Online friends. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. At least eight people have been killed by a powerful fast moving storm system that swept from the gulf coast into the northeast. The system triggered a string of deadly tornadoes, strong winds, and drenching rain. Last night, tornadoes killed at least four people in virginia where state of emergency has been declared. Travel is affected all along the eastern seaboard. Don champion is at new Yorks Laguardia airport. Don, good morning. Good morning. Reporter more than 2,800 flights were cancelled yesterday at laguardia alone. More than 300 flights were grounded yesterday. There was also some construction damaged but the situation is far worse in places like virginia. As the dangerous storm system moves up the east coast, state police in waverly, virginia, combed through rubble with flashlights overnight. Everything is destroyed. Reporter after a tor
In the mid to upper 60s. Beautiful weather this weekend with partly sunny skies and highs in the low 60s. Have a great day thanks jeff. Some sad news out of pyramid lake. The body of another missing boater was found yesterday. 26yearold Michael Anthony beaton went missing monday after taking a canoe out on the lake. His vehicle was found at popcorn beach. Where police and a raven helicopter tried to find him monday night. Crews resumed the search yesterday morning, and found beatons body in the lake near anahoe island. He was pronounced dead on the scene. Beaton was an active duty member of the u. S. Air force. His last known address was in las vegas. Turning to crime beat. Lockdowns were issued for three schools in stead for a few hours yesterday. While police searched for somo who reportedly stole a car in the area. Police tried to stop the vehicle near stead boulevard yesterday, but the driver took off. Vehicle near mount baldy, but the suspect had already left the scene. Police, wi
The fire at around 830 pm. In the 14thousand block of stead boulevard just off i80. Leighton this was a duplex so both residences were displaced because power and gas had to be shut down to both sides. The unit itself involved with the fire had heavy fire damage. Fire chief leighton says they were able to quickly put out the fire. But one man was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Two dogs and a cat were killed in the fire. What caused it is still under investigation. Turning to crime beat. Secret witness is now offering a reward for information leading to an arrest in a shooting death that happened in sparks friday night. Officers were called to the 200 block of pyramid way. Just after 11 oclock. For reports of a person down with an unknown medical condition. The victim was taken to saint marys, where the person died from a gunshot wound. The victim has not been if you have any information, contact secret witness at 322 49hundred. Lets check in with meteorologist Jeff Martine
The grammys went awry. Of it. Reporter here is the mornings front page of new york daily news. Trump is also answering questions about his stance on the iraq war. While he has said that he never supported the 2003, buzzfeed uncovered a 2002 interview with howard stern in which trump says that he would. During last nights town hall, trump said he didnt remember and now to the democrats, where one day before the nevada caucus, the race here there rather between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is neck and neck. Nationally, clinton holds an eightpoint lead over sanders for the democratic nomination. That is about the same as herabout tomorrows republican primary in South Carolina and the Democratic Caucus in nevada. The fbi isnt saying why it searched the California Home of the brother of San Bernardino gunman syed farook. No one was arrested but agents carried away boxes, a computer, and stacks of paper yesterday. Syed farook and his wife opened fire at a San Bernardino meeting of his
Midweek with highs in the upper 60s to near 70 by friday. Have a great day nevada senator debbie smith passed away after a long fight with brain cancer. She was 60 years old. She was a lifelong advocate for Public Education. Serving as president of the nevada pta, and as member of the national pta board. She was elected to the Nevada Assembly in 2000, and the Nevada Senate in 2012. People who knew her say shell be greatly missed. Shell be missed in the fight for education dollars and capital construction. With the school board capital bond issue coming up, her voice will be missed. She taught me a lot. How to be a better legislator, and ultimately, i think she set an serve constituents. She was an amazing public servant. Governor sandoval yesterday said, we remember her legacy as a true nevadan with a fierce devotion to her constituents and state, particularly to Public Education and the children of nevada. He ordered all flags on state buildings to halfstaff, until sunset on the day o