from at least an inch in our far southeast, to at least 8 inches in the far northwest. note: these will likely be adjusted throughout the evening and overnight as the storm system evolves. forecast and snow/ice amounts will be dependent on surface temperatures and when the switch from freezing rain to snow occurs. confidence is high that travel will become difficult quickly across the state monday. stay tuned to kwwl on air, online and on social media throughout the weekend as we will keep you updated on the potential for a winter storm on monday, december 28. spending the day preapring -- from stocking up on salt for their driveways -- to buying groceries. storm track seven's kristen rogers catches up with several customers -- who are doing just that. kristin? let me tell you mac -- even though we haven't had a lot of snow this year -- everyone i talked to likes it that way many people filter through the doors at theisen's (nats) multiple shovels were picked up and i talked to many customers who were grabbing bags of salt they planned to put out before the storm. (nats

at least we can say the first part and at least 30 wounded have been transferred >>> thank you so much. there is, obviously, another significant part to the story and our correspondent joins us live near the turkey-syria border with the other part of this story. tell us more again about the other aspect to this story. >> reporter: basically, we're expecting hundred pro-syrian government fighters to be given safe passage from the predominantly shia villages in the northern part of idlib. it it was under the control of the government. basically you have pro-government shia militias operating there. as part of this deal, as soon as the syrian fighters are given passage, they're going to travel from northern idlib crossing the southern city. they will then be taken to a domestic airport. there has been attempts in the past to broker a deal between the syrian opposition and the government. those talks colonel-- collapsed for different reasons. there were concerns from ratty opposition about the ongoing fighting. one of the main obstacles to the deal in past were differences within the oppos

storms killed at least seven tennessee, and arkansas. as andrew spencer reports the severe weather impacted much of the midwest and the south, just as people are traveling out of state to see family and friends for christmas. << "we...came that close. it's like a near-death experience." some people made it to safety while here in siouxland we could see a white christmas.. in the south.. people will be wearing shorts. a southwest wind could bring temperatures in the south to the 60-s and 70-s. in orlando, florida.. the high is expected to be in the mid 80-s. the traditional birthplple of jesus, the west bank city of bethlehem, is making last-minute preparations for christmas visitors. the town's streets were decorated... and pilgrims and tourists gathered near the church of the nativity. despite the recent wave of violence between israelis and palestinians, some tourisis said they were excited to be in bethlehem. the north american aerospace defense command - or norad - will be tracking santa claus as he makes his way across the the organ

at least four. two assault rifles. two handguns. the atf said a few hours ago that at least two of those guns were purchased legally. officials at this point not ruling out terrorism. the investigation continues. we expect to have another update, mika, at 12:00 eastern, 9:00 local time. >> craig melvin, thank you very much. and we are learning more this morning about the two assailants accused of opening fire during that holiday party. the attackers identified as 28-year-old syed rizwan farook, and 27-year-old tashfeen malik, were a married couple, with a 6-month-old daughter, relatives say. farook, a u.s. citizen, had been employed as a county health inspector for five years. and was at a holiday gathering yesterday morning when he stormed out amid a dispute. what that dispute about remains to be seen. authorities say according to police he and his wife then returned with assault rifles, and opened fire on the celebration. a man who identified himself as farook's brother-in-law told reporters he had no idea what may have motivated

california - chase has being going on for a - chase has being going on for a few minutes now - at least four cars in pursuit - orange county, california - chase has being going on for a few minutes now - at least four cars in pursuit and i'm steve wolford. as president obama plans to visit the families of the victims.. new details are emerging about the childhood friend of one of the shooters who killed 14 people. enrique marquez has been arrested on terror charges, including conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. abc's lauren lyster has more... enrique marquez was brought to court in the back of this fbi vehicle...appearing in handcuffs to face terror and other charges... after ten straight days of interrogation... where according to prosecutors, marquez freely revealed he and longtime friend syed farook planned terror attacks together, dating back four years. authorities say the earlier plots involved an attack on students in the cafeteria of this riverside community college, where farook and marquez attended classes. student: it makes you feel unsafe. the fact that thi

at least 40 people are hurt and two are missing. a massive tornado hurled debris across traffic on i-55 in mississippi. the powerful winds flipped a semi on to its side. at least 22 tornadoes were reported across six states. the national storm prediction center called the weather particularly dangerous. omar villafranca shows us the widespread destruction. >> reporter: a large tornado plowed through northern mississippi wednesday afternoon near the town of clarksdale. the tornado was apparently on the ground for ten minutes, damaging homes and blowing a tractor-trailer off the road. the storm moved toward nearby comeau wrecking houses and out buildings. >> several tornadoes spread throughout a wide area. some into iowa and indiana. >> reporter: drivers could barely make their way along the highway in southern missouri. the storm pelted the area with hail. witnesses in highland, arkansas, said storms rolled in there without warning. >> snapped off a pine tree by my truck and i just slammed my seat belt on and thank lord let me surviv

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at least 20 deaths occurred so far, with at least 60 twisters reported.s is the first time december will be the deadliest month of the year. >>> from nbc news.com, kentucky's mall st. matthews shuts down after brawls involving up to 2,000. the chaos started saturday night around 7:00 p.m. officers on duty responded to disturbances as more and more reports of disorder came in. the entire mall was affected by the series of brawls, with restaurants and shops surrounding the mall also closing their doors early. >>> a boat chase in florida lasted 20 hours and more than 300 miles. three men had authorities on the chase. the men were apprehended 70 miles from the coast of cuba. it remains unclear why the boat was stolen and where it was being taken. >>> painter and sculpter ellsworth kelly died on sunday. according to a gallery spokesperson, kelly died of natural causes at his new york home. he was 92. >>> just four days away from the start of 2016, workers installed 288 new crystals on the famous time square new year's eve ball. made by waterford crystal, organ

the cold doesn't last long as high temperatures return to the low 40s sunday through at least the middle of next clear thursday as high temperatures stay close to normal, near 30 degrees, for this time of year. the coldest day of the next seven will be friday as high temperatures remain in the 20s. the cold doesn't last long as high remains mostly cloudy overnight with a ggty west wind. clouds gradually clear thursday as high temperatures stay close to normal, near 30 video from an officer involved shooting in march it happened in cedar rapids near the 800 block between centerpoint road and daniels street northeast. 27-year-old kyle orth drove a bmw towards officers when he was kwwl had a crew on the scene afterwards and saw the car riddled with bullets and a large emergency presence investigating. since march the dash cam video from the scene has been part of the investigation... you are seeing this for the first time today along with us nearly 9 months later.... kwwl's istin rogers has been sifting through the large amount of video we were given, for hours... that's right, i went clip

at least 28 people were killed and dozens injured on sunday. most of the victims were children and women at a market and a school. activists say syrian and russian jets were targeting rebels who shelled damascus from the area. the news agency says rebels launched mortars on sunday killing a young girl and injuring three others. this latest exchange of fire between rebels and the government comes as united nations humanitarian chief steven o'brian toured government-held areas including damascus and homs. he's trying to assess the needs of millions of beleaguered syrians. this follows an initiative to unify the political opposition and hold direct talks with the regime. the leader of one of the most armed groups is criticizing this proposal saying syria's government is no longer in charge. >> they only control 20 peer of syria. the army has turned into groups. this is not an army. now they have more weapons and that the regime has. >> the u.n. says at least 220,000 people have been killed since the start of the war in march 2011. and for the mill

confirming two suspects are dead -- one man, one woman -- following the mass shooting which killed at least 14 and injured 17. you can see some of the aftermath here -- people being loaded into ambulances on stretchers. emergency responders helping people struggling to walk due to their injuries. swat teams later surrounding a black s-u-v -- where the suspects were reportedly shot and killed. authorities say both suspects were armed with assault rifles and handguns, dressed in "assault-style" clothing. one of them has now been id'd as syed farook. -- another is believed to be farook's brother: authorities also saying they are not ruling out terrorism at this let's head over to jinah ) kim -- who is live in san bernardino with more. nbc's jinah (gina) kim has the latest from san bernadino. suspects just hours after the shooting.... police moved frm house to house after a deadly fire fight with the suspects. (chief jarrod burguan/san bernardino pd ) "we have two suspects that are one police officer that was both suspects were dressed in assault style clothing...both were armed with assault ri

it has killed at least 200 civilians and a dozen fighters. the latest air strikes believed to be carried out by russian jets have killed at least 35 civilians, the attack took place in a busy market near damascus. >> reporter: they can barely believe what has just happened. air strikes thought to have been carried by russian war planes have flattened a busy market full of people. in the moments after the attack, panic sweeps through the area. there are dead bodies everywhere and people are rushing to find survivors. they check if this man is alive. he is not so they move on looking for injured people to help. this is in the damascus countryside. people who live here say fighting between syrian government forces and opposition fighters has been nonstop for two months. they say the syrian regime is trying to break the deadlock with the help of russian air strikes. >> translation: this is from the a gym of bashar al-assad. this is what is happening to us-- regime of bashar al-assad. where are you brothers? >> reporter: russia began bombing syria

police have responded to at least three protests. one at st. viator - one at bishop gorman - and another at our lady of las vegas. "these persons are obviously disrespecting these houses of worship." while we all hav freedom of speech - these churches are on private property and the state of nevada has laws that protect churches from this type of behavior. "persons are not allowed to go it be catholic or otherwise and disturb, speak out loud, cause noise, and disturb the worship process." the security manager for the las vegas diocese says people of different beliefs are welcome into catholic churches if they can stay peaceful. "everybody is welcome because that's the whole idea in the freedom of religion, but it becomes uncomfortable for those that are believing what they'd like to believe and someone's in there trying to distract them." in each instance - the protestors left the church after being asked by worship leaders - and were no where to be found when police arrived so no one was arrested on the spot - but the effort to identify and ap

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at least 17 injured. s.w.a.t.ms still inside the huge building complex going room room, looking for victims and any explosives that attackers might have left behind. >> that device they found, they do have it and they're taking it out of the building now. >> reporter: unclear at this point whether it was an explosive. >> preliminary information indicates these are people that came prepared. that they were dressed and equipped in a way to indicate they were prepared. and they were armed with long guns, not handguns. >> reporter: also unclear the motivation behind the deadly attack. >> is this a terrorist incident? i will tell you right now we do not know. >> reporter: while the events unfold president obama spoke strongly on gun control. >> the one thing we do know is that we vat pattern now of mass shootings in this country. has no parallel anywhere else in the world. there are some steps we could take, not to eliminate every one of these mass shootings, but to improve the odds that they don't happen as frequently

we turn to san francisco. 1152e killed at least people in the united states and 2015.n 14 cities, every single police victim was african-american. sam sinyangwe is a policy analyst and data scientist with campaign zero and mapping police violence. can you talk about these findings? there's been a lot of demand for their even to be data collected in this country around police killings in the racial breakdown of those killings. how did you do this? >> as you mentioned, the federal government come including the fbi, bureau of justice statistics, and cdc did not collect conference of data on police killings nationwide. fourthly, crowd sourced efforts have actually been able to collect the type of conference of data to do this type of analysis. what we did was merge those data sets, fill in the gap, identify folks by race whether they were armed or unarmed, and then make sense of all the data, and understand which places were sort of hotspots for police violence and was among the racial disparities in the data could tell us about how police violence impacts different commun

at least four districts have slipped into taliban control.rmy is being backed up by tribal fighters and u.s. air strikes. our correspondent is close to the fighting. he says people have been trapped in the area by the conflict. >> reporter: we with hearing from afghan security officials here in helmand. they are telling us that reinforcement by road just reached the district less than 24 hours ago. afghan security officials deployed afghan special forces to the district. we are hearing from residents of the district that heavy fighting is still going on in a small bizarre. afghan security officials also telling us they have now the control of police headquarter building and the district headquarter building, but we are talking about the fighting in a very small area. it's about two to 3,000 square meters, so we are hearing face-to-face fighting is going on still there, and we are getting phone calls from the residents, civilians who could not afford to leave the area, during this fighting, and they are complaining that heavy use of artillery

city of ta'izz has killed at least 17 rebels, and at least 4 civilians are reported to have died.roups say a houthi siege on ta'izz has prevented supplies from getting in. >> reporter: there are no safe havens left in ta'izz. this mosque bares the scars of combat. the houthis and fighters loyal to former president saleh are in control of the city. fierce battles are taking place on several fronts. pro-government fighters trying to fend off houthis from entering. and the houthis are about to receive reinforcements from nearby towns. for now a blockade means nothing can get in. the strangle hold is meant to force the houthis out, but is also effecting this normally bustling hospital. doctors say they have run out of essential supplies and can't treat anymore patients. a similar scene plays out to the south in this hospital in the port city of aden. the ward for kidney patients was spared from the bombs, something this man is thankful for. >> translator: when the war started, it was impossible to go to the hospital. it would be considered a miracle if you managed just to get in. >> r

of the 50 people rescued at least 20 of them are badly injured. increasing fierce that the death toll could riese. investigators are trying to find out exactly what caused the fire. we've got a lot more to come here at al jazeera, including. zimbabwe's magabe warns those trying to succeed him. the palestinian family fighting efforts by settlors and the israeli government to eau fact them from the home they've lived in from decades. -- for decades. sure, tv has evolved over the years. it's gotten squarer. brighter. bigger. it's gotten thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >>> you're with al jazeera. burundi's army says at least 87 people have been killed in friday's violence. witnesses say dozens of bodies were found lying on the street. some with their hands tie

it received at least 30% of the vote. there will be a second round of voting next week. flood waters are beginning to recede in the southern indian city of chennai leaving behind piles of rubbish. there are shortages of food, drinking water and shelter for survivors. health workers are worried about the spread of disease. >> reporter: with the few household items the flood waters spared, this woman prepares a meal for her family. it's not much back-up it is better than nothing. for the past week she has struggled to find the basics to keep her family alive. >> translation: when the floods came suddenly we ran out of this place. the first floor was submerged and the water kept rising up. i've been wearing this for the past five days. everything was washed away. we don't know how we're going to continue our life. our future is a question mark. >> reporter: power is slowly being restored in the city and surrounding areas. until the lights come on, all this man can do is wait. this is a perfect breeding ground for disease. no-one has answered his call for help he says. >> tr

right. >> at least one we should probably say and varying reports. we know they're looking for one intact call gear. >> earlier reports said there might be potential for three. and fluctuated between that number and right now saying that police confirmed about one suspect wearing tactical gear and they consider to be heavily armed. >> let's go to jim cavanaugh live with us on an open microphone and watching all of this coverage with us. jim, your observations as you hear about san bernardino police saying they're looking for an active shooter? >> yeah. they have to press to contact. we call it press to contact. press to engage the suspect and what s.w.a.t. is doing. taking a while. they're going to be pressing to contact that shooter. the police also normally the protocol is a family center will be set up away from there. the police will, you know, broadcast that out usually on a twitter or facebook or on their phone lines. where family members of those involved can go, you know, if someone was injured or missing. they can go to a family center. norm

so far at least three women have one seats. women voted and stood as candidates for the first time in saturday's local poll. around 900 women and 6000 men ran for the councils which are saudi arabia's only elected bodies. the vote is being held as an historic change, but the rights group amnesty international says it's only a fraction of what needs to be done. france is voting in the second range of regional elections with the far right looking to consolidate its gains. marine le pen caused a stir by winning the largest share of the vote in round 1. it is ahead in six of france's 13 regions. turn out in the second round will be key and the 50% of those eligible voted last week. the supreme court judges in israel are currently considering an appeal from a palestinian family who are being threatened with eviction. the family lived close to the al-aqsa mosque compound known as the temple mount in jerusalem's old city. it is believed this is an attempt to increase jewish presence in occupied east jerusalem. >> reporter: in the shad

at least 14 people have been killed in recent attacks. correspondent has this exclusive report. >> translator: there have been russian air raids against this syrian city on aloan poe. the raids have targeted this maternity hospital. this is not the first time this hospital has been hit. as you can see, the outer fence has been destroyed and there are many injured inside of the building. this is some of the damage. and nearby a petrol station was also targeted by the russian jets. as you can see the flames are still rising. according to witnesses, the russian raids killed many people and injured others near this round about. the civil defense teams are trying to put out this fire. russian fighter jets are still above us here. it wouldn't be surprise if these planes continue their aerial raids that started two days ago. the russian air strikes have increased since the russian jet was shot down by turkey in november. >>> qatar's foreign minister has met his russian counterpart with syria atop of the agenda. they said they were pleased with t

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tenth of an inch of ice from highway twenty there could be a tenth to quarter of an inch of ice, at least. temperatures surface and above us in the atmosphere, so that's why we won't be seeing an entire snow event across eastern iowa. as far as snow totals. again, this is about 3636ours out, so there is plenty o time for this to change. one to four inches possible from cedar rapids and areas south of highway twenty. four to eight inches twenty, northwestern parts of iowa. we road to the rose bowl -- and the hawkeyes are njoying their time before the big game. kwwl's mark woodley joins us live in california at disneyland-- with all the excitment before the big game. hey mark. mac - i can't say i ever agined getting a chance to do this live in disneyland - but that's exactly where we are - at disney's california adventure to be specific - the hawkeyes got practiceeout of e way in the morning - and this afternoon was all about fun - while the others were out and about on the rides - several of the players along with coach kirk ferentz got the chance to cavort with mickey and friends - just o

when it was over, 14 people lay dead, at least 17 others were hurt. it is the deadliest massacre since the mass killing at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut, some three years ago. the first since columbine to be carried out by multiple attackers. first responders raced to the scene as hundreds of people ran for their lives. others sheltered in place. >> there was a shooting. she's scared. she's hiding in the closet with two other people. >> they turned off the lights and tried to block the door and lock it. so that they couldn't get in if the shooters were around that area. >> officers went room to room hunting for the killers, and evacuating survivors. the shooters had fled, leaving behind at least one explosive device. hours passed with the community here on lockdown after police followed the lead to a nearby home. a street battle erupted just two miles away with police exchanging gunfire with a black suv matching the reported getaway car. an officer was hurt. that officer, though, is expected to survive this morning after the suspects hu

at least 11 people were killed... eight people in garland alone. there, officials say most of the victims died when their vehicles were lifted off a highway, then dropped. the e-f four tornado brought hour and destroyed more than six hundred structures... mostly homes. police are still looking for a suspect in a deadly des moines shooting. it happened at an apartment complex on south union street sunday night. officers found 36 year old tacono conner dead in a hallway... along with 37 year old amy stolki, who's expected to survive. police talked to several witnesses... but are looking for a person of interest that they say can provide crucial information into what happened. they have not released that person's name. this is the city's 21st homicide of the year... the highest number since 19-95. the one thing that we've identified that seems to be common throughout many of these is there are some volatile interpersonal relationship. we believe in this case it's something similar. everyone knew everyone involved. there is something personal there. th

of these crests, the highest at least several decades. what we're watching as the water feeds into the mississippi river in st. louis, cresting on thursday, at 44 feet. so 14 feet more to rise. the arkansas river at little rock will be cresting on friday at 26 feet, very high water levels. now, the good news here is that as we look over the next seven days, a much drier pattern is going to set up all across this region. it won't stop the flooding that's expected here, jim, but least tonight exacerbate the problem any more. garland, texas, has begun to clean up after tornadoes damaged or destroyed nearly 800 hoamedz there. tonight, david begnaud has a heartbreaking reminder that property can be replaced but lives cannot. >> in bad shape. i lost my wife. she was my best friend. >> reporter: ruben porras and petra ruiz were married for 10 years with four young children. they both worked as paralegals. for christmas, ruben surprised his wife a special hair employment. she was on her way home saturday night when she connected with her husband

the cold doesn't last long as high temperatures return to the low 40s sunday through at least the middle of next week.the sky remains mostly cloudy overnight with a gusty west wind. clouds gradually clear thursday as high temperatures stay close to back in iowa today for the 5th time in recent weeks. her visit comes on the same day the federal reserve raises interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, so, the democratic frontrunner was talking taxes and national security at her stop in iowa city. hillary clinton greeted town hall supporterts at the historic old brick church in iowa city with a theme: 'that we begin to ask the wealthy to pay their fair share./ this man asked her about the islamophobia sweeping the nation and defeating isis. sot no troops "....which i will not do." later in an exclusive interview with kwwl, the former seretary of state expressed concern over the anti-muslim undercurrent; sot "when iowa wins the rose bowl" that got her a nice applause....but a top priority she said is: soocial security anti-muslim undercurrent; sot "when iowa wins the rose bowl" t

at least 40 people are injured in mississippi alone. the storms destroyed homes and snarled traffic on a busy get-away day. and more than a hundred were injured in a fire at a hospital in saudi arabia this morning. the blaze broke out in the intensive care unit and the maternity ward. cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> the gunman who admitted to killing three people in a planned parenthood clinic in colorado springs wants to be his own lawyer when he goes on trial. robert dear told a judge on wednesday that he has a right to represent himself. dear is awaiting a mental competency evaluation. >>> officials in brazil are asking couples to hold off on plans to become pregnant. it follows a staggering rise of babies born with a rare neurological condition called microcephaly. there have been more than 2,400 cases in the past year. experts believe the cause is a mosquito-born virus. >>> and finally, a high wattage christmas in springfield, new there are 23,000 lights on the so-called christmas house. volunteer firefighter jim josi

rainfall amounts of at least 1-2" are likely with higher amounts approaching 3" in any y eas that see repeated heavy rainfall. creeks and streams will likely respond with rises on the smaller basins likely. next week, the weather trends cooler, with any remaining moisture going to light snow later monday, if our temperatures can drop fast enough.today: partly sunny, mild high: 52-58 winds: w 15-25 alo: 54 dbq: 55 iow: 57tonight: partly cloudy low: 34-40 winds: sw 5-15 alo: 35 dbq: : 6 iow: 38tomorrow: slightthance of rain late high: 51-57 winds: se 5-15 alo: 52 dbq: 52 iow: 54tomorrow night: chance of showers low: 44-50 winds: sw 5-10 alo: 45 dbq: 45 iow: 48 this morning we're working to get more information on a stabbing in waterloo. to the perkins restaurant at 32-80 university avenue around 2:10 this morning. police say a man arrivedt the restaurant with a stab wound. an ambulance later took him to the hospital. authorities have not released his condition and are still investigating. we're working to get more information n an early morning fire in cedar rapids. firefighters were at

at least we can, as a society, i think we should be talking about how to at least arrest the over use of prescription medications like opiates. as i was saying before that it's really the biggest man- made epidemic in modern medical history, really. we have to devise a plan by which we can change some ofhe practices, prescribe these medicines to the folks. that needs to happen. then there are a lot of other thingsgshat we can bring in at policy level but that we cannot do. at least politicians, political elected officials; they are able to do some of the other support sysyems, welfare system. erin davis: you started by sort of saying, what is different about this group and i think that in issues of informal social support, i think if we look at some of the compasons, they also speak to potentially some things to look at. you mentioned prescription, nonprescription drug use, times it starts with prescription drug use and then moves to nonprescription. there have been studies. we talked about how is this group different t om african americans. there have been studies that show to prescr

but at least they're merchandising. at this point until i get some contrary evidence, some proof to the contrary, i hereby say that george pataki is not running for president. [ bell ] ding, ding, ding. there's also a case to be made that jim gilmore isn't running for president. this is jim gilmore's announcement video from when he got into the race in july. by september, july, august, september, a ways after that announcement. by september the "washington post" reported that jim gilmore had yet to do a single campaign event of any kind. other than his announcement video. i mean, jim gilmore at least in some states has been trying to get onto the ballot unlike george patti. when george patti skipped trying to get onto the virginia ballot, jim gilmore's home state, the virginia elections ballot says someone representing jim gilmore was last among all the candidates to sprint into the elections office with jim gilmore's signatures to get him onto the ballot. they turned in their jim gilmore paperwork at 4:48 p.m. when the

at least 117 homes overcome by water. in georgia, the rain damaged roads and made driving treacherous. and in mississippi, flood warnings and relentless rain add more misery to areas already devastated by tornados that killed at least eight people in the state. many roads are flooded. and some people are dealing with rising water in their homes. in rend, mississippi, victor and theresa watched that is home of ten years was overtaken by water. >> the trailer just floated away. garbage can, everything, gone. >> it happened so fast. >> reporter: the couple and their 9-year-old son now homeless and staying with relatives. >> it's discouraging. we lost everything. my child, he didn't get none of his chas eristmas items. >> reporter: the storm prediction center says the thre severe threat has dropped. >>> the storm has called more misery in parts of england. hundreds of homes had to be evacuated. martha fairley has a look at some of the worst-hit areas. >> reporter: the boxing day deluge had been predicted, but there was nothin

but modi is the only one who can at least try to push relations forward here.e is akin to indian's own only nixon can go to china. >> now as kamal was hinting at earlier, mr. modi was earlier in afghanistan in the capitol where he held talks with the afghan president. he handed over four attack helicopters to the afghan military, and inaugurated a new parliament building, built by india, as a gesture of cooperation. >>> afghan security officials have sent in reinforcements to helmand province. 20 people were killed overnight. the u.s. is helping afghan troops are air strikes. our correspondent is in the province close to where the fighting is happening. >> reporter: we are hearing from afghan security officers here in helmand. they are telling us reinforcement by road just reached the district, just less than 24 hours ago, afghan security officials -- afghan security officials deployed afghan official forces. we are hearing from residents that heavy fighting is still going on. and afghan security official also telling us they have now the control of the police

rainfall amounts of at least 1-2" are likely with higher areas >>> good morning. topping "america's money" -- the middle class losing ground. >> a new study find that less than 50% of all adults are now in the middle class house holds. when pew started these surveys in the '70s, the middle class was 61%. >>> a new study shows that all-day breakfast is bringing customers into mcdonald's. >> a third of the customers getting breakfast later in the day hadn't been to mcdonald's in awhile. >>> and the skies will get friendlier for united airlines passengers this february. free snacks coming back for economy class passengers. >> the airline says they realize flying has not been fun lately. they did away with free snacks ten years ago. >> i can't believe you thought

and at least seven deaths. >>> the last minute rush for holiday shoppers. >>> hillary clinton fires back at donald trump over his vulgar slur. while ted cruz blasts a political cartoon that bed bikts his daughter. >>> and the panic an elf on the shelf. >>> good morning on this christmas eve. at least seven people confirmed dead following extreme weather in much of the southern part of the country. storms which the national weather service called a particularly dangerous situation, the same such warning. >> reporter: a rare site for december mississippi. the south and midwest on edge and under the gun. >> tornado emergency continues for the cell that has been tracking through north mississippi this afternoon. >> roofs ripped from homes. aff off the roadway near mississippi. >> we're looking still at that across parts of tennessee and mississippi. and there are 72 million who will still see the chance of severe weather overnight. >> reporter: in arkansas, rains and hard winds killing an 18-year-old woman. the storms brought heavy rains elsewhere in the south. making driving tough for truck

at least 14 dead. the suspects now identified. >> as the authorities track them down, their chase ending in a abc's byron pitts has more. >> reporter: around 3:00 p.m. this afternoon, a massive manhunt for up to three armed gunmen, california came to a head. >> we are in pursuit of the suspect vehicle. we've got shots fired out the back window. >> our affiliate kabc on the scene hovering above this black suv that the authorities had been searching for for three hours. >> we've got multiple shots that were fired. >> reporter: windows blown out. the front door ajar and police crouching at a safe distance away. but this was the shoot-out our cameras missed that this neighbor captured on his phone. [ gunshots ] >> what sounds like fireworks is a fire fight. a body lying in the street feet away, that black suv riddled with bullets. one suspect still inside. as police run into position, single file up across the lawn. five minutes later, two armored vehicles approach the suv from both sides. >> you basically

the area also saw at least nine tornadoes with winds topping 200 miles an hour. the storms leveled homes and swept cars off highways. omar villafranca shows us the damage from hard-hit rowlett texas. >> reporter: those who survived will never forget. and hunkered down. next thing you hear is scratching and glass. >> reporter: the occasionally lightning strike illuminated the twisters that started touching down in the dallas area around 6:30 saturday night. at least 11 people died including several in their cars when a tornado crossed interstate 30. officials say the path of destruction stretches for 40 miles and more than 600 structures are damaged or destroyed. weather forecasters say two tornadoes clocked speeds of up to 200 miles per hour, tossing mobile homes like toys and flattening entire streets. the governor of texas says the situation is still volatile across the northern part of the state that is simultaneously experiencing extreme ice and snow conditions and torrential rain. >> we need you to remain vigilant. >> reporter: many homes in the community of