i'm demarco morgan.awaii are still steaming mad over this weekend's false alarm that sent them scrambling for shelter from a missile strike. of course there was no missile strike. state officials say it was all a big mistake. the person responsible has been reassigned. but that's not the end of it. david begnaud begins our coverage. >> the agency that made the mistake, said it is receiving threats after the chaos and confusion that sent people panicking. this little girl was low neared a manhole. 5500 people called 911. >> it was a mistake on our part. i regret -- the stress and concern and worry that you went through. >> hawaii's emergency administrator, said an employee clicked the wrong button twice. he was supposed to select the option for drill. but he clicked the real thing. at 8:07 this alert of ballistic missile threat was issued by the state emergency management agency. for what felt like an eternity, islanders heard this. >> a missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. this its not a dri

i'm demarco morgan.t-selling book "fire and fury" continues to spark anger and recrimination both within the white house and without. it paints an unflattering picture of the president with quotes from some of the people who know him best. mr. trump described as a child who is no more than semiliteral and has a problem with reality. some of the most damning quotes from former chief strategist, steve bannon now backing away as fast as he can. major garrett has the the story. >> the people in the white house are like everybody else in the country. what's going to hapt pen here? we don't know from day -- >> on cbs this morning. author michael wolf said there are times when people of trump's inner serkle are alarmed by unpredictability and temper they wonder if they should take extraordinary measures. >> they've dent say, the cabinet is going to rmove the president. but they do say, things, things like, this is a little 25th amendmenty here. >> under the 25th amendment if a majority of a president's cabinet

i'm demarco morgan.president trump went before a joint session of congress to deliver his first state of the union addressed. touting the first year in office, falling unemployment rate and soaring stock market. laid out an ambitious agenda for the year ahead. here's some of what the president had to say. >> less than one year has passed since i first stood at this podium in this majestic chamber to speak on behalf of the american people and to address their concerns, their hopes, and their dreams. that night, our new administration had already taken very swift action. a new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land. each day since we have gone forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission. to make america great again for all americans. tonight, i want to talk about what kind of future we are going to have and what kind of a nation we are going to be. all of us together as one team, one people, and one american family, can do anything. we all share the same home, the same heart, the sam

." >>> hi, welcome to the "overnight news," i'm demarco morgan.ope is beginning to fade in southern california, where rescue teams are still clawing through debris searching for survivors of the devastating mudslide. montecito hardest hit when boulders, trees came crashing through homes and businesses. carter evans begins our coverage. >> as new images of harrowing rescues. and escapes emerge from across southern california. the clean-up continues. the massive mud, vehicles and debris is slowly being cleared from montecito neighborhood and highways. today the search-and-rescue mission looks more like a recovery operation. crews found a body in this home. as the victim's family stood by. the floodwater was so powerful when it rushed down randall road here it wiped out almost every single home on this block. these houses are worth upward of $3 million. now they're unrecognizable. here is what it looked like from above. before the flood. these are the boulders that came rolling down the mountain with floodwaters. there was nothing that could stop the

demarco morgan is here in new york city braving the cold. >> reporter: good evening.ord low temperatures along with dangerous wind chills are sure to kick off the new year with frigid temperatures putting a freeze on several decade's old traditions. with cold weather shattering records across the country from the midwest off to the east coast, these subzero temperatures, had the bravest canceling their plans this new year's eve. but it hasn't stopped this die hard from taking the polar bear plunge in massachusetts. >> my fingers, lips. can't feel them. >> reporter: in boston the city's parade and evening fireworks show both canceled due to temperatures in the single digits with wind chill bep low 0. for the first time in 30 years, the annual lobster dip in maine has been canceled. for more than a million spectators and revellers expected to pack time square for one of the biggest celebrations of them all. hats. gloves and hardy attitude will be needed waiting for the countdown to begin. >> i feel so cold. i can't feel my feet. and my hands. but, i am, i am happy to be

we have the forecast, and reports from demarco morgan and omar villafranca.>> reporter: the arctic blast sweeping the country downing power lines, icing over roads, and causing dozens of water main breaks. turning neighborhood like this one into an ice rink overnight. the cold snap made it hard for emergency responders used to braving the elements. new york city, firefighters fought flames as residents huddled on fire escapes in 13 degree weather. fire fighters n massachusetts were caked in ice after fighting a house fire. >> the water freezes on our equipment. on our air packs. on our masks. >> in indianapolis, where temperatures dipped to record minus 12, first set in 1887 there was a mad dash to get the homeless off the street. >> this weather is not just cold, it's deadly. >> at least 11 deaths have been linked to the cold spell including this family of four in kansas who died when their car careened off a click road. chinks of ice seen floating in bodies of water from lake michigan to the mississippi river to niagara falls. two weeks into winter and part

we do have the forecast and reports tonight from demarco morgan and omar villafranca. t, demarco. >> reporter: the arctic blast blat has been sweeping the country has been downing power lines, icing over roads, and causing dozens of water main breaks, turning neighborhoods, like this one, into an ice rink overnight. the cold snap has made it especially hard for emergency responders used to braving the elements. ci new york city, firefighters fought flames as residents huddled on their fire escapes in 13-degree weather. firefighters in massachusetts were caked in ice after fighting a house fire. >> the water freezes on our equipment, on our air packs, on our masks. >> reporter: and in indianapolis, where temperatures inpped to record minus 12, first set in 1887, there was a mad dash to get the homeless off the street. >> this weather is not just, you know, cold. t's deadly. kn reporter: at least 11 deaths bve been linked to the cold nsell, including this family of four in kansas, who died when their car careened off a slick road. chunks of ice could be seen floating in b

demarco morgan is here in new york city braving the cold. >> reporter: good evening. record low temperatures along with dangerous windchills are sure to kick off the new year with frigid temps putting a freeze on several decades-old traditions. with cold weather shattering records across the country from the midwest to the east coast, these subzero temps have even the bravest canceling their plan this new year's eve. but it hasn't stopped this diehard from taking the polar bear plunge in gloucester, massachusetts. >> my fingers, my lips, can't feel them but everything else feels great. >> reporter: in boston the city's parade and evening fireworks show have both been cancelled due to temperatures in the single digits with a windchill dipping below zero for the first time in 30 years, the annual lobster dip in maine has been cancelled. for more than a million spectators and revelers expected to pack time square for one of the biggest celebrations of them all, hats, gloves and hearty attitude will be needed waiting for the count down to begin. >> i feel so cold, i can't

from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm demarco morgan. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's tuesday, january 16th, 2018, this is the "cbs morning news". >>> trapped in a house of horrors. a california couple faces charges of starving and chaining their 13 children. >>> four-time olympic gold medalist simone biles says she, too, was a victim of dr. larry nassar, former usa gymnastics doctor. >>> and moments of terror as babies and children are tossed from a burning building. the rescue caught on camera. ♪ >>> good morning from the cbs 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. a southern california couple is behind bars this morning after police made a horrifying discovery. authorities say they found 12 of their children being held captive, some chained to beds, and starving. the children range in age from 2 to 29 years old. we have the latest. >> reporter: social media posts show one big, happy family. 13 kids with their parents on vacation, often dressed in matching outfits. but investi

demarco morgan is there. >> reporter: just before 9:00 a.m. central time, an explosion at a gas well just west of quinton, oklahoma, sent workers running for their lives. >> this is the rig. it's obviously been blown off the top of the platform. >> reporter: 17 people managed to escape. five are still unaccounted for. pittsburgh county sheriff chris morris. >> they're all pretty shook up from what i've seen, which is expected. it's a pretty traumatic deal to go through. >> reporter: authorities say they don't know what caused the explosion and the company does not have a history of incidents. kevin enloe is the pittsburgh county emergency management director. what do we know about five still unaccounted for? >> we don't. all we know is they are missing at this point. >> reporter: at this moment are you fearing the worst? >> i'm staying hopeful. i want the stay optimistic, but, you know, it was a very intense fire. >> reporter: authorities are not letting anyone get close to the site of the explosion. the fire is still burning. searchers have n

from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm demarco new york city, i'm demarco morgan. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> it's friday, january 12th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." no deal. president trump rejects a bipartisan immigration proposal, but it was his vulgar racially charged quote about haiti, el salvador, and african countries that has lawmakers on both sides of the aisle sounding off. >>> after a brief reprevious snow, rain, and a temperature drop make a return to parts of the country. >>> and putting friends first. the change facebook is making to your news feed. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> president trump rejected an immigration reform deal reached by a bipartisan group of senators using vulgar and racially charged language. the president's outburst targeted immigrants from haiti, el salvador, and africa. the white house is not denying the president's remarkses, which has triggered criticism from both sides of the aisle. hen

demarco morgan in niagara falls begins our coverage. >> reporter: the arctic blast downing power linesover breaks turning neighborhoods like t overnight. the cold snap made it hard for emergency responde u braving the elements. in new york city firefighters huddled on fire escapes in 13 degree weather.fire fighters in caked in ice after fighting a house fire. >> the water freezes on our equipment. in indianapolis, where minus 1 first set in 1887, a mad dash to >> this weather is not just cold, it its dea>> repter: at l linked to the cold spell including the family of four in ns careened off theck chunks of ice could be seen floating in bodies of water from lake michigan to the mississippi river to niagara falls. we are two weeks into winter.pa fr frigid cold spell. the last time the falls yrs ag back in 1938. but there were tourists who braved the cold. mark thoe hemas is. you get that frozen effect of the ice. and the mists coast the trees. so they sparkle in the sunlight. you've get rainbows this time of year. >> i'm omar villafranca in nor texas. temperatures dropped teens.ro the so

i'm demarco morgan. search-and-rescue teamsen southern california are in a race against time off to find survivors. trapped amid the debreis of deadly mudslides. torrential rains, center trees, boulders rumbling down the hillside. hundreds of homes are destroyed. power lines down. gas lines snapped. in some places the only way into the disaster zone is behind a bulldozer or inside a helicopter. jeff glor begins coverage with a bird's eye view, in the devastation in and around montecito. >> look at that, the 101 underneath us. you get a sense how much damage was done. damage was done and how difficult the clean-up process is. in some cases the mud is three feet deep. some of this areas are so vulnerable to mudslides because the topography is so rugged, it goes from sea level, to moun mountains that are a few thousand feet high within a few miles. in some cases the mud moves so fast it was so deep it swept homes right off their foundations. >> when you get down to the ground this is what you see. this is j

demarco morgan is there. >> just before 9:00 a.m. central time, an explosion at ape gas well west of quinton, oklahoma sent workers running for their lives. >> this is the rig. obviously blown off the top of the platform 17 people managed to escape. five are still unaccounted for. pittsburgh county sheriff, chris morris. they're all pretty shook up. from what i have seen. expected. pretty traumatic to go through. the company does not have a history of incidents. the pittsburgh county emergency managen't director. >> what do we know about the five unaccounted for. >> we don't. we know they're missing at this point. >> at this moment are you fearing the werest? >> i'm staying hopeful. i want to stay optimistic. but, you know, it was very intense fire. >> reporter: authorities are still not letting anyone get close to the site of the explosion. with fire still burning, searchers have not been able to get closer than 100 feet to the rig to search for the five missing workers. jeff. >> demarco. thank you very much. >>> thick smoke filled

i'm demarco morgan.sident trump and the republican-controlled congress have until midnight tonight to come up with a spending plan that will keep the federal government open. and right now a deal does not look close. if the deadline passes without an agreement, non-essential agencies will be shuttered and their workers furloughed. nancy cordes has the latest on the negotiations. >> who is running this republican party? who's making decisions? >> reporter: lawmakers warmed up for the shutdown blame game today. >> democrats if they're going to shut down the government can do that. >> reporter: as high-level talks over a daca deal stalled. >> so you don't think that's going anywhere? >> well, i don't know. i haven't seen any evidence of anything. >> reporter: most congressional leaders agree that so-called dreamers should be allowed to apply for legal status. >> i think we can solve it in 30 minutes if people wanted to. >> reporter: but some conservatives, including those in the white house, want big conces

demarco morgan is about 150 miles west of there in niagara falls, new york, where the water seems to literally be stuck. demarco, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is absolutely beautiful out here. but make no mistake about it, it is also dangerously cold. in fact, locals here in niagara falls are predicting that by the end of the month, this entire place will be completely frozen. the bone chilling freeze has turned parts of niagara falls into ice. on the canadian side, the area around the horseshoe falls has been frozen solid for days. from coast to coast, bitter cold is gripping the country. in texarkana arkansas, the intense cold froze this fountain from top to bottom. and washington state near the british columbia border, a powerful ice storm took down power lines and damaged more than 30 poles. and in apex, north carolina, three hunters had to be rescued after icy water their boat had just broken through froze again. >> it can get really cold really quick on days like that out there. >> reporter: the frigid temperatures are also causing problems for emergency crews. in

demarco morgan is here in new york city braving the cold. >> reporter: good evening.nd chills are sure to kick off the new year with frigid temperatures putting a freeze on several decade's old traditions. with cold weather shattering records across the country from the midwest off to the east coast, these subzero temperatures, had the bravest canceling their plans this new year's eve. but it hasn't stopped this die hard from taking the polar bear plunge in massachusetts. >> my fingers, lips. can't feel them. >> reporter: in boston the city's parade and evening fireworks show both canceled due to temperatures in the single digits with wind chill bep low 0. for the first time in 30 years, the annual lobster dip in maine spectators and revellers expected to pack time square for one of the biggest celebrations of them all. hats. gloves and hardy attitude will be needed waiting for the countdown to begin. >> i feel so cold. i can't feel my feet. and my hands. but, i am, i am happy to be here. >> reporter: for those of you planning to battle the extremely cold weather, bun

demarco morgan is about 150 miles west of there in niagra falls, new york, where the seems to be literallystuck. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. you can barely make it out behind me but it is beautiful out here but it is extremely dangerous when you talk about the cold temperatures here. in fact, the locals here are predicting the entire place could completely freeze over before the month is out. a bone chilling freeze has turned parts of the falls into ice. on the canadian side the area around the horse shoe falls has been frozen solid for days. from coast to coast, bitter cold is gripping the country tray. in arkansas the intense cold froze this fountain from top to bottom. and a powerful ice storm took down power lines and damaged more than 30 poles and in apex, north carolina, three hunters had to be rescued after icy water their boat had just frozen through broke again. >> quick out there on days like that. >> reporter: washington, d.c. monday firefighters used a flare to thaw a frozen ladder. >> the water freezes on our equipment, on our air packs, on our masks. >> re

demarco morgan. good morning. >> good morning to you. as you can see behind me here at the connecticut river right here, it's filled with huge as the ice dam breaks, the water pushes through flooding homes and nearby neighborhoods. just when will it break? no one knows. frigid temperatures have made look morehan a bodyçe of water. in connecticut, an ice jam forced evacuations and road closures. the kent sc0 students home after pipes broke and water flooded.rby streets into swamp. >> it was a disaster. ice was building right up. it was really scary. >> reporter: slick roads andzing temperatures in the south are creating dangerous black ice. houston's mayor says the ns are only getting worse. >> i am asking people please stay off the roads. please stay off the roads. >> reporter: major roads were littered with spinouts and pi from texas to louisiana, even emergency personnel found icy roads a struggle. in kentucky traffic was backed up for miles after two traffic trailers and a greyhound bus collided. at least 11 people were roads are dete

demarco morgan is in hamburg, new york, where the windchill is expected to fall as low as minus 10 degreesoday. demarco, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. just take a look at this outdoor deck right here behind me. it is completely covered in icicles. and if that's not enough to show you just how cold it is, look at this ice block right here. a block of ice which can be extremely dangerous. also the roads are very dangerous as well. one person died after a 75-vehicle car pileup on the new york state thoroughway. >> wow! look at that truck! >> reporter: dozens of vehicles were stranded on the new york state throughway tuesday as drivers battled whiteout conditions. >> you couldn't see a gosh darn thing in front of you. everything was blurry. there was complete whiteout. >> reporter: as temperatures in lancaster plummeted to 15 degrees, the snowy roads turned slick. into the night authorities were still cleaning up remnants of a massive pileup. in nearby buffalo niagara airport, more whiteout conditions. video shows a plane barely visible while trying to taxi. indianapolis tues

demarco morgan has more. >> reporter: good morning.ou can see the connecticut river is filled with huge chunks of ice. it looks nice now, but as the ice jam breaks, it pushes water towards homes and streets, causing flooding. just when will it break? no one knows. frigid temperatures have made the connecticut river look more like a glacier than a body of water. in connecticut, an ice jam forced evacuations and road closures. schools sent more than 500 students home after the campus flooded and water froze in place. a six-mile ice jam in vermont turns nearby streets into a frozen swamp. >> it was a disaster. ice was building right up. it was really scary. >> reporter: slick roads and subfreezing windchills in the south are creating dangerous stretches of black ice. >> i've never seen a little bit of ice like that. >> reporter: houston's mayor says the conditions are only getting worse. >> i am asking people, please stay off the roads. please stay off the roads. >> reporter: major roads were littered with spinouts and pileups. officials