the river is expected to crest in vicksburg january 16 rising to 54 feet. (mayor george flaggs/vicksburg:49 -1:00 ) "we've done this before and guys are experts at it. we are corps of engineers for our professional help. we are working with the emergency management department. for now mayor george flaggs says it's important for everyone to remain vigilant and be prepared for what lies ahead. (mayor george flaggs/vicksburg 1:07-1:11 ) "we are doing everything we can and i feel confident as mayor of this city that we are being prepared as best we can." >> heavy rain last weekend is now blamed for 24 deaths in missouri and illinois. a man that fell through the ice on an a-t-v near norfolk, nebraska on saturday has died. the incident happened shortly after 4:00 p.m. yesterday. authorities say a man drove an atv onto a rural pond just south of norfolk when the ice broke. fire officials deployed their ice rescue team. the unidentified man was pronounced dead at a hospital in omaha. the incident remains under investigation. coming up on news 4 at 5 blue light from

memphis and vicksburg, mississippi, prepare for the surge heading their way later this month. chris pollone, nbc news. >>> coming up, chris brown and the new controversy and the startling violence and what happens

. >> focus shifts downstream as memphis and vicksburg mississippi prepare for the search headed their way later this month. >> and now we will take a look at our local weather. kathy wilson has our full forecast. we probably won't see severe conditions but we do have another storm on the way. >> that's right. we have a lot of moisture in the pacific that is now able to start reaching the sierras. we have a high pressure moving out and we are picking up snow showers& radar north of the also the eastern portions of the state. were watching snow showers blanketing all the way from winnemucca to milwaukee. we have to split troughs and what that means is we have to separate low pressure systems and they're both going to hit the pacific, the west coast and bring a lot of moisture. we been blocking it and making that stay in the pacific and now we're going to be watching for this trough line to start moving into the area and bringing storms for the next week or so. and we know skies are clears and 26degrees with mostly cloudy conditions and no precipitation falling. 23degrees in carson city

in vicksburg, the river is expected to crest over 50 feet and more rain will continue there tonight. >>> a local sheriff is trying to end the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in southeastern oregon. harney county sheriff david ward met with ammon bundy, the leader of the armed protesters. ward asked bundy to end the but he refused. they plan to talk again today. >>> coming up on the morning news, controversial comments. the governor of maine faces claims about drug traffickers. >>> and, later, hundreds of thousands of time warner customers may have had their information hacked. this is the "cbs morning news."s"." neutrogena makeup remover does. it erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. need any more proof than that? neutrogena. quilted northern works so well people can forget their bathroom experience. but sir froggy can never forget. "what's worse", he thinks... "that my arms can never relax in a world that's trying to turn you into someone new... ...one hair color wants to help you keep on being you. nice'n easy. we only make the most real natural

number three on record for vicksburg. natchez, number two on record. notice the dates, january 15th, 17th. we have 10-14 days before these areas see their crest. the problem with that is it allows any rain, any rain chances we may have in the next 10-14 days to add on top of what these crests already are. even though we saw some of them saying they were going to be number four, five, six on record, those could change as we start to get more rain. if we pick up, say, an additional one, two, three inches of rain in the next 14 days, all those numbers could change. baton rouge likely to crest around january 19th this. was very important for not only baton rouge but downstream near new orleans. as the water comes down, they will closely watch. they have the spillway. if it looks like it is simply going to be too much water, they will access that spillway pouring it into lake pontchartrain so it does not flow into new orleans. they do believe they can catch it in time and not cause any problems in new orleans. many, it is on their mind and fingers are cross

as places like memphis and vicksburg, mississippi prepare for the surge headed their way later this month. chris pollone, nbc news, new york. >> democratic presidential candidate martin o'malley will be visiting siouxland over the next few days. tonight, the former maryland governor will be in le mars at the plymouth county on sunday he will be in sioux city at noon at mama treglia community house. that's at 900 jennings street. from there he heads south to council bluffs. republican ted cruz will be campaigning in iowa next week. he's planning to visit 36 counties in six days. one of his stops will take him to dordt college, in sioux center on tuesday, january 5th. he'll speak at the de yager activity center on campus from 6 until 8:30 p.m. and, democrat hillary clintoto plans to be in sioux city on tuesday for a 2:15 event at the orpheum theatre. the event goes until 4 p.m. more fuel for the hillary clinton campaign. the democratic presidential candidate has raised 55-million dollars in the fourth quarter--topping her 100- million-dollar goal. in all... the clinton campaign collected 11

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heavy rains could cause mud slides and along the mississippi river, vicksburg is among the communities preparing for massive flooding. the river is expected to crest next week at more than 52 feet. flood stage by the way in that town is only 43 feet. the mayor has already declared a state of emergency and power has been cut to some sections of the city. crest now is in tennessee. >>> and checking the national forecast here, heavy rain up and down the west coast as he was just saying. colder in the mississippi river valley. flood zone there. it will be the coldest morning of the season so far in the northeast. unseasonably cold in the midwest. >> 20s in great falls, montana there, and minneapolis and boston, 30s in new york and chicago. 40s in seattle, dallas, kansas city, 50s in los angeles as well as new orleans. >> feeling a lot colder in some places i know. >>> so several nfl teams are looking for new head coaches the day after the final day of the regular season. known as black monday because basically, heads start to roll when a team polices the playoffs. so the tennessee titans,

where she wants to stay and we are going to do what we can to make that happen map gfx: v/o the vicksburg, mississippi and baton rouge, louisiana in the next two weeks? a rare we've already seen a few sprinkles around the area today, ahead of the first of several systems that will bring the las vegas valley showers this week. the center of the first system will pass to our south tomorrow and will bring scattered showers to the area starting tomorrow afternoon. highs will reach the low to mid 50s tomorrow, all the way through next weekend. our second system moves in tuesday afternoon and is expected to bring widespread rain to the area starting around the lunch hour. this second system will also bring snow to our higher elevations, and a winter storm watch is in effect for the spring mountain and sheep range from tuesday morning until wednesday morning. this system makes an exit wednesday morning and another follows quickly behind on this will kick our winds up to breezy wednesday through thursday afternoon and continues scattered showers across the area wednesday evening through thursday.

floodwaters surging south ; expected to crest near memphis thursday /// and approaching greenville and vicksburg, mississippi and baton rouge, louisiana in the next two weeks? a rare winter scare for the communities in the south?dreading what's coming their way. armed and ready to unsettling start. armed protesters -- angry at the federal government-- have seized control of a national wildlife refuge. their rage runs run deep -- and they say they're determined to make their stand. abc's kendis gibson tells us what's happening.. with grievances -- and with guns -- dozens of federal building in the oregon back-country. sot ammon bundy militia leader "this refuge here is rightfully owned by the people. we intend to use it." they moved in on the building saturday. sot ammon bundy militia leader "it is the duty of the people to put that government back in its place." one of their grievances? the sentencing of two local ranchers for arson who are in a dispute with the federal government over land rights. sot ammon bundy militia leader "the principles that we are here are based upon the constitution of

add a week to that, greenville, vicksburg, all this heading your way. and baton rouge, all the water starting from a huge rain event area. and it's hard to believe that january finally brought the cold weather. the temperatures by monday and tuesday, you're going to feel the chill out there. teens and even single digits is what you'll be feeling into the northeast by the time you wake up on tuesday morning. be ready for the cold. >> thanks. >>> next, to an oklahoma neighborhood shattered by a powerful explosion. people waking up to the noise and flames. today, it's clear some homes are so damaged, families won't be able to return. here's phillip mena. >> reporter: after a home exploded into pieces early the blast so strong, it measured on annest earthquake seismograph. >> the whole house is gone. >> reporter: incredibly, a man sleeping inside the house survived. he remains hospitalized. moments after a fire, the explosion. neighbors could smell a problem. >> i told my dad that i smell natural gas, and my next thought was, something exploded. >> reporter

vicksburg, baton rouge, louisiana, two, three weeks from now, they could see the rainfall from christmas time coming their way almost a month later. >> it is going to be a long wait for the communities. thank you. >>> we turn now to president obama and his new year's resolution promising to bypass congress and take action on unfinished business, america's epidemic on gun violence. but the nation is divided answer. jim avila is in hawaii tonight. >> reporter: with many americans flocking to the gun store after the san bernardino attacks, the white house said today it could be a dangerous and americans to arm themselves against terrorists. government. and this week, president obama is trying to make it more difficult for the mentally ill, criminals and terrorists to arm themselves with powerful weapons. the president announcing in his weekly radio address he will meet with attorney general loretta lynch wednesday to see what he can do without overstepping. >> we can protect from inflicting harm on a massive scale. >> reporter: the white house want to limit the number of gun dealers who per

. >> now the focus shifts downstream, places like memphis and vicksburg, mississippi are preparing for the surge of water headed their way next month. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >> we've been tracking changes for our area as well. mainly colder temperatures. it feels like winter with our daytime highs closer to low 40s. our average for this year 41 degrees. i'm also tracking a dry spell, so we don't have another chan of showers for at least the next five days or so. an arctic blast is expected. if you think it's cold this weekend, wait until we head into monday and tuesday. for philadelphia we're at 42 degrees. our wind speeds out of the west northwest at 7 miles per hour. our feels like temperature is 38 degrees. visibility is clear. humidity at 42%. as we head into the rest of this evening, expect temperatures to drop into the mid-30s. by 11:00 p.m. overnight we'll get down to 32 and below freezing for our suburbs to the north and also to the west. temperature-wise throughout the rest of the region we're at 27 degrees here in the pocono

chris: the focus shifts downstream, where places like memphis and vicksburg prepare for the surge later this month. chris pollone, nbc news, new york. patrick: a south carolina man is charged with attempted murder after being accused of opening fire on police. investigators in hampton county say 27-year-old malcolm orr opened fire on officer when they store. one officer was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. charlotte police say a drunk man stole an officer's patrol car and crashed it in the woods.. the officer left the keys in the car after exiting the cruiser at a local business. police then say this 22-year-old jumped into the unlocked cruiser and sped off. a short time later, the vehicle was found crashed in the woods, totaled. the man was found a short time later and is now in jail, facing several charges, including driving while impaired. a man is critically injured after falling 20 feet underground in eastern tennessee. the man in his 60's fell while exploring caves outside knoxville. he and a group were about half a mile underground when he slipped on rocks, stumbled, an

add a week to that, greenville, vicksburg, all this heading your way. and baton rouge, all the water at this point in time, it will be a month prior, will be in the area. and it's hard to believe that weather. the temperatures by monday and tuesday, the jet stream dropping to the south. you're going to feel the chill out there. teens and even single digits is what you'll be feeling into the northeast by the time you wake up on tuesday morning. be ready for the cold. tom? indra, thank you. neighborhood shattered by a powerful explosion. the blast erupted in the middle of the night. people waking up to the noise and flames. today, it's clear some homes are so damaged, families won't be able to return. here's phillip mena. >> reporter: tonight, a massive cleanup in this oklahoma city neighborhood. after a home exploded into pieces early saturday morning. >> this house just exploded. >> reporter: the force of the blast so strong, it measured on an earthquake seismograph. >> the whole house is gone. >> reporter: a neighbor shooting this dramatic cell phone v

in vicksburg, mississippi residents and precautionary measures ahead of possible flooding. just homes that are affected...it's businesses and government entities in this case." finn says: "officials are advising people to stay off roads, bridges and levees...saying they have taken a beating from the historic floods. also advising people that although the surface of the water may appear calm, it does have a dangerous olive branch, matt finn, fox news." temperatures are finally dropping low enough for ice castles to be built in minnesota. in "eden prairie" -- icicle farmers are working twelve hour days... handcrafting beautifully made ice masterpieces -- a winter tradition. it's a little late in the season to still be making the ice castles. they had hoped to be open by tomorrow... but with the unseasonably warm weather this year -- temperatures finally got cold enough around "it all depends where the wind is coming from.. and how everything is growing. we just depend 100% on the weather and we can't control much of it." eventually they will add l-e-d lights just like they ha