st. louis county. how ny miles do you estimate are under water? >> it would be difficult to estimate but very near us right now there are about seven miles under water, right where we're standing. >> reporter: that ould be dry. >> that should be dry. >> reporter: back ininhe city of arnold, police chief robert yet to come. >> we're to the point now where the sandbagging, it's not goinin to hold d back. we're going to lose probably anywhere from 100 to 150 homes will be affected by this flood, if not more. >> reporter: back here in st. louis county where we are despite massive floodidi, the county executive says not one person has been hurt or killed since the flooding started. elaine. >> extraordinary pictures. david begnaud reporting tonight. david, thank you. >>> in the northeast, this was the warmest december on record. the average temperature in concord, new hampshire, 38 degrees, was the warmest since 1868. 51 in new york's central park, the warmest in 147 years. 5151n philadelphia brokekehe recor

st. louis county. how many miles would you estimate is under water. >> it is very difficult to estimate that but near us right now there is seven miles under water where we are standing. >> reporter: that should be dry? >> reporter: the police chief says the worse is yet to come. >> we are at the point now the sandbagging is not going to hold it back. we are going to lose a hundred to 150 homes will be affected by the flooding, if not more. >> reporter: where i am standing this is usually one of the busiest intersections of st. louis county but with the the merrimack river and behind me it's 20 feet deep where it should be dry. david begnaud, cbs news, st. louis county, missouri. >>> the mother of a texas teen who blamed a deadly drunk driving crash on affluenza is spending new year's day in a los angeles jail. prosecutors say tonya couch will not return to texas until next week to face charges of helping her son escape to mexico. 18-year-old ethan couch is deport him. he could face jail time in texas

st. louis county but with the passing water it is water from the merrimack river and behind me it's 20 feet deep where it should be dry. david begnaud, cbs news, st. louis county, missouri. >>> the mother of a texas teen who blamed a deadly drunk driving crash on affluenza is spending new year's day in a los angeles jail. prosecutors say tonya couch will not return to texas until next week to face charges of helping her son escape to mexico. fighting mexican efforts to deport him. he could face jail time in texas if investigators find he violated his prosecution. >>> bill cosby is facing a defamation suit separate from the criminal charges filed against cosby wednesday in pennsylvania. camille cosby says the law does not force her to testify against her husband. her lawyers say she they will appeal. >>> wayne rogers played trapper john mcintyre and alan alda's side-kick in the early years of mash. >> you're not getting in the ring with that guy until i hear him speech. >> ji called in a chicken. >> we are not throwing in the towel. years on television. spokeswoman said wayne rogers died thu

st. louis county where we are despite massive flooding. the county executive says not one person has been hurt or killed since the flooding started. elaine. >> quijano: extraordinary pictures. david begnaud reporting tonight. david, thank you. in the northeast, this was the warmest december on record. the average temperature in concord, new hampshire, 38 degrees, was the warmest since 1868. 51 in new york's central park, the warmest in 147 years. 51 in philadelphia broke the record set in 1874. for businesses that rely on snow, rising temperatures mean plummeting profits. here's demarco morgan. >> reporter: with near-empty lifts and near-barren slopes, this wasn't the ski trip jackeline vasquez was hoping for. >> it's a mess. it's a mess. the snow's wearing down. i'm going home now. >> reporter: unseasonably warm temperatures left skiers scrambling. vicki said this one trail at jack frost ski resort in pennsylvania was their only option. >> every single one closed, closed, closed, until we get here and they said we just have one trail open.

st. louis county where we are despite massive flooding, the county executive says not one person has been hurt or killed since the flooding started. elaiai. >> extraordinary pictures. david begnaud reporting tonight. david, thank you. >>> in the northeast, this was the warmest december on record. the average temperature in concord, new hampshire, 38 degrees, was the warmest since 1868. 51 in new york's central park, the warmest in 147 years. 51 in philadelphia broke the record set in 1874. for businesses that rely on snow, rising temperatures mean plummeting profits. here's demarco morgan. >> reporter: with near-empty lifts and near-barren slopes, this wasn't the ski trip ackeline vasquez was hoping for. >> it's a mess. it's a mess. the snow's wearing down. this is the last time i'm going. i'm going home now. >> reporter: unseasonably warm temperatures left skiers scrambling. vicki said this one trail at jack frost ski resort in pennsylvania was their only option. >> every single one closed, closed, closed, until we get here and they said we just have one trail open. very disappointing. >

st. louis county pouring raw sewageh into the river. so far 911 very topple toppled.ly a dozen more threatened. missouri not the only flooded state from illinois to%ç north carolina. >> it was raining hard and coming up fast. >>reporter: this rare winter flooding is also wreaking havo havoc. >> really mind boggling. to see it coming by with the strength it has and toy imagine what it can do to our surroundings is really powe powerful. >>reporter: tonight in some communities there is a boil water advisory in effect. here in st. louis county authorities say the water is safe to drink for now but they are monitoring the situation around the clock. this is abc news. >>> still at 11:00. surprise found during construction in east bay gives a week at what life was like a century ago. >>> serious terror warning dampen festivities in one of the most popular party towns in europe. >>> fire ball explodes from hotel. may not be the most surprising part of the video. surprising part of the video. wait until you >>> police evacuated 2 major train stations in germany after intellige

st. louis county pouring raw sewage into the river. so far, nine levees have been toppled, nearly a dozen more threatened. and missouri not the only flooded state from illinois to north carolina. >> it was running hard and coming up fast. >> reporter: their rare winter flooding is also wreaking havoc. >> it's really mind boggling. to see it coming by with the strength it has and to imagine what it can do to our surroundings is powerful. >> reporter: right now in some communities there is a boil water advisory in effect. here in st. louis county, authorities say the water is safe to drink for now but they are monitoring the situation around the clock. phillip and lauren? >> elizabeth, thank you. in the flood zone, chilly temperatures again. some parts of the midwest could ceelos this morning in the single digits. downpours from the gulf coast to jacksonville. snow in the upper great lakes from wisconsin to upstate new york, mild and dry in the west. >> 60s in los angeles and phoenix. 40s in seattle, dallas and boston. 30s in denver and

st. louis county. there, water levels are improving prompting officials to lift a state of emergency. flooding had knocked out a water treatment plant in high ridge, just southwest of st. louis. it left thousands of residents without safe drinking water. kcrg-tv9's dave franzman shows us how a group of iowa soldiers is helping people recover. new year's eve celebrations, iowa national guard soldiers got up well before dawn on a mission water for the iowa soldiers will also take water to the nearby town of murphy, missouri. hikers in dubuque are fulfilling new year's resolutions to get outside more. it's part of a state wide effort called "the first hike, which encourages people to enjoy the outdoors during the winter. a group of about one hundred hikers at the mines of spain took a walk yesterday afternoon. they got some exercise and a chance to see some wildlife. "because there's no vegetation, you can see the animals a lot easier. the white tail deer, turkey. occasionally you might be a glimpse of red fox out there. wood pecker." this was the fifth year in a row park rangers at the m

st. louis county. there, watelevels are improving prompting officials to lift a state of emergency. flooding had knocked out a water treatment plant in high ridge, just southwest of st. louis. it left thousands of residents without safe drinking water. kcrg-tv9's dave franzman shows us how a group of iowa soldiers is helping people recover. while many iowans slept in after new year's eve celebrations, iowa national guard soldiers got of mercy.sot/nat their job... prepare and deliver this convoy of 20 water treatment and transport vehicles to missouri communities where clean water is in short supply. " we don't get to do missions like this very often... it's very exciting for us do our mos and help " the military occupation specialty... or m-o-s... for soldiers in the 334th brigade support battalion includes delivering clean water wherever needed. yesterday, iowa governor terry branstad told the guard to help missouri. the "water dogs" as they call themselves prepared the tankers and a tactical portable treatment system that can produce 15-hundred gallons of drinking water per hour. o

st. louis area. officials lifted -- st. louis county offers interest free loans to businesses and residents if he canned by flood damage. last check 22 people have died in the flood in the midwest. >> a person opened fire outside a bar got away. the gunman killed two people and left. nbc's keir simmons reports. >> they dove for cover in fear. the gunman firing relentlessly. seconds later, one survivor looks up in horror. around him, two are dead. seven people injured and two in critical condition. we were shaking and hid in the coverage room. he pulled a rifle from his backpack and began killing leaving bullet holes and bar stools overturned. a man hunt underway for the sho shooter. so far, the killer is still at large. keir simmons, nbc news london. >> happening today, history will be made in loudon county for the first time in the county board. 200 year history. the mayor will be sworn in as chairman. joining her for that historic moment, another elected african american supervisor. we are live with a preview of today's ceremony. hi,

st. louis county right outside of the district i represent. and it brought to light a lot of issues that had been going on in the area of excessive force used upon black men. and a lot of times ending in long prison sentences or death as we saw in the case of mike brown. and then we had a couple other shootings afterwards dealing with st. louis city police department. and those officers were found nothing went wrong. and it seems like deadly force is the go-to before using a taser, before talking with an individual that may be holding a butter knife. we're going to fill them with lead, and then we'll figure it out and say i feared for my life, and it goes that way. and the legislature, what we've tried to do, a small group of us, was try to get different standards put in place. some cultural sensitivity things put in place. we've got a lot of departments that the makeup of the officers does not reflect the community at all. as we saw in ferguson. you had almost 70% black people living there. but you had two officers i think that were black. an

st. louis county where we are despite massive flooding, the county executive says not one person has been hurt or killedince the flooding started. elaine. >> extraordinary picicres. david begnaud d porting tonight. david, thank you. >>> in the northeast, this was the warmest december on record. the average temperature in concord, new hampshire, 38 degrees, was t t warmest since 1868. 51 in new york's central park, the warmest in 147 years. 51 in philadelphia broke the record set in 1874. for businesses that rely on snow, rising temperatures mean plummeting profits. here's demarco morgan. >> reporter: with near-empty lifts and near-barren slopes, this wasn't the ski trip ackeline vasquez was hoping for. >> it's a mess. it's a mess. the snow's wearing down. this is the last time i'm going. i'm going home now. >> reporter: unseasonably y rm temperatures left skiers scrambling. vicki said this one trail at jack frost ski resort in pennsylvania was their only option. >> every single one closed, closed, closed, until we get here and they said we just have one trail open. very disappointing. >>

st. louis county has 91 subdivisions. we have a lot of small cities and a lot of small different police departments. with city bill five, which cap revenue from traffic tickets, it brought the percentage at 12.5% at st. louis county. ferguson was at 13%. they did not impact ferguson, it impacted a lot of cities that were ran and led by african-american leadership. they skirted around the issue, and they were good bills that were filed they could have addressed some of these murderous practices head on. they went to the side. >> senator trotter, chicago has been in the news about the recent disclosure -- the video concerning look on walker. what is your perspective on how this discussion is unfolding? >> first and foremost, it is nothing new. what makes chicago stand out in this particular incident, 16 shots and 400 days for an unarmed man and it has been 400 days before the ministrations, or our government entities acknowledged the fact that this was over the top. what has happened in chicago and the rest of america, sinc

st. louis county where there would usually be semis passing through, tonight it is water from the meramec river, which crested earlier today. but tonight, not far behind where i am standing, it is should be dry. over the next 12 hours, the mississippi river is expected to crest in st. louis at 42.5 feet, nearly 12 feet above flood stage. john houser lives just south of st. louis in the city of arnold. >> we're just fighting the water, and it's up to the red line right there, just trying to keep the pumps running and make sure the wall doesn't fail and hope the water goes down in a hurry. >> reporter: overnight, the floodwaters snarled traffic for miles, and today missouri's busy i-55 became the second major interstate to close this week. gene liston was stuck in the middle of it. >> there's nowhere you can go, you know. i mean, it's water, but, you know, if there's enough of it, you can't do anything. >> reporter: statewide, more than 12 people have been killed due to the extreme flooding. it has washed away homes, highways-- >> that is highway 141. >> reporter: and shut down water treatm

st. louis county. this is forcing backups in the rivers that flow into the overflow and flood nearby homes. crews were out draining highways and sandbagging homes to prevent even further damage yesterday. state officials say there are no deaths or injuries reported. several roads are beginning to reopen. patrick: a new year wish to the planet earth. what this astronaut had to say from the international space station. dale: did you get a warm coat for christmas? dale: good morning. last couple of days we have seen a lot of green on the screen. now impacting the coast just a bit. if you have beach plans, it will be mostly sunny on saturday and sunday. temperatures in the low 40's. low 50's across the upstate. colder temperatures will be felt tomorrow. the wind 12 to 12 miles per hour in the mountains will make it low 30's for lows. today will get up to 56 and tomorrow we will have the cold temperatures to begin the day. the mountains normally see 47. we are projecting 48 for a high today. a bit of cloud

st. louis county. this is force can backups in the artery -- artery rivers -- the artery rivers that flow into the mississippi causing them to overflow and that floods nearby homes. crews were south clearing highways and sandbagging to prevent if you were further damage. no deaths or injuries and the roads are open. >>> a check of your forecast. kelly curran standing by. kelly, all these people in vegas for the big celebration. what are they going to tell experienced outside. >> kelly: i am sure they will say it is vegas. i thought it was hot all the time, but no, it is not. last year it was colder and last year there was snow. this year just chilly, and you know what, we caught a little bit of a time laps of their fireworks going off. see? there you go. quick on this thing. it is kind of jumpy. just a little bit of snapshots there. temperatures right now are pretty cold. you look at this, north las vegas you are below freezing, 3vegas you are below freezing, 31 degrees. centennial at 31. summerland. w

st. louis county pouring raw sewage into the river. so far, nine levees have been top p >> it is raining hard and coming up fast. this rare winter flooding is also causing problems. >> mindboggling to see it coming by with the strength that it has and to imagine what it can do to our surroundings is, really, powerful. >> tonight in some communities there is a boil water advisory in affect. in st. louis county, authorities say the water is safe to drink for now but they are monitoring the situation around the clock. at home cruz are waiting until tomorrow to fix a sinkhole in san francisco's no. valley and bring in special safety equipment, a sewer line failure caused the cave in. this is a temporary plate over the hole at church and 24th and muni is going do have to use shuttles for riders on the j church line south of 22nd. tom it is available for those south of 16th street. >> it was colder this morning than yesterday? >> not everywhere. until we get a new weather system we are going to be cold. we have on way bring up the temperatur

st. louis county. this is forcing backups in the rivers that flow into the mississippi, causing them to overflow and flood nearby homes. crews were out draining highways and sandbagging homes to prevent even further damage yesterday. state officials say there are no deaths or injuries reported. several roads are beginning to reopen. allyson: celebrating the new year. a couple who got married 80 years ago. >> now your live super doppler dale: 5:17. we have just clouds and it will be mostly cloudy for the upstate and the mountains. drier air is filtering into the region. it will get cold tonight as the skies clear. temperatures feel cooler than what the thermometer is saying. 41 at franklin. across the upstate, low 50's. you can tack on the wind and it feels like it is in the 30's. we have been anything but normal with any -- with the rain and the above normal temperatures. we will start seeing the cold lows starting tomorrow morning. 47 is average for the mountains. the record is 76. we can have these u

st. louis county, missouri. kim: in little rock, the arkansas river is expected to crest tonight at 26 feet, which is 3 feet above flood stage. 45 members of the iowa national guard will leave for missouri to help with flood relief. the soldiers will help with purification and transport of fresh water. the guard members will come from camp dodge, oelwein, and cedar rapids. they'll head to high point missouri in the east central part of the state. sad news about one the stars of the classic t.v. show "mash." actor wayne rogers, who played trapper john on the first three seasons of "mash," died from complications of pneumonia. he was 82. rogers had parts on many short lived western television shows before "m.a.s.h." after acting, rogers became a money manager and investor. he was a regular panelist for fox news. singer natalie cole has died at the age of 65. cole was the daughter of jazz legend nat king cole. her 1991 album, "unforgettable, with love," sold some 14 million copies and won six grammys. it featured r

st. louis county. >>> southwest of st. louis missouri, towns are under water, homes some nearly submerged. >>> we're still at a flood stage but it is going to go down but that's a lot of water the levies hold now. people find themselves this new year's day without a home and temperatures are now dropping below freezing. >> until this goes down, then they can come and check our homes and make sure they are safe. we can't live in them. so we're going to be out of a place to stay probably for a couple weeks at least. >> okay. just keep us updated thank you. >>> the thorn family has lost their home in arnold due to the flooding, but for linda thorn this new year brings a sense of home. >> oh my lord it is a new beginning. i've got a great grand baby coming in. >>> cbs 2 news, st. louis, missouri. >>> stay so positive through all of that. the st. louis area received 10 inches of rain in just three days earlier this week. >>> we have nothing to complain about when it comes to our forecast when you see these pictures. >>> erika i

st. louis was receding today. we were invited on an aerial tour of the devastation. because the water was receding so quickly, the state of emergency in effect since sunday in st. louis county was lifted today. major traffic arteries through st. louis both reopened. this was interstate 44 yesterday, and here it is today on the illinois side of the mississippi river, evacuations are under way. >> this was my tree. >> reporter: back in arnold, linda thorn has decide on her future. area? >> no. every time it rains, i'd be running to the back door, "is it coming up? is it going to get me? are we safe?" >> reporter: there is some good news for linda. her daughter went into labor yesterday, and she might have not far from laind's house where we are tonight, the water has dropped about a foot in the last four hours, and that is the good news. the concern now is where it's headed-- south down the mississippi river toward the city of cape gerardo. elaine, the river will not crest there until tomorrow, so that is why tonight voluntary evacuations in some places are under way. >> quijano: david begnaud inside the disaster zone. david, thank you. more than 24 hours after flames engulfe

st. louis county lifted a week-long state of emergency today and some evacuees were able to get back to their homes. but life is not back to normal. as we all remember from 2008, flood recovery will take years. but iowans are helping bring some relief today in the form of fresh water. the flooding knocked out a water treatment plant in high ridge, southwest of st. louis. that left thousands of residents without safe drinking water. kcrg-tv9's dave franzman reports a specialized group of iowa soldiers is in missouri tonight. new year's eve

st. louis county, missouri. >> today the music world and fans mourning the loss of natalie cole. the singer died at the age of 65. cbs reporter chris martinez takes a look back at her life and her music. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: her voice was unforgettable. the music in her blood. natalie cole followed in the footsteps of her famous father nat king cole finding her voice and success along the way. she won the first of nine grammys in 1975 with the hit this will be. in 1979 she received a star on the hollywood walk of fame. but in 1991 her popularity reached new heights with her hit, unforgettable, a virtual duet with her late father. ♪[ music ] >> unforgettable too ♪ >> reporter: but through years of success, there were setbacks. cole developed an addiction to drugs and alcohol entering a rehab program in 1983. >> it was such a revelation actually for me to start liking myself after all these years. i didn't realize i was still grieving for my father at 30- something. >> reporter: cole was later diagnosed with hepatitis "c" and liver disease. she underwent a kidney transplant in 2

st. louis county, missouri. >>> now in little rock, the arkansas river is expected to crest tonight at 26 feet. that is three feet above flood stage. >>> here at home, we're off to a chilly start for the new year. at least it is not raining. we have a first look at the forecast with allison. >> we have had a soggy couple of days, of course, nothing like that. we just had nuisance rain. each and every day, for what seems like the last week. and we are starting off dry. but these clouds, they just will not budge. and here is the good news, as we head into 2016. we will see some more sunshine. but with that, comes more typical temperatures for this time of the year. definitely feels a little bit more like january. we got away with a mild december. the warmest on record. and not the case as we head into the next two days. 45 degrees, it is still cloudy and with that little bit of a wind, it is not much, it is not breezy out there but it feels into the upper 30s for much of the area. and so even farther north, through places like state college, and they are seeing a lot of lake effect snow thr