i was reading about texas football and the power. i drove out westin the mid-1980s and that's when the subconscious rose to the underpinnings and the outlining of the book began to take shape. i took the southern route so you go to the high school football country georgia, alabama, mississippi, louisiana and then ultimately texas. main street was dark and a lot of stores were not there. there wasn't much there but you can get a few blocks out and you would see that. beautiful. really beautiful. water to the hill even if there was a drought. everyone wants to believe in something and hope for something and look forward to something and i simply knew high school football in many towns in texas and across this country to be it at basketball in indiana and hockey in minnesota we are all looking for something to believe in and i became convinced that in many towns high school football is it. it's a very unique and powerful culture. 16, 17, 18-year-old kids who 99 times out of 100 are not playing for college scholarships they are paying for the town and th

degrees west texas heat. i look like an idiot basically.he kids looked at me and said who is this guy what is he doing, and then they forgot about me because they are practicing. i found a credible, beautiful power and those friday night lights. spectacle unlike anything i have seen, more exciting then and a fall and afl championship games which i've seen. the ban, the cheerleaders, the cheerleaders, the pageantry, the crying, the laughing, the incredible importance, that stadium i don't know how many of you have seen it, it was some like this incredible rocketship landing on the moonscape of west texas. the the flatness, the wind running across, it was spectacular. but it was too spectacular because those lights were really too bright as they are in many places, i feel firmly that we become warped in the role sports plan our lives since early in our high schools and colleges. too many parents, and this is not me talking this is a recent poll by the foundation of the robert wood johnson foundation, 25% of parents think their kids will make

we see this isolated flooding in areas of new mexico and west texas. couple showers and storms even at this hour. they'll be enhanced later on this afternoon. as far as rainfall totals over the next three days, nothing epic. but you notice west texas is pinpointed the possibility there of three to six inches. the other story, although we were a little cooler than the great lakes, a lot of the country still seeing a very warm period of weather. 90s today in texas. 90 in dallas. 69 in chicago. the next three days look very warm. and even all the way to the east. it looks like we're -- this is like a late summer feeling to it. cool mornings but the afternoon will be very mild. enjoy it. >> sounds wonderful. thank you so much. >>> well the justice department is releasing 6,000 drug related convicts early from prison. this comes after new federal drug sentencing guidelines went into effect last year. it shortened average drug sentences by 25 months. prisoners are being released between october 30th and november 2nd. >>> all right. this was not you, but a ve

already starting to moisten up thrhrgh out the 4 corner region but especially eastern new mexico and west texas. and look at the amounts our model puts down, it just continues to show some huge amounts there in some places of west tex and eastern new mexico with several inches of rain in places. amazing situation southward to the gulf coast stayinindry and most of that area staying on th pleasant side. highs of 70s and 80s for high temps. a bit cool in new england, northern great lakes and cool back into the northern and centntl rockies. nothing real cold at this point though. low temps tonite we'll see lots of 40 and 50s eastern seaboard, 30s and 40s in northern plains but holding in the 60s for central and southern plains. and we continue to be warm south of that frontal system from the southern great lakes southward, but north of there highs in the 40s and 50s for the most part. jet stream as we head thru the rest of the week, you can see why that system is just gointo sit there awhile and cut off area of low pressure for a while then it kind of comes east. a big trough develops for a couple

overnight we had some flash flood warning reports in areas of west texas. now we're watching the heavy rain up towards lubbock. this is going to continue the next day or two here. rainfall totals in this region, some maybe 1-3 at most so the flooding shouldn't be too bad as we go through the next 24 hours. a quiet day with the flood threat in west texas and a little bit of summer stillday. summer time heat still trying to hold on. not many hundreds left a couple. >> seems like it is on a downward trend. >> sun's setting early and rising late. >> sounds so. bill karins, thanks for that. bad news ahead for all your renters out there. plus a bizarre accident and the ingenious rescue of one houston construction worker. excellent looking below the surface, researching a hunch... and making a decision you are type e*. time for a change of menu. research and invest from any website. with e*trade's browser trading. e*trade. opportunity is everywhere. so you don't have to stop., tylenol® 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. the first is fast. the second

in fact we saw the west texas index, west texas crude, oil pricing seeing its best week by the way since end of august. we're on a bit of a run. west texas crude seeing gains, 49 point 88. brent crude seeing gains. and a come back for that. the central bank is allowing banks to offer more collateral for loans. they can doll out more loans for the general chinese economy. we're seeing a rise in copper and zinc. when we talk about energy, we have to talk about the world's largest commodities, right, wolf, and their consumption of it. >> absolutely right. with that the recent route we've seen over the last couple of weeks in october. it begs the question sometimes prices derail some of the more delicate economic companies out there. jeff sat down with governor kuroda about the rate hikes. >> from september last year commodity prices, in particular oil prices, went up quite sharply. and since japan is one of the biggest importers of commodities, including oil, the japanese economy benefitted greatly from improved trade and that made, for instance, the corporate sector enjoy historic high lev

the watches from arizona to west texas. that is just tonight. damaging wind and hail, the main threats. that threat moves to the southeast. and you say, that sounds scary enough. i think the flash flooding like the women rescued is going to be west texas, 2 to 4 inches, flash flooding in the next 24 hours. and i want to the leave with you a smile. many saying it's way too cold. mid 70sback. >>> the new headline tonight about bernie madoff. the mathser mind of the largest ponzi scheme in u.s. history. wiping off the savings of thousands of victims. and many getting their money now back. brian ross on where they recovered so much of that money. >> reporter: when bernie madoff's massive ponzi scheme was exposed almost seven years ago, his wiped-out investors held out little hope of getting any of their money back. >> you jerk, you know? how could you, how could you possibly live with yourself? >> reporter: but tod some good news for hundreds ofof investo from the lawyers tracking the madoff money. >> the calculations are that anyone who put in $1,1

it was sort of like incredible rocket ship landing on the moon escape of west texas, the wind runningross. it was spectacular. but it was too spectacular those lights were really too bright as in many other places. i feel firmly that we have become warped and certainly in high schools and colleges. too many parents -- and this is not many talking, a recent poll of the foundation in the harvard school public school. 25% of parents think that their kids will make it to the pros. that's insane. but that also explains their obsession, their obsession with their kids, the pressure they put on kids, the pressure to win it all and the pressure on coach es to the degree of too many places, academics is obstacle to find a loophole. academics should be the mainstay of life. i think it's sports -- it's not just texas, it's not just football, basketball. that's become the important activity, academics are shunted to the side. we are the only culture in the world that does this, the only country that looks to high school and college for sports entertainment. no other country does that. i don't kno

. >>> highways drenched from west texas into the southern and central rockies. and roads still flooded in the carolinas. >>> it is a great day for the skies weather related at least. some delays possible in phoenix. >>> well, turning now to the second medical emergency in a cockpit in just two day. >> this time a united airlines co-pilot suffering a seizure and passing out yesterday on a flight from houston to san francisco with nearly 200 people on board. he did regain consciousness and was able to walk off the plane there as you can see when it was diverted to albuquerque. on monday, an american airlines pilot died in the cockpit from an apparent heart attack. >>> now to really a bizarre case involving a former florida school principal who hypnotized students, three families whose children died after hypnosis will be getting $200,000 apiece. two of the students killed themselves and one crashed his vehicle. the former principal was not a licensed hypnotherapist and had been repeatedly told not to hypnotize students. he has since resigned. >>> a new trial order

[laughter] and this old west texas farmer leaned back and said, want to bet? [laughter] [applause] you know what i'm talking about. follow, i willt go to congress and we will pass fundamental tax reform. we will pass a simple, flat tax. [applause] senator cruz: where every american can fill out his or her taxes on a postcard. [applause] and when we do that, we should abolish the irs. [applause] senator cruz: they are about 90,000 employees at the irs, and we need to padlock that building. take all 90,000 and put them down on our southern border. [laughter] [applause] senator cruz: now, to our friends in the media, i say that somewhat tongue in cheek. but, if you think about it, imagine traveling thousands of miles in the blazing sun. you are soaring across the rio grande, and the first thing that you see is 90,000 irs agents. you would turn around and go home, too. [applause] senator cruz: some of you guys may be thinking that all of this makes sense to me. it is basic common sense. live within your means. don't encrypt our kids and grandkids -- don't bankrupt

[applause] back, i was out in west texas. i asked folks -- what is the difference between regulators and locus? -- locusts? you cannot use pesticides on the regulators. this old west texas farmer and said -- want to bet? [applause] you know what i am talking about. follow, i willt go to congress and we will pass fundamental tax reform. we will pass a simple, flat tax. [applause] where every american can fill out his or her taxes on a postcard. [applause] that, we should abolish the irs. [cheering] there are about 90,000 employees at the irs. we need to padlock that building. and put them00 down on our southern borders. now, to our friends in the media, i say that somewhat tongue in cheek. if you think about it, imagine you have travel thousands of miles in the blazing sun. you are swimming across the rio grande. the first thing you see is 90,000 irs agents. you would turn around and go home also. [laughter] [applause] some of you may be thinking -- all of this makes sense to me. basic common sense. live within your means. don

the weather map boy another system continuing to plague the southern plains lot^s of moisture in west texas some of that spreading eastward some of it^s coming north i^ll have the rest of my forecast coming up. still to come, we'll be analyzing the dairy sector and expansion of t t cow herd in the midwest. how's that impacting prices? plus our beef today report shows somes a slight improvement for feed lots. and this may look like just another field trip. but these youngsters are learning how texas farmers may help pay their way through college! find out how, as we head in the country. (agday sponsored by the enlist weed control system from dow agrosciences -combining the proven control of a new 2-4-d and glyphosate. take control of chicago. let's head to the cme floor for an update. we are seeing green across the board which is nice to see. we've been in a dead trade within the past couple of sessions. we are getting a little b of a bid here tay with corn, soybeans and wheat. looking at the corn market, weweeed to see a close above 3.79 and a half. if we get that, we're going to confirm a

. >> the only threatening weather is in west texas and along the new mexico border. upper level low bringing mois dmr ture into the same areas. and areas just to the east around san angelo. have to watch out for flooded roads in some of those wash areas. another one to three inches is possible as we go through the day. not too bad in new mexico today. so, that's the only really threatening weather. the other story is you knew that cooler weather from canada would push to the south. st. louis, and kansas city. you go from 80s, back into the 60s. the warm air will be isolated on friday and on aide saturday, you'll cool off. now a closer look at your day ahead. you can almost see where the cold front is. notice temperatures in the 60s in the dakotas. still very warm, dallas to possible flash flooding threat from el paso to del rio. pretty nice thursday forecast overall. >>> well, bad news for all you renters out there. we'll esks xplain. >>> plus the excellent looking below the surface, and making a decision . time for a change of menu. from any website. with e trade' s

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. >> reporter: in west texas, run- home. no one was inside. and flood waters swallowed up this ambulance and prompted at least 30 swift water rescues in the area. so this morning, texas is just getting hammered by the storm. and even though it's weakening, the heavy rain and flooding will continue through the weekend. live in the news room, cbs 2 news, ilana gold. >>> a car crash on the southern is state parkway sent several people to the hospital. it happened around 11:00 last night near exit 28 south. some lanes have been closed as a result. still no word on the condition of those injured in the crash. >>> a raging fire destroyed a historic new jersey synagogue. the flames moved quickly and left little behind at the synagogue. a care taker was the only one inside the 114-year-old building when the fire started. safely. several scrolls were burned in the fire. one was saved when a firefighter rushed in to rescue it. >> a beautiful building that's now all gone. >> well, it's significant, yeah. this building is significant, very historic buildin

and west texas, new mexico, as far as the temperatures go, the middle of the country continues to be very hot this time of year. warm conditions in texas, some had areas will be in the 90s. and the only cooler air will be the in northern great looks. pretty soon you'll have your last 90 degree day. the warmth continues throughout much of this week. now a closer look at the day ahead. so, temperatures are very warm away from that upper level low. temperatures only in the 60s from san jose all the way down to albe uquerque albuquerque. upper level lows, see. >> but down south, it sure looks like summer to me. kind of jealous. >>> well, a federal government is getting ready to give an prisoners. we'll have the latest on that. millionaire grandma. you tuck there. if you're a toe tucker... because of toenail fungus, ask your doctor now about prescription kerydin. used daily, kerydin drops may kill the fungus at the site of infection toe tucking. at the treated site. include skin peeling... itching, and swelling. tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or does not go

and this will lowly be tracking across west texas during the day and linger over texas for the next three days. this is the same one that plagued california like three days ago. it took a slow jog across the southwest. and amarillo and san angelo. i don't think we'll see many tornados. but we will have more pictures of what we just showed you of the large hail and possibility of damaging wind gusts. a texas sized soaker. i say good rain because this area's been in a drought so we'll take a good two to five inches and hopefully the flooding won't be too bad. st. louis to d.c. to new york, e enjoy these. there's not many of these left. now a closer look at the day ahead. so, there's all the showers and thunderstorms. it will be late in the day for san antonio. your rain will come tomorrow and as far as the beautiful weather, look that ohio valley. bottle it up. nice weather out there pr for most. >>> straight ahead, the case of road rage that claimed the liech fe of a young child. >>> the consumer report best and worst worst ng...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in when your cold is

that would be a lot for west texas and eastern new mexi. we'll see if that works out. that computer model shows 2-2-inches in some of thth area. but again we'll be seeing that increased moisture in that part of the country. but most of over the next 36-48 hours. high temps this afternoon, warming up to 70's and 80's as you can see there e to the central and southern plains. still on the cool side in the appalachians and into the northeast. l;ow temps tonite will drop off into the east. and especially out west dropping intohe 40s in both of those locations. a few 30s in the northeast and northern portions of the rockies. high temps tomorrow afternoon that heat begins to come into the miss valley, ohio va with highs in upper 60s, lower 70s ported in that area. here's the jet stream. youan see the big trou out west gets cut off for a little while. a little trough moving thru the great lakes and northeast. a quick cool down there. and then the main trough comes east. and it'll be a sharper cool down as we head thru theeekend into earlier next week for areas from central pl

going to move today in into areas of new mexico and tomorrow wringing heavy rain from colorado to west texas. going to form the trough and then start getting moisture from the gulf of mexico. and we've within in a drought in texas for the consist last couple of months. it's welcome drain. three to five inches expected. minor flooding problems and most apply from amarillo towards san antonio. today not a lot of bad weather out there. perfect day from coast to coast. 60s from the northwest. northeast finally warming up. the rockies is the cool spot with the clouds and showers. and really nice from like fall throughout almost all of arizona and southern california. only in the 80s. funny to say. after a long summer. >> absolutely right. coming up find out what oprah did to make one wall street stock nearly double in a single day. and things get all too real for emergency responders during what was supposed to be a rescue training. bed all day. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax. theraflu expressmax combines... maximum strength medicines available without a prescri

. >>> in west texas, residents captured dramatic video of a floodwaters. crews rescued dozens of people stranded in vehicles. remnants of hurricane patricia is expected to bring more rain today and tomorrow. >>> heavy snowfall caused big headaches thursday for drivers in colorado. slick road conditions led to several accidents, stalling traffic on interstate 70. forecasters expected up to 7 inches in higher elevations. >>> this morning secretary of state john kerry meets with lavrov who wants to explain the russian air campaign against isis and potential resolutions to the syrian civil war. >>> an american special operations soldier was killed during combat operations in iraq. the american was part of a raid, including iraqi kurdish commandos to free isis prisoners. five american hospitals were involved in yesterday's raid in a prison in northern iraq. 70 hostages including 20 iraqi soldiers who were about to be executed were executed. >> in addition the u.s. recovered important intelligence about isil. >> the pentagon says the u.s. only assisting the kurd

it's not just in west texas, it's not just in houston or north dakota or oklahoma or new mexico. these jobs are in every state in the country. in fact, in fact, according to the energy equipment and infrastructure alliance, which id a vast study on this, the third leading recipient of new jobs if this export ban is lifted is the state of illinois. you might wonder, why is it? illinois has a lot of manufacturing, especially a lot of large equipment manufacturing. those manufacturing jobs are great for families, they're great for the economy, they're great for startup business opportunities, so it's every state in the country that benefits. secretary moniz certainly dismisses that or at least ignores it in his statements. i'm going to wrap one this point. i always like to say that america's national security and america's economic security are tied directly to america's energy security. i touched on it earlier, but there's never been a time certainly in my public service when the world was in a more fragile state and certainly chaos is reigning. i talked about vladimir putin's push

wreaking havoc in the region and the risk of strong storms and heavy rain continues tomorrow into west texas. 1-4 inches of rain are possible. later in the week the risk of flooding shifts to the central and southeastern part of the state. >>> still ahead tonight, a fatal case of suspected road rage. a shooting on a busy highway in broad daylight, leaving a 4-year-old girl dead. and now tonight, a late development of the manhunt for the person who pulled the trigger. >>> and also a warning about a potential unforeseen side effect in the antibiotics so many of us give our children. >>> there is developing news in the state of new mexico. a manhunt for a driver who opened fire in an apparent road rage attack on the highway in the middle of the day, killing a 4-year-old girl riding in her family's car. and word just in that a person of interest in that shooting has been taken into custody. nbc's jacob rascon is in albuquerque, a city in shock this evening. he has late details. >> reporter: the gunman opened fire on this red dodge pickup. with the garcia family inside. the victim, 4-year-old ile

. >> reporter: in west texas, runoff washed away this mobile home. no one was home, so no one was hurt. floodwaters swallowed up this ambulance in odessa, and prompted at least 30 swift-water rescues in the area. the fast-moving rainstorm it swamped low-lying streets in dallas, forcing some drivers to wade through several feet of water. the storm also toppled trees in to as many as 20,000 residents. a lightning strike sparked this house fire but the four people inside were able to get out. the 4.5 inches of rain that has already fallen is more than dallas typically gets for the entire month and we know more is on the way. scott, as we mentioned, texas is bracing for remnants of hurricane patricia and the state's emergency operations center has been activated. >> pelley: omar villafranca on the scene for us tonight. omar, thanks. today, we learned the name of the american soldier killed yesterday during a raid to free dozens of prisoners that were held by isis in iraq. master sergeant joshua wheeler was 39, a native of roland, oklahoma, a 20-year vete

have been issued for parts of utaharizona, new mexico, as well as west texas. >>> as we take a look at the radar this morning that large system you see right there movi through several states in the southwest, flash flooding possible in texas and new mexico, in colorado the higher elevations of the central rockies likely getting its first big snowfall of the season. >>> well, some pomp and pageantrtry as queen elizabeth hosted a state banquet for china's president. duchess wore a pearl and diamond lotus tiara in the royal family for more than 80 yearars. the duchess was sead next to the chinese president and she looked absolutely glamorous. >> so did the queen. >> not on outdone. >>> still ahead. new guidelines for mammograms causing a lot of confusion. tine's under arrest accused of changing grades. >>> a massive truck proving to be too much for a rickety bridge. uh-oh. >>> st. louis area police are increasing patrols around predominant black churches after six arsons in the past two weeks. authorities believe the fires are linked but aren't sure whether race has played a part in the

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wreaking havoc in the region and the risk of strong storms and heavy rain continues tomorrow into west texas. 1-4 inches of rain are possible. later in the week the risk of flooding shifts to the central and southeastern part of the state. >>> still ahead tonight, a fatal case of suspected road rage. a shooting on a busy highway in broad daylight, leaving a 4-year-old girl dead. >>> and now tonight, a late development of the maubts for the american who pulled the trigger. >>> and also a warning about a potential unforeseen side with my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. thinking about what to avoid, where to go... and how to deal with my uc. to me, that was normal. until i talked to my doctor. she told me that humira helps people like me get uc under control and keep it under control when certain medications haven't worked well enough. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system

. >> well, heavy rain in west texas, flooding there caused several tractor-trailers and mobile home to float away from rv parkas you can see here in this video on your screen. the rain is expected to increase today and tomorrow, hurricane patricia makes landfall near port vie art a, mexico, dallas for the worse, dallas, san antonio could see to up four-8 inches every rain. kai last talking about this just few minutes ago, this is really alarming. >> i have to tell you waking up this morning and seeing hurricane patricia off the coast of mexico with us is contained winds at 200 miles per hour, category five, that has every, yes, every antenna is up, right, like i am so concern for mexico. then of course texas bringing more rain to them. they do not need that. let's take a look at patricia right now, it is a monster this morning. look at this, category five everybody. how often do you see this close to land? thankfully not very often. 200-mile per hour sustained winds, gusts up to 245 miles per hour, check it out, pressure has dropped to 880 millie bars. this >> this is a path it is expe

flood watches and warnings have been issued for parts of utah, arizona, new mexico, as well as west texas. >>> as we take a look at the radar this morning that large system you see right there moving through several states in the southwest, flash flooding possible in texas and new mexico, in colorado the higher elevations of the central rockies likely getting its first big snowfall of the season. >>> well, some pomp and pageantry as queen elizabeth hosted a state banquet for china's president. duchess wore a pearl and diamond lotus tiara in the royal family for more than 80 years. the duchess was seated next to the chinese president and she looked absolutely glamorous. >> so did the queen. >> not on outdone. >>> still ahead. new guidelines for mammograms causing a lot of confusion. >>> high school hack. tine's under arrest accused of changing grades. >>> a massive truck proving to be too much for a rickety bridge. u uh-oh. look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. milk, fruit, cultures. mmmm, yopl

. >> rvs and trailers were sent floating at this rv park in west texas. moreeavy rain in the forast from dallas/ft. worth south to austin and san antonio through saturday morning. >> on radar all that rain is still moving through south central states. up to 8 inches of raininossible in oklahoma, kansas, arkansas and louisiana. >>> and even more threatening situation unfolding in mexico right now. the u.s. embassy there urging americans to prepare for hurricane patricia. the powerful hurricane being called potentially catastrophic. accuweather's justin povick tracking it all. justin, good morning. >> phillip and reena, thanks, and good mornini to you. we are tracking an extremely dangerous hurricane. this is patricia. movement now off to the north and the northwest expected to bend back north and strike the western coast of mexico later on this afternoon. and we were expecting some dramatic impacts here from guadalajara toward puerta vallarta. in terms of wind speeds, we could see wind gusts at the coast over 130 to 140 miles per hour and, again, looking a