Reports of a top syrian rebel leader killed in an airstrike. Who he was, what this means to the war on isis. Your new day starts right now. Happy saturday to you. Im kristi paul. Im Errol Barnett in for vict victor black well. We want to deal with this unrelenting weather the region hit by a tornadoes outbreak earlier this week, now, look at these pictures were getting in. Drenched with double digit rain totals. Terrible flooding in some parts. Were talking 14 Million People today facing new Severe Threats. More than 22 million tomorrow overnight the death toll from this weeks tornado disaster did go up. At least 15 people are now confirmed dead. Dozens more are injured. Good morning, kristi, some of the states battered by this brutal string of storms the last couple days hit hard again overnight. We are talking mississippi, georgia, tennessee and alabama to those states affected. Reporter Severe Weather batters Southern States, parts of alabama, at least 20 inches fell in less than 24
Farmer in front. Goal glor a stunning comeback for team u. S. A. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor this is our western edition; good evening. Were going to begin tonight with the latest package bombing in austin, texas. Police say it is the work of a serial bomber now showing a higher level of sophistication and skill. For the first time a trip wire was used so anybody walking by could set it off. The police call this a significant change from three very targeted attacks when the bombs were left on doorsteps. The toll from the four bombings is two dead and five injured. The latest went off last evening just hours after the police appealed to the bomber to contact them. Omar villafranca is in austin. Reporter the fourth bomb exploded after two men on bicycles hit a trip wire, setting off the device that was placed next to a fence. Cbs news obtained this Home Security video where you can hear the bomb detonate a few houses away. explosion the men, in their 20s, were taken
Law enforcement is supposed to return search warrants to the courts. In Mississippi, that often doesn’t happen, hampering the public’s ability to hold police accountable for dangerous no-knock raids.