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involve prostitutes. details in just a moment. a massive tornado outbreak hours from now. counties are on alert and on edge. comments about ann romney have unleashed a debate about moms and thrust the spotlight on women voters. we're putting fight, the campaign for votes in focus. and there is a sense urgency right now in the u.s. that a new outbreak of tornados is possible in the plain states. conditions are ripe throughout areas. a tornado touched down in norman, oklahoma. no serious injuries. high winds in yuba city called damage as well. let's bring in alexandra steele. we caught you a little bit early. tell us what happened and where this might hit. >> what's most unsettling is not only where it might hit and kind of the vastness of that but when it might hit. we're going to watch these

potentially develop between 4:00 and 8:00 tonight. of course, that means nighttime. that means rain-wrapped tornadoes po e ten chally. that means you can't see what's coming. when i talk about your city, going there, knowing someone who is there, i think the key for this morning for the saturday and sunday outbreak potentially is to have a plan today. maybe have a flashlight, a helmet. know where you're going to go, where your kids are going to be. this is the radar picture. no severe weather. just showers and thunderstorms, a lot of lightning too. but look at this i-40 corridor, i-44 just getting pounded. st. louis heading toward cinci and of course indianapolis. going to be a wet day for you. wet would be fine, right? it ease the severity of the nature of the beast we don't want, but atmospherically it's all coming toechlkt two days ago we could see this atmospherically get its act together. warm air coming out of the south. we had this area of high

pressure blocking it, and then pushing it, allowing the floodgates to open, no pun intend intended. what we've got is this robust jetstream moving in to the sector. i know it sounds technical. but these are the things to make it happen. upper levels of the atmosphere bringing in cold air aloft. with that, right p.s., what you need to know. des moines, kansas city, oklahoma city, abilene, kos, and a slight risk in abilene, texas. this is today. the balance looks like this will develop between 4:00 and 8:00. once the sun sets that's when it could really fire all. green bay, wisconsin, all the way to houston, texas. so we're talking about 5 million people, a thousand miles of turf impacted. >> wow. that is a huge area. we'll keep an eye on that, lexa. thank you very much for that update. allegations of sex, lies, and fears of blackmail rocking the secret service.

a dozen agents entrusted with protecting president obama during a week in colombia have been relieved of duty and send home packing. the journalist who spoke with me earlier told me what he knows. >> reporter: all 12 agents involved in this situation involved prostitutes, and one of the agents did not pay the prostitute and she complained to local police. that's how it all went. police went to the state department. the state department told the secret service. they recalled all their agents. it's the biggest scandal in secret service history. >> dan lothian is traveling with the president in cartagena, colombia. dan, what are you being told there? >> reporter: first i was told it will be handled by the internal

affairs of the secret service. according to a u.s. law enforcement official, here's how it will work. they'll take a look at what occurred, look at who some of these people may have been -- were part of this allegation here in colombia. they'll also be conducting different interviews. all of that has taken place since these officers were sent home from colombia. the spokesman for the u.s. secret service, edwin donovon saying in part in a statement, quote, because of this, these personnel are being relieved of their assignments, returned to their place of due the, and are being replaced by other secret service personnel. the secret service takes all allegations seriously. and he went on to say none of this in this is accident kproem miezed president obama's security here in colombia. randi? >> how is the white house overall handling and what do you expect they deal in the hours and days ahead? >> reporter: well, they're

hoping this headline goes away. this obviously has been a serious distraction for the administration. they came here to colombia to really focus on things like trade, overall the economy, how latin america can be a market for u.s. goods and boost job creation domestically, and so that's what they really want to focus on during the summit, but obviously this is seen as a big distraction. nonetheless, they do take these allegations seriously, and they are being investigated. of course, this is being handled by the secret service. >> in terms of these two bomb blasts that we receive and heard about and you've reported on all morning in cartagena, has security been beefed up there as well? >> reporter: i'm told by a u.s. official they have not beefed up security here. already they have a very comprehensive security plan not only with the u.s. secret service but also the national police here in colombia.

but, yes, you pointed out these two incidents that occurred. two bombings or explosions, rather, that took place in bogota. two others that took place last night here in car ta he na. i'm told it was several miles away from the venues where these heads of state are holding meetings or staying and that there were no injured, only minor damage. still no claim of responsibility for these incidents. they are being described, these devices are being described as homemade pipe bombs, if you will. now, we did reach out to the secret service to see if they had heightened their security level. i was told by the secret service that, quote, we have a comprehensive security plan in place and we're working closely with our national police partners. beyond that, they won't give any specifics about what they might be changing in terms of their security here on the ground. >> all right.

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her husband's campaign in primaries back in february and march. especially when it comes to reaching out to female voters. part of it is that his administration is not helping women. they're using ann romney as their conduiconduit. >> as far as choice for president goes, obama is doing pretty well with women there. romney, it's the flip of that. romney has 52% with men and only 38% with women. will the female vote, do you think, this time around be enough to carry obama back to the white house? >> i think that's one of the things the obama campaign is hoping for. we receive this going back to 1980, doing bet were women, republican candidate doings bet were men. so the strategy here for the president and his re-election team is to make sure they do really well with women to make up for their deficit among men and visa versa for mitt romney. >> what can mitt romney do to

change women's minds? >> well, they're hoping that as we get away from the primaries, social issues that have come up, maybe they'll fall away. and he's going to concentrate on the economy. he's going to say what president obama has done the last couple of years has not helped women at all and they've lost their jobs. and, again, you're going to continue to see ann romney out there front and center appealing to women voters. >> how much do you think mitt romney will be looking to his vice-presidential candidate? what should he be looking for in that candidate? >> this is fascinating. this is what we're going be talk about nonstop between now and august when he should announce his running machlt if he has problems with women voters, does he need to pick a female running mate? definitely. he has a deficit among latino voters. does he need to take a latino

candidate? a lot of them were flocking to rick santorum. does he need a strong social conservative running mate? does he need somebody who's a fiscal conservative hawk, someone who's popular with tea party voters? all these areas. does he need somebody from ohio, florida, or one of the important states as mitt romney looks toward his running mate. it h be the biggest decision he makes. >> it can certainly make or break his candidacy. we even seen that before. paul steinhauser, thank you very much. state of the union host candy crowley talked with bill cosby. she always talked with him about the trayvon martin case. >> more a gun issue than a race issue. >> how are you going to solve a race issue when it becomes he

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unsuccessful launches. they never admitted to it. this time they did admit to it because i think there's more technology, more cell phones in north korea. what we don't know is what are they going to do next? the danger is they'll pursue an underground nuclear test to atone for this failure, which is a blow to the new leader kim jong-un. they've said all along it was a satellite. do you thing this was a coverer for something bigger, maybe even a future plan? >> yes, yes, i do think it was a test of ballistic missile technology. it was very clear in the united nations security council that this was prohibited. the north koreans, when they negotiated with us, the united states, in change for food aid, they would not pursue additional

nuclear technology. this test clearly was a violation of that, although there's a dispute in the understanding. so yeah. i think mostly it was a strong symbolic celebration of the new leader exceeding the power as the supreme leader of north korea, celebrate 1g 00 years of ki the former leader. and that he was a new leader, powerful, prestigious. this has obviously affected them. i think where we go from here, we've got to be very careful. we can't gloat about this. we can't provoke them. i think it's important that we keep our cool. the six-party countries try to negotiate, put pressure on north korea, especially china who has lever rang over them because they provide food and fuel to that country. >> the u.s. is certainly announcing it's suspending food

aid, but, clearly, is that enough? should there be more sanctions? what would you advise the president? >> well, i would pursue security council condemnation resolution. that should be coming very soon. i don't thing you can pursue any additional sanctions. maybe there are some potential sanctions you can pursue that deal with them having access to sensitive military technology, but outside of that, they're sanctioned to death. i think what's important is keep the food aid. don't can sell it. there's not much you can do for now. but i think history has shown if you isolate them, if you just punish them, this gives them opportunities to react negatively. so i think we need to keep our cool. key players are south korea, japan, russia, but especially

china that has leverage over north korea. >> given your experience -- i'm sorry to interrupt you there -- how soon might we see another test from them? >> well, i think -- i think the odds are pretty high that thatly do something else like an underground nuclear test. i think internally they have to recover from this blow. that's what i think they will do. but they keep -- you can't predict what north korea does. i've been dealing with them for years. you don't know what their next step is. the next problem, though, is they have at least six nuclear weapons, they've got ballistic missile technology, 1.2 million men in arms, we've got close to 32 troops between the dmz and between north and south korea, we have an alliance with south korea. that whole area is a tinder box.

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top stories now. president obama is under the protection of a new security detail in colombia, this after a dozen secret service agents were relieved of duty and sent home after one of the agents allegedly met up with a prostitute, didn't pay her, and was reported to police. ronald kessler, the reporter who broke the story, calls it the biggest scandal in secret service history. in syria, people can hear the sounds of gunfire and shelling again. the u.n. security council has now aye unanimously vote for a resolution to approve a cease-fire. opposition activists say at least 16 people were killed by syrian security forces across the country today.

20 people injured. people across the blaine states are bracing for the real possibility of severe weather today, specifically tornados. one twister touched down near norman, oklahoma, yesterday tearing roofs off o number of homes, no serious injuries were reported. let's check in with alexander draw stera steele who watching this. >> what's most concerning isn't the potential for long track tornadoes but the timing of it. it looks like the balance of them will begin after the sun sets. so, of course, potentially rain wrapped and dark. you have friends there.

i think the goal today with the tornado threat tonight, overnight tonight and into tomorrow is have plan. be it have food, have a helmet, have something. know where you are, where your kids are going to be. let's show you where things are now. nothing severe next. that's good news, but this i-44 corridor from st. louis headling north from cinci to indianapolis, kind of a wet go. thunder storms likely, a lot of icht none that severe. that's the good new this morning. but here's the potential and why the atmosphere is so juiced for severe weather and quite an outbreak. all this moisture air coming up from the south. ingredient number one. we've got this robust jetstream into the atmosphere. upper level cold pocket coming in. it's kind of the explosion waiting to happen. so omaha, kos, wichita, oklahoma city. we're talking 5 million people today and tomorrow, 5,000 miles of turf impacted. highlights today, saturday, where we'll see them, des

moines, wichita, kansas city, oklahoma city, an leerngs kansas, abilene, tsx, out of that high risk area but still the potential. sunday tomorrow all the way, randi, from green bay, wisconsin, to chicago, to st. louis, to little rock, even houston, texas, tomorrow. big picture today. severe weather threat kind of a bull's eye in the country. southeast, beautiful, calm, benign weather. here, of course, snow in the intermountain west. >> it's most dangerous because if it hits late at night, they're not going to even know it's coming. >> absolutely. kind of the goal today is everyone's thinking caps on, be poised and ready and what could be happen. sleep lighter or with a noaa radio. >> have a plan. >> right. >> thank you very much. people living in the direct path of these storms are on edge. cnn's susan candiotti is at the national weather center in

norman, oklahoma. susan, good morning to you. what's happening there? >> reporter: hi, randi. this is ground zero for the meteorologists to put together a plan and predictions for where the storms are expected to hit today. look all the busyness. screens up on the wall. a meteorologist over here. this gentleman over here in charge of all the forecasters who are working this day. and we happened to be located as you mentioned in norman, oklahoma, where coincidentally just last night a tornado swept through friday afternoon. fortunately there was limited damage at that time. very few injuries. none of them considered serious. but it does indicate that people here in particular are bracing for what lies ahead overnight tonight and into tomorrow. now, i find it particularly interesting these screens up here on the wall behind me. the one to the far left shows satellite imagery. the red areas are dry areas.

the blue you see on the map indicates moisture throughout various parts of the country. and swimminging over here, this screen that's very, very colorful, if you can make out the orange little squares, that's everywhere where there's some kind of weather watch warning anyplace in the country for any number of reasons and the wider areas we're about to tell you more about, the different colors indicate the severe weather risk and it gets broader and more narrower and nay ohher with each different color. over here is steve weiss who can give us the headline. as a matter of fact, as we speak, you're thinking about putting out a watch for a certain area. please tell us about that. >> that's correct. thunderstorms are developing already this morning in parts of southwest kansas and well as parts of central nebraska. the environment is very favorable for intensification and our forecaster john hart as

we speak is coordinating with forecasters in nebraska, kansas, and oklahoma on the issuance of a tornado watch for parts of east and central kansas. >> steesh, real fast i with us going to say, too, this is only the sonld time since 2006 you have put out a high risk alert in advance by a couple of day what's changed? >> the systems are more predictable. the signals were very strong. as storms developed, dangerous tornadoes were certainly in the offering, so we certainly had enough confidence to indicate this early on and indicate that storms are beginning to develop now. >> and you want to get that word out as quickly as possible. like we said, you can't say it

often enough, randi. you know that. people must have plans. they have to be prepared. check on your neighbored. make sure they're safe too. because tonight and tomorrow could be a rough ride. ran randi. >> absolutely. susan, i hope you have safe place to stay as well. thanks for that. usually when there's a storm brewing, most people head the other way, but not tony laubach. i spoke with him earlier about why he does this. >> we're in kansas heading up to nebraska today. today looks very, very potent, reminiscent of the outbreaks we saw back in 2011. >> how many storms -- what are we expecting in terms of the storms? are you expecting to find what we might call a super outbreak? >> today has the potential to be a sproo outbreak with tornadoes from nebraska down to north texas.

many of those tornadoes could be very, very strong, impacting a lot of people from lincoln, nebraska, all the way down to wichita falls, kansas. >> what kind of gear to 'do you take with you when you're going to take on a tornado? >> we erie ee kweped with satellite and mobile internet for radar services. we also have gps. all of our camera equipment and a trusty vehicle to make sure we're able to get in and out of there safely that i know when you spoke with our producers you said you have more food and m o mellow yellow than you can shake a stick at? >> we have food in the back seat and we'll make sure we never run out of that. >> when is a storm too dangerous? >> my goal is to try to tell the story, not become the story. i try to keep a dsafe distance n

front of the storm so i don't end up in any trouble. >> incredible bravery, wouldn't you say? we'll be keying an eye on the storm and tony laubach as well. keep it here with cn. president obama's security detail is facing major fallout from a security scandal in clochlt when we return, you'll hear from the man who broke this story. ems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today.

the secret service is taking heat today amid a big shake-up. a dozen agents were sent home from colombia over an alleged scandal involving a prostitute in a cover-up.

earlier i spoke with reynolds k ronald kessler, the journalist who broke the story and asked him what he knows. >> reporter: actually all 12 involved in this situation involved prostitutes, and one of the agents did not pay one of the prostitutes and she compl n complained to local police and that's how that all started. police went to the state department, the state department told the secret service, the secret service recalled all the cvent agents. it's clearly the biggest scandal in history. the only thing that comes close is the other story i also broke. corner-cutting. a lax attitude which contributes

to this kind of thing. >> do we have an idea how many -- if all 12 were sent home, do we know how many were involved in this? >> my understanding, all 12 to one degree or another, whether actually doing it or covering it up. and they're all going to be investigating by the office of professional respondent. >> just to be clear, submitting to prostitution in colombia is not illegal, correct? >> right. as long as it's in designated areas. but, of course, it's totally inappropriate for secret service agents to be going to prostitutes, especially on a sworn trip and protecting the president and it subjects them to potential blackmail. the prostitutes knowing that an agent is with the secret service could blackmail them. many of them are married.

could blackmail them by allowing a terrorist into a secured area which could lead to assassination. so it's really shocking. >> and right now these are live pictures of president obama in cartagena, colombia. he's there, as you know, for the summit of the americas and that is what has happened apparently. the scandal has broken out among the secret service. we're told the white house has scheduled a briefing coming up at 5:00 p.m. eastern time today. i'm sure they'll have a lot to say about this secret service scandal, certainly a distraction for the white house, for the administration. the president is there talking trade partnerships and trade ties and now has this hanging over the administration's head. we'll continue to follow that once again at 5:00 p.m. eastern time, the white house press briefing. so going to the dentist may be good to your teeth, but could the x-rays be hazardous to your health? dr. sanjay goop ta on this story next. g, working, working.

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there is some pretty alarming news about all those x-rays that we take at the dentist. people who getdentist. people who get frequent dental x-rays may be 90% more likely to develop the most common type of brain tumor. according to a study by yale researchers, just one a year could be enough to put you at risk. how often is too often to get x-rays. i asked practicing neurosurgeon dr. sanjay gupta. >> we overprescribe x-rays. not just dental x-rays but decembers. with x-rays in particular if you look across society, especially in the united states, it's the most common source of ionizing radiation we get to our bodies.

>> does it affect children more. >> children's bones are thinner. when kprag it can penetrate more easily, but also because their brains are developing. they are a little more susceptible to the problems. it's a double whammy, younger, more susceptibility and more x-rays. kids with braces get panoramic. ask the doctor, does he or shall really need this and they will probably cut down on them. >> how often is too often to get dental x-rays. >> the difference between kids and adults. kids a little more frequently because they are more at risk for calf its, maybe one to two years. a lot can be done by physical examination, really getting in and looking as opposed to every time you go to the dent irs, every six months getting x-rays which happens too often. as you get older spread it out even more so, every two to three years. the question a lot of people -- it's a perfectly legitimate question to ask, do i really

need these x-rays? >> are they safe. >> every time you go to the dentists office you don't need them unless something specific is going on. >> when we talk about tumors, what kind of tumors are we talking about. >> tumors we talk about specifically is a meningium. grows outward from the brain inward. they are benign, they don't spread metastasized through the body. having removed these tumors myself they can grow large and push on certain areas of the brain and that can be a concern. when we talk about this, a lot of times you observe it but could be in surgery. >> this week on sanjay gupta m.d., dr. gupta looks at the signs of depression and how to look at it with friends, co-workers, family. 7:30 a.m. eastern time. newsroom continues at the top of the hour with fredricka whitfield. you have plenty ahead fof us. >> oh, boy. we have a full load.

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north korea's advertised rocket launch failed soon after takeoff. will this deter the country from

future attempts or was it the testing ground for something even bigger? jim clancy has that report? >> now that north korea's missile test has failed, some analysts think an underground nuclear test is more likely. >> relations between the united states and north korea in particular are going to get worse. the u.s. is not going to get food aid, north korea says you broke the agreement, we're going to do something about it. one of the things they have done in the past is detonate a nuclear weapon after a missile test. this is entirely possible now and more probably. >> reporter: earlier this week south korean intelligence released images it says the north is digging a new tunnel at a known nuclear test site. north korea conducted two nuclear tests underground in two tunnels here in 2006 and 2009. both of those tests came within weeks after north korea experienced embarrassing satellite launch failures.

seoul says the photo shows what appears to be a third tunnel under construction. according to an intelligence report, one tunnel shown in this inset as fresh mounds of earth and sand piled at the entrance. >> the amount of dirt, they have to dig. they have to put this thing far enough in the ground so it's not going to create any kind of fallout. it will all stay underground. >> reporter: experts are certain north korea doesn't have a nuclear warhead but that doesn't mean pyongyang doesn't pose a nuclear risk. >> i think if north korea had any intention, there's no reason to think that they do, but if they are going to use a delivery system more likely it's going to be a cargo ship or cargo container. that has to do with a terrorist network, those are the things we're worried about north korea. >> reporter: even if north korea goes ahead with a nuclear test, it will be difficult to as