>> that's the "overnight news" for this christmas eve, thursday. captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, december 24th, 2015. this is the "cbs morning news." deadly storms rip through the south and midwest, threatening nearly 4 million people. there is extensive damage as rescue crews search for missing residents through the night. >> i'm hoping i still got a house but if i ain't, i still got my life. thank god for that. the severe weather is causing delays and headaches as holiday travelers scramble to get home.

minnesota protesting last month's police shooting of a black man causes major delays at the minneapolis/st. paul airport. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. at least seven people are dead this morning as violent weather sweeps across the midwest and south. tornadoes slammed into several mississippi communities killing at least four people, including a 7-year-old boy. at least 40 people are hurt and two are missing. a massive tornado hurled debris across traffic on i-55 in mississippi. the powerful winds flipped a semi on to its side. at least 22 tornadoes were reported across six states. the national storm prediction center called the weather particularly dangerous. omar villafranca shows us the widespread destruction. >> reporter: a large tornado plowed through northern

near the town of clarksdale. the tornado was apparently on the ground for ten minutes, damaging homes and blowing a tractor-trailer off the road. the storm moved toward nearby comeau wrecking houses and out buildings. >> several tornadoes spread throughout a wide area. some into iowa and indiana. >> reporter: drivers could barely make their way along the highway in southern missouri. the storm pelted the area with hail. witnesses in highland, arkansas, said storms rolled in there without warning. >> snapped off a pine tree by my truck and i just slammed my seat belt on and thank lord let me survive this. >> reporter: in polk county, arkansas, a woman died after a tree fell onto her house. forecasters say the risk for long track tornadoes continues. >> this urgent vigilance for everyone in the threat area,

>> reporter: the threat diminished thursday and the focus turns to record high temperatures expected on the east coast. meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz says the christmas eve forecast shows more severe weather. >> after our tornado outbreak, unfortunately, turning deadly, we are watching more stormy weather across the southeast here on christmas eve day. the storms extending from the western florida panhandle through the atlanta area and charlotte and raleigh. the severe threat is a little bit lower but quite a few thunderstorms and chance of flash flooding and local heavy rainfall. a stormy pattern and unusually warm air. temperatures 30 degrees above average in the south corridor and 80s in florida and breaking numerous record highs on christmas eve and more warm temps in the southeast on christmas day. 63 in new york city and 69 charlotte and 70 in atlanta and board. the end of this weekend where

and head home, a major winter storm gets started in the southern plains and starts to move up to the midwest with ice and snow and heavy rain to east of it and this will be very disruptive to start next wem week. rain and fog triggered thousands of flight delays and cancellations on the east coast as a record number of of travelers took to the skies and the roads. done don champion is at new york's laguardia airport. >> reporter: it's reported there were more than 9,600 flights and delays and over a 1,000 flight cancellations nationwide yesterday. here at laguardia, you can see behind me right now there are already dozens and dozens of people lined up at ticket counter tickets here to make sure they are on one of the first flights out of here. instead of being nestled in their beds, scores of travelers are waking up at airports across the country this morning, hoping

on christmas eve. >> we going to jamaica. >> many passengers tried to make it home yesterday but instead had their flights either delayed or cancelled because of heavy rain or fog in the northeast. while bob and diane riceinger took it in stride. >> i'm a retired pilot so we understand weather and plane delays. >> reporter: shea and her husband whose flight to ohio was rebooked three times say they have had enough! >> we are going to try to get our money back and maybe go next weekend. >> reporter: over the next few days, many airlines are shifting the timing of flights, adding red eyes and using bigger planes to get people to their destination. >> big thing is just give myself some extra time. >> reporter: 38 million people are expected to fly during the holidays. so definitely pack a lot of patience this year if you're flying out of town today. by the way, if you're going to

with you, we are told because of enhanced security measures, it's unwrapped. >> very good advice, don champion at laguardia airport in new york, thank you. cbs news has confirmed the obama administration is planning raids to deport hundreds of families who entered the country illegally since last year. the nationwide roundup will target adults and children already ordered to leave by a judge. many are fleeing violence in central america. it could begin as soon as january. minnesota officials are major delays at the minneapolis/st. paul airport. >> reporter: hundreds of black lives matter demonstrators flooded the airport wednesday. they are demanding the release of video of the recent fatal police shooting of a black man. another group linked hands and blocked a road leading to a

about 500 demonstrators shut down the largest mall nearby. the latest national poll shows donald trump dominating the republican field. 39% of republicans and republican leaning voters say that they support the billionaire real estate mogul. ted cruz is a distant second with 18%. he is followed by ben carson and marco rubio, both have 10%. major garrett shows us how the latest campaign controversy has united the gop rivals. >> it's not complicated. don't make fun of a 5-year-old girl. >> reporter: that is ted cruz responding to this online "the washington post" editorial cartoon depicting his two daughters as trained monkeys. the cartoon came after cruz's daughters appeared in this campaign ad. >> the grinch who lost her e-mails. >> reporter: poking fun at hillary clinton's e-mail woes. >> i'll use my own server and no one will be wiser. >> reporter: at first the cartoonist said cruz using his

attack made them fair game. the post then retracted the cartoon saying it's generally the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. >> folks want to attack me, knock yourself out. that is part of the process. i signed up for that. that's fine. but my fillers didn't sign up for it. >> reporter: marco rubio called the cartoon disgusting and donald trump bad. with talking about impropriety and politics donald trump says hillary clinton is the front-runner and she was register. >> not the first time he has demonstrated pension for sexism. >> reporter: earlier this week trump use this yiddish vulgarity to describe hillary clinton's defeat. >> she was favored to win and she got -- she lost. >> reporter: trump said the word is not vulgar and often used to mean beaten badly. >> i don't know that he has any

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well, here is another look at this morning's top stories. violent storms left at least seven people dead in the midwest and south. more than 20 tornadoes were reported across six states. at least 40 people are injured in mississippi alone. the storms destroyed homes and snarled traffic on a busy get-away day. at least 31 people are dead and more than a hundred were injured in a fire at a hospital in saudi arabia this morning. the blaze broke out in the intensive care unit and maternity ward. cause of the fire is under investigation. the gunman admitted to killing three people in a planned parenthood clinic in colorado springs wants to be his own lawyer when he goes on trial.

wednesday he has a right to represent himself. dear is awaiting a mental competency evaluation. officials in brazil are asking couples to hold off on plans to become pregnant. it follows a staggering rise of babies born with a rare microcephaly. there have been more than 2,400 cases in the past year. experts believe the cause is a mosquito-born virus. you got to see this. there are 23,000 lights on the so-called christmas house. volunteer firefighter jim josiac has decorated his front yard like this the last seven years. this year he got more than 1,300 pounds of food as a donation. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an outlook for the holiday shopping season.

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well, between the interest rate hike and auto recalls, business news captured major headlines this year. jill wagner looks back at the top financial stories of 2015. faulty takata air bags caused the recall of 2 million vehicles in the u.s. alone and at least eight people have been killed worldwide and nearly a hundred injured from the air bags spraying shrapnel. >> terrifying. i thought i was going to bleed out. >> reporter: volkswagen admitted to use special software to cheat on a emissions test.

>> we will make sure that something like this never happens again. >> reporter: cyberattacks shook up the corporate world. hackers broke into anthem that runs blue cross/blue shield plans. three suspects charged in a giant hacking scheme that targeted at least a does corporations. >> the data breaches at these firms were breathtaking in scope and in size. >> reporter: the new york stock exchange said it was not a cyberattack that halted trading over the summer. a technical glitch shut down the exchange for nearly four hours. the shutdown was followed by a meltdown. the stock market had some of its sharpest declines in history when instability in foreign economy spooked wall street. >> i've never seen the dow down a thousand points in one move. >> reporter: by the end of the year the dow was nearly where it started. unemployment edged down to 5%. and the more robust job market

raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. oil prices plunged. that gave consumers a break at the pump where gas prices flipped to around $2 a gallon. apple launched its smartwatch. >> the most advanced timepiece ever created. >> reporter: in a pair of megamergers, drugmakers pfizer and allergan announced plans to join forces and dow chemical to merge with dupont creating the second biggest chemical country in the world. chipotle stock took a tumble to contain a e. coli outbreak. mark zuckerberg and his wife welcomed a baby girl and they promised to donate the bulk of their $45 billion fortune to charity. a holiday gift to remember. jill wagner, cbs news, new york.

news on "cbs this morning," an effort by food companies to swap out artificial ingredients in their food. we will have the details. plus dr. david agus has his health predictions for 2016 and a look how the holiday shopping season is shaping up as we buy our last-minute presents. for this thursday. i'm anne-marie green.

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