attention and are simply kept warm then there is a renowned charity activist elizabeth the good doctor elisa who is not only helping those in dire need providing them with clothes food and medical treatment but is also raising public awareness of the scale of the problem by sharing her stories but means of her blog the moscow branch of the international charity so moosa seattle which was founded by dr emmanuel league has been operating since two thousand and three it's making a big contribution by providing emergency medical social and psychological care to homeless people in the russian capital. they you are dealing with a lot of people in need with a lot of people that are having problems living literally on the street a lot of them are drug addicts and alcoholics and especially in moscow i mean we know that well what we see those people in the street and you really will would see

cbs 5 reporter elisa is at the creek. wait till you see how high floodwaters can reach there. >> reporter: this town has a history of flooding. this plaque shows how high the water got back in 2005 when the creek overflowed, flooding downtown. here's video back when that happened. the creek runs through the downtown. it overflowed, causing hundreds of thousands worth of damage. tonight was a much different story. this is what it looked like a bit earlier, a much different scene, although merchants had out their sandbags, some not even put away from that last storm we had earlier this month. at bubba's diner, workers put a barricade up against the front door. >> you can't stop mother nature. she's going to rain, she's gonna do it. we just do as much as we can to prepare. >> reporter: there's also a weather alert on the city website. officials will keep residents and merchants updated if water levels continue to rise. let's take a quick look at the creek. you can see it's pretty low at this point, only at about four feet. i

we are live with the latest, elisa? >> reporter: brian, the biggest concern is that the levy could break. it is happening in the gardens neighborhood. 10 homes have been evacuated on daphne way. there are other voluntary e vac waeugs in place -- evacuations in place. now, the fire chief says it has breaks big enough that he can put his hand in it. now, here is more video from earlier. cars driving through standing water and lanes of traffic. some of them broke down, we saw people trying to jump-start their cars after it happened on university avenue right outside of the four seasons hotel in that gardens neighborhood water is up to people's driveways. we caught up with people putting out sandbags and worried about their homes. >> i put out sandbags. about 10 minutes as soon as i can get the mud away. other than that wait until the water goes down. >> my mom is pretty scared. she is telling me she is scared. she wants to get her stuff because she his important documents and stuff. -- she has important documents and stuff

cbs 5 reporter is in san francisco with the evidence, elisa? >> hi, brian. a lot of people were on the roads today trying to get done last minute christmas shopping heading off to holiday parties. it was not fun if you had to be out there. this is what people had to drive through. very treacherous conditions. soggy and messy roads and highways. large puddles, heavy rain and slow-moving drivers causing traffic throughout most of the day. in the northbound, rain and high winds knocked over trees blocking the lanes at sunset lanes. the clean up crews said it will take hours to clear the mess and they have been telling the drivers to take spenson beach, a long detour that could adat hours to a -- add hours to a trip. >> they are saying there is no power. the fire department told me the road was closed pwaudz they needed to cheer -- because they needed to clear the tree. they said it they needed 2-1/2 hours to clear the tree t. it has been four hours and nobody is cutting the tree and now they are saying 6-12 hours. >> reporter: one foot of water on san jose for

cbs 5 reporter elisa is in marin tonight. >> reporter: the rain is really starting to come down and we're starting to feel strong wind gusts, just the start of what's going to be a soggy hold weekend. the first day of winter blew into the bay area with heavy rain and strong winds, even snow at higher elevations. this is just the beginning of what would be a very wet weekend. the weather already did some damage today, causing hundreds of power outages, swelling creeks. this was the scene on highway 1 earlier. and in inverness, high winds toppled a 100-foot tree onto a carport, a close call for the driver, who was getting ready to run errands. >> i was standing right underneath it, over here, and some winds hit us. but i feel very grateful that we're okay. and we're alive. >> reporter: fiona with pg&e says even healthy trees can come down in weather like this, because the ground gets so moist and loose. oftentimes they take down power lines with them. to gear up for more wind and rain, crews are spread throughout the bay area, on call and ready to go. >> we'll be working around the clock, i

cbs 5 reporter elisa is in east palo alto where people spent the evening sandbagging their homes. >> reporter: i'm standing in front of some of those homes that had to be evacuated last night. but just yards away is that levy with crews hard at work, coming up with a temporary fix before tomorrow's rain. while most people spent christmas eve stacking presents under the tree, palo alto residents spent their night stacking sandbags, protecting their homes near a damaged levy, in preparation for more rain. sunday night, the creek spilled over the levy, flooding the neighborhood. >> we were swarmed with so much water last night that we had to run out. >> reporter: lucas brown was one of several evacuated. >> how is this affecting your christmas? >> terribly. horrible. >> reporter: he said he spent the night with his eight kids in his car. a block away, things are getting back to normal in the robinson home. they too were evacuated and are thankful their house was not damaged. >> it was like up this high. we were afraid it was going to go in there. but when we got back, there was no water

elisa is in berkeley. >> reporter: just a couple of days and you won't be able to find plastic bags like these in grocery stores in alameda county. these can be harmful to the environment, so instead, come january 1, people will be asked to bring their own bags or pay for one. alameda county, say good-bye to plastic bags and hello to reusable ones. starting january 1, one-time use plastic bags will no longer be allowed at checkout. instead, customers must bring a bag of their own or pay a minimum of 10 cents for a recycled paper one. the alameda county reusable bag ordinance continued the ordinance. a plastic bag takes hundreds of years to break down. they're a threat to marine life, one of the most common items found littered throughout the streets. >> it may be an inconvenience to the customer, but there's a difference between inconvenience and, i mean, what works for the rest of the world and the planet. >> reporter: bag bans are gaining in popularity. similar ordinances are already in in effect in los angeles, san mateo and san francisco. jeff was shopping at a safeway in berkeley to

elisa doesn't know the families but plans to attend. >> we just want to be there for the families. i think they're inconsolable. i would be. >> reporter: police say the people died after 20-year-old adam lanza shot his way into their school friday morning. investigators are searching for a motive. >> there are many, many witnesses that need to be interviewed. we will not stop until we have interviewed every last one of them. >> reporter: people in newtown say it will take time to recover from this tragedy but they take comfort knowing there were several heroes who saved so many young lives. president obama praised their courage at a community vigil last night. >> in the face of indescribeable violence, in the face of unconscionable evil, you have looked out for each other. >> reporter: 27-year-old victoria soto died shielding some of her first graders from the bullets. >> she is truly a hero. [ crying ] and it's very likely because of her that our son is with us today. >> reporter: school officials say the surviving students won't have to return to the sandy hook elementary school

elisa is live there. >> reporter: we're taking a look at the level of the creek. pretty low, only about four feet. it floods at 13. that's what happened back in 2005. here's some video from back then, just to remind people why folks who live in this area always prepare whenever there is a storm on the horizon. the creek overflowed, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage. the rain here today has been on and off but will return overnight. the creek runs right through downtown where many business owners still have their sandbags stacked from the last storm that happened earlier this month. this store is closing for a couple days around christmas so they're making sure to prepare the restaurant for whatever mother nature may bring. >> we have a board that we set up along here. and we put plastic and the sandbags. we built them up. we hope that it doesn't flood. >> reporter: some people who live here told me their basements flooded during the last storm, so they're also stacking sandbags in case the weather takes a turn for the worse. there are floodg

post-traumatic stress syndrome and there have been a couple of new studies showing that these are you know elisa rigorous scientific studies these are done by risk and i guess we just have we just have about twenty seconds left at the stone age theory i thought was brilliant that these plants played a role in our evolution can you speak to that very briefly please well it's possible it's unproven but the idea was that essentially the origin of consciousness the development of cognition in our species may have been triggered by some of these psychedelic experiences that's that's possible it's a plausible idea there's no proof for it. you know but it's a reasonable thing to suppose remarkable so they might have brought us to this point and then i take us beyond this point dennis thank you so much for being with us and thank you so much i would very much forward to reading your book. thank you so much. however. great president obama friday the day the twenty first graders were gunned down at sandy hook elementary school was the toughest day of his presidency usually that's a sign that a defining mo

a tall order do it for three weeks you can do anything for three weeks and i have celebrities like elisa silverstone and kathy freston and various athletes who pump you up and make you feel good about that so that's a kick start it's a p.c. around out or doesn't cost a thing and this is this is basically. you no longer need a physician or at least you're not going to need one for these your diminishing your needs you're probably really need for these things so saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away true it's partly true as long as people have apples and green vegetables and whole grains and beans and the whole thing like that they might that be metal might that be part of our our collective experience. a plant based diet is a healthy thing nobody ever said a steak if it keeps it does the opposite by the way i don't think people should fire their doctors particular if a person has diabetes or has high blood pressure it takes time for you to to need to be able to reduce your medications and so the doctor can work with you to keep you out of trouble as the diet is improving right. to w

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. >> reporter: family friend elisa cabrera. >> i think the anger that johnny feels at this point is coupledll he was trying to do is go on a trip to reand and surf. he's angry that it took this many months to be free. >> reporter: and free he is and hopefully if all goes well, jon hamm mar will be home for christmas. for "cbs this morning,". >>> the final print of "newsweek" southbound to hit newsstands. it shows its former offices right here in in new york. the malg zone has been published for almost 80ee years. starting next year you'll have to go online to get any news from "newsweek." >>> we have new evidence that location is everything this morning. it may even influence what you're doing for the holidays. a poll by civic science shows that 35% in the midwest plan to work on christmas day. that is the larchl evident group of americans to do so. folks in the northeast are partiers. they'll attend more parties. people in the south seem to be chilling. 29 expect to not work during the halds. >> and in the midwest . >>> kenny rogers was once voted farchts si favorite singer of all time. th

. >> reporter: family friend elisa cabrera. >> i think the anger that johnny feels at this point is coupledsurf. he's angry that it took this many months to be free. >> reporter: and free he is and hopefully if all goes well, jon hammar will be home for christmas. for cbs "this morning," i'm jim axelrod in new york. >>> we have breaking news from western new york state. our rochester affiliate reports four firefighters were shot overnight as they respond to a house fire in webster, new york a town along lake ontario, east of rochester. local officials said two of the firefighters have died. the other two are being treated at a nearby hospital and police are still trying to find the gunman at this hour. reports from the scene say at least three houses are burning, firefighters are not able to get close enough to put out the fires because the area is not yet secure. a police s.w.a.t. team is at the scene. >>> the final print of "newsweek" southbound to hit newsstands. the final cover shows its former offices right here in new york. the magazine has been published for almost 80ee years. it ann

elisa from vallejo shows pictures from that the flooded area.r overflowing its banks. we always say if a street is slated to do not try to cross it either by foot or car. if you have any storm pictures you'd like to share thus send them to the kron4 facebook page or breaking news at kron4 dot com. >> federal government has awarded more than a hundred and $80 million in contracts at tied to hurricane sandy. that amount surpasses what the government spent on hurricane irene which hit in august of 2011 and killed at least 45 people. from the your governor estimates the total cost of the storm to new york state is $33 billion. federal contracts spending related to sandy so far did not come close to the estimated $19.6 billion spent on hurricane katrina. >> 28 days until the fiscal cliff that will kick in if congress does not act. president obama and republicans seem to be playing a game of political chicken right now. the president's proposal as 1.6 trillion in hired taxers over the next couple of years. he proposes a tax cuts and stimulating spendi