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Wednesday that killed at least 14 people, seven in mississippi, six in tennessee, and one in arkansas. A view from above ashland, mississippi, shows some of the homes that were blown to pieces, these with their roofs torn clean off, others completely flattened. Mark strassmann is in the disaster zone. Reporter this hilltop neighborhood was hit hard by the twister that skipped across holly springs. Some homes here were badly damaged. Others are completely gone. This is bad. This is really bad. Re...

This is our western edition of the broadcast. Nearly 350 passengers and crew members were on board when an amtrak train hit a backhoe on the tracks about 20 miles south of philadelphia in chester, pennsylvania, this morning. Two amtrak workers who were on the backhoe died. Dozens on the train are hurt. Tonight as the investigation gets under way our transportation correspondent kris van cleave is on the scene. Reporter investigators worked around the damaged front end of amtrak train 89 after it...

Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. And this is our western edition of the broadcast. Pope francis opened more than his heart to refugees trapped in greece today. He opened his home, inviting three muslim families fleeing the war in syria to come live at the vatican. They immediately boarded the papal plane and returned to rome with francis. As nearly five million syrians are now refugees, pope francis called this gesture a drop of water in the sea of europes migrant crisis. But he said he hop...

A wave of intense thunderstorms is rumbling from louisiana to alabama. Hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes are all in the forecast. In east texas this morning, a grandmother and her four grandchildren drowned when a flash flood hit their home. In other parts of the region, tornadoes have already touched down. Manuel bojorquez is in lindale, texas. Reporter the system spawned tornadoes over east texas, including the one that destroyed this Sporting Goods store in the town of lindale. So this is t...

Wounded warrior project were fired today by the board of directors. Americans donate hundreds of millions of dollars each year to that charity, expecting that their money will help some of the 52,000 troops wounded in iraq and afghanistan. But a cbs news investigation found Wounded Warrior project spends 40 to 50 on overhead, including extravagant parties. Other Veterans Charities have overhead costs of 10 to 15 . Correspondent chip reid and Investigative Reporter Jennifer Janisch broke this sto...

Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. This is a western edition of the broadcast. Hillary clinton and her new running mate, virginia senator tim kaine, made their first joint appearance today. It was a boisterous rally at Florida International university in miami. Florida, of course, is a key swing state, as is kaines home state of virginia. Kaine was on president obamas short list of possible running mates in 2008. Nancy cordes has more from miami. Reporter the clintonkaine ticket emerged to mass...

In indiana to give cruz a better chance of taking delegates from trump. On the democratic side the poll Shows Hillary clinton four points ahead of Bernie Sanders but with a margin of error its a virtual tie. Julianna goldman begins our coverage from d. C. By the way, if we win indiana bs over, okay . Wd then we can focus on crooked hillary, please lets focus on hillary. Reporter campaigning today in indiana donald trump was already looking past tuesdays primary. Just like Bernie Sanders said abo...

On the coast of ecuador. The president of ecuador says at least 246 are dead. Many more are hurt. Hundreds of buildings are destroyed. Crews are searching for survivors. It hit last night, a magnitude 7. 8, the strongest to hit ecuador since 1979. More than 135 aftershocks followed. We begin here tonight with manuel bojorquez. Reporter with the daylight residents saw for the first time the full extent of the damage. Near the epicenter in the pacific town of pedernales rescuers dug through crumbl...

With a western edition of the broadcast. The death toll continues to rise after torrential rains flooded parts of texas. At least four people have died and several others are missing after some areas were hit with anre than 20 inches of rain. Mireya villarreal has the itest. You can see the sun, it is a bright, sunny day and you can see what is happening down there. Reporter the rain has stopped, but in some areas flood waters continue to rise, submerging cars and stranding drivers. Some rivers ...

Ninan good evening, im reena ninan with a western edition of the broadcast. Summer officially begins monday with a dangerous heatwave baking the southwest. Temperatures are expected to top 120 degrees in some places. 116 in phoenix, arizona, where excessive heat killed 84 people last year. Health officials are warning people to stay hydrated and if possible indoors. Extreme heat is adding to the struggle to contain several major wildfires in the west. Near santa barbara, california, a wildfire c...