Episodes of a hit show. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im reena ninan. Severe weather this weekend has claimed the lives of at least 9 people. Others were lost in floods in arkansas, mississippi and missouri. Several people are still missing. Dozens are injured. Overnight, dozens of storms stretch across the u. S. , from the gulf of mexico all the way to the great lakes. Mark strassmann is in hardhit east texas. Reporter about 50 minutes after the National Weather service put henderson county, texas under a watch, this tornado tore across the highway. Drivers on i20 were forced to pull over for this massive funnel cloud. Officials blame the tornado outbreak in Van Zandt County for at least four deaths and nearly 50 injuries. There are People Associated with these organizations represented here today who are, as we speak, going door to door, house to house, building to building. Reporter Texas Governor greg a abbott. Theres a possibility one of these torn
Thats even nice. You think thats easy . Its time to shake the rust off americares fo ignpolicy. Reporter a president who told the country during the Campaign Foreign policy was easy, confronted nuclear challenges in north korea, continued russian aggression in ukraine and one horror, a sarin gas attack on civilians in syria. That crosses many, many lines, beyond a red line. Reporter the president ordered a tomahawk missile strike on the Syrian Air Base where the chemical attack was launched, marking a break from his America First isolationist philosophy. It is in this vital, National Security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. Reporter that announcement came at the winter white house, maralago, where the president has spent at sizable taxpayer expense. Which brings us to some of the unfulfilled promises made by candidate trump, like the promise to build a wall on the u. S. mexico border. And who is going to pay for the wall
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To separate the two issues they luckily i have one here tonight. The president can legally kick the fbi director to the curb cause it is anthat will position. E big question is why now . Maybe it has something to do with last weeks hillary declaration. I was on the way to winning until the combination of jim comeys letter on october 28 and russian wikileaks reached out in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off. Kennedy with political enemies on both sides of the aisle comeys head on a platter should have been a bipartisan fees. Instead democratic jackals particularly pounced on the opportunity to fan on the flames of russian collusion. We know director comey was leading an investigation and whether the Trump Campaign colluded with the russians, a serious offense. Where those investigations getting too close to home for the president . Kennedy i dont know if chuck. It might be problematic for the president gives the democrats a hysterical entree to talki
Police have increased their presence on twin peaks. Theyre hoping that one of the many security cameras here captured yesterday mornings shooting might provide evidence. Meantime, ed frenchs family is not talking about their loss today. Theyre keeping to themselves. From twin peaks in San Francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. The Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a man who was hit and killed as he walked along highway 101 in South San Francisco this morning. Officers found the mans body on the shoulder of the freeway near oyster point after receiving a 911 call from a driver who reported hitting something just after 3 00 a. M. The driver actually returned to the scene to try to determine what he hit. Couldnt find naelg. Officers closed all southbound lanes until 5 30 this morning. Chp said drugs and alcohol were not a factor. A crash left two people injured in fremont. Southbound lanes were shut down in front of the Fremont Hub Shopping Center for a few hours. Two people we