to expand it's pipeline system in south texas.ajor part of this is the north beach terminal which can store up to 1.6 billion barrels. they have access to the docks at the port and will be able to lower oil on the ships at a maximum rate of 90,000 barrels per hour. back to you. >> thank you for that. the u.s. government then to impose fresh sairngss against a number of companies and individuals over iran's ballistic missile program. that according to the wall street journal. this would represent the first set of financial sanctions imposed on iran since the country reached the landmark nuclear agreement with the u.s. and it's allies back in july. the sanctions are said to be in response to iran's violation of a key un security council resolution by testing a ballistic missile in october. still to come on the program, u.s. officials leave a sour taste after they open a criminal probe into ice cream maker blue bell creameries. we'll have all the details when we come back. looking for 24/7 digestive support? try align for a non-stop,

jim: the system igniting all this chaos, the impacts are huge, it's stretching from south texas to the canadian border, on the move tonight bringing everything from severe storms blinding rain, ice, and snow. blizzard crippling conditions are moving to the texas panhandle. more that this battered state does not meet your jim ryan, abc news, dallas-fort worth. kellye: warm weather records breaking in our area, what can we expect to start the work week? let's head over to meteorologist devon lucie to start the work week. devon: kelley, much different weather. kellye, much different weather. here is a look at the shower activity. gaithersburg, germantown, light shower. leesburg, eventually ashburn, even marshall going north. a high of 70 at washington. bwi marshall breaking a record. inwas the previous record 1949. we beat it with 68. it is much different tomorrow behind this front. mostly cloudy, a breezy, colder day, high of only 46 or the next round of rain to come in, that regnier period -- that rainier period, wrapping up clouds, and then we will talk about the new year's forecast. k

warm weather you have to go way down to south florida, temperatures cold air is as far south as south texas, highs in 40s, gulf coast will be chilly to l.a., it will be if 60s tomorrow. looking at future cast, clouds breaking apart through overnight hours, tomorrow, we'll see sunshine, high clouds filtering in from time to time, overall nice looking day. the thing is you go outside, there will be a gusty wind about 25 miles per hour, temperatures in 40s will feel like 30s, to the weekend, quiet, with sunshine, for saturday, and sunday. and will stay nice and dry, temperatures will be average for this time of year, for the evening quiet. temperatures will be cold to the northwest. our readings will drop to the 20s, and then in city we should be in upper 30s to near 40s. by tomorrow morning. and tomorrow, temperatures don't rise it -- far in low 40s, that is still cav average, had temperatures about 40, at time of the ball drop, we should have a few cloud out there that the time. first week in january is looking good, nice, dry, sunshine, no storms. only change will be temperatures, they will

. >> the system's impacts are huge from south texas to the canadian border bringing everything from severe storms to flooding rain to ice and blinding snow. look at these scenes from new mexico. now those crippling blizzard conditions are moving into the texas panhandle. more severe weather this battered state does not need. >>> a flight with a mechanical problem was diverted to oakland airport today. southwest flight 2547 was headed from sacramento to denver when it had a pressurization problem. it landed safely. all 133 passengers were put on another flight that will arrive in denver three hours late. earlier this week, another southwest flight had to circle oakland four hours before making an emergency landing. fire forced a family from its home in newark tonight. it started in the garage. the family, including a baby and toddler made it out safely. >>> in san jose, two people and their cats made it out okay after fire burned their apartment. it started two hours ago. firefighters put it out shortly after arriving. they have not said if any other apartments were damaged. investigators a

. >> reporter: for her, having annex on theic disease hasn't done overwell in other small south texas town. were you afraid of telling heme? <> reporter: there's a social stigma to have this >>> there is >>> it's one of the classic features of all of the neglected tropical diseases, that they cause social stigma. particularly for girls and women. it is not transmitted person to person. >> reporter: that is something she hopes her neighbors here when they see this story >>> it is time that my town and everybody else knows about it >> reporter: why? <> reporter: an innocent victim finally sounding the alarm so that more unsays expecting people-- unexpect -- unsuspecting p

. >> reporter: the system's impacts are huge, stretching from south texas to the canadian border, on me move, bring everything from severe storms to flooding rain and ice and blinding snow. look at these scenes from new mexico, and now those crippling blizzard conditions are moving into the texas panhandle. more severe weather this battered state does not need. >> police in fairfield are look fargo woman who threw a dog on the ground. a neighbor posted this surveillance video last weekend on facebook you see the woman, identified as brandy chan, clinging her pup on to the parking lot. witnesses say it happened during a fight with her boyfriend. animal services believes this may not be the first time she has hurt an animal. police want to find chen and the dog. they think she may be hiding in vallejo. >>> investigators have identified one of the people killed in a firey christmas day crash in pacifica. we were at highway 1 today as people paid their respects to jason gear bride. they lift flowers and balloons as a growing memorial of the highway where the 25-year-old died. he was ridi

over the holiday weekend left at least 23 people dead and a path of destruction along much of the south. texas was hard hit. at least 11 people were killed from tornadoes on saturday, including a monster category 4 in garland. and a category 3 in rowlett. hundreds of homes have been destroyed and tens of thousands remain without power. the governors of texas and missouri declared states of emergency for affected areas, which have to deal with the effects of heavy flooding and what the national weather service is calling a life threatening and crippling blizzard, which already dumped two feet of snow in areas of texas. brian moore brings us up to speed. >> reporter: across a huge swath of suburban dallas, residents are struggling to pick up the pieces. survivors, but still victims of a monster storm, and the massive >> we built the house 28 years. i don't know. i'm sorry, i don't know what else to say. i'm sorry. >> there's stuff flying in the air. >> reporter: at least 20 twisters tore across north texas, killing eight in the community of garland. the lone star state is still on edge, with mor

. >> reporter: the system's impacts are huge, stretching from south texas to the canadian border, on me move, bring everything from severe storms to flooding rain and ice and blinding snow. look at these scenes from new mexico, and now those crippling blizzard conditions are moving into the texas panhandle. more severe weather this battered state does not need. >> police in fairfield are look fargo woman who threw a dog on the ground. a neighbor posted this surveillance video last weekend on facebook you see the woman, identified as brandy chan, clinging her pup on to the parking lot. witnesses say it happened during a fight with her boyfriend. animal services believes this may not be the first time she has hurt an animal. police want to find chen and the dog. they think she may be hiding in vallejo. >>> investigators have identified one of the people killed in a firey christmas day crash in pacifica. we were at highway 1 today as people paid their respects to jason gear bride. they lift flowers and balloons as a growing memorial of the highway where the 25-year-old died. he was ridi

over the holiday weekend left at least 23 people dead and a path of destruction along much of the south. texas was especially hard hit. at least 11 people were killed there from tornadoes on saturday including a monster category 4 in garland and a category 3 in rowlett. hundreds of homes destroyed and tens of thousands remain without power. the governors of texas and missouri declared states of emergencies in the affected areas which have to deal with the effects of heavy flooding and a life-threatening and crippling blizzard which dumped two feet of snow in some areas of texas. nbc's brian moore brings us up to speed. >> reporter: across a huge swathe of suburban dallas, residents are struggling to pick up the pieces. survivors but still victims of a monster storm and the massive tornadoes it unleashed. >> we built the house, 28 years. i don't know. i'm sorry, i don't know what else to say. i'm sorry. >> there's stuff flying in the air. >> reporter: at least 20 twisters tore across north texas killing eight in the community of garland and the lone star state is still on edge with more waves o

in this case that i introduced along with congressman henry cuelho, a south texas democrat. it orders businesses to improve staffing levels and upgrade infrastructure at our international border crossings to help move people and goods across our border more safely and efficiently. and obviously, with six million jobs in the united states dependent on crossborder commercial traffic and trade between the u.s. and mexico, this is really important. this omnibus legislation also includes a provision to fully repeal the country of origin labeling regulations known as cool. this has been a real problem for our livestock producers in texas and in the united states. by repealing these costly food labeling mandates, the u.s. will avoid a trade war with canada and next, two of our largest export and trading partners, and it will help texas farmers and ranchers and manufacturers back home in my state and across the country. in terms of national priorities, the omnibus bill increases resources for our military, thanks to the leadership of people like the chairman of the senate armed serv

penn state has started the process of paying out millions of dollars to organizations battling south texas. four of those organizations will share nearly $3.5 million from grants t. money is coming from a $48 million fund because of the handling of the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. it willive prove therapists and add access to more counseling. sandusky was the long-time defensive coordinator. he is appealing after being sentenced to more than 30 years of child molestation. happening today, veteran administration officials are holding a town hall meeting at 11:30 a.m. at the main medical center in wilmington, newcastle county. they will share information and allow vets to give feedback about va programs. robert mcdonald says meetings like this are a part of an effort to rebuild trust following the va scandal across the country. the friendly skies will be even more crowded over the holidays. the industry group airlines more america expects u.s. carriers to fly more than 38 million passengers between december 18th and january 3rd and that is up 3% from last year. it attributes to in

from illinois to as far south as texas.. more than 12 million people are under flood warnings. abc's elizabeth hur is in valley park, missouri....where a mandatory evacuation remains in effect. "with neighborhoods innundated.. homes uprooted.. some even floating downstream.. mandatory evacuations in the suburbs of st louis,s, missouri remain in place.. ((sot)) valley park woman: "it's pretty scary right now." authorites also urging residents to stay off the roads.. especially to prevent rescues like these.. firefighters forced to use a ladder truck to pull this man stranded on the hood of his pickup- and this man and his the roofof their house.. overnight.. this record flooding shut down interstate 55.. the 3rd majojohighway to be closed.. in two days..((sot)) kelsy ray: "this is supposed to be 2 major highways across the state.. at least 200 roads.. still impassible.. ((sot)) gov jay nixon: " a flood in the winter is very dangerous. missouri -- not the only flooded state-- ((sot)) from nc parts of n nth carolina?florida? and georgia also hit with rare winter flooding.. all par

. >> reporter: the system stretched from south texas to the canadian border, on the move tonight, bringing severe storms and flooding rain, ice and blinding snow. mexico. now those crippling blizzard conditions are moving into the texas panhandle. more severe weather that this battered state does not need. jim ryan, channel 7 eyewitness news in dallas/fort worth. >>> police say an accused sexual predator is now under arrest in new jersey, after his alleged victim spotted him on attack. willie banks is now facing a string of charges, including robbery. police say he attacked a 22- year-old woman in hackensack last month. on christmas eve, that woman spotted her attacker on the street. that led to bank's arrest. >>> the parents of a high school football player from staten island who died after collapsing during practice is suing the city. 16-year-old miles kirkland died in 2014 after collapsing at curtis high school. the medical examiner said he died of hyper trophic cardiomyopathy. obesity was cited as a contributing factor. kirkland's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming a defi

attorney for those families who says they are still being held in an immigration detention center in south texas despite having passed credible fear interviews in seeking asylum. we have also told that these families are christians which is something that republican lawmakers, including senator ted cruz has said should make a difference in deciding who should be allowed in. >> thank you very enough. >>> a senior u.s. official tells the associated press that russia is to blame for an attack in syria. rosiland jordan has more from washington. >> reporter: what they are saying is they did carry out air strikes in the province on sunday, but they were against oil wellheads about 55 kilometers from where the u.s. coalition says it believes syrian military forces are stationed, so they are suggesting that there isn't any credibility to the syrian allegation that the u.s.-air coalition attacked the syrian military, much less killed three of the soldiers and injured upwards of a dozen or more others. the coalition is saying, however, if they do get any credible allegations that any people were injured o

one good piece of news, obviously new year's eve, any precipitation will be southeast and down in south texas, but the rest of the country is looking great. going forward the next seven days, no significant precipitation coming. we'll see a front moving through thursday and friday and saturday rain. but at this point it doesn't look that significant. all of the activity for the next number of days is in the west. that is good news. we want to see the rain and snow pack. saturday and sunday in parts of california and in towards the southwest, temperature wise for today. cool where we have the flooding going on and not exceptionally cold anywhere which is good news and going toward new year's day. temperatures could be worse this year. but the flooding, it is chilly. >> 82 in miami. that is one exception. none place where we see the yellow, okay. rich, thank you very much. >> you bet. >>> in another fox news alert, a major shake-up in the republican campaign of ben carson. two top political aides quitting the campaign. his campaign manager and communication's director resigning as carson contin

. >> patriots head south to texas looking to turn things around. kickoff between the pats and texans at 11:30. wbz is the only place to see the post game press conferences. >>> now at noon, a hartford man is due in a connecticut courtroom accused of stealing skeletal remains from a wooster cemetery, 32-year-old amador medina told police he planned to use the remains in the practice of his religion, the remains were taken from the cemetery in wooster, hope cemetery, officers say medina has cooperate weekend them, even taking them to his remains. >>> the anonymous tip officer reporting threats against several cambridge schools may be the person making the threats, that is what police told a packed meeting according to the globe. violence were made against the schools last week, police upped patrols at the five schools and there was also increased security at those schools today. >>> today marks the .799 anniversary of the pearl harbor attack, a service is taking place on uss cassin young, world war ii era destroyer. the surprise attack by japan kille

. >>> meanwhile lubbock, texas, south of the panhandle is blanketed with snow. the city has seen at least 5 inches of snowfall today with more expected through tomorrow. the blizzard has also brought wind gust between 50 and 70 miles per hour causing wild spread power outages across the south plains region in texas. >>> there has been a string of alleged hate crimes against muslim communities and now one bay area group is taking action. kpix5's maria medina shows us they're using knowledge to fight ignorance. >> after threats of violence and vandalism to their mosque, an islamic community held a public meeting today saying the way to protect themselves is by teaching everybody what islam really is. >> this is our obligation as a muslim to really educate people about islam because people are fearful of what they don't know. >> reporter: they opened their doors to the community, strangers, anyone with questions about their religion. the public meeting comes two weeks after vandals broke out a window at their center in what they believe is a hate crime. >> islam is

rob morgan, chief investment officer, and jim key, president and chief economist at south texas moneyagement. rob, first to you. what, if any, major changes to your strategy and recommendations to your clients are you making heading into january 1? >> yeah, brian. i was prior to the fed's rate hike campaign initiation is few weeks ago, i was very aggressive recommending an overweight on stocks and the sectors i was recommends were cyclically oriented but prior to that all happening, i pulled some of my equity chips off the table. i went to a market weight on stocks and rotated into some more defensive sectors. we can get into the details of that, but from a broad standpoint, that is what i'm recommending going into 2016. >> jim, you are at south texas money management. oil has been the driver for the stock market this year. so what do you see happening with oil and what do you see happening with relationships between oil and stocks next year? more of the same? >> well, i'm afraid so. we've been underweight energy for about two years. we have an energy symposium with a lot of speakers.

and it is still barreling down with severe weather even as we speak across portions of the deem south. texashe severe weather threat demain i shall. you do still have snow spinning in on the back side of this outside of the dallas fort worth area. look at that leading line on the right-hand side of your scream. you see what's rolling through mississippi? currently tornados watches and warnings, issued for that line of severe weather. thankfully here at home, not dealing with severe weather but not like we don't see tornados during the month of december. you average five tornados during the month of december in texas two, in both arkansas, louisianna, we've had report of tornados from the storm, oklahoma interestingly typically there aren't any. so, you know, again, climatically speaking you'll find it around. but not everywhere. certainly not here. rather what we're going to find out of the storm system is a little bit of wintery weather we think. lehigh valley, poconos, throw bucks county in, snow, sleet, freezing rain how the storm will start off for us once it builds in later tonight and

. >> at least 43 people have died across several states in the midwest and south. texasfered the brunt of the tornado devastation. at least 11 people died after tornadoes swept across the dallas area. the unusual weather pattern is now blanketing parts of the texas panhandle, oklahoma, and even new mexico with heavy snow. >>> breaking news from overnight, police are now looking for a vehicle that's connected to a shooting in southeast d.c. it happened about 1:40 this morning in the 800 block of southern avenue in southeast. the man was shot and then taken to the hospital. he is expected to be okay. but now police are looking for a four-door black vehicle with four people inside. >>> also from overnight, the search continues for a gunman who wounded two people yesterday afternoon in northeast d.c. this happened at 3:00 p.m. along v street. rescuers took two injured men to the the hospital. we're told one was conscious and breathing at the time. we're waiting for an update on the second man's condition. >>> montgomery county police say they're trying to figure out what hap

administration in history, but what i think happened is that the administration saw what was happening in south texaswhat you are seeing is a huge new increase in central americans coming over, carrying kids with them so they are able to stay. because the obama administration lets you stay if you have your kid with you. it is more than double what it was last year. and remember in summer 2014, it was a big deal, helping kill the senate amnesty deal in the house, didn't pass the house. they saw this and said oh, my god, hillary will be nominated in philadelphia in july at the convention. in is still a big story in the news, that is still bad. let's see if we can maybe do something to tap it down and start enforcing the rules. >> so if you believe to you see it is what you wrote in your article. you wrote, why now? which is another important piece to this. >> my sense is that the reason this came out and this is the front page story in the washington post on christmas eve, is that it was leaked by other people in homeland security. some of the open borders zel ets that obama appointed. they don't belie

thanks for being with, i'm shannon mulaire. 23 people left dead, a path of destruction amongst the south. in texas, ten people were killed from tornadoes on saturday, clawing monster category-4 in garland. hundreds of homes were droid destroyed. the governors of texas have declared states of emergency. which have to deal with national flooding and a life-threatening and crippling blizzard which has in some areas of the texas. nbc's brian more brings us up to speed. >> across a huet swath of suburban dallas, residents are struggling to pick up the pieces himself survivors, but victims of a monster storm and the massive tornado it unleashed. >> is that the path? 28 years? sorry. i don't know what else to say. sorry. >> reporter: at least 20 twisters tore across north texas, killing eight in the community of garland. the lone star state is still on edge with more weighs of severe weather on the way. some areas hunker down for heavy rains and flooding the panhandle areas of texas and oklahoma were paralyzed by treacherously icy roads and whiteout blizzards. in missouri, at least eight lives were lost

>>> mother nature is still wreaking havoc across much of the midwest from illinois to as far south as texas and more than 12 million people are under floodwaters with the mississippi overflowing its banks, lelizabeh herr is live now with more. >> reporter: that is right, even at this hour, residents in this hour are being told to seek shelter elsewhere, what you see behind me here is one reason why, that is actually interstate 44 shut down since tuesday. with neighborhoods inundated and homes uprooted and some floating downstream, mandatory evacuations in the suburbs of st. louis missouri remain in place. >> it's pretty scary right now, authorities also urging residents to stay off the roads especially to prevent rescues like these, forced to pull a man stranded on his pickup and this man and his dog from the roof of his house, this record flooding shut down 55 the second major highways to be closed in two days. >> it was full of cars and trucks and now nothing but water. >> across the state at least 200 roads still impassable. >> flood in the winter is very dangerous, keep a good attitude

this woman, jeannie wyatt, ceo of south texas money management made a prediction spot on. just one. you called it. you said both the action this year would be very volatile and you gave the reason, it would be lower commodities. that was a year ago. you have been absolutely right. how did you know and how did you invest around that to make money for your clients? >> we really lamented our energy exposure. liz: we should show oil down below $38 a barrel. >> yes, yes. important psychological level. obviously in sympathy with the saudi news but perhaps we're closer now to finding a bottom. i'm not predicting that. oil prices are impossible but maybe 10 to 20% more downside but we're we have a lot of the bad news on the table. liz: okay. >> a lot of production starting to be shut in. liz: we like to see at least the bad news on the table. can i take a much shorter timeline here. past three trading sessions, we can put it up, at this exact time, go to thursday, we were -- we can show this to you, we were up, rather, thursday, rather down 252 points. friday, the exact same time,

. >>> saturday night in south central texas. antonio, a city best known for the alamo, but just a short trip away it's the at&t center with a evening of boxing is already underway andx it tks native, omar figueroa jr. will put his record on the line as he faces a fellow former champion , antonio demarco. that's tonight's main event.

down south in texas....washingto n state taking on miami in the snowy sun bowl.... 1st quarter...canes koley...miami ties it at seven on fourth down..... second quarter now...kaaya looking for endzone again....but after a gazillion tips and bobbles, peyton peller picks it off....wowzers.... cougs back on offense....luke falk strikes to gabe marks from 25 yards out....thats your game-winner.. washington state wins a bowl game for the first time since 2003. 20-14 the final. alex/allison

in the news, a the death toll is rising after more severe weather slams the south this time in texas.e person is dead, another injured after a car and a big rig collide in montgomery county. eagles fans sound off after another disappointing loss gets the birds booted from playoff contention. >> chris sowers is looking at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. fog advisory has been lifted. >> reporter: it is getting better out there and temperatures are starting to warm. the visibility is still lousy. dover 61 degrees now temperature. millville, 56. sea isle 56. atlantic city closing in on 6o philadelphia, 54. cooler to the north, allentown, 48 and the poconos checking in at 49 degrees. there's the warm front that will lift north over the next several hours, 66 in richmond, charles ton 70. pittsburgh that's close to a record high for them, as well. 66 degrees. this is warm southern air racing to the north. this front this afternoon will be sitting up here, even as far north as saranac lake. this area will be in the 50s and 60 as the front charges northward into portions of new e

abby: thousands of people killed in deadly storms across the south. texas hit especially hard with tornadoes carving a 40-mile trail of destruction. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm abby huntsman in for martha maccallum mack. eric: hello, abby. i'm eric shawn in for bill hemmer this morning. heartbreaking, horrible images, coming out of the southwest this weekend. look at that hail. man, and snow sweeping through the area. all on the heels of those powerful and deadly twisters. the governor of texas, greg abbott, making a disaster declaration for 4:00 counties of his state and warning tragically that the death toll could rise. abby: meteorologist janice dean live from the fox weather center. what is the threat for today? >> we have threat of tornadoes today, eric and abby. good morning. parts of mississippi, alabama and florida panhandle. this is day eight for severe weather this is unprecedented for december to see this amount of severe wither in such a long stretch of time. and we have a tornado warning right now for the florida pa

but for the deep south, texas, and the east, snow's just not happening. nowhere soon and no time soon. and we're looking for rain to return with a vengeance of sorts for the east and the northeast. low pressure system will form northeast it will bring with it another wave of rain until friday. kendis, reena? >> paul, thank you so much. >>> the families of some of the sandy hook school shooting victims will each get $94,000. a settlement of their lawsuit against the estate of the shooter's mother has been finalized. they'll split $1.5 million from her homeowner's insurance. the families argued adam lanza's mother should have better secured the guns that he used to kill 20 children and six staffers. wide-ranging gun rights is tightening one of its gun laws. as of february 1st virginia will handgun permits from 25 other states. the decision was made by the state attorney general, a democrat. he says the concealed carry laws in those 25 states are too lax to meet virginia's standards. los angeles this summer for a trial on murder charges. of killing a writer

rains, flooding and i the south the threat of tornadoes. >>> looking at today's weather across the nation, feet of heavy snow f for the inner mountain west and from eastern texas to maine, heavy rains with flooding in the south, some areas could see 7 inches of rain.. >>> on what was one of the longest nights of the year, the skies lit up over florida with a milestone for private space travel. >> you might say one small step for man, one giant leap towards the stars. abc's david kerley has the story. >> two, one. we have liftoff. >> reporter: this is spacex's return to flight after its last rocket blew up but this mission was to prove more than delivering 11 small satellites to space. this was about returning the main rocket, the first stage, to earth and land it to be reused. >> the first stage is returning to land. >> reporter: finally spacex works at the california headquarters and at cape canaveral could see it returning. >> the falcon has landed. >> that was so awesome. >> reporter: spacex's ceo and tesla magnate elon musk called the reusable rockets one of the keys to going to mars. he got an up close look shortly after the falcon 9 first stage landed. b

. >> two miles south of the texas border, lies the city of reynoso, panasonic, black and decker and lg electronics call it home. the city is a source of cheap labor for these global giants with tens of thousands of workers bussed in and out of their shifts each day. reynosa the capital of employment the billboards read but behind the campaigns of smiling workers we found a different reality. >> can you tell me what happened to your right arm and the fingers of your left hand? >> 26-year-old los castro was born and raised in raynoso, 26 months ago he went to work for a company and stamped the lg logo on front of tvs. just the second day on the job there was an accident. >> like many of his co-workers, castro had little to no training before being put on the assembly line. reynosa's factories often run 24 hours a day to keep up with global demand. but to add insult to injury, companies like lg electronics have found a way to limit their liability when workers get hurt. it is common for big companies to contract smaller more anonymous ones to manufacture parts before final assembly. just

to texas. south dakota is the other state to approve the plan... it could be some time before we hear if the pipeline gets the go ahead in iowa. the iowa utility board is reviewing public comment, and doesn't expect to get all the transcripts from those meetings until christmas. so a decision probably won't come until next year. the pipeline would go across 18 iowa counties. elementary school students will make the new year a little brighter for families helping loved ones recover from brain injuries. on with life in ankeny is transforming its former outpatient facility into a family house. it will have five bedrooms, common kitchen and living areas. students at northeast elementary in ankeny adopted the project his holiday season. they bought items like sheets, plates, and games so the house will feel more like a home. the on with life family house is scheduled to open this january, but they want to have it ready now just in case a family needs it during the iowa hawkeyes are getting ready for the rose bowl... and they have a lot of time before th

there have been tornadoes that strong in other parts of texas in the south in december.s unusual because it hit the eastern part of the dallas-fort worth metro area. forecasters are worried what would happen if a tornado hit d.f.w. hit on. this was a glancing blow but still pretty catastrophic. >> brown: are we better at predicting or forecasting them? >> this was better on the watches as the storms moved in, so we're certainly better at capturing those. indicative of that is something like 1,000 structures were damaged or destroyed but the first number of deaths was relatively small although any is too many. >> brown: a lot of crazy records. the warm weather is said to have come from a variety of factors. tell us about what we know is going on. >> it is a mix. one factor going on is el niÑo which tends to redistribute heat around the globe. it adds heat to the atmosphere but spreading more water over the east tropical ocean and the heat gets moved and shuffled around the globe but there is a rearrange mefnt of weather patterns an sometimes that leads to warm weather esp

south. eric: and that's not the only weather story this morning. people in texas are still picking up the pieces from a deadly tornado outbreak. the hardest hit areas, ahead. i'm eric hanson. elizabeth: i'm elizabeth klinge, along with shaina and metinka. a lot of whether to talk about. metinka: we need the scraper, all of that stuff because the snow is just getting's hundred. it will last all afternoon into the evening commute. it is moving into ames, getting close to fort dodge. across southeast iowa, a mix mess. right through noon, period of sleet and freezing rain. one to three inches of snow will accumulate. this afternoon, it will be mainly just snow at one to two inches per hour. it is all going to be blowing around with some very gusty wind so travel is going to be a headache. live out this morning. we center in search of the snow. alyx: we are heading north on 35 , and things are moving pretty slow as the snow is coming down. a lot has changed since we started the newscast. snowflakes are pretty thick but they have lessened as we head north. the most sign

texas. alyx: the death toll across the south now stands at 25 since wednesday. the texas panhandle, on the other hand, is hunkered down for a rare blizzard. this is video of that storm as it hit el paso saturday. some parts of the panhandle could see as much as 14 inches chills today. back here in iowa. a christmas day crash in fort dodge is now fatal. family members tell us 6-year-old payton henry passed away last night at blank children's hospital in des moines. she had been on life support. on christmas morning, her family was driving on highway 20 when a jeep crossed the center line and hit their truck head on. all 6 people were hurt in the crash. jana bartlett: it's absolutely unbelievable, absolutely devastating to see this family going through all of this. alyx: state patrol officials say the crash is still under investigation and charges are pending. a link to the family's gofundme page is on our website, kcci.com. six people were also injured in a car crash in perry. it happened saturday afternoon on highway 141 and eighth street. five people at the scen

national satellite - radar map -- you can see this massive storm system still hovering over the south and texas. it's been devastating for them as dozen of people lost their life and many, many folks are displaced. .......................... i'll have more on our local forecast coming up -- brian, patrayna back to you. back to you! democratic presidential hopeful bernie sanders is expected to several stops in the valley. ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) one.. involves a local group of activists who got the candidates attention with their efforts to end youth violence. ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) the group "hold my hand" is set to talk with the democratic candidate. it all comes just after they marched to stop the violence they've been seeing in their communities recently here in the valley. people in the group say they were invited by democratic candidate bernie sanders to talk about problems disproportionat ely affecting communities of color and working families. the organizers of the march say...they organized because they're fed up of the youth violence claiming lives of many in their neighborhoods: ((ap

town was hit by an ef- 4 tornado with winds up to 200 miles an hour. >>> the city of lubbock, texas, southf the panhandle blank keted with snow. it got at least five inches with more expected today. the blizzard has also brought wind gusts between 50 and 0 70 miles an hour causing widespread power outages. >>> back here at home, if you were out and about last night you may have seen and felt some rain. this is the embarcadero where it was sprinkling steadily around dinnertime but the latest round of rain is not amounting to very much. >>> 5:34. time to bring in roberta and find out why it is so darned cold right now. >> what's up with that? >> not as cold this morning as it was 24 hours ago. the reason, we had the blanket of clouds. we had 28 at this hour in pleasanton, livermore and san ramon is 38 degrees. but we do have some rain out there and most notably, we have snow falling in the mount hamilton area. this is the scene according to our live high-def doppler radar. look at the green. it's raining in morgan hill. as i zoom in. see that pocket of purple and pink and white. the white is