exclusive live interview early this wednesday morning, december 22nd, 2010. captioning funded by cbs good wednesday morning as we look over fifth avenue. we ve complained a lot on the east coast because of the cold weather but is nothing at all compared to what folks are dealing with outwest. a really good point. we see out west things have reached as they were forecasting epic proportions. the national weather service is predicting a three-ring circus they call it the next three days. the governor has state a state of emergency in six counties in california, as flood-weary residents prefair for the worst of the monster storms to hit this morning. cbs news correspondent bill whitaker is in la canada-flintridge with the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning, wes. above me is a hill side recently scorched by fire, now saturated by rain and is threatening to turn into a river of mud. last night, residents were forced to evacuate. this new system coming through rai