norah: adriana diaz, thank you. california is assessing the damage after two reared tornadoes touched down, and f1 tornado with 100 and mile-per-hour winds tore through the l.a. suburb of montebello, damaging more than a dozen buildings. it was the strongest tornado to hit the area in 40 years. a second funnel cloud damaged a mobile home park near santa barbara. large parts of the south are bracing for some possible severe weather tonight, and friday as a line of storms moving to the area. for details, let s bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. norah, good evening. we are looking at a multi-day thread with a multitude of issues come across oklahoma and texas tonight, and overnight, a, areas across the lower mississippi river valley with an increased chance now for tornadoes. as we show you the timing, heavy duty storm tonight in oklahoma come across texas, some of those storms in dallas and fort worth for the morning drive
the south, three potential days of severe weather. tomorrow, mainly missouri and illinois, then oklahoma and texas going into thursday, and by friday, norah, across the lower mississippi river valley. norah: mike bettes, thank you. tonight, the pentagon says it is ahead of schedule to send patriot missiles to ukraine. u.s. training of ukrainian troops is moving faster than expected, and it comes as we saw russian president vladimir putin and chinese leader xi jinping standing shoulder to shoulder today, an alliance the white house is calling a marriage of convenience. cbs s ramy inocencio reports tonight from ukraine. reporter: choreographed pageantry for the world to see. xi jinping and vladimir putin issuing their joint statement on ukraine. china remains impartial, said xi, on the side of peace and right side of history. china s plan could form a basis for a settlement, said putin, but the west and kyiv are not