it s reported that the u.s. government on israeli, it also swept up private conversations of u.s. lawmakers. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. the potential for historic flooding in the midwest threatens to swamp hundreds of homes and it stems from the massive storm system that killed at least 56 people as it moved across the united states. days of downpours in the midwest have caused rivers to swell. flooding threatens about 18 million americans. it is blamed for at least 13 deaths in missouri alone. rivers, including the mississippi, could reach historic levels in the next couple of days. don champion is in new york. don, good morning. reporter: good morning. right now, officials are monitoring 19 levees that are considered vulnerable. the floods have already shut down highways and led to missouri is in the midst of a very historic and dangerous flooding event. reporter: missou
midwest is now dumping snow on northern new engnd. half a foot has fallen in maine. it s also producing hick flooding in missouri where they re filling and stacking sandbags to hold back the surging mississippi river. bad weather is blamed for more than 10,000 flight delays over two days and more than 4,000 cancellations. we have a team of correspondents deployed beginning with adriana diaz at chicago s o hare airport. adriana? reporter: all day long, we ve seen lines stretch across the length of the term naal as passengers try to get through security to their gates. many flights werer canceled or delays. crowded chaos took over the terminals here. check-in lines six rose deep. security checkpoints packed with passengers running outf patient. i don t even know what to think. reporter: 800 flights were canceled or delayed by late this afternoon on top of a nearly 1400 canceled yesterday. with an estimated 80,000 t ting through o hare today, emotions were high. i want t
i feel she needs to be incarcerated. reporter: omar villafranca, cbs news, ft. worth, texas. campaign 2016 has turned into an escalating showdown between front runners donald trump and hillary clinton. the billionaire is stepping up attacks against the former first lady, including comments about former president bill clinton s affairs. kenneth craig reports from new york. reporter: donald trump touched down in omaha tuesday night and ratcheted up his attacks on democratic front-runner hillary clinton. franklin, hillary brought up the whole thing with sexist and all i did was reverse it on her because she has a major problem and it happens to be right in her house. reporter: trump claims trump s extra mayor tall affair with monica lewinsky is fair gape. campaigning in new hampshire swipe at trump s campaign slogan. i think america is great and if we work together, we will be greater. reporter: clinton sent out a fund-raising letter saying we can t make donald t
conversations of u.s. lawmakers. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. the potential for historic flooding in the midwest threatens to swamp hundreds of homes and it stems from the massive storm system that killed at least 56 people as it moved across the united states. days of downpours in the midwest have caused rivers to swell. flooding threatens about 18 million americans. it is blamed for at least 13 deaths in missouri alone. rivers, including the mississippi, could reach historic levels in the next couple of days. don champion is in new york. don, good morning. reporter: good morning. right now, officials are monitoring 19 levees that are considered vulnerable. the floods have already shut down highways and led to widespread evacuation. missouri is in the midst of a very historic and dangerous flooding event. jay nixon called in the national guard, as the state grapples with dead
live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. breaking news. this bay area grandmother under arrest right now. accused of doing the unthinkable. let s get righted to kpix5 s christin ayers in fairfield where police say the grandmother intentionally drowned her grandson? christin. reporter: i just finished speaking to fairfield police. that four-year-old boy is dead tonight and his grandmother is behind bars facing a murder charge. this happened earlier this morning. the grandmother who we spoke to police about is named dawn diana rain-pugh. she called 911 saying that the four-year-old had drowned in the bathtub. the boy was dead by the time authorities arrived. fair fielder police said it happened at their home on jefferson street. the grandmother they say has some sort of history that made police suspicious. she was questioned awith several witnesses and arrested and jailed. as officers investigated the situation, it became suspicious to them regarding h