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Home during this holiday season. what a tragedy, charles. >> reporter: i want really is. this is a mess here, alex. its raining. been raining ever since the tornado came through. the national weather service has managed to get out in this weather and try to do some surveying to figure out how many tornadoes hate and how much damage there is. they estimate there were 11 tornadoes overnight. the tornado that hit rowlett where we are was an ef-3 with winds between 165 and 200 miles per hour. also a...

Because the damage to the high school, and the damage to the elementary school, so students are told to stay home. that tornado weaken and then regenerated and the warnings with the same system near san marcos. the tornado sirens are going off until 8:30 local time. the circulation has weak ened, and 10 minutes ago, there was a reported tornado near the san marcos high school, and nobody should be leaving their home. this is not the san marcos, because this is the floresville high school where a...

Will. not entirely. but 200-mile-an-hour winds that slammed onshore and wrung out the mourt here. with were expecting between 10 and 20 inches. thats not to say we wont see those amounts because this made landfall about 6:30 lom time and because that was the impending darkness. and now were looking at, you know, sunrise taking place here in the next couple of hours, and thats when you can assess all the damage. and it is a beautiful spochlt thats why tourists flock there. but with a category 5 t...

Martin and gary hoepner. >> i out of instinct just followed him right out the door. he was running through the grass. he turned around and he yelled over his shoulder, ive got a gun, ill shoot you. and i just froze. >> roeder kept running. keith martin took a different direction out. got to his vehicle. stood in front of it. guy points a gun at him and says, get out of my way or ill kill you, too. roeder was driving out. so they were next to each other. he threw a cup of coffee in at him. roeder...

Patti ann: how do you corral a swarm of bees turned loose after a wreck? very, very carefully. this semi-truck carrying honeybees related over on interstate 35 just south of oklahoma city releasing millions of bees from the crates. officers and beekeepers collected as many of them as they could before setting hives on fire. one sheriffs deputy rolled up to the scene. this is what greeted him. he couldnt get out of the patrol car. he shot video as the swarm surrounded his vehicle trapping him ins...

Laredo texas, is a sanctuary city. we are not a sanctuary city. we adhere to the rule of law. we follow we work in the event through the course of the investigation of any offense, the immigration status comes up you know we call border patrol and they take it from there. we follow the law, yes, sir. >> well, he also made it very clear that laredo is a boom town. youve got a lot of business going through down interstate 35 there in the united states into mexico. mr. mayor, you got to be very pro...

A reauthorization of the export/import bank gets tracked on -- gets tacked on should i say. senator rand paul of kentucky said that he will push to defund planned parenthood if any legislation hits the senate this week. congress needs to do something. our roadways and bridges are crumbling. senator boxer referenced the 48-year-old bridge which collapsed during heavy rain in california on sunday. weak roadways could lead to more tragedies like the deadly 2007 bridge collapse on interstate 35 w do...

These are the same hard hit areas weve been talking about for the past couple weeks. over the southeast, spotty thunderstorms. some of those packing a punch with heavy downpours from greensboro, north carolina, south and west toward atlanta. t.j. and reena, back to you. >> justin, thank you so much. we turn now to government investigators looking into shipments of live anthrax. that the utah military sent to labs in nine states and overseas. it wasnt supposed to be live anthrax, folks. the pen...

And find answers to your questions. you can even check your connection status on your phone. now its easier than ever to manage your account. get started at xfinity.com/myaccount hi. richard lui with the top stories. occur fee has been ordered in texas due to the severe weather. flooding led to dozens of high water rescues in central texas, forcing interstate 35 to close. john nash died in a car crash with his wife in new york. the news was stunning. now back to "caught on camera." at a ...

Entire neighborhoods. as you can see here, under feet of water. forecast calls for the river to hold steady at 29 feet but it could creep up over the next five days. northern texas, the red cross opening emergency shelters in wichita falls where there was a severe drought. and now residents are being urged to evacuate. the wichita river is rising there. the flood warnings are expected all weekend long. lets turn now to accuweathers justin povick for the latest. good morning to you. >> thanks and...