Nominee Jeff Sessions and in limbo, the fate of president trumps travel ban is now in the hands of three appeal escort justices. Good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im anna ree green. A state of emergency remains in effect for louisiana. Which is working to recover from a string of tornados that barrelled through the southeast corner of the state. East new orleans was hit hard. In all about 20 people were injured, some of them seriously. Dozens of homes and other businesses were destroyed and power was knocked out to about 10,000 customers. Don champion has our report. Clean up is under way in southern louisiana after several tornados touched down tuesday afternoon. We have, you know, something for the terrible blow in the city of new orleans. The ninth ward of new orleans which suffered extensive damage during Hurricane Katrina was hit hard by the storm. Its devastating. A lot of families that lost everything that they have. Cheryl mcbride took refuge in her bathtub just before the twister tore apart her east new orleans home. Its two down. The roof came off. Things started flying. I just asked jesus to cover me, dont let me get hurt. The next thing you know, here we are. The tornado ripped through neighbors, snapped tree trunks and toppled power lines. A surveillance camera captured video of a roof flying through the air and an 18 wheeler flipping to its side. Governor John Bell Edwards urged people to stay out of new orleans. This is not a time to sight see in this area. We just torn it and its very dangerous. Hes sent in the national guard. Another tornado we want swept through the town of killian just to the north. I heard a train. And thats true what they say. It is a train. And when it came through, all i could see was trees and debris just flying. Thousands across the state lost electricity. The storm system threatened alabama and mississippi. Don champion, cbs news. Flood warnings and watches remain in effect for parts of california this morning. Days of heavy rains flooded californias wine country. The water covered roads and fields and in some areas entire towns were flooded. This was the third major storm series to hit the state since the beginning of the year. To the Trump Presidency now, this morning, the administration is fighting battles on several fronts. Theres the blockage of the president s travel ban playing out in a federal appeal escort. More on that in a moment, but for the second straight night, the contentious fight over the president s cabinet played out on the senate floor. This time democrats took aim at Jeff Sessions. Mr. Trumps pick for attorney general. In a rare act, senators moved to silence one of their own, senator elizabeth warren. During her remarks last night, warren read from a letter written by Coretta Scott king back in 1896 urging sessions but republicans took offense. First warren was warned. Then Mitch Mcconnell invoked a little known rule to stop her. Senators impugn the conduct of our colleague from alabama as worn by the chair. Senator sessions has used the awesome powers to free exercise of the vote by black citizens. Mr. President , i am surprised that the words of Coretta Scott king are not suitable for debate in the United States senate. I ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. Is there objection . Object. I appeal the ruling. Objection is heard. The senator will take her seat. Democrats are outraged. Warren is now barred from talking on the senate floor until the fight over sessions is over. Now to president trumps travel and immigration ban. The ninth Circuit Court of appeals says it will rule following the contentious hearing. Good morning, ann marie. President trumps immigration and travel ban remains in limbo this morning as a federal appeal escort in San Francisco considers whether or not to reinstate it. After hearing from attorneys representing washington state, minnesota and the Justice Department yesterday, the court is now working to get a decision out quickly. The hourlong hearing conducted by phone in a San Francisco appeal escort is the most significant legal battle yet over president trumps travel ban. The president s determination that a 90day pause was needed was plainly constitutional. A threejudge panel peppered the attorney for the department of justice with questions as he pressed to have the order barring refugees and citizens of seven majority muslim countries reinstated. At one point, the judges asked for more evidence. There have been nab of people connected to al shabab who have been conduct in the United States. Is that in the record . Can you point to us in the record where youre referring . It is fought in the record. Having already argued the case before, attorneys representing the state fighting the ban were at an advantage. He had students and faculty at our state universities who are stranded overseas. We have families that were separated. We had we had longtime residents who could not travel overseas to visit their families without knowing that they would be able to come back. Last week, this family fleeing syria and living in a turkish refugee camp was denied entry into the u. S. But were allowed in on monday due to the halt in the executive order. This is the country of dreams and this is where they will rebuild their lives. President trump has suggested hes willing to take the legal fight all the way to the supreme court. The hearing was live streamed on several social media news outlets. Its likely the number of listeners topped 1 million. Ann marie. Hena daniels, thank you. President trump and the president of turkey reportedly agreed in a late night phone call to Work Together to fight isis in syria. Isis controls several syrian towns. Mr. Trump and president erdogan discussed the refugee crisis and a possible safe zone in syria. Cia director miem pompeo will visit turkey tomorrow. A setback for president trumps fight against terrorism, yemen says the u. S. Can no longer run special operations Ground Missions in the country. The suspension of commando operations follows last months commando raid which resulted in a deadly fire fight. Children were killed as well as a member of u. S. S. E. A. L. Team six william owens. Betsy devos was sworn in as the nations education secretary. So help had me god. The vote in the senate was 50 50. That required Vice President mike pence to cast the deciding vote. The first time that has ever had to happen for cabinet appointment. President trumps nominee to the supreme court, judge neil gorsuch continues to make the rounds on capitol hill. Gorsuch met with Chuck Schumer yesterday. He described gorsuch as very bright and capable, but said he has concerns. Schumer did not say if he would oppose gorsuchs nomination. The sanding rock sioux says they will not stop fighting the day dakota pipeline. The tribe says it will challenge the decision in court. The tribe fears the pipeline will contaminate the Drinking Water for the reservation. Seattle will pull 3 billion from wells fargo because the bank backed the dakota pipeline. The city voted unanimously yesterday to divest securities and stop all new investments for three years. The bank says it is one of 17 lenders financing the projects. Coming up on the morning news, the return to the back. A transgender boy returns to the boy scouts after forcing the group to change its policy. And a former president enjoys some island time. This is the cbs morning news. Tomorrows the day well play something besides video games. Every day is a gift. Especially for people with Heart Failure. But today theres entresto. A breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. 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Already looks ten years younger, right . Former Vice President joe biden, though, is going back to school. And a transgender boy returns to his boy scout pack. Those are some of the headlines. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports joe biden will start new roles at penn and the university of delaware. He also lead classes based on diplomacy issues. The New York Times says first lady melania trumps 150 million lawsuit against a british tabloid raises conflict of interest issues. The Court Papers Claim the daily mail cost her a unique chance to make millions in business. The paper reported and then retracted rumors that she had once worked as an escort. She denies it. A spokesperson for mrs. Trump says she was not trying to make money from her role as first lady. The record of new jersey covers the return of a 9yearold syracuse boy to scouting. Joe moldenado was dropped from his cub pack last year because he is transgender. 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Joe jill has more with that. Good morning. The price of oil slipped again and so did energy stocks. Overall, though, the dow gained 37 points. The s p added half a point. The nasdaq finished ten points higher at a new record high close. Japanese auto partsmaker takata will plead guilty in court to settle the Worlds Largest ever recall. Last month, takata agreed to the guilty plea, including payment of a 1 billion settlement. Prosecutors say takata hid a defect that resulted in the recall of 100 million air bags worldwide. 11 deaths are blamed on those faulty air bags. Ford revealed its redesigned version of its biggest suv, the expedition. It has an aluminum body, grows 3 inches in its wheel base. It will be powered by a v6 engine. Overall, sales of full size suvs were up by 22 in 2016. And were get ago better look at apples new headquarters. Formerly known as apple campus 2, the Silicon Valley building will hold up to 14,000 employees. 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New orleans ninth ward was hit hard. About 10,000 customers lost power. A state of emergency was declared in louisiana. And a federal court of appeals is considering president trumps travel and immigration ban. The court heard arguments from states that assert the executive order targeted muslims and from the administration which wants the court to restore the order. It claims the president has the power to decide who enters or stays in the u. S. A decision is expected this week. The new England Patriots took a victory lap on the streets of boston during yesterdays parade. Meanwhile, the search goes on for a missing jersey. Michelle miller reports. As the super bowl champion patriots made their way through the slushy streets of boston, so did the news about tom bradys stolen jersey. You hear about bradys stolen jersey . Somebody stole his jersey. They should give it back. The moment brady realized his number 12 was missing sunday was caught on this locker room video. Did someone take any jersey . I put it in my bag. I absolutely 100 put it in my bag. He put out a be on the lookout soon after. So if it shows up on ebay somewhere, someone letmen. Ill try and track that down. Its estimated the gameworn jersey could be worth 500,000 on the auction block. Compare that with babe ruths jersey which sold for more than 1 million and a yogi berra jersey which sold for more than half of that. Fans here put the theft in perspective. I dont even know who took it or what, but its a jersey. We got the lombardi trophy. We got the fifth ring. Its all good. Were told back in 2004, that a Team Employee actually lifted a jersey and later returned it after legal action was threatened. As for super bowl li and that jersey, well, the nfl says its looking into it. Michelle miller, cbs news, boston. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, a lawsuit that wants to end a voluntary bible class in a West Virginia public school. Well hear from both sides. Plus, the real lion. Well meet the man whose story about the search for his family was the basis for the movie lion. And well reveal this years grammy educator award. Thats the cbs news for this wednesday. Thank you so much for watching. But before we go, a heart stopping screen high above hopping congress. Police are investigating this daredevil. Aco hort caught the man skateboarding along a skyscrapers edge. He eventually trades the skateboard for somersaults and back flips. Well leave you with that. Have a great day. Well, despite waking up to temperatures in the 60s, the snow is coming. You can see it, right there developing right now to our west, the question were all asking, how much will we get and when will we get it katie s tracking storm and has all of the tea tails. The word of correta cot king are not suitable for debate in the United States senate. Coming up how reading a letter from the wife of the martin lieutenant are king junior got senator warren temporarily banned from debate , also what shes doing about it this morning. Plus police are investigating a robbery vee what officers say culprits did during one of the crimes that shows, they are getting boulder and more dangerous. Welshing today is wednesday january 8th good morning