john blackstone has more on that. >> reporter: in churches across the san bernardino region today, congregations lifted their voices in prayer and sorrow. >> today i'm going to be talking about evil, how evil can touch anyone, anywhere, at any given time. >> reporter: at st. catherine of sienna, the tragedy took one of their own. yvette velasco, 27, was one of those killed. >> she sat in these pews, the same ones we're sitting in. that hit close to home. >> reporter: the deaths hit close at church of the woods in lake arrowhead. last sunday mike wetzel stood before this congregation with five of his six children. who's in "the nutcracker" next week. >> reporter: wednesday, wetzel was killed. >> mike wetzel served the lord. >> reporter: the victims were remembered too at a mosque today.

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john blackstone has more on that. ♪ ♪. >> reporter: in churches across the san ber dino region todaygregations lifted their voices in prayer and sorrow. >> today i'm going to be talking about evil, how can evil can touch anyone, anywhere, at any given time. >> reporter: at st. catherine of siena the tragedy took one of their own. yvette velasco, 27, was among those killed. >> she sat in these pews, the same ones that we're sitting in. and so that hit close to home. >> reporter: the deaths hit close as well at the church of the woods in lake arrowhead. just last sunday mike wetzel stood before this congregation with five of his six children. >> this is our ginger bread carly here in the nut cracker this week. >> reporter: on wetzel, wednesday was killed. >> mike wetzel served the lord and now he's with the lord. >> reporter: the victims were remembered too at a mosque today. the setting for an interfaith service bringing a community in pain together. at the kingdom culture worship center pastor sher man dumas has been providing prayers and comfort from minutes after the shooting began

here's john blackstone. >> reporter: the names and faces of the 14 killed are just the beginning. add the wives and husbands left behind, the children now without a parent. families and friends robbed of a loved one. so many lives changed forever. savannah adams, just 20 months old, will know her father, robert, only from photographs. >> robert always wanted to be a father and for the past 20 months he was a devoted father to savannah. >> reporter: a child lost her father. a mother lost her child. >> reporter: her daughter, tin, was 31, soon to be married. amidst the sadness of the loss, those murdered will be remembered for what they gave others. shannon johnson and denise peraza were coworkers who took cover together when the shooting started. johnson was killed, peraza, wounded. she wrote, ," i'll always remember him saying, i got you. i believe i'm still here today because of this amazing man." ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: at notre dame high school, students honored damian meins. he graduated decades ago but often returned as a volunteer. last sunday, just days before mike wet

said more than prayer will be needed to prevent more straj gee-- tragedies like this. >> glor: john blackstone, thank you. the justice department is expected to announce a civil rights investigation into the chicago police department. cbs news has confirmed what is called a pattern or practice investigation. could be announced as early as this week, amid allegations of a coverup in the shooting death of 16 year old laquan mcdonald last year. thousands are out of their homes tonight after a weekend of kingdom. jonathan vigliotti has more on this from london. >> reporter: massive lakes formed where before there were acres of rolling farms. and then there were the rivers. sweeping through main streets and residential blocks, turning homes into islands. in less than 24 hours officials say at least one month's worth of rain fell in parts of northern england and scotland. a new record forb the u.k irene shaw was among the thousands who were waterlogged. >> i had no real warning because it's never been as bad as this. >> reporter: the flooding ignited a massive rescue effort. teams went house-to-hous

scott. >> pelley: john blackstone reporting. thank you, john. we're looking at a live picture of police apparently going house to house in this neighborhood where the shoot-out with the suspects in the s.u.v. occurred. large number of police officers moving through that neighborhood. we are going to wrap up this cbs news special report but for many of you, we will be going back to regular programming. for some of you, this special edition of the cbs evening news will continue in just a moment. o o cbsnews.com. ♪song: "that's life" ♪song: "that's life" ♪song: "that's life"♪ that's life. you diet. you exercise. and if you still need help lowering your blood sugar... ...this is jardiance. along with diet and exercise, jardiance works around the clock to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. it works by helping your body to get rid of some of the sugar it doesn't need through urination. this can help you lower blood sugar and a1c. and although it's not for weight loss or lowering systolic blood pressure, jardiance could help with both. j

tonight john blackstone tells us how some in the community fear a backlash against them. >> reporter: since the san bernardino shootings, ranyel has changed the way she covers her hair so she looks less muslim. >> instead of the traditional i wear hats so i can blend in to minimize any possibility of someone retaliating or saying something to me. >> reporter: as a mother of five who lives three miles from the scene of the shootings she was already concerned about the safety of her family. then she learned the attackers were muslim. >> when i knew the name of the shooter, i was devastated. the first thing i did is i end up writing an e-mail to all the principals of my kids' schools letting them know that i'm a attacks. >> reporter: since the paris attacks, there have been several attacks on muslims. a pregnant muslim woman assaulted in san diego. two airline passengers ordered off a flight in chicago after a passenger heard them speaking arabic and felt threatened. and after the san bernardino massacre, a copy of the koran filled with bullets left outside an islamic clothing store in s

here's john blackstone. >> reporter: the usually busy las vegas strip was crowded instead with emergency vehicles after the 1996 model oldsmobile pedestrians on the sidewalk. >> everybody has to get back. >> reporter: antonio nassar had just stepped out of the casino when the car sped past. >> people were bouncing off the front of the car. you could hear it. the windshield was smashed. she rode on the sidewalk and accelerated and just kept mowing everyone down. >> reporter: soon after police say 24-year-old lakeisha halloway pulled into a casino papaing lot and told thehealet to call 911. >> it looked like she wasn't even trying to stop the car. she had both of her hands on the wheel and was looking straight forward. there were men running after her trying to stop the vehicle, and they couldn't get to her. >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: clark county sheriff joe lombardo doesn't think this was an act of terror but still can't rule it out. >> as far as terrorism, we don't know what the intent was behind it, and we don't know enough of her background to make that determination. we

even one pastor said more than prayer will be needed to prevent more tragedies like this. >> john blackstone, thank you. >>> the justice department is expected to announce a civil rights investigation into the chicago police department. cbs news has confirmed what's called a pattern or practice investigation could be announced as early as this week amid allegations of a cover-up in the shooting death of 16-year-old >>> thousands are out of their homes tonight after a weekend of historic flooding in the united kingdom. >> reporter: massive lakes formed where before there were acres of rolling farms. and then there were the rivers, sweeping through main streets and residential blocks, turning homes into islands. in less than 24 hours, officials say at least one month's worth of rain fell in parts of northern england and scotland, a new record for the uk. irene shaw among the thousands who were water logged. >> i had no real warning because it's never been as bad as this. ignited a massive rescue effort. teams went house to house by boat, the army moved in by truck. in all over 200 people were

john blackstone thank you so much.s the west cools down, the eastern hart of the country is heath up. jericka duncan has that story. >> reporter: on the busiest shipping week of the year, mail carrier valerie dickson has some spring in her step. >> usually i have my big coat, two pairs of gloves, a scarf around my throat and mouth and all that. i have a scarf on but i don't need to be all wrapped up. >> reporter: in chicago where dixon was making her rounds, temperatures were in the 50s last year with wind chills at 20 below. >> snow, cold-- i'm dressed for it. >> reporter: seeing green means more green for this golf course in massachusetts. manager dick murphy thanks mother nature. >> now we're going to be open right through sunday, so we're beyond christmas. that's unheard of. >> reporter: but other business in the northeast, like ski resort are, watching profits melt away. new york city is bringing in winter on a high note. central park is on pace to break a december record for fewest days below freezing. the macleo

john blackstone, cbs news. california. >>> governor brown delayed his trip to the summit in paris to go to san bernardino tonight. gun control bills are going nowhere in washington. senate republicans blocked a proposal by california's dianne feinstein that would have banned gun sales to people on the no fly list. you can stay with kpix5 and cbssf.com for continuing coverage of the san bernardino massacre. >>> in other news tonight, the bay area got quite a soaking earlier today. we are not completely done yet. it was pouring in walnut creek this afternoon. umbrellas out in full force. this is something we have not seen in a while. we could see more showers. >> more showers ton radar. those of you in the north bay which by far has received the most rainfall. up to two inches. could see more. that is you in sonoma county, mendocino county, saint helena, calistoga, cloverdale and guerneville picking up rain tonight. calistoga, more than an inch of rainfall. two-thirds in novato. berkeley, saratoga, one-half of an

san bernardino is a city in mourning tonight, and here's john blackstone. >> reporter: at a growing memorial near the building where residents of san bernardino have en leaving messages, flowers, candles, and tears. >> we ask that you accept the souls of those who were lost. >> reporter: even as investigators find new clues to the motive for the shooting, rafael sandez is struggling with that seems impossible to answer. >> how can somebodyyith a six-month-old d ild have so much hate? >> reporter: with thousands of candles, the residents of san bernardino tried last night to lift the darkness that has settled over this community. the family of bennetta betbadal mourned a woman who fled islamic extremism in iran nearly 30 years ago, only to die in wednesday's massacre. she leaves a husband and three children. her daughter, jolen, is 15. >> she supported me with my dreams. everybody on twitter that's contacting me saying how sorry they are, it just makes me, like, happy that somebody is there and cares. >> reporter: another of the victims, michael wetzel, had six children. most were with him at

tonight john blackstone tells us how some in the community fear a backlash against them. >> since the san bernardino shootings, ron has changed the way she covers her hair so she looks less muslim. >> instead of wearing the traditional, i start wearing hats so that way i can blend in to minimize any, you know, possibility of someone retaliating or saying inning to me. >> reporter: as a mother of five who lives just three miles from the scene of the shooting, she was already concerned about the safety of her family. then she learned the attackers were muslim. >> when i knew the name of the shooter, i was devastated. the first thing i did was i end up writing an e-mail to all the principals of my kids schools letting them know that i am a muslim, we're a muslim family. that we condemn these kind of attacks. >> reporter: since the paris attacks, there have been several attacks on muslims. a pregnant muslim woman assaulted in san diego. ordered off a flight in chicago after a passenger heard them speaking arabic and felt threatened. and after the san bernardino massacre, a copy of the kor

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other government departments heightened security. >> pelley: john blackstone with the key interviews tonight. john, thank you. well, maybe it was an attempt to appear proactive, but today there was an odd announcement from the department department of homeland security about its terror alert system. you may have forgotten that there is a terror alert system because it's never been used in its current form. today dhs announced that the system will change, but it didn't say how. jeff pegues tried to cut through the muddle. >> >> i'll be announcing soon hopefully what our new system is that i think reflex the current environment and the current realities. >> reporter: secretary of homeland security jeh johnson said the current system is flawed. the original color-coded warnings, developed after 9/11, were criticized for sending out too many alerts. the current system has never sent out an alert because it requires an imminent threat. the modification will lower the threshold for warning the it is an acknowledgment of the changing nature of the threat, something president obama highlight

today john blackstone talked to survivors. >> reporter: when the shooting began in san bernardino, trudymundo was standing near the door as one of the shooters burst through. >> he came walking in and started firing and started walking toward the middle of the room where all the staff are sitting just firing. >> reporter: corwin porter was hiding under the table as the husband and wife assassins kept firing. you could see him targeting individuals. >> i could see the muzzle facing down where individuals would be. >> it was incredibly surreal, and as it goes on, the desperation kicks in and i kept hoping it was an exercise, right, it's an exercise, because this can't actually be happening. >> reporter: and it seemed to go on and on. >> it went on for what seemed like forever. >> it never would end. >> i kept thinking, why doesn't he stop? why won't he stop? >> reporter: when swat teams descended to provide urgent medical care, dr. michael neeki was with them. he's an immigrant from iran. what is it like to see this happen? >> terrible. terrible. and then you feel that you're coming thousa

john blackstone spoke with some of the families. >> reporter: jennifer stevens is just 22, a former college volleyball player who graduated this summer and took a job with the san bernardino county health department. >> the whole thing is devastating. >> reporter: lisa stevens is jennifer's mother who got the kind of phone call every mother dreads. >> i've been shot. later she texted me she's okay. in the side. when her mother came to visit >> reporter: that's going to >> it was surreal and horrible and crazy. >> reporter: also among the wounded, julie swann-paez. she was shot at least twice after arriving at the holiday party to be honored as employee of the year. nicholas thalasinos is one of the 14 who did not survive. tonight he leaves behind a widow, jennifer, an elementary schoolteacher. >> he was so kind to everybody. he was very chivalrous. >> reporter: how will life change for you now? >> just my whole life has been basically turned upside down. he just had an enormous heart. >> reporter: now nicholas thalasinos occasionally posted views on social media that were critical of islam,

here's john blackstone. >> reporter: the usually busy las vegas strip was crowded instead with emergency vehicles deliberately plowed into pedestrians on the sidewalk. >> everybody has to get back. >> reporter: antonio nassar had just stepped out of the casino when the car sped past. >> people were bouncing off the front of the car. you could hear. the windshield was smashed. she rode on the sidewalk and accelerated and just kept mowing everyone down. >> reporter: soon after police say 24-year-old lakeisha halloway pulled into a casino parking lot and told the valet to call 911. >> it looked like she wasn't even trying to stop the car. she had both of her hands on the wheel and was looking straightforward. there were men running after her trying to stop the vehicle, and they couldn't get to her. >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: clark county sheriff joe lamb bardo doesn't think this was an act of terror but still can't rule it out. >> as far as terrorism, we don't know what the intent was behind it, and we don't know enough of her background to make that determination. we have not

>>axelrod: john blackstone, with a heartbreaking story. john, thank you. for months now, the details of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald's death at the hands of chicago police have been subject to scrutiny and outrage. less attention has been paid to the details of his life before that fateful night. dean reynolds has that story. >> reporter: laquan mcdonald's extended family remembered him fondly at a news conference. reverend marvin hunter is his great uncle. >> when we saw you, he greeted you with a hug. he tried to make laugh. he was a jokester. that's who he was. >> reporter: mcdonald was shot 16 times last year by a chicago police officer who is now charged with his murder. demonstrations against chicago mayor rahm emanuel and the police have proceeded almost daily since the incendiary dash cam videos were released last month. but while there is mourning for him now in death, his record shows he received little attention, much less love, in the 17 mostly difficult years laquan mcdonald lived. according to his file from the illinois department of children

john blackstone thank you so much. as the west cools down, the eastern half of the country is heating up. jericka duncan has that story. >> reporter: on the busiest shipping week of the year, mail carrier valerie dickson has some spring in her step. >> usually i have my big coat, two pairs of gloves, a scarf around my throat, mouth, nose and all that. i have a scarf on but i don't need to be wrapped all up. >> reporter: in chicago, where dixon was making her rounds, temperatures were in the 50s, but this was dixon last year with wind chills at 20 below. >> snow, cold-- i'm dressed for it. >> reportete seeing green means s more green at this golf course in massachusetts. manager dick murphy thanks mother nature. >> now, we're going to be open right through sunday, so we're beyond christmas. >> reporter: but other businesses in the northeast, like ski resorts, are watching profits melt away. new york city is bringing in winter on a high note. central park is on pace to break a december record for fewest days below freezi