Path. This is what it look likes from space, a rare category five, packing winds of close to 200 miles an hour. U. S. Government forecasters say the impact of this storm could be catastrophic. In the resort city of Puerto Vallarta, sandbags and plywood were the only defense, and residents lined up to take shelter. Larry mowry is the chief meteorologist at ktvt, our cbs station in dallas, forth worth. Larry, whats the latest . Scott, patricia made landfall as a category 5 hurricane and earlier today it was the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the western hemisphere. There have been a few typhoons stronger, but no hurricane has ever been as strong as patricia was earlier today. To give you perspective, winds were at 200 milesmileperhour earlier with patricia, it went from a category 1 to 5 storm in 28 hours. Its moving inland here and will weaken in the next couple of hours but still a category 5 5 storm. Pelley and a big storm. What is the effect likely to be in the United States . The moisture from patricia will eventually end up in the Southern Plains and the southeast u. S. It will weaken as it interacts with the mountains of mexico but the circulation will move into south texas saturday, sunday, the southeast leading to more rain across texas and louisiana, 6 to 12 inches through monday, on top of the 6 to 12 inches that has already fallen in parts of texas. Pelley larry mowry of kttv. Thanks. And cbs News ReporterAdrienne Bard is in mexico city tonight. Adrienne . Reporter scott, mexican officials are calling Hurricane Patricia a perfect storm. Forecasters expect 15 inches of rain in the next 24 hours, and waves towering up to 30 feet. There is also concern about lifethreatening mudslides and what it might do to the people who live in the rugged sierra madre villages. The storm center will hit land near Puerto Vallarta where thousands of tourists from hotels and cruises were evacuated in buses after the airport closed. Authorities urged everyone in the threestate coastal area to get off the beaches and streets. Some were not listening. Officials said they feared people might not believe all the doomsday warnings. There are shelters for 240,000 people ready with food, water, clothes and blankets. Patricia intensified to a category five in 24 hours. Experts are blaming much warmer thanusual sea temperatures. After enough has been done to prepare for this, one mexican official said all protocols for prevention were followed but admitted they dont know how well the roads, bridges and Power Installations will hold up really because the force of this storm is simply unprecedented. Pelley Adrienne Bard reporting for us from mexico city. Thanks, adrienne. As larry mowry just told us, its been raining across most of texas since yesterday morning. Storms that had nothing to do with the hurricane are expected to last until sunday. Omar villafranca is in dallas this evening. Omar . Reporter scott, many of the roads and bridges in dallas look like this. Theyre washed over and closed, and more rain is on the way. More than four inches of driving rain turned roadways into waterways in parts of north texas today. Near waco, a section of interstate 35, one of the nations busiest highways, was temporarily closed after this 18wheeler hit a median and overturned. This round of weather is the latest in a storm system that saturated the state. Doublewides floating. There goes a doublewide, gone. Reporter in west texas, runoff washed away this mobile home. No one was home, so no one was hurt. Floodwaters swallowed up this ambulance in odessa and prompted at least 30 swiftwater rescues in the area. The fastmoving rainstorm swamped lowlying streets in dallas, forcing some drivers to wade through several feet of water. The storm also toppled trees in its path and knocked out power to as many as 20,000 residents. A Lightning Strike sparked this house fire, but the four people inside were able to get out. The 4. 5 inches of rain that has already fallen is more than dallas typically gets for the entire month, and we know more is on the way. Scott, as we mentioned, texas is bracing for remnants of Hurricane Patricia, and the state Emergency Operations center has been activated. Pelley Omar Villafranca on the scene for us tonight. Omar, thanks. Today, we learned the name of the american soldier killed yesterday during a raid to free dozens of prisoners that were held by isis in iraq. Master Sergeant Joshua wheeler was 39; a native of roland, oklahoma; a 20year veteran, and a member of the special Operations Delta force. He had earned 11 bronze stars in iraq and afghanistan for heroism in action. He leaves a wife and four sons. Wheeler was advising kurdish troops and jumped into the fight when they got into trouble. Today, defense secretary ash carter said to expect more raids like it. Our Elizabeth Palmer is in Northern Iraq tonight, and shes learned a great deal more about that raid. Liz . Reporter scott, the secretary of defense, ash carter, said that he authorized this raid when new information, including fresh graves, indicated that the prisoners were about to be executed. So, a joint force of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and u. S. Special Operations Forces stormed this compound. They went in by helicopter very early on thursday morning. Master Sergeant Wheeler died when the kurds came under very heavy gunfire as they stormed the compound, and the americans joined in to help. Now, this is video posted a very short time ago online by isis, which they say shows the aftermath of this raid. The mission was originally set in motion when the kurds told the americans that they thought some of their fighters who had been paraded as prisoners by isis were inside that compound. We now know they werent there, but 70 other prisoners were, some of them believed to be it isis fighters. And the secretary said that they will provide valuable information about how the group works. He added that there are going to be more raids like this one because they are so very valuable for intelligence purposes. Pelley veteran war correspondent Elizabeth Palmer in Northern Iraq. Liz, thank you. David martin, our pentagon correspondent, has gone inside the command center for the u. S. Air war on isis, and you can see his report this sunday on 60 minutes. 101 days until the iowa caucuses, and Republican Donald Trump has fallen out of first place. A new poll shows him trailing ben carson by nine points. Onetime national frontrunner jeb bush is in Single Digits in iowa, and now hes laying off some staff and cutting salaries. Democrat Lincoln Chafee ended his Campaign Today. He was polling at less than 1 . Chafee is a former governor of rhode island. Hillary clinton returned to the Campaign Today after 11 hours of testimony yesterday before the house benghazi committee. What did we learn during that marathon grilling . Nancy cordes put the question to the chairman. As some of you may know, i had a pretty long day yesterday. cheers and applause reporter clinton did not declare victory today; conservative commentators did it for her, declaring the long hearing a bust and a waste of time, citing this line of questioning by republican mike pompeo as a prime example. Ambassador stevens didnt have your personal email address. Weve established that. Yes, thats right. Did he have your cell phone number . No, but he had the 24hour number of the state operations in the state department that can reach me 24 7. Yes, maam. Did he have your fax number . He had the fax number of the state department. Did he have your home address . No, i dont think any ambassador has ever asked me for that. Reporter other exchanges seemed designed to shed more heat than light. And heres basically what happened to their requests. They were torn up. Well, thats just not true, congressman. Reporter clinton did have some rough patches. She couldnt tell indianas susan brooks how often she communicated with her ambassador to libya before he was killed. Did you ever personally speak to him after you swore him in, in may . Yes, i believe i did. And when was that . I i dont recall. Reporter but in the end, Even Committee chair trey gowdy struggled to explain what had been gained. What was the most important new things you learned today . Ah. I i think some of jimmy jordans questioning. Well, when you say new today, i mean, we knew some of that already. We knew about the emails. In terms of her testimony . I dont know that she testified that much differently today than she has in previous times she testified. So, id have to go back and look at the transcripts. Reporter the benghazi committees five democrats called on the House Speaker today to shut the committee down, calling it abusive and noting that it had spent more than 4. 8 million so far, scott, to examine an attack that has already been investigated by seven other committees. Pelley and this hearing has lasted longer than the watergate investigation. Nancy cordes reporting from capitol hill. Thank you, nancy. This program note Norah Odonnell will have the first interview with Vice President biden since he announced hes not running for president. That will be this sunday on 60 minutes. One of Vice President bidens assignments was to come up with recommendations for reducing gun violence. Well, weve been asking for suggestions as well in our series voices against violence. Earlier this week, we heard from andy parker calling for more gun control laws. His daughter alison and fellow journalist adam ward were shot to death in the summer. Tonight, another view from a gun rights organization. Im larry pratt, executive director of gun owners of america, where we have advocated really ever since columbine that the problem of mass murder in this country is the gunfree zone. We have a federal law that says that schools must be gunfree zones unless a state goes through an enormous amount of trouble. All but two of the mass murders in our country have occurred in gunfree zones. Even while our Violent Crime rate has been going down, more americans are owning guns but not in gunfree zones. An armed citizen, a good guy with a gun, is the way you stop a crime. When theres a bad guy with a gun, he stops when a good guy with a gun is around. And until we kind of deal with that basic fact and we insist on disarming good guys, were going to give the advantage to bad guys. Gun owners of america has supported a measure thats been in the congress for several terms now that would treat your concealed carry permit the same way as your drivers licenses if you have it in one jurisdiction, then its going to be good anywhere in the country. Pelley the view of larry pratt, of gun owners of america. In a moment, were going to look at why florida is lifting its ban on bear hunting. Dozens die when a truck slams headon into a bus. And scientists give us an awe inspiring view of our galaxy when the cbs evening news continues. To severe rheumatoid arthritis. Ordinary objects often seemed. Intimi doing something simple. Meant enduring a lot of pain. If ra is changing your view of everyday things orencia may help. Orencia works differently by targeting a source of ra early in the inflammation process. For many, orencia provides longterm relief of ra symptoms. Its helped new ra patients and those not helped enough by other treatments. 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Pelley in a state famous for pelley in a state famous for gators, there is an exploding population of bears. So, over the objections of Animal Rights activists, florida is allowing bear hunting for the first time in 20 years. Heres david begnaud. Reporter for the first time in her life, 70yearold Glynda Bryant is about to go hunting for bears. Were kind of like the posse that the sheriff hires, says, does anybody want to be deputized to help us catch this guy. Reporter bryant is one of more than 3,500 people to pay for a 100 permit to try to shoot a bear this weekend. Over the last 20 years, the bear population has soared from 300 to nearly 3,000, and so have the nuisance complaints. More than 6,600 people called authorities last year to report bears wandering into neighborhoods. 320 bears can be killed in the hunt, but animal activists like linda harsin fear a slaughter. This is no more than a trophy hunt, just a way to get a new head on the wall, a rug on the floor or a paw as a paperweight. Reporter state authorities insist they will closely monitor the hunt. Nick wiley runs floridas fish and Wildlife Conservation commission. Its not easy to hunt bears. Theyre very elusive. Theyre not easy to take. So, we know only a small percentage of hunters are going to be successful. Stop the madness for the love of the bear. Reporter approval of the hunt sparked six months of protests. Environmentalists sued to prevent it and lost. Deer, turkeys, hogs, bear. Reporter ron bergeron is a lifelong hunter and one of two wildlife commissioners who voted against the bear hunt. He said the bigger problem is coming from people. You think the issue the state of florida is having with bears circles back to trash . Absolutely. 95 of the conflicts of bears going into neighborhoods is the garbage. 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