Strike. Reporter overnight in eastern texas, blinding rain, lightning and strong winds in the city of marshall. Downed trees and power lines, possibly the work of yet another tornado, touching down in the lone star state. Last night, patrons inside a chilis restaurant huddling inside a freezer as tornado sirens sound off. It is now making its way eastward. Its ayou big tornado, big, big, strong tornado. Reporter over the christmas weekend, texas bearing the brunt of the storm, ravaged by nearly half a dozen deadly tornadoes. An Airport Passenger taking this stunning photo of the massive storm on a flight to dallas. Two powerful twisters making a path of destruction, the death toll 11, making this the dead i left december for tornados in 60 years. Justin schuler sifts of what remains through his home in g ax rlin. I stepped out because i heard the roaring. Thats when i saw it. Willard jordan heard the tornado rip through his neighborhood in dallas. His family and home spared. Buildings cracking, ripping stuff up. All we could do is run to the closet and pray. Reporter this woman rescued. I stayed in my closet all night long, shabing looing a leaf on a tree. Reporter flash floods and whiteout conditions and states of emergency in new mexico and missouri. In month many, more than 100 water rescues, at least six people in pulaski county, swept away by floodwaters saturday night. Its a small, dark highway. They probably didnt know what hit them until they hit the water. Reporter the massive system dumping more than 16 inches of snow in new mexico. Icy roads backing up traffic and shutting down route 40 in albuquerque. The sirens did go off about 10 to 12 minutes from the tornado hit. The strength, the force of this tornado was so strong that it actually muffled the sounds of the sirens. Residents here tell me the fear and anxiety is very real. Christine . Nick valencia, thank you for that. Nick. Where is the Severe Weather heading next . And will parts of the northeast see their first winter storm of the season . Lets turn to cnn meteorologist Jennifer Grey with the forecast. Jennifer . Reporter this storm is on the move. You are right. The threat is not over. We could see snow in pars of new england in the coming days. Look at all of the watches and warnings in place right now. Winter storm warnings across the plains and midwest. We have the flooding threat across the middle part of the country and then that winter storm watch for portions of new england. For today well see that rain tune to push to the east, snow, freezing rain, even sleet across portions of oklahoma, texas and the midwest. The icing is going to be a huge concern because we know that just a little bit of ice can take down those trees and power luns so we could possibly see Power Outages across those areas. The Severe Weather threat will be for portions of alabama, mississippi, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes. We do not think the risk will be as severe as it was in texas. This is weakening just a little bit. We could have a little bit of rotation and a couple of isolated tornadoes. Keep those weather radios handy for today. Look at the temperature difference. 37 in dallas, 29 in abilene. The east side of the mississippi, temperatures in the 70s. 71 in jackson, 73 in mobile. As that front comes through, the temperatures will continue to drop. Look at this, watches, tornado watch in effect across portions of mississippi and we also have a Tornado Warning in effect for mississippi as well. Thats in effect until 5 45 central time. We also have a Severe Thunderstorm Warning just outside of new orleans. This line of showers and storms, definitely a threat. Were going to see a possibility of large hail, damaging winds, cloudtoground lightning and well see the possibility of those isolated tornadoes. This continues to move to the east over the next couple of daus. Could bring snow to new england. Thats where well be watching for sure. Weve had that lack of snowfall over the last couple of months. The season has been very dry as far as snowfall is concerned. So thats one of the things well be watching, michaela, as we go forward in time. We will be watching the Severe Weather threat today, possibility of isolated tornadoes once again, as we go through the morning and afternoon, michaela. Thank you so much. Well be getting updates thought the morning for you, jennifer. Nine tornados are blamed for carving a deadly path of destruction, destroying hundreds of homes and buildings. Joining us now is steven stanley. Hes a member of the g ax rlin city council and mayor pro tem, b. J. Williams. Im sorry to talk to you under these circumstances but i wanted to get an update from you, maybe you can tell us, mayor, if you have an update on the current search and rescue efforts going on there. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing here in garland with our first respondents who are doing an outstanding job and moving forward to address the crisis were now in. Are you aware of any people missing at this point . No, im not. Okay. We understand it was an e4 category tornado. This is making december the deadliest tornado month in texas in some 60 years. Were hearing reports that there were just a few minutes notice. Are you concerned about how much warning your residents were given before this happened . Well, we only had a brief warning but our Emergency Management systems did work. The storm just arrived and moved so quickly and so fast, that the Response Time was minimal. We dont have any issues with the response system and the response that we received. Councilman stanley, have you ever seen anything like this in all your time in texas . No. I was born and raised right here in the garland area. And this is we were touched back around 1980 with a tornado in the area in south garland. But this is the first time weve had this type of devastation thats hit our community. Its unfathomable what everybody has gone through. And were just very proud of our First Responders and the citizens that have stepped up and come out to help everybody through this trying time. Were hearing stories of people riding out the storm in bathtubs and closets, terrifying. A woman describing shaking like a leaf on a tree. Tell us some of the scenes youve seen councilman as youve driven around your area. Well, fortunately, my wife and i, we were out of the area when it first happened just a few miles just inside of dallas. But as soon as the storm had passed we were out here in the area within 30 minutes of the tornado passing and talking to the people. They were walking around, bewildered and dazed from what had just happened. Many of them were at home when it happened. And they had seen notices on tv, some of them did report hearing the sirens. So as mayor pro tem williams was saying, our systems were active. They were everybody did what they were always instructed to do, got to a safe point in their house and hunkered down. Mayor williams, now the part becomes as the search and rescue effort continues, also is housing the people who have been displaced. So many people have been, hundreds of homes destroyed, hundreds of buildings damaged. We also know its terribly cold there now. Well talk more about the weather thats coming. Talk to me about the sheltering. How is that system working . Do people know exactly where they can go . And is there enough help for them . The outpouring of assistance has been tremendous. The mayor called for a disaster area for garland saturday night. Dallas county judge clay jenkins did as well, so did the governor that night. That helped the ball rolling as far as state and federal assistance. We do have an emergency facility with approximately 50 people staying there currently. Most folks were able to go to friends and family for the short term. But the outpouring of donations has been tremendous. One of our local high schools, their front lobby is literally stacked with hundreds of cases of water, food, clothing. Its been unbelievable the amount of donations that have been donated so far. You know, not just to that but theres an operation barbecue rescue that will be in the area feeding for free. All of the First Responders. Its just been a tremendous outpouring throughout the area. We cannot say enough about all of our First Responders, all of our senior staff. Thats been basically on scene and in our operations of Emergency Management since the event happened saturday night. Thats the great thing in these situations how the community will group together and band together. Mayor, what do you need right now . What does the community of garland know right now . Obviously the cooperation of Mother Nature but what resources do you need most . That assessment is ongoing as councilman stanley has mention, we do have shelters. I just want to extend our prayers for those who have lost their lives in this tragedy and our prayers and support for the residents, the city of garland, north texas and texas as a whole are pulling together and we just want to share our residents and victims on behalf of our mayor and council that all of our resources and as hes mentioned the declaration, and hope well get support from the state and federal level for resources. We will rebuild and restore this city. Thats our total commitment and were working together to get that done with our sister cities from across texas. We send you our best. We know you have the potential for snow and cold temperatures. Mayor pro tem williams and councilman stanley, thank you for joining us on new day. Thank you. Diminishing confidence about the u. S. Fight against isis is shown in a poll. 60 of americans say they dont approve of how president Barack Obamais handling terrorism. Jim acosta join is us from honolulu, hawaii this morning. Good morning to you, jim. Reporter good morning, john. This new cnn orc poll show that americans have lost confidence. 18 of americans believe the u. S. Is winning the war on isis while 40 believe the terrorists have the upper hand. 51 are confident the government can thwart a terrorist attack. Thats way down from 65 back in 2010. But the public, don, appears to be uncertain about what to do about all of this. Our poll finds americans are split right down the middle, 49 to 49 on whether to send in Ground Troops to battle isis. Keep in mind, this poll was conducted before iraqi forces succeeded in retaking the key city of ramadi. Expect the Obama Administration to tout that success in ramadi in the coming days. A Senior Administration officials tells us the white house wants to sharpen the administrati administrations narrative on the war on isis so americans understand the president s strategy and gains made against the terrorist army. The white house, theyre not exactly reconsidering the strategy but they are reconsidering how theyre selling it at this point. Christine . Jim acosta in honolulu, thanks, jim. Several european cities on high alert after being tipped off about possible terrorist attacks. Theres no word on which cities might be targeted but this warning comes from the police in vienna. It indicates terrorists could strike anytime between now and new years eve. Cnns robyn kriel live in london. Clearly, all of europe on heightened alert after the paris terror attacks. What is new in this vienna warning . I think whats new, christine, is the fact that it was issued by vienna. We have seen this mirrored across european cities. We do not know, so much is not known about this alert, although they have fight a bit of information. They said they did name specific individuals in this alert. So those individuals are being investigated by the vienna, the Austrian Police. A number of other things, such as the dateline of which these possible attacks could happen between christmas and new year, incredibly busy time given the holiday season. We also understand this has caused heightened surveillance of key areas and european cities. We know as well as that 48,000 police have been deployed in paris, not as a result of this exact alert but given the recent paris attacks on the 13th of november. 2,000 new French Police recruits as well. Thank you for that, robyn kriel on high alert in the european capitals. Iraqs military saying the city of ramadi is fully liberated, including a government compound long held by isis. An official says many isis fighters either fled or were killed in air strikes and fighting on the ground. Ramadi fell to isis in may in an embarrassing defeat to the iraqi army. Iraqi forces and Coalition Air strikes have been trying to retake that city ever since. The taliban claiming responsibility for a Suicide Attack in afghanistan that killed at least one person. More than a dozen were injured. Afghan police say a terrorist in a white pickup struck outside a school near an airport in kabul. A taliban spokesman tweeted the attack. An official says the victims were all civilians. Rahm emanuel demanding changes in officer training after two more Police Involved shooting deaths. It follows the weekend shooting of 19yearold man and a 55yearold woman as Police Responded to a domestic disturbance call. Officials say the woman, betty jones was shot accidentally. Well have more in a live report from chicago later this hour. 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You know the landscape over there. How important is this victory in ramadi and raising that flag . A very important tactical battle, don. Its part of a awe much longer campaign. Truthfully weve seen things that are heartening. Much longer campaign. Truthfully weve seen things that are heartening. The iraqi forces have done this without the help of the shia militias. That proves to the people of anbar province. Hes in consideration of all iraqi people, shia, sunni can be kurds, et cetera. What youre seeing is support for the government of an army that in the past under maliki had been destroyed. Better leadership in the military, better training by the Coalition Forces, retraining i should say. They now realize they have to win it. Thats some of the most important points. The question is, holding on to ramadi. Yes. Thats going to be tenuous. You realize all the americans are looking right now at the military force, the Iraqi Security forces. Once they believe to go do other things you have to replace them by police. We had challenges with Training Police when i was in iraq. Im sure thats still the case, especially in ramadi where a lot of policemen were killed in the initial doonslaught of isis. Not only police to provide security but turning on electricity, water, getting the government working again. Theyre ready to do that but its still going to take a little bit of time. I wonder if that will change from americans think about this. Look at this poll obviously taken before this, 18 of americans say we are winning the war on terrorism. Is there any truth to that . Is perception reality here . I think perception is accurate in this case. Compared where we are now compared to five years ago, the signs are not positive in any way. Five years ago, iraq was relatively stable. Today, isis controls a broad swath of territory in iraq. Syria has fallen apart. Libya has fallen apart and jihadist groups are a large part of that landscape. Tunisia is fundamentally threatened in a way it wasnt then. Yemen has fallen apart as a state. The trends are all in the wrong direction. This is a movement thats burgeoning as opposed to declining. Ill ask you the same question, general. Do you think were actually making grounds or were doing better in the war on terrorism than the perception thats actually coming from americans . Yes, i think weve got a longterm fight. David and i agree on this. This is a generational and perhaps several generational fight for islam to regain its heart and soul. I think the perception, its very difficult from a military standpoint to use a shortterm thing like a polling device which is helpful to politicians to drive longterm strategies. Thats what concerns me most about this poll. Americans now saying we have to have boots on the ground. No, we dont. The strategy has been solid so far in trying to help Iraqi Government regain their security and its starting to work. Were starting to see momentum in iraq and syria.