>> my role model was my dad, which is what i related to when it came to petra.instruct me about her was her passion for her subject and her enthusiasm. i don't remember at the aim of 18 being that -- aim of 18 being that clear about what i wanted to do this science. it was inspiring. >> what i can relate to is not just the passion about the science, but the aryanism, she -- organism, she seemed to love the birds. that was me at that age. i can relate to being passionate about a creature and using it as aol. >> i love the way she was fascinated by the animal. i was fascinated by the way she used robotic knowledge to enhance her research, it's a work. >> and an example of where science research is going. it's so cross-disciplinary, being an expert in one is not enough any more. it's great to see someone starting at stanford. he she has that handle. >> for viewers, young women waiting to get into science or mentors, what advice do you have? >> don't think because you are not at university, that you can't get in there and participate. ask your science teachers that

petra's yukon was thrown off the overpass. porras says: "just feel like something inside of me died..like a part of me died with her." ruiz says: "of all things...a tornado." the 27 year-old leaves behind four, young kids. ruiz says: "you got to go to school you got to work hard to get what you want in life don't be a slacker she'd tell them." the oldest is nine- year-old, jasmine. who just gave her mom this coupon book for christmas. porras says: "she was an amazing woman, wonderful mom, wonderful wife, friend..everybody loved her." says to cherish every moment w/ those you love. porras says: "because you never know." ruiz says: "you never know one minute you're here the next minute you're gone." a 12-hundred 30 acre california wildfire that forced dozens of people out of their homes in ventura, california this past weekend-- is now 75 percent contained. fire officials say they are now worried about landslides should the area see rain. it's been determined the fire was caused but power lines during high winds. iraq is declari

i said petra wake up. cocco karen swearingen took shelter in a closet with her deaf son. >> god save us. todd: even with the promise of clear skies for the next few days people here say the clean-up could take months. eric: this is a live picture from i-35. the roads are pretty clear. you can go almost this be limit. it is going to take extra time to get on and off the roads. metinka is looking at the forecast over the on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap. those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. she gets the job done for us. >> weather is never more than 5 minutes away, only on kcci 8 news this morning. metinka: the snow storm is pretty much over. pocahontas up through algona, this will be lifting up to the northeast. even near ames

at least nine tornados cut through a 40-mile stretch, killing 11 people, including 27-year-old petra ruiz. her mother dominga said petra, with four children, was driving home from the hair salon, a christmas gift from her husband. her car, among several, blown off i-30 saturday night. >> i just couldn't believe it. until i saw the suv, how it looked, i knew. >> reporter: this is what is left of the home where an infant just 3 days old was killed. >> i was holding her little fingers. it was horrible. something i'll never forget. >> reporter: the wild weather stretching north, lubbock battling record snow. late today oklahoma governor extended the state of emergency to include all counties as 200,000 customers are without power. and some areas of new mexico buried under 2 feet of snow. tonight here in garland, texas -- >> this is your home? >> it was. >> reporter: reality is sinking in. >> the worst part was getting outside and realizing that everything was really gone. >> reporter: as residents let go of life as they knew it. >> the house igone but we're still here. >> reporter: -- bu

. >> 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 on facetime. >> we were just talking about dinner, and all of a sudden, she >> reporter: she starts screaming and-- >> and she starts saying-- all i said was, "babe,", you know, "what's wrong?" the image just became black. >> reporter: using a mobile app, and gpshe tracked his wife's phone to the crash site. he asked his brother-in-law to blookd blokd by fire trucks and debris he ran the last mile and a half to find his wife. >> and i looked to my right, and i see-- it was crushed. i was hoping she would still be alive in there,un. >> reporter: you crawled into the car. >> i crawled into the car, to try to help her. >> reporter: about five hours later, porrasas came home and called his children together. >> i said, "mommy was in a terrible accident, and she has left us. she will be watching over us." >> reporter:

. >> reporter: ruben porras and petra ruiz were married for ten years with four young children. he had both worked as paralegals. for christmas, ruben surprised his wife with a special hair appointment. she was on her way home saturday night when she connected with her husband on facetime. >> we were just talking about dinner. and all of a sudden, she just started screaming. >> reporter: she starts screaming. >> and she -- all i said was babe, what's wronging? the image just became black. >> reporter: using a mobile app and gps, ruben tracked his wife's phone to the crash site and asked his brother-in-law to drive him there. blocked by fire trucks and debris, he ran the last mile and b half to find his wife >> and i looked to my right and it was really -- it was crushed. i was hoping she would still be alive in there, you know? >> reporter: you crawled into the car? >> i crawled into the car to try to help her. >> reporter: about five hours later, porras came home and called his children together. >> i said mommy was in a terrible accident. and she's left us. but she will be wat

. >> ruben porras and petra ruiz were married for ten years with they both worked as paralegals. for christmas, he surprised his wife with a special hair appointment. she was on her way home when she connected with her husband on facetime. >> we were just talking about dinner and all of a sudden, she started screaming. >> she starts screaming and she starts saying, babe, babe. >> what's wronging? >>ing. > it just went black. >> using a mobile app, ruben tracked his wife's phone to the crash site. he asked his brother-in-law to drive him there blocked by fire treks and debris, he ran the last mile and a half to find his wife. >> i looked to my right. it was crushed. i was hoping she would still be alive in there, you know? >> you crawled into the car? >> i crawled into the car to try >> about five hours later, porras came home and called his children together. >> i said, mommy was in a terrible accident. and she's left us. shy will be watching over. >> petra ruiz was one of eight people that died in the city of garland, jim, all of those victims died in their vehicles. >> david wi

. >> reporter: ruben porras and petra ruiz werearried for ten years with fouou young children. he had both worked as paralegals. for christmas, ruben surprised his wife with a special hair appointment.t& she was on her way home saturday night when she connected with her husband on facetime. >> we were just talking about dinner. and all of a sudden, she jus started screaming. >> reporter: she starts screaming. >> and she -- all i saidd was babe, what's wronging? the image just became black. >> reporter: using a mobile app and gps, ruben tracked his wife's'shone to the crash site and asked his brother-in-law to drive him there. blocked by fire trucks and debris, he ran the last mile and a half to find his wife. i see her vehicle. it was really -- it was crushed. i was hoping she would still be alive in there, you know? >> reporter: you crawled into the car? >> i crawled into the car to try to help her. >> reporter: about five hours later, porras came home and called his childrengether. >> i said mommy was in a terrible accident. and she's left us. but she wille watching over. >>

. >> petra ruiz was one of eight people that died in the city of garland, jim, all of those victims died in their vehicles. >> david with the heart breaking story. be right back. >>> now to ethan couch, the so-called affluenza kid. couch was wanted for possibly violating probation in texas after beating prison time in a fatal drunk driving crash with a defense that left many people shaking their heads. after a three-week manhunt, omar via frank ca says he has been arrested in mexico. >> ethan couch's newly dyed black hair didn't fool authorities who caught the teenager on monday despite looking very different than he did two years ago when he was first charged in the deadly drunk drying accident. tarrant county deanderson. >> we worked a tremendous amount of leads and learned through some interviews that they had planned to disappear, that they even had something that was >> reporter: investigators say couch and his mother tonya drove a pickup truck into mexico and ended up more than 1200 miles from north texas in the coastal resort town of puerto vallarta. they fled shortly after this v

. >> reporter: petra ruiz was one of eight people who died in the city of garland. all of those victims died in their vehicles. >> david b bnaud with the heart breaking story. thank you. will be right back. almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. together we can help them with three simplplwords. my name is chris noth and i will listen. from maine to maui, thousands of high school students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. chris young: action teams of high school students are joining volunteers of america and major league baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. carlos pea: it'easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. if you were a hippie in the '60s, you need to know. it's the dawning of the age of aquarius. yeah, and something else that's cool. what? osteoporosis is preventable. if you dig your bones, protect them. all: cbs cares! >>> now to ethan couch, the so-called affluenza kid. couch was wanted for possibly v

nine tornadoes damaged or destroyed 1500 homes over the weekend. 11 people died including petra ruiz, a mother of four. a tornado picked up her car. karen took shelter in a closet with her deaf son. skies for the next few days, people say the cleanup could take months. next at 10:00, we are following breaking news. authorities capture a wanted teenager in texas. why he was on the run. plus, no charges. boy shot and killed by police officers that they are not free. later, how a group of gentlemen announcer: the most-watched evening news in central iowa. this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at 10:00. todd: right now as 10:00, winter storm. a few cars on the road. kurtis has the latest on the storm warning, coming up in just a few minutes. a texas teenager who avoided jail time for murder because of the affluenza defense has now been found in mexico. ethan couch was 16 and driving under the influence when he hit and killed three people on a mexican authorities say they found couch and his mother near cordoba are to -- near puerto vallarta. cleveland police officer will not fac

. >> reporter: petra ruiz was one of eight people who died in the city of garland. all of those victims died in their vehicles. >> david begnaud with the heart breaking story. thank you. will be right back. almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. together we can help them with three simple words. my name is chris noth and i will listen. from maine to maui, thousands of high school students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. chris young: action teams of high school students are joining volunteers of america and major league baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. carlos pea: it's easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. if you were a hippie in the '60s, you need to know. it's the dawning of the age of aquarius. yeah, and something else that's cool. what? osteoporosis is preventable. if you dig your bones, protect them. all: cbs cares! >>> now to ethan couch, the so-called affluenza kid. couch was wanted for possibly

. >> petra ruiz was one of eight people that died in the city of garland, jim, all of those victims died in their vehicles. >> david with the heart breaking story. >>> the cbs overnight news will be right back. announcer: here's to the things that can keep us safe. those we use all the time with hardly a thought. those that are silently standing by to save our lives. and, now, those that we carry with us everywhere we go. [alert tone] many mobile devices will now bring you wireless emergency alerts real-time information directly from local sources you know and trust. with a unique sound and vibration you'll be in the know, wherever you are. >>> now to ethan couch, the so-called affluenza kid. couch was wanted for possibly violating probation in texas after beating prison time in a fatal drunk driving crash with a defense that left many people shaking their heads. after a three-week manhunt, omar via frank ca says he has been arrested in mexico. >> ethan couch's newly dyed black hair didn't fool authorities who caught the teenager on monday despite looking very different than he did two y

petra porras, de 27 aÑos conducÍa a su casa, mitras hacÍa una videoconferencia telefÓnica con su marido tambiÉn. yo tambiÉn te quiero mucho, pero yo te quemas. leticia: ademÁs del dolor por la pÉrdida de su esposa, rubén dice que ha sido desgarrador intentar explicarle a sus hijos que su madre no volverÁ a casa. vistas en inmigraciÓn critican la presunta intenciÓn del gobierno el presidente obama de realizar redadas a partir de enero del prÓximo aÑo para expulsar del paÍs a inmigrantes entre americanos, - centroamericanos que llegaron el aÑo pasado. la casa blanca no ha desmentido ni confirmado la versiÓn publicada hace unos dÍas por el diario washington post. >> la idea era deportar centroamericanos. leticia: reportarÍan a quienes sin antecedentes criminales como violaciones e inmigraciÓn, quienes hayan cometido delitos menores como manejar embriagados, y quienes ya tienen una orden de deportaciÓn. al mismo tiempo, cientos de inmigrantes centroamericanos siguen intentando llegar a los estados unidos cruzando mÉxico. muchos decidieron descansar esta temporada de fiestas en un albergue e

but she wasn't responding to me. >> reporter: petra did not survive. the 27-year-old leaves behind for young children. at a mobile home park in glenn heights, texas, one man is just painful he and his family were not at home when the tornado came calling. >> we were at a family party, christmas party. when it came true. i rushed back because my parents and everybody calls me. to check on the house. and it was gone. >> reporter: the national weather service says at least nine twisters touched down in north texas. the tornado that hit garland, texas is only the second ef-4 to hit dallas county since 1950. in washington, kelly right, fox news. >> boy, such sad news. in marion county, illinois, three adults and two children were killed when a car that they were in was swept away. rain swollen creek, this happened on interstate 57, the car became stuck. one person inside managed to call 911 but once emergency crews arrived, they learned that the car became dislodged and sank. the bad weather even forced to presidential candidates -- presidential candidates

>>reporter: petra did not survive. the 27-year-old leaves behind four young children. and at a mobile park the man is thoughtful he and his family were not hat home when a tornado came calling. my parents, and everybody called to check on the house, it was gone. >>reporter: the national weather service says at least nine twisters touched down in north texas. the tornado then hit garland texas is only the sixth ef4 to hit dallas county since 1950. in washington, tony wright, fox news. >> time now is 4:07. >>> solano county are searching for a woman seen in disturbing slid owe shown throwing a dog into the street. that video was reported in front of a home in texas and pennsylvania streets. the woman seen throwing the pug is he -- chin. a woman at the home says chin threw the dog during an argument with her boyfriend. police think she may have abused the dog before. >> she was recently seen walking down one of the business district and she apparently had the dog by the tail. and she was swinging it around. >> authorities think chin is hiding in the area. once she saw she

pictures were posted to instagram. 35-year-old maksim cher men sky and petra manager gay tried. i mess -- mergatroid. maks got on one knee. the couple first dated for ten months in 2012 then 2013 they rekindled their romance earlier this year. maks said this was the best decision i ever made. >> one pretty couple they make. >> good for them. >> sexy. >>> it's 6:26. we continue to follow breaking news in queens that we have call a rama at. a group of people were rescued as fast-moving fire came rushing through. the who doesn't like a good surprise? you'd be surprised how easy it is to get a good low-cost health plan! at ny state of health you'll find many quality plans to choose from, help paying for your plan, a new essential plan at less than $1 a day for new yorkers with lower incomes. be surprised! visit nystateofhealth.ny.gov or call 1-855-355-5777 to learn more. catch holiday-cookie cheer on the tip of your tongue with dunkin' donuts' holiday- cookie-flavored coffees. from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., enjoy any medium latte >>> breaking news in queens. several people get hurt after a

one of those victims was petra poura, a mother of four who was on her cell phone with her husband when the tornado hit. she was one of 11 who were killed in this area. 43 people have been killed from weather-related storms throughout the week. heather? >> will carr, thanks so much joining us out of texas this afternoon. let's head out to ohio, fox news alert right now where prosecutors now announcing the latest on the tamir rice case. let's listen. >> without a public investigative report undermine community confidence. it was clear we needed a more rigorous, independent investigation of police use of deadly force. although not required by ohio law, i now have all evidence reviewed not just by the prosecutor in these cases or this office but by the citizens of the grand jury sitting as an investigative panel. they hear all the evidence to make the final call. our office also shares with the public completed independent investigative reports so that there will be no mystery about what occurred or rumors in a citizen's death. this transparency gives ours community an opportunity to corre

now the state news agency also reported that a nearby petra gas pipeline exploded although it's not clearthis had any impact on the landslide. they've ordered an official investigation into the disaster which comes four months after the chemical blasts in shenzhen. >>> one person is dead and six are critically injured after a car drove into a crowd of people on the las vegas strip on sunday night. the incident appears to be intentional but they're ruling out terrorism. the driver who was arrested apparently drove onto the sidewalk and then went back into the street before going up on the sidewalk again at a different spot and hitting more people. some terrible stories coming out this morning. >>> now back to corporate news. in tech news in particular, another well-known website may be up for sale. the politico reports that mashable could be on the auction block. the ten-year-old social news site could fetch up to $500 million. ten years old. five million? time warner is said to be an early suitor. it's been a big year for media deals. as you know, we've had some big ones back there. back

petra ruiz was a mother of four. she was on her way home when the tornado tossed her vehicle off intetetate 30. >> oh, i see it. right there. >> reporter: ruiz and several other died when their cars wewe airborne, before the tornado hit, she made one last phone call to her husband. he rushed to find her. >> she started screaming. scream and scream andnd her phone went blank. i grabbed her wrist to see if she had a pulse and she was gone. >> reporter: are we standing on the roof? >>. this is actually the bathroom. >> reporter: the home of the roach family is demolished. they say they hid in the closet and could feel the house literally lift off the ground. >> the lights flickered. we got down into the closet like literally within seconds of this thing hitting us. >> reporter: in less than 20 second the home collapsed on t t of them. theys heard their screams for help, but it took more than an hour to pull them from under the debris. in. it rained a little more. this was up a little more. we were actually, they dug us