the heaviest shower activity in the mississippi valley area. looks like you will need the umbrella first half of the week, but looking better into the week. more about that in just a few minutes. patrick: all right, dale, thank you. and don't forget. when bad weather hits, you can turn to the wyff 4 mobile app for the latest weather updates including live radar. the app is free to download and available in both apple and android stores. myra: this morning deputies in greenville county are continuing to investigate a man's death deputies say they were called to a home on perry road in the sans souci area around six sunday night. deputies tell us they found a man dead inside that home. so far investigators are calling this a death investigation. they're not releasing any more information at this we will point. continue to follow this story on air and online at www.wyff4.com . patrick: greenville county deputies hope you can help them find a missing man who suffers from alzheimer's and diabetes. 78-year-old doyle chism was last seen sunday afterno

cbs 2 news anchor scott sanborn is live inside a mobile blood lab labto explain why the mississippi valley regional blood center is asking you to choose *this titi to give the karen - employees say as people get pulled in sevevel directions, they often put blood donation on the back burner. that creates a problem for the blood center because the need doesn't take a break. joining me now explain is donor relations consultant tim nash. notes:- center always in need of o-negative blood because it's universal - cedar rapids mississippi valley regional blood d nter is exclusive providodoto mercy and st. lukes- donors will be in drawing to receive a tv from best buy- if you can't donate but want to help - people can organize blood stop on down until 6 tonight to give a holiday blood donation. or you still ahead live at five... finding a way to give back, to thank a corridor community, a muslim leader has started a charitable campaing. what inspired him to help the salvation army and how you can joininhim. this is a live look at the statue of liberty in new york - a warm 60 degrees there. thsalva

which is quite a ways over that way. >> reporter: the nightmare for many residents from the mississippi valley to the ohio valley, storms so powerful they knocked down trees and power lines and even a tractor-trailer. forecasters said the storm could bring damaging wind up to 75 miles per hour and several tornadoes. and it did. cameras were rolling in clarks cameras were rolling in clarksdale, mississippi as tornado touched down. in arkansas, family in arkansas, families are left cleaning up the debris. >> everything was just moving sideways and just -- the sound of the wind and -- i just dish jumped and i ran. >> reporter: the damage was minimal in some areas, but down story. an 18-year-old woman died when a tree fell on her roof. four other people inside including a 18-month-old child survived. the baby was later taken to the hospital. i am reid i am reid binion reporting. >> julie: if you are away from your tv, you can get alerts through your station news app. free to download from the app store and google play. >>> a last-minute change in airport security rules during the height of the tra

we have been discussing severe weather down to the deep south mid mississippi valley, and ended up withrnado reports but we don't necessarily spector made owe activity but rather a heavy gusty strong thunderstorms is possible for us as we watch this frontal boundary make its passage. so for now, it has such warm air in

which is quite a ways over that way. >> reporter: the nightmare for many residents from the mississippi valley to the ohio valley, storms so powerful they knocked down trees and power forecasters said the storm could bring damaging wind up to 75 miles per hour and several tornadoes and it did. cameras were rolling in clark cameras were rolling in clarkdale, mississippi. and in arkansas families were left cleaning up the debris. >> everything was moving sideways and the sound of the wind. i jumped and i ran. >> reporter: damage was minimal in some areas, but down the road a much different story. an 18-year-old woman died when a tree fell through her her roof. four other people in the home including a 18-month-old baby survived. the child was later taken to the hospital. reid binion reporting. >> julie: all the developments from tennessee and mississippi throughout the morning. you can go to our fox25 news app free to download. >>> new rules across the country as the holiday travel rush swings into high gear. out in tsa say some passengers scan. fox25's jessica reyes is live at logan airport wit

we just talk about some very nasty severe wet's cross deep south and mid mississippi valley yesterday. this is same front that was responsible for it and it does appear that we may get in on stronger thunderstorms before that front crosses through. the that is the next piece of wet weather on the dock it for us, in the meantime, we're the at 07 degrees at the airport a shore sign of the southeasterly component to the wind flow ushering in and shove a very warm air mass into our area 63 currently in ac and you are at 60 in mount pocono. you'll not going to keep snow on the ground with these temperatures. looking forward in the forecast around shore points up in the mountains 68 degrees, watching for showers, but also that potential for a gusty thunderstorm here at some point and there could be locally heavy downpours that come with that as well. we will keep an eye on the radar and a let you though as things evolve, rahel, back to you. >>> katie, thank you. >>> here we go, live look at route 309 at bethlehem pike. we have an accident on the northbound side that has been moved to the sh

right now it's starting off to the west, an area of low pressure from the great lakes to the mississippi valley. that rain is headed in our direction and will arrive in the predawn hours tomorrow. have your umbrella handy for tuesday, a slick commute and the rain fills in the region in the afternoon. another area of low pressure makes it approach on wednesday could bring us significant rainfall for the middle part of the week. temperatures in the 50s and breezy. tonight, clouds remain rain overnight and a wet start to the first full day of winter. rain for wednesday, thursday chance of showers, close to 70 on christmas eve, christmas day great with sunshine and temperature of 60 degrees. let's take a look at the roads this morning. >> ines: not too bad for a monday morning. okay. a problem on the grand central parkway, the ramp is a it is not causing significant delays. that l ie. towards queens boulevard. let's look at the staten island expressed things are great the verrazano bridge is no problems. back to you. >> kerry: thank you. the grandson of former president jimmy carter has passed away

stop by broadcast park later today -- the mississippi valley regional blood center will be hosting a blood drive right here at cbs 2.it will be held our parking lot from 2-30 to six this afternoon. remember to eat and drink before coming and bring a photo i-d.you must be 17 years old to donate. the biggest fear for a coach after a big win -- a letdown -- iowa state's game against arkansas-pine bluff had the makings for one -- no naz long in the line up -- he's resting his hips -- so it's a 7 man rorotion and the ones coming off that huge comeback win against iowa -- but matt thomas picked up where he left off on thursday -- the ice man drills the three for one of his 5 triples in the game -- i- second half -- ey got things going -- georges niang -- drops in the floater for two of his 11 pointsthen monte morris and thomas run the give and go -- and big game tay dials long distance and connects from the corner - cyclones go up 17then it's niang with the alley -- jameel mckay bringin the oop -- 78 to 64 the final -- as iowa state stays perfect in what was a performance far from perfecti

our view of the south with live super doppler 4 hd, we have a good bit of rain falling in the mississippi valley area. a tornado watch out for mississippi and louisiana. snow behind the system. we are not worried about snow where we live, but we will get colder temperatures behind this front. we will feel it saturday and sunday. mid 60's will climb to upper 60's this morning for the upstate. mountains will reach 64 for the afternoon. fog will be around for lunchtime and perhaps even 1:00. heavy rain tonight. we will see drier weather starting thursday. new year's day should be fine getting up to 52. : mornings in the 20's and 30's with highs this weekend in the low to upper 40's on saturday. patrick: thank you. fire crews in southern california say they should make are making big progress in a wildfire today, but there's a new worry. that's next. myra: also, let's take a live look outside from our anderson county skycam. richard edmund will have much announcer: you're watching live, local, breaking news with geoff hart, allyson powell, and weather with meteorologist dale gilbert. this is wyff ne

gusty winds for the deep south and throughout the entire mississippi valley region, gusts over 30 miles per hour for us on wednesday. so staying very windy for the east. exceptional warmth will surge from the south but still very mild and general and that will actually set the stage for more rain to stick around because we'll have so much warmth in place. and for christmas not a white christmas for the east coast, but to the west a bit snowy. kendis, reena? >> paul, thanks so much. >>> the woman now charged for sunday's hit-and-run crash along the las vegas strip begins facing justice today. lakeisha holloway will be in court this morning. she's facing charges of murder, child abuse, and leaving the scene of an accident. prosecutors say they expect "a great number of additional charges to be filed against her as well." >> why did she turn into people and run over a lady and drag that lady for many, many feet while her husband was running after her, banging on the window of the car, begging for her to stop? >> holloway is expected to plead not guilty. surveillance video of the incident h

flight delays are assured, especially if you are traveling east of the ohio and mississippi valley. the tornado threat stays in effect for the next few hours. even with the sun setting, the dynamics are strong enough that we are seeing severe weather. this is unusual to see tornado outbreaks this time of the year. here is our next weather system that is coming in from the north, it is going to drop snow and rain. right now the models have backed off quite a bit on its frame production. i think the rain production will be down a quarter of an inch to a half of an inch at best. temperatures outside or in the mid-50s. here we go in san francisco, we have rain on the morning commute, a chilly rain. we talked about how warm air holds a lot of water in those last couple of storms. this next storm is a cooler storm and not as much rain expected their. scattered showers or maybe a thunder shower as we head into the afternoon. widely scattered showers right into tomorrow night. the story for your morning commute, here we are tonight with a few scattered showers. there is a front here, but it

it has been moving from the deep south, into parts of the upper mississippi valley. as it makes its way through, you will have increasing rain chances. but at least the rains we're expecting today will not be as extensive. highs will be very warm. lower to middle 70s. here in columbia, a high of 76 degrees. a chance for afternoon showers. a better chance for showers, light to moderate, overnight tonight. a low of 67. all the lows are in the lower to middle 60s. as we make -- as it makes its way through, the storm will come through and the cold front -- which is well behind, is coming in across the deep south. this will be the next chance for a decent amount of rain for tomorrow. for the new year's eve -- right now, plan accordingly. there is a chance you might see rain. very mild. we have to get through the next couple days of rain. seventy-five tomorrow. wednesday, 7 . increasing chance of rain as we go through the week. new year's eve, 68 for the high. and then 58 on new year's day. everything starts clearing out as we get into new year's day evening. by this weeke

park.from 2-30 to 6, you can stop by for our parking lot and donate blood.tim nash from the mississippi valley regional blood center joins us, along with one of the people who will benefit from your donations today.good afternoon.tim, can you introduce us to marek here?- afternoon.tim, can you introdode us to marek here?- what is choroid plexus carcinoma? - how does blood donations help those, inlcuding marek, suffering from the condition?- why is it so important to donate blood this time of year?- what is the goal of this drive?- what do people need to know before they donate?- where can people go to find more information? marek biomarek was diagnosed with choroid plexus carcinoma, an extremely rare brain and spspal cord cancer, when he was one and a half years old after an accidental fall from our living room couch. in the following weeks he underwent 30+ hours of intense brain surgery, during which surgeons were able to remove most of the tumor in his brain. during surgeries, he received three times his body's blood volume in donated bloododfter the surgeries, marek went through chemotherap

today, the mississippi valley regional blood center brought their mobile donation bus to us here at broadcast park.i rolled up my sleeve today because e organinirs sasaa donation of blood is a donation of life. even though the holidays are happening and people's lives get busy, they might not think about going to donate. that blood is still goi off the shelves and so thereres a constant need throughout the year not just the holidays but the holidays is when supply tends to drop because people are kind of doing other things." things."for more information and to schedule a a blood donation appointment appointmentgo to cbs 2 iowa dot com. in johnson county, more than four thousand people are going to be enjoying holiday meals thanks to some generous city mayor pro-tem susan mims helped volunteers distribute meals at the iowa city crisis center.volunteers say it means a lot to everyone. "it's a very exciting time if they're having a holiday and they want to celebrate that with they're family and even if they're not that they can't normally have access to." to."the johnson county crisis center say

result take a a look off to the south here thinks a very ago i have severe weather day in the mississippi valleyee valley. if you are traveling there to visit family this holiday you may get sled down by weather elsewhere in the u.s. we are getting off the ground no pun intended with the flights this morning but we will start to see delays stack up here, meisha, she's the expert she will have more on that in a second here. let me walk you through how this weather will affect you for your travel. visability have been reported at or under a half mile or a quarter mile, is he we are hearing dense fog, still out there, thankfully philadelphia proper not really included in there. we have not had too much fog in the city itself. you will find it out and about with dense fog advice ritz until ten l.a. m. slow down, expect thaw will get slowed down and have fog lights or low beams ready to rock and roll. moving forward not one day is even at or below average. even monday coolest day in the pack is still six above the normal. >> crazy to think about that. >> crazy to talk about 70's in december. the it j

take a look at the scenes we've been tracking around the mississippi valley in particular. we've had very heavy rain in that basin. so the river flood warnings are out across a broad area. some of f ese crests will be at record levels as we head into the next couple days some, jeff, that's very unusual thing. normally in spring you'd expect mississippi flooding but not in winter. >> eric fisher in boston. eric, thank you. >>> in chicago, outrage after two people were killed over the weekend. police admit the death of one was an accident, but they're not saying ectly what happened inside an apartment building. families of ththvictims are demanding answers. anna werner is there. >> reporter: police went to this home on chicago's west side early saturday morng after the father of 19ear-old quintonio legrier called to say his son was threatening him and swinging a baseball bat. ten minutes later on police radio. >> reporter: officers shot and killed legrier, a college student home for christmas break. his mother said his behavior recently changed. they also shot and killed a ne

a weak system moving through on wednesday for the southern mississippi valley into the southeast, continues dry for the e rtheast, great lakes back into the northern plains, down into the four corner region, but this is a stronger system it will cause another batch of rain along the coast and by friday that system is moving through the east, decent rain for the mid-atlantic, southern appalachians into florida just scattered showers, great lakes intotohe northeast and yet two more systems coming in from west to east this one has some fairly rockies, some showers in eastern colorado, parts of nebraska and along the coast line, obviously. we will be back in our next half hour with a longer range forecast. when we come back we're headed to chicago and the executive women iningriculture conference for this week's round table discussion on markets. (out special coverage of the executive women in agriculture monsantotoon behalf of america's farmers.) welcome back to u.s. farm report. joining me here on the panel today at the executive women in agriculture conference in beautiful chicago. i have ju

we have been discussing severe weather down to the deep south mid mississippi valley, and ended up with very heavy hitting and strong thunderstorms that left behind tornado reports but we don't necessarily spector made owe activity but rather a heavy gusty strong thunderstorms is possible for us as we watch this frontal boundary make its passage. so for now, it has such warm air in place we are flirting with 70 at philly international in trenton, dover is at 69. sixty-eight in ac. even mount pocono is at 60 degrees. it is so warm right now that warmth will help get things going in the atmosphere. if we see any sunshine at all that will help it more so. regardless is there a strong clash in the air mass and when this front crosses through there could be a stronger thunderstorm witt. we are at the a record. we have done that part. we do expect to top off at 74, that will just smash last years record. we set it a year ago, and, and, down the shore up in the mountainous terrain as well and anybody can expect to see a shower or a heavy thunderstorm, at some point today. >> good to know good

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southeast, it will be changeable but averaging your normal then from montana down into the southern mississippi valley and from southern and western texas throughout the west-- below normal temperatures are expected as far as precipitation is concerned really a lot of the country is going to be above normal. below normal there for montana and some of the surrounding areas. near normal for the ohio valley and great takes, above normal inpmany other places, clinton? thanks mike. the business of farming is big...and diverse. today in our farm journal report, national reporter betsy jibben looks at the catfish industry. its in the midst of a significant change as to whihi government agencncwill oversee catfish inspections. betsy. the catfish industry has been a part of townsend kyser's day as long as he can remember. growing up in a catfish raising family, he's seen the ups and downs. storm," for kyser, that storm first hit about a decade ago, whenenhe price of both grain and oil increased. that's when imported catfish-like species called pangasius- began pouring into the u.s. from asian countries. "our i

it leaves numerous flood warnings on rivers, especially in the mississippi valley. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for "cbs news". well, the severe weather has crippled travel plans for more than 500 flights today are already cancelled so far. yesterday, nearly 2900 flights were grounded him almost 4900 were delayed. 1,400 of those delays were out of chicago o'hare airport. frustrated travelers look for alternate plans. protesters are looking to not charge a cleveland police officer in the death of a 11-year-old boy. demonstrators marched down the streets. 100 more gathered in new york city. >> reporter: an ohio grand jury decided not to run an indictment in the police shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice. >> the death of tamir rice was unfortunate and regrettable. it was not by the law that binds it a crime. >> reporter: officer timothy remain on relieved duty. >> if there is a violation of the policies and procedures. >> reporter: the officers say they were fearful when they arrived at a recreation center outside cleveland in 2014, a witness called 911 reporting

throughout the afternoon. bringing in the wet weather from the great lakes down through the mississippi valley and headed in our direction. the rain should hold off until late tonight and early tomorrow. rain is working into the region overnight and here for the morning commute, especially north of the city and seeing rainfall across the rainfall throughout the day on tuesday. this low pressure is exiting the region and another one arriving on wednesday and a good soaking rain. in the meantime, dry and lots of clouds in place. not as cold as yesterday. the southwest fliend flow bumping up the numbers. tomorrow we start off with rain on tuesday. wednesday wet as well. thursday looks to be wet too and the temperature close to 70 degrees by then. plenty of sunshine on christmas day and 60 degrees. that is a check on the weather. ines is here and she has the update. ines: new jersey, smooth sailing. 84, 684 moving fine. queens, belt parkway, no problems. it is quiet out there. george washington bridge on the upper level and lower level, no problems. no delays at the lincoln tunnel or the holland t

we are keeping an eye on the it leaves numerous flood warnings on rivers, especially in the mississippi valley. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for "cbs news". well, the severe weather has crippled travel plans for thousands of people. more than 500 flights today are already cancelled so far. yesterday, nearly 2900 flights were grounded him almost 4900 were delayed. 1,400 of those delays were out of chicago o'hare airport. frustrated travelers look for alternate plans. protesters are looking to not charge a cleveland police officer in the death of a 11-year-old boy. demonstrators marched down the streets. 100 more gathered in new york city. >> reporter: an ohio grand jury decided not to run an indictment in the police shooting death of >> the death of tamir rice was unfortunate and regrettable. it was not by the law that binds it a crime. >> reporter: officer timothy loehman and greg garback will remain on relieved duty. >> if there is a violation of the policies and procedures. >> reporter: the officers say they were fearful when they arrived at a recreation center outside cleveland in 2014, a

some of the heaviest rain is in the mississippi valley area. some severe thunderstorm watches for mississippi, louisiana, and even tornado watches. cooler temperatures are coming. i know it has been unseasonably warm for a good bit of december. by this weekend, it will feel more like winter as we go to a new year. upper 60's fofothe afternoon in the upstate. mountains will see temperatures in the mid-60's. you can see the tornado watches in louisiana and mississippi. look at the snow developing behind the system. we will get rain from it. coldsnow in oklahoma city. upper 60's to look forward to down south. here is our future was forecast. showers picking up a little bit late morning into the afternoon. heavier rain coming in this evening and overnight into tomorrow. three quarters to one inch of rain tonight. we will do it again tomorrow. wednesesy looks to be wet, too. thursday through sunday we get a chance to dry out. a nice weekend. upper 60's in the upstate and mid-sixties in the mountains. here is a quick look ahead. quite a change from up

winter storms in the rockies, heavy rain from the mississippi river valley to the east coast. record warmth in the northeast. 68 in d.c. wow. and severe weather in the gulf region. downpours and gusty winds in the pacific northwest. >> 70s in dallas and atlanta. 60s in washington, new york, chicago, and l.a. 40s and 50s in seattle, boston, detroit 30s denver and minneapolis. >>> an interesting twist to the latest illness outbreak linked to the chipotle restaurants. for the second time people became sick after eating at a restaurant just off a college this time the university of oklahoma officials with the health department have confirmed the three new cases in norman are e. coli. students at boston college were sickened by norovirus. officials anticipate additional e. coli cases will be reported in the state of oklahoma. >>> well, starbucks expects to set a record on christmas eve. it expects to sell more gift cards than ever as last-minute gift ideas, easily beating last were sold on christmas eve. more than $25 billion in cards have been sold since they debuted 15 years ago.

. >> this was the nightmare for many residents from the mississippi valley to the ohio valley. storms so provl they knocked down trees and power line and even a tractor-trailer. forecasters say the storm could bring damaging winds of up to 75 miles per hour and vevl tornadoes and it did. cameras were rolling in mississippi as a tornado touched downment in arkansas, families are left cleaning up the debris. everything was just moving sideways and the sound of the wind and i just, i the damage was minute nal some areas but just down the road a much different story. an 18-year-old woman died when a tree fell through her roof. four other people in the home at the time including an 18 month-old child vived. the baby. later taken to the hospital. i'm reed binion reporting. >>> for the latest on deadly tornado outbreak tune in to the fox 25 morning news starting at 4:00 a.m. for continuing governor. it's also available always on myfoxboston.com. >> we are continuing to follow developing news in dedham where a pedestrian was hit by a car and seriously hurt. this was breaking on the fox

as this whole storm heads out to sea, leaving numerous floods in the mississippi valley, many reaching record crests over the next 48 hours. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for "cbs news." >>> well, the severe weather has crippled travel plans for thousands of people. more than 500 flights today are already cancelled so far. yesterday, nearly 2900 flights were grounded. almost 4900 were delayed. more than 1,400 of those delays were out of chicago o'hare international airport. frustrated travelers look for alternate plans. protesters are voicing outrage following a decision not to charge a cleveland police officer. demonstrators marched down the streets in cleveland last night. about 100 morallied in new york city a. grand jury chose not to indict the officer who shot and killed tamir rice last year. we have reaction. >> reporter: an ohio grand jury indictment in the fatal shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice. >> the death of tamir rice was an absolute tragedy. it was horrible, unfortunate and regrettable. but it was not by the law that binds this crime. >> reporter: officer timothy l

people along the mississippi valley are dealing with one of the worst floods in history.est? >> they're experiencing the worst floods in decades, the rivers have crested and historic levels with days of heavy rainfall. now, these are pictures coming out of missouri on wednesday. the floods occurred due to record-breaking heavy rainfall. several people have been killed and authorities have issued a state of emergency. the rain has let up across many areas along the mississippi river basin. however, floodwaters should flow downstream. that means we still have a risk for floods across many areas. heavy rain is falling across the deep south and into the mid-atlantic. and rain will continue for the next couple of days. now, as for temperatures for the next three days, new york will see higher than average temperatures. 11 degrees for the high on december 31st. that's 5 degrees higher than normal. los angeles, mild weather and sunny weather will continue into the weekend. now, across the uk, flooding is taking place with days of heavy rainfall. we have some significant flooding

low pressure in the northern mississippi valley moving into the lakes with some snow the trailing front will probably develop low pressure on it. it will tap into gulf moisture that will feed into the system. the showers extending from louisiana, look at the wins developing in southern alabama. this is novembering our direction -- moving our direction. it looks like we'll have a battle between clouds and sunshine with more sun especially for d.c. south. that's why i'm expecting a good day today. look at tomorrow, pittsburgh, roanoke, all of this moving to the northeast so by 8:00, 9:00, i expect it moving into d.c. with us for the lunch hour and for much of the afternoon, probably going be wet. if it works out, we'll get rid of the bulk of it perhaps by 5:00 or 6:00 tomorrow evening. the cold will follow. we'll be chilly on friday. friday's highs around 50 but the coldst air is coming in friday night. saturday's highs will hold in the low 40s. you can track the cold air. these are the pressure levels about a mile up. we track the cold air here. this purple blob is on top of us saturday.

this will create severe from texas back into arkansas and portions of the mississippi valley. this storm system won't bring us any severe weather but it will bring us rain. the track to the north and west of us, it's a mild track for us in terms of the storm system. i don't see any snow? the seven-day forecast. this will be a rain in a gusty rain at that. but the time we get into monday and monday night, a couple of showers possible. the better chance to see the rain pick up. dry tuesday, wednesday. another shot of showers on thursday. but look at the numbers each and every day. well a boft average of 43 for this time of year. >> time for your week 14 fantasy fixer. it's playoff time in the fantasy football world. >> it may be slim pickings oon the waiver wire this time of year. so jadiann thompson have a quarterback can you grab and a nnd patriot -- new england patriot you should fix this weekend. about fantasy time coming to an end. when we talk about the pats, probably didn't think it would end this way but not looking so great. >> if it ended now they'll be out of a first

the mississippi valley regional blood center is one of many blood banks that pressed for the change. change. "our center, and others around the country, have provided feedback and testimony and access to research and so forth, in support of this change."but it overnight. "even though fda made an announcement, we're going to follow our own timeline."that means more training and updates to old information... "even though it might not sound like a whole lot, it's a very involved process because we do it very deliberately to make sure we do it right." right." "so many people in the gay community were interested in donating blood and lord only knows how many gallons and gallons of blood they had not gotten that they presumably will now." one thing that won't change is everyone's safety.blood centers will still test the blood they get from donors. covering the corridor in cedar rapids, dora miller cbs 2 news ten at ten cbs 2 news ten at ten continues now with more of the corridor's top stories. stories.plans to privatize now creating obstacles for children enrolled in the hawk-i program. p

hustlelend bustle surrounding the holidays, many people simply forget about donating.today, the mississippi valley regional blood center brought their mobile donati bus to us here at broadcast park.i rolled up my eeve today because organizers say a donation of blood is a donation of life.for more ihformation and to schedule a blood donation appointment, go to our website, cbs 2 iowa dot thanks for watching your ( band playing intro music ) ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs >> stephen: hi, everyone!

the storm system that did damage in the west and now in the mississippi valley area has a tornado watch including parts of alabama and the florida panhandle. we are not under that watch at this particular point, but it just goes to show you there is a lot of energy with this front pushing across the south. they narrowed it down now to just the florida panhandle area. it has the potential for international. we will get showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon and this evening and again tomorrow and wednesday. temperatures very mild. already low 70's from anderson to laurens to abbeville. we are looking for an afternoon for a high. reached the expected high of 64. winds have picked up a little bit. nine to 14 of the southeast in the mountains and seven at 10 in the upstate. average is 52 for a high. the record is 75. we are expecting 69 for greenville, spartanburg, and we have already seen low 70's in the piedmont. average in the mountains is 47 for a high. today, we are a good bit about that 64 already -- that with 64 already. cooler temperatures begin on friday and continue throug

this was the nightmare for many residents from the mississippi valley to the ohio valley. storms so powerful, they knocked down trees and power lines.. and even a tractor trailer nat pop forecasters say the storm system could bring damaging winds of up to 75 miles per hour and several tornadoes. and it did. nat pop cameras were tornado touched down. nat pop in arkansas -- families are left cleaning up the debris . "everything was moving sideways and the sound of the wind. i jumped and i ran.."the damages minimal in some areas .. but just down the road was a much different story. an 18-year-old woman in died when a tree fell through her roof. four other people in the house, including an 18-month-old. they all survived and the baby was later taken to the hospital. i'm reid binion reporting. black lives matter protesters held a brief rally at the mall of america today... the mall closed eighty stores early, despite it being one of the busiest shopping days of the year. susan-elizabeth littlefield has the protesters' goal was to draw attention to the police shooting death of 2

the clouds in advance of the system that is bringing in the rain across the great lakes and mississippi valley. it is headed in our direction. winter officially begins tonight. the rain coming in tomorrow morning. a steady rainfall on wednesday. temperatures will be soaring into the 60s for the holiday. that doesn't sound like christmas but it is going to now to roads with ines. ines: it is a busy morning. garden state parkway a stall there. that is blocking a lane. if you are travelling in queens, we had problems on the grand central parkway that is cleared away. now to cameras and the southern state parkway by the meadowbrook. two lanes are closed there. it is just the right lane now. lincoln tunnel 495, traffic, well moving okay. 40 minutes inbound. holland tunnel 15-20. george washington bridge the best option here just minor delays. no delays approaching. metro-north, harlem line 5-10 minutes delay. long island rail road had service suspended on the hon talk branch. there were earlier problems with that. greg, rosanna. >> always something. always something. greg: it really makes you think

sanders heads to the mississippi valley fairgrounds in davenport for another town hall at seven. he'll also be making an appearance in burlington on wednesday. for the republicans... chris christie will try to be more competitive in the iowa caucuses with a trip here as well. the new jersey governor will host a town hall meeting on monday in downtown davenport. and on tuesday... he'll stop by a local coffee shop in muscatine. and fellow republican marco rubio is also working to build support for his campaign. he's starting a three-day bus tour in iowa. the florida senator will host a town hall in burlington rubio will also be in clinton on tuesday. deborah: a christmas day drug bust in le mars has led to one arrest. officers served a warrent for narcots at a residence in le mars after three p-m yesterday... and found remnants of a meth lab. 30 year old chase kounkely was arrested for possession of drug paraphenalia and resisting arrest. the investigation is still ongoing... and more charges are pending. deborah: christmas morning has come and gone. the presents are open.... and t

take a look at the scenes we've been tracking around the mississippi valley in particular. we've had very heavy rain in that basin. so the river flood warnings are out across a broad area. some of these crest will be at record levels as we head into the next couple days some, jeff, that's very unusual thing. normally in spring you'd expect mississippi flooding but not in winter. >> glor: eric fisher in boston. eric, thank you. in chicago outrage after another police shooting. two people were killed over the weekend. police admit the death of one was an accident, but they're not saying exactly what happened inside an apartment building. families of the victims are demanding answers. anna werner is there. >> reporter: police went to early saturday morning after the father of 19-year-old quintonio legrier called to say his son was threatening him and swinging a baseball bat. radio. >> shots fired, shots fired! >> we got two down, two down. >> reporter: officers shot and killed legrier, a college student home for christmas break. his mother said his behavior recently changed. t

this line of thunderstorms was responsible for a lot have of severe wet's cross mid mississippi valley, tennessee valley and now it is appearing as though we may be in for gustier thunderstorms ourselves before this front crosses through complete thely. that is what we have to watch out for. in the meantime other huge head line is obviously this warmth and even as we look ahead to the new year at this point, guys, east of the rockies basically you are still talking in the just above average but substantially so and that is where we check the the box much above average. the trend in other word looking forward in the forecast there will be ebb and flow. you will see cooler shot of air, that comes in but it will take a lot of cold pulses, quickly to have our actual trend drop off, into, for one thing, average territory but in the below average territories. the it takes time. the in the meantime we smash the record. in fact we have already done it. we are at 69. the the record is 64. we're already breaking a record as we speak. dropping to 58 at worse tonight. it will still be balmy for sa

all of the rain and snow from new england through the ohio valley to were the mississippi valley into the region were severe storms are hitting. you also have blizzardlike conditions in western texas. this complex responding severe weather over texas, louisiana, and arkansas. it brings the snow for tuesday. that is the same system. high pressure tomorrow means sunshine with a few clouds when we get rid of the last vestiges of drizzle and showers now. the clouds will thin out after 10:00 this evening. as we take you toward midnight into the hours of monday morning, no problems. sunshine for the morning drive. i can promise you on tuesday, no school on tuesday. big prediction from the weather guy, right? there will be snow. unfortunately, it will not count as a snow day because you don' t have school to begin with. clouds increasing monday afternoon. no problems tomorrow. tonight' s lows dropping into the 20' s and teens in a few spots. not warming up much tomorrow at all. it is the cold weather taking hold of new england overnight tonight into tomorrow which sets up for a snowy scenari

next couple of days, mississippi valley, ohio east. we have a couple of days of transition. mild, stable pattern then thursday we have a shot for rain and showers in the forecast and snow in the mountains. a real deal weather system but looks like a one and done. current temperatures will drop quickly in the last couple of hours. it's already down into the 40s. this next weather system maybe an inch of rain. snow in the mountains easily 12- inches of snow if all goes according to plan. let's look at this. this is the computer model that lays out where we are right now. into tomorrow morning and you see everything is where the jet stream is. here we are tomorrow afternoon. jet stream. a little further south. as we go into wednesday morning. a little further south. watch what happens in the afternoon. stays up here but you see this area over here. here come this is system. wednesday night into thursday here comes this chance of rain. that's kind of the weather headline this week. shouldn't see this weather warner as we did the bulk of last week. 58degrees for our daytime high