Planes delayed. Packed airports and traffic tied up. Tonight, storms causing problems on the roads, and in the sky, as people try to make it home for the holidays, and it is not just here. Severe weather in the south. Tonight tornadoes turned deadly in laguardia, some travelers night. Lets begin with elise finch and the latest on her forecast. Ill start with the totals. Just how much rain have we gotten so far . Over 2 inches in new york city. Ridge port, the big winner, 2. 34 inches of rain. The heaviest of that rain is almost behind us. But this is good news for us. You may not necessarily love rain to get you in the holiday spirit, but remember, we have a significant deficit on the year, so we need that rain. The fog, the other huge issue. Visibility still low up around white plains around babylon. Not great in new york city. Fog will remain an issue. The clouds and also showing the moisture. Now weve got one batch thats actually on its way out right now. You see the bigger picture. It shows that this system is not quite done with us yet. But some of the heavy rain is moving on. Ill have more coming up in your full forecast. While we face rain and unseasonable warmth, the south is dealing with severe weather. Reports of 14 tornadoes touching down in the state. Destroying power lines and leaving homes ruined. Three people died in mississippi and one in arkansas. Southern missouri was pelted with hail stones. Drivers were warned to take it slow as they navigated their way through low visibility. The wild weather only complicating one of the busiest travel days of the year. Valerie castro live at laguardia with more on that. Reporter christine, some people spent all day here at the airport, dealing with delayed flights. At the end of the night, some found themselves faced with cancelations and some learned they wouldnt make it home for the holidays. Very angry. Very annoyed. Its very frustrating. Were not. I just want my money back at this point, because we paid like 1,500 for a flight to dayton, ohio, and got rebooked three times. Reporter like many others, they learned they wont make it to their destination in time to see family on christmas. My grandma, my aunts and uncles. Yeah, it sucks. Reporter this man trying to get to atlanta to catch a holiday cruise with his family at laguardia. Were going to jamaica, its not going to happen. Reporter this man just got off of a cruise ship after spending ten days in the a nightmare. Im sure the weather had a lot to do with it. Travel affected. Roadways from around the area to the b. Q. E. They face not only traffic, but flooded out, and dangerous roadways like the Whitestone Expressway in queens, seen in this very well phone video posted to social media. Back at the airport, fog, and low visibility will continue to hamper flights, leaving even more travelers weve been really patient up until an hour ago, then i lost it. Reporter one man we spoke with was trying to get to atlanta, georgia, but his flight was canceled. He plans to carpool with a fellow passenger, they will make the 13 and a half hour drive to atlanta, so he can spends christmas with his girlfriend. It looks like more Airline Passengers may be forced to undergo those full body scans at airports. The department of homeland they could give less people the option to optout. Officials site the need to respond to security as one of the reasons for the change. A bus rolled into a busy intersection in manhattan today. It was parked at 96th street. It hit a parked car, starting a Chain Reaction crash that involved four weeks. Thankfully no one was hurt. New information on a suspect involved in a botched robbery and shooting at Roosevelt Field mall. Oliver lee pleaded not guilty to assault charges. Investigators say he pulled a gun on a clerk at a watch store yesterday. The Nassau Police commissioner praised the retired detective who wrestled the weapon out of lees hands. A somber service in delaware this afternoon for six american soldiers killed in defense secretary ash carter joined families, as one by one, the flag draped coffins were carried from a plane at new castle air base. Earlier in the day, fellow Service Members paid tribute to the fallen at bagram air base. The air force members were killed by a suicide bomber on monday. Among the victims, a Staff Sergeant from long island, also a retired nypd detective from westchester county. Police are still searching for the woman responsible for this bizarre attack. But she has surfaced on facebook, posting an apology. And cbs 2s tony aiello has the details. Reporter friday night on an a train in brooklyn. Im going to get away with it. Reporter chilling words from a stylish woman. A witness says she provoked a conversation with a man and his woman. Eventually, slashing her with a designer handbag. Shut up hi. Im used to cameras. Reporter now shes posting on facebook as the name chrissy jackson, with an apology and excuse. Indicating, she was responding to a provocation saying, i hope in the future society decides to be kind to the lgbt community. Im not normally a violent person. It makes me sad because all i ever wanted was peace and love. She says in the facebook note, i see a lot of hate. I dont recall anybody trying to talk to her. I dont think anything happened on that train to cause any kind of, that kind of sentiments. Reporter he describes the confrontation as sudden, and unprovoked. The woman said shes talking to a lawyer and may turn herself into police. Protesters put a partial the nations largest mall. A number of stores at the mall of america near minneapolis closed down during a black lives matter demonstration. The protesters were calling attention to a Deadly Police shooting in the region last month. The group later tried to block traffic at the airport. There were multiple arrives. And real housewife, Teresa Giudice is enjoying her first night of freedom tonight. She returned home today after serving nearly a year in prison. Cbs 2s Scott Rappaport has the first photos of her release. Reporter seen here in the back of an suv, leaving the danbury facility in connecticut this morning, as reported and shown in these exclusive photos from people. Com. Her attorney greeting her with a latte, and speaking for her. She was extremely upbeat. She asked me to put on christmas music. Reporter Teresa Giudice arriving at her estate. Her inside. She was greeted with we love you signs and a lexus in the driveway, wrapped up in a big bow. It was a private moment, but it was very emotional, very powerful. Reporter last year, the reality star from the real housewives of new jersey, along with her husband joe, pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud. The couple admitted hiding assets from blank representatives. Giudice is now on home confinement until february. Her Attorney Says shell be allowed to work and do Different Things with permission from her probation officer. Shes very happy to be here. Shes very much looking forward to a nice quiet lowkey holiday reporter as for her husband, joe giudice, he will begin his 41 month prison sentence in march. Still ahead right here at 11 00, Odell Beckham tells his styted of the store side of the story, plus what happened when he took his suspension case to the nfl. A bus aide accused of taking advantage of special needs students. And look at that, a hawaiian hike turns into a meeting with the president. Also an elf emergency. Had a little girl calling 911. Its a cruel crime against some vulnerable victims. A new Jersey School bus aide is accused of stealing money from special needs students she was supposed to be caring for. Police say Candice Milford stole from five children between the ages of 6 and 9. The victims are enrolled in this Elementary School in woodbridge. Investigators say parents noticed in october the money they sent in for class trips went missing. Police estimate milford took a i dont understand why people would do things like that. Oh, my goodness. I think its despicable. Its disgusting to do that to a little child. Police say milford has been employed by the district for three years. There is no word on whether she still has a job. Some vacationers got the surprise of their like while they went for a hike. They bumped into president obama. All right mr. President are you guys getting a good workout . We love you, youre so awesome. Clearly has some fans there. David terron and girlfriend Sandra Jordan were visiting from new orleans, when they tried to take a grueling hike. They headed towards the 1,048 the hikers didnt seem to mind the delay. Were told that the first lady was there as well. They look pretty happy. The elf on the shelf is a popular christmas tradition for families. Kids know that you cant touch the elf, or it could lose its magic. One new jersey girl went to Great Lengths to fix her mistake. Hi isabella. Why are you calling 911 . Dont come to my house, dont. The 7yearold called 911 after her elf fell and hit the floor, but then she realized she made an even worse mistake by calling 911. Police did respond to her house to make sure everything was okay. Assured her that santa would still come. Izzys parents didnt seem to mind either. Call 911 if there is an emergency. And santa made an early visit to her home last night. One of two jets players helping out families who had Christmas Gifts on layaway. I feel that the spirit of the christmas. I feel so thankful. Reporter christmas came early for her and other shoppers. Were going to pay off your entire layaway balance, and youre going home with everything on your layaway. Reporter they were surprised to learn their layaway accounts had been paid off by layaway angels. They have no idea, when they actually get here, their layaway balance is going to be paid off through the organization. Reporter a burden for many just trying to make ends meet this holiday season. Like a relief that i can keep the little less change and get something to eat. I didnt expect it. I thank everyone for this, and it was amazing. Reporter these layaway angels specifically picked people buying gifts for children. Not just toys, but necessities like jackets, and clothes and shoes. Thank you that you give me the presents. Reporter with a little help from new york jets players lorenzo malden. It actually made my heart feel good. How does it make you feel that someone did something nice . Happy. Reporter because the holidays are for beginning, not just receiving. Cbs 2 news. Thats what its all about. Lets get a look at our forecast now, elise finch is standing by and its raining outside. It is raining, but the good news is most of that heavy rain is pretty much out of here. Well really just be looking at rain tapering off. Temperatures however, are already rising. Weather watchers to show you some of these numbers that were seeing as we head to new jersey, 66 degrees in atlantic highlands. He says it is 66 where he is warming up indeed. Were seeing the warmest numbers of the day. The highest temps right now. Nancy in east islip has 61 degrees. Raining, 2 inches so far. Lucky this isnt snow. Nancy, normally i would agree with you, but i know a lot of people are really unhappy that its rain, and not snow. Lets let to connecticut. He says its raining where he is, but we need a lot more. Merry christmas weather watchers. If you celebrate, lets take a live look outside and see whats going on. This is the camera in times square. The rain and the fog have basically made it, we cant see the other cameras. 64degrees, our current temperature is the high on the day. 41 is where we should be. 64, the current temp. High on the day, unless we boost up our temperatures here over the next 40 minutes. Thats entirely possible. Look at that. 2degrees shy of the record that was set back in 1990. We just tied another record. Most 60degree days in december. The record, 8 as of 11 00, we now have 8 60degree days this december. But we will break this record tomorrow. Temperatures right now, warmest of the day. 63 for edison. 62 for babylon and the hamptons. Heres the rain. You can see weve got one batch that did bring us moderate and heavy rain starting to push off. That is leaving the area. Of course if we excuse me in, you with see a cup zoom in, you can see a couple of areas dealing with the heavy rain. Small pockets. Here is the bigger picture, shows a huge break. A few showers are still expected for the day tomorrow. Your hour by hour shows the temperatures rising even to the head into tomorrow, heading for a 70degree day. 70 plus degree day. So this will be a record breaking Christmas Eve day. 74degrees. That is the forecast high for tomorrow. The record is 63. So if we hit that 74, or anything close to it, we will smash the existing record. Heres a look at your sevenday forecast. 74degrees for your Christmas Eve. 64 for christmas itself. That will tie a record, if we get any warmer well break it. 54 for saturday. 65 for sunday. So were back into the warmth. Enjoy it if you can. Were all about breaking records this week. I know we are. Thank you elise. Mark morgan is here with a look at sports. Odell beckham jr. Took his case to the nfl today, hoping to have his one day suspension overturned. Plus, the shorthanded knicks with a val unit effort on the road. Out from southwest asia, trying to say happy holidays, and miss you guys. We have your New York Knicks tonight. A little shorthanded, but played well. Avert their eyes, with no carmelo anthony, one word could have described their chances, yikes. But porzingis posted his 11th, doubledouble of the season. The knicks trailed much of the game. Took their first lead with 11 minutes to go, but the cavs really tighten their d in the final minutes. They cant put it in the bucket. The knicks score just 12 4th quarter points. The cavs go on to win it by 7. Elsewhere, only two nba teams have fewer wins than brooklyn. Mavs guard, j jberrea, a real Dirk Nowitzki passed Shaquille Oneal for sixth on the nbas alltime scoring list. The mavs slip out of town with a win. Odell beckham jr. Got a chance to tell his side of the story today, but the nfl decided to uphold his side of the suspension. Beckham jr. Will not play on sunday. Beckham jr. Made with james thrash, one of the hearing officers jointly appointed by the nfl and the players association. His appeal was rejected, and he released this statement through the team. How i handled myself the other day is an example of how not to handle yourself, i displayed poor sportsmanship. There are consequences, and i hope to be an example for everyone and learn something from it. He thinks beckham jr. Was not the only one at fault. To depict this as Odell Beckham being wrong and the only one wrong is not right. Justice, its not the way it was. If youre naive enough to think that way, then youd better do some soul searching yourself. If you know what occurred at the beginning of the game, you can understand there is two sides to this, and is not just one. Lets stick with the nfl for a moment. The jets seemed to have found their mojo the last two months. Thats coming up, because well hear from coach todd bowles, as he talks about the teams sunday. Piano music. Wow. Im glad you finally made it, dad. You have to experience this city. Thats what you always say. You were right about the food. Yeah . Welcome. Only in new york, right . I guess so. And a real astronaut. That was something. Hi john. Hey kevin. One more. Didnt you want to be an astronaut . Be an astronaut . Yes, i did. Theres still time. Ahhhh its beautiful, isnt it . How about a baseball game next time . Done done. Book priceless experiences around the globe with. The jets lost to the patriots 3023 two months ago, but since then, todd bowls team has found a bit of a groove. Now its time as the jets playoff push continues. Question take it a game at a time. Its another game for us. Were trying to be 105, trying to get better as a team. And were just trying to get better going forward. Finally this week, president obama vacationing in hawaii, enjoying a round of golf finds himself about 40 feet from the pin. Watch this, take as few practice swings, then chips it on the green. It rolls, it rolls, it rolls, and yeah, it did go in. Thats my favorite part. Not the golf shot. Not even the tipping of the cap. I love the yeah, you saw that. I need witnesses to this. We know the president loves to play basketball left handed. But he has some semblance of a golf game too. I still think theyre going to say conspiracy. Well be right back. Uswi ayr reen fi gesou40ba,d l e emm vi chne f aea gonner llowr isre oer thanks for joining us