city. bill de blasio wants a temporary pause to weeks of protests. this surveillance video capturing the shooter just before the execution. last night, the widow of one of the officers gunned down spoke publicly. we will stand together. a major storm just in time for a holiday getaway. this is going to push off to the east. it does look like travel is going to be difficult. internet is back after being out for hours. we re not going to comment except to say as we implement our responses go, go, go! on a california freeway accused of smuggling firearms into new york city on passenger jets. belgium s prime minister came under a messy attack by activists. all that and now, a fight on the field. this is ugly. a great game. come on, you can t do that. intercepted, bengals touchdown! and it s going to send cincinnati to the playoffs. and all that mattered let it go let it go let it go something to surprise students in a performance
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. brown: good evening. scott salve tonight. i m james brown. on a night when millions are heading out for the holidays, severe thunderstorms are lashing some parts of the country. at least one tornado was reported in southern mississippi. our cbs affiliate in huntsville, alabama, whnt, is reporting at least two deaths. cars, and in this case, a ambulance flipped over in high winds. this system is expected to cause problems through christmas. eric fisher, the chief meteorologist at wbz, our cbs station in boston, is following this. eric. jb, a rough night of weather here across the southeast. tornado watches in yellow, and we ve already had several tornadoes touch down. you can see some of the video, in particular, around marion county in mississippi. columbia university very hard hit. we saw widespread damage with cars flipped over, trees uprooted, certainly a lot of damage to homes, some roofs th
tensions boil over in missouri involving another police shooting. an 18-year-old pointed a gun at an officer and the officer shot and killed him. i think i see the tornado. at least four people are dead. thousands without power. i prayed like i never prayed. several homes were damaged in louisiana and mississippi. more severe weather expected to complicate travel. president george bush is in the hospital after suffering shortness of breath. sony pictures makes an about-face deciding to release the interview on christmas day in select theaters. santa coming early to wall street. the dow closed above 18000 ever. some of the guys think it s going to 20. passengers getting a scare when two jets collided on the tarmac at laguardia airport. two people rescued by helicopter after being trapped in a river in northern california. neither suffered any injuries. all that. a man almost drown drinking eggnog. all that and all that matters. all systems a
thing to know here is temperatures are a lit m bit of a freezing. so we really don t expect any icy spots, unless you re in higher elevations at the poconos, you could see a few isolated spots. otherwise, parts around south jersey, up towards the philadelphia area, still seeing the light rain moving through. we have a lot of moisture to work with that s going to be moving up the eastern sea board over the next couple of days. visibility is pretty low areas knot and west, mainly. by tomorrow morning, some low clouds, fog and, on top of that, the showerings around. more details on your christmas forecast coming up. . and the weather is already causing some travel problems tonight as people head out of town early. some flights are seeing back-ups because of the weather. also, several airports in new york posted the delays. now is the time to get the new nbc 10 news app before you leave for vacation. go to nbc 10.com to download the app for free. there s new video of the gun
40 in reading and 50 degrees in atlantic city and 52 in wildwood. so, for today, we re tracking the chance for some light rain. by 8:00, 43. by 10:00, 45 and by noon 47 degrees. and then tomorrow, that s the day that we are looking at. we re issuing a first alert weather day because we are expecting some nasty weather tomorrow in terms of showers and also thunderstorms. we ll track the timing for you and also give you all the details in just a few minutes. right now out to the roadways with first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. hey, there. the roads are wet this morning and that s what you have to keep in mind, just slow down if you are waking up and heading out the door. live look in chester county, near chester brook boulevard. you can see the wet conditions out there. 202 is free of any accidents and especially in the midst of the construction zone. 202 is very quiet and route 100. an accident on 76 westbound right at the ramp to the blue route southbound and that a