his cell phone to record the twister while miles away it destroyed a church and homes and his son s high school. the van is almost destroyed. the fieldhouse is gone. just all the portable buildings for classrooms are gone. reporter: here in houston, texas, the tornado destroyed some buildings and tore down power lines. francis lowe and her husband couldn t get away in time. we tried to leave at first but could t because the truck was off the ground, and it wouldn t go. finally, it touched the ground, and we took off. reporter: damage from a tornado in pearl river, mississippi, stretched a mile wide. eight people were taken to the hospital. ted williams family was home celebrating christmas when the tornado hit. we went in the laundry room and sat down and hunkered down. reporter: further north ice and snow covered the roads in oklahoma. i got my chains on. i m probably the only one with chains on driving around going 5 miles an hour. reporter: the storm is pi
jessica rekos. who loved horses and whales. one for teacher victoria soto who has been called a hero for shielding students from the gunman. the memorials for the 20 students and 6 teachers grow each other. well wishers are coming to pay their respects. some lit candles. other put ornaments on christmas trees. many wonder how the families will get through the holidays. that s where my heart goes out to. i can t imagine having to wake up christmas morning. i wouldn t want to. newtown is slowly trying to return to normal. other schools reopened for the first time. the buses had green and white ribbons on the front. sandy hook s colors. police kept one school closed after they received threats. i ll always be worried but now it s very bad. children at sandy hook have not returned to school. they will be at a school at the nearby town of monroe. one high school student says the mood was somber and there will be no christmas joy at his school this year. we have bre
one state over in missouri, salt trucks were busy preparing the roads for expected heavy snowfall. transportation officials mark sheldon warned holiday travelers. certainly, those roads are slick. if you don t have to get out, please don t get out. reporter: the storm system caused heavy snow in the midwest, brought heavy rains and wind to the south, and shrouded the city of atlanta in fog. at least two reported tornadoes touched down in the houston area. one man was killed when a toppled tree flattened his pickup truck. by mid-afternoon, nearly 70,000 people in the houston area were without power. meteorologist david bernard says it s only going to get worse. this is a wide-ranging storm, as far as impacts go. there s a tornado threat in the south all the way into the southeast for tomorrow. north of that, arkansas into tennessee, indiana, parts of missouri and even into ohio, the threat will be for blizzard conditions developing later tonight and tomorrow. reporter:
Hundreds of students in robes chanted "Free Palestine" on Thursday as degrees were conferred. Hundreds of graduates walked out of a commencement ceremony at Harvard University on Thursday, calling for an end to the war in Gaza and decrying the.