Safety. The stalker in court facing 19 charges. Forget the dress. Is this the purrfect picture . The cat thats got the internet in an uproar. So is the cat climbing up or down those stairs . I hope our mikes werent on. Good morning, america. On this friday morning, as always a lot to get to starting with that Severe Weather tearing through parts of the country. A massive tornado crossing a highway in rochelle illinois. We have a live shot now from fairdale, illinois from our wls helicopter. That town hit so hard every single home in the town was hit and now the storms are moving east this morning threatening millions. Our extreme weather team has been tracking it all through the night. Ginger starts us off. This is an area where i covered for years. I used to work in chicago. So to see this and know the towns and watch a wedge tornado come across someone in tear backyard just watching it suck and vacuum. It was 1 of more that 230 severe reports from texas to North Carolina up to wiscon
Middle class families will wake up today to the assurance that their taxes wont go up 2,200 each. Reporter the Senate Agreement delays a 110 billion in spending cuts that were due to kick in today for another two months. Because the bill doesnt address spending, getting it passed in the house could be much tougher. The fact that the president wont challenge his party on spending cuts is disgusting. Its just disgusting. Reporter president obama wanted to dole with taxes and spending cuts at the same time. But with this congress, that was obviously a little too much to hope for at this time. Reporter House Speaker john boehner has not yet publicly endorsed the deal. Now, the house reconvenes at midday but lawmakers say, frank, they plan to study this bill hard before they take a vote. They say the senate has had months to get a bill passed and they are not going to rush to get anything done. There is word, tara, that some republican lawmakers are upset about something the president said.
Where we need to on this is disgusting. Reporter president obama said he want taxes and spending cuts at the same time. But with this congress that was a little too much to hope for at this time. Reporter House Speaker john boehner has not publicly endorsed the deal. Tara mergener for cbs news, washington. Now, the house is set to reconvene today at 9 a. M. Pacific time. A house vote is expected today or tomorrow. What a night. No fog this year, perfectly clear last night for fireworks along the waterfront here in San Francisco. Its beautiful out there. A lot of people showed up for the 15minute display and jammed the streets near the bob barker. When it was all over, i think most of them are still out there, it was crowded getting into work today but there was some violence during the new years celebration here in the city. Cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is in San Francisco with the Problems Police had with the new years crowd and has the latest. Reporter good morning. Happy new year. S
Questions about the victims lifestyle. Reporter 21yearold Javier Garcia appeared in Santa Clara County superior court this afternoon. Garcia, who was arrested in oakland last week, faces six felony charges in connection with the murder of south bay businessman ravi kumra, amir allem is a deputy district attorney. Count 1 is murder. They are also charged with robbery, Home Invasion robbery you would refer. Reporter allem says he cannot discuss the fact of the case because the charging documents remain under court seal. We file it under seal because its pending investigation and that would negatively affect potentially the investigation and we dont want that to happen. Reporter kumra was found dead in this mansion in the earlymorning hours of november 30th after his wife called 911 reporting several people had broken into the home. So far, four people have been arrested. 22yearold raven dixon from alameda was the first to appear in court facing charges of accessory to murder with a gang
Watching. He will be listening, too. Mike. Reporter maybe you should call this big bus is watching and listening. Its lights, camera, muni. Its one of those stories that people of good faith on both sides say, how can you think that . But if technology improves, this dispute only gets more intense. Muni usually isnt the stuff of hollywood until it is. All 800 or so muni buses and several hundred trains are waiting to be changed so you can have your closeup. Or to help police figure who might have been at fault in this 2009 crash. Or maybe to finger a pickpocket. Cameras and microphones have been in place for over a decade but change is coming. They record in the camera and erase themselves every 48 hours but soon then be transmitted back to muni or police in realtime. That has privacy advocates upset. All are dealing with a cop over their shoulders. Reporter the Electronic Frontier foundation says authorities shouldnt be able to know what youre doing it all the. Were unable to have con