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Nasty conditions across the southwest. Wet weather across the golden state. Earlier this morning we did get quite a bit of rain. Winter storm warnings and Winter Weather advisories continues. Misery in new england. Boston alltime snowfall record slipping under it. And a major offensive against isis this morning. The goal of the operation is to retake saddam husseins hometown tikrit. A Deadly Police shooting caught on camera in downtown l. A. Skid row is under investigation. The lapd policemen reached for their weapon when three officers opened fire. Very concerned by that speech. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in washington ahead of a controversial speech before congress. The only conflict is between the white house and israel. Tens of thousands of people flooded the streets of moscow mourning the loss of slain Opposition Leader Boris Nemtsov. And looking for suspects in a massive brawl sending three to the hospital. And all that droeing a brick at a car window, and knocked out by the very same break. Karma. And all that matters. Grateful. And surviving after having an epileptic seizure. Pulled my chute and im here to tell the tale. On cbs this morning. So on your tombstone, first line is going to be writer . Writer. Really . Is that what people put on tombstones their occupations . No. What they love . What they love . I like to watch tv. This mornings eyeopener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. Many in the west drying out this morning after a weekend of muchneeded rain but elsewhere in the country winter refuses to loosen its icy grip. There is snow on the ground in 47 of the lower 48 states. Millions of people from the midwest to the northeast are dealing with another icy commute. Plows are racing to clear fresh snow and there is another storm coming tomorrow. Anna warner is in boston where the new snow is pushing the city closer to an alltime record. Anna good morning. Reporter good morning. Out West Mountains made of rock. Here in boston a mountain made of snow. And why is it all here . Of course, because the city is only four inches from the alltime snowiest winter. That record set in the 19951996 season. The amount was 107. 6 inches of snow. Now, theyre using snow farms like these to take care of all the snow thats fallen. The storm hit boston last night dumping a new layer of fresh snow on a city still recovering from whats been a relentless winter. I do have to put plywood on my windows, because the snow is up to the roof im afraid its going to crash through the window. Reporter earlier on sunday five inches blanketed manhattan creating a picturesque scene in central park and a mess in the streets. Cars in nearby yonkers stuck in place. One need add shove. The system also brought treacherous conditions to drivers in the midwest. Black ice caused skidding in missouri tumbling in oklahoma and sidelined at least a dozen cars in north carolina. Your life flashed before your eyes. I didnt know how to control my car. I was swerving a lot. Reporter last month parts of maine, connecticut, new york and pennsylvania plunged into record cold temperatures. Sections of Boston Harbor were frozen solid. A u. S. Coast guard ship cut through the ice to create a path for other vessels. Ferryboats in new yorks hudson river navigated around a similar challenge. This image shows the great lakes. Their surfaces now nearly 90 covered in ice. And back in boston workers are removing 950 truck loads of snow every night from the citys crowded streets, and people are using anything they can find to save those now illusive parking spots. Weve had a month of storms here. Thousands of cars still buried under snow. Reporter as of this morning, residents are losing those parking space savers. Trash cleshgts s collectors are picking them up and taking them away. They wont anymore. Meanwhile, this Snow Mountain is a good illustration of how much money the state has spent in snow removal this year. Nearly 100 million, and it could go up from there. More snow in the forecast for tomorrow. That picture says everything. Thanks. A hillside in hollywood collapsed during sundays heavy rain in los angeles. Winter storm warnings are still up in the mountains, but most of the rain is now moving into arizona. Meteorologist Danielle Niles is watching the newest storms across the u. S. Danielle, oh no. People, i can tell you, are sick of this. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, everybody. A little bit of unsettled weather here with a big upper level low spinning areas of showers and heavy downpours through portions of arizona today, snow in Higher Elevations back to the rockies. The low lets up a bit with lingering showers heading into the day tomorrow. Flood concerns here from far southeast california into the phoenix area. Flood watches posted. For localized flooding runoff snowfall totals top out over a foot. Could see locally up to two feet in highest elevations of the Rocky Mountains heading into wednesday afternoon. Meantime, high temperatures on the cooler side. Running generally in the 50s and 60s. 51 in seattle today. 63 in redding and 59 in l. A. This afternoon. In the 60s the most part over portions of the Desert Southwest southwest. Danielle, thanks. The israeli Prime Minister in washington this morning amid growing tensions with the white house. Benjamin netanyahu arrived yesterday at the invitation of House Speaker john boehner. Netanyahu is preparing to deliver an address to congress tomorrow. Differing opinions on a nuclear deal with iran are at the center of those tensions. Major garrett is at the white house. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning. The israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is addressing americas largest proiflsrael group right now. President obamas possible nuclear deal with iran at center stage. And caught in the middle the u. S. Israeli relationship. Before leaving for washington israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paraded at the western wall in the old city of jerusalem telling reporters he respected president obama, but strongly opposes the agreement being negotiated with iran arguing it could endanger israels very existence. The white house wants a deal that prevents iran from making a nuclear bomb. Something secretary of state john kerry says has been accomplished by the interim deal already in place. I believe we deserve the benefit of the doubt to find out whether or not we can get a similarly good agreement with respect to the future. Reporter israel says the u. S. Plan would leave too much Nuclear Technology intact. Iran, netanyahu said must be denied the capability to make a bomb. A sentiment behind this full page ad in saturdays New York Times by a hardline jewish group implying National Security adviser susan rice overlooked genocide in the 1990s, and may again. Shes the president s National Security adviser. You may differ with her, but theres no justification for an ad like that. Reporter in a face the nation exclusive House Speaker john boehner said he did not regret inviting netanyahuatalee hollowayetanyahu to speak without white house consents. I wonder why the white house feels threatened. The Congress Wants to support israel and wants to hear what a trusted ally has to say. Reporter taking pains sunday to quantify u. S. Support for israel, more than 20 billion in aid since president Obama Took Office and 18 times before the United Nations opposing resolutions biased against israel. Secretary kerry spoke to the u. N. Human Rights Council in geneva earlier this morning criticizing it for singling out israel for condemnation. Later today, kerry meets with the Iranian Foreign minister. The deadline for a final deal with iran is the end of the month. All right. Major, thank you so much. This morning, authorities in moscow are offering a nearly 50,000 reward to help find the killer of Boris Nemtsov. The Opposition Leader shot and killed friday. Russian president Vladimir Putin promises to find the killer. The award in moscow some suspect the government was involved. Clarissa, good morning. Reporter good morning. This is the exact spot where Boris Nemtsov was shot dead and you can see the mountain of flowers that is growing here. What has shocked people most though, about this murder is that if you take a look we are literally just steps away from the kremlin. Armed with flowers and flags, tens of thousands took to the streets to honor Boris Nemtsov. There were occasional shouts of russia without putin. [ chanting ] but for the most part the march was a slum occasion. Former russian Prime Minister addressing the crowd. I understand and i believe that this tragic act which happened twol day two days for the history of russia. Reporter some marchers carried banners that said i am not afraid. In reality, many who support the Democratic Values nemtsov embodied are now very afraid. Surveillance footage shows the moments before the murder friday night. You can see the street is busy. The gunman shot him four times in the back before jumping into a car. 55yearold ep nemtsov served at the deputy Prime Minister under former president bourse yeltsin. Under putins rein an intolerant society. Just hours before killed nemtsov was on russian radio encouraging people to attend an opposition protest scheduled for the next day. According to nemtsovs lawyer the Opposition Leader had received Death Threats tied to a report he was preparing on russias military involvement in ukraine. President putin has called the execution a provocation, and has ordered an investigation, but those close to nemtsov say even if the kremlin wasnt behind the killing, theyre spoons forresponsible for the wave of nagsism, anyone who speaks out against the official narratives is a target. Gayle . Thank you, clarissa. The Justice Department could release its investigation of ferguson, missouri this week. The report alleges widespread racial discrimination. New york times says the report Faults Police for dispo portion knitly ticketing and arresting blacks. The city relies on the fines to balance its budget. The deadly shooting of black teenager Michael Brown triggered widespread riots in ferguson last summer. This morning, multiple investigations launched into a Deadly Police shooting in los angeles. Cameras captured the dramatic confrontation sunday as officers struggled with a suspect at a homeless encampment. Ben tracy shows us the recordings will allow investigators and the public to see what happened. Reporter the video posted on social media shows the moment leading up to the deadly shooting sunday morning. As several officers confronted a man on a sidewalk along los angeless infamous skid row. Two officers in the foreground handcuff a woman who tried to get involved while a handful of other officers appear to wrestle the man to the ground. In the video, someone can be heard repeatedly ordering the man to drop his gun. Drop your gun drop your gun Reporter Police say there was a struggle over one of the officers weapons. At least five shots can be heard on the video. According to the lapd two officers and a sergeant opened fire on the man. The Department Says officers were originally responding to reports of a robbery. They just killed that man. Reporter witnesses in the area say the man was mentally ill. They should have shot him in the knee or something and rat packed them. They didnt have to kill him. Reporter investigators announced late last night at least one officer was wearing a body camera during the incident and plan to use audio enhanced software to better understand the final moments leading up to the shooting. A disturbing video. Anytime you see an officerinvolved shooting you see somebody lose their life its disturbing for everyone including police officers. A tragic situation anytime anybody gets killed. Reporter for cbs this morning ben tracy, los angeles. Iraq this morning is trying to recapture saddam husseins hometown from isis. State tv says iraqi forces launched the military operation in tikrit overnight. About 80 miles north of bag c. A. D. The c. A. D. Baghdad. Fighting with sunni and shia allies. The man known as jihadi john once described himself as a dead man walking. This morning newly released emails revealed more about Mohammed Emwazis background before he joined isis and emwazi told a british newspaper he was an innocent target of intelligence officials. Outside the emwazi family home in west london good morning. Reporter good morning. Thats right. Well, the emwazi family no longer live here. In fact, although they would have been able to tell us a lot more about young mohammeds life and especially his radicalization stleshgs radicalization, they have now left the country. Nowhere in all the photos of Mohammed Emwazi as a happy little boy who grew into a teenager with a buzz cut and eventually into a bearded young Computer Science student is there any hint hed become socalled jihadi john. Your evil allies reporter an extremist killer present at and appears to have carried out the beheadings of isis prisoners including three americans. Hes just one of the several hundred british men over the past five years who have joined isis to become fighters in syria, but its not clear yet where or when emwazi was radicalized. We do know by his early 20s he was on the watch list of British Security services who stopped him traveling back and forth to kuwait before both he and the his father were born. Frustrated he wrote to a muslim advocacy group. I feel like a prisoner only not in a cage. In london controlled by Security Service men. Stuck in the uk unable to return to his i. T. Job in kuwait he email add journalist. Sometimes i feel like a dead man walking, fearing that one day ill take as many pills as i can so that i can sleep forever. But instead, he found a way to slip out of britain. And complete the long journey from an apparently normal childhood in a london suburb to a cameraloving execution. The middle Eastern Media are reporting that the emwazi family who are in kuwait have now been brought in for questioning. They no doubt be asked about any clues theyll be able to funnish leading to mohammeds arrest. Charlie . Elizabeth thanks. Republicans on capitol hill are trying again this week to avoid a partial shutdown at the department of Homeland Security. Congress approved a oneweek extension on friday after a compromised plan fell through, and on capitol hill dozens of gop members are using the Homeland Security budget to fight immigration reform. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning, and you know republicans took control of both houses of congress a couple months ago, promising to reduce gridlock. But they are finding that that is difficult to do especially when one of the biggest divides is within their own party. Get in an argument over tactics from time to time. The goals are all the same. Reporter house gop leaders reading from the same script sunday trying to downplay an internal party rift. We have difference of opinions in strategy and tactics. For instance, how we want to go about tactics but our goal is the same. Reporter the goals did thought seem to be the same friday night. The joint resolution is not passed. Repoter when several dozen conservatives bucked the speakers plan to fund dhs for three weeks. Conservatives opposed full funding unless the president changes course on immigration. Mr. President , you have usurped far too much power. We cant let you destroy the constitution any further. Reporter mr. Rodgers reporter but Republican Leaders say thats a legislative dead end. To allow a shutdown of these critical functions would be an abdication of one of our primary duties as members of the house. Reporter its the latest in a series of intraparty clashes. On friday gop leaders had to cancel a vote on a bill updating education standards. After conservatives revolted. In january, a tough gop antiabortion bill had to be pulled at the last minute after republican women and more moderate members objected. Can you rahnrun a house. Reporter on face the nation, is it hard to lead in this environment . The house is a rambunctious play. 435 members with different idea whats we should and shouldnt be doing. Can you lead those members . I think so. Reporter Speaker Boehner described his gop conference as family with all the ups and downs of a family. It will be interesting to see how those family meetings go this week on an issue thats of such great importance in the west. Immigration, even as he and the rest of congress try to figure out how to keep the lights on at dhs. Yes. Well be watching closely. Nancy, thank you so much. Its 7 19. Ahead, why its so hard announcer this Nati