This is the cbs morning news for thursday, march 27th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, more wet weather is forecast today in Northern Washington state where search crews are looking for victims of that massive mudslide. At least 25 people were killed. The number of people missing has been reduced, but the debris field coverages one square mile and in places 40 feet deep. Officials admit some victims may never be recovered. Bigad shaban has our report. Reporter helicopters circled above and teams canvassed the area below, part of a massive search to find dozens still missing following the devastating mudslide in Washington State. Late last night the officials decreased the number of those unaccounted for from the previous total of 176. 90 people, 90 are currently missing or unaccounted for. Reporter hundreds are slowly searching through the disaster zone using sonar devices, cameras, dogs, even their hands. Volunteers like tom tucker says its dangerous
In the south bay and tonight it is still going strong. Why water is actually part of the problem. And the weather isnt helping. Firefighters are gearing up for the worst as a heat wave moves into the bay area. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im ama dates. We have Team Coverage on the heat and fire danger. Lilian kim and Spencer Christian will have more on the heat watch, but first lets check in on the fire burning in the south bay. It started in a landfill in san jose. Tiffany wilson is live at the scene with the latest. Tiffany . Reporter i spoke with one of the owners and he said he had no idea how the fire started, but since it started it proved difficult to put out. If you look over my shoulder you can get a live look at the smoke. At this hour it is very heavy and in fact they are telling people that live in the area if they are bothered to shut their windows and shelter in place. Fire crews are expected to be on scene throughout the night and into the morning hours. A
Good thursday morning. Its a great one, in fact, as we welcome back diana perez from maternity leave. You look fantastic. Thank you. Im excited to be back. I miss my boys. Big kiss to them. Im happy to be back, though. Youll probably get more sleep now than you do before on maternity leave. I think youre right. Lets get started. We begin now with the latest on the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Bad weather is once again keeping ships and planes from searching an area where a satellite picked up possible objects. Abcs Clayton Sandell is in perth, australia, with the very latest. Reporter 11 aircraft and 5 ships were supposed to be searching the indian ocean off the australian coast here, but now bad weather has moved into the area temporarily cutting short the search for what malaysian Authorities Say is their best lead yet. New images from a french satellite show more than 120 pieces of something in the water in the indian ocean, but they havent been found yet, and its not cl
Good tuesday morning. We begin with the mounting International Pressure to free hundreds of girls held captive in nigeria. There is added urgency now that the alleged kidnapper has vowed to sell the girls. Tahman bradley has the latest. Reporter this morning, the United States stands ready to assist nigeria. The situation would require a military or cia operation. From the streets of nigeria, to los angeles. Bring back our girls. Reporter outrage over the horrific crime is growing. On social media, the bringbookourgirls has gone viral. Celebrities are joining the chorus of millions. About 50 of the more than 300 abducted girls managed to escape. The girls, age 15 to 18 years old, were taken from their school in the middle of the night and loaded on a truck, all because they wanted to go to school. Reporter alexis okeolo, spoke to one. These girls are heroes. Reporter this is the man behind the terror. Boko haran. I took your girls. They are our slaves, he said. I will sell them in the
Good monday morning. A mixed bag of weather creating problems for people across the country. Strong winds, spring snow and at least one damaging tornado. Take a look at this picture of a street in nebraska. The left side shows the before on the right, the after. You can see the damage left behind following a strong twister. Abcs larry jacobs has the details. Reporter several tornadoes sliced in nebraska blowing down buildings and trees damaging power poles and irrigation systems. Look out there. You see it . There it is. I just got my truck. Reporter the town of sutton in southeastern nebraska suffered the heaviest damage, at least two homes were destroyed. Twisters accompanied by large hail and strong winds. The Colorado Rockies hit with up to a foot of snow on mothers day, the wet, heavy snow forcing many road closures along interstate 70 west of denver. Icy conditions being blamed on many car accidents, the snow extending all the way into utah. People are without power in cedar city