A Southwest Airlines jet was forced to make an Emergency Landing in san antonio over what appeared to be a wing irregularity. A piece of the wing that reduces drag tilted at an angle. The plane landed safely and those are some of our top stories on this monday, december the 14th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. We begin with a weekend of severe weather. All across parts of texas. Yeah, at least three confirmed tornadoes destroying entire neighborhoods forced the mayor of one town to declare a state of disaster. Abcs Kendis Gibson has the latest from east texas. Reporter a view from the air of devastation wow. I think thats a tornado. Reporter in willis, a tornado destroying roofs, uprooting trees, toppling vehicles. Tornado just hit. Texas, described as a disaster a tornado damaging up to 50 we are striving to keep unnecessary people out and have only the people that need access into this area. Reporter the twister coming home. Where did it go . It just started back that way towards the high school and you can see up there on that lane where it started and just came right through here. It was just a white wall of stuff flying everywhere. Reporter jennifer skender, out Christmas Shopping when the tornado ripped apart her home of 11 years. A neighbor texting her these photos of her house. Im just thankful we werent home. I think the lord sent us away and he spared us. Reporter two dozen severe storm reports over the weekend, some parts of the state receiving up to half a foot of rain and wind gusts powerful enough to throw 64 large cargo train cars from the tressel and on to a roadway below. As people all across texas begin the passive cleanup effort, are astounded there wasnt a sing injury reported in this weekends storms. Kendis gibson, abc news, lyndale, texas. Thank you. In the northwest, its a punishing winter storm taking its toll. Watches and advisories are posted across a wide region including the cascades east of seattle. This could dump up to two feet of snow on themans before moving to the midwest. Accuweathers Paul Williams has the predictions. Good morning. Thanks. Im looking for somewhat of a onetwo punch to hit the midwest. Heres the jab in the form of scattered showers pushing from chicago to st. Louis over towards nashville. Everywhere you see the green with blinding rain for Early Morning and thean the Early Morning commute. Here comes the hayemaker later in the week. Well have much colder air whats going to settle in and another low pressure system that is going to create snowstorm. Not snow flurries, not a few bigtime storm. And so we have to watch out for much colder air thats going to filter through. Were looking for cold and snowcovered roads and then blowing snow on top of that. Get ready. Here comes old man winter. Always good to hear from you, paul. Thank you very much indeed. We expect to hear from president obama later today in the battle against isis. Mr. Obama will make remarks after he visits the pentagon for an update from his National Security council. The white house spokesman said last week no major policy shifts are expected as a result of this meeting. And after a threeday search, the fbi finished drying out a lake in San Bernardino. But theres still no word on whether they found any trace of that missing computer hard drive belonging to syed farook and Tashfeen Malik. There are new questions why they didnt scrub their social media accounts. After the attack they found wanted to be part of a violent jihad. Also in california, a San Jose Hospital on alert. Officials are tracking down nearly 1,000 patients including 350 newborns 0 who may have been exposed to tb. Aditi roy has the story. Reporter a Major Medical scare in san jose, california. Officials at the Santa Clara ValleyMedical Center are racing to contact more than 1,000 people who may have been exposed tb after a Maternity Ward nurse tested positive for the deadly disease. The hospital has identified 350 newborns, 368 mothers and 308 workers who may have had contact with the nurse between midaugust to midnovember. The hospital posting this letter to its website, while the risk of infection is low, the consequences of a tuberculosis infection in infants can be severe. Take an antibiotic for the next six months to nine months even if they test negative. The judgment is, its safer to treat than not to treat. Reporter hospital Officials Say the nurses annual t. B. Test diagnosed with t. B. In november during treatment for an unrelated illness. Since she showed no symptoms, they say the risk of exposure is extremely low. Nearly 10,000 people in the u. S. Develop tuberculosis every year. Here in california, health Officials Say t. B. Rates are twice as high as the nations average because the state receives so many global travelers. Aditi roy, abc news, anaheim, california. Thank you so much. Also in california, five people have died following a house fire in fresno. Neighbors say that they woke up to the sounds of victims screaming. And pounding on the windows trying to get out. The house had been abandoned, boarded up. Grants still managed to get inside. Firefighters had to use chain saws to gain access because of the boarded up windows and doors. Planned parenthood is suing ohios state attorney general over what it calls a political attempt to ban abortions. A political attempt amid claims that the organization disposes of fetal remains in landfills. Planned parenthood calls the allegations false and inflammatory saying their clinics comply with all laws and regulations that require safe and respectful fetal tissue tissue disposal. Tomorrow night, the republican president ial candidates face off for the fifth time. Donald trump will be at the Debate Center stage once again, but next to him for the first time, ted cruz, the texas senator surging in iowa. Actually leading trump in two recent polls. The hot topics the threat of terrorism as well as who has the right to and judgment to lead. Tweets, the star wars premiere or that debate. Night. A major defeat for the far right wing in france. Maureen la pens collapsed failing to take a single region. But Prime Minister manuel warned the antiimmigration far right remains a danger despite its you sharpie lek ral defeat and urged the country 0 rally together against extremism. A historic election. This is really interesting. A historic election in saudi arabia this weekend. For the first time ever, women were allowed to vote and even run for office. As the nation held elections for local government positions. 20 women actually winning seats. About 1 of all elected officials. But since women, are you ready for this, since women arent allowed to drive, many took uber to their polling site to cast those ballots. Cars will soon be available to drive you anywhere. Then apple cars. Weve been following instagram, havent we . We have been following. This is an account i set up purely for you, the dear viewers of this show. We have 488 followers right now. Wow. Its richard p. Im just putting on the behind the scenes photos of the program. My name is richard p bacon on instagram. This one of you and i in what i call civie clothes. See that . Yes, thats the civie clothes picture. As in civilian as in what we dont wear when were presenting the news. I look at you sitting next to me, im like hang on. I wear my civie clothes on air. I have had the decency to put on a tie. I put on a were free dress. Kept it on. You wore this all day. Thank you for outing me. The picture of you Holding Coffee from our last show on friday, had 227 likes. Thats pretty good. Yeah. Ive not yet connected it to my twitter account which has a lot of followers. Then i put another i put a shot of the cameras. Yes. Look, by the way, theres some great comments on there. I didnt realize that that would be so popular. But its enormous. Its always the simple things. If youre bored right now in the middle of the night, keep us on but read the comments about reena, hair color and coffee. Most of us are just beginning to wrap our minds around the idea of driverless cars. But its possible that theyll be outdated before they hit the road in large numbers. Because researchers in china have come up with a new twist on the concept of driverless cars. Making them mind controlled. No hands, no feet. Forward or backward on a signal from brain waves picked up by an eeg. One problem with mind controlling driving is how to keep ones brain clear of distractions which probably means no listening to music, no talking to passengers. Hard to follow. I mean, what if youre not a rational person . Thats a terrible idea. Yeah, all of. Coming up, the winning street broken and tom bradys big night. It is sports with reena. Cant wait. Mrs. Ahead, the thieves caught stealing christmas from a paralympic athletes home. The most valuable item stolen. Later Holiday Shipping going into a frenzy right now. The busiest day an the post office is underway. We are there live. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather, brought to you by ridx so i mowed the lawn, put up all the decorations. I thought i got everything. Almost everything you know, 1 in 10 houses could get hit by a septic disaster, and a bill of up to 13,000. But for only 7 a month, ridx is scientifically proven to break down waste, helping you avoid a septic disaster. Ridx. The 1 brand used by septic professionals in their own tanks. That detergent was like half the price and well have to use like double maybe more im going back to the store . Yes you are. 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Its remarkable this eighth grader came up with this. A high profiled disabled american has been the target of thieves breaking in to her home. The thieves were caught on camera rummaging through the home of Stephani Victor who has taken home quite a few skiing medals for team usa. Marci gonzalez has the story. Reporter this is not the only video on ef knee victors mind. Grinchlike thieves caught on cameras breaking into the fivetime pair olympic medalists Los Angeles Home leaving little behind. Started eating ice cream out of the freezer. And then slowly over the course of the evening dismantling tv, computer, Christmas Gifts. Reporter at least eight surveillance cameras in and outside of the home giving police a clear picture of the suspects and the details of their crime. But its what else was missing from this ransacked mess that haunts victor. Videos of her most treasured memories. Lots of speed across the finish line and Stephani Victor takes over the lead. Reporter including this, the first step she took after losing both legs in an accident in 1995. I have been shooting from the moment i woke up in icu three surgeries. All the doctors telling me youll never walk again. Reporter hard drives holding the raw footage of 20 years of irreplaceable memories all stolen. Along with most of her olympic and they say medalist. That doesnt mean anything to anyone but it means something to me. Los Angeles Police so far finding the couples two missing cars but nothing else. Saying they are still searching for these men who in just moments stole what took decades of grueling work to earn. Marci gonzales, abc news, new york. What a sad story that is. Coming up, getting your head in the game. Johnny manziel trying to absorb the game plan in a new last week, sports with reena left me wanting something more. Here we go. Something more like you want more or Something Like i want more of reena. Football american style, of course, because of the patriots and consider tom brady captain america finding his goto guy. Hes back and in the end zone in the first half, taking the lead over the Houston Texans who could never get rolling. Patriots win easily on the road, 276. Smack. In case you missed it, the first loss of the season over the weekend. The Golden State Warrior were finally toppled losing to the milwaukee bucks, 95108. Steph curry and the reigning champs brought back down to season. Its a new record. They can rest before attempting their next streak taking on the phoenix suns. Thats wednesday night. Smash. In case you missed it, the most honored of honored of honors, College Football was awarded over the weekend. Its going back to tuscaloosa. Do you know tuscaloosa. Were talking about alabama running back derek henry won the heisman. The Heisman Trophy saturday night here in new york. He was the favorite all along. 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