The massive storm system struck across the region bringing damage and destruction from louisiana to the florida panhandle. Tornadoes flipped cars and tore into homes and businesses. Thousands of customers without power this morning. A twister ripped into a gas station and commercial complex in marion county, mississippi. The front is gone. The restaurant that he leases sustained damage so both of them were out of commission. Lightning struck a building near hattiesburg. Omar villafranca reports. Reporter these homes in louisiana didnt stand a chance against a powerful line of storms tuesday. About two dozen were damaged or destroyed as the tornadoes raked across the south. A lot of people say it sounds like a train. Its a huge roar that doesnt let up. Its not just the wind coming and going. I went down to the hall and prayed that it wasnt my time. Reporter there was more destruction in columbia, mississippi. The roof was torn off one building, another collapsed. The powerful winds blew this ambulance on its side. At least four deaths are blamed on the storm. The states governor declared an emergency for two counties and more bad weather is possible. Watching this area in orange. Chance for a couple more tornadoes, damaging wind gusts and flash flooding. Reporter several highways had to be shut down because of downed trees. Police and rescue crews assessed the damage and looking for survivors. Omar villafranca, cbs news, dallas. More Severe Weather and storms are expected to complicate Holiday Travel today. Airline passengers in the midwest and along the east coast are facing delays and cancellations. Don champion is at laguardia airport. Good morning, don. Reporter people line up behind me to get through tsa at laguardia airport, rain will be a problem for people flying in and through new york city. Thats why people are being told to pack patience today. Across the country, travelers are making their way to loved ones for christmas holiday. San diego, yep. Reporter they got a head start yesterday. Shes one of the estimated 89 million americans taking advantage of the lower gas prices by taking a road trip. A lot cheaper than flights for a family of five. 1. 99. Its sweet. Reporter dallas taxi driver says he was able to spend more money on Holiday Gifts this year because of what he saved at the pump. I have given two extra gifts. Reporter close to 6 million others are braving the crowds at airports nationwide to travel by air. Hey, we have time to spare. Reporter the Holiday Cheer is leading to travel woes. People flying through new york city area airports are seeing delays as the strong storm system that sparked deadly tornadoes in the south brings rain to the region. The rain spreads up the east coast, will be disruptive, then the snow on the back edge. Reporter forecasters are predicting heavy snow that could disrupt flights out of chicago and create Hazardous Conditions elsewhere by the time we get to christmas day. For all you White Christmas lovers out there, here is an interesting weather tidbit. The snow cover is at the lowest level on this date in ten years. Guess where people wont see a White Christmas . Hawaii. Higher elevations could see up to a foot of snow today. Oh, the irony. Don champion at laguardia. Thank you very much. Former president , gorge h. W. Bush is hospitaled after experiencing shortness of breath. Alice barr reports from houston methodist hospital. Reporter the senior former president bush is in the hospital behind me at houston methodist hospital. Staff tells me he will be staying for observation as a precaution. A statement from the office of former president , george h. W. Bush says he was brought here as a precaution after having shortness of breath earlier in the evening. The former president who is now 90 spent christmas at methodist two years ago in 2012. At that time, it was for a fever and weakness following a month long cough like bronchitis. Bush 41 last appeared in publish at texas a m last month. He was in a wheelchair then, but smiling and in good spirits. We will stay on top of this and bring you the latest on the former president s condition. Alice barr, cbs news, houston. Following public outcry, sony had a change of heart about the interview. They decided to release the controversial movie. Danielle nottingham reports hundreds of mostly independent theaters plan to show it starting tomrrow. They hate us. Reporter the interview is back on. Sony pictures reversed course tuesday and is allowing theaters to show the film beginning on christmas day. The Seth Rogan James Franco comedy is about a plot to kill north koreas leader after a devastating hacker attack exposed internal documents, embarrassed sony pulled the film. Fans, artists and the president were critical. I think they made a mistake. Reporter sony delivered another plot twist tuesday saying we are proud to make it available to the public and to have stood up to those who attempted to suppress free speech. The film will be shown in 200 theaters. On social media, the film stars called it a victory and said, quote, the people have spoken, freedom has prevailed. Sony is working to get more platforms and more theaters to show the interview to reach the widest possible audience. Its really the outpouring of people all over the u. S. And the world who want to support, you know, freedom of creativity, freedom of expression. Reporter some theater owners will have extra security on hand to ensure the safety of movie goers. Danielle nottingham, culver city. Police are investigating a deadly shooting this morning. St. Louis county police say an officer shot and killed a man who drew a gun at a gas station in berkeley, which is near ferguson. He pointed a handgun at the officer. Hundreds of people gathered at the scene. Hundreds of people marched through new york city to protest police violence. The demonstrators ignored calls for a pause until after two slain nypd officers are buried. Protesters carried signs and were mostly peaceful as they worked through manhattan. The white house says joe biden will travel to the new york area to attend the funeral of one of the officers. On the cbs moneywatch, signs the economy is picking up and a recall of a coffee machine. Jill wagner is at the new york stock change with that and more. Good morning, jill. Thanks. The economy is building. The previous 3. 9 estimate upwards to 5 . Thats the fastest surge since the summer of 2003. Led by cheaper gasoline, strong Consumer Spending as an upswing in business investment. Wages are finally starting to pick up and the Federal Reserve is promising not to raise rates until well into 2015. All that good news kicked off a rally on wall street. The dow closed above 18,000 for the first time ever. Investors may get a chance to catch their breath. The market closed early today ahead of christmas. The dough gained 64 points on tuesday. The s p was up three, also closing at a new record high. The nasdaq, though, was down 16 points. Asian markets were mixed, despite wall streets rally. Tokyos nikkei rose 1 . The shanghai lost 2 . Hong kongs he think keurig is recalling 7 million single serve coffee brewing machines because of burns. The companys mini plus systems with model k10 can overheat and spray water. Keurig received about 200 reports of hot liquid escaping and 90 reports of burn injuries. 6. 4 Million People are signed up for obamacare for 2015. 1. 9 million of those are new customers. The rest are automatic renewals of customers covered this year. The goal for 2015 is just over 9 million customers before the deadline, which is february 15th. Jill wagner at the new york stock change, thanks a lot. Coming up, saving money at the pump. 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I was not planning to travel. Due to the changes and the allowances i have had with the extra money, i decided to make a trip. Reporter the savings go beyond the road. In louisiana, shrimpers are paying up to 70 cents less per gallon. That adds up when you consider david can boats like the one owned by david can hold thousands of gallons of fuel. What does it translate for your guys . Money in your pocket. Its equivalent to a little over 1,000 in each crewmans pocket. Reporter by one estimate, it was the equivalent of a 75 billion tax cut for u. S. Households. With prices falling, it looks like 100 to 125 billion. Manuel bojorquez, cbs news, dallas. The fbi is responding to a threat to blow up a tennessee bridge. Federal agents asked police near memphis to watch a bridge across the mississippi river. A Bureau Spokesman says there was an anonymous threat, but no specific attack on the bridge was mentioned. Local authorities were alerted and the bridge remains open. Federal Health Officials are proposing an end to the ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. The food and Drug Administration says it recommends a new policy allowing donations from men who have been celibate in the previous year. The 31yearold ban was to protect the blood supply from contamination from the aids virus. Ahead, the weather and your sports. Damien lillard leads portland to a comeback. Damien lillard leads portland to a comeback. Eally big deal. With aches, fever and chills theres no such thing as a little flu. So why treat it like its a little cold . Theres something that works differently than overthecounter remedies. Attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. And call your doctor right away. Tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people 2 weeks and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. Before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if youre pregnant, nursing, have Serious Health conditions, or take other medicines. 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In college basketball, sanford pulled an overtime upset over ninth ranked texas. Anthony brown scored a season high, 25, for the cardinals. Randall scored 21 as they edged the longhorns, 7471. When we return, a gathering of the faithful takes you to the biblical town of bethlehem for prechristmas festivities. The weather outside is frightful but the fire is so delightful [ male announcer ] nothing melts away the cold like a hot delicious bowl of chicken noodle soup from campbells. Let it snow, let it snow of chicken noodle soup from campbells. Walgreens knows the holidays are full of surprises. Thats why, whenever the need arises. Walgreens is always right around the corner, so you can get in and out in no time. And help keep the magic in your holidays. At the corner of happy and healthy. Most stores open christmas day. Year. Whats causing a big delay for people in some parts of the country. And a Bay Area Police department is accused of ra and retaliation. Why cops burst into a muslims home. Armed with some serious wea. Its a place you go. To chk out the amazing view. But u now need to focus more on yr footing why a popular touri spot in san francisco. Is suddenly slipping away join us for kpix 5 news this morning. Beginning at 4 3 good morning. Its d,, here is a look at todays forecast in some cities around the country. Here is another look at this mornings top stories. A massive storm system packing tornadoes left at least four people dead in the southeast. It flipped cars and tore buildings apart. Parts of mississippi are under a state of emergency and thousands of customers remain without power this morning. Sony pictures reversed course and decided to release the interview. More than 200 mostly independent theater wills show the movie starting christmas day. Christmas eve celebrations are under way in the holy land. Christian pilgrims and tourists are pouring into the square in bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of jesus. Hundreds of Palestinian Security forces are watching over the festivities. A skier beat highway traffic in colorado as heavy snow hit interstate 70 near the loveland ski area. Drivers and cars were moving very slowly. Traffic cameras showed a small figure skiing on the side of the road past vehicles. Thats how you do it. A holiday surprise for drivers in west virginia. State troopers pulled over vehicles, but not to hand out tickets. Instead, drivers got a 100 bill, courtesy of an anonymous secret santa. One woman hugged the trooper saying the money would pay for christmas dinner. Coming up, Kennedy Center honoree sting. This is the cbs morning news. This is the cbs morning news. [ male announcer ] are you so stuffed up, you feel like youre underwater . Try zyrtecd® to powerfully clear your blocked nose and relieve your other allergy symptoms. So you can breathe easier all day. Zyrtecd®. Find it at the pharmacy counter. Zyrtecd®. Up to 27 more brush movements. Patented Sonic Technology with get healthier gums in two weeks. Innovation and you Philips Sonicare save when you give Philips Sonicare this holiday season. Sam cooke is a rare performer whose work is fresh and timely. Half a century after its debut. Anthony mason tells us about the artist and song that gave voice to a movement. Darling you send me reporter with hits like you send me sam cooke became one of the most popular artists in the country. By 1964, with the Civil Rights Movement spreading, the singer wanted to send a different message. I was born by the river reporter 50 years ago this week, his song, a change is gonna come was released. Its been a long, a Long Time Coming but i know change is gonna come the song would go all through your bones. Its been too hard living. Its been so hard living, but im a stranger staples from the staples center. Were you surprised that song came from him . When he came with that song, we needed black people needed black people to do something for us, you know . And sam cooke was at the top reporter cooke, who had been turned away from a whites only motel in louisiana wanted to write a song with the power of bob dylans blowing in the wind. Observe whats going on and try to figure out how people are thinking and determine the times of your day, i think you can always write something that the people will understand. Reporter a change quickly became a civil rights anthem. But cooke did not live to see it. He was shot to death in a Los Angeles Motel two weeks before its release. Its like sams last song and everybody loved sam. Sam was such a he would give you the shirt off his back. Reporter soul great, al greens performance. And made it his own at a 9 11 benefit in 2001, smokey robinson. Its the kind of song, as a song writer you want to write because you know its going to be around forever. Its a classic, classic. Its been a long, Long Time Coming thats something that wont change. Anthony mason, cbs news, new york still such a beautiful song. Still such a beautiful song. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, your Christmas Travel report. The latest on how the weather will impact your trip. Plus, reaction to sonys decision to release the movie the interview. We will hear from republican strategist frank lund. And the real story behind the upcoming movie unbroken. Thats the cbs morning news for this wednesday. Thanks for watching. Im annemarie green, have a great day. Green. Have a great day. Your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. And im Frank Mallicoat good morning, everybody. Its december 24. It is Christmas Eve. Im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im Frank Mallicoat. Nearly 4 30. Guess who is rocking the green suit today. Mr. Brian hackney. I dragged this literally out of mothballs once a year. I have no doubt that i do. We have a few showers on the way. As we head toward midday today and some dense fog out there, a little bit of drizzle off to a chilly start in concord, oakland 61, 47 san jose. Expect some showers to come into the bay area especially in the north bay and spread south over the rest of the day. First, how does the road ahead look . It looks mighty fine with no big accidents out there, wide open at the bay bridge toll plaza. Just getting reports of a possible problem at the 680 237 interchange in milpitas. Ill have details with traffic in just a minute. Already trouble on Christmas Eve. It could be santa. Well have to investigate. People are making their way home for the