texas national guard road to the rescue as storms swollen flood water threatened to turn deadly. one by one stranded victims of heavy rain were plucked from harm's way. in some cases the personal touch, rescueers repelled down ropes and then sent their precious cargo off to safety. these two men were left clippinging to dear life to their pickup truck. >> if you have to be rescued you want it by these guys. >> they were lifted to dry land. flooding turned roads and streets watery grave yards for many automobiles. >> if it was not watt ter was wind. >> do you see any rotation. >> more than 50 reported tornadoes tore across the heartland this mother's day weekend. worst, ef 3 tornado carve aid path of destruction through cisco texas tearing roofs from houses and fwrark trees. one person died. >> i lived in cisco over ten years now and and i have not seen anything like this in a long time. >> further north a spring whiteout in colorado. dellmont south dakota sunday services became narrow escape as a tornado destroyed the church and much of the town. elsewhere, record snow 13.5" most

texas. stranding people inside their homes turning roads into rivers. national guardent a helicopter to this house to pull people to safety. tornadoes blew through the planes along with heavy rain and hail createing treacherous conditions near wichita kansas. you can see this windshield getting smashed as the driver tries to stay on the roads. in missouri winds for through buildings, brought down trees and left this vehicle upside down. flooding in this missouri neighborhood forced about 200 people to evacuate. the flood warning for the area continues through monday night. henna daniels for cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> president obama is comeing to camden tomorrow on his itinerary is a visit to the newly established police depth. he'll be highlighting community policeing efforts and is expected to meet with young people in the area. camden was recently designated a promise zone meaning it gets federal funding to improve the city. stay with "eyewitness news" for complete coverage of the president's visit tomorrow. >>> ♪ and we are just two days away now from the primary

strong downpours dumped nearly a half foot of rain on north texas, stranding people inside their homes, turning roads into rivers. the national guard sent a helicopter to this house to pull people to safety. tornadoes blew through the plains along with heavy rain and hail, creating treacherous conditions near wichita, kansas. you can see this windshield getting smashed as the driver tries to stay on the road. in missouri, winds tore through buildings, brought down trees and left this vehicle upside down. flooding in this missouri neighborhood forced about 200 people to evacuate. the flood warning for the area continues through monday night. cbs news. >> and more severe storms could develop tonight in minnesota, wisconsin, and illinois. in new york city today, first responders and family members took part in an historic climb. 1,000 people participated in today's tunnel to tower climb at the one world trade center. they made the trek up 1,970 stairs to the building's 90th floor. the event raised a half million dollars to build tech-smart homes for disabled military family members. >>> at least nine people are dead tonight after a sh

texas the tornadoes triggered flash flooding. the national guard was called in to air lift people from their home. >>> you can see an ambulance that was swept off the roadhe recognizing water. people had to be treated for hyperthermia. it's been two years since parts of colorado seen this much flooding. ranchers on horse back rode in deep water to pull other horses to safety. >>> imagine waking up to find a sea lion sleeping next to you. this happened to man. he says he heard sneezing and movement but figured one of his friends come down. a few hours later he woke up again and discovered a 30-pound sea lion in the other bunk fast asleep. he shot video as he gently tried to coax it off the boat and back into the water. nicely done. >>> we're still looking for rain and we've got heat. we've got humidity but we still don't have that rain where you continue to see the wind. these winds are hot. a cooler cooldown within the next 24 hours. for the phillie it's going to be windy. 80 degrees right now. it was pretty warm at 84 degrees. pollen continues to be high. it's expected to get higher. thursday the highest of the week. maybe lower over the weekend if we

texas where the national guard sent in helicopters to air lift people that had become inundated. while the atlantic coast experienced an early tropical storm another seasonal an nom lee, snow in may. this winter storm caused slick roads and several accidents and in low lying areas there were flash floods western parts of south dakota also got snow while the eastern side experienced tornadoes. you can see it was a weekend of extreme weather for much of the country. back to you. >> lots to cover there. jonathan siri live for us from myrtle beach. >> the head of the homeland security declaring a newer or of global terror. they blast the obama administration for not doing enough to keep america safe. >> rich edison is live with the latest. >> jay jan son says the u.s. is in a new phase of global terrorist threat where a lone wolf could strike at any moment. johnson adds the social media to reechl to inspire those living in the united states describe a new phase of original call to arms. >> seeing the directives as an on-line basis is really concerning. i am over here with charlie hebdo case how we can stop foreign fighters from coming out of iraq and syria to europe. we had a phenomenon where terrorism could go viral. >>

road for two days. we have seen people walking through the desert and finding their remains. it's a weekly occurrence despite enforcement from the national guard, and the texas state police much the sheriff's department found 26 sets of human remains, up from 20 at the same time last year. it is a surprising statistic given that apprehensions are down. the sheriff's deputy say there's a theory about this saying immigrants are taking greater risks to get around the enforcements. last week they saw 11 people coming out of a car on the side of the freeway. they disappeared into the wilderness and abandoned the car. at the time the deputy thought they had lost everyone. >> you win some you lose some. maybe next time. and next time the next thing we knew is we heard a return knock. that's when we realise someone else was in the trunk. >> reporter: inside the trunk? >> there were two male individuals still in the vehicle. >> two men hidden in the back trunk, left by their smugglers. they were in their originally 20s, and from honduras. young people from south america are still making the trek north. >> you have been on the story since day one, both sides of it. ho