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cbs' omar villafranca reports from hard-hit southeast texas. >> reporter: parts of livingston, texas, waterlogged after overnight storms soaked the southeast texas town. up to eight inches of rain fell in some areas leaving homes and businesses looking like lakefront property. we tried to get to livingston but couldn't. heavy downpours drenched major highways and slowed traffic during the morning commute. we could only get as far as cold spring, 17 miles away. the main road in town is shut down. we found residents taking horses and even pet pigs to drier, higher ground. >> about an hour and a half ago it was about waist deep in my backyard. >> reporter: luckily vanessa russell's home is on stilts, but her confidence is not high after she found out the dam across the street was open to relieve the swollen lake dumping millions of gallons into her neighborhood. >> it's horrible. do not move to a flood plain ever. >> oh, no way. >> reporter: further east in college station, a woman tried to drive through a flooded parking lot. >> okay. that got bad very quickly. >> reporter: she abandone
cbs' omar villafranca reports from hard-hit southeast texas. >> reporter: parts of livingston, texas, waterlogged after overnight storms soaked the southeast texas town. up to eight inches of rain fell in some areas leaving homes and businesses looking like lakefront property. we tried to get to livingston but couldn't. heavy downpours drenched major highways and slowed traffic during the morning commute. we could only get as far as cold spring, 17 miles away. the main road in town is...
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omar villafranca has the dramatic video. >> chaos during communion caught on a live stream. it happened saturday at saint mary magdalen church during a first communion ceremony for 60 children, all second graders in abbeville louisiana. police say a 16-year-old boy carrying a gun opened the back door of the packed church but was immediately confronted and escorted away from the church by parishioners. the priest tries to calm everyone by asking them to recite a prayer, while altar servers can be seen running for cover and clergy ducking behind the altar. no one was hurt. the 16-year-old was arrested and taken for a mental evaluation. saturday's incident comes a week after a man attempted to shoot a pennsylvania pastor mid service. video captures the moment his gun jams and the deacon dives over the pew and tackles him. >> i tried to get out of the way of him shootig because he pointed at right at me. i'm looking right down the barrel of the gun. >> bernard polite said he heard voices. he is now under arrest charged with murdering his cousin earlier that day. omar villafranca
omar villafranca has the dramatic video. >> chaos during communion caught on a live stream. it happened saturday at saint mary magdalen church during a first communion ceremony for 60 children, all second graders in abbeville louisiana. police say a 16-year-old boy carrying a gun opened the back door of the packed church but was immediately confronted and escorted away from the church by parishioners. the priest tries to calm everyone by asking them to recite a prayer, while altar servers...
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cbs's omar villafranca has the dramatic video. >> reporter: chaos during communion caught on a livestream. it happened saturday at saint mary magdalene church during a frst communion ceremony for children in abbeville, louisiana. police say a 16-year-old boy carrying a gun opened the back door of the packed church but was immediately confronted and escorted away from the church by parishioners. the priest tries to calm everyone by asking them to recite a prayer while altar servers can be seen running for cover and clergy ducking behind the altar. no one was hurt. the 16-year-old was arrested and taken for a mental evaluation. saturday's incident comes a week after a man attempted to shoot a pennsylvania pastor mid-service. video captures the moment his gun jams and the deacon dives over a pew and tackles him. >> i just tried to get out of the way of him shooting because he pointed it right at me, and i just -- you know, i'm looking right down the barrel of a gun. >> reporter: bernard said he heard voices. he is now under arrest, charged with murdering his cousin earlier that day. omar vil
cbs's omar villafranca has the dramatic video. >> reporter: chaos during communion caught on a livestream. it happened saturday at saint mary magdalene church during a frst communion ceremony for children in abbeville, louisiana. police say a 16-year-old boy carrying a gun opened the back door of the packed church but was immediately confronted and escorted away from the church by parishioners. the priest tries to calm everyone by asking them to recite a prayer while altar servers can be...
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cbs's omar villafranca will start us off tonight with the severe weather that turned deadly across the border in mexico. >> reporter: shocking video shows the moment a campaign rally in mexico turned into a catastrophe. 10,000 people were attending an event featuring long-shot presidential candidate jorge maynaz when wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour blew down the stage he was on. metal beams, lights, and a video screen crashed down onto the crowd below. [sirens blaring] at least nine people were killed, including one child. more than 120 were injured. bystanders scrambled to help victims trapped under the twisted rubble, as the grassy field became a makeshift triage center. "it hurts a lot, and i can't move," said this woman. the local governor says first responders are still on the scene. "we've worked hard. we haven't stopped working since the tragedy happened," he told reporters. the same storm system brought wind gusts over 120 miles an hour to central texas, spinning up an ef2 tornado that tore through the city of temple. >> i couldn't believe what was going on. everything was ov
cbs's omar villafranca will start us off tonight with the severe weather that turned deadly across the border in mexico. >> reporter: shocking video shows the moment a campaign rally in mexico turned into a catastrophe. 10,000 people were attending an event featuring long-shot presidential candidate jorge maynaz when wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour blew down the stage he was on. metal beams, lights, and a video screen crashed down onto the crowd below. [sirens blaring] at least nine...
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but norah, there is more severe weather in the forecast. >> omar villafranca, thank you. >>> the threat of that severe weather, as he said, is far from over heading into the holiday weekend. let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes. he is with our partners at the weather channel. for more details, good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. a lot of severe storms tonight and tomorrow and right into the holiday weekend as well. you can see that through tonight tonight and an area through the plains, will be very anxious with storms. a lot of heavy weather here including high winds and hail, isolated tornado risks as well. as we work our way overnight, a lot of storms through the midwest. those storms hit in milwaukee, chicago the middle of the day tomorrow. going into the weekend, saturday provides a lot of severe weather in the middle of the country once again. and then on sunday, a large area of severe weather from the midwest all the way down to the mid south. memorial day itself very active in the east. a lot of issues on i-95, i-70, i-75--90, and i-94. atlanta can have some delays a
but norah, there is more severe weather in the forecast. >> omar villafranca, thank you. >>> the threat of that severe weather, as he said, is far from over heading into the holiday weekend. let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes. he is with our partners at the weather channel. for more details, good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. a lot of severe storms tonight and tomorrow and right into the holiday weekend as well. you can see that through tonight tonight and an...
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cbs's omar villafranca reports from hard-hit southeast texas. >> reporter: parts of livingston, texas waterlogged after overnight storms soaked the southeast texas town. up to 8 inches of rain fell in some areas this morning, leaving homes and businesses looking like lakefront property. we tried to get to livingston but couldn't. heavy downpours drenched major highways and slowed traffic during the morning commute. we could only get as far as cold springs, 17 miles away. the main road in town is shut down. we found residents taking horses and even pet pigs to drier, higher ground. >> about an hour and a half ago, it was about waist deep in my backyard. >> reporter: luckily vanessa russell's home is on stilts, but her confidence is not high after she found out the lake livingston dam across the street was open to relieve the swollen lake, dumping millions of gallons into her neighborhood. >> it's horrible. do not move to a floodplain ever. >> oh, no way. >> reporter: further east in college station, a woman tried to drive through a flooded parking lot. >> okay. that got bad very quickl
cbs's omar villafranca reports from hard-hit southeast texas. >> reporter: parts of livingston, texas waterlogged after overnight storms soaked the southeast texas town. up to 8 inches of rain fell in some areas this morning, leaving homes and businesses looking like lakefront property. we tried to get to livingston but couldn't. heavy downpours drenched major highways and slowed traffic during the morning commute. we could only get as far as cold springs, 17 miles away. the main road in...
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cbs' omar villafranca on what happens next. >> reporter: graceland, the legendary home of elvis presley, will not go up for a foreclosure auction tomorrow after a judge in memphis paused the proceedings. just hours after the judge granted the injunction, someone who claims to be a representative of naussany investments now says the company is withdrawing the case that it made a $3.8 million lone to elvis's late daughter lisa marie presley, saying the loan wasn't paid off before she died. lisa's daughter and heir riley keough says her mother never borrowed the money, and says the claims were fraudulent. >>> finally, tonight's heart of america with a broadcasting legend. cbs' james brown. j.b. was honored with the lifetime achievement award at last night's 45th annual sports emmys. the three-time emmy winner's career spans four decades and includes hosting the super bowl pregame show a record 12 times. jb is host of the nfl today on cbs and a special correspondent for cbs news, and we are lucky to have him. our very own james brown, he is tonight's heart of america. >>> and that's the "ov
cbs' omar villafranca on what happens next. >> reporter: graceland, the legendary home of elvis presley, will not go up for a foreclosure auction tomorrow after a judge in memphis paused the proceedings. just hours after the judge granted the injunction, someone who claims to be a representative of naussany investments now says the company is withdrawing the case that it made a $3.8 million lone to elvis's late daughter lisa marie presley, saying the loan wasn't paid off before she died....
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cbs's omar villafranca on what happens next. >> reporter: graceland, the legendary home of elvis presley, will not go up for a foreclosure auction tomorrow, after a judge in memphis paused the proceedings. just hours after the judge granted the injunction, someone who claims to be a representative of naussany investments now says that the company is withdrawing the case that it made a $3.8 million loan to elvis' late daughter, lisa marie presley, with graceland as collateral, saying the loan wasn't paid off before she died. lisa marie's daughter and heir, riley keough, says her mother never borrowed the money and says the claims were fraudulent. >> norah: and finally to turks and caicos, where five americans are being held after small amount of ammunition were found in their luggage. that includes a florida grandmother who spoke to cbs's kris van cleave. >> reporter: sharitta grier was on a surprise mother's day vacation with her daughter when police allege airport security spotted two rounds of ammo in her bag as she was leaving the turks and caicos. she insists she didn't know the bull
cbs's omar villafranca on what happens next. >> reporter: graceland, the legendary home of elvis presley, will not go up for a foreclosure auction tomorrow, after a judge in memphis paused the proceedings. just hours after the judge granted the injunction, someone who claims to be a representative of naussany investments now says that the company is withdrawing the case that it made a $3.8 million loan to elvis' late daughter, lisa marie presley, with graceland as collateral, saying the...
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cbs's omar villafranca reports from hard-hit southeast texas. >> reporter: parts of livingston, texas, waterlogged after overnight storms soaked the south east texas town. up to 8 inches of rain fell in some areas this morning, leaving homes and businesses looking like lakefront property. he tried to get to livingston, but couldn't. heavy downpours drenched major highways and slowed traffic during the morning commute. we could only get as far as coldspring, 17 miles away. the main road in town is shut down. we found residents taking horses and even pet pigs to dryer, higher ground. >> about an hour and a half ago, it was about waist deep in my backyard. >> reporter: luckily, vanessa russell's home is on stilts, but her confidence is not high, after she found out the lake livingston dam across the street was open to relieve the swollen lake. dumping millions of gallons into her neighborhood. >speak with horrible. do not move to a flood point, ever. >> oh, no way. >> further east in college station, a woman tried to drive through a parking lot. >> that got bad very quickly. >> reporter:
cbs's omar villafranca reports from hard-hit southeast texas. >> reporter: parts of livingston, texas, waterlogged after overnight storms soaked the south east texas town. up to 8 inches of rain fell in some areas this morning, leaving homes and businesses looking like lakefront property. he tried to get to livingston, but couldn't. heavy downpours drenched major highways and slowed traffic during the morning commute. we could only get as far as coldspring, 17 miles away. the main road in...
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cbs's omar villafranca leads off our coverage. >> reporter: in west texas, severe storms unleashed powerful tornadoes. one touching down in the city of holly, destroying several homes. caroline vandergriff of cbs news texas has one families harrowing story. >> this is all that's left of the lambert family home, when the tornado hit, they first hunkered down and ran for their lives. their car destroyed, their phone blown away. >> this is an insane storm. >> reporter: storm chaser freddy mckinney was documenting... >> get in! >> reporter: the family ran to him again for help. >> please god help! >> reporter: they fled to the hospital which was miles away. these are photos of kasey lambert at her badly injured 7-year-old son, lane. today, they share their story. >> we saw it hit our friend's house. that was the point my sons know my husband said you need to go in the closet with the children. we sat down, we held hands, and what did we do? >> we said a prayer. >> we said a prayer pick we just prayed, god, please keep us safe during this tornado. >> reporter: she tried to hold onto both kids. t
cbs's omar villafranca leads off our coverage. >> reporter: in west texas, severe storms unleashed powerful tornadoes. one touching down in the city of holly, destroying several homes. caroline vandergriff of cbs news texas has one families harrowing story. >> this is all that's left of the lambert family home, when the tornado hit, they first hunkered down and ran for their lives. their car destroyed, their phone blown away. >> this is an insane storm. >> reporter:...
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omar villafranca reports. >> here you go, ma'am. >> reporter: for the first time in her life, 20-year-old dashiana has a steady job and place to call home, two things that were unthinkable just a few years ago, after spending most of her life in oklahoma's foster care system. >> it's very important to me, because growing up i never had anything to myself, you know. i was taken away from my parents when i was 3 months. >> reporter: while berry takes orders, she is getting her life in order with the help of pivot. the oklahoma city nonprofit provides young people with a little house to live in as they start their journey into adulthood. >> i'm very appreciative of what i have right now, what i was provided with because i didn't have anything when i first got here. i didn't have any clothes. i didn't have any food. i didn't have anything, really. >> reporter: many of the residents were homeless, like berry, or aged out of the foster care system at 18. the little house project started four years ago with three cozy cottages. but as the need grew, the program expanded. now pivot has 26 little
omar villafranca reports. >> here you go, ma'am. >> reporter: for the first time in her life, 20-year-old dashiana has a steady job and place to call home, two things that were unthinkable just a few years ago, after spending most of her life in oklahoma's foster care system. >> it's very important to me, because growing up i never had anything to myself, you know. i was taken away from my parents when i was 3 months. >> reporter: while berry takes orders, she is getting...
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omar villafranca went to memphis to get the details. ♪ it's one for the money, two for the show ♪ >> reporter: with his fame skyrocketing, elvis presley bought graceland in 1957. it became his final resting place. but now the memphis mansion could be up for sale. according to an apparent foreclosure notice, the estate was set to be auctioned off in memphis on thursday, allegedly because elvis' daughter, lisa marie presley, used graceland as collateral to secure a $3.8 million loan from a company called nassany investments and private lending in 2018 and failed to pay it off before she died last year. but her daughter says that isn't true. ♪ you might recognize riley keough from her star turn in last year's hit show "daisy jones and the six." she's also elvis granddaughter and the heir to his estate. in a lawsuit, keogh claims nasa any investments appears to be a false entity created for the purpose of defrauding her family, adding that her mother, lisa marie, never borrowed money from the company or gave them a deed of trust to graceland. and further alleging that documents claimin
omar villafranca went to memphis to get the details. ♪ it's one for the money, two for the show ♪ >> reporter: with his fame skyrocketing, elvis presley bought graceland in 1957. it became his final resting place. but now the memphis mansion could be up for sale. according to an apparent foreclosure notice, the estate was set to be auctioned off in memphis on thursday, allegedly because elvis' daughter, lisa marie presley, used graceland as collateral to secure a $3.8 million loan...