Waving a gun in a park. It turned out to be a toy. The prosecutor called the incident an absolute tragedy, but not a crime. Demarco morgan is in cleveland. Simply put, given this perfect storm of human error, the states miscommunication by all involved that day, the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. Reporter Cuyahoga County prosecutor tim mcginty says this enhanced video shows 12yearold tamir rice was pulling a pellet gun out of his waistband when he was shot. He either intended to hand it over to the officers or show it wasnt a real gun, but there was no way for the officers to know it. They saw the events unfolding in front of them from a different perspective. Reporter the prosecutor said the radio dispatcher was to blame for not telling the police that the gun may have been fake and the suspect may have been 911 call. Reporter but the radio dispatcher told the officers this reporter officer loehmann shot rice within two seconds of pulling up to the scene with his Training Officer frank garmback. The countys public corruption unit chief says officers trained to shoot quickly when they believe a suspect may open fire. It is clear that had these officers known this was possibly a child and the gun was possibly a toy, that would not have considered this incident to have been so serious and most certainly would have used different tactics. Reporter Walter Madison represents the rice family. There was an expectation that this would be the outcome of the grand jury process, but theres nothing like knowing. Live with that. Reporter now, jeff, the family of tamir rice complained the officers were allowed to give statements to the grand jury and were not asked questions, something they say would never happen if a civilian were accused. The officers remain under restricted duty. Glor Demarco Morgan in cleveland tonight. In another major story tonight, the storm system that left a path of devastation in the south is heading north and east, adding more ice and snow to the lethal mix of severe weather. At least 47 deaths are reported in seven states since an outbreak of tornadoes in the south last week. The storms also brought flooding to alabama and significant travel delays. Mark strassmann begins our coverage in el reno, oklahoma. Mark . Reporter jeff, take a look at this branch, iced over like so much of this community. Police have urged residents to stay off of iced roads, but that often means staying inside houses that have no heat. Ice one inch thick coated roads and made driving treacherous. Tractortrailers skidded into trouble. Nearly 200,000 people are without power. Brad and sarah ayers and their three kids need someplace warm to sleep tonight. Without power, their house feels almost as cold inside as outside. Whats the worst part . Having little ones and it being cold, getting real cold. I mean, the outside, you can get rid of all the limbs, but in here it gets pretty cold. Reporter the huge winter storms impact stretched from oklahoma to new mexico. Interstate 40 closed for more than 200 miles from albuquerque to the texas state line. In amarillo, texas, winds gusted up to 50mph, nearly 15 inches of snow created drifts that buried cars. In eastern oklahoma, that same storm system brought heavy rains and flooding. To crest at 29 feet. Since saturday, nearly ten inches of rain has fallen in talaqa, where brian berry lives. We normally get 40 inches a year. We got a fourth of that this weekend. Its a crazy year. Reporter and a crazy month for the ayers family. They lost power for five days over thanksgiving when another ice storm hit el reno. Its starting to get old. Oh, definitely. Theyre trying to do what they can, but it that takes a long time to get this many people up with power. Reporter this massive pile is el renos official dumping ground for folks who live here over the last two ice storms. The residents have brought all the branches and limbs that have fallen on their property and stuck them here, and, jeff, this pile just keeps on growing. Glor mark strassmann, thank you. Texas bore the brunt of the Weekend Storms where at least 11 tornadoes were reported. David begnaud is in rowlett, texas. When the tornado hit. Oh, my gosh, its big. Reporter this one was 550 yards wide with winds of nearly 180mph. For 13 miles, it plowed through the cities of garland and rowlett. Constance roses home was nearly demolished. Two rooms were untouched, the closets where she and her family, including her twoyear old granddaughter, took shelter. And the house is mess. I know. Its a miracle that we got out alive. Reporter nearby, Karen Swearingen also hid in a closet with her boyfriend and her son trevor who is deaf. And its dark. We had no electricity. And im trying to comfort him, and its the only way i could communicate is to hold his hands and i just kept signing, god save us, just god save us, god reporter eight people were killed, most in their cars as vehicles went airborne. Back in rowlett, Mike Girouard and his wife nancy took us to their damaged home. We were on our patio on the back of the house. Reporter what was that . That was the ceiling falling in. Reporter nancy, are you okay . No. My boys grew up in this home. Sorry, baby. We went from happy to homeless in a minute. Reporter the family of four that lived inside this home that i am standing on top of tonight were trapped when it collapsed on top of them, rescuers pulled them out with only minor injuries. Jeff, tonight they are back here at home with the help of neighbors, salvaging what they can. Glor David Begnaud in rowlett, texas. All of this is creating huge problems at airports. Flights have been delayed. About 4,100 canceled. Many of those in chicago and dallasfort worth. Eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station, wbz. He joins us now. Eric, where are these storms headed next . Reporter jeff, this whole huge storm system starting to move its way off toward the north and east. We have heavy snow and ice in the upper midwest. All this moving into the northeast tomorrow. Places that were 70 degrees on Christmas Eve now getting their first winter storm of the season, a mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow that will cause travel issues out the door tomorrow morning before all this finally moves off to the north and east and out to sea as we head into late tomorrow evening. So across the north east, new york city will actually a punch into the warmer air, above 50 degrees, but the boston area across new england and interior parts of new york state, a wintry mix thats going to cause quite a few travel issues. Now, the lingering thing, even after this whole storm system moves off shore, we have river flooding thats reaching take a look at the scenes weve been tracking around the Mississippi Valley in particular. Weve had very heavy rain in that basin. So the river flood warnings are out across a broad area. Some of these crests will be at record levels as we head into the next couple days some, jeff, thats very unusual thing. Normally in spring youd expect mississippi flooding but not in winter. Glor eric fisher in boston. Eric, thank you. In chicago, outrage after another police shooting. Two people were killed over the weekend. Police admit the death of one was an accident, but theyre not saying exactly what happened inside an apartment building. Families of the victims are demanding answers. Anna werner is there. Reporter police went to this home on chicagos west side Early Saturday Morning after the father of 19yearold Quintonio Legrier called to say his son was threatening him and swinging a baseball bat. Ten minutes later on police radio. Reporter officers shot and killed legrier, a College Student home for christmas recently changed. They also shot and killed a neighbor by mistake, bettie jones, a mother of five, had been asked by legriers father to keep an eye out for the arriving officers. Jahmal cole was her nephew. A 55yearold lady was shot down by a Chicago Police officer. In the climate were in, in chicago, thats almost unbelievable. Nobody should be shot down on their doorstep, but my aunt especially was not a person that deserved that. Reporter there have been weeks of protest over police shootings, including that of 17 yearold laquan mcdonald, who in october of last year was shot 16 times by an officer now charged with firstdegree murder. Over the weekend, legriers mother, janet cooksey, stood with others wearing antirahm emanuel tshirts, calling for an investigation. When is the mayor going to step up . When is he going to step up . Reporter responding to the shooting, mayor emanuel issued a statement saying, it is clear officers respond to Mental Health crises. In a measure of the seriousness of the problems here, jeff, mayor rahm emanuel said today he was cutting short his Family Vacation trip to cuba to return to chicago. Glor anna werner in chicago this evening. In the president ial campaign, a frontrunner feud continues, but donald trump is not limiting his attacks to Hillary Clinton. Major garrett has more on this. Reporter bill clinton is always a popular draw on the Democratic Campaign trail, but donald trump is warning Hillary Clinton to keep her husband under wraps. If hillary thinks she can unleash her husband with terrible record of women abuse, trump said on twitter, while playing the womens card on me, shes wrong. Trump raised the specter of bill clintons previous sex scandals after Hillary Clinton said trump has a penchant for sexism. Today the Clinton Campaign announced the former president would campaign on his wifes behalf starting next week with state that in 1992 famously made him. The comeback kid. Reporter in most National Polls trump either trails clinton or runs neck and neck. Trump wants to move ahead and signal to g. O. P. Voters hes eager to challenge the clinton brand. You see hillary. I mean, did you watch that . What happened to her . Reporter but in the republican primary, trump is facing his own incoming. Today the largest newspaper in New Hampshire compared him to biff tannen. How do you know where i live . Reporter the arrogant, moneygrubbing bully from the back to the future movies. In an interview with a New Hampshire tv station, trump called the publisher, a low life. The paper is failing. Hes doing a terrible job. This man is absolutely terrible. Reporter and the Clinton Campaign just released a statement saying Hillary Clinton will not be bullied or distracted by the slings trump has thrown at her and the former president. Jeff, the campaign called policies destructive. Glor major garrett, thank you. Tonight iraqi troops are on the verge of retaking a key city from isis, a city where americans fought and died during the iraq war. David martin reports on the new battle for ramadi. Reporter iraqi soldiers planted their National Flag atop ramadis Government Center. [gunfire] breaking the death grip isis held over the city just 70 miles west of baghdad. Iraqi officials declared ramadi liberated, but u. S. Officials cautioned isis still holds neighborhoods in the north and east. That will have to be cleared by housetohouse fighting against snipers and booby traps. Fighting has reduced parts of the city to rubble and a return to normal life any time soon is difficult to imagine. Still, taking back this city marked a major milestone for an army which last may had abandoned ramadi in the face of an assault by a much smaller number of isis fighters. Strategy of training and equipping iraqi Ground Troops and backing them up with strikes from the air. A total of 630 in and around ramadi. Pentagon officials said the operation was a complex one which required the iraqi army first to encircle the city and then to cross rivers where the bridges had been blown. The American Strategies for dislodging isis seems to be gaining traction. But no u. S. Official is willing to second the iraqi prime ministers bold claim that 2016 would see the final defeat of isis in iraq. Defense secretary carter called the retaking of ramadis Government Center a significant step but added, the fight against isis is far from over. Glor david martin reporting. 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Reporter the leak started in october. So far more than 6,500 families have filed for help, but only 2,200 have been relocated. The state agency that monitors 70,000 pounds of gas is being released every hour, roughly a quarter of the methane emissions in california. So cal gas spokesman mike mizarahi. Once the leak is stopped, well be able to evaluate what caused the leak, and well be able to evaluate how much natural gas escaped. Reporter to fix the problem, the gas company drilled a relief well nearby, using magnetic technology, workers have located the leaking well more than 3,000 feet below ground. Now they have to drill another 5,000 feet where theyll intersect the faulty well and pump it with mud, water and cement to stop the leak. Its made pakucko so sick, he had to move out. Frustrating for you . Beyond frustrating. Its a new way of life now. We cant live in our home. How much worse does it get . 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Meadowlark lemon made it look so easy, the hook shots, the no look pass, the comic routine. The great Wilt Chamberlain called meadowlark the most sensational, awesome, incredible basketball player hed ever seen. After watching a newsreel of the globetrotters when he was 11, lemon decided that, not the nba, would be his future. During his 2003 induction into the Basketball Hall of fame, the wilmington, north carolina, native described the moment. I made my own hoop out of a coat hanger and onion sack. Carnation milk can. Id grab that and sing along and learn how to shoot a hook shot. Played the larger crowds than most nba teams. Theyre credited with helping desegregate the sport. After leaving the globetrotters in 1979, lemon eventually became a minister, but every day he would head to the gym to play the game he loved, the game that loved him back. Ive had a wonderful time and the best is yet to come. Reporter Meadowlark Lemon was 83. Don dahler, cbs news, new york. 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