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>> dozens dead as severe storms strike. tornadoes, flooding, snow crippling cities across the country. chicago's mayor calling for changes in the city's police department the day after the officers shoot and kill two people. donald trump striking back at hillary clinton. this time taking shots at her husband. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez. it is december 28th. up first, deadly christmas weather claiming 43 lives across the country. let's start in texas where thousands are picking up pieces this morning shattered by devastating tornadoes. hundred...

Tornadoes, floods, thunderstorms. a terror warning for several cities across europe preparing for possible attacks before the new year. and donald trump extending his attacks on hillary clinton to her husband. the insults flying in the race for the presidency. welcome back to "early start." i'm miguel marquez. >> i'm christine romans. let's start with the deadly christmas weather killing 43 people. thousands of people in texas picking up the pieces this morning. their lives shattered by devastating tornadoes. hundreds of people huddled in shelters right now in the sub b suburbs of dallas. ...

Mexico where snowstorms and plunging temperatures crippled parts of that state sunday. different scene altogether in northern texas. residents there continued to survey this, this damage left behind from the weekend's deadly tornadoes near dallas. officials have confirmed nine twisters tore through the area. leaving at least 11 people dead. nbc's charles hadlock is in garland, texas. one of the hard hit areas. charles, how are folking dealing with this so far? >> reporter: well, craig, you saw that snow out in west texas. we didn't get snow but we got the cold temperatures. at least the rain h...

Screaming and suddenly the call disconnected. he tracked her iphone and found her suv has plummeted over the cliff. >> when i got there, i look inside the car and i grabbed her hand and i tried to talk to her, and she wasn't responding to me. just felt like something inside of me died. feel like a part of me died with her. >> the national weather service reporting that one of the tornadoes on saturday was an ef-4, the second most powerful kind of twister with winds topping 200 miles-per-hour. the storms triggering flooding in missouri and illinois, missouri's governor has now declared state of...

Frankly, about how they're going to rebuild. >> well, we have spoken to some survivors, just really remarkable and courageous stories of survival. i spoke to one man in the middle of his living room, watching his furniture, his sofa, parts of his kitchen just floating around as he held on to a 60-pound pit bull and his mother-in-law. we did catch up with other survivors who say they don't know how they are still alive today. >> nick valencia for us in garland, texas. garland texas taking a direct hit from ef-4. live on the phone is lieutenant pedro barrenno from the garland police department. ...