>> oh it's massive. >> glor: a devastating tornado in texas. the latest impact of a brutal winter storm system. a neighborhood left in ruins outside dallas. elsewhere, white out conditions and state of emergency in new mexico. also the intent to take the city of ramadi back from i.s.i.s. in chicago, new calms for accountability after -- calls for accountability after police kilt two this weekends. and peyton manning, denies an allegation, that he used human growth hormone. >> complete fabrication. it really ticks me off. >> this is

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 five days of stomp stands an 41. we give with david begnaud in rowlett, texas. david. >> jeff, good evening, there is no mistaking a tornado disaster zone. every home is damaged some 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 through and lasted less than 45

even by texas standards it was a monstrosity. >> i see it it's crossing the highway right there! big big tornado! good at least eight tornadoes exploded through dallas county. the hardest hit communities are garland and rowlett. damage has been reported along a businesses. in the darkness last night the destruction was hard to see. but by this morning the path of the tornadoes was clear. flattened. many of the houses still standing are without roofs. vehicles are flipped or buried under debris. in garland the storms killed eight people and destroyed 600 structures in two mile area. in rowlett, the twisters killed two people and damaged 40 homes. damaged this strip mall. >> we pray and support those who have lost a family member.

abbott say storms are complicated recovery efforts. >> i want you to know that texas is doing everything we can to together. to help you better deal with the challenges that you are facing right now. >> this afternoon, mike girard brought hi his wife nancy back home since they lived through the tornado last night. of the house. >> what was that? >> that was the ceiling falling in. we went through just being inconvenienced to realizing we could be dead. in an instant, it hit less than 60 seconds. in a second it was gone. >> nancy are you okay? >> my

>> 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. glor: david begnaud in rowlett, texas. low year for death from tornadoes but since wednesday they claimed at least 28 lives nearly tripling the number this year. survivors are telling remarkable stories tonight.

>> it is unbelievable that anybody could come out of there alive. >> only two minutes to get into a coat closet when the tornado hit. >> the only thing left was the closet they were hiding in and the kitchen. >>reporter: the twister ripped off the roof neighborhood david denison's house. >> i was just praying and whatever. you just -- it's crazy. it's an experience i don't want to share with anybody. heartbreaking you know. lose everything you ever owned. >> michael morris was at a christmas party. his house is now gone. >> lived flipped over and hit my car. again. >> it sounded like a train. >> frank montgomery and his family took shelter under the

down to tears when they saw what's left. >> it's sad, hard to see all these people's people's livelihood gone. hazard to see. -- hard to see. >> here in garland, more than 6,000 homes were damaged, jeff returning to scenes like these, total losses with nothing left to return to. glor: dan haggerty, thank you. blizzard conditions in parts of texas, new mexico. david, what's happening there? >> 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 through yet, more on

jeff back to you. glor: david payne, thank you very much. yabl affiliate krqe. >>ing causing for some dangerous road conditions. several roads have been shut down due to dangerous conditions accreditation the area. police are asking people to play it safe and stay off the roads, saying they have never seen snow drifts like this before. the snow started falling yesterday and haitian stopped. a blizzard is effective across the central plains, last minute central supplies, clearing shelves of snow shovels and others to tide themselves over. >> more on the fohecast from chiefing meteorologist eric wbz. all of these activities the storms are not done yet. >> very powerful storm here jeff, blizzard conditions,

texas. tornado watch is in effect for the east and more flash flood watches further east. a very sloppy storm system, destructive storms, tracking it north and eastward by tonight. by tomorrow evening, all the wintery weather, chicago, davenport and des moines, eastern part of the storm then on tuesday morning, we've got our first winter storm in the northeast. many people seeing snow and ice for the first time this season. it took a while. finally it all winds down often tuesday evening. in tirmt 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 areas that have already seen their wettest year on record. glor: eric fish irthank you. the iraqi army is claiming a major victory over i.s.i.s.

the western city ever ramadi. debora patta reports. >> after months of i.s.i.s. yellow, an iraqi military source says troops control most of the city, although pockets of resistance campaign. u.s. defense department could not confirm those reports. troops inched forward street by street, securing a path to its intended target. a gloft compound held by i.s.i.s. fighters. iraq's counterterrorism fighters moved cautiously, ferreting out buildings once controlled by i.s.i.s. fighters, fearing some of the structures had been rigged by explosives. the offensive which began five days ago has been slow and tough going. iraqi forces were hampered by sniper fire and forced to navigate roads littlerred by

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 largest city in iraq controlled by i.s.i.s. are debora patta, cbs, london. >> destroyed more than 1200 acres a wildfire. mariaville villarreal. >> a wall of flames overtaking a major highway within inches of homes and evacuees like jane johnson caught in the middle. >> we got to get out of here! >> it's been more than 40 years since the coastal communities of

as the flames explode he this family has only minutes to evacuate. >> since i've been aliving i don't think there's been a fire on this hillside. >> this video from the ventura county fire department shows a bulldozer scraping flames. tom clemo. >> despite the challenges of high winds, steep terrain, significant brush, we were able to bring a stop to all forward progress of the fire and did not >>reporter: it may be another day or two before the fire is fully contained. all that remains now are hot spots, calmers winds and relief that a major disaster was avoided. mireya villarreal, cbs news leangs. >> police officer shot and killed two people this weekend, one of them accidentally.

>> oshot 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 choomedhood friend. -- childhood friend. >> she was shot down, a beautiful woman, it hurts my heart to see that. >>reporter: jones was one of two killed in a police shoolgt inside this chicago home after police responded to a call at 4:28 a.m. >> upon their arrival they were confronted with a combative individual, resulting in an officer firing shot. >> that allegedly combative individual was 19-year-old quintonio legrier. police shot him multiple times, photos show the blood stained floor and the bullet hole in the wall. media. she says her son was a college

>> i used to watch the news daily and would i grief for other -- grieve for others, other mothers and now today i'm grieving myself. >> the laterrest 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 tech -- step up? because we can't get no help with the police. >> being investigation whether the chicago police used force appropriately. for them the question has already been answered. annaannaanna werner, the cbs news.

boat theft in forth myers beach florida. 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 coast 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 morning, 345 mimes chase and ended up about 65 miles off the northwest tip of cuba and about 125 miles east of cancun mexico. >> these folks that were taking part in the elicit activity they weren't going to quit and neither were we. >> today the coast guard returned the suspects to shore in in hand cufs. julianna goldman, cbs news. >> peyton manning, are authorities accuse him of using

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>> ashly manning drugs, growth hormone, everywhere, florida, never under peyton's manual, always under her name. >> sly claimed the mannings received the drug from the gyer institute in indiana where he said he worked. in a statement to cbs news dr. del gyer said the allegation he were simply not true, never a imloaf the institute, and 2013 during which time peyton was not even being treated. the documentary alleges several other professional athletes including baseball players ryan zimmerman and ryan howard took illegal performance enhancing drugs too. their lawyer intends to take legal action against al jazeera. al jazeera said sly backed off his claims. >> charlie sly said his statements about athletes were false and incorrect.

further explanation. manning questioned why the network decided to release the story knowing one of their main sources changed his. >> i've done it the long way the hard way to insinuate anything otherwise is a complete and total joke, is defamiliaration defamation and ticks mees me off. >> al jazeera america says despite all the denls the network will air the documentary tonight. >> tarika duncan, thank you.

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