jim. >> axelrod: important story. marlie, thank you. still ahead, the expanding e. coli outbreak that's taking a bite out of chipotle's bottom line. . >> axelrod: a rough week of weather is in the forecast for the pacific northwest. five storms are set to hit one after another over the next eight days. the western parts of oregon and washington state are most at risk for major flooding. the e. coli outbreak linked to chipotle restaurants has now expanded. the c.d.c. now reports 52 people have become sick in nine states, now including illinois, maryland, and pennsylvania. here's jamie yuccas. >> reporter: 90% of the 52 total cases report eating at chipotle restaurants. all became ill between october 19 and november 13. so far, 20 people have been hospitalized. no one has died. weeks into the investigation, no ingredient or supplier has been identified, but the centers for disease control say all the cases have a unique d.n.a. secretary. c.d.c. outbreak team leader commander matt weiss. >> i think the pattern of this outbreak is highly suggestive that there is a single

i'm jim axelrod. the deadly storm system that claimed 56 lives as it swept through the south and midwest is now dumping snow on northern new england. half a foot has fallen in maine. it's also producing historic flooding in missouri, where they're filling and stacking sandbags to hold back the surging mississippi river. bad weather is blamed for more than tin,000 flight delays in the past few days, and more than 4,000 cancellations. we have a team of correspondents deployed, beginning with adriana diaz at chicago's o'hare airport. adriana. appropriate jim, all day long, we've seen lines stretch across the length of the terminal as passengers try to get through security and to their gates, but many flights were canceled or delayed. crowded chaos took over the terminals here. check-in lines, six rows deep. security checkpoints, packed with passengers, running out of patience. >> i don't even know what to think. i'm really nervous. >> reporter: 800 flights were afternoon on top of the nearly 1400 cancele

i'm jim axelrod. dozens of women have accused bill cosby of sexually assaultivg them but today for the first time, the comedian, actor, and longtime moral crusader was charged criminally, indecent assault, just days before the statute of limitations was due to run out. if convicted, cosby, who is 78 years old, could face five to 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine. tonight, he's free on $1 million bail. jericka duncan reports from suburban philadelphia. >> mr. cosby, do you want to say ything? >> repepter: this afternoon, attornrns for comedian bill sby walked him into this small courthouse in elkins park, pennsylvania, to hear the criminal sexual assault charges against him. his accuser is andrea constand, a former temple university employee who first told police about the alleged incident over a decade ago. constand says in the winter of 2004, she went to cosby's house for career advice. cosby offered, and she took, three blue pills and wine to relax. in the criminal complaint released today, she

i'm jim axelrod. the bodies of three more storm victims were found today in mississippi and alabama, the 16th, 17th, and 18th people killed this week by tornadoes that swept across the south. in alabama, where another twister touched down christmas night, nearly 200 roads are closed due to flooding, and the threat of extreme weather is not over yet. the south central u.s. faces everything from more tornadoes to blizzard conditions while part of the midwest and northeast could finally get their first real taste of winter early next week. we begin tonight with mark strassmann in mississippi. >> yeah, you can't live like that, sweetheart. >> reporter: kenya williams is both heartbroken and thankful. her brick home since childhood has lost its roof and half its walls but she has perspective. 10 mississippi residents were killed by the christmas week tornadoes. six of them were her neighbors. >> my 72-year-old blind, disabled dad was in this house when the tornado hit. so for him to come out with just a bu

jim, they lost their house, but this is home. >> axelrod: an important distinction in the face of such tragedy. mark strassmann, thank you. meteorologist jeff jamieson is with our cbs dallas station kttv. jeff, who is in the danger zone now? >> jim a big severe threat across central texas right now. tornado watch for the rest of the evening, including the dallas-fort worth area. we've already had a few confirmed tornadoes in east texas and the threat of severe weather really goes all the way up into the midwest, including chicago, for the rest of this evening. the severe weather threat the same areas, maybe farther east in louisiana, arkansas, and on the backside of the storm, it's all about snow. a lot of snow? new mexico and far west texas right now. blizzard warnings in effect for the texas panhandle. this could be an historic storm for them as we're talking about 12-18 inches of snow on the ground by tomorrow night. a lot of that blowing snow with up to five to six-foot drifts hour. >> axelrod: jeff jamieson with thank you. north of los angeles tonight, firefighters are trying to c

i'm jim axelrod. and this is the western edition of the broadcast. with the first votes now set to be cast in a little more than six weeks, the democratic candidates for president are getting ready for their third debate. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will take the stage tonight in manchester, new hampshire, but the campaigns have been battling each other all day. clinton aides accused sanders' staffers of stealing information about their strategy during a data breach. the democratic national committee punished sanders by cutting off access to its database for two days. julianna goldman is in manchester to sort it all out. >> reporter: with one side charging theft and the other alleging favoritism, both campaigns set the stage for what could be a fiery debate. >> obviously, it was totally unethical to steal our data. >> reporter: clinton campaign manager robby mook said they still don't know if the sanders campaign kept the voter data they accessed earlier this week. >> they've now agreed to have an independent audit to make sure they no longer

jim. >> axelrod: marlie, thank you. now to the story of a bmw on a california highway-- or perhaps more accurately, a "beamer." the metal beam apparently fell off the back of the truck directly in front of this bmw and crashed right through the windshield. the driver escaped with only a scratch apparently from the beam grazing his elbow. while we're on the subject of hard-to-believe pictures, check out 11-year-old sen show-lin from china. he skip-roped 110 times in 30 seconds and that officially makes him the fastest rope skipper in the world. so fast, in fact, the judges had to rewatch his performance in slow motion, just to be able to get an accurate count. still ahead-- snow drought. a city famous for brutal winters and mountains of snow has neither.. making it really hard to book the flight you want. luckily, there's a better way... with the capital one venture card. with venture, you'll earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, every day. and when you're ready to travel, just book the flight you want, on any a

jim axelrod is in tonight for scott pelley on the evening news. we'll see you back here at 6:00. mber the latest news and weather are always on our website, cbssf.com. >> axelrod: criminal charges against a man, once known as "america's dad." bill cosby, accused of drugging and sexual assaulting a woman. >> the reaction of the victim-- frozen, paralyzed, unable to move. >> axelrod: also tonight, the furious effort to hold back rising rivers in missouri. donald trump keeps firing at hillary and bill clinton. and two kids, one big idea-- helping thousands go to college. >> what you give out to the world you get back 10 times, you know, fold. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> axelrod: good evening. scott's off tonight. i'm jim axelrod. and this is the western edition of our broadcast. dozens of women have accused bill cosby of seal

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jim axelrod is in for scott pelley on the evening. mber the latest news and weather are always on our website, cbssf.com. >> axelrod: hell at the airports, high water on the mississippi. flooding, snow, and ice from a storm that won't quit. also tonight: caught in mexico. the teen who once beat a prison term by claiming to be too spoiled to know right from wrong. walking into danger-- the consequences of paying too much attention to the cell phone. and-- >> music should be color blind, and to make it that way, you have to infuse in it all of the colors. >> axelrod: a maestro on a mission. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> axelrod: good evening. scott's off tonight. i'm jim axelrod.

i'm jim axelrod. survivors of the deadly storms in the south spent this christmas day cleaning up wreckage and giving thanks just to be alive. unusually warm weather spawned an outbreak of tornadoes wednesday that killed at least 14 people, seven in mississippi, six in tennessee, and one in arkansas. a view from above arbland, mississippi, shows some of the homes that were blown to pieces, these with their roofs torn clean off, others completely flattened. mark strassmann is in disaster zone. >> reporter: this hilltop neighborhood was hit hard by the twister that skipped across hole some homes here were badly damaged. others are completely gone. >> this is bad. this is really bad. >> reporter: this woman came home to no sign of christmas joy. >> this is where i used to live and it's gone. >> reporter: the house she shared with her husband, son, and daughter for the past nine years is scattered among a grove of shattered trees. her 35-year-old son was the only one home when the tornado hit. he's hospit

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i'm jim axelrod. we question win with a christmas turned deadly by the kind of storms we don't usually see until spring. dozens of tornadoes tore through the south and midwe including the first ever recorded in michigan in december. at least eleven were killed last states of emergency have been declared in georgia, tennessee and mississippi where about 100 homes were destroyed. manuel bojorquez begins our coverage near holly splrings, mississippi. >> you cananee the debris. >> reporter: this tornado was on the ground for ten minutes as it tore through the town of clarksdale, mississippi. storm chasers scrambled to get out of harm's way as a tornado came right at them, and another slammed into a busy highway, knocking a tractor-trailer on its side. mississippi governor phil bryant... >> if you look at the damage here, it is as bad as any tornado that we've had, and i i have been through a lot of them. >> reporter: marvin and bernita sims were in their house watching tv when the storm hit. their home wa

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