Episodes of a hit show. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im reena ninan. Severe weather this weekend has claimed the lives of at least 9 people. Others were lost in floods in arkansas, mississippi and missouri. Several people are still missing. Dozens are injured. Overnight, dozens of storms stretch across the u. S. , from the gulf of mexico all the way to the great lakes. Mark strassmann is in hardhit east texas. Reporter about 50 minutes after the National Weather service put henderson county, texas under a watch, this tornado tore across the highway. Drivers on i20 were forced to pull over for this massive funnel cloud. Officials blame the tornado outbreak in Van Zandt County for at least four deaths and nearly 50 injuries. There are People Associated with these organizations represented here today who are, as we speak, going door to door, house to house, building to building. Reporter Texas Governor greg a abbott. Theres a possibility one of these torn
Thats even nice. You think thats easy . Its time to shake the rust off americares fo ignpolicy. Reporter a president who told the country during the Campaign Foreign policy was easy, confronted nuclear challenges in north korea, continued russian aggression in ukraine and one horror, a sarin gas attack on civilians in syria. That crosses many, many lines, beyond a red line. Reporter the president ordered a tomahawk missile strike on the Syrian Air Base where the chemical attack was launched, marking a break from his America First isolationist philosophy. It is in this vital, National Security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. Reporter that announcement came at the winter white house, maralago, where the president has spent at sizable taxpayer expense. Which brings us to some of the unfulfilled promises made by candidate trump, like the promise to build a wall on the u. S. mexico border. And who is going to pay for the wall
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Tense standoff unfolding in hong kong and the latest on the secret service investigation. But we begin with growing concern over the first ebola patient diagnosed in the u. S. According to dallas hospital officials, thomas duncans condition has been downgraded to critical. Well go live to dallas for the latest in just a moment. Also, the American Free lance photographer who contracted ebola in liberia is expected to arrive in nebraska tomorrow for treatment. He was working for nbc when he was diagnosed. He is the fifth american known to have contracted the disease. Right now in this country, the focus remains on thomas duncan. The cdc says at least nine people had close contact with duncan and none of them has displayed any symptoms. As many as 40 other people who may have had contact with duncan are also being monitored just to be safe. This case has raised questions about the United States ability to control the spread of ebola, but the head of the cdc says Health Officials are on to
Around the world. I im george howell. In just a few hours time the new president of the United States donald trump will be talking with a number of World Leaders. Hes set to speak by phone with if leaders of germany, france and japan. Syrian refugees are barred indefinitely. Im vetting measures to keep radical islamic terrorists to out of the United States of america. We want to make sure were not admitting the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas. We some want to admit those into our country who will support our country and love deeply our people. A white house official says that number of countries on the suspension list will likely grow. More on the sweeping measures just put in Police Station by the new president of the United States. These are some very sweeping actions coming from the new president. He signed this executive order earlier in the day over at the pentagon. We just got our hands on the executive order. This is it right here, but the actions are fairly dram