Across the southeast are assessing the damage of following an onslaught of Deadly Wildfires and tornadoes. The tornadoes are blamed for at least five deaths. 13 confirmed tornadoes caused significant damage across four states. Hardhit alabama is under a state of emergency. Roxana saberi is here in new york with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The twisters touchdown down in alabama, louisiana, mississippi and tennessee from tuesday into wednesday. They left behind death, search and rescue teams spanned out across parts of the southeast into the night. We got crews out doing home searches making sure everybody is okay. Reporter as residents in alabama took stock of the devastation around them. In the small town of rosalie yesterday, a tornado ripped apart homes and businesses and killed three people waiting out the storm inside their mobile home. Jim smith knew one of them. It was a friend of mines daughter. Ill get it altogether and restart. Reporter 100 miles north, mark faulk junior and a firefighter were killed when an ef4 tornado struck polk county in tennessee. I loved the five department and loved what it represented and loved to work with the neighborhoods and the kids. Reporter at least five other counties in the state were also hit. The mayor of one of them was moved to tears, sharing the story of a family who escaped hospital and that familys house had been destroyed. Reporter the twisters were part of an onslaught of Severe Weather that also plagued parts of georgia, louisiana, and mississippi, where powerful winds flipped cars and even 18wheelers. The storm system also moved through the carolinas, bringing down trees and closing roads. A shelter were critically injured. That is going to be a tough day, for sure, for many. Roxana saberi in new york, thank you so much. There are at least seven confirmed fatalities from the wildfires that ransacked east tennessee. More than 400 homes and buildings were destroyed or damaged near the town of gatlinburg, just outside of the Great Smoky Mountains national park. Search and rescue crews continue to look for survivors or victims. Flames but the danger is not over. We are concerned about a lot of the families that may not have been insured, a lot of the families that dont know where where to go or what is next. Reporter Dolly Partons theme park dollywood escaped mostly intact but she made a very generous offer and pledged wednesday night to pay 1,000 a month to families who lost their homes in the wildfires until they get back on their feet. President elect trump travels to indiana today to of jobs at a carrier airconditioning plant. Federal Officials Say the deal keeps 800 union jobs at the indianapolis plant that were going to be moved to mexico. What is unclear is just what the workers will have to give up or what incentiveser we offered to make carrier change its mind. Hundreds of other workers, though, will lose their jobs. After his stop in indiana, mr. Trump will begin a post election thank you tour. He announced yesterday hell leave his children in charge of his buss running the country. He also announced more cabinet picks but not the secretary of state nominee. Marlie hall reports. Reporter president elect donald trump is getting closer to filling out all of his cabinet positions. He named wilbur ross, a 79yearold billionaire, to lead the commerce department. And Stephen Mnuchin a former Goldman Sachs partner to be treasury secretary. Small and mid Market Companies and that is going to be our big focus. Reporter mr. Trump also tweeted he plans to step away from all of his businesses to focus on running the country. But the Watchdog Group crew released a statement critical of mr. Trumps decision saying, what he does not seem to realize or does not want to admit is that the conflicts arise from his ownership of the trump organization. Still on the president elects to do list, selecting a secretary of state. Retired general david tr nominee mitt romney are all said to be on the short list. Marlie hall, cbs news, new york. Nancy pelosi was reelected as the House Democratic leader but 63 democrats voted against her. Pelosi held off a challenge from ohio congressman tim ryan but he was her stiffest challenge since she began leading House Democrats in 2002. The election was originally scheduled to be held before path forward following the election. The family of Keith Lamont Scott says its profoundly disappointed that a Charlotte Police officer who shot and killed scott was cleared of wrongdoing. Dozens gathered last night to protest the decision. Scott was killed september 20th in a parking lot. Prosecutors produced evidence they say proved scott was armed and say officer brently vincent the recommendation was unanimous. That bears repeating. 15 career prosecutors and their recommendation was unanimous. Officers say scott ignored at least ten orders to drop his weapon. Scotts wife said medicine he was taking made him zone out. Jury deliberations resume this morning in the murder trial of a former charleston Police Officer michael slagr. He is white and he is charged walter scott. The case went to the jury last night. Slagr hit scott with five bullets in the back during a traffic stop last year. He is charged of. The pilot of a plane with Brazilian Soccer Team on board told reporters he had run out of fuel. Tributes were held for the victims of the crash. Amazingly, there were six survivors. In a desperate exchange right before the crash, the pilot pleaded for permission to land. The plane had a maximum range of 1,600 nautical miles. That is just under the distance between the destination medellin and its starting point bolivia. France is giving peace another chance. Colombia a role in the government. The agreement is a revised version of the one voters rejected two months ago. 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The suit says the laws limiting when and where women may get reports a congressional compromise over improper bonuses paid by californias national guard. The soldiers were ordered to repay the money. Lawmakers now say that they may keep it unless they knew or should have known it was wrong. Fortune reports that levi strauss is asking customers not to bring their guns into its stores in a letter posted online, the companys ceo said you dont need a gun to try on a pair of jeans. Its not a a customer accidentally shot himself recently in a levi store in georgia pr. He had been acting erratically, cutting a concert short, and then he cancelled his tour. The New York Times says police are looking for a man with a pot of gold. Hes not a lepleprechaun. He is a thief. A man taking a bucket from an it contained 86 pound of gold plates worth 1. 6 million. Still to come, another way to binge watch. Netflix now lets you enjoy your favorite shows without an internet connection. 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Nonopec producers are also expected to cut back but analysts dont expect that oil will return to the highs of 100 a barrel we saw about two years ago. The s p lost five. The nasdaq finished 56 points lower. The Obama Administration says it wants to keep strict gas mileage standards for cars and trucks in place. Automakers vigorously protested that proposal. The decision means that automakers would have to meet strict fuel economy requirements of about 50 miles per gallon by 2025. The proposal is open to Public Comment until the end of the year. Malware and it infiltrated older android phones according to a Cyber Security firm. The malware was traced back to legitimate looking apps and it steals email addresses and can access users data from google docx. An option that allows subscribers to watch shows offline. 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Reporter when barbara heads out on our bicycle she knows she is getting more than fresh air. I know its good for my pressure goes down. Reporter new Research Reveals cycling might pay off big in the long run. Researchers studied the exercise habits of more than 80,000 adults for over a decade. They found people who took part in certain sports didnt just lower their risk of dying from cardiovascular disease but lowered their chance of dying from any health problem. This is the first time they have looked at a particular sport and clearly show that certain sports have a proven benefit. Reporter when it came to cardiovascular disease people who played racket sports cut their risk of Heart Disease by half and aerobics by 36 . Experts arent ready to prescribe a specific sport just yet. They say consistent exercise is key. Find a sport that is good for you and you can do for a long period of time. Reporter for barbara, that means sticking to her bike. Riley carlson, cbs news, london. 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Make the gift we are fogging breaking news we are following breaking news after a body was found near a play ground. Plus, caught. During the day. Plus, netflix got more pleasurable. We will explain that. Plus, a check of the weather with meteorologist allyson rae. We have the sunshine returning. The first day of december, things are looking good. 56degrees. Winds, yeah, a little breezy today. Nothing too crazy. Not talking winds up to 30 or 40 Miles Per Hour. Were talking t temperatures are not going to change. We have already reached the high temperature. We will take a dip before the sun comes up. We are into the 50s for washington. 48 for gaithersburg. And we stay in the 50s this afternoon. Done with the rain. You can leave the umbrellas at home today. High pressure is moving in. So an increase in sunshine through the afternoon. Low 50s through gaithersburg and frederick. And a check of traffic. Wet leaves will be a huge problem this morning. Keep that in mind toward the district. No major issues so far this morning. We have some problem, northbound 3rd street tunnel shut down between 2nd and new york avenue because of the overnight road work there. Moving around the beltway area, everything is running fine. No major delays whatsoever as you build around the area. Thank you. New this inmate that managed to saw their way out of the jail cell and managed to escape. Now authorities in california say they have captured him. They have been on the run for a week. One was found yesterday. And initially, this started with two other inmates as well but they were recaptured within days. And now all four of the escaped inmates are back in jail. Major League Baseball a new bargaining agreement. Its been 26 years since the league has had a strikeout or lockout. Kanye west is out of the hospital now. He spent more than a week there for what some are saying was a mental break down. He canceled his world tour. Several incidents of erratic behavior on the news at 4 30 starts right now. Heavy winds and showers force nearly a dozen people out of their homes last night after it damaged their apartment complex. Fortunately, no one was hurt but some water did get inside and the building. Thank you for joining us here on your friday eve. It is thursday. Im jan jeffcoat. Sounds good. Wow. Stormy wednesday. Yeah, we had rain yesterday. We needed the rain. We will take it. Unfortunately, it did cause a little bit of damage but looking better today. We are going to see breezy conditions. Wind, nothing too crazy, 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour but the winds out of the northwest and thats going to bring in cool, dry air. And i forgot to hit play. Yeah, here we go. We see the winds stick with us, not ly but theyll die off into the overnight hours. And tomorrow, friday and saturday, its going to stay breezy. And steady today. We dip down a little bit as the sun comes up but we head to 52 by 8 00. And back to mid50s for noontime. A lot of sunshine. Grab the sunglasses and leave the umbrella at home. Not only for today but for a few days. The weekend forecast as you make plans coming up in a bit. Robert, good morning. Shut down near mcarthur boulevard. More information in a few moments. But right now, the beltway. Not bad at all tall way around bad at all all the way around. At all, all the way around. And inbound 66 running well so far with no delays on the inbound side and moving out through gainesvi beltway, 24 minute drive. Thats normal speeds. Southbound 270 in maryland, we will check that out in a few minutes. Thank you. And now back to breaking news. A deadly accident shut down parts of the parkway. Yeah, evan is live in northwest. Evan, what can you tell us . Reporter yeah, it is blocked off and a to you truck is pulling up right now