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good morning. thank you so much for being with me. i'm carol costello in washington this morning. this morning a tornado touches down in missouri and millions of americans brace for a possible repeat of yesterday's terrifying weather. >> get back here, we got to go soon! if this shifts, we're done. >> oh, yeah, this tornado near oklahoma city, a mondstrous hal mile wide. a dire warning, you could be killed if not underground or in a tornado shelter. tornadoes ripped across five states. at least one person killed. hundreds of homes damaged or

destroyed. oklahoma and kansas are the hardest hit. illinois and iowa also cleaning up today. and in all there are some 50 reports of tornado this is weekend. entire neighborhoods are simply gone. many more without power. those bright flashes are electrical transformers popping as they're swallowed by this tornado in wichita. with day break just a couple of hours ago, crews are searching for victims and watching the skies because at the present time a new round of deadly weather could strike. we have a lot to cover this morning. we'll look ahead to the threat of more violent weather today. but first, let's go to one of the hardest hit areas. nick valencia is in shawnee, oklahoma. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. as the sun has come up, it's given us a new perspective of the damage in this mobile home park behind me. this is where the elderly gentleman was killed as a result

of the tornado. you can see behind me that home with its roof completely ripped off. and right next to it, a home standing intact. but just to give you some perspective of how massive and how powerful this tornado was, check this out. this is a tree probably about maybe more than 20 feet tall, 10 feet wide at its base. roots completely ripped from the ground. and we're on the fringes of this mobile home park. you can only imagine the devastation our viewers are looking at, the pictures. unimaginable video coming through there. amazing only one person was killed. we know at least six were injured according to the county sheriff mike booth who told me that two of the injuries were serious injuries. and you mentioned as residents are just now recovering, a new round of threats, new round of severe weather is it expeexpect through the expect area that got hit yesterday. so residents will have to

prepare for a new round of possible tornadoes. >> just awful. nick valencia reporting live from oklahoma. we want to bring in indra petersons right now. before you layout the day ahead, let's take another look at this because this is just so incredible. >> this is actually out towards rozel, kansas. this is a huge stove pipe, you can tell you get these long lived storms out there. one thing i want to point out, people think all tornadoes will be like this. it's not rain wrapped, you can see it coming. un unfortunately, that's not the case today. so out there today, we're talking about 55 million of you under the threat for severe weather. 5 million of you including shreveport again looking at severe weather threat in the

moderate range. so today it's going a little farther tilted off to the east. including portions of missouri. but again, it will be a long event we'll be talking about really the next several days monday, tuesday, even wednesday we'll continue to be looking at the severe weather threat. i want to toss to saturday's video here, more of the tornado out there. >> we're going to run right into the funnel. almost too close. i can't zoom out to get the whole thing in the shot. heading up the funnel almost right overhead. heading back down.

we'll ride the side of the fun he will. panning back down. >> so once again, this is a very strong stove pipe tornado. visibility was clear in this instance. it was not strongly rain wrapped. but that may not be the case today as we once again start to see the severe weather develop through the afternoon. keep in mind you may not see it, may not be an open field. in fact it could be in the tree line and rain wrapped. so please pay attention to your noaa weather radio and your surroundings out there today. >> after seeing that i'm sure people will heed the warnings. indra petersons, thanks. to dallas now where a firefighter is missing in a massive condo fire. these are live pictures of the scene. according to wfaa, a firefighter went missing 2 1/2 hours ago after being heard on the radio saying, quote, i'm trapped. more than 100 firefighters are on the scene trying to help. no word yet on what caused the

blaze. a commuting nightmare in the northeast this morning. many people who usually take trains or having to find another way to get around. crews in connecticut are trying to rebuild 2,000 feet of track and overhead wires damaged in friday's commuter train collision. repairs could take several days. boeing's high tech 787 jeet liner returns to the skies today. the fleet was grounded for months after batteries on some of the new planes overheated. today's commercial flight from houston to chicago leaves in three hours. so far united is the only u.s. carrier flying the aircraft. and within the hour will, the supreme court could issue rulings on several high profile cases including affirmative action, same-sex marriage, and whether human genes can be pate patented. stay with us for live updates. if you did not win the record power ball jackpot, you're certainly not alone. but, boy, was it the hottest ticket in town. it was so popular, texas was

selling tickets at the rate of 1 million an hour. sales were reaching $36,000 every single minute. associated press says 80% of all possible power ball k078 combinations were played and we're still waiting for that one ticket with the lone ticket worth $590 million. cynthia o'connell is the secretary of the florida lottery. welcome. >> hello, good morning. >> this has to be one exciting day for you, too. >> oh, it's so exciting to have sold this amazing historic jackpot ticket right here in zephyrhills, florida. it's a beautiful day in florida and a lot of winning experiences here because of power ball. >> do you know who won? >> we do not. we have no information at this point in time. no one has come forward. >> and do they have 30 days to

come forward and then their name has to be made public? is that how it works? >> well, we're waiting for the individual to come forward and they will come to florida lottery headquarters to go through the validation process in which they would claim their prize and have a choice of an annuity or lump cash payout. and we have not heard from anyone today, but we're anxiously waiting for an individual or individuals, a group. we don't have any idea at this time. >> the entire country is waiting. so this jackpot is 12 times the size of your city's budget. $590 million. at what point do you think could we hit a $1 billion jackpot? >> well, if florida had not interrupted that jackpot roll series, we could have been very, very close. but quite frankly, we're delighted that this winning experience is right here at home. so we were very close if we'd had another roll series.

>> i think if it had gone on for, what, until saturday, the jackpot would have been, what $935 million or something like that. >> very close to that. she clo very close tocynthia, thank yo for being with us this morning. >> thank you. alexis norman, canadian jazz and folk singer who has sunk her own national anthem since she was a little girl. but her first shot at the star spangled banner, let's just say ours is a lot harder to sing than o canada. here she is before the memorial cup hockey game. ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the night ♪

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time to check our top stories.midwest could see even more damaging tornadoes today. reports of 50 tornadoes this weekend. oklahoma and kansas hit the hardest. an estimated 300 homes in the state damaged or destroyed. a rash of violence across iraq left nearly 40 people dead. five car bombs exploded today in baghdad's pre-dom dominantly sh communities. $1 billion pay day in the works for the 26-year-old high school dropout behind tumblr. yahoo! has agreed to buy the blogging site for 1 billion bucks. he will remain as ceo. he created tumblr in a back bedroom of his mother's new york apartment in 2007. the site has become quite popular with the covet eed 18 t 24-year-old crowd. the move is seen as a way for

yahoo! to boost its image with tumblr's users. jodi arias could get the death penalty. jurors have heard from alexander's family and friends and aredi arias' friends later . chooses between death penalty or life is not an easy task. ted rowlands is live in phoenix. so who will be speaking on jodi arias' behalf? >> reporter: scheduled to speak, darryl brewer, a former boyfriend, and patty womac, a childhood friend. and patty womac has had some reservations. last week a judge issued a ruling that her testimony is not nationally televised, that it will be completely dark, the cameras will go down when she's on the stand because she did not want the notoriety and there are reports this morning that she may have backed out entirely.

so we'll wait to see about if she does testify for her childhood friend or not. but the big witness of course is jodi arias herself who will be taking the stand or making a statement. she has a choice here. she takes the is an, ssais an ss subjected to cross-examination, or she could make a stand with no cross-examination. the down side to that is she doesn't have an turn to lead her through subjects. the other x factor is after she was convicted of first-degree murder, she said she wanted the death penalty. so if she does make a statement, what will she say. we should find out in a few hours. >> oh, yes. cnn will have live coverage 1:00 p.m.. so be sure to tune in. still ahead, the recovery ends at the scene of a deadly factory collapse in bangladesh. but fear still grips many industry workers. what's a typical day like for

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outrage over a deadly factory incident in bangladesh is growing. a court has now banned the owner of a factory that burned to the ground from leaving the country. 112 workers were killed in the november fire and officials have start the inspecting thousands of garment factories following last month's collapse of a nine story building where more than 1100 people died. fear still grips industry workers today even in factories where they feel conditions are pretty good. here is a report on what it's like to work inside one of those factories. >> reporter: at this factory, workers stitch, weave, mend and sew clothes bound for europe. six days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. this woman has been here for more than 11 years and seldom worried about her safety. but in the wake of the disaster

which left more than 1,000 dead, she now questions how safe she is. >> translator: so many people died and no one knows what could happen at any time. >> reporter: many of her co-workers worry, too. >> translator: of course it's natural to be scared when you see what happened. >> reporter: fearful but forced to earn a living. >> we're poor people. how will we pay our rent. >> translator: at least they say conditions in this factory are good. >> reporter: especially when they compare notes with others. they get paid late or they have to work really long hours or they have to travel really far just to get to work. most of these women say they live close by. there are some 2,000 workers here across four floors. this building was designed specifically for the needs of the garment trade. the shear number of people, the heavy machinery, the problem lies when factories operate out of rented facilities that are

just not equipped for industrial use. such is the case at a nine story building that apparently couldn't take the load of the five garment factories within its walls. now factory owners say that tragedy tainted the image of others like her. >> it's become a big challenge for us. more than 2 million people are working in the industry, and if one has four people to look after in the family, it's almost 8 million people living. who is contributing to the economy. >> reporter: she says the industry does have rules and operating codes. and in her factory, she says they are enforced. workers are assigned as fire wardens and trained in first aid. the garment trade association says exporters complaint even get licenses to operate unless they meet safety standards.

but until now, there were no roi provisions for structural safety. >> before the incident, they did not have the technical know how people to check the structural design. >> reporter: the disaster forced the government to step up comprehensive inspections and the trade association to add structural standards. he says inspections have now gr begun, but with more than 5,000, the task is daunting. >> it's not an easy job. we cannot finish overnight. so it will take time. >> reporter: it comes as garment owners come under pressure from international clients to keep their costs down. >> the challenge is we humbly request the buyers to increase the price because to maintain all the compliance and all these issue, you need -- you have to improve our upgrade the factories. for that you need money. >> reporter: money that will have to be spent to avoid another tragedy and reassure the

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thank you so much for being with me. stories we're watching in the newsroom at 30 past the hour, yahoo! will likely be on the minds of many investors today as the new trading week kicks off on wall street. the company is buying the blogging service tumblr for more than a billion dollars. bringi ringing the opening day, health

care reality trust. alison kosik is in new york. yahoo! a billion dollars. amazing. >> yeah, it is. and yahoo! really is going to be a huge focus for investors. the company that kind of fell behind the internet race against google and yahoo! is trying to reinvent itself. so in that quest, it's agreed to buy tumblr for $1.1 billion. this would be the biggest acquisition for the company since marissa mayer took over the company and it will give it access to the younger user base and over 100 million new blogs to sell ads on. we're watching shares of yahoo! moving about 1.5% higher. overall for stocks looking like a pretty quiet start. dow closed in a record high four of five sessions last week, which makes it 21 time this is year the dow has closed at

record highs. dow up 17%, nasdaq up just under 16%. s&p 500 up just under 17%. it's really been quite the stellar year so far. >> searches hcertainly has. earlier this morning, north korea fired two more projectiles meaning that in the last three days, six have been launched in to the waters off its coast. it's not clear whether these projectiles were short range missiles or a new kind of large caliber artillery rocket. authority korea says they were a, quote, regular military exercise. a hot air balloon crash in central turkey has left one person dead and 18 others injured. investigators say it happened after two balloons collided. a new threat of violent weather looms from oklahoma to iowa a day after tornadoes raked

across five states. in all there are 50 reports this weekend including this half mile wide twister they're oklahoma city. oklahoma's governor has declared a state of emergency for 16 counties. she will tour the area later today. >> we're still in the rescue and recovery stage trying to get through the various xlun tcommc. it was difficult to keep up with all that was going on because it was all happening within about an hour to three hour time span. we unfortunately lost one person and certainly have people that have been injured. >> but you know the warnings went out early and people heeded the warnings and they went to safe areas and we're thankful for that. take a look at this video. this is a tire terrifying tornado caught on tape. >> almost too close. i can't zoom out to get the whole thing in the shot.caught .

>> almost too close. i can't zoom out to get the whole thing in the shot. heading up the funnel. looking almost right overhead. >> it's a tubular tornado. i just can't -- indra petersons is our meteorologist. i can't get over how big this is. >> yeah, unbelievable. when you have conditions like we've seen over the last several days, that's when you can get violent tornados that can be long lived. and today is no different. the potential out there again. 500,000 square miles, that's the amount of the area today underneath severe weather threat. in fact moderate risk once again exists. today we also include portions of missouri. look at all the metropolitan

areas included. detroit, chicago, and once again oklahoma under the gun. unfortunately it looks like this will stay with us for a couple of days. very slow moving system. so even by tomorrow, 70 million of you will still be having that threat for severe weather. even in through wednesday. by no means a day to not be aware of your surroundings. we'll be talking about the severe weather as long as the conditions remain in place. we have the moisture out of the gulf. that hits the dry air. so the dry line, you start to get a little bit of lift, you have the low and the strong winds way up high that allows for that rotation. so another severe weather day ahead of us. >> indra petersons, we'll keep listening to you all day long. thanks so much. a shooting had a terrible ending. a popular college student caught between the barrel of a police officer's gun and the man holding her hostage.

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community's collective grief and sorrow over the senseless and tragic death of a very young member of the hofstra family, andrea rebello, a junior majoring in public relations. please join us in a moment of silence in her memory. >> such a sad story. andrea just 21 years old was killed during a shoot-out between police and a home invasion suspect. but the bullet that killed andrea was fired by a police officer. let's bring in deborah feyerick with more on this story. how did this suspect get into the house? >> this is what's so interesting. for police officers, this is really one of their worst fears. a hostage situation that ends in tragedy. and according to the police,

pre-dawn friday a serial criminal walked in to the off campus home that she shared with her twin sister and two other roommates. the intent was to rob them. thinking quickly, one of the roommates says she's going to get cash at an atp a tchltatm a gunman says okay, but if she's not back quickly, he'll kill her friends. she calls 911 saying there is a robbery going on. one officer enters the home, the gunman that you see there, dalton smith, serial offender, is holding a gun to rebello's head and he's using her as a shield. the gunman points the gun at the officer and police say that the officer feared for his life, fires eight shots, seven of the bullets hit the perpetrator, but one struck andrea rebello. both she and the gun man were killed. >> i believe that the

perpetrator was about to kill the lady. and so the police officer tried to safe her after saving my son's life. the police officer saved my son's life and i owe a great deal of graduate to the gentleman. >> and there are words of praise being spoken today for the police officer. police have refused to identify him. is he on sick leave, reportedly inconsolab inconsolable, he was a 12 year veteran. the question is why was this man dalton smith, who had a long criminal record, robbery with a gun, violating parole. why was he out on the street. >> so many questions surrounding this case. deborah feyerick, thanks so much. joining me now is chris voss, kidnapping negotiator for the fbi and ceo of the black swan group. welcome, chris. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> such a disturbing case. we don't know exactly how it went down. but we do know one of the people

in the home escaped and called 911. at that point, a police officer approached the house. he reportedly went inside. he found the suspect holding the victim in a headlock with a gun pointed on her head. is it proper protocol to enter the house in these swituations? he thought it was a robbery. >> absolutely followed the proper protocol. it could have easily been a trail of bodies that was left behind. this was a serial criminal as has been observed. and he was acting completely ir ration any and was convinced that no matter what happened, he wasn't going back to skrjail. he didn't care how many people he killed. the very last thing they could have allowed to happen was for him to escape with that girl which he most likely would have done and then one can only imagine who would have happened to her had he taken her and what he would have done to the others before he left. >> as you said, the gunman

allegedly said he was going to kill the girl and then he turned the gun on the police officer. the officer fired eight shots. seven hit the suspect. one of them hit the girl. now, i realize this isn't law and order and things don't work out perfectly, but why counseling the police officer fired eight shots? >> well, he had to. he eliminated the threat. it's very interesting as to what the suspect said. because this is what we know is an unconditional threat. he didn't tell the police officer to get back or he'd shoot her according to the report that i've seen. he simply said i'm going to kill her. that's an unconditional threat and the victim's life is absolutely in harm's way. couldn't be anymore high risk. and he took the only action that he could have taken. >> i just can't imagine what that would be like. and i hope i never have to. the officer now is on sick leave while an investigation is completed. is it unusual for a police officer to be placed on sick leave in these instances?

>> it's the department's procedures. whatever their procedures are and the type of leave that they need to put him on to both properly investigate the incident, do all of the due diligence, and then also have the respect and regard for the professional that is a member of their own ranks and make sure that they treat him properly, as well. so it sounds perfectly within their procedures to me. >> chris voss, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure. a new push to find missing people follows the rescue of three women held captive for years in a cleveland home. officials are launching a new program for make sure the missing don't become the forgotten. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ male announcer ] every car we build must make adrenaline pump and pulses quicken. ♪ to help you not just to stay alive... but feel alive. the c-class is no exception.

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at 46 past the hour, time to check our top stories. the midwest bracing for possibly more severe storms today. tornadoes slammed five states and left behind widespread destruction. oklahoma was among the hardest hit. one person was killed, about 300 homes either damaged or destroyed. there were 50 reports of tornados across the midwest this weekend. and it was a big night at the billboard music awardses for taylor swift who took home a whopping eight awards including top artist. fans choose to go honor justin bieber's with three award, but his reception was a tad mixed.

you hear the boos in the crowd. in one of the night's more memorable moments, singer miguel leaped but he lands on the fan's head. not worry. billboard reports the woman was a-okay and even got to meet miguel last stage. in dallas serious news now. a firefighter missing in a massive condo fire. the firefighter went missing three hours ago after being heard on the radio saying, quote, i'm trapped. more than 100 firefighters on the scene how. they're trying to help. no word yet on what caused the fire. the dramatic rescue of three women held captain difference

for years in a cleveland home has brought new focus to finding people who have been reported missing. amanda berry, michelle knight andgina dejesus. so what can be made to keep the spotlight on missing people? ed fitzgerald has announced a new initiative he hopes will help. welcome. >> good morning. >> so tell me, what is this plan? >> basically we want to make sure that no cases fall through the cracks. or just in a business justice system that over time the spotlight gets off them. so we've dedicated through our sheriff's office which covers not just the city of cleveland but 59 cities in northeast ohio, we're having a dedicated unit that just focuses on these cases. so really they never really do go cold. there it is always a case that

has really attention from law enforcement just to make sure nothing falls through the cracks. >> how would this have helped michelle knight? because as you know at some point police simply stopped looking for her. she didn't get the attention the other two women got when she went missing because she had family problems. and she wasn't a juvenile. so how would your new initiative have helped michelle knight? >> well, a couple different ways. number one, for the first time our part of ohio will have a comprehensive website where these cases are focused on. so for her family and her friends, because they hadn't forgotten about eher, they woul have been able to track the developments and see the progress as it went through the system. and for the detectives themselves because they're dedicated to those cases specifically, they're not balancing those cases with whatever comes in that week. and that's what's so important i think is to make sure that you have dedicated police officers

that aren't just responding to whatever the crisis is of the moment, but again, no matter how old a case is, that case is constantly being reviewed. >> in michelle knight's case, her family thought she wa>> aga, it needs tore closed. it needs to be closed in a way where that person is located. until that person is located, it has to continue to be a priority. i can tell you as a former prosecutor, prosecutors and law enforcement agents usually focus on what the pressing case is of the moment. and you have to have dedicated pen nel who are specifically -- personnel who are specifically focusing on a missing person's case. now, until that person has been identified and located, that case remains to continue to be opened. with michelle knight, i wish i can tell you that never happens,

sometimes when somebody is facing multiple challenges in a family, this isn't the only case where that's happened. it's very important not to write those cases off. >> just a final question. who is running the website and where is the money coming from? >> yeah, we are doing this through our county sheriff's department. that covers not just cleveland but 59 cities in cuyahoga county and it is being funded by our own law enforcement initiative that we worked on through county government about six months ago. it's just that we got so many national attention, we expe indicted rolling it out. we were originally planning on rolling it out at the end of the year. we updated it with the events lately. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. the new england put as give hundreds of newtown, connecticut kids a day they will never forget t. bleacher report coming your way next.

people in newtown, connecticut still trying to heal from that deadly school shooting. the new england put a, they're doing what they can to help. andy schultz joins us now with more from the bleacher's report. good morning, andy. >> reporter: good morning, carol. this weekend the kids in newtown got the chance to be kids again and play football. ron groncowski with over 30 members of the put a's franchise were on hand at newtown high stadium to hold a football and cheerleaders camp. youngsters got a chance to learn

from the pros and play some games as well. over 500 kids attended the onef day camp. what do you get a star quarterback a present for his wedding? if it's rgiii, he and his fiancee are set to tie the not on july 6th. redskins fans have been fulfilling all sorts of orders. rgiii tweeted then fas, picturing him laying on the boxes. he says he didn't tell them about the registry the fans found it on their own. this may be the best catch by a fan a. home run heads for the bleachers. this guy goes for the ball while prooi trying to protect his wife. not only does he get the ball, his wife pours her beer on his head. in an interview after the game, his wife got mad because he bumped into her causing her to spill beer on himself, it was only fair he got beer spilled on

him. it didn't seem very fair to me. tigers, they lobbed in texas. what a game miguel cabrera had. look at where this one lands, 450-feet into centre field and cabrera is the first player ever to go 4 for 4 with three home runs and 5 rbis. he won the triple crown last year and he can very well be on his way to another one this season. >> he's having a better season this year than the last when he won the triple kroup. its sane. i stayed up to watch that game. i'm exhausted. thanks, sandy. the next hour of cnn newsroom after a break. 4 4 .

newsroom, a tornado rips apart more than 300 homes. this is it. i just said it, "this is it, we're gone." we thought we were gone. >> oh, but they're okay. but the severe weather, it isn't over yet. also, watch out... [ music playing ] >> r & b star miguel jumps and

lands on a fanment we got all the highlights at the billboard music awards, plus a high school dropout 26-years-old could soon be that billionaire. no, he did not win the lottery. he created tumbler. speaking of powerball. not a million, awfully close. who is holding that ticket? we will go live to florida. you are live right now in the cnn newsroom. good morning, thank you so much for being with me. i'm carol costello. this morning, millions of americans brace for a possible repeat of yesterday's terrifying weather. >> we got to go soon! . >> if this shifts, we're done. >> this tornado near oklahoma city, a monstrous half mile

wide. the weather service issued this dire warning, you could be killed if not underground or in a tornado shelter. torpsd ripped across five states. at least one person killed. hundreds of homes tag4 hoems damaged or destroyed. illinois and iowa are cleaning up today. in all, there were some 50 reports of tornadoes over the weekend. entire neighborhoods gone. many more without power. those bright flashes are electrical transformers popping as they are swallowed by a tornado in wichita. with daybreak a couple hours ago, crews are searching for victims. they're watching the skies, because at any time a round of new deadly weather could strike. just ahead, we look at the threat of more violent weather today. first, let's go to cnn's nick valencia is in shawnee, oklahoma, where it sounds very

windy. >> reporter: yeah, the wind starting to pick up, cramer. we just got a tour of grand strand we went inside, most of the community in rubble. carol, there is zev devastation everywhere. you can hear the roar as this half-mile wide tornado tears across the land, heading towards shawnee, oklahoma. there were two dozen reports from oklahoma to iowa. 45 homes damaged, at least one person killed and a dozen injured. >> it's coming up on a handful of houses here. >> reporter: a trailer park hardest hit near shawnee, oklahoma. mobiletomies tossed over. john welsh says he's never soon anything like it. >> when you came over the shawnee trailer park to begin with, were you not a bit astounded at the amount of devastation there? >> yeah, just the -- i'm used to seeing the trees ripped up. the house is usually there. this, everything was gone.

it was just gone, like you took the house, you put it in a gigantic blender, you turned it on pulse for a couple minutes and dumped it out. >> reporter: the massive amount of rain dumped in the area had rescue workers scrambling to reach the injured before sundown. >> the lightning was flying and we hunkered down and hoped for the best. ro i-forewas littered with debris as two semis were overturned. this 18-wheeler pleau off over the overpass and was practically flattened. overnight, video of the rescue team tossing debris around, trying to rescue the victims. >> my brother called me, i was near diddle. he said a tree fell on the house. she's 79-years-old, diabetic, blind. >> okay okay governor mary fallon declared a state of emergency in 14 counties. the residents were in utter disbelief when they surfaced.

>> we were in the storm shelter and it was like a lot of pressure in our ears and the top came off. there's 13 people living in our house and it ripped off the top of the storm shelter. >> it sound like a train. after all the noise, when we came out, the house and everything, the trees and the electric, we said we were going to be there all night. >> reporter: tornadoes ripped through three other states, illinois, kansas and iowa. in kansas, downed power lines and hail the size of golfballs cover the ground as this tornado blew through wichita. >> it was very eerie. it was very dark. the sky got really dark. we went to the cellar, we were so thankful. we also had our brains and we knew to go. >> reporter: a sigh of relief as the two missing residents from the shawnee trailer park have

been found. but oklahoma isn't out of the woods yet as more storms are expected throughout the day. carol, a short time ago, i spoke to a resident, kimberly graham who said she had her house completely destroyed, wiped away. she came back this morning only to find a bicycle from a 7 year -- 7-year-old. the governor will be touring in the 11:00 a.m. eastern hour. we will bring you more when we have it. carol. >> all right. nick valencia reporting live from shawnee, oklahoma. before you layout the day ahead, andrea, period of timeson, it's no frightening -- petersen, it's so frightening, it's so huge. >> all right. >> it's mesmerizing to see such a powerful force of newer. that tornado was estimated to be

a staggering half mile wide. i can't imagine getting close to something so terrifying. >> unbelieve annual. when you look at footage like that you can see the conditions we have out there. we are talking about these long, lean tornadoes. this was video of the rozel. it is a stovepipe. when you have conditions like this. you can see how long they last. they're very violent out there. one thing i want to point out. a lot of times we see tornado footage, we think, i will see a tornado coming. in this particular case it was in an open field, it was not rain wrapped. something to keep in mind as you look at today's forecast, of the conditions that could potentially be out there today. we're talking about an area 500,000 square miles underneath a severe weather threat. in fact, a moderate risk as well today. 55 million of you under a slight risk. another 5 million of you looking at a more moderate rick. the difference we are seeing that moderate risk area farther

out towards missouri. look at these metropolitan areas, we are talking about detroit, michigan, chicago, oklahoma city are currently in that zone. keep in mind, tuesday, wednesday, this is a slow moving system. with that, this unstable weather will be remaining with us for several days. keep in mind, it's not about the tornado. we're looking at large hail and strong winds in the forecast. >> all right. thank you, andrea. we could see jodi arias take the stand in the penalty phase of her murder trial. lawyers are deciding whether to live ge life in prison or the death penalty. they find her clearing the way for the death penalty decision. european casarez is covering the -- jean ka sar rka rar /* casarez is covering the trial. >> reporter: in this part of the death penalty phase, the defense

has to show mitigating circumstances or reasons why she should live that outweigh the aggravating circumstances of why she should die. it's all in the jury's hands. they must find a decision unanimously. today the defense will put witnesses on the stand. we believe darryl brewer, who was the boyfriend, a serious boyfriend of jodi arias' for four years. they purchased a home together. we believe he will take the stand. here's one interesting thing. the other witness is supposed to be patty womack, a childhood friend, she can talk about maybe alleged abuse she took at the hands of her parents. she does not want to be shown. she does not want her voice to be heard. that signifies she is scared for some reason to testify and so i think one big question is, will she actually take the stand for jodi in defense of her life. >> what i understand, is attorneys are going to show the jurors, jodi arias' artwork. honestly, could that factor into

this? >> reporter: that is what we heard. now, i think jodi arias, foundationally, she has to show the artwork. jodi arias we know is going to speak to this jury. what is she going to say? we heard the opening state, she will talk about her life, what she wants her life to be and the artwork. normally, when someone of jodi's stature, a convicted murder, alocutes, speaks before the jury and the court, they beck for their life. they apologize for what they have done. so, the question is, what will she say? will she actually ask for death? which is a possibly. will she be kroexd or cross-examined or make that statement to the court. >> i know you have been watching this trial like forever. on a scale of 1-10, how likely is it that jodi arias will take

the stand? >> reporter: i think in this case we have learned anything is possible at all, absolutely anything, including jodi arias begging the jury for death. i don't think she will do that, though. the question is, what does the jury think of jodi arias at that point? i think the death penalty is a possibility. they could unanimously find for. even her attorneys said they don't really like jodi arias much. >> reporter: now, i've heard that argument quite a bit. because when it gets to the defense side and you got a defendant that is not likable, you can stand up and argue to the jury, i don't like them either, but you got to base your decision on the evidence. so that can actually be a routine argument. >> all right. jean, thanks so much. checking our top stories at 11 minutes past the hour. a nightmare in the northeast this morning. many people taking trains are having to find another way to get around. crews are repairing wires ruined

in a train collision. in dallas, a fire fighter is still missing after a massive condo fire a. fire fighter went missing two-and-a-half hours ago after being heard on the radio, quote "i'm trapped." more than 100 firefighters now on the scene are trying to help. no word yet on what caused the fire. the u.s. supreme court could issue rulings on several high profile cases, including affirmative action and same sex marriage. earlier, the court announced it will hear a new case regarding prayer and government meetings. stick around. we'll have live updates for you. how about this for you a 26-year-old high school dropout just lynn accounted a deal worth a billion dollars. david carp agreed to sell his tumbler to yahoo. alison kosic is in new york with more on today's wonderboy. wow! >> reporter: he is. actually, you can see on item

bler, they are worried about yahoo's acquisition may make it uncool. item bler is a blog tumbler is a blog site. yahoo is doing its best to reinvent itself after being left in the dust by google. in that quest, it's agreed to buy tumbler for $1.1 billion. it will give them access to the younger user base. translation, carol, ad dollars. >> ad dollars. i just find this young man's story fascinating. so he's a teenager when he creates tumbler. he is living with his parents as normal teenagers do. tell us more about him. >> reporter: yeah, his name is david carp. as you said, he dropped out of high school. this isn't your typical high school dropouts. he left one of the best high schools to be home schooled. he began learning webcote code

at the ripe age of 11. he never went to college. at 20-years-old, he founded tumbler. today, his company is worth over a billion dollars. he is fought just the ceo of tumbler, his personality and the personality he injected into tumbler is a huge part of what yahoo is buying. both companies have been clear they want tumbler to maintain its individualality. as carp said to his 125 employees, he said, we're not turning purple, meaning yahoo's colours, our head quarter isn't moving, our roothd road map isn't changing. what's new is that tumbler gets nor resources so the site can improve faster. we'll see if that happens, it can maintain its individualality when a company like yahoo steps in. carol. >> i know. how long the existing team will actually last. you always think a big company buys into these smaller things. they say, everything is going to stay the same.

months later, big changes. >> reporter: who knows. a lot of people yahoo could be interested in the people in tumbler because it wants to maintain that flavor that tumbler has. that is possible that part of this is buying the people. that's a very expensive way to buy people, i think, carol. >> i think so. alison kosic, many thanks. in entertainment news this morning, r & b singer, miguel, well, clearly the show must go on, even if this happens. yes, during the performance, a nationally televised billboard music awards show. he landed on that woman's head. he didn't even ask her if she was okay. you know that had to hurt. miguel did not miss a beat or two, he kept going on with his hit song "adorn." entertainment correspondent michelle turner joins me now from los angeles. tell me that fan still has her head. >> reporter: yeah. i have to take up u up for him a

bill little bit. when he grabbed the blond lady. he thought that was the fan he had fallen on top of. that's why he kept sinking. he thought he was doing a solace by grabbing her. carol with rethree hours later, when this happened, twitter was ablades. i didn't know what was going on. then i saw it. i saw the sunday fight billboard music awards turned into monday night wwe raw. i can't get enough of this video. we have been showing it over and over again all morning. i think we have a slow-m-o. we will let it keep playing. because you see him go and run this, take this flying leap. there he goes. he lands right on the head of that fan. he also cold cocks the next to her. they're to her. she grabs the blond. he starts singing to her. here's the good news the one girl he falls on top of her head, she's okay. she went back out to the

paschkepit for the rest of the show. she didn't want to miss anything. someone saw her back stage with an ice pack on her head. the other girl he cold cocked, we don't know what happened to her. presumably, she's okay, as well. >> she is waiting for that big black ito get better. no kidding. let's talk about something good. the night's big winner, taylor swift, man shevgs -- she was amazing. >> reporter: by the way, i think miguel's performance was good. i think he failed on the jump. yes, taylor swift was great. she walked away with eight award, including top artist. top female artist. top billboard 200 artist. i think she may have won just about every artist award. her friend justin bieber had a good night, too. you know, care, he performed twice. i also thought he did a good job. he also won the awards, including the first ever milestone award.

this is for ingenuity and innovation. i think some people didn't agree with him winning. when he walked on the stage, you heard some boos. then bieber, well, he had a few choice words. listen to what he had to say. >> you can hear the boos there. >> didn't he say, i'm 19 years old, i think i'm doing a pretty good job, so leave me alone. >> basically. then he went on to say, looker look, here, i'm an artist. all of this other bull should not be spoken of saying all of this wearing his sunglasses inside, i love that. that's my favorite fan moment. >> i don't think taylor swift was his friend. i understand she was sitting by selina gomez and selina gomez used date justin. >> they may still be dating a.

little bird told me they may have taken in the love show in vegas the beatles show on friday or saturday night and may have been there together. so. >> hmm, they're playing us. >> reporter: it may not be completely over. >> steve: thanks, michelle. always fun. up next in the newsroom, a mom facing what she thought was the end. . >> i kept thinking of my kids, my husband. sorry. >> she is a plane crash survivor. you'll hear her story next.

imagine this, you are on a plane, the captain yells out, "crash, crash, crash!" that is exactly what happened this weekend, part of the landing gear failed to deploy. cnn's pamela brown joins us now with her exclusive interview with the passenger who survived

that fatal ordeal. i can't imagine the pilot yelling that over the speaker. >> reporter: it's any passenger's nightmare. all she wanted to do is get on the flight back to newark. when she kooven get a direct flight, what turned off as a simple kink in her travel plans turned into a horrifying trip. 34 people stat across this usairways flight at newark airport due to trouble with the landing gear. linda demmerest was one of them and never thought this could happen to her. >> i thought it was it. we were going down. we were basically a controlled crash. but it was a plane crash. you hear them on the news all the time. not many people survive plane crashes. that was my thought. >> reporter: the mother of two says she was exhausted as she was making her way back home to new jersey after training for her new nursing job in dallas.

the flight was going smoothly until. >> the captain comes out of the dockpit with a flashlight and starts looking at the when. at this point everyone on the plane knew something was going to happen. >> moments later, the crew confirmed her worst fears. >> at the told us, there was a mechanical problem. you can see the flaps opening on the right side. on the left side the flap did not open. >> reporter: demarest's first thought, contact her family. >> i wrote to my husband. we can't land, one landing goer went down. i wrote to him. no i a noucement from the pilot yet. i love you. then i wrote, "we are crashing." that's within i turned off the phone. i kept thinking of my kids and my husband. sorry. that they would tweet.

then i felt bad on 9-11 families left miamis for their loved once. so i texted each one of them that i loved them and i turned the phones not knowing. >> what she heard next she'll never forget. >> so about 200 feet before we hit the captain comes on the speaker yelling, "crash, crash, crash, crash," she's yelling, stay in position, keep position, heads down. so we're like this on the back of our seats. >> reporter: with sparks flying, the can quickly filled with smoke. emergency chutes deployed, passengers evacuated t. plane was quickly foamed. demarest says those minutes felt like a lifetime. >> i kept telling to myself, stop, stop, stop, when you finally stop, it's like elation, you made it. >> reporter: us airways says no one on the plane was damaged. she says for her and her family the gravity hasn't suffering in.

>> i always joked, i should have played the megamillions. you know what, i thought i already won. i don't need to play, i have my family. >> reporter: and demarest says she wants to give a big thanks to the pilot and the crew and the pilot is the captain sully on land. a u.s. spokesperson told cnn the incident is quote a testament to how our yoos are trained to respond and act with the utmost professionalism. that's for sure. >> you are fought kidding. it's just an incredible story. i'm glad she's okay. oh, you always wonder what you do in that situation. i think i'd do exactly the same thing. i don't know. thanks, pamela. we appreciate it. there is at least one new multi-millionaire among us. someone has the winning powerball ticket worth there are a 595.95 million. now, everyone is wondering who won.

good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for being with me. the florida office is now opened waiting for whoever has that winning $590 million powerball. just one ticket matched all the numbers saturday to when the record powerball jackpot. the second biggest in u.s. history. at the peak of sales this weekend, states like texas and california were reportedly selling more than a million dollars worth of tickets every hour. sarah beganam joins us from the publix in florida. that publix sold the winning ticket. everyone wants to know, did the winner appear yet?

>> reporter: yeah, carol, that's the question you can bet on today. everyone wants to know who is thebin winnerment we don't know. we talked to a woman the secretary of the florida lottery. there is no verified winner just yet. this is the local publix in a community of about 13,000 people. a lot of people are here in this parking lot telling cnn, i'm wondering, is it my neighbor, my friend? we don't know yet. let me give you an idea for the winner. this is like you said $595 million. if that person were to take the cash payout $376.9 million. that's the 3rd largest jackpot ever. the biggest was $656 million. that was a different lottery. that was a different jackpot, the megamillions game. that was march of 2012, split by three people and that's important. because the lottery actually, this jackpot is a history-maker because it is a single ticket

winner. one person is going to walk away or one group, one ticket won this giant rich, rich jackpot, carol. it defys words. it does. >> steve: i can't imagine winning. had no one picked the winning numbers this time the jackpot would have been i think on saturday almost a billion dollars. something like $935 million. it's mindboggling. >> reporter: it absolutely is. you know, i talked to that woman from the florida lottery. she said they were selling like $45,000 -- 45,000 tick every hour in the state of florida alone. just an enormous amount of people going to buy, because the jackpot was so big. now, an interesting fact. this person, whoever the winner is, they don't have to come out right away. we might not know who they are for a while. they have 60 days to claim this prize. if they want the cash payout and

the florida lottery actually recommends they take some time. not to come out right away. take some time, talk to a lawyer. talk to a financial adviser. keep this as close to the vest for as long as possible. a florida law does say that it becomes an open record. it becomes opened. but you don't have to put your name on it if you put it into a trust or if it goes to a group. so there is kind of a loophole there to maintain your privacy. >> man, i would do that. i would go into hiding. there is no way. i'm just imagining all the things, oh, my goodness. sarah ganam, thanks so much. still ahead in the newsroom, digging out and hunkering down just as the nation's mid-section cleans up from a rash of tornadoes, more violent weather bears down today. we'll have the latest for you. . t. i tried weight loss plans... that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes.

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the tornado damage scattered across oklahoma and several states. homes have been blown off their foundation and reduced to rubble. oklahoma's governor declared a state of emergency for 16 countys. she will tour the areas later today. i want to take a closer look at these weekend storms. they were vicious and the threat that hangs over the damaged zone today. meteorologist andrew peterson and chad myers is here to talk about the outbreak of tornadoes. chad, i want to start with you, there were so many reports over the weekend. >> 24 yesterday alone, several parent storms. a parent can have more than one sibling or a child, skipping along a bit. that's how we get to the number of 24. 24 reports so far t. weather service will see if they are

checked by one big long line. a couple in des moines and wichita and shawnee, the one we focused on and how it developed yesterday, these parent tornadoes were all by themselves. they became the big dog. they were the supercell tornado not being affected by any other storm out there. i'm sure you or your brothers had a came battling tops. you put a string around this top. if it goes around the bowl, if you spin one, it bounds forever. if you put the two, they bounce off each other, they spin less time. this thing spun all by itself because it was the only top out there, carol. >> it's just incredible. over to you indra, the weather is not going to be terribly nice today, either. >> unfortunately, we can see that severe weather potential just as dangerous as yesterday. look at the area currently under that, we are talking 500,000 square miles. that's a good 55 million of you.

we have a moderate risk today. keep in mind, it shifted fartsz -- farther to the east. this is a slow moving system. even in through tomorrow, we're still dealing with a slight risk. ae gen, through wednesday, we are talking about diminishing a little bit. through wednesday, we are seeing that slight rick out there. now, as with you mentioning, it's all these severe ingredients, a big mixture of those perfect elements allowing for these violent long lived tornado. we have that warm air baking up that dry air. we have several element, actually, for lift out there. we had the low in place as well. on top of that, we're talking about that very strong wind, way high up in the atmosphere. now, it's not just about the strong wind, but the direction of the wind, when you have the low level wind and the mid-level winds, all coming in different direction. that's what's allowing for that rotation. that is still in play. so, hopefully, everyone is paying attention. >> it seems like they are.

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race, responsible, reaching back. those themes highlighted president obama's commencement speech to the graduates of atlanta's historically black all male moorehouse college. in the president's 32-minute address, he got very personal, talking about his own experience of growing up as a black man. >> we foe that too many young men in our community continue to make bad choices and i have to say, growing up, i made quite a few, myself.

sometimes i wrote off my own failings as another example of the world trying to keep a black man down. i had a tendency sometimes to make excuses for me not doing the right thing, but one of the things that all of you have learned over the last four years is there is no longer any room for excuses. >> so let's talk about the president's speech. i am joined now by jayson johnson a chief political cornert for politics 365. he has a visiting faculty appointment at morehouse. welcome. >> good morning. >> you don't often hear the president talk like this, do you? >> no, you don't. eoccasionally goes into his more personal community with the black community when he talks with the naacp. i didn't think afc a particularly impressive speech. he did try to connect with the audience more. that's something rare. we don't see that from barack obama. >> i wondered if the president decide on themes because of some

criticism in a philadelphia paper from a pastor there also a morehouse grad who said, who called president obama a president for everyone, except for black people. do you think that had anything to do with it? >> it did. it's not a completely illegitimate criticism. barack obama stands in front of the morehouse college and can talk about the affordable program and never says the plus one loans. it has decimated hcus. he and arne duncan have a terrible reputation when it comes to foss toring african-american education for ph.d.s like myself. i think in a lot of way, barack obama has a lot to answer for the plaque community. he didn't do that in that speech yesterday. >> let's listen to more before we criticize him further. here's the president telling graduates not to make mistakes and excuses. >> excuses are tools of the

incompetent used to build bridges to nowhere and monuments of nothingness. we got no time for excuses. that's because the bitter legacy of slavery and segregation have vanished entirely. they have not. not because racism and discrimination no longer exist, we know those are still out there. >> it's interesting to see how various publications clarkize this speech. i will read you a few headlines in more conservative blogs, this is from real clear politic, obama, as an african-american you have to work twice as hard if you want to get by. the washington or the hill says, obama urges morehouse grads to lead by the power of your example. from the washington time, obama and morehouse, black men cannot use racism as a crutch. so everyone took from this speech what they wanted to. >> yeah. it's always interesting when obama speak, it's the rorshack

test. it is true. it's the common theme in a black community. you tend to have to work twice as hard to accomplish half as much. there are a lot of structural things about racism with loans and college acceptances that prove that to be truech i think what is more telling is obama spent most of his time talking about individuals and how they have to give back. he didn't talk about structurally the kind of things the men from morehouse can do to change this country to make it better, not just for african-americans, but for everyone. he said that at the end. he didn't talk about structure. >> well, do you the from this day forth we will hear more of this kind of speech from the president in the black community? >> i doubt it. it would be nice. i don't see much of a difference from this speech that i couldn't hear from clarence thomas or ward conley. if anyone thought he would stand ford and push for a quality for eall people. i think anyone who supported him has learned that lesson now. this speech is a kind of boiler

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struggles to understand one of the school's students. 21-year-old andrea rebello was caught in a shootout. when it was over, rebello and the suspect were dead, killed by bullets fired by one of those police officers. debra ferric is in new york to tell us how this went down. >> reporter: good morning, carol, this is a tragedy for the one woman and the police officer there to save her. 21-year-old and dra rebello is being warned today, yesterday, hofstra honored here with a moment of silence where everyone remembered the friendly co-ed. friends and faculty from her former high school describe the college junior as a bright light. >> she was popular. like everybody loved her. she was sweet. >> but an all aroundifies young woman she was an how she was looking forward to getting the education an going off to college and making something wonderful out of her life.

>> reporter: now the co-ed, carol, was killed, was with her twin sister and two roommates. one left the front door opened in order to move a car. that's when dalton smith allegedly made his move, a perpetrator, entering the off campus home. smith was armed. he had been arrested multiple times for robbery with a firearm. demanding cash. he let one of the roommates leave to go to the atm, apparently threatening to kelleher friend. instead, she called 911. two police arrived on the scene. they thought it was a robbery, not a hostage situation t. gunman tried escaping with a gunpointed to her head. he was using her as a shield and as the gunman made his way to the door that's when the police officer opened fire, carol. >> it's just such a tragic story t. police officer, what happens how? i know there is an investigation under way into how all of this was conducted. >> reporter: right, absolutely.

the call came in as a robbery, not as a hostage situation, we know that the police out in that area have a tactical unit, a swat team that comes in when there is a hostage situation. the officer is described as inconsolable. he has his own family. and right now, he's on sick leave trying top grale with this tragedy, carol. >> deborah feyerick reporting live from new york city this morning. we'll be right back. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed much is the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ little carrot. little bit of hummus. lonely wing...

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singer has sung her own national anthem sense she was a little girl. but her first shot at publicly singing the "star spangled banner," let's say our national anthem is a lot harder to sing than "o canada." here she is before the memorial cup hockey game ♪ whose broad stripes and stars through the perilous night ♪ woes broad stripes and bright stars ♪ are the dawn's early light ♪ what soever we say

♪ and the twilight's still beaming ♪ and the rocket's in air ♪ the bombs bursting in air >> she remembered the melody, right, just not the verse. she kept going. the odd consequence did help her, though. they sang the lyrics for her, which was very kind of them an most of them laughed and took it with good cheer. boy, was she embarrassed. she tweeted her apology afterwards saying she was embarrassed and deeply sorry. later, she told the cbc her 97 nerves got the best of her. she sang "o canada" perfectly. thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. cnn newsroom continues after a break. in djibouti, africa. 20. vietnam in 1972.

hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh danfield reporting live in phoenix at the maricopa courthouse. where in just hours, jodi arias and jurors are set to return. they can find out in as early as a day whether they want to see her die for the crime of killing travis alexander in a most cruel way. we are watching the proceedings here. we are also watching a story in new york. a tragic story of a young and upcoming hofstra university