Narrator Joel Patrick Courtney was sitting in jail in albuquerque. It was december 2004. The married father of three was facing decades in prison if convicted of kidnapping, sexual assault, and battery charges. As investigators began checking out the possible link to Brooke Wilbergers case, a call went out to her family. They had waited more than six months for news, any news, about their daughters disappearance. Now, there was a man in custody who they thought might be able to reunite them with their daughter, just as Elizabeth Smart had been returned to her family. What are you thinking in that when you hear this . Actually, i had prayed so faithfully all fall that whoever had done this would make a mistake. And when i heard the news, i thought, they made a mistake. They tried it again. And No One Else knew what id prayed, because i hadnt told anyone else, because it was always, Find Brooke. You know, help us to Find Brooke. I guess that was a selfish prayer, you know, to help whoeve
The result of a tornado that swept through tennessee last night while people were sleeping. The number of deaths is 22 so far in nashville and wilson and putnam and benton county. Ive seen plus fires but theres nothing quite like seeing what a tornado can do. I cant imagine what it must be like for that to have an atomic clock in the morning when no one knows it is coming. I will be visiting those areas in our office has been in touch with all of the counties and communities affected to make certain we get full f federal support to the governor and as a result of that call the white house put out a statement indicating the president may be in tennessee on friday that would be welcome as well. The country was transfixed by the impeachment process by about a month and now they are transfixed by the coronavirus i want to speak this morning about a hearing we had in the Senate Health committee that was reassuring to me and the democrats as well as the republicans there. It was reassuring b
Putnam and benton county. Ive seen plus fires but theres nothing quite like seeing what a tornado can do. I cant imagine what it must be like for that to have an atomic clock in the morning when no one knows it is coming. I will be visiting those areas in our office has been in touch with all of the counties and communities affected to make certain we get full f federal support to the governor and as a result of that call the white house put out a statement indicating the president may be in tennessee on friday that would be welcome as well. The country was transfixed by the impeachment process by about a month and now they are transfixed by the coronavirus i want to speak this morning about a hearing we had in the Senate Health committee that was reassuring to me and the democrats as well as the republicans there. It was reassuring because we had respected professionals from the government with broad experience dealing with epidemics with its anthrax, ebola twice, other coronavirus is
Captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you, im annemarie green. We are going to begin with Severe Weather overnight in dallas, texas. A powerful tornado touched down near Love Field Airport leaving widespread damage. A tornado people were told to take shelter immediately when the twister hit last night. It packed winds of up to 111 miles per hour. In north dallas, there were multiple reports that cars, houses, and businesses had been destroyed. The storm also downed trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people. First responders searched neighborhoods overnight for people who may have been trapped. One person described what happened. It started shaking. It felt like of like an earthquake. It started moving the house around, a lot of whistling, all that wind. Ths and stuf faffof was go mecyent minor. One person in benton county, arkansas, was killed by a tree that was apparently downed by the s
Mandatory evacuations. The maria fire is burning north osorning. Roughly 1,800 structures are threatened. About 7,500 people were ordered to evacuate. In san bernardino, one man frantically tried to get his neighbor out of the house to escape the fires. Henry . Henry, the hills on fire come on. Get out. Get out of here. All right. Firefighters are battling more than a half dozen wildfires across california. As santa ana winds subside, firefighters hope to gain an upper hand. Chris martinez reports from san bernardino. Reporter evacuation orders have been lifted in san bernardino, and residents there are getting a firsthand look at the damage. We just all we could think was how lucky we were and how ms how does it miss one house . Reporter firefighters stamped out the last hot spots in the wreckage of this house. It was one of six homes destroyed when flames raced down the hillside here. Residents who stayed through the night fought a nightmarish scene of smoke and flames. I got my kids