cynthia bowers is in the st. louis suburb of sunset hills tonight. cynthia. >> reporter: you know, and no one was injured here, which is amazing, considering that the tornado sirens sound around noon. there were a lot of people here and they tell me they ran for refuge. it was all over in a matter of seconds and today family like the gasts were totaling up their losses and counting their blessings. >> this is where i survived under here, right under that counter. >> reporter: in her newly remodel kitchen, cathy gast took shelter from a powerful f-3 tornado with wind over 150 miles per hour that destroyed nearly everything she owned, including her home of the past 40 years. >> it's jut unbelievable. you never think it's going to happen to you. >> reporter: husband harlen lived to tell about it thanks to some quick decision making and his old tractor. >> i looked and there were two trees going across the street about 40 miles per hour. and all i knew to do was crawl under the tractor. >> reporter: their neighbor, jim bearden, welcomed the new year diggi

cynthia bowers, cbs news, chicago. >> mitchell: still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news," closing california's budget gap. is dumping state cell phone it is right call? >> mitchell: the nation's governors are facing budgets trillions of dollars in the red. nearly three in four americans think their state budget is in bad shape. but an overwhelming majority is not willing to cut spending for public safety. of all the states, california is in the tightest squeeze. as terry mccarthy reports. >> what i propose will be painful. >> reporter: california's new governor jerry brown inherited one of the worst financial messs in the country. brown began announcing cuts from day one. his first target: the cell phones. 48,000 state workers with taxpayer-funded cell phones must turn them in by next june. that includes the governor himself. >> you have a state issued cell phone. have you turned that in? >> i have in the my desk ready to turn it in. >> reporter: with a deficit of $28 billion, eliminating cell phones will only save the state $20 million. >> the cell phones are a symbol. it won't s

cynthia bowers has more on this latest arctic blast. >> reporter: it's hard not to shiver just looking at duluth, minnesota. high today, 0. all across wisconsin steaming hot water turned instantly into snow. in minneapolis, where it was 16 below yesterday, even hardy pond hockey players from ohio were complaining of the cold. >> cleveland's florida compared to this. >> reporter: it warmed up to 6 degrees in minneapolis today as the entire northeastern quadrant of the country remains in the grip of icy, arctic cold. on friday, 46 below in international falls, minnesota, 27 below in father oh, north dakota. and that brutal cold is now moving to the northeast where the temperature in buffalo, new york, tomorrow is expected to be 20 degrees below average. in hartford, connecticut and concord, new hampshire, 23 degrees below normal. bitter temperatures, yes, but not enough to bring down the raging fever of nfl fans. >> new york city will be crying themselves to sleep. >> reporter: game-time forecast is 14 degrees for pittsburgh tomorrow when the steelers play the new york jets for the a.f.c

cynthia bowers, cbs news, kansas city, missouri. >> good job! yay!>> couric: amazing artwork and an amazing young woman. and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. i'm katie couric in new york. thank you for watching. i'll see you back here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh standing in the way of a tree planting project... why is. >>> you're watching cbs 5 eyewitness news. >> environmentalists are standing in the way of a tree planting project. why they say it could do more harm than good. >> it is hard to get work and all of a sudden our funding is cut. >> ex-cons are angry with. g and e. why the utility company has pulled the plug on their jobs program. >> three dogs have been mutilated by a dog calling himself a vet. just ahead the condition of the animals and the clues that were left behind. >> good evening i'm allan martin. >> and i'm dana king. we begin with breaking news out of oakland. 90 minutes ago a high-speed chase ended with a crash and police opening fire. now we learn that the p

cynthia bowers reports. >> reporter: after six major snowstorms in just five weeks, winter fatigue istting in. >> i'm in absolute temperature shock. >> reporter: but there's no rest for the winter weary as another monster storm is poised to strike. forecasts call for heavy snow. as much as 18 inches could hit the chicago area. and wind gusts of up to 40 miles an hour, which will lead to potentially deadly windchills. it could feel like 21 below in aberdeen, south dakota. north platte, nebraska, 16 below. buffalo, new york. 20 below. >> there's likely going to be snow and ice as far south as texas, and all of that is going to head toward the east coast by the middle of next week. >> reporter: new york has already dug out of 36 inches of snow just this month. boston has had 55 inches. minneapolis, 55. one heavy snow fall there collapsed the city metrodome roof. snow has led to the cancellation of 24,000 flights in january alone. the two feet of snow in chicago hasn't been a problem. but it has been bitterly cold. only three days above freezing in january. the fewest in 34 years. and it'

sunset hills, missouri, was also devastated by a tornado and cynthia bowers is there. cynthia, what does it look like? >> reporter: well, it's dark here. the power is out, but what we're told is that, much like don just reported, folks here say the tornado system came through so quickly that it just touched down about 400 yards behind me over this shoulder and came across where i'm standing and then it was gone. but in the meantime, while it was down, it leveled about 20 homes and businesses. it toppled power lines and trucks, and they say cars actually were pushed down the street as if they were still on and rolling. a lot of people feel really lucky tonight because they took refuge in a bar/restaurant called o'leary's. it was right at lunchtime, 20 or so folks were gathered inside when the storm came through. windows were shattered and the building was shaking and they feel they are all lucky to be alive tonight. fema will be in here tomorrow morning to start assessing the damage. meanwhile, power crews are out and rescue teams are combing through the rubble making su

cynthia bowers introduces us to her. >> reporter: rebecca welsh is nothing, if not determined.e 14, the movie "karate kid" prompted the kansas city girl to take up martial arts. in just six years, by age 20, she was the world champion in tae kwon do. a former model, she also played an underground prize fighter in the film "fight night." rebecca's martial arts competitions took her around the world. in 2002, she went on a mission trip to honduras. it was there her life took an unexpected turn. >> i encountered a girl named daisy living on the streets, she's 6 years old, and she was literally begging for water. and i'm thinking, how do you live, you know, six-hour flight from here my whole life and i have no idea that this is going on. >> reporter: back home, rebecca shared daisy's story with kids in america. they were so moved, they started fund-raising. $5,000 went to orphans in mexico. soon, rebecca began to receive artwork from them as a thank you. >> we had all this artwork and we decided to do an art action. and it just went over so well, because we'd sell the piece with th

cynthia bowers, cbs news, chicago. >>> i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news."roducing nookcolor. experience books, magazines, newspapers and children's books like never before. nookcolor by barnes & noble. your favorites, in pieces. >>> today, americans pause to honor slain leader martin luther king jr. on his birthday. had he lived he would have been 82. a memorial to pay tribute to dr. king is being built on the washington mall. the first dedicated to a civilian. it's 70% complete. its official dedication is plan for august 28th. the 49th anniversary of dr. king's "i have a dream" speech. that famous address and the march on washington are cornerstones in the civil rights movement. in the early days, though, the movement only gained traction after its drama played out in the national media. mark strassmann has more. >> reporter: as a story, the civil rights movement had it all. good versus evil. drama. social upheaval. but at first, america's major media ignored it, especially in the south. >> it was our responsibility to find a way to dramatize the issue. >>

cynthia bowers has more. >> reporter: after six major snowstorms in just five weeks winter fat agency. >> absolute temperature shock. >> reporter: but there is no rest for the winter weary as another monster storm is poised to strike. forecasts call for heavy snow as much as 18 inches could hit the chicago area. and wind gusts of up to 40 miles an hour which will lead to potentially deadly windchills. it could feel like 21 below in aberdeen, south dakota, nebraska, 16 below. buffalo, new york, 20 below. >> there's likely to going to be snow and ice as far south as texas and it will all head to the east coast by the middle of next week. >> reporter: new york has already dug out of 36 inches of snow just this month. boston has had 55 inches, minneapolis, 55. one heavy snowfall there collapsed the city's metro dome roof. snow has lead to the cancellation of 24,000 flights in january alone. the two feet of snow in chicago hasn't been a problem but it has been bitterly cold, only three days above freezing in january. the fewest in 34 years. and it's not just places where you expect snow. a

here's cynthia bowers. >> 69's down, i repeat, 69 is down. >> reporter: the disturbance turned deadlymoments after officers arrived to check reports of gunfire. >> i've got a silver trailer with a man with way shotgun in it and i have suzanne down in front of that trailer. >> reporter: after an ambush police say that was sudden and without warning. >> the door of the trailer opened and the person inside fired one shotgun blast, striking the deputy. >> reporter: even as they struggled to rescue the dying deputy. >> w6 9's been shot and i cannot checker. >> reporter: negotiators tried to talk the suspect into surrendering. but instead what followed was a vicious fire fight. witnesses say the normally peaceful campground seemed like a war zone. >> guys are putting on flackÑi jackets, automatic weapo and they were running blum was wounded in the crossfire, he was listed in fair condition today it wasn't immediately clear if the gunman identified as michael ferryman was killed by police bullets or his own. the slain deputy was identify as 40-year-old suzanne hopper, the mother of two was a

cynthia bowers, cbc news, chicago. >>> pushing it to more than half a billion users facebook fan descriptions are slowing. during the sec half of last year only about a quarter of facebook's total growth came from the u.s. and then last month just 5% of new users were americans. the palo alto social networking site saw more people joining in places like brazil, philippines and india. >>> how the hornets managed to sting the competition. >>> a football fan with way too much time on his hands. >> i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up in just a few minutes on "game day." reggie williams is here to predict a warrior playoff appearance. is that true? >> true. >> i just put words in your mouth. but this is surprising off the bench right now for the wariors. got to be enjoying your role rights now. >> most definitely. coming off the bench and being able to contribute and having people win. >> reggie williams is on the show. an entire recap of the day in the national football league coming up on "game day." ,,,,,,,, the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland, your

few, however, are actually forced as cynthia bowers will show us, to tackle the drastic changes that confronted one man you already know. >> reporter: for more than 40 years, roger ebert has guided our choices at the box office. his voice instantly recognizable. >> a sinister inner force took over and i found myself typing-- and i quote-- i hated this movie. >> reporter: but no longer. do you remember what your last words were? >> no, because i didn't know they would be my last words. or i would have written something great. >> reporter: tragedy, triumph and true love later on sunday morning. >> osgood: paula abdul has been a wonderful singer, dancer, even a talent judge. no wonder some people wonder who she really is. this morning she'll talk about that with our julie chen. >> reporter: she's a world renown dancer and choreographer. a multi-platinum recording artist. >> how about a lot of you coming in. >> reporter: and a frequent punching bag for comedians. >> then i saw her on television a couple of days ago. she was loaded like a carp. >> reporter: what's the biggest misconceptio

cynthia bowers has more. >> reporter: when officers arrived to check reports of shots fired this camp ground turned into a killing ground. >> 69 is down. i've got a silver trailer with a male and a shot gun in it. and i've got man down in front of that trailer. >> the downed officer in the distress call is deputy hopper. she was ambushed without warning. >> 69's been shot. i cannot check her. >> reporter: even as officers tried to rescue the dying deputy, negotiators tried to talk the suspect into surrendering. an appeal met with a hail of gun fire erupting into a fire fight. >> they came in swarms. the guys putting on flak jackets. the next thing i hear a shot. the trailer is coming apart. glass flying, metal flying. it was scary. >> reporter: the officer in this photo was wounded in the heated exchange. he is listed in fair condition. the gunman identified by police as michael fairmon, a resident, was killed. hopper, a 40-year-old mother of two was an 11-year veteran of the clark county sheriff's department. >> as we speak she is being returned to clark county. she's being escorted

krv bs news correspondent cynthia bowers joins us from st. louis sglas the fast-moving systems rained down tornadoes causing massive damage across the southeastern part of missouri including metro st. louis. in the sunset hills suburb a tornado tore through at lunchtime taking out about 20 homes and businesses. >> it's incredible. absolutely inyesterday dibble. cars overturned, trucks overturned. it's kind of hard to believe such a thing could happen to our city. >> reporter: 20 people dove for cover inside a neighborhood pub, fortunately, there were only minor injuries. these were the worst new year's eve tornadoes here in more than 50 years, adding to the danger was the fact rare winter tornadoes sliced through colder air more quickly leaving little time for warning. people in the sunset hills community are waking up this morning feeling grateful. betty? >>> a stand-offer ended peacefully with the release of hostages and arrest of two gunmen. dozens of police officers surrounded the bank building. five hostages and a gunman came out first.