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accountability after police kill two this weekend. allegation, that he used human growth hormone. >> complete fabrication. it really ticks me off. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: good evening, i'm jeff glor. it was the most devastating are storm in dallas in 88 years. plowed through garland, texas flattening hundreds of homes. in north texas at least 11 were killed. it was part of a system that unleashed severe weather this weekend from the gulf of mexico to the great lakes. tonight the death toll from fiveve days of storms stands an 41. we give with david begnaud in rowlett, texas. david. >> jeff, good evening, there is no mistaking a tornado disaster zone.
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severely. these vehicles here looked like they crashed into each other. this one here the windows blown out, there is a piece of plywood that came through the windshield and impaled in the passenger seat. eyewitnesses said it blew throroh and lasted less than 45 conds. >> there it is that's it. reporter: even by texas standadas it was a monstrosity. >> i see i.t. it's crossing the highway right there. big big tornado. >> at big big tornado! good a aleast eight tornadoes exploded through dallas county. the hardest hit communities are garland and rowlett. damage has been reported along a 40 mile stretch of homes and businesses. in the darkness last night the destruction was hard to see. but by this morning the path of the tornadoes was clear. entire communities are flattened. many of the houses still standing are witut roofs.
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in garland the stormrmkilled eight people and destroyed 600 structures in a two mile area. in rowlett, the twisters killed two people and damaged 40 homes. high winds damaged this strip mall. >> we pray and support those who have lost a family member. >>reporter: texas governor greg abbott say more storms are complicated recovery efforts. >> i want you to know that texas is doing everything we can to help you piece your lives back together. to help you better deal with the challenges that you are facing right now. >> reporter: this afternoon, mi girard brought his wife nancy back home since e ey lived through the tornado last night. >> we were on our patio the back of the house. >> what was that? >> that was the ceiling falling
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we went from just being inconvenienced to realizing we could be dead. in an n stant, it hit less than 60 seconds. in a second it was gone. >> reporter: nancy are you okay? >> my [ crying ] >> sorry, baby. everything's gone! >> we just -- we we don't know what to do. we went from happy, to homeless. in a minute. but we'll rebuild or we'll do what we have to do. >>reporter: mike says when the tornado finally moved out of the area he walked outside to see what was left. his neighbor on the second story of her home the roof was gone and there she was waving for help. jeff she was stranded but not hurt.
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texas. before this week 2015 was setting up to be a record record tripling the number this year. survivors are telling remarkable stories tonight. here is dan haggerty here is dan haggerty, from ktvt. >> only had two minutes to get into a coat closet when the tornado hit. >> the front of the house is gone, the only thing that is left is the closese they were hiding in and the kitchen can. >> the twister or the >>reporter: the twister ripped off the roof of neighbor david denison's house. >> i was just praying and whatever. you just -- it's crazy. it's an experience i don't want
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se everything you ever owned. >eporter: michael morris was at a christmas party. his house is now gone. >> flipped over and hit my car. i've got to start all over again. >> it sounded like a train. >> reporter: frank montgomery and his family took shelelr under the stairwell. several homes were destroyed in the glen heights community outside dallas. several people broke down into tears when they saw what happened. > cars >> it's sad, hard to see all these people's livelihood gone. hard to sec. >> reporter: here in garland, more than 6,000 homes were maged, jeff returning to scenes like these, total losses with nothing left to return to. glor: dan haggerty, thank you.
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texas, new mexico. bring in david payne chief meteorologist at our oklahoma city affiliate kwtv. david what's happening there. >> jeff it's been a wild day so >> well, jeff it's been a wild day so far. a lot of ice a lot of sleet in oklahoma, just a big mess around here. i-40 westbound, west of oklahoma city has been shut down for quite a while today, too much ice and too much sleet. we are not t tough yet, more on the way. jeff back to you. glor: david payne, thank you very much. dangerous road conditions. several roads have been shut down due dangerous conditions across the area. police are asking people the play it safe and stay off the roads, saying they have never seen snow drifts like this before. the snow start ed flowing yesterday and haitian stopped.
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here, last minute e central plains, last minute central supplies, clearing shelves of snow shovels and others to tide themselves over. >> repororr: more on the forecast from chief meteorologist eric fisher. wbz. all of these activities the storms are not done yet. jeff. across the board. flooding in between, a tornado more flash flood watches further sloppy storm system we've already seen destructive storms like this, tracking it north and eastward throughout the night. all the wintery month across the midwest, chicago, davenport, eastern part of the storm, tuesday morning, first winter storm in the northeast. many folks seeing snow and ice for the first time this season, it took quite a while and finally it all winds town to finally it all winds down often
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in terms of snow, quite significant, wisconsin, snow on the northern end coming across new england ski area finally getting some of their first snow of the season. heavy heavy rainfall in n eas that have already seen their wettest year on record. glor: eric fisher thank you. the iraqi army is claiming a major victory over i.s.i.s. after weeks of fighting in the western city ever ramadi. debora patta reports. >> iraqi soldiers push to retake the city after months of i.s.i.s. control. an iraqi military source says troops controlled most of the city although pockets of resistance remain. united states defense department could not confirm those reports. troops troops inched forward street by street, securing a path to its intended target. a compmpnd held by i.s.i.s.. fighters. iraq's counterterrorism fighters
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buildings once controlled by i.s.i.s. fighters, fearing some of the structures had been rigged with explosives. the offensive which began five days ago has been slow and tough going. iraqi forces were hampered by sniper fire and were forced to nanagate roads littered by i.e.d.s. suffered a hue military defeat and seen fleeing the city when i.s.i.s. took control of it in may of this year but it will also serve as a stepping-stone for the iraqi military plan to take back mosul, the largestk city in iraq controlled by i.s.i.s. >> tonight a major wildlife is 70% contained. in venturara county north of los
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here is here's mireya villarreal. 2> this is the nightmare southern california residents feared most after four years of drought conditions. a a ll of flames overtaking a major highway, within inches off homes and evacueue like jane johnson cait in the middle. >> go go go! >> we got to get out of here! >> it's been more than 40 years since the coastal community of solimar beach last burned. as flames exploded this f fily had minutes to evacuate. >> i'm 29 yeerls. i don't think there's been a fire are here. >> once thing firefighters attacks head on. shows a bulldozer scraping brush near the flames. santa monica deputy fire chief tom clemo. >> despite the challenges of high winds, steep significant brush, we were able to bring a stop to all forward progress of the fire and did not lose any structures. >>reporter: it may be another day or two before the fire is
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spots, calmer winds and relief that a major disaster was avoided. mireya villarreal, cbs news los angeles. >> tensions remain high in chicago, after two people were killed this weekend one apparently accidentally here is anna werner. >> 55-year-old mother of >> reporter: shot and killed a 55-year-old mother of five, bettie jones. shot in the neck as she waited for police to respond to a domestic disturbance. jacqueline walker is her long time childhood friend. >> she was shot down, a beautiful woman, it hurts my heart to see that. >>reporter: jones was one of two kikied in a police shoototg inside this chicago home after police responded to a call at 4:28 a.m. upon their arrival they were confronted with a a mbative individual, resulting in an
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>> reporter: that allegedly combate individual was 19- year-old quintonio legrier. police shohohim multiple times,, photos show the blood stained floor and the bullet hole in the wall. wearing a shirt critical offing chicago mayor rahm emanuel, her son was a college honor student mentally ill. >> i used to watch the news daily and i would grief for other mothers, other f fily members and now today i'm grieving myself. >> the latest incident >> the latest incident coming com among protests, including december of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald, shot by jason mcdonald 16 times in 2014. >> when is the mayor going to step up? when is he going to step up? because we can't get no help with the police. >> being investigation whether
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appropriately. for them the question has alady been answered. anna werner, cbs news. >> of a the coasd of florida, the holiday weekend began with a wild boat chase. julianna glawx has the story. >> early christmas eve, authorities was alerted to a boat theft in forth myers, florida. the e n fled, skimming trying to ram into the sheriff's boat and then fled. 20 hours speeds of over 70 miles per hour. as the boat approached international waters, the coastt guard was called in. small both crew and the coast guard cutter william trump. that's the boat that finally stopped the boat on christmas morninin 345 miles chase andnd ended up about 65 miles off the northwest tip of cuba and about 125 miles east of cancun, mexico.
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part in the elicit activity they weren't going to quiuiand neither were we. >> today the coast guard returned the three suspects to shororin handcuffs. julianna goldman, cbs news. >> glor: coming up, peyton manning, are authoriries accusisi him of using humann growth hormone. we canan tell the story but we
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zimmerman and ryan howard took illegal performance enhancing drugs too. their lawyer intends to take legal action against al jazeer al jazeera said sly backed off his claims. >> charlie sly said his statements about athletes were false and incorrect. >> reporter: the documentary offers no further explanation. manning questioned why the network decided to release the story knowing one of their main sources changed hi >> i've done it the long way the hard way to insinuatatanything otherwise is a complete and total joke, is defamation and ticks me off. >> al jazeera america says despite all the denialc the network will air the documentary tonight. >> glor: jericka duncan, thank you.u.
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>> glor: we close here tonight with more unusual weweher now in the northeast where those dreaming of a white christmas had to settle for shades of gray and brown. here's jamie yuccas. >> at camelback, the chair lift has temporarily been rebranded the sky ride. tim and grace drummond from chicago. >> we packed it all but it's sitting up in the hotel room still in the luggage. >> in a typical >> camelback makes 50% of its revenue the week between christmas and new years. >> we st needed to be cold. we don't need a whole lot of natural snows from the sky, we just need cold weather and we
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>> unnaturally warm weather, inspiring a new holiday tradition. in vermont, baseball players were only ones unbound on christmas eve. potomac river outside washington, d.c. when guests can't when guests can't get on the slopes they can go on the beach, camelback built a water park to better position itself than most winter resorts with where winter activities. they are also zip lining and getting on a roller coaster however grace drummond would rather be >> h much better would it be with snow now? >> a lot better. according to snocountry.com, 41% of the resorts in the northeast remain closed due lack of snow. on the contrary, out west, it's been a white curricula at big bear resort after receiving six inches of new snow in the past 72 hours. now if it would only push east?% jamie jamie yuccas, cbs news, tannersville, pennsylvaniaia
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