ssa nuesca, her son james, and the rest of the family had to run for cover >> the most terrifying part was when the hill gave out, and the road was just gone. >> we thought we were going to get buried alive in the mud. we just thought it was done. the mud was coming down so fast, and the car filled up so fast. >> reporter: it could take days, workers tell me, to remove all the mud, debris, and cars from the roadway here. but, scott, they are moving fast because more rain is in the forecast today. >> pelley: carter evans reporting for us tonight. carter, thank you. and we're likely to see a lot more of that because the weather service says we are experiencing one of the strongest el ninos on record. an el nino happens when the pacific ocean warms, changing weather all across the nation. it will bring more downpours to the west, which ben tracy says has many californians looking uphill. >> when it comes down, it's not going to stop. >> reporter: ed heinlein is getting ready to battle this-- the 850-foot mountain behind his home in azusa, california. he has built steel-reinforcement impac

darth vader was running for mayor of o did he ssa and pledging to build and demand for transparency. for years in ukraine. thanks to a group called the internet party and put yoda on the ballot this is not his first run in with authorities. the actor that plays him was detain the at the airport because he was stopped for his cane that looked like a right savior and we were treated to some really amazing impersonations. >> the tsa says the unusual ways of the cane got an officer's attention but that the passenger and the light saber cane were cleared to travel within five minutes. i always wanted a light savor. >> that was my chewbacca. >> was that your chewbacca? no? just get me the light saber. >> just to get that out of your head, here is what chewbacca actually sounds like. >> thank you. chewbacca actor peter mayhew and his wife were really good sports about the airport detention. >> i'm a big guy, therefore i need a heavy cane. >> you do know you just told chewbacca he can't have his light saber cane, at which time i think her eyes maybe got a little big, i don't know. our job is

flying hours of 22 different types was chief of safety for the air force where i was responsible for u ssa, among other things. major briggs at north couple said this is not an emerging threat. this threat is here today. it is here for a couple of reasons. the threat that you talk about, that your question about is divided into two parts. we have the threat, if you're a passenger on an airline. these little guys can occupy the same national airspace very easily. if you look on youtube you will see, not this one. this is mine and it is flown legally. you will see video of this at 4,000 feet over the freeways of california. well within general aviation traffic and landing in departed airline traffic. if you say it is that much of a threat, it looks like it is made of plastic. what is that going to do? >> we know what the birds did to the usair flies over the hudson. this weighs a little bit less than that. but inside it it has something that the birds don't have. and that's a battery that has all those warnings and things that lawyers just love to have on these explosive capable types of bat