Today, we saw new evidence that the barbarity of syrias civil war has not lessened, even a town is being starved by the dictators forces. Men, women and children are dying in slow motion as one resident put it. Heres elizabeth palmer. Reporter months of deprivation have pushed the smallest and the poorest to the very brink. A mother feeds her child with what looks like broth, but its actually water, flavored with jam. In an online appeal, a man explains, we have no food, no water and no power, and then he bursts into tears. Please, world, he says, we are dying. Activists say the most wretched are making soup with grass, and some have died of starvation. And all this just 30 miles from the capital, damascus, in fertile hill country. We traveled there in 2012 when it was still safe enough to area. Now they and more than 40,000 residents are trapped, surrounded by Syrian Government forces who have sealed off all the roads. This video, posted by activists, shows the residents begging the government soldiers to let Food Supplies in. But the last aid convoy they allowed to pass was back in october. But suddenly today, scott, after those pictures of the starving people had caused international consternation, the Assad Government announced that it was going to allow one humanitarian aid convoy into madaya probably some time over the weekend. Liz palmer reporting from the london newsroom tonight. Liz, thank you. A runaway natural gas well in los angeles has been flooding a neighborhood with methane for 76 days. 2,000 people have been evacuated as Southern CaliforniaGas Companies struggles to stop the Mireya Villarreal is following this. Reporter this infrared video shows you what you cant see with the naked eye, a geyser spewing at least 70,000 pounds of gas every hour into Southern California neighborhoods less than two miles away. We call this the bp oil spill on land. Reporter environmental activist Erin Brockovich was blunt about the latest gas leak findings. A new study commissioned by a law firm suing the utility says gas is now reaching porter ranch neighborhoods 18 hours of the day. This isnt a onetime assault. This is an ongoing assault every single day. Reporter the source of the leak is a hole in a 62yearold pipe. Southern california gas chief operating officer brett lane. I personally apologize to the residents. This is something that, you know, the nuisance that they face, the different issues that they have faced, we do apologize for that. Try to eliminate that nuisance or the issues that they face by stopping the leak as fast as we can. Reporter to stop the leak, the Utility Company needs to drill down 8,000 feet. Theyre using a relief well to intersect the leaking pipe and plug it up. The gas Company Estimates the process will take until april. Christine soderlunds home is less than two miles from the gas leak. She moved after her children started to get sick with unexplained headaches, nausea and nosebleeds. I am worrying about the gas every day. Im worrying about my familys health. Reporter there are 115 wells in the hills that you see behind me, including the one that is leaking, and, scott, of those 115, only ten have safety valve shut offs. Mireya villarreal reporting for us tonight. Mireya, thank you. Last night, we showed you remarkable pictures of people lining up down the block to collect painkillers at a an office the Authorities Say is really just a front for drug dealing. Well, tonight jim axelrod and producer ashley velie continue their investigation in West Virginia, where the state is suing, accusing pharmacists and drug distributors of making millions, pushing narcotics to anyone who wants them. Reporter no state has had more trouble with prescription pain pills than West Virginia, and no town in West Virginia more trouble than kermit, population 400. This undercover video of kermits main pharmacy shows scores of people picking up prescriptions inside and at the drivethru window. They fill more scripts for oxycodone than all but 21 pharmacies in america. Reporter in the country . In the country. Reporter jim cagle represents the state in the pill mills and wholesale drug distributors. What you have is some bad doctors and pharmacies who are willing to turn a blind eye because of the money thats involved. Reporter more than three million doses of hydrocodone were ordered by a kermit pharmacist, james willie, in one year. He paid drug distributors hundreds of thousands of dollars, while netting more than 6 million in profit. In 2012, willie lost his license and served six months in prison for illegally dispensing drugs. But cagle told us the problem persists. This pharmacy, tug valley, is now being sued for negligently filling prescriptions. Records show tug valley was filling more than 150 pain prescriptions a day from one clinic alone. Hi, you mr. Bellengee . Im jim axelrod with cbs news. We decided to ask owner randy bellengee about the charges. Youre named in a lawsuit, you have nothing to say to me directly . At his lawyers direction, he wouldnt respond. We would think an alarm bell would go off. Reporter West Virginia secretary of health Karen Bowling says until now, the drug distributors have escaped scrutiny. If youre a distributor, if youre providing medication to pharmacies, someone would say, wow, this is a lot. What do we need to do about it . Reporter thats the premise behind the unprecedented lawsuit. Under West Virginias law, distributors are legally bound to report suspicious orders from pharmacies. If that distributor has good reason to believe that the prescriptions that are being filled are not for legitimate medical purposes, then they are not to make that delivery. They have an obligation . They have a duty, yes. Reporter Amerisource Bergen wholesaler in the country and one of 11 defendants in the states case. Over a fiveyear period, they filled orders for 118 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills, enough to supply every West Virginian with 13 pain pills a year. Thats scary math. It is. Yes, it is. It is actually the product of what i would refer to as a Business Plan, a Business Plan by people that are not honorable people. Reporter we reached out to lawyers for Amerisource Bergen. They told us they couldnt comment because of this ongoing litigation. This potentially precedent setting trial is set to begin in october. Remarkable reporting, jim. Thanks. The military has identified the green beret who was killed tuesday in afghanistan. Hes Staff SergeantMatthew Mcclintock of new mexico. Hes 30 years old. He leaves a wife and their threeyearold son, declan. Mcclintock was killed in a firefight with the taliban on theres more news ahead. New dietary guidelines from the government wont sit well with anyone who has a sweet tooth. And well take a fine italian sports car for a dive. The cbs overnight news will be right back. Its time to dance freely thanks to new pampers cruisers the first and only diaper that helps distribute wetness evenly into three extra absorb channels. So it doesnt sag and stays dryer so wiggle it jiggle it and do, whatever that is, in new pampers cruisers cell phone rings where are you . Well the squirrels are back in the attic. Mom . Your dad wont call an exterminator. Can i call you back, mom . He says its personal this time. If youre a mom, you call at the worst time. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Where are you . Its very loud there. Are you taking a zumba class . So how ya doing . Enough pressure in here for ya . Ugh. My sinuses are killing me. Yeah. Just wait til we hit ten thousand feet. Im gonna take mucinexsinusmax. Too late, were about to take off. These dissolve fast. Theyre new liquid gels. And youre coming with me. Wait, what . do i still get the miles . New Mucinex Sinusmax liquid gels. Dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Today the government revised its advice for a healthy diet. The headlines lean meat and and salt still bad. Heres dr. Jon lapook. Reporter the new usda guidelines recommend people consume less than 10 of calories per day from added sugars, about 12 teaspoons. Less than 10 of calories per day from saturated fats, about a fastfood cheeseburger, and less than 2,300 milligrams per day of sodium, about a teaspoon of table salt. Women should consume between 1,600 and 2,400 calories a day. Men, 2,000 to 3,000. Lets see how this sample of daily meals stacks up. If you have cereal and coffee for breakfast, a cheese wrap for lunch, an apple for a snack, lmon, vegetables and a glass of wine for dinner, add small piece of cake for dessert, you consumed about 2,150 calories. But the soda alone exceeded the recommended sugar limit, and the turkey wrap and chips contain about 1,100 milligrams of recommended amount. Sharon zarabi is a registered dietitian at lenox hill. Is honey added sugar . Honey is added sugar, although it is natural, but youll notice that milk products, such as milk or even a yogurt, has 12 grams of sugar per cup, and then when you are making it a fruitflavored yogurt, that doubles the sugar from 12 to 24 grams per serving. Reporter we also asked about foods with unexpectedly high sodium. The same type of flavor dressing, which is italian, in one bottle can be 450 milligrams of sodium versus 300 milligrams. Reporter thats a huge difference. Yeah. Reporter scott, its so easy to get faked out. You might think this spinach wrap is better than this piece of white bread, but the bread has 90 calories and no saturated fat, and the wrap, 210 calories and two grams of saturated fat, so you have to read the label. Read the labels. Dr. Jon lapook. Coming up, were going to remember an actor that got a lot of laughs one day at a time. Tonight arizona is getting the el nio rains that flooded Southern California this week. 200,000 lamborghini, the white one there, into a speedboat. But believe it or not, the engine did not stall. And near san francisco, a man watching waves roll in got pounded by one. Actor Pat Harrington has died. He was schneider, the super on one day at a time. I got a little present here for you. Its something that all the ladies in the apartment are fighting over. Its a whispersilent flush valve for your can. Pat harrington died of alzheimers disease. He was 86. In a moment, defying the investment. I guess sometimes things just happen. Devastating things. Your whole world changes in an instant. Thats what happened to me. The day my mother had a stroke. Im paul george, and i want you to spot a stroke, f. A. S. T. F, face drooping. A, arm weakness. S, speech difficulty. T, time to call 911. Protect the ones you love. Americans pursuing a dream have driven the jackpot for saturday nights powerball to more than 700 million. Heres mark strassmann. Those are the winning numbers right there. Reporter not much got done at the office today. The winning tickets. Reporter everyone was out working on a retirement plan. There was definitely a buzz about it. Reporter jeff rosen organized his office pool in atlanta. Lets look at those numbers one more time. Reporter last nights 500 million drawing was the 18th time the jackpot has rolled over since the last winner in november. Have you watched it climb 300, 400, 500. You drive down the interstate and see those big billboards and youre like, wow. You sit in traffic in the morning and think, man, if i won that. Reporter this 700 million could actually mean a onetime cash option of 428 million. To win, you just got to defy odds of 292 million to one. Just one . Reporter you have a better chance of being hit by lightning while drowning. Why do i play . Because i want money. I only play when its 700 million. 50 million . Im not interested. Reporter this jackpot is already a record by 110 million, and players in 44 states will drive it higher by saturday nights drawing. I feel lucky today. Reporter which is why so few people felt like working today, and tomorrows not looking much better. One. Thats it. Reporter mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. Thats the overnight news for this friday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us just a little bit later for the morning. York city, im scott pelley. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com the is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. Come out with its latest guidelines on what you should eat to stay healthy. Most will come as no surprise. Less sugar, less salt. Dr. Jonathan lapook has the rest. Reporter the new usda guidelines recommend people consume less than 10 of calories a day from added sugar, about 12 teaspoons. Less than 10 of calories per day from saturated fats, about a fastfood cheeseburger, and less than 2,300 milligrams per day of sodium, about a teaspoon of table salt. Women should consume between 1,600 and 2,400 calories a day. Men, 2,000 to 3,000. Lets see how this sample of daily meals stacks up. If you have cereal and coffee for breakfast, a cheese wrap for lunch, an apple for a snack, salmon, vegetables and a glass of wine for dinner, add small piece of cake for dessert, you consumed about 2,150 calories. But the soda alone exceeded the recommended sugar limit, and the turkey wrap and chips contain sodium, already half of the recommended amount. Sharon zarabi is a registered dietitian at lenox hill. Is honey added sugar . Honey is added sugar, although it is natural, but youll notice that milk products, such as milk or even a yogurt, has 12 grams of sugar per cup, and then when you are making it a fruitflavored yogurt, that doubles the sugug from 12 to 24 grams per serving. Reporter we also asked about foods with unexpectedly high sodium. The same type of flavor dressing, which is italian, in one bottle can be 450 milligrams of sodium verus 300 milligrams. Reporter thats a huge difference. Yeah. Reporter scott, its so easy to get faked out. You might think this spinach wrap is better than this piece of white bread, but the bread has 90 calories and no saturated fat, and the wrap, 210 calories so you have to read the label. Dr. Jonathan lapook, cbs ws, new york. The family of a florida woman who died after being forcibly removed from a hospital by police say they want a federal investigation. Barbara dawson went to the e. R. Complaining of stomach pains. When the doctors tried to discharge her, she refused to leave. Police were called and placed her under arrest for Disorderly Conduct and trespassing. On the way to the squad car, she collapsed and later died. Video. Please leave or i can take you. Barbara dawson said she was in pain and couldnt breathe. But officer john tadlock tried to remove her oxygen mask. You cant take that off i can. No, you cant yes, maam. You have to leave. Dawson arrived by ambulance eight hours earlier. Angela was with her niece. I said she need her oxygen. No, she dont. Shes fine, shes fine. Leave it alone i cant even breathe the officer suspected dawson was trying to avoid going to jail. Put your hands behind your back. I cant breathe. You seem all right. Please, i beg you. Dawson collapsed outside of the hospital just feet from the police car. Thats not going to stop you from going to jail. Shes sick. Shes okay. Dawson remained next tohe police car for 18 minutes. Medical staff tried to get her in. Shes just dead weight. Lay her back. Minutes later, a doctor demanded dawson be readmitted to the hospital where she died. The hospital said they continue patient and setting up a medical and Community Task force to review best practices. In that tape, she was begging for help. Martha smith dixon said her community. Everyone knew barbara. She was a jewel. Benjamin crump is representing the family. Nobody should die like this. Today it was barbara dawson. If we dont speak to this, lit be someone else tomorrowow the medical examiner determined she died from a blood clot in her lung. State and local authorities are investigating. The restaurant chain chipotle is promising to cooperate with a federal criminal investigation. The probe focuses on a norovirus outbreak at a restaurant in california. Was linked to food born illnesses in nine states last year. Police are asking for the publics help in finding a pair of Jewelry Store robbers. Investigators believe theyve hit half a dozen stores in five states. Mark strassman reports. Reporter this mall is where this string of robberies began last april. These thieves have a plan and they stick to it. Find a Jewelry Store near a highway and hit the store when it first opens and there are no customers. The Surveillance Video shows one of the brazen thieves pulling off the latest heist earlier this week. The woman, believed to be in her late 20s or early 30s, locks the front door at a jared Jewelry Store in North Carolina before making her way to the expensive merchandise. This was after the fbi says she forced two employees into a back room at gunpoint and zip tied their hands. Woman and man are behind six heists in georgia, florida, south carolina, tennessee, and North Carolina. These are very well planned Jewelry Store robberies. They are not just walking into the Jewelry Stores. They have some knowledge about the industry. I believe theyre possibly bringing them to a larger city such as new york city or some of the larger cities where these theft rings operate from. Reporter they carefully inspect their targets. In panama city beach, the woman spoke to an employee the day before she was caught shoving diamonds into a bag. For some reason, shes never hidden her face. The most challenging part of the case is the pictures are so clear and we have such good Surveillance Footage that nobody has come forward yet with informatio