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Mangled cars and downed power lines. the area now without electricity or water. the coast guard using helicopters because the roads are impanssable. abcs matt gutman lead s us off from california tonight. >> reporter: tonight, with the death toll relentlessly rising, the race to find up to two dozen residents still missing. convoys of search and rescue vehicles rolling in, rescue dogs sniffing for survivors hitching rides on their handlers. >> oh, my god. mom. >> reporter: over 100 homes destroy...

Tonight, as we come on the air, the desperate search right now. the deadly mudslides. rescue teams trying to get into homes swallowed by the mud. at least two dozen people still missing. searchers breaking through rooftops. the coast guard helicopter rescuing a family of five. miles of highway blocked. oprah winfrey posting video. the damage right outside her window. and these pictures just in tonight. the son that raced into the home to save his parents just as the mud came crashing into their ...

And headaches for drivers stuck on i-95. some braving the cold to walk their pets on the highway. >> say cheese. >> reporter: for southerners, a sight seldom seen. >> so we got to get in. >> reporter: this icy bridge in charleston shut down. too treacherous for traffic. >> im stuck, and i cant get home. >> this is amazing! >> reporter: even frigid in the sunshine state. tallahassee seeing its first measurable snowfall in 28 years. >> it is snowing. >> reporter: in florida, three water attraction...

Or under it, at least 139 died trying. some death estimates run to well over 1,000. but hans-peter was desperate. >> and this is the car i crossed the border. >> reporter: the car was loaned out by american g.i. eric yaw, now family friend. with spitzners wife ingrid already in the west, allowed out for an aging aunts birthday, and with peggy just seven years old at the time, hans-peter osked dozens of g.i.s with access to east germany to smuggle them out. only eric yaw agreed to hide them in hi...

According to the report, he said that 15,000 immigrants from haiti "all have aids," and thousands of immigrants from nigeria would never "go back to their huts in africa." in a statement, white house press secretary sarah sanders said, "all senior staff in the meeting deny these outrageous claims." reena. >> ninan: chip reid, thank you, chip, traveling with the president in florida. now the "cbs weekend news" news feed. the thomas fire is now the largest in california history. officials say that...

>> reporter: tonight new security footage showing the white suv pulling out into traffic and accelerating into a crowded intersection filled with christmas shoppers. what happened next is horrifying. the car smashed, more than a dozen people lie injured in the street including a 4-year-old boy. reports of bodies flying. >> she described it as people flying through the air like rag dolls. >> reporter: the incident echoing other driving rampages like a year ago this week at a berlin christmas mark...

The fire destroying more than 1,000 structures. firefighters bracing for the powerful santa ana winds to kick up again. heres marci gonzalez. >> reporter: tonight, fire crews waging an all-out war against this massive, unrelenting wildfire, now the size of new york city. crews climbing the california hills with chainsaws, axes and shovels, desperately trying to get the upper hand. >> were hitting this thing with everything weve got. >> reporter: the inferno now burning for nearly two weeks. the ...

Lines still tonight after a weekend that saw those santa ana winds return. three more homes lost in santa barbara county, but hundreds of others were saved, thanks to those firefighters. the winds are expected to return midweek. the threat not expected to be over until after the new year. next here tonight, to your money, your taxes. president trump on the verge of victory tonight. congress set to take the first votes tomorrow, so, who wins, who loses? the tax cuts on corporate america are set...

Captioning sponsored by cbs >> quijano: no end in sight. one of the largest wildfires in california history rages on -- threatening thousands of homes -- including celebrity mansions. plus, the emotional farewell today to a fallen firefighter. a power outage shuts down the worlds busiest airport - stranding holiday travelers. also tonight, the trump transition team cries foul over emails obtained in robert muellers russia investigation. the u.s. air force academy says its rebuilding its sexual-a...

Convicted of killing the woman he said when she went to church in texas for a confession in 1960. the case went uninvolved for decades before being reopened last year. that bodycam and cell phone video of a fatal exchange with a police officer and a suspect. police say the video shows jean pedro pierre knocking down an officer and kicking him. pierre apparently refusing commands from another officer to stop. that officer shooting pierre, killing him, and a grand jury will ultimately decide if ...