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Discovered 14-year-old lauren canton buried alive for more than six hours. >> i thought i was dead there for a minute there. >> reporter: friends say her mother was also rescued, but tonight laurens father and brother are missing, feared to have been washed away. the team that saved lauren is searching for her family today. oprah winfrey posting on social media from her montecito home. >> thats my neighbors house, devastated. and debris is everywhere. >> reporter: the first of at least 17 victim...

This is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor, reporting tonight from montecito, california. >> glor: this is our western edition. good evening. first fire, now water. this area of southern california has been hit by back-to-back natural disasters. just weeks after wildfires stripped the land of natural barriers, heavy rain touched off massive mudslides that are now blamed for at least 17 deaths. more than two dozen others have been hurt. some are still unaccounted for. rescue teams are searchin...

Their brake. tires squealing. >> ran out to the bus, rendering aid to the children. bus driver was pregnant, panicking. i did what i could. >> the driver, i brought her a blanket and just held on to her. consoled her. let her know everything will be okay. >> reporter: the driver who was 34 weeks pregnant, the man who drove the vw and a passenger in the silverado were rushed to the medical center in walnut creek. out of an abundance ever caution, chp says four of the children were transported to ...

Thats the next chance of moderate rain. >> good time to clean out gutters. >> should have done that by now. >> thanks for joining us. lester holt is next with "nightly news" breaking news tonight, a deadly mud slide disaster slamming southern california, homes suddenly swept away by raging flood waters with people trapped inside. our cameras there for incredible moment firefighters pull a 14-year-old girl out alive. the urgent search under way tonight for more survivors. more breaking news...

Birth tourism, russian women coming to america to have babies, now u.s. citizens. controversial, legal and wait until you see where theyre living awaiting birth. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening and thanks for joining us. fire now rain and mud slides taking a deadly toll in southern california, striking communities. at least eight people died near santa barbara. but dramatic rescues like this teenage girl trapped beneath a house. the mud simply pouring th...

>> thats the thing, the support of what has gone on, the opportunity to voice your opinion in a positive way about the men and women who fight for our freedom. the police officers, the first responders, the fireman. and those people who put themselves in harms way. its a special breed of people, they dont know what the day is going to hold in store for them. thats why i think they should be honored. its the little ways we can do it at home. >> laura: something has to happen before the game which...

>> thats the thing, the support of what has gone on, the opportunity to voice your opinion in a positive way about the men and women who fight for our freedom. the police officers, the first responders, the fireman. and those people who put themselves in harms way. its a special breed of people, they dont know what the day is going to hold in store for them. thats why i think they should be honored. its the little ways we can do it at home. >> laura: something has to happen before the game which...

Tonight, several dropping stories as we come on the air. the deadly mudslides. were on the scene right now. houses and cars swept away in california. the death toll growing tonight. a 14-year-old pulled from the mud alive. president trump just days after the book "fire and fury," the author claiming white house insiders told him the president does not read, does not listen. today, the president spending 55 minutes on live television, negotiating on immigration, the dreamers and his wall. and...

Caught on camera, a frightening head-on collision involving a school bus. 12 people sent to the hospital, at least two of them are seriously injured. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. >> it happened this morning on san pablo dam road. leslie brinkley has a closer look at the amazing surveillance video of the entire sequence of the crash. >> reporter: this is what is left of a bw bug, a pickup truck and a school bus. the crash took place on busy is an sandusis an you see the sedan slowing do...

Water heaters did not mix. >> reporter: in boston, rare thunder snow. the storm surge cutting a path right through the heart of the city. >> definitely isnt normal. >> ive never seen this before. >> reporter: high water leading to rescues along historic streets. >> the citys well prepared to handle the snow and a blizzard. the tidal surge is just a little different. >> reporter: its potentially the highest storm surge in 40 years for boston harbor, levels not seen since the catastrophic blizzard...