the air when the first firefighters entered the nightclub where shirtless men were already trying to rescue some of the injured. Emergency vehicles arrived not realizing the extent of the tragedy they faced. Chaos and terror amongst survivors and the bodies of victims all around. The fire broke out at about 2 00 in the morning at a nightclub called kiss in the southernmost state. The club was packed with some 2,000 people, twice the legal capacity, according to officials. Translator people inside said security guards blocked the exit to prevent people from leaving. Thats when people panicked and tragedy grew worse. Security guards blocked exits to prevent people from leaving, he says. Thats with when the crowd started panicking. This is the local gymnasium. There are more than 100 bodies. Hundreds of families have come together trying to locate and identify relatives who were of course young people in their late teens. They died of affixation. Some were trampled to death. As the coffins were lined up investigators searched for the cause of the fire, which tore through the soundproofing installation in the roof. She cut short her appearance at a summit in chile and headed to personally oversee the governments response to the tragedy. To the brazilian people we stand together at this time and that even though theres a lot of sadness we will pull through. By daylight, hospitals in santa maria were full of people looking for relatives among the survivors. There are a lot of people scattered around the hospitals different departments, as well as the intensive care units who have not been identified yet. It isnt a big number, but the people waiting outside for news are desperate. It was the end of the Summer Holiday season in brazil, the last chance to party for many young people due back at work or school on monday. Shasta darlington, cnn, santa maria, brazil. If you can believe it, that was 10 years ago. Susan canned otte has been looking back at fires in recent history. In 2003, 100 people died at the station nightclub in west warwick, rhode island where the band great white was performing. Pyrotechnics ignited material and smoke filled the room. Arson was the cause of the happy land fire in new york approximately it killed 87 people. Authorities said the bronx club was operating illegally, two years after it was ordered closed because of safety violations. In 1977, fire at the Beverly Hills supper club in kentucky killed 165 people. It was believed to be an electrical fire went undetected at first. No fire detectors. And the Coconut Grove in boston. 492 people were killed. The cause of the blaze to this day remains unknown. Very cold weather is expected this week in the United States. Well head to the middle of the country for that. And then across the world this desperate attempt to rescue two women and a baby trapped in dangerous floodwaters. Thats up next. Here in the United States with we have had brutally cold weather across the country. With freezing rain and snow for parts of the midwest and the northeast. Icy roads and Poor Visibility are making travel dangerous. And some areas in the northeast will get light snow. Around the country bad weather has been mucking up traffic on the roads and in the sky. Lindsay is from kutv has our report from Salt Lake City. Hi, lindsay. Reporter good evening, don. Utah of course is known for having the greatest snow on earth. And we are getting some of that greatest snow on earth tonight. Really coming down in downtown Salt Lake City. I have my trusty ruler here. So far we have picked up about five, five and a half inches. Were expected to get another two to five inches during the overnight hours. As the snow continues to push across the state. They wreak havoc on the roadways, and the airport. All the runways were shut down for a half hour while they cleared all the heavy, wet snow off the runway. Also, on i15rbgs one of the major highways through Salt Lake City it was closed down for a twohour period because of a horrible accident. A semi jackknifed shutting down the freeway completely. It does bring good news to those of us here in Salt Lake City. As you know, we have been dealing with a thickened version for the past month, throughout the entire month of january with just a couple dayss break here and there. This storm has finally broken, gotten the gunk out of the air. Good news coming with this big storm moving across the intermountain west. Thank you very much for that. Several people are missing and hundreds of homes destroyed and massive flooding in australia. Heavy rains and tornados from a Tropical Cyclone reported in brisbane. Almost 5,000 homes were affected. Check out this dramatic rescue of two women and a toddler in queensland. They were airlifted from their car, which was over taken by floodwaters. Everyone did make it out okay, though. Did you see this interview . Man, it was amazing. President barack obama and outgoing secretary of state Hillary Clinton share their thoughts on the tragedy in benghazi together, side by side. Out going secretary of state Hillary Clinton and president barack obama sat down to talk with 60 minutes tonight. The president had plenty of nice things to say, but it wasnt so long looking they were well, remember this . While i was working on the streets you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board of walmart. You were practicing law and his slum landlord business in innercity chicago. My, how things have changed. They addressed benghazi. I sent him there originally. It was a great personal loss to lose him and three other brave americans. But i also have looked back and tried to figure out what we could do so nobody would be in this position again. We also live in a dangerous world. And the people im proud to serve and work with in our diplomatic and Development Personnel ranks, they know its a dangerous and risky world. We just have to do everything we can to make it as secure as possible for them. I think one of the things that humbles you as president , im sure hillary feels the same way as secretary of state, you realize all you can do every single day is to figure out a direction. Make sure that you are working as hard as you can to put people in place where they can succeed. Ask the right questions, shape the right strategy. But its going to be a team that both succeeds and fails. Its a process of constant improvement because this world is big and it is chaotic. Tonight the two had nothing but praise for each other. Earlier i talked politics with cnn contributor granderson and anna navarre ra. Senior writer at espn and anna a republican strategist. The president is scheduled to make a speech this week on immigration retprpl. And paul ryan says he thinks this one issue is where the two parties can make a deal. Its proven to be 4x better at smoothing lines and deep wrinkles than professional treatments. Roc® max for maximum results. Now back to politics. A Senior Writer at espn and anna, republican strategist. The president scheduled to make a speech this week on immigration reform. And republican congressman paul ryan said this is the one issue where the two parties can make a deal. I think there are republicans and democrats, many of us are talking to each other, that can come together with a good solution to make sure this problem is fixed once and for all. And i think the rubio principals do a good job of adhering to the founding principals, respecting the rule of law and those who came here for a better like. Anna . Listen, i think its been played strategically in a brilliant manner. Marco rubio, part of this gang of six in the senate, mccain, graham, and menendez, schumer. Theyve been working on this from day one after the election. I think theyre ready to come out with something. I think youre going to see that marco rubio has laid a lot of the groundwork by selling these principals. Hes gotten great endorsement and support from some of the most right winged pundits and influence makers. He has maneuverability for this idea. Now its time to act upon it and grow it from there. It is basically the only thing happening where there is a bipartisan movement in both chambers and both sides of the aisle. The election has been a long time ago. Ive been hearing this about the gang of six. Why wait . Why are they waiting on the president . Because timing is everything. But you know what, don, if i were you i wouldnt put money on them waiting on the president. The president is going to speak on tuesday. I wouldnt be surprised if these senators, who know how to play the political game and will defend their bipartisan process, i wouldnt be surprised if they preempt the process. Maybe do it tomorrow. Maybe do it before the president does it on tuesday. I wouldnt be these are not folks that wait on the president. These folks act. So you think they may come out on monday . Do you know something we dont . Okay. I know a lot of things. Okay. Well see. Maybe ana does. Do they need a deal showing in their november elections . First of all, i want to touch on the history that my friend ana has done. The president already spoke on this. Three years ago in 2010. We voted on the dream act. He had mostly republicans and five democrats who decided not to vote in support of the dream act. This is not as if the president has not been working 0. He gave us his outline in 2010. As far as republicans new found religion, this is not new props. He was a coauthor of the dream act. It was all about politics. I will agree with ana, timing 1 everything. After they got their butt kicked they want to follow through. It has been a pawn in the big political gain. This is with what it means to be an american. Youre part of the game. Okay. Speaking of the gop, i want you to listen to bobby jindal. We must not be the party that protects the well off so they can keep their toys. We just reject identity politics. We have to stop being the stupid party. Im serious. Its time for a new Republican Party that talks likes adults. Hes not the only one giving that sentiment. Paul ryan gave a similar one on meet the press. Is this what your part needs, tough love . Yes. We need to not sugar coat itment we need to learn the lessons. I think paul ryan is right. I was at the republican retreat of the house members. Ill tell you, we heard a lot of this. There is an acknowledgment within the Republican Party we have to reboot. Look, the best part that happened out of this election is that we learned that you cant just do it with white men. Attracting latinos, attracting women is not an option. And i think thats why this immigration thing, thats why the election has been such a game changer. It is a great opportunity to rebuild some bridges. Thanks, lz and to ana. Leon pan net ta lifted a ban on women in combat units. I spoke with two people with very different opinions about that. First i asked elaine why she was against the latest move by the pentagon. The tip of the spear infantry battalions, the ones that attack the enemy, they are men for good reason. Now, everyone is insisting and assuming the standards will be the same. They will be equal. But they wont be the same. Because general dempsey said, well, if the standard is too high and the women cant meet it, well ask should it be so high. Thats when the pressure to lower the standards will continue. He asked for a Critical Mass of women. That will further lower the standards so we can have more women in that unit. And we have a Diversity Commission that says were supposed to have diversity metrics, another name for quotas. The military is not there just for equal opportunity. Its there to defend the country and to carry out the missions asked of them. Okay. One shouldnt assume every woman would be for this new policy. Of course most men would be against it. Mikey, youre all for this. Tell me about your experience in the military serving alongside women and why youre for it. Don, i am. I think this is a very sensible, pragmatic decision taken by the pentagon. I think its perhaps a little bit overdue. Served as a helicopter pilot. I was in macedonia, iraq three times, afghanistan three times. Kosovo. I worked closely with women. I commanded women in very key roles on key operations, successful operations. All the evidence leads me to believe quite comfortably that the decision the pentagon made is a very goodwin. And i would just like to start of pick up on elaines point on the role of the eup tpapbltry. Shes right in saying aspects of the infantry is indeed to hunt and kill the enemy. But i would also say the 21st century warfare has changed. In recent experience in iraq and afghanistan has been about counter insurgency. Its about winning hearts and phaoepbdz. A big role now is liaisoning with the locals. They dont just comprise of men. They comprise of women, of little girls. And i think the dynamic that a woman brings, liaising with the population is key and vital. What about women who say they are perfectly qualified to serve alongside men on the front lines . 30 years of studies and reports that have been done indicate when physical capabilities matter, and they do, in the direct combat units that were talking about now, women do not have an equal opportunity to survive or to help fellow soldiers survive. When it comes to endurance there was a japanese lady that made it to the top of everest. I think women professional athletes are operating at levels which most men would dream of. Women are sailing around the world she low. They have been serving for many, many years. Having to pick soldiers that have lost up to four limbs at times daily in the back of a medevac helicopter coming from the battle field. Thats the issue. Lets be honest about this. No one is being sexist here. As a man who grew up in a family of all women and single mother for a long time, women for the most part are not physically as strong as men. When youre on the battlefield you want someone as strong as you or stronger to help you out of a foxhole. That is just simple physics, simple reality. Forgive me. My last piece is i dont think anyone is talking about compromising the standards that would affect the fighting ability of any infantry unit. Theyre talking about testing and adjusting. Adjusting tests. If women pass the required levels that allow them to join infantry unit they should be given that opportunity. In implementing this monument al policy change will take some time. The military begins what is called an assessment phase. They will examine all the units that dont accept women and come up with a timeline for integration. Every three Months Service leaders will check in on their progress. If its found women are not suited an khefpl shun may be shot. But these women have been side by side with men fighting on the ground for more than a decade. Youre going out to the villain of sana. Thank you. We have intel that theres possibly three to five fighters out in the village. Youre going to be going out with osi to do a source meat with ahmed. Be aware they are possible armed with small arms. This is Tech Sergeant andrea jeffersons worth might mayor, patrolling a remote area of afghanistan. Taking on enemy fire and a comrade goes down. Hes bleeding right here. Hold pressure on his wound. As an air force medic, jefferson has been training for this moment for months. Get him on the vehicle. Get him out of here. Within minutes he is bandaged up and moved out of harms way. This is in afghanistan, but it soon will be. Theyre at Moody Air Force base in south georgia. Move but in a matter of weeks theyll be on the front lines of battle in afghanistan. And theyre ready. I felt like the warrior medic i have seen in the movies. When her squadron is called out, she will fight among the men. We do everything the men do. Sometimes were much better. Theyre members of the b. A. S. E. Defense group, from air assault to grouped combat, the group does it all. And that includes the women. Theyre medics, theyre integrity officers, police officers. Unlike the rest of the air force, we get to go outside the line. We have almost 730 individuals assigned to our team. 99 of which are women. Each and every one of our mission sets across the group are open to every individual that we have assigned here. Regardless of gender, regardless of race. Until this week this opportunity was allowed only for the air force. But with secretary of defense leon panetta lifting the ban that kept women from sevening in front line positions all military women will be there fighting side by side with men. We have four Different Air force combat action medal recipients, three purple heart recipients and four of our ladies have been entered into the waouped warrior program. Across the board, they all perform superbly. Its amaz