The country. I can see the debris. Odonnell this was the frightening scene this afternoon as a large tornado plowed through clarksdale, mississippi. It appeared to be on the ground for about 10 minutes. The twister blew a tractor trailer off the road and damaged homes. Tornado watches and warnings have been issued in at least 10 state. Eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our sister station wbz in boston is track the storm. A very violent evening of storms weve seen develop in a very unusually warm and humid air mass. The storms racing off to the north and east, the storm motion at 60 Miles Per Hour at times. They are moving very fast. Several tornadoes spread out over a wide area, some all the way up into illinois, eastern parts of iowa, into indiana, including the town of santa claus had a Tornado Warning earlier on today. The strongest tornadoes so far have been in northern mississippi, very violent storms, some of the damage reports coming in right now. We have seen trees snapped off, because of these tornadoes and there are still several on the ground. So a very damaging night is expected here as they continue to race northeastward. We have tornado watches anywhere from eastern iowa stretching all the way down to the coast. A long night for us here. Vigilance for everyone in the threat area, night time tornadoes very dangerous, and this is covering a very large region, not just tornadoes but also the threat of damaging wind gusts. Theyll be racing off towards the east. The good news here, norah, as we head into tomorrow Severe Threat will start to go down. The story will be the record heat along the east coast. Odonnell already eric fisher. Thank you so much. All of this comes as the holiday getaway kicks into high gear. More than 100 million americans americans are expected to 50 miles between now and next weekend. More passengers will have to go through full body scanners. Many requests for patdowns will be declined. Heres jeff pegues. Through the full body scanners and some requests for patdowns will be declined. This document, obtained by cbs news, says t. S. A. Officers can now direct mandatory body scanner screening for some passengers when warranted by security considerations. The change reflects an Airport Security overhaul under way since last summer after several government watchdog reports found widespread technology and human failures in the system. The d. H. S. Inspector general says his investigators were able to smuggle mock explosives or weapons through checkpoints 95 of the time. In another investigation, t. S. A. Officers failed to respond properly after being alerted by scang equipment. Inspector general john roth testified before congress in november. And the test results were disappointing and troubling. We ran multiple tests using different concealment methods at eight different airports. Reporter u. S. Officials are especially concerned about in late october, isis claimed responsibility for the bomb that brought down the russian metrojet plane in egypt. In 2001, richard reid tried to light a bomb embedded in his shoe on a flight headed to miami. U. S. Authorities say this is what the explosion would have been like had the bomb worked. T. S. A. Officials say workers have been retrained and procedures corrected. T. S. A. Officials also say the new procedures will not affect the vast majority of passengers. Norah, at airports across the northeast, the weather did cause some delays and cancellations but there were no major Security Issues reported. Odonnell all right, jeff pegues. Thank you. Protesters from the black lives Matters Group disrupted travel today at the main airport in minneapolis. Theyre demanding charges against the Police Officer who shot jamar clark to death last month. In los angeles, demonstrators freeway near the airport. The vast majority of holiday travelers will be driving and theyre paying a lot less for gas this season. Reporter at this rest stop in richfield, new jersey, we found the wolf family of six from brookhaven, mississippi. Theyve already logged 18 hours on the road. Dad nick wolf says their final stop is vermont. Everybody is doing great. We have a dvd player installed in the van so thats helped a lot. Been watching a lot of movies. Its great. Where are we go . Reporter for alex spear and his family from boston, highway driving has been great for the wallet even if it meant nearly running out of gas. We tried to make it to new jersey without stopping to get cheaper gas prices so were running on just about empty. Reporter accord to a. A. A. , the record 91 Million People hitting the road is nearly two million more than last year. Cheap gas may be fueling the increase, an average 2 a gallon, down 37 cents from last a minivan from new york to miami is paying 130 one way, a savings of 80 from two years ago. Robert sinclair is from a. A. A. This is the second year in a row were seeing more people travel than the year before and as the economy comes back and incrementally were seeing the numbers of those who are as well. Reporter at new yorks penn station, one of amtraks busiest hubs, National Guard and bombsniffing dogs walked among the crowd. We found jane and her family as they were boarding an eighthour trip to virginia. We just didnt want to get in the car and deal with the headache of traffic. The train you can get up and walk and around have a snack, play cards, thats great. Reporter norah, in case youre wondering how to avoid the headaches that come with traffic, according to a. A. A. , the best days to travel are Christmas Day and new years day. Odonnell today a new jersey grand jury indicted a truck driver for manslaughter in the crash that seriously injured the crash last year on the new jersey turnpike killed one of morgans friends. An investigation ed truck driver kevin roper had not slept in 28 hours before the crash. Today, federal investigators said an eighth death in this country is likely linked to detective airbags manufactured by takata. The victim was a teenaged driver who died after a crash in pittsburgh in july. Also today, manufacturers added more vehicles to its recall list. The airbags can explode on impact, sending metal into drivers and passengers. So for the full recall list, go to ourselves web site, cbsnews. Com, for more information. Its crunch time in the shipping industry. The Postal Service, fedex, and ups expect to make about 1. 5 billion deliveries this holiday season. Carter evans shows us how they plan to get it done in time. Reporter less than two days before christmas, shipping companies are getting creative to get packages delivered on fedex and ups are even resorting to rental trucks. Edgar pleitez is a uhaul dealer. Theyre shipping so much they dont have enough vehicles so they came to us. Reporter the shipping companies are recovering from a rough start to the holiday season. Many were caught offguard by largerthanexpected cyber monday sales. Deliveries were 20 slower than last year. Some shippers were hurt by retailers promises of guaranteed deliveries. They are doing sis service to the consumer. Satish jindal is president of ship matrix, a company that traction ontime delivery performance. They may be taking a day or two before giving it to the carrier. Reporter shipping companies hired hundreds of thousands of Seasonal Workers and it appears to be paying off. The latest numbers show ups delivering 97 of its packages on tiernlg fedex more than 97 , and the u. S. Postal service more today, lastminute shoppers found out they can still have a package delivered by christmas eve, but theres a price for convenience. Its going to be 164. 74. Oh, my gosh. Are you serious . Yes. Reporter stacie smith was hoping to get a gift to her niece in wiemy by christmas but on Second Thought i guess santa is not coming until the 30th. Reporter and mild Winter Weather near major shipping hubs has been a big help this year. Thats good news for people still waiting for packages. And, norah, ups, fed, and the Postal Service expect to deliver up to 50 million packages tomorrow alone. Odonnell thats incredible. Carter evans, thank you so much. In the president ial campaign, donald trump remains the republican frontrunner heading into 2016. A new poll has trump at 39 nationally. Ted cruz a distant second, followed by ben carson and marco rubio. And a new fight has broken out campaign ads. Heres major garrett. All of us learned in kindergarten, dont hit little girls. Its not complicated. Dont make fun of a fiveyearold girl and a sevenyearold girl. Reporter thats ted cruz responding to this online Washington Post editorial cartoon depicting his two daughters as trained monkeys. The cartoon came after cruzs daughters appeared in this campaign ad. The grinch who lost her emails. Reporter poking fun at Hillary Clintons email woes. Ill use my own server and no one will be the wiser. Reporter at first the cartoonist said cruz using his daughters to deliver a political attack made them fair game. The post then retract the cartoon saying, its generally the policy of our editorial it. Folks want to attack me, knock yourself out. Thats part of the process. I signed up for that. Thats fine. But my girls didnt sign up for that. Reporter marco rubio called the cartoon disgusting. Donald trump, bad. With republicans talking about impropriety in politics, Hillary Clinton said donald trump is the undisputed frontrunner. She was interviewed bid des moines register. Its not the first time hes demonstrated a penchant for sexism. Reporter earlier this week, trump used this yiddish vulgarity to describe clintons 2008 primary defeat. She was favoredded to win and she got bleep . Reporter trump said on twitter the word is not vulg after and often used to mean, beaten badly. He called reporting on the flap dishonest. I dont know that he has any boundaries at all, and his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. Reporter in other campaign news, ben carson has lost ground in iowa and nationally, prompting carson to suggest staff shakeups were in motion today. After a bitter struggle with his personal adviser, norah, carsons Campaign Management team remains shaken but intact. Garrett, thank you. One of the most solemn rituals in the u. S. Military, a dignified transfer, took place today in delaware. The bodies of six Fallen Heroes arrived in flagdraped caskets. Margaret brennan reports. Reporter the body of Staff SergeantChester Mcbride came home today. The 30yearold georgia native and five of his air force comrades were killed monday by a suicide poarm who drove a motorcycle packed with explosives into their patrol near bagram airbase. Fellow Service Members on the base paid personal tribute to the fallen. The u. S. Combat mission in afghanistan was declared over a year ago, but the u. S. Still maintains a force of nearly 10,000 there. More than 2300 american Service Members have been killed since the war began 14 years ago. I want to say shes a hero, and i hope shes a hero to all reporter major adrianna vorderbruggen, was the Commanding Officer of the unit which was dedicated to keeping the airbase safe. Older brother christopher said she was a trailblazer. She intentionally would go on these patrols with her men because she wanted to show them that she would do what she was asking them to do. Reporter the 36yearold fought for her country and her family. She lobbied to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military, a policy changed five years ago that now makes her wife and fouryearold son eligible for military death benefits. She inspired us all, i think, be by just being herself and being proud to be who she was. Reporter three other u. S. Service members and a number of Afghan Police were also wounded on monday. Norah, it was the single deadliest attack for american troops all year. Odonnell Margaret Brennan from the pentagon. Coming up next, a mysterious streak lights up the sky. And the beatles light up the internet, when the cbs evening news continues. Theres only one egg that gives you better taste and better nutrition in so many varieties. Classic. Cage free. And organic. Only egglands best. Better taste. Better nutrition. I accept im not 22. I accept im not the rower i used to be. I even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. 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The cars and commotion it neighbors go all grinch and complain. He got a letter from the city threatening fines. Yeah, i didnt realize that you needed a permit to have Christmas Lights. Clark . Reporter ever since Clark Griswold almost took the entire city of chicago down in National Lampoons christmas vacation the dark side of all that light has been part of the deal. Everybody, come out quick look at the lights reporter but one look at instagram, where 1. 5 Million People have displayed their displays, and you realize how many people dont need a White Christmas as much as a multicolored one. In shanksville, pennsylvania, bob witt illuminates his lot of of the penn state nittany lions. The blue and white lights synced to the teams fight song. I dont want a lot for christmas reporter in Southern California this entire neighborhood coordinated its light display. Sp in brooklyn, Pascal Simone Bianca trevicano, to see these lights for years. 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Why family has now returned mike wasike to central iowa. Cynthia lots of emails and facebook posts telling of a homeless vet living in an altoona store parking lot. The story behind his story. Good evening. More winterlike weather moving into iowa just two days before christmas. Steve this is video taken by our partners at storm chaser video. Com. You can see the flakes are flying north of des moines in algona. So how far south will this snow sink . And what will that mean for people hitting the road for christmas . Heres kcci meteorologist kurtis gertz with a firstlook at your forecast. Moderate snow band, especially