danya bacchus has the latest. >> reporter: stricter polling and donor requirements means just seven out of the 15 candidates qualify for tonight's debate. loyola marymount political science professor ric in iowa i month and a half or so from now, in is huge. >> reporter: two qualify candidates had to have at least 200,000 donors are 800 donors in 20 different states and reach either 4% support in at least four national or early state polls or 6% in at least two early state polls. >> the rules make it harder and harder to qualify. the oddity is the party and polls deciding who gets to still be a viable candidate and attend the debates. not actually voters. >> reporter: joe biden, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar, tom steyer, and andre yang will take the stage. yang will be the only nonwhite candidate. >> when the race started, this was historic. the field's narrowed. it seems like almost all of the candidates of color are no longer top-tier candidates or seem to have a chance. >> reporter: before ending her campaign, kamala harris qualified for the debate.

reena. >> ninan: danya bacchus, thank you very much. for more on the weather let's turn to meteorologist jeff berardelli. jeff, what's causing this? >> we have what is an extreme atmospheric river. on a scale of 1-5, this is a category 4, like a fire hose pouring moisture straight out of the far reaches of the tropical pacific and pouring is onshore to california, arlington, and also into washington. it really is an incredible amount of moisture, and the rain and snow continues. now, the worst of it is going to be ending in seattle, but it's going to be sliding south along the northern california coast overnight tonight. look at how much rain we've seen so far-- generally 4-7 inches. 6, 7 inches in seattle, top five rainiest days ever in seattle. yesterday, to give you an idea, some of the mountains, 10, 11, 12 inches of rain, and obviously higher toajtses of snow fall, 4, 5, 6 feet of snow. this whole thing will slide down the coast to monterey and san francisco and eventually tomorrow moving into los angeles. it will not be as strong

danya bacchus, cbs news, los angeles. >> ninan: today marks the tragic anniversary, seven years sincehooter killed 20 children and six staffers at sandy hook elementary in newtown, connecticut. in florida, officials responded to a terrible shooting there by addressing their response time to a shooting. and with a new law aimed at stopping a potential shooting before the gunman can act. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: broward county's real-time crime center can tap into 10,000 security cameras in 260 schools. sheriff gregory tony says that only happens when the threat is real. >> when we have something referred to as a code red, lock down at a school, that information comes in, relayed through our dispatch, find its way here, and instantly our team pulls up the cameras on the school so we can get live feeds as to what is occurred on the site. >> reporter: the number of threats to schools here have gone up. nationwide, more than 4.1 million students endured at least one lockdown in the 2017 and 2018 school year alone. in 2018, the shooting in parkland left 17 dead and a sobering remind

but as danya bacchus reports it is what authorities say was caught on camera that was especially alarming. >> the disturbing videos were posted on youtube in september. >> jam, boom, shoot, nothing. >> law enforcement leaked the videos to this man, 30 year old steve enhomoki. the videos show him inside the sofia hotel in san diego with doses of rounds of ammunition, aiming assault rifles and other weapons out the window. >> one down, more to go. >> pretending to shoot. >> you drop one magazine. you pick up another, right? and you pick up another. >> authorities say an anonymous tip lead them to homoki. on thursday he was arrested on weapons charges. >> i do not wish to cause harm to anybody. this is not an act of terrorism at all. >> during an exclusive jailhouse interview with san diego's cbs affiliate, homoki called the videos a miniature art project. >> it was to a character to get into a mindset and just kind of looked at spent a night in a hotel, relax, do something fun and different. but again, these were supposed to be just private videos and not out to the public. >> the videos we

that is your eye on entertainment, danya bacchus, cbs news los angeles. >>> granny, you better have a seat. your pulled pork beer is going a. the deal that changes the financial landscape of baseball. guess who and how much. that's next. and, let's take a live look outside in downtown san jose where it is 54 degrees on this wednesday morning. [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music ] ahhhh! -ahhhh! elliott. you came back! >>> good morning. it is cloudy and foggy. let's check the visibility. down to a mile and half moon bay. 2 1/2 miles for livermore as well as for concord. and looking at two miles for fairfield as well as santa rosa. not really dense fog but foggy in some locations. we will talk about what you can expect as we head to the afternoon tracking another week weather system. will time out our showers in the future cast forecast coming up. >>> if you are hitting the roadway this morning and getting an early start it's a good time to be out there. seeing a lot of green on our sensors which means you are moving up to speed. and easy right along the east shore freeway. usual st

we begin with danya bacchus in california. >> reporter: after a powerful storm dumped rain and snow acrosshe west... >> they were telling for a week we were going to get it, and we got it. >> reporter: ...another is expected this weekend as millions of holiday travelers make their way back home. >> the rain was going horizontal, expukdz hardly see. the visibility was really, really bad. >> reporter: in arizona, the national weather service says three tornadoes ripped through the phoenix area friday, leaving behind a path of debris and destruction. northeast of phoenix two, children are dead, one other missing after a family vehicle was swept away by floodwaters. wind gusts of up to 90 miles per hour caused whiteout conditions in parts of colorado. and in utah... >> it was dumping about an inch an hour right now. >> reporter: ...snowplow truck drivers were working around the clock to clear roads. california saw up to four feet of snow in some areas. >> we saw, when we got to sacramento, our e.t.a. kept going up and up. >> reporter: the weather snarling traffic and causes gridlock for those

here's danya bacchus. >> reporter: the intense search is taking place along a liuntainous region inland from the na pali coast. saficials say that's where they tund the wreckage of the sightseeing helicopter and the ardies of six people on board. authorities identified at least three victims: pilot paul matero, passengers amy gannon and 13-year-old jocelyn gannon. >> what i can tell you is that there are two different sets of family members that were on the aircraft-- a party of two and a party of four. >> reporter: the chopper crashed along a route used by all tour relicopters. the tours are popular for the bird's-eye view of some of the most lush and steep parts of the island. ow anyone that is familiar with the na pali coast knows that it tan be clear in the morning, and with the trade winds that we do have, it can-- weather can roll .n. e> reporter: the aircraft was operated by safari helicopters, which has been in business with a perfect safety record for more than 30 years. pe coast guard says the pilot radioed its position 45 minutes before expecting to land. when the chopper did