Ninan good evening, im reena ninan. Millions of people in the deep south are in the path of dangerous weather. This was the frightening scene today as a tornado was spotted near woodworth, louisiana. Tornadoes, flash floods, devastating winds, and hail are in the forecast tonight across texas, arkansas, louisiana, and mississippi. The southern storms cap a weekend of Severe Weather in the u. S. At least two people are dead. Heres tony dokoupil. A suspected tornado toppled this mobile home near lafayette, louisiana on sunday, killing a mother and her 3yearold daughter inside, police said. Heavy rains, slashing winds, and hail as large as pingpong balls hammered homes and vehicles from texas to mississippi. Moist air more typical of august than april could bring flash floods with as much as 2 inches of rain falling an hour and strong tornadoes remained a risk into sunday night. In dallas, about 40,000 basketball fans had to make new plans after the threat of violent storms forced ncaa of
In the 70s. Some will heat 80 again today. Well talk about the very unseasonably warm weather and a major storm heading this way. Energy road work is scheduled 7 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. Today on the lower deck of the bay bridge. You are moving at 15 Miles Per Hour. Moving over to the bay bridge toll plaza it will take you 15 minutes. You are looking good until 5 30 when the metering lights turn on. Traffic is looking good. Police are trying to find the driver who killed a father of 4 in a hitandrun by the oakland coliseum. This whole week has been a nightmare. There have been times i wanted to call him up and tell him i love him. But unfortunately i cant. I want the person responsible for this to come forward. Reporter lori hasnt had time to grieve. Her brothers sudden death left family and friends socked. Last week larry was doing repair work off of 85th avenue when a vehicle hit and killed him before taking off. This memorial of pictures stands to honor the father of four. There was n
For the next 30 minutes, were going to take you behind some of the years biggest headlines, using data and expert analysis to get to the truth. And we start this evening with a very sensitive subject, one that has left communities and families in tears gun violence on School Grounds. Few disagree its a very serious problem, which we were reminded of this year again in roseburg, oregon. Gun safety group everytown has tracked School Shootings in the us since sandy hook. The findings are both staggering and insightful in figuring out how we define school shooting. Male exchanging shots with him. Hes in a classroom. Sam three months ago. Male massacre on campus, a mass shooting at an oregon college, police rushing to the scene. Sam four months ago. Female one student was killed and two others wounded by gunfire thursday at Sacramento City college. Sam and maybe the worst of them all 3 years ago. Announcer heres lester holt. Lester holt good day, were back on the air with our continuing cov
Finally Kath Tsakalakis we have to get guns out of american schools. Sam gun violence on School Grounds. Male its a mass shooting at an oregon college. Sam making headlines and leaving families in grief. Some tallies estimate one incident per week, but are those numbers reliable . We look at the data and get to the truth in tonights reality check. And a good evening, and thank you for joining us on this special edition of reality check. Im sam brock. Tonight, we take a look at our top stories from 2015. For the next 30 minutes, were going to take you behind some of the years biggest headlines, using data and expert analysis to get to the truth. And we start this evening with a very sensitive subject, one that has left communities and families in tears gun violence on School Grounds. Few disagree its a very serious problem, which we were reminded of this year again in roseburg, oregon. Gun safety group everytown has tracked School Shootings in the us since sandy hook. The findings are b
Ebola patient in dallas and had some contact with family members. Lou the first cotexas fire chief made the confirmation minutes after centers for Disease Control tom frieden claimed he had no information whatsoever about a second possible victim. And frieden telling america how little control he believes the centers for Disease Control has in the prevention effort against ebola. Dr. Frieden said quote only frieden has ever raised the issue of zero risk or perfection, if you will. The cdc directors comments come after his explanation of a new screening procedure being enacted in just five u. S. Airports. Screening that dr. Frieden says will only apply to about 150 passengers a day. We take you thrive dallas, texas for a full report in just moments. Also tonight secretary of state john kerry and pentagon spokesperson rear admiral john kirby suggested the kurdish town of kobani is not a priority for this administration. The Syrian Border town of nearly 200,000 appears likely to fall to t