Behind it, sleet and snow. Several major cities in the path. A dangerous night ahead. And a travel nightmare tomorrow. We are on it all tonight, and abcs linzie janis leads us off from louisiana tonight. Liliie . Reporter david, were here in prairieville, where a ported tornado rippled apart this golds gym. It took off the roof, then knocked out this entire side wall. You can see, the metal beam still hanging. This damage from one of multiple reported tornadoes across the gulf coast. Oh look, its going down reporter funnel clouds trying to touch down near new new orleans. A Tornado Warning in this area. Take shelter now. Extreme threat. Reporter Severe Weather spawning this massive water spout on lake pontchartrain. Watch as two more form on the sides. The threat growing throughout the day. Now, a particularly dangerous situation. Officials in four states telling alert,t,or largrg longtrackinin tornadoes. Major damage to downtown businesses in prairieville. Incredibly, dozens of people
Going today. First the race for the white house. Its your voice, your vote and the biggest win yet for donald trump. More than 20point victory in nevada last night. Trump has won in the east, the south and now the west and join us live in a moment. Runnerup marco rubio here too but first the latest from nevada from abcs tom llamas in las vegas, good morning, tom. Reporter good morning. In vegas they say the trend is your friend. Right now the trend is favoring donald trump 33 in the primary calender and winning big last night. More than 40 of caucusgoers chose trump. He won by a huge margin that he was already on the victory stage hours before they could figure out second or third place. Thank you. Reporter this morning, donald trump winning the nevada caucuses and heading into super tuesday with real momentum. We won the evangelicals. We won with young. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated. Supporters late into the night. Grab, grab, gra
From harlan to red oak. 46 this afternoon. Definitely still need the jacket. The wind today will be light. We are going to start to pick up tomorrow into thursday, ushering in some cooler temps. A great warmup is headed our way in time for the weekend. Elizabeth commitment 2016 news now another gop contest on the line. Caucusgoers in nevada will weigh in on the republican president ial race today. Aixa diaz is in our Washington Bureau with the latest. Aixa donald trump hopes to solidify his position as the gop front runner. Last night thousands showed up for a trump rally in las vegas. After wins in New Hampshire and South Carolina trump seeks more momentum ahead of super tuesday next week. Meanwhile ted cruz has asked his Communications Director to resign after he tweeted a false story that marco rubio insulted the bible. I have made clear in this this campaign with the very highest standards of integrity. That has been how weve conducted it from day one. Its every single day somethin
Men with small hands . good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with yoyo im annemarie green. We begin with the oscars, where an underdog won for best picture and the potically charged atmosphere just about t overshadowed the winners. Host chris rock took no prisoners as he took on the uproar of the lack of diversity. For the second straight ye, all of the major nominees were white. Meanwhile, the newspaper was on the spotlight was on the surprise winner for best picture. Chris martinez has our report. Reporter the film at shined a spotlight on the victims of the c cholic priest sex abuse scandal won for best picture at the 88th annual academy awards. Francis, its time to protect the children and restore the faith. The revenant won for best Leonardo Dicaprio won for best actor. It was his fifth nomininion but his first win. Let us not take this earth for granted. Thank you very much. Brie larson won for room. And mad max was most ho
Francis, its time to protect the children and restore the faith. The revenant won for best directing and its star Leonardo Dicaprio won for best actor. It was his fifth nomination but his first win. Let us not take this earth for granted. Thank you very much. Brie larson won for room. And mad max was most honored and walking away with six production awards. Chris rock hosted the night. His opening monologue all of the white nominees. Otherwise known as the white People Choice awards. Reporter the comedian beat the diversity drum every chance he got and the president of the academy echoed his sentiment. Our audiences are global and rich in diversity and every facet of our industry should be as well. Reporter even here on the discussion, diversity was front and center. Im here, because to disappear and truly make it oscar so white is stupid to me reporter the night included visits from r2d2 and lady gaga with a special presentation aimed at sexual violence. Chris martinez, cbs news, holl