captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, january 7th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." el nino makes an impact on the west coast. the latest storm powered by the pask ocean pacific ocean leaves southern california soaked. stocks in china continue to tank and trading comes to a standstill triggering worries on wall street. problems are piling up for chipotle. the fast food chain is now under criminal investigation tied to a

there is no winner in last night's $500,000 powerball powerball set up for saturday night. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. later today the latest in the el nino triggered storms are expected to hit the california coast. the storm system doused california this week bringing torrential rain. floodwaterses and mud slides swamped roadways and trapped drivers from san francisco to l.a. danielle nottingham is in uhall, california. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

community were evacuated. we are northwest of los angeles. a fire burned here over the summer and it left the area barren. the perfect conditions for mudslides and as you can see behind me, crews are working right now to shore up that hillside to stop more debris, water, and mud from flowing through this neighborhood. parts of southern california already soaked by days of rain are bracing for more wet weather this morning, fueled by el nino. heavy rain and strong winds wednesday uprooted massive trees in the san diego area. >> the whole house shook. just for two minutes i hoped my it. >> reporter: launching tree limbs into homes. >> it literally came where i was sitting. if i didn't move, i don't know. it would definitely hurt. >> reporter: many drivers had to be rescued from their vehicles as roads were transformed into rivers. the deluge saturated hillsides and triggering mudslides that spilled on to highways.

right into it and, all of a sudden, you're up to your mud. >> reporter: it has forced some you woulderly and disabled to leave their homes and more rain on for the week and beyond. >> number five on saturday and the sixth storm of the month will hit top of next week and leading to widespread rainfall totals for the entire state of california and nevada and arizona of at least one inch from the coastline from top-to-bottom and we are talking phoenix also getting an inch or two inches of rain. >> reporter: the system has already brought more than a foot of snow to the mountains, helping to recharge the region's snow pack. forecasters only expect the impact of el nen known to get worse. officials says it take several storms like this to reverse the effects of a four-year drought. >> danielle nottingham, thank you. a series of earthquakes

no significant damage or injuries are reported. the quakes hit last night within minutes of each other. most were centered in northwest oklahoma. the strongest was a magnitude 4.8. in all, at least ten quakes were recorded. they were felt as far north as wichita, kansas. economic tremor has engulfed the tiny stock market where trading was halted following a massive sell-off. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange to explain what is going on. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it was the second day long trading suspension this week. this morning, stocks on the benchmark shanghai composite index nose-dived 7% half an hour after the market opened and triggered new regulations that shut down trading. the big picture issue is the chins economy, which is the second largest in the world, is just not performing well. today, more bad manufacturing data was announced and the chinese bank devalued its currency.

economy sent stocks in the u.s. to a two-month low yesterday. the dow suffered a triple digit loss for the second time in three days, losing 252 points. the s&p lost 26 points. the nasdaq gave up 55. when it's devalid it makes good sole in the u.s. dollar more expensive and that hurts demand in exports and elsewhere. china is a big export of oil and the slowing of economy has put a hole in that. >> see you later, jill. the powerball lottery jackpot will grow into the largest in american history after no one beat the odds last night. lottery official say no player picked all six numbers for the grand prize worth $500,000. those numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62, 63, and the powerball 17. .

saturday's drawing is a whopping $675 million! it could take weeks to confirm if north korea actually detonated a hydrogen bomb but there is growing doubt about the north korean claim. north korea said yesterday that it has successfully tested a miniaturized h-bomb but the white house says early analysis is not consistent with an h-bomb test and the south korean spy agency says the explosive yield was too small for a hydrogen bomb. the texas state trooper who arrested a woman during a contentious traffic stop last summer has been indicted and fired. he is charged with perjury. the woman later died in a jail cell. omar villafranca reports from dallas. >> get out of the car! i look light you up! >> wow. >> reporter: sandra bland's controversial arrest was caught on a police cruiser dash cam last summer. >> yeah, let's take this to court. >> reporter: a grand jury now

state trooper bryan encinia claimed. he was indicted on friday with perjury. >> in his affidavit he stated he removed her from the vehicle to conduct -- to further conduct a safer traffic investigation and the gj found that statement to be false. >> reporter: bland was booked for assault and jailed and she hanged herself three days later while still incarcerated. bland's family says the grand jury didn't go far enough. >> why not charge him with false imprisonment and falsification of police record and documentation and why not charge him with battery and assault so we see san dah endure on that dash cam video i-you're about to break my wrist! >> reporter: if convicted of perjury, ensinia could face one year in jail and $4,fine. dallas. a dash cam recording

minutes after police forcely removed her from a hospital. the audio and video records barbara dawson in distress last month as an officer takes her from the hospital to a police cruiser and she collapses two feet from the car. nearly 18 minutes go by before dawson is readmitted to the hospital. she was pronounced dead an hour later. her family is now suing the police and the hospital. vice president joe biden says he regrets not running for president every day. biden announced last october that he wouldn't run because he ran out of time while his family mourned the death of his son beau. biden told a connecticut tv station that it was the right decision for his family, at the time. senator ted cruz responded to donald trump's claim concerning cruz's eligibility to be president. cruz was born in canada to an american mother. most legal experts agree that makes cruz a natural born

but trump says that raises questions and potential problems for the gop. cruz says it's not an issue. >> look. as a legal mat, the question is quite straightforward and settled law that the child of a u.s. citizen borne abroad is a national born citizen. >> supreme court has ruled on the issue of who is or isn't a natural born citizen. trump suggests cruz go to court immediately to clear up the issue once and for all. . coming up on "cbs this morning," we will talk to "face the nation" moderator john dickerson about cruz eligibility issue. president obama is certain to veto a bill that just landed on his desk. a measure to repeal most of the affordable care act. the house approved the bill yesterday. it had already passed the senate. besides repealing much of gj obamacare the bill defunds

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on the cbs "moneywatch," chipotle's latest litigation. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. chipotle says it has been served with a federal pane as part of an investigation for a flrks norovirus. there was a separate norovirus outbreak at several chipotle stores. last month sales at their stores fell 30% rb . macy's is eliminating 4,000 jobs. part of restructuring plan. sales in november and december were down nearly 5%. macy's blames the unseasonably warm weather. about 80%% of the sales sdlin can decline can be contributed to

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a woman in baton rouge is in a league of her own and she's not letting age slow her down. our baton rouge affiliate reports. >> reporter: these are the women of the golden nuggets bowling league. to play with them, you must be 55 or older. among these 58 ladies, may be one of the league's most competitive players. mildred booth. >> i started bowling really 43 years ago when my granddaughter was 3. >> now her granddaughter is 50 and no two weeks, ms. buoy will turn 100 games. >> one of my worst games. >> reporter: she is the oldest here and age is not slowing her

>> i played bridge three times. i'm in another club. i work at my church. i'm pretty busy for a 100-year-old! >> reporter: and you still drive! >> i drive. i drove today here. >> reporter: every tuesday, she's here from 9:00 till noon working to improve her 119 average. >> i love games. i just love all kind of games. scrabble. any kind of game, you name it, and i'm ready. i like to compete. >> shea is amazing to me. >> reporter: years ago, she was a teacher. now she says she is schooling the league younger players. >> getting the best out of them. they play me so hard! >> reporter: if there is a secret to making it to this golden birthday, they says it's because of her faith and being around these ladies pushes her

feeling young and her teammates say she is who they would like to be when they grow up. >> i've had a wonderful life. >> that was wafb reporting. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we will show you how some doctors are trying to help teenage athletes recover from concussions afterwards. we will reveal the secrets of gym memberships. that is the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. i'm anne-marie green.

on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap. and the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage,

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