the community of collinsville knows exactly what the people of georgia are dealing with right now. it was 24 hours ago at this very moment that a tornado came from this direction and ripped through the first baptist church where we are tonight. and the only people here were the pastor, his wife and their son, and they hid in the safest place they know, the church. this was the scene throughout alabama and mississippi over the last 24 hours. >> it's coming right at us. >> reporter: in collinsville, mississippi, vicky hartley took shelter with her neighbor in a basement right before her roof was blown off. >> it was shocking. you know, you don't really know what to feel, but i was thankful that we were all okay. >> reporter: the tornado continued three-quarters of a mile, approaching first baptist church of collinsville. pastor wade ricks heard it coming. >> took off running, and my son was right over here. i said, "get inside." we went inside and got underneath the desk. as soon as we got under the desk, it hit. >> reporter: pastor ricks says it took less than 20 seconds to do this

david begnaud, cbs news, collinsville, ms. charges dropped in a virginia beach case -- where a woman was accused of stabbing the father of child to death. newschannel 3 s gabriella deluca joins us now - with the update. the commonwealth )s attorney says megan dejesus killed her boyfriend terrance covington in self defense -- after she was previously charged with voluntary manslaughter. covington s family and friends have -- moments after megan dejesus walked out court -- with her charges dropped. that evidence -- according to the commonwealth )s attorney -- proved that she killed 23 year terrance covington in self defense. she was previously charged with voluntary manslaughter. the commonwealth )s attorney s office issued a statement saying prosecutors were notified very early on that this may be the outcome -- and there is insufficient evidence to prove that dejesus committed a crime. police tell newschannel 3 -- the night she stabbed her boyfriend, the two got into an argument. it turned violent -- and she stabbed him in the

((brian loftus)) david begnaud reports from collinsville , mississippi. this was the scene throughout alabama and mississippi over the last 24 hours. nats- it's coming right at us! in colllinsville, mississippi vicki hartley took shelter with a neighbor in a basement, right before her roof was blown off. "it was shocking. you know you don't really know what to feel but i was thankful that we were all okay." the tornado continued 3 quarters of a mile, approaching the first baptist church of collinsville. pastor wade ricks heard it coming. "took off running and my son was right over here and i said get inside. we went inside and got under a desk and soon as we got under the desk it hit." pastor rick says it took less than 20 seconds to do this to the 85 katrina. "it's hard to believe that something could do this much damage so quick." north of mississippi in tennessee, those same storms that caused tornadoes caused flooding. 8 people innankin county were rescued from their homes. another this morning in ashland city. back in mississippi, "sunday i preached

david begnaud cbs news collinsville mississippi.>>> today is a yellow weather alert day. now here is wusa9's first alert weather. >> the alert to the same system coming our way but with rain. >> we may get a couple thunderstorms out of it. when the system gets here it changes. it's dynamic. in mississippi and alabama yesterday that cause problems but here potentially flooding rainfall and snow melt combining for the afternoon. first alert doppler the last three hours the stream of moisture moving southwest to northeast. why moving at 30 miles an hour and will take several hours to get through us. rainfall rates about half an inch when does happen inch an hour or more. the line of heavier rain about to get to dc. putting a timer on it at 30 miles an hour when i checked it was washington in a few minutes. fredericksburg 12:58. leonardtown 2:40. you can see just north and west through much of montgomery, howard, frederick, login counties moderate to heavy rain and the orange on the map is not just the rain. we have dense fog also. give yourself a lot of extra time if you are

collinsville knows what the with. a tornado came from this direction and ripped through the first baptist church where we are tonight. the only people here, pastor, wife and their son. they know. the church. this was the scene throughout alabama and mississippi over t last 24 hours. >> coming right at us. >> reporter: in collinsville, mississippi, vicky hartley took shelter with a neighbor in a basement before her roof was blown off. >> is was shocking. i was thankful that we were all okay. >> reporter: the tornado continued 3/4 mile, approaching the first baptist church of collinsville. pastor wade ricks heard it coming. >> took off running. and my son was right over here. i said get inside. we went inside and got underneath a desk. and soon as we got under the desk it hit. >> reporter: pastor rick says it took less than 20 second to dupe this to the 85-year-old church which had been damaged during >> hard to believe that something could do this much damage so quick. >> reporter: north of mississippi, in tennessee, t

for more on the damage from tuesday night, we will go to david begnaud in collinsville, mississippi. >> reporter: scott, good evening. collinsville knows what the people of georgia are dealing with. 24 hours ago at this very moment a tornado came from this direction and ripped through the first baptist church where we are tonight. the only people here, pastor, wife and their son. they hid in the safest place they know. the church. this was the scene throughout alabama and mississippi over the last 24 hours. >> coming right at us. >> reporter: in collinsville, mississippi, vicky hartley took shelter with a neighbor in a basement before her roof was blown off. >> is was shocking. >> reporter: the tornado continued 3/4 mile, approaching the first baptist church of collinsville. pastor wade ricks heard it coming. >> took off running. and my son was right over here. i said get inside. we went inside and got underneath a desk. and soon as we got under the desk it hit. >> reporter: pastor rick says it took less than 20 second to dupe this to the 85-year-old church which had been damaged dur

and scott, the pastor here at first baptist church in collinsville says if the tornado would have hit 24 hours later, there would have been a group of children in this classroom for >>> david begnaud, thank you. tonight, for the first time a health emergency declared in this country because of the zika virus. which is suspected of causing birth defects. the governor of florida put the emergency into effect in four counties including miami-dade. it will allow more spraying for mosquitoes that can spread the disease. zika can also be transmitted sexually. florida has at least nine cases. all of the patients were infected overseas. but now there is concern that those patients could infect florida mosquitoes. so far, there are 48 patients in 12 states and washington, d.c. all infected overseas except for one sexually transmitted case in dallas. >>> all week this week, dr. jon lapook has been covering zika at the place that the outbreak is at its worst in brazil. jon, you have been working on action. what have you learned? >> reporter: scott, i think an attempt to stay ahead of problem low

especially near bridges like this one in the collinsville area. take a look at this video. you can see several areas west of lenoir where the d.o.t. has prepositioned road closure signs near areas prone to flooding at the collinsville us the swift order rescue equipment this morning. it's ready to roll if we see any flash flooding in the hours. but firefighters say they all ready have close to a half inch of rainfall over night. morning. 321. we spoke with firefighters about how quickly the water can come up here in the foothills. >> it can be running up on the side of the wall. it can get up here extreme flooding within an hour, easily, very easily. >> firefighters in the collinsville area tell us they saw the first a couple weeks ago when the johns river rose two feet in an hour. the school district sent children home early from school. reporting from caldwell count, dave faherty, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> some new developments, family members of the victims of is san bernardino shootings are now joining the call for apple to help hack the they plan to file court pap

david begnaud, cbs news, collinsville, ms. hearings orginially scheduled for today in the nicole lovell murder case have been canceled. yesterday, the montgomery county commonwealth's attorney said preliminary results show lovell was stabbed. the woman charged in her death now faces a more serious charge. natalie keepers is charged with being an accessory before the fact of first degree murder. that means keepers was not present at the murder but was aware that there was an intent to commit the crime. keepers is also accused of disposing of nicole's body and being an accessory after the fact. family and friends will pause to remember nicole lovell's life today. visitation is from five until eight at mccoy funeral home in blacksburg. her funeral is tomorrow at three also at mccoy funeral home. virginia tech engineering professor marc edwards is in washington, dc today. edwards is testifying before a house oversite committee about the flint, michigan water crisis. he was a part of the team that brought the highly contaminated ta

the community of collinsville knows exactly what the people of georgia are dealing with right now. it was 24 hours ago at this very moment that a tornado came from this direction and ripped through the first baptist church where we are tonight. and the only people here were the pastor, his wife and their son, and they hid in the safest place they know, the church. this was the scene throughout alabama and mississippi over the last 24 hours. >> it's coming right at us. >> reporter: in collinsville, shelter with her neighbor in a basement right before her roof was blown off. >> it was shocking. you know, you don't really know what to feel, but i was thankful that we were all okay. >> reporter: the tornado continued three-quarters of a mile, approaching first baptist church of collinsville. pastor wade ricks heard it coming. >> took off running, and my son was right over here. and i said, "get inside." we went inside and got underneath the desk. as soon as we got under the desk, it hit. >> reporter: pastor ricks says it took less than 20 seconds to do this to the 85-year-old church, w

collinsville knows what the people of georgia are dealing with. 24 hours ago at this very moment a tornado came from this direction and ripped through the first baptist church where we are tonight. the only people hererepastor, wife and their son. they hid in the safest place they know. the church. this was the scene throughout alabama and mississippppover the last 24 hours. >> reporter: in collinsville, mississippi, vicky hartley took shelter with a neighbor in a basement before her roof was blown off. >> is was shocking. i was thankful that we were all okay. >> reporter: the tornado continued 3/4 mile, approaching the first baptist church of collinsville. pastor wade ricks heard it coming. >> took off running. and my son was right over here. i said get inside. we went inside and got underneath a desk. and soon as we got under the desk2it hit. >> reporter: pastor rick says itit ok less than 20 second to dupe this to the 85-year-old church which had been damaged during hurricane katrina. >> hard to believe that something could do this much damage so quick. >> reporter: north of mississippi

jacob rascon, nbc news, collinsville, mississippi. >> jacob, thank you. >>> the teenaged driver charged with hitting a broomfield high school student in 2014 pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide. the teen is not being identified because he was a minor at the time. but it was 16-year-old chad britton who was struck in the school's parking lot and he died at the hospital the very next day. investigators say the driver had been smoking marijuana before he got behind the wheel. >>> bill cosby may learn more today about his fate when it against him in philadelphia. he's back in a pennsylvania court today for a second day of his bid to get this case thrown out. at issue is an unwritten promise of immunity that a previous d.a. says he gave cosby's now dead lawyer and that was a decade ago. cosby is accused of drugging and violating andrea constand while she was an employee at temple university in 2004. >>> and now to the story that's on all of our minds, orange and blue, right? the super bowl is just four days away now. earlier this morning peyton manning spoke to reporters and one of them ask

>> oh, yeah, we'll rebuild. collinsville they survived a tornado that destroyed their church, losing almost everything, but not their faith. local authorities say it is amazing that in all of the tornado damage in the south nobody was reported injured or killed, and tonight in this region already so battered by severe weather there are new reports of tornadoes and the threat continues overnight. lester? >> jacob rascon tonight, thanks. >>> with zika cases on the rise in florida, today governor rick scott declared a public health emergency in four counties, and while there's concern about the virus' impact on the summer olympics in rio, brazilian officials have a more immediate challenge, protect being the millions of tourists arriving for carnival rehema ellis reports on that effort from the city that's the epicenter of this outbreak. >> reporter: it's just after dawn in recife, and the battle is raging against the mosquito. health department tanks full of pesticide rushing to spray streets, alleys and parks. >> it works very quickly and soon all the mosquitos are dead. >> reporter:

while in collinsville, mississippi, a direct hit.neighborhood decimated, two dozen homes damaged or destroyed. the first baptist church next door ripped in half. >> you can see the complete devastation of our church. it's unbelievable. >> reporter: while pastor white ricks and his family were still inside. >> my wife and i, my son came over to the church because we have cinder block walls, and found a room and got under the desk. and within seconds stuff started falling everywhere. >> reporter: more than a dozen tornadoes reported in the south, part of a massive winter storm that also pummelled the midwest and plains with heavy snow and high winds. millions of americans in the storm's path. some losing everything but the clothes on their backs. others nearly losing it all. national weather service forecasters will be out here later today to survey the damage, as will the pastor and his family and the people who live in the neighborhood behind the church to pick up the pieces where there are any pieces left to pick up. jacob rascon, n

joe bryant is the collinsville district supervisor for the board of supervisors and says he would also like to see money spent to expand the size of the new school's gym, which currently is only set to be half the size of a standard gymnasium. joe bryant "i think that some of the other supervisors are in the same manner that i am, they'd like to see a full size gym because of the utilization of the building." construction, but as long as construction starts back up in the next few days, the school should still be on schedule to open for the start of the 2017-2018 school year. something the school district is glad to hear, for the sake of the students as well as the community. monica hatchett/hcps community engagement coord. "we really view meadowview elementary not just as one of henry county's schools but as a real center for our community." in henry county, colter anstaett, wsls 10. that's all for wsls ten at 5-30. your 90 minutes of news continues right now. we had rain move through the region last night into this morning, but by the afternoon, outside of some drizzle, we did dry th

neighbors in collinsville mississippi say they reacted the moment they realized they were in danger. >> i took off running until my son to get inside and we crawled under a desk and started praying. >> despite the damage emergency officials say no one was seriously injured. >>> leaders in collinsville plan to request the community be declared a disaster area. >>> this morning in cary, a 17- year-old faces felony charges over hacking incident. a student could face up to 4 into the panther creek high school database and altering grades. more on that story tonight. >>> testimony continues in a high-profile murder trial in wake county. trhs deon smith is one of three people charged with killing melissa hankins jones. the woman was discovered by her eight-year-old daughter three years ago. ronald anthony has pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder. sarah redden has not gone to trial yet. you can keep up with this on wncn.com. >>> wayne county. for people in jail charged with first-degree murder in january 9 shooting that killed alfredo garcias in deadly. jerry parks and darius chestnut

damage it left behind in collinsville. the weather service confirmed 4 tornados tore across the state. many homes and businesses were damaged. at this time there were no reports of injuries or deaths related to the stms. >>> severe storms to blizzard conditions, the system created this mess across the central plain, iowa and nebraska saw more than a foot of snow, a whiteout in southwestern minnesota prompted a travel ban. you pull in to a gas station and fill your tank and your car stops working. that's what drivers say happened to them ining on county back in december. -- to them ining on county back in december. >> reporter: several drivers came to this gas station and say the gas they got that day left them frustrated and out of hundreds of dollars. the common task of filling up left drivers fed up. lane with water in it from this zags on highway 70 -- this station on highway 70 west. >> i started going down the road and my car stopped going. >> reporter: this is her mechanic bill, noted found water in fuel, the repair

last night, and as nbc's jacob rascon reports one of the hardest hit areas was the small town of collinsville, mississippi. >> reporter: there was many say. only time to run. >> this door here is just blown out. >> reporter: pastor wade ricks and his wife julie jumped under a desk and prayed. what is the prayer? save us. >> that's what she prayed, over, just, lord, save us, and -- and he did. >> reporter: the hiding, however, was not saved. all three buildings torn to shreds, but for the faithful at first baptist there is a lesson in the rubble. >> it's what this storm is about. we're going to learn to walk with god, and you're going to see whether we really believe what we say we believe. >> reporter: nearby a neighborhood in shambles. for some there is little worth saving. vicky hartley and her husband had just moved in. >> this is it. this is the workshop where i was, yes. >> reporter: the only room untouched. >> was just a roar and a lot of shaking. >> reporter: and severe weather is on the move. flash flood watches or warnings for more than 20 million americans along the east coast with