one organization is using a louisiana staple to rebuild what has been lost. >> okay. >> reporter: inns french quarter may be tough to find a restaurant where oysters are not on the menu. the shelled used to end up in the trash. now they are being recycled and sent back to the sea. >> we're a turning point for coastal louisiana where not taking action is just not an option anymore. >> reporter: jenny bird is with the coalition to restore coastal louisiana. they are collecting more than 1300 tons of oyster shells from restaurants. they will end up in a container used to rebuild the reef. >> it's knocked down some of that high-wave energy and help promote land growth behind it. >> reporter: before they are bagged they go through a natural curing process, sitting here for months allowing the sun to remove any remaining bits of food. volunteers like al are also helping. he has watched miles of marsh land his family used to fish on, disappear. >> so much has contributed to the loss of south louisiana, starting over 100 years ago, when we levied up the mississippi river, bridging, and oil a

and there's even a difference in louisiana among louisianians because people in north louisiana might be inclined to say louisiana as well, but it is louisiana. >> host: and you've been saying new orleans. >> guest: right. so new orleans is pronounced differently by everybody, and you can almost tell by what ward you grew up in by the way you pronounce it. the way i pronounce it is saying new orleans very fast. >> host: sandra in california. >> caller: hi, cokie roberts. you are a national treasure to our great country. i'm a 70-year-old senior citizen -- >> guest: listen, i'm older than you are, i'm older than you are, so stop with that senior citizen stuff. >> caller: god bless you. [laughter] keep up your work, your voice is soft. we need you. >> guest: well, aren't you kind? thank you very, very much, i appreciate that. >> caller: i look forward to getting your last book. >> guest: great, please do. >> host: cokie roberts, do you like the public attention? maybe like isn't the right word. are you used to not being able to go out in public without stopping you? >> guest: people are

their food stamp benefits. ♪ ♪ >>> the new year could bring tough times for some people in louisianae has thrown out a program that lets know-income with children get food stamps even if they are not looking for a job. jonathan martin has the story. >> stretch this rice as much as i can. >> reporter: since losing her job at a community center a year ago, this woman says it has been tough finding steady work. >> listen, it's not like i haven't been looking. even if i have to volunteer at a center, different places that i do try to go in and help straighten up or clean bathrooms or whatever the case may be. >> reporter: she's worried that if she doesn't have a job by this friday, the $194 in federal food stamp benefits she gets every month could be cut off. >> why should i have to fight for food right now? why should i have to fight to drink water? >> reporter: more than 30,000 people in louisiana are in this same situation they have until january 1st to find employment, working at least 20 hours a week, or risk losing food stamps. for years states are higher than average unemployment

>> more than 30,000 people in louisiana are in the same situation. they have until january 1 to find employment working at leats 20 hours a week or risk losing food stamps. for years, states with higher than average unemployment have been granted a federal waiver, allowing low income adults without children to receive food stamps, even if they are not looking for a job. nearly 30 states still have the waiver in place but despite one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation. outgoing governor bobby jindal decided not to renew it for louisiana. his spokesperson said the best way to break the cycle of poverty is for individuals to get a job and get off government assistance. >> it's not just trying to get on a program, no, you still out looking for work. the stamps we do receive is nothing to linger through the month to lay off of. >> some called the governor's mood mean spirited considering it is a federal benefit that doesn't affect the state budget. >> again, the problem is not that people don't want to work, the jobs aren't there, the job tra

option anymore. >> reporter: jenny bird is with the coalition to restore coastal louisiana. is collecting more than 1300 tons of oyster shells. they will end up in wire containers used to build barrier reef along the marsh, a part of the mississippi delta that has seen significant erosion. >> it helps promote land growth behind it, by allowing the second and water to settle out. >> reporter: they will sit here in piles for mopths allowing the sun to remove any leftover be its of food. this man is also happening. >> so much has contributed to the loss of south louisiana, starting over 100 years ago when we levied up the mississippi river, including dredging, oil field and transportation canals. >> reporter: the reef should be finished next summer. >> not in my wildest dreams do i think if i sit here and shovel a thousand pounds of shells i'm going to save south louisiana, but with efforts like this, and some of the projects that -- that is on the books right now with fresh water and sediment diversions, we have got a shot. >> reporter: jonathan martin, al jazeera, louisiana.

it may not be a happy new year for thousands of people in louisiana. their food stamps. >> reporter: >> i stretch this rice as much as i can. >> reporter: since losing her job a year ago, this woman says it has been tough finding steady work >> i have been looking. even if i have to volunteer at a center, a different places that i do try to go in and help, clean up a bathroom, whatever the case may be >> reporter: she is worried that if she doesn't have a job by this friday, that $9194 in food stamp benefits she gets every month could be cut off. >> why should i have to fight for food right now? why should i have to fight to drink water? >> reporter: more than 30,000 people in louisiana are in the same situation. they have until january 1 to find employment working at least 20 hours a week or risk losing food stamps. for years states with higher than average unemployment have been granted a federal waiver allowing low-income adults without children to receive food stamps, even if they are not looking for a job. nearly 30 states still have the waiver in

webb was extradited to las vegas and the other is still in louisiana. reed: a lot of families affected by this one. the las vegas defense lawyer accused of forging legal documents to keep prostitutes from serving time appeared in court today with an attorney of her own. vicki greco pled not guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges. greco is currently out on battle at her trial is set to >> governor brian sandoval has called for a special legislative lawmakers are affected has to several tax breaks totaling $115 million. ferriday announced they intend to build up billion-dollar plant . reed: news affecting your wallet, the fed have raised just rates. today the federal reserve chair janet yellen expressed confidence that the u.s. economy hike. following the announcement bankamerica increase their prime lending rate to 3% from 2.5%. so on the heels of that nevada's it has been since 2008. national security or the lack thereof is all that is being talked aboparty leadership says they are ok with that. >> a highlight of tuesday night's debate was this betwee

speed and next up on booktv comic program from this year's louisiana book festival. brian boyles talks about the days following the 2013 new orleans saints super bowl victory. >> we will have mr. brian boyles and he'll be reading from his work "new orleans boom & blackout: one hundred days in america's coolest hot spot" mr. boyles is the vice president for content at the louisiana endowment for the humanities. his work has been featured in oxford american, vice.com, the classical, offbeat magazine, lens, the brooklyn rail, slam, and louisiana culture business. is the author of ne track and co-author of new orleans, the underground guide. so without further ado, mr. brian boyles spewing thick as much and thank you all for coming out on this lovely day in baton rouge and thank you to the book festival. this really is one of the great events we have in laveen, arizona, -- in louisiana. this deliberate of louisiana deserves a great credit for what they put in for this festival. i want to talk today in overview of the book which was published in january and was named the

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>> reporter: more than 30,000 people in louisiana are in the same situation. until january 1st to find employment working at least 20 hours a week, or risk losing food stamps. for years states with higher than average unemployment have been granted a federal waiver, allowing low-income adults without children to receive food stamps even if they are not looking for ab you. nearly 30 states still have the waiver in place, but despite one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, the outgoing governor has decided not to renew it for louisiana. a spokesperson said this: >> it's not just trying to get on a program and stop. no, you are still out looking for work. the stamps you do receive is enough to linger through the whole month. >> reporter: some have g gal -- called the governor's move mean spirited because it does not impact the state's budget. >> the jobs aren't there. the job-training programs are not there. and that's what we should be focusing, trying to get people connected to job training, not taking away food. >> reporter: the governor elect agr

all of this water heading downstream towards louisiana. governor bobby jindal has already declared a state of emergency there. authorities are working hard to prepare for this onslaught of water. we're joined now by the louisiana lieutenant governor-elect billy nungesser. he's also, i should mention, the former president of plaquemines parish, which is south of new orleans. give us a sense of what the state is doing to prepare new orleans and baton rouge for this possible flooding. >> well, we're good at this. we've been through it many times before all that water's coming sought and we have to be ready for it. as you mentioned earlier, opening the bonnet carre spillway is probably what will happen. when we read those gauges daily and as the water continues to come up. but we're monitoring the levees all across louisiana daily. to make sure they're in good shape and we can ride this out without flooding many parts of louisiana. >> are you confident that you can -- that you have enough spillways and that you can dump enough water into lake

>> reporter: more than 30,000 people in louisiana are in the same situation. they have until january 1st to find employment working 20 hours a week or risk losing food stamps. >> for years, states with higher than everything unemployment have been granted a federal waiver, allowing low income adults without children to receive food stamps, even if they are not looking for a job. the states have the waiver in place. despite one of the highest unemployment rates, outgoing mayor bobby jindal decided no to renew it saying: >> it's not trying to get on a programme, no, you still out looking for work, the stamps we do receive is not for them to lay off of. >> some advocates called the move mean spirited. saying the programme is a federal benefit that does not impact the state's budget. >> the problem is not that people do not want to work. the job training programs are not there. we should be focused on getting people connected to job training, not taking away food. >> the louisiana governor elect has sent a letter to the u.s. department of agriculture asking that t

. >> caller: mostly. >> guest: even in louisiana, louisiana hands because people in north louisiana mightas well, but it is louisiana. >> host: and you have been saying new orleans. >> guest: it's pronounced if only by everyone and you can almost tell where you grew up by how you pronounce it, but the way i pronounce it is basically saying new orleans very fast. >> host: saundra, from california. >> caller: hello, "capital dames"-- cokie roberts you are a national treasure. i'm a 70-year old senior citizen >> guest: i am older than you are, so stop with that senior citizen. >> caller: god bless you. keep up your work. your voice is soft and we need you. >> guest: aren't you kind, thank you. >> caller: i look forward to getting your last book. >> guest: great. >> host: cokie roberts, do you like the public attention-- maybe like is not the correct word. are you used to going out public with-- without people stopping you? >> guest: people are very kind and people who don't like me don't come up and say anything, i'm happy to say, so i can hardly be resentful of that and i can tell you, pete

jonathan martin, al jazeera, wallace, louisiana. >>> infant mortality rates in the u.s. hitting record lows, the number of infant deaths falling 2%. it's dropped 13% in the last 10 years. they say there's room for improvement. rates are still 50% higher than other developed countries, including finland and sweden. >>> the american academy of pediatrics has new guide lines for children's checkups, calling for screenings that you more often see in duties. bisi onile-ere has more. >> the recommendations appear in the journal pediatrics, all children, even if they are not considered at risk should be tested for high cholesterol, depression, and h.i.v. the findings are based on years of studies, showing that many deputy's health issues can start early in life. due in part to the high rate of owe bess city in young children, a leading group of u.s. pediatricians recommends that children be screened for high cholesterol and it is young as nine, for depression, the academy suggests doctor screen children at age 11. this is an attempt to deal with suicide, which has become one of

the city's liberty place monument honoring members of the white league that tried to overthrow louisiana's government. >> it represents the effort on the part of those exconfederates to take back the state of louisiana by force. >> some argue that the statue of the general and jefferson davis, president of the confederacy should say stay up as they honor a man who acted in accordance with his time when slavery was widely accepted. just as she issue divided the city, it split the city council set to vote on thursday, but not before a final public hearing. jonathan martin, al jazeera, new orleans. >>> u.s. and cuban negotiators are working to restore airline flights into havana. the lack of direct flights isn't stopping cubans from coming to the u.s. as al jazeera's heidi zhou castro reports, many are arriving through texas. >> we are on the laredo international bridge crossing from mexico into the united states. these are the very steps that 28,000 cubans took this year here at the busiest port of entry for cubans seeking refugee status in the united states. across the country, that number

. >> louisiana. >> okay. we are going to be talking to all of you guys in a minute, but fi check o story of kara and nicole. >> my besty nicole has been there for me quite literally through the thick and the thin. she has personally helped me to lose nearly 100 pounds, and held my hand every step of the way. nicole has always been there for me me, and treated me with the same amount of size. she deserves a trip to new york city followed by a surprise girls' trip. we both do. we have so much to celebrate. nicole's constant loyalty, our friendship and my size. >> oh, my gosh. >> how long did it take you the lose all of th wt by the way? >> and we need tissue ss, you are crying. >> and now we have to patricia. >> okay. >> let me tell you about my best friend patricia. i love her with all of my heart and then with all of my gut. she is a woman of all grace and courd living her childhood dream saving lives as a physician. a true georgia peach, brilliant and brave and never too busy to text with me throughout the d

. >>> in louisiana two police officers have been indicted in the shooting death of a six-year-old boyast month and derrick and greenhouse are facing murder charges, the boy jeremy was sitting in the front seat of his father's truck when stafford and greenhouse opened fire and officers said at the time the father tried to run them over as they were trying to serve a warrant and authorities have not released any more details about what they believe really happened. more protests planned in chicago today and they will meet at city hall demanding that mayor emmanuel resign and angry over the shooting death of mcdonald by police officer last year. on thursday 100 medical students laid on the sidewalk for 16 minutes, that is one minute for each of the bullets that hit mcdonald. emmanuel has apologized for how that shooting was handled but says he will not step down. next week al jazeera takes an in-depth look at chicago from local politics to the financial divide, a series five days in chicago starts monday right here on al jazeera america. >>> more people are dead after a medical helicopte

nevada eight out california, louisiana, and georgia. -- beat out california, louisiana, georgia. the state will offer a $215 million in x crits and the public will finance infrastructure. teachers across the valley have voted overwhelmingly to approve a contract agreement between the clark county school district and the union that represents them. the decision to ratify the contract came late this afternoon. the deal includes a two-step raise of $1300 across the board and a minimum 2.25% raise for the coming school year. teachers with degrees a received a larger raise. some educators express one day to review the contract. the deal be presented to the school board for approval. now to the race for president in a big night for the democratic candidates. hillary clinton and the bernie sanders facing off in another debate. sparks expected to fly after the dnc accused aids of getting unauthorized access to clinton's voter files. the clinton camp called it a threat. the dnc cut off sanders from a crucial voter database that tonight, they have agreed to let the sanders campaign regain

a stranger from north louisiana gives hope."davison trucking is offering his personal jet." "my congressman abraham called me and made me aware of it." "we're happy to help this child at this time and where we're we can so we're glad to do it and we wish for good results for him."the self's say it's a christmas miracle. "we've very thankful." something the family needs ... as their miracle continues to fight.jade cunningham, eyewitness news. 3 3 muskies and more...kayla's got all your sports highlights of the big games, coming up after break.3 3 3 the sioux city musketeers head to fargo once again this week. 2.. they definitely were looking for some revenge this week and a win on the road before returning home, 3 heading to the 1st period... muskees alex steeves with the shot... but ryan wischow holds it for the save... still no scorelater....jackson keane passes to jacob wilson... the wrister meets the top shelf... muskees up 1 to nothing...now 2nd period... fargo's blake lizotte skating into the zone... he makes the shot...but cameron garnet defects it.. and saves it again

he remains in custody in louisiana. the two suspects could face the death penalty. penalty assessment committee. reed: three men and died at by a grand jury following a series of violent home invasions, one victim, 75 years of age. marie: the district attorney and please called a joint conference to discuss the case. the suspects broke into three homes last july and august. the men are facing a combined 46 felonies. >> justice will be served in this case. i want to emphasize that these three individuals have committed soe most serious crimes you can imagine. you are home, buy yourself, a senior, and all of a sudden your tour gets kicked down, three strangers come in, sometimes assault you, rob you, sexually assault you, pistol whipped you, and then they leave. marie: these cases are usually challenging to solve, but physical evidence left behind in one home lead to to a break in the case and all three men were arremetro and north las vegas police are asking for your help to identify suspects behind commercial burglaries. they released these surveillance photos, hopi

maine has a lot of poor people as does louisiana. is there something about life in some parts of the country that just allows for the level of violence that is higher? >> i think these are difficult questions and we go back to very deep historical questions about the legacy of slavery. so i do think that the basic point is that every day we have 88 gun related deaths in our country. that is a huge number. one thing that we can do is do more research on the safety measures and other related issues related to guns. that is a very good starting point. >> franklin? >> yes, in the first instance, all we know about mass shooting episodes, that is the context for this discussion, is that there's a relationship between the incidents and prevalence of mass shooting episodes and handgun availability and handgun use by other dimensions, but that's a very small part of the explanation, and the reason that i would be very reluctant to jump to conclusions about those phenomenon from the general culture or from the cross sectional differences that

houck and webb were arrested in louisiana about two weeks later. governor brian sandoval is telling lawmakers that a 335-million- dollar agreement to bring electric carmaker faraday future to nevada is a good bargain for the state. his lieutenant governor - mark hutchison - agrees. "you're going to have 13,000 employees who are part of the faraday future compnay in the manufacturing process and the venders and the supply chain and you are going to see them in las vegas in those jobs in buying groceries, buying cars and buying homes and contriubuting to the economy of southern nevada." a special session is expected next week in the legislature - to secure the deal. it could be tough. a block of conservative assembly republicans have a track record of voting against tax abatements - even though the group wasn't large enough to stop a tax deal to bring another auto company - tesla - to the reno area. sandoval says nevada stands to gain three times as much tax revenue as it waives through the deal - and thousands of jobs for nevadans. faraday future an

louisiana is not out of the woods quite yet... severe weather warnings are ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > that massive squall line extends into the midwest..nd the storms have caused serious flooding in missouri. the road closures have forced a declaration of emergency. at least a dozen homes were flooded. in total, the mammoth storm system has killed 24 people across the country... including four soldiers in missouri./// let's get to ashley conroy... in for sherry today, with a look at today's weather. ((ashley conroy)) here's a live look from our caesar's cam -- cold morning out there right now -- we had those north winds coming through over the holiday and it's really going to make things cold to the start to our week this week..... ............................. here's our current temps -- near freezing on the strip right now -- 33 degrees. seven hills only 29 right now. 31 in henderson -- kyle canyon start to the day up there.... so if you're getting ready for work this morning and heading out here soon -- you'll want to make sure

>> louisiana. >> oh! we're going to talk to all you guys in just a minute. but we're going to check out first the story of kara and nicole. >> my bestie nicole has been there for me quite literally through the thick and thin. she has personally helped me lose nearly 100 pounds and held my hand every step of the way. nicole has always been there for me and treated me with the same amount of respect regardless of my size. she deserves a trip to new york city followed by a surprise girls trip. we both do. we have so much to celebrate. nicole's constant loyalty, our friendship and my new size 2 body. >> oh! >> way to go! >> oh, my gosh! >> about eight months. patricia. >> okay. >> let me tell you about my best friend patricia. i love her with all my heart and then all my guts. she's a woman of great faith and courage living her childhood dream of saving lives. a true georgia peach. brilliant, brave, and never too busy to text with me throughout the day. most women are lucky enough to marry man who's loving and supportive. i've been blessed with the best of both

(owl attacks cop)and an owl, attacks an louisiana cop...how that feud unfolded coming up. 3 good evening and happy holidays! thanks for joining us, i'm jetske wauran. larry and diana are off tonight. 3 3 and tonight, christmas celebrations are first on fox. 3 3 it's yuletide and one hospital in sioux city made sure all its staff got a chance to celebrate christmas.unitypoint health st. luke's put on special dinner event for its doctors and nurses and other staff on the clock today... to recognize and appreciate the efforts of men and women working at the hospital. the employees and their families got to enjoy a delicious hot meal, christmas carols and the sounds of the season thanks to a local pianist. 3 "our maintenance department, lab, x-ray, radiology, there are so many people here today siouxland are being cared for." "you know, st. luke's provides us with this nice dinner and meal to make it possible to be with our families for the holidays, so it's a nice opportunity for us all to be together. as nurses, 're together everyday, so it's kind of a family."teddy bears were also given t

this is for northeast louisiana. southeast arkansas, southeast mississippi, look for tornadoes and damaging wind. >> that will expire in about an hour. but another one east of it for much of mississippi and louisiana, including new orleans, this tornado watch goes until 18:00 a.m. across the gulf coast, we will see 8 million people at rick. if that's not enough, the flooding rains continue. this front will eventually push by the middle and end of the week, we will see more calm pattern, not yet t. flooding rain will move along with the cold front. we are like lynn to see isolated storms across the nest. we are tracking snow. look at this. it's looking through chicago. a wintry mix and a lake shore wind advisory for a rough we've wave along maik lake michigan. we are looking at some snow as i mentioned there to michigan. we will be looking at a wintry picks. temperatures are much colder, still hanging onto the warmth in the southeast. florida looks great, all the way into the '80s. lots of sunshine. so the southeast l

a police officer in louisiana is o-.t ahipatrol car on christmas eve.. what >>> a police officer in louisiana is okay after crashing his patrol car. an owl flew in to his open driver's side window. the scene was caught on his body camera, after benjamin's defensive driving training was put to good use. car. i was able to stop the cars put it in park and get out. there he was chilling out in the car. >> amazing, thankfully, no one was hurt. the cruiser. benjamin has a permanent partner in crime for the late night ride alongs. >>> star wars , the force box office records when it opened this months. yesterday, it hit another milestone, earning a billion dollars in global sales, faster than any film in history. the film took 12 days to hit the billion dollars mark, a day earlier than previous record holder jurassic world. it did this all without china. the film has yet to open in china, the second biggest film market in the world. it will open on january 9th. >>> there is a lot of talk about naps, are they good or bad. here is a few myths about napping, napp

in 1803, that is the year of the louisiana purchase. the french had at least officially been out of the region since 1763. the spanish technically had control of that region for a long period, and as the french struggle to control the osage, the spanish never had a chance. they were much weaker in north america, so the spanis osage coe to wield their power. the osage are then in a different context a sort of international relations because jefferson and other federal officials intended to use the louisiana purchase to take easter native people -- i mean east of the mississippi river -- and move them west of the mississippi river to open land for euro-american settlement spirit in order to a college that, the natives who currently lived needed to be welcoming, and the osage location in missouri made them sort of a natural place where they were sort of moved to her and that is why lewis and clark, for example, on a trip across america, they are directed to suspend powerful groups like the osage back to washington, d.c. jefferson. whenever

i draw creative strength from my route in south louisiana. storm i did not appreciate how much those roots were the pain connecting my heart, the body of historical, and the man i am becoming every day. summon time in the 1850s, nobody knows exactly when, on the banks of the kentucky river, a boy was trusted in the basket of a slave mother's arm as she said goodbye to their family and sailed away. one white man had sold mother and child to another white man. the child's father, brothers and sisters stood on the water's edge in tears. 500 miles downriver, the passage of the mother and her child ended on a sugar cane plantation this was a fertile patch of land between the mississippi river and the bayou. the master forced his name on the mother and child, harris, that is how my family came to south louisiana. years later after the emancipation in 1865, he told his children that his earliest memories are of his mother teaching him to say his prayers at night. telling him that when freedom comes, as it surely would, to go on a quest, you are not

you can see the tornado watches in louisiana and mississippi. look at the snow developing behind the system. we will get rain from it. coldsnow in oklahoma city. upper 60's to look forward to down south. here is our future was forecast. showers picking up a little bit late morning into the afternoon. heavier rain coming in this evening and overnight into tomorrow. three quarters to one inch of rain tonight. we will do it again tomorrow. wednesesy looks to be wet, too. thursday through sunday we get a chance to dry out. a nice weekend. upper 60's in the upstate and mid-sixties in the mountains. here is a quick look ahead. quite a change from upper 60's today to saturday's with upper 40's for highs. cold mornings saturday and sunday. for new year's eve and new year's day, it will be dry. cooler temperatures are right the first of the year. myra: thank you. don't forget, when bad weather hits, you can turn to the wyff 4 mobile app for the latest weather updates, including live radar. the app is free to download and available in both apple and andro

we are watching out in the louisiana and mississippi for possible tornadoes. look at the snow being generated in parts of texas, oklahoma, kansas, all because of that cold weather behind that front, which will reach us this coming weekend. we are not worried about winter weather, just colder temperatures. here's our future plus. we are going to see some more rain early afternoon into the evening and heavier showers coming in tonight. we will see maybe half an inch of rain today, than three orders -- three quarters of an inch of rain. another inch or more of rain expected before this month comes to an end. asheville will reach 64. the upstate reaching upper 60's today. cooler thursday, especially by friday morning. new year's day, it will be 34 in the mountains, 41 in the upstate, and highs of just 44-52. you will need the coast this weekend. daytime highs just in the 40's to 50 at best. myra: thank you. we are getting a better look at how the severe weather is affecting other parts of the world. in texas, the clean-up has just begun, where tornados killed at l

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all this while the eastern part of texas, parts of arkansas and louisiana remain under a tornado watch on the phone is lieutenant pedro bareknow with the garland, texas, police department. we appreciate it. you're directing search and rescue efforts on the ground. what are you finding? what's the situation there? >> as of right now, you know, the tornado struck the southeast part of garland and devastated numerous houses, buildings, apartment complex, rescue teams going door to door, attempting to make contact with anyone that can make contact with, make sure that everyone is accounted for. of course if someone is in need of rescuing, that's what they're there for, to make sure we can get them out. >> have you received a lot of reports from people or, you know, 911 calls saying i can't find my husband, i can't find my child or what is the volume you're getting? >> you know, we have not received many calls about we can't find so-and-so. we have eight confirmed deaths based on this storm. and from the storm, some were transported to hoe cal hospitals. but we are making contact with -- we

watch, tornado watch, for arts of louisiana and mississippi. wintry mix of whether from kansas city to chicago. even single digits, 10 in denver , 10 in northern great lakes area, minus one in international falls. here's our future plus forecast. we will get some showers this morning. seeing that pick up thiss afternoon, then more so tonight. overnight into tomorrow, some heavier downpours of rain. expected highs will reach upper 60's for the upstate. near mid 60's in the mountains today. we will have the first half of the week like this, then it starts to cool down as it clears on thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. looks like nice weather for new year's. patrick: thank you, dale. severe weather is hitting hard in many parts of the world. in texas, the cleanup has just begun. tornados have killed at least 11 people, demolishing everything in their path. the governor declared a state ofof disaster in four counties along a 40 mile span of destruction. in ellis county, the wreckage litters the streets where family homes once stood. an ef-3 tornad

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a tornado watch out for mississippi and louisiana. snow behind the system. we are not worried about snow where we live, but we will get colder temperatures behind this front. we will feel it saturday and sunday. mid 60's will climb to upper 60's this morning for the upstate. mountains will reach 64 for the afternoon. fog will be around for lunchtime and perhaps even 1:00. heavy rain tonight. we will see drier weather starting thursday. new year's day should be fine getting up to 52. : mornings in the 20's and 30's with highs this weekend in the low to upper 40's on saturday. patrick: thank you. fire crews in southern california say they should make are making big progress in a wildfire today, but there's a new worry. that's next. myra: also, let's take a live look outside from our anderson county skycam. richard edmund will have much announcer: you're watching live, local, breaking news with geoff hart, allyson powell, and weather with meteorologist dale gilbert. this is wyff news 4 today in high definition. myra: it is 6:12. officials in southern california

the showers extend from the great lakes back through parts of kansas and all the way down towards louisiana. this is an area of low pressure and a warm front that i' m tracking. it is going to come through the region tomorrow. tonight, what we are dealing you can see some precipitation up through northern new england. for us, cloudy skies and mild temperatures still at this hour. 44 degrees in worcester. 46 in boston. 50 degrees right now in nantucket. it is a mild night. over the next 24 hours, we keep the clouds around and temperatures hold steady. 50 degrees by about midmorning tomorrow. then we are going to watch this rain as we had through the afternoon. it is not until evening that the rain really starts to become very steady. we will talk about how much rain to expect, and the cooldown. heather: new questions tonight about the san bernardino terror attack and the screening that allowed one of the shooters into the country. tashfeen malik underwent a federal background check but examine social media. "the new york times" say she posted about jihad and wanting to be a part of it. new y

storms are hitting the deep south, even triggering tornado warnings overnight in mississippi and louisiana. abc's rob marciano tracking where the severe weather is expected today. >> reporter: the severe weather threat that starts in the arklatex and expands throughout the day across the midsouth, a wide spread with memphis in the bull's-eye. maybe tornadoes, as well, spread by extreme warmth. 62 in chicago. that's with rain and christmas eve over 70 in new york and records mr. be blown out. the eastern half will see wet interstates, the mountain west will see snow covered roads so be safe and travel slow. >> thank you so much, rob. >>> and breaking overnight weather may have played a role in a plane crash in the san officials have found the wreckage of a small plane in castro valley with a body inside. however, the terrain is too recovered. injuries while trying to reach the wreckage. recovery efforts will resume this morning. >>> bowe bergdahl held by the taliban for five years made a brief appearance before a military judge. in his dress blues, this is the first look we've had of him si