omar villafranca has details. >> reporter: with more rain on the way, memorial day have been cancelled in the city of san marcos, texas. today. the city suffered expense x tensive damage when heavy rains caused the blanco river overflowed its banks. it destroyed many roads, homes and sparked dramatic rescues. nearby wembley was also hit. thousands of others who were forced to evacuate are being aurjed to stay away from their homes. severe weather also affected other parts of texas includes houston where a tornado ripped the roof off an apartment complex. a man had to be rescued when he fought for his life. the rains soaks oklahoma, washing out roads and overflowing in homes. a firefighter was among those killed when he tried to rescue people from highwater. >> he got caught in the storm drape itself drain itself. >> that was omar villafranca reporting. meteorologist jeff ray of our dallas-ft. worth station kdtv has more on today's west forecast. >> it was a day of devastating flooding across large areas of texas yesterday and severe weather is the threat today for memorial day. you can

omar villafranca has more. >> reporter: emergency crews continue to look for people missing. some were in a home swept off its foundation. part of the task, figuring how farthing things drifted down the stream. >> that's really hard. >> reporter: kelly burns has lived here for 53 years and says she has never seen anything like it. >> it's always been an incredible community town and now i don't recognize it. >> reporter: search crews are carefully sifting through giant debris piles. there are piles like this that line the blanco river. >> we are safe. >> reporter: this family were saved by fleeing to their attic. there are more than 4,000 homes damage odd destroyered in the city. the city can't catch a break. the risk for severe weather is expected to stick around through friday and into the weekend. omar villafranca, cbs news wimberley, texas. >>> the atlantic hurricane season officially begins june 1st. the federal government predicts this year's season will be less active than usual due to cooler seas and the el nino effect on the pacific ocean. the national osha nick and

omar villafranca, wimberly texas. >>> one child is in the hospital in florida after a bounce house the child was in was lifted up with a water spout on the beach. >> oh bounce house! >> the inflatable playhouse was sent flying by winds up to 85 miles per hour monday. it was blown off the ft. lauderdale beach and over four lanes of traffic. four children were inside. one was tossed backwards. >> i thought i was about to die. i was going to die and then the bouncehouse flew out with the wind and i fell in a boat. >> she was released from the hospital after treatment for an injured lip and wrist. >>> and the storm system caused severe rip tides along the florida and mississippi coast. at least three swimmers are missing at florida beaches and one in mississippi. numerous others got caught by the powerful water and had to be rescued. meteorologist larry mowry was our dallas station said the risk isn't over yet. >> it's been a stormy night through louisiana and arkansas that large amount of thunderstorms moves through. hearts of ohio down to the southeast and alabama and mississippi, we've

cbs' omar see january coo reports from -- omar villafranca reports from texas. >> reporter: dozens of cars and tractor-trailers are under murky water across parts of houston after about 11 inches of rain fell overnight. authorities declared a flash flood emergency, closed the city's public schools, and shut down all rail and bus services. >> i the tell you that -- can tell you that we have to confirm -- two confirmed fatalities. >> reporter: jason hicks rescued a truck driver in his kayak. >> when i got to him the water had been about halfway up the indoe. he was in the -- window. he was in the back can couldn't swim. >> reporter: in north houston drivers aban danned cars when flood waters rose very fast. >> nothing i ever want to do again. in fact, hopefully no one would ever want to do this again. it's awful. >> reporter: in hayes county the swollen plan key river wiped out more than 1,000 homes. 12 people who were in one home are missing. teams are not expected to find any more survivors here in the debris in hard hit texas. the focus now shifts to recovery and the massive clean up

omar villafranca reports. >> reporter: the river in san marcos, texas rose 26 feet in just one hour. the river overflowed flooding homes and wiping away homes. >> we do have 12 missing persons that we're actively searching for. >> reporter: first responders used a helicopter to lift a 68- year-old father trapped in the river for two hours. >> hold on, please don't leave. please don't leave. i'm here for you. he was like i don't know what to tell you. i'm sorry. >> reporter: there was another dramatic rescue near austin. a kayaker struggled to keep his head above the rushing waters of the san gabriel river until bystanders pulled him to safety. nearby women letterly was also -- wimberley was also hit hard. the 100 -year-old trees were uprooted n. home was ripped off its foundation and pushed into the hillside. >> this area is going to come back? >> it will. it will. >> reporter: massive flooding also hit oklahoma. two people were killed, including a firefighter who was trying to evacuate stranded residents. >> he's our hero. that's for sure. >> reporter: the storms also spawned a torn

omar villafranca, cbs news, wimberly, texas. >> state disaster declarations have been issued for 46 texas counties. >>> an arrest in a wild hit-and- run in newark. police say this man chased down his ex-girlfriend and intentionally rammed into her car. scott o'neill of fremont is facing charges of attempted homicide and violating a restraining order. police say he threatened his ex- girlfriend at a bar. the woman was picked up by two friends. the officers said o'neill chased three of them in his car and then hit them on cedar boulevard. both cars flipped over. o'neill tried to confront his ex again but bystanders intervened. the suspect then took off, officer caught him yesterday and took him into custody. >>> devastating news to hundreds of people on the peninsula. city of palo alto has okayed plans to evict every tenant in the city's last remaining mobile home park. some 400 people living at the buena vista park will have six months to clear out. before the final vote last night, the tenants argued the owner wasn't paying them enough to find other housing in the pricy bay area. >> with

cbs news reporter omar villafranca joins us now live this morning in wimberlee texas with more. just awful damage down there omar? >> reporter: good morning, if erika, the grounds is so water log here, that the overnight rain that we had here in whim bee lee is turning quiet creeks into what you see behind me. that's basically a river. flooding caused so much damage, and we learn that more rain is on the way. severe storms moved through texas for the third straight day. up to 6 inches of rain fell in houston, submerging roads prompting authorities to declare a flashflood emergency. leaving drivers stranded in their carson flooded streets and highways. even the police office nerve texas had to be helped after his patrol car got stuck in rising waters. in haze county, the swollen blanco river wiped out more than 1,000 homes including one where families gathered for the holiday weekends. two inside the house are missing. >> to observe first-hand what the devestation looks like, can you not candy coat it. this absolutely is massive. >> teams here will transition today from a search t

cbs news correspondent omar villafranca has the latest for you. >> with more rain on the way memorial day events have witness cancelled in the city of san marco texas today. city suffered extensive damage over the weekends with heavy rainfall caused the blanko river to top its banks. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> the raging river destroyed roads, wiped away hundreds of homes, and sparked dramatic rescues. nearby whimperly also hard hit. officials there are searching for several people, unaccounted for after the storm. thousand it is of others, who were forced to evacuate, are being urged to stay away from their home. severe weather also affected other parts of texas including, houston where tornado ripped a roof off this apartment complex. in austin, kayaker had to be rescued, when his adventure turned into fight for his live. the rain has also soaked portions of oklahoma, washing out roads and overflowing into homes. a firefighter in claire moore was among those killed when he tried to rescue people from high water. >> got caught in the storm drain itself. >> this may is already the

omar villafranca is in garland texas. >> reporter: as police sifted through the blown-out shell of the suspect's car this morning the two dead gunmen still lay nearby. police used controlled explosives on the car to make sure it was not rigged to blow up. police say just before 7:00 p.m. sunday evening, the two men drove up to a police checkpoint just outside the curtis culwell center jumped out of their car wearing body armour and opened fire with assault rifles on a patrol car. a security guard was wounded in the leg. a police officer returned fire, killing both men. garland police spokesman joe harn. >> we were able to stop those men before they were able to penetrate the area and shoot anybody else or attempt to shoot anyone else. >> reporter: the failed attack targeted an anti-islam event in which 200 people were competing to draw cartoons of the prophet muhammad. muslims believe any drawing of prophet is blasphemous. police identified the gunmen as 30-year-old elton simpson and 34-year-old nadir soofi roommates from phoenix arizona. today f.b.i. agents searched the apartment the

omar villafranca, cbs news, wimberly, texas. >> at least five people were killed this weekend by the floods in texas and oklahoma. >>> always watching always tracking, wusa9's first alert weather, d.c.'s most accurate. >> here we're tracking your holiday installment of the 3- degree guarantee. >> i was forecasting a high of 88. we got to 85. so that is within the 3-degree guarantee. i didn't change it. that is correct, not wrong. yeah, we missed it yesterday. we've only missed it three times the entire month. the warmest may is in 1971. so far we're running in the fifth spot. we'll make no. 2, might make no. 1, but i think that's a tough go. this evening 75, comfortable, south wind at 9, humidity up a bit, dew point at 60 feeling a little bit on the humid side. temps still above 70 degrees, 69 in annapolis, andrews 67 67, 60s in the mountains. more heat and humidity tomorrow and for much of the week with temperatures way above average. thunderstorm threat tomorrow afternoon especially west of washington and scattered storms wednesday, thursday, friday more likely in the metro. want t

omar villafranca has more on the severe weather. >> reporter: drone footage showed what was left after the blanco river in hays county texas, rose 26 feet an hour this weekend. more than 1,000 homes were damaged and several ripped from their foundation. including one with 12 members of two families inside. jonathan mccomb was found alive 12 miles downstream. his wife and two kids are among the missing. rick helped shelter some of his neighbors who were in danger. >> you could hear the house move off the foundation. and warden said, here comes my house. and within a matter of minutes, his house floated by. >> reporter: rain started falling again monday. raising concerns there could be more flooding. >> obviously, this rain and weather is starting to change gears for us a little bit, we don't know what to expect out of that but we're ready. >> reporter: the state's governor toward the damage and compared the wave of water to a tsunami. >> you cannot candy coat it. it's absolutely massive. >> reporter: in amarillo, a 3-year-old boy was killed when floodwaters flipped a vehicle and he was

as california dries up, omar villafranca reports that wild animals are roaming neighborhoods in searchdrink. >> reporter: when the drought dries out berries in the forest, california black bears go dumpster diving for food. complaints about black bears in garbage cans and near homes have almost doubled in the last year, and coyotes looking for water are a common site in the most densely packed parts of los angeles. several months ago this pack of coyotes were caught on a security camera running across a burbank lawn. the coyotes chased nick mendoza while he walked his dog. >> when i was walking, i saw the four and the others started circling, coming around. that's when i knew that i was the prey. and when you're the prey, that's very scary. >> reporter: martine colette runs a wildlife way station north of los angeles that rabble face exotic animals. she now sees animals coming down from the hills looking for something to drink and has started placing bowls of water around the property to help them. >> people have water. they have fish ponds swimming pools, dog dishes for water. an anim

omar villafranca, cbs news, wimberley, texas. >>> today the justice department is expected to outline steps the cleveland police department will be required to take to address a pattern of excessive force and civil rights violations. the agreement comes days after a judge declared a police officer not guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting after black man and woman. police stopped the couple's car and officer michael brelo fired 15 shots into the vehicle. the verdict prompted protests and dozens of arrests. >>> a memorial day fishing trip ended with a rescue on white hall bay in annapolis. police officers were returning from a wreath laying ceremony on a patrol boat when they spotted seven people sitting on top of a capsized motor boat. they believe the boat flipped on its side after striking a sand bar. all seven people were rescued and are okay. >>> a special response team is on its way to a new jersey hospital this morning after a man died there from a rare west african disease. the center for disease control says the man recently returned from liberia. >> he was diagnosed wi

omar villafranca has more. >> reporter: with more rain on the way, memorial day events have been canceled in the city of san marcos, texas today. the city suffered extensive damage over the weekend when heavy rainfall caused the blanco river to top its banks. >> oh, my god, oh, my god. >> reporter: the raging river destroyed roads, wiped away hundreds of homes and sparked dramatic rescues. nearby wimberley was also hard hit. officials there are searching for several people unaccounted for aft storms. thousands of others who were forced to evacuate are being urged to stay away from their homes. severe weather also affected other parts of texas including houston where a tornado ripped a roof off this apartment complex. in austin, a kayaker had to be rescued when his adventure turned into a fight for his life. the rain has also soaked portions of oklahoma washing out roads and overflowing into homes. a firefighter in claremore was among those killed when he tried to rescue people from high water. >> we got caught in the storm drain itself. >> reporter: this may is already the wettest on reco

omar villafranca, cbs news, new orleans. >> new habitat homeowners have to qualify and put in sweat equityave to volunteer at least 350 hours with habitat for humanity. >>> we start with the manhunt for the suspect in the brutal murder of a d.c. family and they were housekeeper. good evening. i'm -- and their housekeeper. good evening. i'm lesli foster. >> i'm derek mcginty. investigators believe daron dylon wint is behind last week's quadruple murder. let's begin with bruce leshan and the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: police think that daron wint stole $40,000 think with all that cash he may have fled to new york by bus. his girl friend tells detectives in new york now that he is headed back to d.c. to turn himself in, but detectives are not sure they believe her. >> right now you have about every law enforcement officer across the country that is aware of his open warrant and are looking for him. >> reporter: america's most wanted man, daron dylon wint, 34 from lanham maryland, but on facebook he lists his home now as new york. >> we believe mr. wint is currently in the brook

omar villafranca is in wimberley with the latest. >> reporter: urban search and rescue teams continue to look for several people still missing in wimberley. some were in a home that was swept off its foundation. part of the task figuring out how far things drifted downstream. >> debris pile tends to be a bulldozer if you will that will come through and take out anything in its path. >> reporter: kelly burns has lived here for 53 years and says she's never seen anything like it. >> it's always been an incredible community town and now i don't recognize it. >> reporter: search crews are carefully sifting through giant debris peoples. there are hundreds of clusters like this one that line the banks of the blanco river for miles. the are a continues family sur -- the martins family survived flood waters by fleeing to their attic. their home is one of approximately 4,000 structures damaged or destroyed in the city. the state can't catch a break. late wednesday a suspected tornado was spotted in the texas panhandle. the risk for severe weather expected to stick around through friday and int

omar villafranca has more from wimberlee, texas, one of the hardest hit areas. >> reporter: the blankoer in san marcus, texas rose 26 feet in just one hour. the river overflowed flooding roads and wiping away homes. >> you have 12 missing persons that we are actively searching for. >> reporter: first responders used a helicopter to lift its 68 year old father, trapped in the river for two hours. >> hold on. please don't leave. please don't leavement i'm here for you. i'm here for you. he's just like i don't know what to tell you i'm sore. >> i there was another dramatic rescue near austin, kayaker struggled to keep his head above the rushing waters of the san gabriel river until bystanders pulled him to safety. nearby wimberlee was also hit hard. hundreds of homes were destroyed. >> the river swells dozens every feet and 100 year old trees were uprooted. this home was ripped off its foundation and pushed into the hillside. this area will come back. >> oh, yes. >> it will. it will. >> reporter: massive flooding also hit oklahoma two people were killed, including a firefighter, who was t

in new orleans omar villafranca for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >6:00 a soggy cool day, meteorologist kathy orr is tracking how long that rain will last, kathy. >> we are watching rain the storm scan three. we will show you when it is moves out and what to expect this holiday weekend looking forward to it. >>> brazen crime in delaware county. police are searching for burglars who broke in the gun store and stole more than a dozen weapons. >>> and brand new safety measures are being taken in the wake of the deadly amtrak derailment, this is the i team digs diaper in the hearst work by the engineer involved in last weeks crash. we will tell you why a shift change in his schedule is now under investigation. >>> plus atlantic city's mayor shows off his skateboarding skills, we will tell you why new on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> now, at 6:00 o'clock it has been a wet dreary day across the region, visitors to the steps of the art museum made sure to bring their umbrellas today but others, well, they were caught off guard. live storm scan three shows h

omar villafranca has more from the hardest hit areas. >> reporter: merky flood waters are beginning to recede in some areas of houston after deadly storms, dumped 11 inches have rain overnight. >> still a dangerous situation. they are full of water. water is moving rapidly. >> reporter: drivers abandoned their vehicles as low lying streets turn into rivers. >> the water kept rising in the car and got up to my left and thought i better get out. >> reporter: epic flooding closed schools and businesses in the nation's fourth largest city but officials say heyes county west of houston took the brunt of the the severe weather. the ground here is so water logged that overnight rains in this area turned this small creek, into a flowing river. crews are shifting from a search to the recovery of 12 people who have been missing since sunday when flood waters from the boyco river swept away their vacation home and a tornado is expected of killing one person in myron county, texas. >> i was in the living room watching tv. >> reporter: meteorologists say storm system parked over texas could bring e

reporter omar villafranca tells us police claim the men opened fire before an officer gunned them bothn. >> reporter: police swarmed a conference center near dallas sunday night and killed two gunmen who opened fire on a security guard. the fbi says one of them is elton simpson, who has been investigated for possible ties to terrorism. it happened outside a contest to draw cartoons of the prophet mahmoud. >> obviously, they were there to shoot people. >> reporter: authorities have not said to the shooting is connected to the event. the bomb squad checked the gunman's car for exploit. >> there were no bombs found in the vehicle. >> reporter: the fbi says the gunman lived in the phoenix area. >> the fbi and phoenix police were involved in determining if any other persons were at this location and what evidence may be available that could be used in the dallas investigation. >> reporter: a controversial group called the american freedom defense initiative sponsored the contest in texas. it was held in the same location where a pro-islamic conference took place earlier this year. the group

omar villafranca has the latest for you. >>> with more rain on the way memorial day events have been cancelled into the city of san marco, texas today. the city suffered extensive damage over the weekend, with heavy rainfall, caused the blanko river to top its banks. >> oh, my god oh, my god. >> raging river destroyed roads, wiped away hundreds of homes, and sparked dramatic rescues. nearby whim many letter, also hard hit. officials there, are searching for several people, unaccounted for after the storm. thousands of other, forced to evacuate are being urged to say away from their homes. severe weather also affected other part of texas. including houston where a tornado ripped the roof off this apartment complex. austin, a kayaker had to be rescued, but this adventure turned into fight for his life. the rain has also soaked portions of oak home, a washing out roads and overflowing into homes. a firefighter in claire moore, was among those killed, when he tried to rescue people, from high water. >> got caught in the storm drain itself. >> this may already the wettest on record, for s

cbs reporter omar villafranca is there. >> reporter: this is what is left of dozens of homes. in this twisted pile of debris are pieces of two houses from 75 yards away. >> the water are still rising in some locations tonight. but forecasters say the worst of the rain is over for now. veronica de la cruz, kpix5. >>> many fans spent the night in the stands after last night's warriors rockets game in houston. the toyota center posted warnings urging them to stay inside until the storm passed. even rockets star dwight howard stayed behind after learning roads near his home were flooded. >>> parents kept their preschool kids up late the night and took them to a city council meeting of all places. christin ayers explend of the day and the classrooms at antioch's kids club preschool are dark and quiet. pretty soon, they will no longer be filled with the 300 preschoolers who come here everyday. kid's club's lease ends june 30 when this building will be turned into a special education wing. >> it is time for the city of antioch and the school district to support these children and to

omar villafranca reports from texas where a dozen people are missing after their home was swept away by flood waters. >> reporter: severe storms moved through texas for the third straight day. up to six inches of rain fell in houston submerging roads and prompting authorities to declare a flash flood emergency. in hayes county, the swollen blanco river wiped out more than 1,000 homes. including one where two families had gathered for the holiday weekend. 12 people who were inside the house are missing. >> to observe firsthand what the devastation looks like. you cannot candy coat it. it's absolutely massive. >> reporter: teams here in women berry will transition today from a search to a recovery mission. meaning that no more survivors are expected to be found in the flood debris. in austin, fast moving creeks took over city streets in the downtown area. flooding businesses and trapping some employees at a 7/11. the threat of severe weather is not yet over in texas. forecasts are calling for more rain today. omar villafranca, cbs news, texas. >> okay, rain everywhere and i guess we ha

omar villafranca has more. >> reporter: dozens of cars and tractor-trailers are under murky water across parts of houston after up to 8 inches of rain fell overnight. authorities declared a flash flood emergency, closed the city's public schools and shut down all rail and bus services. >> i can tell you we have to confirmed fatalities. >> reporter: jason hicks rescued a truck driver in his kayak. >> i got to him. the water had been about halfway up his window. he was in the back, couldn't swim. >> reporter: in north houston, drivers abandoned dozens of cars when flood waters rose very fast. >> nothing i ever went through. hopefully no one will ever do this again. it's awful. >> reporter: in hayden county, the swollen blanco river wiped out more than 1,000 homes. 12 people who were in one home are missing. teams are not expected to find anymore survivors in the debris in hart hit wimberley. the focus now shifts to recovery and the massive cleanup effort. in austin, fast moving creeks took over city streets in the downtown area flooding businesses and trapping employees at 57-eleven. >> go

omar villafranca begins our coverage. >> reporter: it's the worst flooding this region has ever seen. this aerial video shows the remains of a bridge come -- completely washed away by catastrophic flooding from a raging blanco river. the river rose 26 feet in just an hour, uprooting home, snapping trees washing away cars and creating massive piles of debris up to 20 feet high along an 87-mile stretch. wimberly, a popular bed and breakfast getaway has taken the biggest hit. a dozen still remain missing. will conley is the county commissioner. >> we have over 150 personnel continuing to scope the river through air, by boat and by land looking for any survivors. >> reporter: 33-year-old laura macomb and her two young children six-year-old andrew and four-year-old leighton are among those still missing. they were separated when their vacation home was swept off its foundation, slamming into a bridge downstream. julia shields is laura's sister. >> she called me. she said "i'm in a house. i'm floating down a river. tell mom and dad i love you and pray." >> reporter: the family held house un

we asked omar villafranca to tell us more. >> reporter: it was 2008 when the engineer of this los angeles commuter train missed a warning signal while texting and collided with a freight train. the 25 deaths prompted congress to pass strict new safety guidelines. a safety system called "positive train control" or ptc may have prevented that accident. it is now in use in southern california and can stop or start a train by computer, avoiding human error. metrolink spokesman jeff lustgarten. >> when you have a system like this in place, speed won't be an issue. the train will be able to operate safely at maximum speeds. >> reporter: gps technology transmits signals from thousands of track centers to a central computer system. >> the system looks at the size of the train the weight of the train and the speed of the train at all times. >> reporter: mr. mccarthy used a simulator to show us how ptc relays crucial information to the train's engineer. >> what it was telling me is you're going too fast for this curve. i won't let you take this curve. >> reporter: warning lights and beeps tell the

omar villafranca cbs news los angel >> glor: we are also learning more about a hacker who claims he took remote control of a passenger jet and steered it off course. he tells the fbi he has hacked into many other flights. here's julianna goldman. >> reporter: cuter-- computer expert kris roberts tweeted on sunday his only interest is to improve aircraft security and according to a search warrant roberts told fbi agents he's exposed dangerous flaws. earlier this year roberts told them he had identified vulnerabilities with in-flight entertainment systems. and on one flight said he successfully commanded the system to cause one of the airplane engines to climb resulting in a lateral or sideways movement of the plane. roberts told the fbi that from 2011 to 2014 he compromised the systems approximately 15 to 20 times by hacking into network connections on in-flight entertainment units under passenger seats. in march he told fox news he's been talking with the federal aviation administration. >> you basically have to understand how computer networks work how avionic systems work and be able t

swept away during a rescue and drowned we have a series of the reports tonight beginning with omar villafranca in wimberly. >> torrential downpours have deluged central texas. >> oh my god, oh my god. >> reporter: some areas have seen more than ten inches of rain in the last 24 hours. the storms have toppled trees, knocked out bridges and submerged cars. swollen rivers, streams and creaks are running through communities that have already been pounded by weeks of rainfall. in hays county, the blanco river has risen to record levels causing significant damage to the town's of san marcos and wimberly. 1,000 homes have been damaged. 300 are gone. the sheriff's office has issued a 9:00 p.m. curfew in an effort to keep residents safe. there has been at least one death in san marcos and three people have been reported missing. first responders used pontoon boats and helicopters to evacuate residents from several neighborhoods overnight. many of them have been brought to local shelters. terry doyle's family owns a home in wimberly. >> the water got as high as nine inches on the upstairs. we have a vau

for "cbs this morning," omar villafranca, los angeles. >>> a dramatic bus trip in boston.heck out what happened while a local tv news team covered last night's fire. >> the traffic continues to go by and one lane of traffic. >> oh, my gosh -- >> my goodness. >> wow, the explosion blew the windows right off that bus. the passengers were heading from new york to boston when the fire broke out. >> and they got off. >> and everybody is okay yeah. >>> some midsize suvs do not make the grade when it comes to certain front end collisions. they have the models that performed badly in the >>> a fresh start turned into a nightmare when a moving company failed to deliver. >> it's devastating. there are things that we find every single day that aren't here that we know we'll never get back. >> ahead, the new efforts how americans fight back against movers who hold furniture as hostage. >> tewhe ns is back here on "cbs this morning." stop in for lunch and tap, swipe, and go. chili's. fresh is happening now. how does it feel to lose the first 10 pounds on weight watchers? ♪ let's go! ♪

for "cbs this morning," omar villafranca, los angeles. >> a dramatic bus fire near boston, all of theearly 50 people on board got out okay but check out what happened while a local tv news team covered last night's fire. >> traffic continues to go by and one lane of traffic -- oh my gosh! >> oh my goodness. >> wow. explosion blew the windows right aust that bus. passengers were heading from new york to boston on the mass turnpike when the fire broke out. >> so they got off, sent another bus, everybody was okay. >> yes. >> very quickly. >>> midsized suvs do not make the grade when it comes to certain front-end clithss. ahead, modelled that perform badl >>> a fresh start turned into a nice mare when a moving company failed to deliver. >> it's devastating, things we find every single day that aren't here that we know we'll never get back. >> ahead the new efforts to help americans fight back against movers who hold furniture hostage. >> the is in back in the morning right here on "cbs this morning." american back aga movers who hold furniture as hostage. >> the news is back here on "cbs

omar villafranca has the very latest from wimberly. >> reporter: the murky floodwaters are beginning to recede in some areas of houston after deadly storms dumped up to 11 inches of rain overnight. >> it's still a dangerous situation along the bayous. the water is moving very, very rapidly. >> reporter: drivers abandoned their vehicles as low lying streets turned into rivers. >> the water kept rising in the car, got up to my lap. i thought maybe i gert get out. >> reporter: schools and businesses -- better get out. >> reporter: schools and businesses were also closed. west of houston took the brunt of the severe weather. the ground here is so waterlogged that overnight rains in wimberly turned this small creek into a flowing river. crews are shifting from a search to the recovery of 12 people missing since sunday when floodwaters from the blanco river swept away their vacation home and a tornado is suspected of killing one person. >> i was watch it having and it just hit. >> reporter: meteorologists say the storm system park over texas could bring -- parked over texas could bring mor

cbs news reporter omar villafranca joins us now liver in wimberly texas with more. >> reporter: trees were continued upside down, turned into battering rams. what they can reek on a community. more rain on the way here. severe storms, moved through texas, for the thirds straight day. up to 6 inches every rain, fell in houston submerging roads, and prompting authorities to declare a flashflood emergency. leaving drivers stranded in their cars, on flooded streets, and highways. even police officer in navasota texas had to be helped after his patrol car got stuck in rising waters. haste county the swollen blanco river wiped out more than 1,000 homes including one where two families had gathered for the holiday weekends. twelve people who written side the house are missing. >> to observe first-hand what the devestation looks like, can you not candy coat it. this absolutely is massive. >> teams here in wimberly will transition today from a search to a recovery mission. meaning that no more survivors are expected to be found in the flood debris. the err. for survivors just beginning across

. >> omar villafranca has thetory -- story from wimberley. >> reporter: crews areer ising for members of three families missing in hays county outside aust in. >> we are in search ands are cue mode. >>reporter: the blanco river overflowed on sunday and swept await vacation home. flood waters damaged thousands of homes and businesses. >> keep hoping you will wake up and the nightmare is over but it's not. we are certainly in survival mode. >> reporter: even with the little bit of rain coming down, people in wimberley are trying to clean up. 20 foot piles deaf brie like this littered the river banks and they will take weeks to clear out. >> it's okay. >> reporter: the cortez family acted fast when water rushed into their home. >> the plan was hold on for dear life. the water rose up to our necks and so we are basically hanging on to the double doors that lead to the backyard. >> reporter: more rain is falling in houston where as homes are damaged. about 2500 drivers were forced to abandon the vehicles as flood waters rose. firefighters also carried out more than 500 water rescues. crews

omar villafranca is near the scene in dallas. omar good morning. >> reporter: good morning, police and the fbi are still gathering evidence from the suspect's vehicles behind me. as this event was wrapping up the two men drove up to the building just a few feet that way, got out of the car and immediately started shooting. >> a police officer has been shot, two suspects have been shot. possibly have explosives on them. >> police swarmed a dallas area conference center sunday evening after two gunmen opened fire injuring a security guard. they were shot and killed by police not far from their black sedan. >> get back in the building. >> we are not leaving. nobody's going anywhere for a while. >> reporter: police, armed with fact cal gear urged the nearly 200 people inside to stay calm. >> it sounded like a machine gun, maybe. police told us to run as fact as we could to get back in the building. >> the crowd was attending a contest for a cartoon depiction of the prophet mohammed sponsored by the controversial group "the american fr

omar villafranca is near the site of the attack. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the bodies of the two men have not been moved and police are still checking the vehicle for explosives. feet from where i'm standing people drove up and started shooting. police swarmed a dallas area conference center sunday evening after two gunmen opened fire injuring a security guard. they were shot and killed by police not far from their black sedan. >> get back in the building. >> we're not leaving. >> reporter: police armed with tactical gear urged the nearly 200 people inside to stay calm. >> it sounded like a machine gun maybe. police told us to run as fast as we could to get back in the building. >> reporter: the contest was sponsored by the group freedom, pamela gellar. >> this incident proves just how violent the war is on freedom and it's not just here. it's not just paris and copenhagen. it's here. the war is here. >> reporter: shortly after the attacks on the french newspaper "charlie hebdo" a pro-islamic contest was held here, prompting gellar to schedule last night's c