east texas, louisiana, arkansas you're in the bull's eye for today that same system that brought us tornadoes yesterday will push farther east and we're talking rain stretching from texas all the way up to the east coast and we got snow and ice on the back side. we have that warm humid air coming up from the gulf coast leaving the cold dry air from canada and when two meet that brings us the necessary ingredients we need for severe weather outbreaks. we're expected an enhanced risk of tornadoes in the orange areas. cities like houston now under the gun. shreveport, louisiana. severe threat will go from san antonio up to paducah, cincinnati and down towards new orleans. storm prediction center has expanded this in just the last 15 minutes. so they have now wideened out the area that they are talking for the higher risks. so now we're including people we weren't an hour ago. definitely folks if you have any travel plans you saw in that zone, be careful, be patient and pay close attention to the weather. we have warm temperatures out ahead of it. 70 in little rock, 74 in lake charles, much colde

. >> reporter: the weather on i 49 along the texas arkansas border turned the roadways deadly. three killed, seven injured in a blinding fog pile up. >> sounded like an explosion. >> reporter: the wild weather system creating havoc is also poised to shatter records. some spots 40 degrees above average. christmas eve in philly, 73. savannah, georgia, 79. 2800 temperature records already broken in december. in raleigh where it will be 78, roads are sloppy. 2600 piglets were on this big rig, what they're calling the pork chompp overturn. across the country, a different extreme fuelled in part by el nino. and winds powerful enough to rip off roofs and topple trucks and in the sierras this winter white ouayt beautiful but dangerous. major roads shut down, others brought to a crawl. many here will be lucky to get home by christmas. it was supposed to be a christmas eve trip but i didn't get out of town in time. >> reporter: in oregon steve has spent 16 hours a day for the last 15 days fighting blizzards so travellers don't get stuck. >> reporter: oregon and washington state have been

let's look at it right now for parts of texas in through louisiana and arkansas. so east of the dallas area, tornado watch meaning that conditions are favorable for tornadoes. we had a tornado warning around the lufkin area. that's been lifted. keep on alert. make sure you have your noaa radio on. behind this frontal system is where we have the blizzard which we'll talk about in a second. the severe threat continues across arklatex into mississippi and alabama, the florida panhandle tomorrow and the tornado threat will diminish heading into the monday. the winter storm threat continues with blizzards for texas, new mexico, oklahoma. we also have an ice storm warning for central oklahoma and north texas. we could see quarter inch to half inch of ice on roads, power lines, bridges. people are urged not to travel. we have winter weather advisories that stretch up to the up to the great lakes and upper midwest. rainfall 4 to 6 inches. flash flooding a concern. 6 to 12, 18 inches of snow blowing around that will cause blizzard conditions. look at the tpz, eric. we've g

. >> reporter: the weather on i-49 along the texas-arkansas border turned the roadways deadly. three killed, seven injured in a blinding fog pile-up. explosion. >> reporter: the wild weather system creating havoc is also poised to shatter records. some spots, 40 degrees above average. christmas eve in philli, 73. charlotte, 77. savannah, georgia, 79. 2800 temperature records already broken in december. in raleigh, where it will be 78, today the roads are sloppy. 2600 piglets were on this big rig. what they are calling the pork chop overturn. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: across the country, a different extreme fuelled in part by el nino. the jet stream funneling strong southern california winds powerful enough to rip off roofs and topple trucks. in sierra, this winter whiteout beautiful but dangerous. major roads shut down. others brought to a crawl. >> these things have to be up on the tire. >> reporter: many here will be lucky to get >> it was supposed to be a christmas eve trip. but i didn't get out of town in time. >> reporter: in oregon, steve sill has spent 15 hours a day f

. >> reporter: the weather on i-49 along the texas/arkansas border turned the roadways deadly. three killed, seven injured in a blinding fog pileup. >> it sounded like an explosion. >> reporter: the wild weather system creating havoc is also poised to shatter records, some spots 40 degrees above average. christmas eve in philly, 73. charlotte, 77. savanna savanna, georgia, 79. 2,800 temperature records already broken in december. the roads are sloppy. 2,600 piglets were on this big rig, what they're calling the pork chop overturn. >> oh, my god. >> across the country a different extreme fueled in part by el nino, the jet stream funneling strong southern california winds, powerful enough to rip off roofs and topple trucks, in the sierras, this winter whiteout beautiful, but dangerous, major roads shut down, others brought to a crawl. >> these things have to be up on the tire. >> reporter: many here will be lucky to get home by christmas. >> it was supposed to be a christmas eve trip, but i didn't get out of town in time. >> reporter: in oregon steve sills has spent 15 hours a da

part of a severe weather system that devasted the south this holiday weekend, with deaths in texas, arkansas, tennessee and mississippi. residents assess the damage in glen heights. this man lost his home.. "it's by the grace of god it wasn't my wife works not that far from here. if i didnt call her my wife and kids couild have been here." in sunnyvale, texas... the front facade was ripped off of this house. larry allen is grateful he and his family wern't home. larry allen: "someone called and said i think your house got a direct hit and we are in your home looking for you....our family, friends, church were all in our house cleaning stuff up. its amazing how people in this commnity just take charge." in california -- firefighters work to contain the last stretch of wildfires. this is solimar beach near ventura. a brush fire in california causes mandatory evacuations this weekend. flames burned more than 12- hundred acres -- southern california highways. fire officials say it's 75-percent contained. their new worry is landslides if rain hits the charred hills. back here in the valley -- it'

. >> reporter: the weather on i-49 along the texas/arkansas border turned the roadways deadly.e killed, seven injured in a blinding fog pileup. >> it sounded like a -- an explosion. >> reporter: the wild weather system creating half uk is also poised to shatter records. some spots 40 degrees above average. christmas eve in philly, 73. charlotte, 77. savannah, georgia, 79. 2800 temperature records already broken in december. in raleigh, where it will be 78, the roads are sloppy. 2600 piglets were on this big rig. what they're calling the pork chop overturn. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: across the country, a different extreme fuelled in part by el nino. the jet stream funneling strong southern california winds, powerful enough to rip off roofs and topple trucks. in the sierras, this winter whiteout, beautiful, but dangerous. major roads shut down. others, brought to a crawl. >> these things have to be up on the tire. >> reporter: many here will be lucky to get home by christmas. >> it was supposed to be a christmas eve trip. but i didn't get out of town in time. >> reporter: in or

part of a severe weather system that devasted the south this holiday weekend, with deaths in texas, arkansas, "it's by the grace of god it wasn't worse. i am really grateful you know. my wife works not that far from the front facade was ripped off of this house. called and said i think your house got a direct hit and we stuff up. its amazing how people in this commnity just take charge." tv is busted, but everyone is alive so you think how lucky you are." in missouri, heavy rains are kathleen jackson shared this video from republic missouri on you can the heavy showers flooded a ditch along the highway. the waters then spilled into a car dealership parking lot. several inches of rain have fallen in that area. the death toll from all the storms in the south now stands at 25... and that number could clime. severe weather... wreaked havoc... over the christmas holiday. flash floods took over parts of georgia and alabama. meanwhile a tornado smashed day. it was like pouring down, heavy rain...and then all of a sudden the glass and the windows just broke out and then it sounded like someone was c

part of a severe weather system that devasted the south this holiday weekend, with deaths in texas, arkansasnnessee and mississippi. >> reporter: residents assess the damage in glen heights. this man lost his home. >>: "it's by the grace of god it wasn't worse. i am really peaceful grateful you know. my wife works not that far from here. if i didnt call her my wife and kids couild have been here." >> reporter: in sunnyvale, texas. the front facade was ripped off of this house. larry allen is grateful he and his family wern't home. >>: larry allen: "someone called and said i think your house got a direct hit and we are in your home looking for you.our family, friends, church were all in our house cleaning stuff up. its amazing how people in this commnity just take charge." >> vicki: family members of a 55-year-old woman and 19-year- old man fatally shot by chicago police say officers must stop killing residents. in a press conference the mother of the 19-year-old victim.quintonio legrier.says the chicago police department has failed her and so many others. and a friend of bettie jones.the 55-

part of a severe weather system that devasted the south this holiday weekend, with deaths in texas, arkansas, tennessee and mississippi. residents assess the damage in this man lost his home.. "it's by the grace of god it wasn't worse. i am really grateful you know. my wife works not that far from here. if i didnt call her my wife and kids couild have been here." in sunnyvale, texas... the front facade was ripped off of this house. larry allen is grateful he and his family wern't home. sot-larry allen needs cover when it freezes "someone called and said i think your house got a direct hit and we are in your home looking for you.... our family, friends, church were all in our house cleaning stuff up. its amazing how people in this commnity just take charge." @23:11:33 - sot "reporter: when you first got to see the damage what did you think? you just think how lucky you are. tv is busted, but everyone is alive so you think how lucky you are." in missouri, heavy rains are kathleen jackson shared this video from republic missouri on facebook. you can the heavy showers flooded a ditch along the h

flood potential across parts of eastern texas, arkansas as well as into plns. temperaturelouisiana. randall said, 30 much of the northeast, new york was at 55, the max temperature was at about 66 here. storm conditions across most of the east and the temperatures are going to be quite warm, washington, d.c, high of 69°. out west it is feeling a little bit more like winter. >> thanks kevin. >>> pope francis has praised the climate agreement reached in prairs oparis on saturday. he told thousands gathered for st. peter's square, the deal's success requires the cooperation of everyone and urged the international community to move quickly. his encyclical dealt with global warning. >>> six installments ha of star wars have already made many bills of dollars. but florence looi reports. >> r 2 d 2 and c 3 po. this is star wars in shadow puppets. elaborate puppets are trap trand to the screen. it is a concept dreamt up. >> to reconnect youth, traditional act. so maybe if you use something which they can easily recognize, like darth vader, you can actually help to project. >> help of a veter

tornados have swept through, brought numerous damage reports where we saw specifically through texas, arkansas, hardest hit locations millions of dollars worth every damage, nearly dodd end tornado reports out that far. >> it is headed our way won't actually get here until tonight so nor now handful every clouds overhead, basically through the day height hours, don't have to worry about anything in the way of wet weather but later at any time when the winter weather advisories take place, pocono region as well as further inland and north, certainly, if your travels take you there. that's where you will have the best shot to see any kind of wintery precipitation, talking specifically sleet, maybe some freezing rain, maybe little snow, but then it all turns over to rain. where we stand right now out looking over "skycam 3", pretty quiet. quick check on your houry hour forecast, likely see little sunshine, that will help us sort every just level off, little bit of evan flow, mid 40's the expectation for temperature throughout the rest of the day here if philadelphia. meisha, a over to you. >> kat

rockies starting to die down toward mexico, going to ignite a storm, and soaking rain, down through texas, arkansas, and louisiana. this storm system will track off to the northeast. anytime you have an area of low pressure, to the west us, it's a warm track of us. look at how far away, that snow is 6, 700 miles away, way up there in southern canada. that area of low pressure moves to the northwest of us, but we will deal with the front that is attached to that area of low pressure. looking like on monday we're stuck most of the day on the cooler side with patchy drizzle and patchy showers out there. late in the day, and at night, through, that is when we get a best chance of gusty showers up there monday night and temperatures will spike monday, and we will spend most of the day in the 40s and then we jump off to about 55 to 60 degrees, late in the evening. tuesday, wednesday, dry, a couple of more showers, likely thursday afternoon, and thursday night and perhaps into early friday morning. otherwise, the temperatures, a lot of 40s and 50s across the board. >>> we will take that, chris, thank you

part of a severe weather system that devastated the south this holiday weekend with deaths in texas, arkansastennessee, and mississippi. residents assess the damage in glen heights. this man lost his home. >> it's a grace of god that i'm alive. i'm really grateful. my wife works not that hard from here. if i didn't call her, she would be here right now and my kids would be here too. a lot of faith. >> reporter: in sunny vale, texas, the front facade was ripped off of this house but larry and is just grateful he and his family weren't home. >> are you in your house, we got a call, we are looking for. neighbors came around to see if we were in the house and we weren't. so, you know, we waited for the weather to calm down and drove over and when we came up, our family and friends and church was in the housecleaning things up. it's amazing how people in this community just take charge. >> reporter: as it becomes light there, we are about 3,000 or more people who are without power. really tough time as this is a holiday weekend. a lot of folks hanging out with family and getting ready to leave tod

they could see record rainfall for december from texas to arkansas. now, this becomes our rain-maker as we head into monday. so monday afternoon, after 3:00, is when we have the best chance for rage. we could see totals up to an inch. we don't have to worry about it quite yet. the 7 on 7 forecast, nice today. more sunshine tomorrow. upper 50's. great for christmas shopping tomorrow. sunday, is our cooler day. monday, we have that rain chance. >> christa: all right. thank you. the holidays, always a great time for great food and company. of course,dyou cannot leave out decadent desserts this time of year. >> nick: some of us overdo it. i speak for myself there. we have a simple recipe that could be a hit at any holiday party. bri eggers takes us to cambridge to whip up some cooking. >> reporter: these chocolate peppermint bark whoopie pies are sure to bring the whoopee to the party. >> t executive pastry chef at the royal hotel in cambridge loves to make her holiday favorite. >> what we do first is we put the shortening... with our sugar. we are going

we're talking snow, excessive rainfall through places like new mexico, texas, oklahoma, arkansas, you see it here. snow, a huge problem across the panhandle of texas, as well as portions of new mexico, 12-18 inches. it doesn't stop there. the wind will be gusting up to 60 miles per hour, blizzard warnings already in effect beginning tomorrow night. they're expecting power outages so that's the mass of the snow but as we look toward the rain, it's also going to be a huge problem through portions of oklahoma, into arkansas, missouri, as well, not just rain but severe weather expected from the system. again, it's the same system that could bring a little bit of snow to new england as we head toward into next week. >> axelrod: okay, vanessa, thank you. from the vatican to the white house this christmas, and far beyond, there were prayers for peace and calls for compassion. under tight security, thousands packed st. peter's square for the pope's annual christmas day message. pope francis condemned brutal acts of terrorism, and prayed for an end to wars in syria, libya, and other parts of t

storms are all part of the system that devastated this south this holiday weekend with deaths in texas, arkansas, tennessee and mississippi. residents assess the the damage in glenn heights, this man lost his home. >> just by grace of god i'm's here. i'm just grateful, you know, my wife works not that far from here. if i didn't call her, she wouldn't be here and my kid wouldn't be here too. >> reporter: in sunny veil texas the the front part of the house was ripped off of this house but larry allen is grateful he and his family weren't home. >> we think your house has a direct hit. our neighbors came in our house, people around came to look to see if we were in the house. we weren't. so we waited for weather to calm down and we drove over. when we came up our family, friend, church were in the house cleaning stuff up. it is amazing how people in this community just take charge. >> hard to imagine. by the way that was sarah reporting. on the other side of the state texans are enduring plunging temperatures and expect to get up to 16 inches of snow. >>> switching gears now police in louisville, ke

we have seen water rescues and know the heavy rain has caused flooding in texas, arkansas, missouri, much of the south. more of that on the way. the yellow and orange shows the heaviest rain that's going to come down through the next few days. then there's the snow and ice threat. in the midwest right now, you have the snow in the blue. you get down here, this is the very dangerous weather, that purple. that's when the liquid water freezes on contact with the frozen surface. if it's a road it will turn it into an ice rink just like that. that's the threat for freezing rain. then we will watch this move into the northeast. before it does, this storm expected where the snow comes down expected in some cases up to a foot, possibly a foot and a half. here's the snow for the northeast. also, northern locations, higher elevations, that's where you will have the coldest temperatures and the most likely spots for the snow. there's one other component with that. we talked about the ice. you can kind of think when you see all the yellow, this is what we're expecting as far as power outages bec

central time, for portions of texas, indiana, arkansas. there are so many components to it. heavy rainfall, and on the backside, the winds come out of the north. so, t t cold air fueling the blizzard threat for th panhandle and oklahoma city. places like chicago with a winter storm warning, and wds gusting to 60 miles per hour. very, hour cold out there. going to fuel the windchill to the teens. and in the northeast, a wintry mix in boston. >>> and we move to another policehooting causing outrage. officers in chicago killing a teenager and his neighbor, a mother of five, inside her own the department now facing tough new questions. here's alex perez. >> reporter: tonight, the chicago police department again under scrutiny after another controversial shooting. 55-year-old bettie jones and 19-year-old college student quintonio legrier dead. >> we got two people shot. shots fired by the police. just to confirm. >> yes, they were. >> reporter: early saturday morning, police responding to a domestic d dturbance call on the top floor of this two-story home. legrier reportedly thre

central time, for portions of texas, indiana, arkansas. there are so many components to it. heavy rainfall, and on the backside, the winds come out of the north. places like chicago with a winter storm warning, and winds gusting to 60 miles per hour. look at the impact of the system. over a foot of snow in the panhandle, creating a huge mess in the east. potential for icing. >>> and we move to another police shooting causing outrage. officers in chicago killing a teenager and his neighbor, a mother of five, inside her own home. they say it was, quote, "an accident." but the department now facing tough new questions. here's alex perez. >> reporter: tonight, the under scrutiny after another controversial shooting. 55-year-old bettie jones and 19-year-old college student quintonio legrier dead. >> we got two people shot. >> yes, they were. domestic disturbance call on the top floor of this two-story home. legrier reportedly threatening his father with a bat. >> upon their arrival, they were confronted by a combative individual. >> reporter: jones lived on the ground floor. love

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

part of a severe weather system that devastated the south this holiday weekend, with deaths in texas, arkansas, tennessee and mississippi. residents assess the damage in glen heights. this man lost his home.. "it's by the grace of god it wasn't worse. i am really grateful you know. my wife works not that far from here. if i didn't call her my wife and kids could have been here." in sunnyvale, texas... the front facade was ripped off of this house. larry allen is grateful he and his family weren't home. needs cover when it freezes"someone calleand got a direct hit and we are in your home looking for you.... our family, friends, church were all in our house cleaning stuff up. its amazing how people in this community just take charge." "reporter: when you first got to see the damage what did you think? you just think how lucky you are. tv is busted, but everyone is alive so you think how lucky you are." a new app could help prepare drivers of dangerous winter conditions. the app's developers in the ag communications department of north dakota state university.. say they developed the winter survi

are still watching that risk for flooding and it is across missouri and many other places, into arkansas, texas and oklahoma. we still have 400 river gauges nation wide above flood stage. there's also a threat in the southeast with heavy rain in the florida pan handle. and keep in mind today, the rain will be widely scattered. eventually the front will push away but along it, we will see the threat for heavy rain, eventually drying out as we work our way towards new year's day on friday. but if you're planning your new going to look at changes in the weather. temperatures are finally getting a little bit cooler. and most of the country still looking pretty good and in time's square, we'll see temperatures in the 40s. new year's day we're looking at fair conditions across much of the u.s. that's your national weather, now a closure look at the day ahead. well, we can expect definitely mild temperatures to ineast but really cold to west with numbers into the teens and 20s. how about florida? many days of record highs in the mid-80s. so, florida definitely is the warm spot but the rest of the coun

this will create severe from texas back into arkansas and portions of the mississippi valley. this storm system won't bring us any severe weather but it will bring us rain. the track to the north and west of us, it's a mild track for us in terms of the storm system. i don't see any snow? the seven-day forecast. this will be a rain in a gusty rain at that. but the time we get into monday and monday night, a couple of showers possible. the better chance to see the rain pick up. dry tuesday, wednesday. another shot of showers on thursday. but look at the numbers each and every day. well a boft average of 43 for this time of year. >> time for your week 14 fantasy fixer. it's playoff time in the fantasy football world. >> it may be slim pickings oon the waiver wire this time of year. so jadiann thompson have a quarterback can you grab and a nnd patriot -- new england patriot you should fix this weekend. about fantasy time coming to an end. when we talk about the pats, probably didn't think it would end this way but not looking so great. >> if it ended now they'll be out of a first