as n.b.a. stars take aim at guns violence. >> i heard about a shooting involving a 3-year-old girl over the summer. my daughter riley is that age. >> axlerod: and santa's little helper who can't get to sleep on christmas eve. >> i'm going to tell you a story that can make you feel very sleepy! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> axlerod: good evening. scott's off tonight. i'm jim axelrod. we question win with a christmas storms we don't usually see until spring. dozens of tornadoes tore through the south and midwest including the first ever recorded in michigan in december. at least eleven were killed last night, more than 60 hurt. states of emergency have been declared in georgia, tennessee and mississippi where about 100 homes were destroyed. manuel bojorquez begins our coverage near holly splrings, mississippi. >> you can see the debris. >> reporter: this tornado was on the ground for ten minutes as clarksdale, mississippi. storm chasers scrambled to ge

as n.b.a. stars take aim at guns violence. >> i heard about a shooting involving a 3-year-old girl over the summer. my daughter riley is that age. >> axlerod: and santa's little helper who can't get to sleep on christmas eve. >> i'm going to tell you a story that can make you feel very sleepy! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> axlerod: good evening. scott's off tonight. i'm jim axelrod.

a deadly shooting at a mall in charlotte, as n.b.a. stars take aim at gun violence. >> i heard about a shooting involving a three-year-old girl

doesn't have a name on it. >> we can all make a difference. >> reporter: the ad campaign features n.b.a. stars carmelo anthony, joakim noah, chris paul and stephen curry, speaking in very personal terms about gun violence. >> i heard about a shooting involving a three-year-old girl over the summary. my daughter riley is that age. >> reporter: while riley curry n.b.a. mvp, the public service announcement also features people who don't often grab headlines, victims of gun violence. >> in the united states, 88 people die from gun violence every day. >> reporter: the campaign was directed by spike lee and paid for by "everytown for gun safety," a group founded by former new york city mayor michael bloomberg to push back against the national rifle association. >> it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: gun control is never directly mentioned, but the ad marks the n.b.a.'s entry into the polarizing debate over guns, a first for a professional sports league and largely led by the players, who are increasingly using their celebrity to draw attention to community violence. >> the guns should never be an optio

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as n.b.a. starsm at guns violence. >> i heard about a shooting involving a 3-year-old girl over the summer. my daughter riley is that age. >> axlerod: and santa's little helper who can't get to sleep on christmas eve. >> i'm going to tell you a story that can make you feel very sleepy! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> axlerod: good evening. scott's off tonight. i'm jim axelrod.

a deadly shooting at a mall in charlotte, as n.b.a. stars take aim at gun violence. >> i heard about a shooting involving a three-year-old girl over the summer. my daughter riley is that age. >> and santa's little helper for parents whose kids just can't get to sleep on christmas eve. # >> i'm going to tell you a story that can make yofeel very sleepy! >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >> scott pelley is off. i'm jim axelrod. we begin with a christmas turned deadly by the kind of storms we don't usually see until spring. dozens of tornadoes tore through the south and midwest, including the first ever recorded in miigan in december. at least eleven were killed last night, more than 60 hurt. states of emergency have been declared in georgia, tennessee and mississippi, where about 100 homes were destroyed. manuel bojorquez begins our coverage near holly springs, mississippi. >> i can see the debris! >> reporter: this tornado was on the ground for ten minutes as it clarksdale, mississippi. >> back it up! back it up! >> reporter: storm chaser

the former n.b.a. star was found unconscious at a brothel in las vegas in october. he is still recovering at a los angeles hospital. charlie sheen coming clean about his health. >> i'm here to admit that i am, in fact, h.i.v.-positive. >> reporter: the actor diagnosed four years ago said he decided to make the announcement after paying out upwards of $10 million to keep the illness a secret. another year of loss for the family of whitney houston. almost three years after the pop icon drowned in a bathtub, her daughter bobbie f was unresponsive in a tub. brown underwent treatment but never regained consciousness. she passed away six month later. >> i cannot leave without saying live long and prosper. report tt world mourns the passing of leonard nimoy this year. the boston native was best known for playing one of the most iconic characters in hollywood. star trek's mr. spock. he was 83. another galaxy far, far away made headlines this year. star wars proved it is still a force with which to be reckoned. the film stormed past jurassic world to have the biggest box off

n.b.a. titles with a 17-time all star and earned two olympic medals. the exclusive interview is on "good morning america" starting at 7:00 a.m. >> i remember working in philadelphia when he was still in high school and he took brandy to the prom. do you remember in do you remember that? >> absolutely. a prom date. he was a-year-older than her but he was already in the nba. quite a career and nice to see him humble. you need the fire to be as good as he is. now, the radar is going to show you that there is stuff out there, moisture, remember, it is not so dry as yesterday but this is not fink to reach the ground it is too dry, below 10,000' feet. it will be hazy today. like yesterday. it will not be a "spare the air" day. we will have more high clouds. we still need the sunglasses. more warmth today the you will notice it when you step outside. moderate rain. gusts and a slight chance of thunder with the storm tomorrow. our next can of wet weather is across the north bay on sunday. tomorrow, at 5:00, 15 or 23 hours and 43 minutes, can you see a few show

n.b.a. record to start the season. also, espn had an anding stat saying the warriors can be the first to start this many in a row to starch. they are breaking records on top of reports as they continue to win in the early part of the sound. >> making up new records. >> exactly. >> expect a new one eke week and in the future we will tack about the warriors game. >> and still people do not thing they are get to 73. >> lucky. >> a others have injuries. >> hi! >> we are very lucky. this morning, you can see better than yesterday morning but this is still some fog. >> yes, i ran through some around orinda and lafayette but the nicaragua was not long lasting with the thick of the fog around fairfield and the parkway and peabody road out highway 12 and walters road and north tesla seat close to the mall there. that is the area that has the thickest and into the central valley we have the dense fog advisory until 10:00. if you are headed this way, be careful. that is where the most widespread fog is with the weapons light and variable and i am not expecting the fog to take over much of our neighbor. we. get just from the ground