i went right in the house in the nick of time. they just tore everything up. norah: tonight, the multi-day threat with large hail pelting parts of texas. the cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. on this friday night. we want to begin with a story we have led this broadcast with almost every night this week: deadly and dangerous storms unleashing fury and thousands of tornadoes from michigan to florida. a line of severe thunderstorms, winds gusting above hurricane force, and tornadoes tore through the florida panhandle, including the city of tallahassee, early this morning. there s a drone video shows the long trail of destruction to homes and businesses. roofs you can see in some places completely gone. massive chunks of hail battered parts of central texas, with some pieces bigger than a baseball. cbs s cristian benavides will start us off tonight from tallahassee, where he saw the destruction up close. sp