investigate how this situation happened and how no one appeared to notice that it had happened. jeff? kris van cleave, thank you. the deep south is drying out and cleaning up after severe storms, including tornadoes that swept through several states yesterday. at least five people were killed. omar villafranca is following this. reporter: residents in southeast alabama woke up in the path of the storm s destruction. in rehobeth, four people were killed when powerful winds sent this 50-foot tree crashing into a mobile home. next door, j.p. kelley spent the morning corralling his cows. the storm raked across his family farm, destroying a 50- year-old barn. it s the worst wind that i have been through. reporter: he rode out the storm with his wife, huddled in an interior room of his home. the tornado sirens went off probably 30 seconds ahead of it. reporter: is that all the time you had? i think so because it built so fast. reporter: in jackson, alabama, blindi
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glor: good evening. scott is off tonight. i m jeff glor. this is our western edition. the new congress was sworn in today with republicans again in control of both the houses. but first there was a fire to put out. it started when house republicans attempted to weaken an ethics panel over the objections of their own leaders, and it turns out the president- elect. conditional correspondent nancy o rdes is on capitol hill. do you solemnly swear. reporter: the first bntroversy of the 115th congress came even before members were sworn in. icuse republicans voted to gut the office of congressional ethics only to reverse themselves 19 hours later in the face of bipartisan condemnation. n rginia republican dave brat. dl part of it is the headlines were we were backing off on ethics. that s not a good headline. reporter: the white house called it revealing. that s not draining the swamp. t reporter: the final straw came in the form of a social media tweet from donald trump,