I think thats a tornado. Is that on the ground . It was just like a train and it was gone. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the southeast. Georgias governor declared a state of emergency in seven counties where storms levelled homes and damaged property. I told everybody to get down. Couple seconds later we felt the house shake. We pray to god whoever they find is actually alive. On the westst coa torrential rains caused flooding, mudslides and evacuation. A river of mud. There in the mall. [ speaking at the same time ] ridiculous conversation. Hed saithere were crowds all the way to the Washington Monument. There was. I was there wasnt. Yes, there was. You are saying its a falsehood. Sean spicer gave analtertive facts to that. Alternative facts are not facts. They are falsehoods. We want our country back and we are going to fight for it. Millions of people poured onto streets across the world to push for womens issues and t esprotait agdonst nald trump. 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Dangerous and damaging storms are slamming both sides of the country. Torrential rains triggered mudslides and flooding in california. Violent storms hit the southeast with deadly tornadoes. Video showed this massive apparent tornado yesterday as it ripped across southwest georgia. Violent weather killed at least 19 people in georgia and mississippi. More than 60 people were hurt. The National Weather service says there were at least 37 reports of tornadoes. They struck in states stretching from louisiana into georgia. Mark strassmann is in albany, reporter a twister tore through here ands toed this tractortrailer like a tonka truck into power lines. Think of the force it took. A quarter mile that way, four people were killed in a trailer park. Much of albany lies in ruin. I think thats a tornado. Is that on the ground . Reporter Storm Chasers captured video of one of the reported tornadoes that devastated georgia sunday afternoon. Hello . Reporter overnight in areas with no power, First Responders and volunteers used flashlights to search for survivors in a mobile home community. We pray to god whoever we find, they are actually alive. Reporter james black and his family rode out the tornado in their house, a quarter mile down the road. Felt like a train. I told everybody to get down. Couple seconds later we felt the house shake. Reporter more than a dozen people in georgia killed in stormrelated accidents over the weekend. I didnt hear nothing. I just seen it all come off house. And i never did hear a tornado siren or nothing. Reporter seven of the deaths were in one cook county trailer park where the storm created a trail of ruin. It left behind roofless houses, downed power lines and rubble in this neighborhood. Margies daughter lost her house. I thank god they are alive. It could have been much worse. You know, material things can be replaced but my children cant. Reporter tornadoes are being blamed for deaths in mississippi. A drone captured the destruction where 300 homes were damaged. President trump spoke to the governor. Tornadoes were vicious, powerful and strong. They suffered greatly. Well be helping out the state of georgia. Reporter the National Weather service says on average georgia sees two tornadoes in at least 24 reported tornadoes. Gail . Thank you very much, mark. One of the largest storms in years is hitting california. Heavy flooding caused mud slides and washed away several cars. Many drivers had to be rescued before their cars were swept away. The storm is blamed for at least three deaths here. Maria villareal has concerns about new flooding. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Normally there is a small road that runs right here. We are standing in it. As you can see the rain that happened over the weekend caused the floodwaters to take over the road. There was a car that was here overnight that was swept down the creek. We havent seen it for several hours. Since october, los angeles has gotten more than 13 inches of rain. Thats more than 200 that was expected for this time period. Heavy rain and Rushing Water sunday. Causing mudslides. And turning typically dry roads into rivers. Rescue crews around the region raced to save stranded drivers. Braving the racing waters to save this trapped family with a young child. Pulling a father and son from their stalled truck overnight. And floating a raft to a couple before their truck washed away. When 15foot waves in san diego dragged two women into the ocean saturday, an onlooker dove in, saving one of them. She was in close so i jumped in. I dont know. I got her and i threw her over my shoulder. Reporter fighting the waves, rescue crews searched more than 40 minutes before finding the second woman and pulling her to shore. She died late sunday. To the north near los angele roadways were covered with nearly four feet of water, forcing life guards to go door to door to help families. We have been here about five years. This is the highest we have seen it get. Reporter the Los Angeles Fire Department has responded to more than 170 calls since yesterday with more rain expected to come today. This could be just the beginning of the problems. Thanks mireya. Lonny quinn of wcbs is tracking the storms. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. Take a look at the whole usa. There will be more problems on the west coast. Quiet in the mid section of the country. The biggest storm on the eastern half of the country. Lets zoom in tight to show you where the center of circulation is. Right now its right here, right around ashville, north carolina. This will push offshore, move to the northeast, become a noreaster but the biggest risk activity around the mid section of florida, some of the tornadoes are possibly intense. Isolated large hail and Straight Line winds. Wind is an issue from the bottom of florida up into portions of new england. Look at this. Wind advisories from the blue Ridge Mountains in virginia to the Green Mountains of vermont. It is the red areas from new york city, boston with high wind warnings. Could see winds blowing 50, 60 Miles Per Hour in the big cities. There will be snow . Not on the coast. You have to go inland. Specks of purple could be a foot, foot and a half of snow. But wind is the problem with the storm. Nora . Thank you so much. President trump has a busy week ahead after a rocky first weekend in the white house. He welcomed senior aides who were sworn in yesterday. Saturday he spoke to cia employees but the president was also thinking about saturdays protests that brought hundreds of thousands of demonstrators to washington. Major garrett is at the white house where a meeting with congressional leaders is one item on a big agenda. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The agenda starts here in a couple of hours with President Trump meeting with top Business Executives he mentioned a moment ago on twitter. A big focus will be on creating more manufacturing jobs. We expect the president to sign more executive orders and among those with the most Immediate Impact would seek to roll back Obama Administration pollution control policies and rules preventing some Illegal Immigrants from deportation. Yesterday, the president focused on staff work. I just went to the oval office and found this beautiful letter from president obama. Reporter at a swearingin for his senior advisers sunday the 45th president held up a letter left for him by his predecessor. It was really very nice of him to do that. Reporter he said the contents would remain confidential and offered this about the presidency and his team. This is not about party. This is not about ideo. Its about serving the American People. Reporter earlier in the day President Trump was less conciliatory when he noted hundreds of thousands who marched in washington and across the country to protest his presidency and agenda. Was under the impression that we just had an election. Why didnt these people vote . He tweeted before changing hisf. Even if i dont always agree i recognize the rights of people to express their views. On saturday, crowd size was also on mr. Trumps mind during his First Official trip to cia headquarters. We had a massive field of people. You saw them. I get up this morning, turn on one of the networks and they show an empty field. Reporter in front of 300 cia agents the president lashed out at reports about attendance at his inauguration. It looked, honestly, like a million and a half people. Whatever it was, it was. Reporter the visit was design an intelgence community he criticized. I love you. I respect you. You will do a fantastic job. We are going to start winning again and you are going to be leading the charge. Reporter it is a sentiment the president repeated for Law Enforcement and Security Leaders that included fbi director james comey. Some democrats blame his announcements about the email investigation for costing Hillary Clinton the election. An Inspector General probe is reviewing his conduct. Mr. Trumps pick for cia director mike pompeio is expected to be announced today. The announcement from john mccain and Lindsey Graham in support of Rex Tillerson more or less guarantees his Eventual Senate confirmation. Thank you very much. President trump is also moving along with his foreign agenda. The president spoke on the phone yesterday with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. The white house says they discussed several issues including threats posed by iran. Mr. Trump emphasized the only direct talks can produce a peace deal. He plans to meet with the leaders of britain, mexico and canada in the coming days. The argument over how many people attended President Trumps swearingin has been summed up in two photos. This is the National Mall during fridays inauguration and this is the National Mall at the same time of day during president obamas inauguration in 2009. On saturday, White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer accused reporters of trying to, quote, lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration. Theres been a lot of talk in the media about the responsibility to hold donald trump accobluntae. Im here to tell you that it goes two ways. We are going to hold the press accountable as well. This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. Both in person and around the globe. The factchecking website politifact claims which means false. Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway defended sean spicer yesterday. Why did he do that . It undermines the credibility of the entire White House Press office no, it doesnt. Dont be so overly dramatic, chuck. Youre saying it is a falsehood. They are giving sean spicer, our press secretary gave alternative facts. Spicer said president s are judged by accomplishments, not crowd sizes. Ari fleischer joins us now. Welcome. You watched the first briefing by spicer i know hes a friend. What concerns you . Its one thing to take on the press. Thats a time honored tradition in washington, d. C. By republicans and democrats. Absolutely. Take them on when you have high ground. The part about how many people showed up in the audience of the inauguration, who cares . It is not worth fighting over. And where it in terms of the question that the president did at the cia when he raised the question of crowd size in front of the heroes of the cia. One thing we have learned about President Trump is hes authentic. He lets it rip anywhere he is because thats what he feels. Whether he did it at the cia or wherever the issue is wrong fight. If you want to get into a fight with the press about them trying to delegitimize his presidency, thats fair game. But a fight over who had more people at the inauguration is not worth it. He came out swinging. That had to come from somewhere. It came from the president. I have known sean almost 20 years. He worked in the bush administration. This is a time when you are told, get out there and fix it and do it now. It doesnt give you time to prepare. Cant develop the facts the way you want to. He did his job to represent the they will ask questions. Today hell be challenged on it. He has to back up the statistics he used. My advice to sean is if you used a statistic thats wrong, correct it today. There is no harm done if you are press secretary saying i got a statistic wrong and walk it back. If you are making a broader point about the press make your broader point. Cool the confrontation down a notch or three. Can you see both sides . Do you think the press is to blame in any way . Heres where the press is to blame. They have been hostile to donald trump throughout. Donald trump has been happy to return the favor. So thats future wall. The part about the mlk bust they said was removed, why didnt zeke miller, a good reporter from time ask a white house official to confirm it before he tweeted it. Reporters are too fast to hit twitter and too slow to ask questions. He took it back. He did. Its a good point to ask before tweeting or reporting. Good reminder to do that. Let me ask secretary, it is different from a campaign secretary, right . You have been White House Press secretary. Whats the onus, the job . As of your first day in the white house you are paid by the taxpayers. Do you also represent the American People in some regard . You have three phases. On the campaign you are talking to the primary voters, then the american voters, then the world. In the white house . Youre talking to the world. Thats a sober responsibility. By the same token you are speaking for the president. Your job is to faithfully and reflect the president for better or worse. Here is what you wrote in november. I dont know what changes president elect trump will make but if he decides to go around the press, abolish the daily briefing, not take a press pool to dinner. The reason he can get away with it is the main stream media lost the trust of the American People. Do you believe the main stream media is in danger of losing the trust of the American People . Charlie, according to the gallup poll to tell the news fairly and accurately is at an all time low. This is a tragedy for the press and the public. It is vital the people accept the presss reporting as fact. Because of the manner they have reported has led to a steady decline of people trusting the press. One of the reasons the press is so vulnerable to whatever changes donald trump will make. My advice to the press is it doesnt matter if the president praises you or criticizes you. Your job is to be neutral, fair, and accurate. Thank you. All right, ari, well said. The super bowl 51 matchup is set. The new England Patriots take on the Atlanta Falcons. The pats beat the Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday 3617. Tom brady will compete for a recordbreaking fifth super bowl ring, the most of any quarterback in nfl history. Mvp candidate matt ryan and his falcons crushed the Green Bay Packers they are looking to win their first championship in their second super bowl appearance. The patriots and falcons meet for super bowl li sunday, february 5 in houston. Well be watching. Samsung said it solved the mystery of what caused the flagship note 7 smartphones to catch on fire. Ahead what the mont after months of criticism President Trump tells the cia, im on your side. There is nobody that feels stronger about the Intelligence Community and the cia than donald trump. 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