eric, what's next? >> scott, that cold air still on the move tonight and the core of it swinging down into the northeast. this will be the coolest air there since back on valentine's day. wind chill values well below zero and the worst of it over new england and new york when we wake up tomorrow morning. high temperatures stuck at or below freezing from washington, d.c., cincinnati, the ohio valley northward for tomorrow. and as soon as we ge toward the weekend, a brief pattern shift, but it's basically just reloading the pattern. we'll get a quick warm-up across the east but another blast of very harsh air moves down across the middle of the country. temps 20 to 40 below average. these are air temps, not wind chill values on sunday morning approaching 30 below zero in the dakotas. and scott, in chicago as the packers come to town, it could be the coldest game ever played at soldier field. >> eric fisher, thanks. >>> today in syria hundreds of civilians escaped aleppo in a deal that gives the assad dict

and i couldn't put my shoe back on. >> by sunrise with no sign of his wife, eric and his son hiked to higher ground found a signal and 911. a massive search discovered karen asleep in an empty cabin near the north rim of the grand canyon. she walked almost 26 miles. >> it wasn't about surviving for me. i just kept thinking i have to do this for my son. i have to do this for my husband. >> she remains in the hospital, being treated for frostbite, and dehydration. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >>> next, on screen and off, carrie fisher lived a remarkable life. >>> carrie fisher as princess leah, the star wars actress died in los angeles after reportedly suffering a heart attack last friday on a flight from london. co-star harrison ford said carrie was one of a kind. brilliant, original. her mother, debbie reynolds said thank you to everyone who has embraced the gifts and tal enterof my beloved and amazing daughters. and filmmaker george lucas had this to say. in star wars she was our great and powerful princess, feisty, wise and full of hope. ben tracy looks back. >> what th

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in bismarck, the storm caught eric biore off-guard. his honda civic had to get pulled out of the snow by a good samaritan. >> we have blizzards every year. not twice right away in december. >> single-digit temperatures have now started freezing parts of the missouri river, behind me you can see chunks of ice flowing downstream. scott, the arctic chill its heading toward the east coast where colder-than-normal temperatures expected by the end of the week. >> omar villafranca in the big chill tonight. omar, thank you. >> last year, 12 african-americans welcomed dylann roof into their bible study in charleston, south carolina. he shot nine of them dead. now, 12 people, some white, some black, will decide whether roof lives or dies. his federal hate crimes trial opened today. and mark strassmann was there. >> reporter: two buss brought relatives of those murdered in the church massacre to federal court. where they found dylann roof dressed in his jail jumpsuit avoiding eye contact with anyone. in his opening statement, assistant u.s. attor

eric manning, the pastor at mother emanuel, sees deeper meaning in polly shepperd's survival. >> she stood in the face of evil and almost, evil backed down. >> reporter: when shepperd finished testifying and left the stand, most of the people in the courtroom stood up out of respect. roof stayed seated. scott, closing arguments are set for tomorrow morning. >> mark strassmann for us. mark, thank you. >>> this morning in newtown, connecticut, they paused for 15 minutes, exactly four years after the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. 26 people were killed then, 20 of them, first graders. this month sandy hook promise, started by family members, posted a video to turn attention toward the warning signs of a tragedy. here's dr. jon lapook. ♪ got some news today from the radio man ♪ ♪ he spoke the word somber >> reporter: it seems to be a charming story of young love. >> have a good summer. >> you too. >> reporter: two teens flirting. >> hey, you must be bored. >> reporter: but then... >> do you like to write on desks? >> yes, that's what i do. >> reporter: then terror. as th

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. >> reporter: nancy vandermay and eric barkolo moved here to be close to wildlife and got their wish in the form of a mountain lion named p-41, who seems to love their back yard deck. he's right out here where we are? >> exactly where we are. >> reporter: he has come to visit at least ten times. triggering security cameras taking both video and still pictures. the area is called cougar canyon. what else? >> here he is just literally made a loop around our house for some reason. >> yeah. >> reporter: like proud parents with baby pictures they show off their video scrapbook. >> and let me point out how his paws are on the wood and not on the gravel so he can make as little noise as possible. >> wow. >> they want to be silent at all times. >> reporter: camera technology has revolutionized the way mountain lions and other wild animals are studied. joanna turner is a sound effects editor for universal studios. on her own time she's one of several citizen scientists, as they're called, who put remote cameras up in the wild hoping to get that perfect shot. >> there he is. oh, come on, buddy