The bull s eye of a powerful tornado ripping through the city, causing major damage. i have never been so scared in my. life but i was praying. reporter: a line of large tornadoes swept through the south. touching down in central and eastern kentucky, roofs blown off, cars flipped on their sides, a trail of ruin. striking in the middle of the day, causing misery in mississippi. southern states ravaged as the toll continues to mount in the west. here s my colleague carter evans. reporter: here in california,ings a break in the weather only reveals more agony. agricultural fields and entire neighborhoods flooded. near the town of sprekles, the salinas river could crest at 25 feet by tomorrow. it was at six feet just the a week ago. and the concern is by the time all the storm runoff from upstream gets down here, well, the water could be a lot deeper, potentially cutting off highways nearby and stranding thousands. we don t want any tragic
Part of looking at the laws around aviation in 2023. i want to ask you about this. southwest has said it will be up and running with minimal disruptions tomorrow. but the pilots association that i ve spoken to quite a bit has been very clear that it had warned the airline years ago to upgrade its i.t. systems, which southwest has said is to blame for stranding thousands of people at airports during this peak holiday season. how can southwest be held accountable? it sounds like weather was only a trigger to the underlying problem at southwest airlines. and that was this scheduling system, this technology that, you know, 20 years ago basic investments and upgrades would have been a good thing to do, but they didn t do. and now 20 years on, we have a disaster on our hands. i think we re certainly going to push southwest to do that. but first and foremost, thinking
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Tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the supreme court announcing moments ago that it will allow trump-era limits on immigration to stay in place. and that other major story. the southwest airlines meltdown. the majority of their flights canceled, stranding thousands trying to get home after the holidays. the airline scrambling to fix mounting problems, but the nightmare is expected to continue for days. long lines of weary passengers, bags piling up across the country. desperation piling up, too. now the department of transportation says it will investigate the airline and how this happened. what the ceo is saying tonight. we have team coverage. alex perez in chicago, mola lenghi in denver. the death toll rises in buffalo. days after the so-called storm
News updates always on kpix.com. see you back here in 30 minutes. capti captioning sponsored by cbs battiste: tonight, new year, new covid record. the u.s. averaging more than 300,000 new cases, a pandemic high. reporter: cbs elise preston in new york, where the covid surge is also driving fatigue as we enter pandemic year three. battiste: also tonight, travel trouble. covid and bad weather taking their toll, and the f.a.a. warning flyers disruptions could get worse before they get better. reporter: i m tom waite in los angeles, where massive delays and cancellations are stranding thousands of holiday travelers trying to get home. battiste: plus, wild weather. crippling amounts of snow, ice, wind and rain causing dangerous situations across the country. and golden girl. did you crash the men s room? of course not.