>> i will get there. "sister act." when does it open? >> april 20th. >> best of luck. >> thank you. >> it's been a real pleasure. >> thank you. for me as well. >> thank you, whoopi. well, good sunday morning to you all from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is your "cnn sunday morning" for this april the 17th, i'm tnl holmes. we got hit once again yesterday. these storms would not let up, made their way to the east coast, ripping up signs, stuff scattered about, thousands without power this morning, also the death toll has gone up and jacqui jeras is here and says

the deadly storms are unusual but she needs to explain why and she will do that. also, would you believe another air traffic controller falling asleep on the job. we'll tell you at which airport this time. plus want to say good morning as always to our servicemen and women who are watching us on the armed forces network this morning, thank you for what it you do. thank you for spending some time. glad we could be here for you. you might have some competition actually to our servicemen and women. seems like your competition is getting younger and younger. see the little guy there, just getting started with his training, 7-year-old soldier, we'll explain this fantastic story. first let me start with that devastation we have been seeing, those storms, we've been dealing with for three days now, strong storms whipping up tornadoes along the eastern seaboard, that storm system could be kaudsing more problems today, farther north, we'll get to that in a second. seems like we have been seeing

these pictures for the past several days. that's a school bus in southeastern virginia, buses tossed around like toys literally. officials say three -- excuse me, four people now were killed there. another video out of north carolina, north carolina got hit pretty hard here as well but such an outbreak of tornadoes we have seen several of them captured by video, also look at this in raleigh, north carolina, one of several cities badly damaged by high winds and tornadoes. more than 100 twisters spotted across the region. >> i told everybody get down, cover up, get into a cubby holes, into a tight space and make sure to get away from the windows. >> this storm system being blamed for 30 deaths in several states, at least three in raleigh in particular. now take a look at south carolina, take a look at what's

left of a church. it was a church. a church collapsed after reportedly being hit by a tornado. six people were inside, they were hurt but did survive. we'll hop on the line with mike sprayberry, deputy director of north carolina new jersey management. put it into terms how bad off did your state get in. >> well it's very bad. we've got fatality in five of our counties, over 60 reports of tornadoes, over 50 reports of wind damage and scores of homes destroyed or damaged so actually very bad. we're still in the response mode as of this morning. >> sir, give us an idea as well, we know raleigh sustained some damage. for the most part where the tornadoes were hitting and the damage is sustained are we talking about in population centers or more in the rural areas? >> i would have to say both. it's a wide swathe. it started in the western part of our state and jagged on

across the state and it was characterized more in the west with some flooding, with light tornadic activity but the tornadoes increased in strength as they went further east and hit both urban and rural areas. >> sir, give us an idea. we've been getting updated numbers, the latest numbers about the death toll, injured and possibly missing in north carolina as well. >> at this time i'm not prepared to give any nuns of fatalities. we want to confirm exact numbers before we go public. >> that makes sense there. how about power, how many people are out? >> right now a minimum of about 160,000 folks without power, but that could be more. we do have a couple of our electric city partners that are unable to report to us. we do have at least 400 workers coming in today and they anticipate having most of the power back up in the next couple of days. >> give us one more idea here,

you said some of the population strds, the urban areas as well as the rural areas, how long big a path through the state. are we literally talking west to east, north to south your state was touched in some way by the storms? >> pretty. when you look all the way up to the virginia border, down to the south carolina border, we also had resource requests from the outer banks to our east and we did flood rescue up in the west of the mountains yesterday so it was a busy day yesterday for us and busy night, it continues to be busy, we're looking for our fema partners to help us do the damage assessment. >> mike sprayberry, deputy director of north carolina emergency management, it's going to be a busy night and day, recovery will take days, weeks, even years. good luck to you. >> thank you very much, sir. a quick toll from the

storms, the first day when oklahoma and arkansas felt the brunt of the storm. on friday the storms hit mississippi, alabama, georgia as well, seven people killed in alabama. then yesterday the storms moved up the east coast, states hit by the tornadoes, talking about the states, one of the hardest hit was north carolina as you just heard, the governor saying they had 60 plus tornadoes there. jacqui jeras here with us now in for our "the circuit wolf," good to have you here. you came and kind of gave us an update, you said guys this is a bit unusual. we've moved beyond it's springtime and this happens >> this is north carolina. we're not talking oklahoma. to see this many tornadoes this severe is really unusual, possibly unprecedented. we're comparing this next to an outbreak that happened in 1984. north carolina on average in a year will see 19 tornadoes.

we blew that away probably in a day. the reports are 9 but that's preliminary and likely more than one report of the same tornado, and in '84 as i mentioned that was 22 reports, so we could get close to that when all is said and done. google earth, all you have the reports of tornadoes from yesterday, there were about 100 of them, just over a hundred and the large majority as i mentioned was in north carolina. i want to give you an example of the history and the track of these storms so take a look. this is the storm as it moved through the raleigh area, touched down first in the sanford area. this might have had a track this long and there you can see another tornado track that moved through here and yet another one that moved through that area. these were a couple of tornadoes or couple of parent cells that caused all of the widespread damage, just incredible.

here's a look at the radar from 10:00 a.m. yesterday to 10:00 p.m. the height of the storms came through between 3:00 and 6:00 and there you can see as they push on in. the good news is the severe weather threat for today is over and done with. our storm in the northeast but not xpgt tornadoes, it's going to be a raw, wet and windy day. >> what we've seen the last three days, we'll -- >> take it. crews are working around the clock trying to reach a minor trapped underground in idaho. part of the silver mine collapsed on friday. the miner has not been heard from since then, about 6,100 feet underground. a second miner was able to get out okay, it is actually the other miner's brother. extra equipment being flown in from the east coast to help with the search. >> another air traffic controller has been suspended

for sleeping on the job. this is a total of at least seven now in the past couple of weeks. this one happened during friday's overnight shift in miami. the faa says no aircraft were ever in danger. the center was staffed by 12 other controllers at the time, also two managers there. the faa will be meeting to address controllers falling asleep on the job. actor nicolas cage is now out of jail in new orleans. here is his mug shot. cage was arrested late friday night on domestic abuse, battery, disturbing the peace and public drunkenness charges. cnn's alec duke explains what was going on. >> he grabbed her arm and that would constitute the domestic abuse battery charge he's facing. the other part of the charge is the public drunkenness and

disturbing the peace is what happened after the police arrived, when some onlookers were disturbed about his behavior. he was apparently arguing with her saying "this is the place we've rented. this is where we said." she said "no, it's not." he was apparently heavily intoxicated. somebody called the police, they came and there was yelling the way the police say, he was banging on the trunks of cars and yelling at them and they finally arrested him. >> cage now out on bond, the actor is in noshlz right new or a movie. if you're taking amtrak today amtrak is upgrading its transportation system. you can't buy a ticket until sometime this afternoon. you can't get a ticket even at the train station. around 78,000 people ride amtrak every single day. the white house has announced that president obama

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playoff game. up next, lakers, spurs, celtics and knicks will be up for the action. emergency workers in japan have been trying to shut down the nuclear plant for five weeks and we're now finding out it's going to take a lot longer. plus new evacuation orders go out this weekend, headed live to japan in 60 seconds. g you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums carpools, conferences, microwave dinners. they blur one into the next. we lose ourselves in the fog of everyday life, and drift away from what matters. but like a beacon in the night, it finds us. the light of more than 100 lighthouses, burning through that fog, and beckoning us back to what's real and true.

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offered since the march 11th disaster. more in a moment. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton touched down in japan a few hours ago announcing a joint venture between the u.s. and japan to what she kaulsz a multidimensional crisis. let's get a breakdown on the headlines, paula hancocks is live in tokyo. good morning to you. help us put into perspective possible nine months for a total shutdown, we could look at sometime next year before the danger is gone? >> potentially, t.j., yes. this is a time line that tepco has given us. it's the first time line they've given and only really gave it because the prime minister insisted they give a time line. they basically said it could take three months to lower the radiation levels in and around the fukushima nuclear plant and to get the cooling systems back online. it could take six to nine months

to fully shut down the reactors and make sure they're stabilized. it could take up to months and could take that amount of time before some evacuees who had to move out of in and around the nuclear plant can get back home. of course there could be other problems along the way. as they're moving more debris away from this particular nuclear plant and away from the reactors themselves they could find more problems. there does appear there to be another leak near the number two reactor, the sea water levels spiked again five times what they were ever, raising fears there is another leak. at this points these are tenuous time lines really. it's difficult to see how they'll be able to keep to them specifically. we know also the u.s. secretary secretary of state hillary clinton was here, to show her support and show the u.s. support for japan and she said

she was indreblly admiring the resilience and the strength of the japanese people. let's listen to what she said. >> after the indian ocean tsunami, after the hurricane katrina, after the earthquake in haiti, japan sent aid and often aid workers. in places unsettled by conflicts, from somalia to the golan heights, japan sends peacekeepers, to help pakistan meet its security and economic challenges, japan organized a donor's conference and pledged $1 billion itself. japan is one of the world's most generous nations, and the doszs of countries that have sent support in the past five weeks are honoring japan's legacy of caring for others. >> there's been a significant u.s. effort to try and help the

japanese after these disasters. about 20,000 u.s. troops were involved in the first days with the search and rescue effort and then of course the grim task of trying to search for bodies. they also helped open the sendai airport which is rushl, it's in the worst affected area. people and aid can get to the area and of course they have u.s. nuclear experts also trying to advise those at fukushima. >> paula hancocks, we appreciate you as always. a japanese automakers will reopen tomorrow for a nine-day stretch and close for a previously planned spring break. toyota will start its assembly lines' 10th through june 3rd at roughly half of capacity. it "deeply apologizes" to customers in any way due to limited parts. we have a homecoming more

than 60 years in the making. >> what can i say? he was a good friend, period. his mother and dad should certainly be proud looking down on him. >> a world war two airman, disappeared over the pacific 67 years ago. his body has finally made it home. [ jennifer garner ] there's a lot of beautiful makeup out there. but one is so clever that your skin looks better even after you take it off. neutrogena® healthy skin liquid makeup. 98% saw improved skin. does your makeup do that? neutrogena® cosmetics.

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sunday morning." hello once again to you all. thanks for spending some of your weekend here with us. look at some of the stories making news across the country. look at the video. police in ft. lee, new jersey, are looking for the driver who sped away without paying for gas, dragging the attendant along with him. you see him in the middle of the street, almost hit by passing cars. this part where he was holding on trying to get the guy to pay. he would not stop. this place the station had been hit several times. we often see this go up when gas prices go up. they are high right now. a small plane crashed into a mini van in new orleans. the pilot lost power and was attempting to land in a grassy area between two streets. he slammed into a mini van with

a family with two small children inside. everybody's okay. you see the little guy in the middle? the make-a-wish upon daugs and 4th armyberry grade in ft. riley, kansas, teamed up to make a young boy join the army. ian field is ufrz from a rare muscular disease. it didn't stop him from finding out what would it be like in the army. he got training on tanks and guns and stayed a night in the barracks and administered the oath of the military service. we turn to lowell, massachusetts, martin murry was buried with full honors, 67 years after his plane and crew disappeared during a mission over the pacific. our affiliate wcvb with the story. >> reporter: after 67 years, army air corps 2nd lieutenant

martin murray will finally rest in peace at st. patrick's cemetery in lowell. he and his two were lost in the south pacific during world war ii. that was in october of 1963, four years after the wreckage was discovered in 2003 in. ua, new guinea. on this blustery spring day the wind whipped his dog tags attached to his casket. >> he was a good friend, period. >> reporter: 89-year-old friend jack flood came back from the war he also fought in. he was wrong the many who attended today's funeral, including extended family who never met the relative they were burying today. >> it's an honor to be buried along with his family. >> reporter: the tune ration procession included going by the

house where he grew up in lowell. he was survived by his parents and three sisters but they have all passed away. what is it they wrote to him, came back, missing in action. >> inside the house family and friends went through a trunk filled with old pictures, letters returned to the family by the military, many briz to his mother and the western union in washington bearing the terrible news that he was missing in action. murray and his family would not live to know the remains were found. >> they all predeceased him and they would have enjoyed the smaller. >> as good a boy as you could ask for. his mother and dad should be proud looking down today. >> reporter: in lowell, amalia barada, news center 5. >> at the end of world war ii, 79,000 american service members

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27 minutes past the hour now. this week marking the one-year anniversary since that deepwater horizon disaster began, changed the face of the gulf coast for years and years to come. cnn will be bringing you special reports from the gulf coast to see how people are faring one year later and what still needs to be done. as sarah endo reports, damage from the fishing industries is still being felt across the

region and beyond. >> a year ago shrimp boats replaced their nets with booms to skim the gulf coast water for oil. the fishing industry came to a standstill. prices for gulf coast seafood skyrocketed nationwide and fears of good safety also hit the market. with the height of seafood season weeks away we revisit a popular restaurant. this is the freezer? >> yes. i normally have 500 to 1,000 pounds of shrimp here. there's 10, 20, and w45es' that 15, so 35 pounds of shrimp in here. >> nothing out there. especially from louisiana. >> i prefer louisiana. i can't get it. from last year at this time it's gone up about $5 a pound. >> reporter: we first individvi

cantlers where prices soared because of the spill. now shrimp is so expensive it will likely affect the menu. this is the jumbo sized shrimp? >> yes. >> reporter: size matters. >> yes, it does. >> reporter: this is what customers want. >> this is the cantler style jumbo shrimp, oiled with seasonings, onions. >> reporter: not only is the seafood industry still hurting and feeling the effects of the oil spill, now the crisis in japan could be another factor which could drive seafood prices up. >> if they're leaking any radioactivity into the water, everybody is going to be looking at that. that is a volatile area right now. >> reporter: at cannon's fish market in washington a coveted

delivery from the gulf. >> from louisiana. >> a lot of the fishermen stopped fishing because they took payouts from bp and there's not as many pufishermen. so it's driving the price up. >> reporter: they were closed for months after the spill, taking a toll on inventory. >> there's less product now so supply and demand, we're paying probably double in price now. >> reporter: a necessary pain for these businesses to stay alive. >> last thing you ever want to do is take something popular and not have it. that's like me not having crabs. it's unheard of. you can't do that so i got to scratch and whatever, claw to find this product. and i've been able to, but i'm paying for it. >> reporter: as you can see it comes down to simple supply and demand and consumer confidence. as the summer season approaches it's safe to say everyone will be looking at their bottom line.

>> thanks as always to sandra endo there. coming up in five minutes we'll talk to the mayor of gulf shores, alabama, how he's personally trying to calm fears ahead of tourist season, coming your way in just about 45 minutes. passover, the jewish holiday starts tomorrow. how much do you really know about it? nadia bilickhik with the passover one on one. the price of postage is going up again but not everything you put in the mail will cost you more. tanktops! [ female announcer ] grab a box of multigrain cheerios. get a code to... ...a 7 day plan to get going on your summer weight loss. get the box. get the code. get started! we make meeting times, lunch times and conference times. but what we'd rather be making are tee times. tee times are the official start of what we love to do.

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sounds like on the streets of misrata. troops killed at least six people. a human rights group says government troops are using so-called cluster bombs in misrata, especially deadly to civilians and banned internationally. we turn to tripoli, nato air strikes took aim at gadhafi's power base. frederik pleitgen says the strikes are serving as a rallying cry for the government troops. >> reporter: as a clear sign nato is in full swing we had several loud explosions in tripoli saturday night, four or five explosions coming from downtown tripoli. seems there might have been some explosions as well, followed by a lot of an try aircraft fire

which went on for quite awhile, even after the air strikes were done but it's clear that nato is still keeping up its air campaign and very much hitting hargts he s targets here in th tripoli area. >> the united kingdom and france, we say to them we will kill you. if you come to our land. >> i will die and everybody here will die for moammar gadhafi. >> reporter: several people gathered at gadhafi's compound to swear allegiance to the libyan leader and also to denounce nato for its air strikes. many of those who came here swore that they would stay here to act as human shields for moammar gadhafi and wouldn't leave until the nato bombing campaign ends.

fred pleitgen, cnn, tripoli, libya. some of the other stories making headlines now, at least 30 people have been killed in a three-day outbreak of severe weather spanning from the southern plains to the mid-atlantic. nine people killed yesterday in north carolina alone as a series of tornadoes called mass destruction there. the remaining bulk of the storm system is affecting canada's coastal provinces. cubans celebrated the bay of pigs with a huge military parade. tens of thousands marched to the beat of u.s. backed cuban exiles in 1961. raul castro acressed the first communist party in congress and outlined major political reform. >> translator: we recommend limiting the fundamental political and state offices to a maximum of two consecutive periods of five years.

>> that was just one big part of it, talking about term limits. we'll see if reform takes place. you're seeing video of stamps. the u.s. postal service is raising rates but not on the stamps. the 44 cent stamp that forever stamp is not going up but some rates are going up. express and priority mail won't be bothered either but you'll see a three cent hike if your first class letter weighs more than an ounce and paying a penny more for post cards. we've been telling you 30 people killed in the outbreak of tornadoes and strong storms over the past several days. these storms so many people are out chasing these things we got a lot of them on video. take a look at some of them. >> there we go, that's start. >> look at it. >> that's start. that's a tornado. whoa, there's another one left.

>> to the left. >> two more. >> how about to the right? >> two more. >> you can imagine people sound a little excitable, when you're seeing this but he's watching this video and we are seeing it, he was right there in front, looked like a series of tornadoes caught on film, maybe up to four, that was in alabama, one of the powerful systems caught on camera. another one, this one out of mississippi. meteorologist jacqui jeras there where that one is. jacqui jeras is here with us this weekend. she will put all of this in perspective for us, what we have seen over the past several days. [ jennifer garner ] there's a lot of beautiful makeup out there.

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spotters and enthusiasts, some of the shows have a lot of people getting out. >> a lot of people were saying they're not real storm chasers, just enthusiasts? >> some of them are, some of them aren't. it's amazing pictures and safety i always want to say you got to be safe, better know what you're doing or you could be putting your life in jeopardy. let's talk about the first one. this is amazing from trineapple, alabama. there's one tornado for sure that's more on the right-hand side of your screen that touches down. to the left of that we have a funnel developing and just to the left of that, you know, maybe. that was a maybe. that might be scud hanging down but looks like it might be rotating there, too. >> how far, are they literally next to each other or could there be distance? >> from this distance it's hard

to tell. this is one parent storm. you see the left hanging down more, but this is a vul tie vortexed tornado shot there. >> we have never more of these and can these things still be helpful, the video, do they still, the meteorologist still study some of the videos and can help us down the road? >> absolutely. this one is over a reservoir in mississippi in madison county. this was over ross barnett waterspout. as soon as it touches land it's called a tornado. you can study of how a tornado reacts as it moves over structures, you can see how it goes down and come up, all things we can learn just by watching the video. >> i'll ask as well do a lot of folks happen to be in a place and record these or they are t

littally watching and they'll have a spot where the storms are going to develop. >> the storm ray chacers have the materials on them. this was just somebody in the car who got out their iphone and started shooting that. >> what should they have done? driving down the street, you see a tornado, you don't remember stopping and getting video. what do you do? >> if you don't know where you are in relation to the storm and where it's moving and what tornadoes typically do, there's an argument, we used to say get out of your car and get to a safe place. cars it turn into a missile basically, but there's some argument you might be safer in your car now, if you can get underground that's the best thing to do. >> jacqui jeras we appreciate you. much more to come weather wise and still we're kind of done with or this system cause the us

problems. >> no more tornadoes today. tuesday is the next day for severe weather. >> jacqui, good to have you with us. what does a $22 million apartment look like? not my place.

the jewish holiday of passover begins monday at sundown. for the next eight days the time for reflection for jews all over the world. how much do you really know? we dub this as passover 101, nadia bilchik here to explain the historical significance of the holiday and the satr.

what is passover? >> the tenth place ggue god vis on egypt. the tenth plague was the smiting of the last born and what happened is the israelites were passed over because they had blood on their doors that signified that they were the israels so that's in essence. moses said to pharaoh, please let me people go. pharaoh didn't and eventually through the plagues the israelites were allowed to leave and left in a terrible hurry which is not their bread is not leavens. that's why we have mazza. for the seven days during passover jew also not eat anything that can rise. bitter herbs signify the

bitterness of the slave experience. then the shank bone, the powerful arm of god in freeing the people. you have an egg continuous and round. note that it's burnt, also about the charring and experience of slavely. this is called herosis, it has nuts and apple and the mortar of the bricks that the israelites slaves were forced to make. let's look at the largest issue of slaving, people are still oppress oppressed. obama had a satr the year he was running for president. jews said next year in the white house and he was which is why tonight he'll be drinking wine and leaning. you have to be comfortable because slaves were uncomfortable. the idea is you have cushions and this comfortable evening so slaves were not. epans participated people were

not. >> this is, i've never had someone break this down but everything served at the satr has significance? >> very symbolic holiday. to our jewish visitors we wish them a happy and healthy passover. >> i asked a general question of our team members what is passover, got about 12 different answers. well there you go. >> celebration of freedom worldwide. >> nadia bilchik, thank you so much. >> thank you. some people not affected by the recession the other others who have been, particularly someone who could buy a $22 million "penthouse." it's the most expensive apartment in the world in london's trayly knight's bridge area. it's not completed yet.

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about seven minutes to the top of the hour now. federal investigators are taking a closer look at president obama's record-breaking fund-raising efforts. the federal election commission now auditing the president's 2008 campaign, where he reportedly raised around three-quarters of a billion dollars. we have heard he set the ambitious goal of raising a full billion for his re-election campaign. a spokeswoman says the review is routine. donald trump seems to be a tea party darling right now. there he is in florida

yesterday, he took the stage for a tea party haley there. he has been talking about president obama lady but taking shots at former president bush yesterday as well. >> hey, whether you like him or not, george bush gave us obama and i'm not happy about it, okay? i'm not happy about it. we have a disaster on our hands. we have a man right now that almost certainly will go down as the worst president in the history of the united states. our current president -- >> boo! >> they call want me to say "you're fired." i mean this has been like -- no. no. [ applause ] we've got a long way to go before i start using that. it's too early and to be honest, it's too trivial, but i have it

in the back of my mind. >> all right, still hasn't said whether or not he is actually going to run for president. going green, of course it has a lot of benefits for the environment but it is actually saving you money, simple little things you can do, some easy tips on how to go green by earth day, coming up on friday. this could save you hundreds of dollars the rest of the year, folks. ed nuts and dipped in creamy peanut butter, making your craving for a sweet & salty bar irresistible, by nature valley.

we're getting close to the top of the hour and getting close to earth day. it's friday, did you know that, folks? you can get a jump-start on this and try to help save the planet literally. many people will tell you that's what we're talking about, literally saving the planet. i asked ecoliving and loving expert laura seidow for pointers on how to be more environmentally friendly. you can go green starting right now through friday and save yourself some cash. >> reporter: earth day on friday, people can start on sunday, though, and do something every day to be greener.

>> sure. >> reporter: what can they do right now to get up in their homes and be greener? >> well they can start by getting a smart programmable thermostat. a lot of houses might already have one but you can't set it so it knows when you're sleeping or when you're away at work. you can save a tremendous amount of energy that way and it's really recommended that you keep your thermostat in the winter down to 68 and in the summer, keep it about 75. you save a ton of money for every degree you can turn your thermostat. >> on monday, what do you have and what can they do? >> they can go to their home improvement store and spend anywhere between $50 and $200. you get a compost barrel. you spin the bin around the barrel and 30 to 60 days you have compost you can amend your

gardens with and there are no chemicals and the fruits and vegetables taste grade. >> let's move on to tuesday, what else can people do trying to get to a green irfriday? >> you want to look for green cleaning supplies. you want to spend pennies on the dollar, you can go back to what our parents and grandparents used to do and the major ingredients in some of the products you're buying off the shelves that are pre-made, vinegar, lemon, baking soda, you use, reuse the same plastic spray bottle, pour your little ingredients in there, mix it with water. voila. >> move on to wednesday. what can we do to be greener? >> i'm an ice hockey mom and soccer mom. i would go out to the soccer game and the trash cans are just overflowing with water bottles. we decided to get the wonderful

pick tires you can get in grocery stores that filter the water and the kids have their reusable bottles and fill it out on the way out the door and it saves you monies of dollars because you're not buying bottled water. >> the next day, this is getting serious, people like night showers now. >> take shorter showers. >> of course. >> turn the water off when you brush your teeth, save up to five gallons of water a day. simple things that don't cost you anything and will save you money. there are low flow shower heads, and the return on investment is two weeks. you save to much more. >> friday, eighth day, this might be the simplest thing of all. >> i bet this would be a good one for you. number one or number two use of energy between heating and cooling is lighting. they have other alternatives that you use a lot less

electricity, the newest being l.e.d. technology, they're 90% more efficient than the bulbs you're using. you see that reflect on your fwil. you'll save 90% more energy on your bill. hello there, everybody, from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is your "cnn sunday morning" for april the 17th. thank you for spending a part of your weekend here with us. i'm t.j. holmes. we just saw another battering from this storm system that has been hitting this country, parts of it for the past three days, you see some of the damage it did there and now we have thousands of people without electricity this morning. the death toll has gone up as well. jacqui jeras is here and will explain why the storms we've been seeing, calls them unusual. catherine zeta-jones dominated the headlines after announcing she is bipolar.

what exactly is that condition? what are signs maybe you should look for in someone or maybe in yourself? let's start right now this weather. there has been devastation and yes we have seen death brought on by the strong storms that whipped up arounds along theie seaboard now. the storm system could cause more problems farther north. first we'll show you what this left behind, southeastern virginia. you see the school buses, tossed around like toys. at least four people in virginia were killed. look at this in south carolina, steven, south carolina, what is left of a church, it lapsed after being hit by a tornado. we are told there were some people inside, at least six at the time. also turn to raleigh, north carolina now, one of several cities badly damaged by high

winds and tornadoes. 30 people have been killed by these storms since thursday. i talked to one north carolina emergency management official this morning who told me they heard reports of 60 tornadoes in the state, some of the worst damage around raleigh, that you just saw there where kathryn calloway is there this morning. describe what you've been seeing. >> reporter: we are actually northeast of raleigh in wake county, at the trailer park where three of the nine deaths occurred here in north carolina, such devastation. they're not letting anyone behind the point behind me, only family members and officials. we want to show you the aerials of what happened at the trailer park. the storm moved through, tossed about these trailer homes like tin cans. many were split in half and we are hearing this morning that those fatalities were all young

children, ages 2, 3 and 5, who had ought shelter in the bathtub of their trailer home, doing what they were supposed to do, but devastation here and such tragedy at the stony brook trailer park. i also want to show you the strength of storms south of us. look at what is left of the shopping center. this was a low's. as you can see the roof is gone, not much to see left of this store. busy saturday afternoon, t.j., when the storm hit, full of employees and the store manager is being credit with huerding those employees to safety. no fatalities here. governor beverly perdue of north carolina saying this is the worst since the 1980s. the intensity, the frequency,

there were some 100 tornadoes we're hearing 62 of the tornadoes touched down in this state alone. a couple hundred thousand people were still without power this morning and again the tragic story of these three young children, 2, 3 and 5, doing what they were speezed to do, what we tell everyone to do, seek shelter in the strongest room of your home which is in this case was the bathroom. we have a tragic story this morning to tell from stony brook in wake county, north carolina. >> horrible to hear. we appreciate you and will check in with you again, new details about the young children being killed. we bring in meteorologist jacqui jeras, this still seems to be a question some time. we've been taught this since you were little kids what you're supposed to do during a tornado.

times we still don't know what to do. what is one supposed to do, this is a different story when you're talking about a trailer park. what should people do in a home, a trailer park, wherever you may be and a tornado is coming? >> if you can get underground that's the best place to be, to be in a basement or storm shelter. a lot of mobile home parks are storm shelters because a mobile home is one of the worst places you can possiblien. we don't know the situation of these people, what happened, if they weren't able to get to a sturdier home or not but the lowest level of your home away from doors and windows. most people are killed by the winds, they pick up pieces that are damaged and you get hit by that and oftentimes that's what happens. we had an incredible number of tornadoes, for north carolina this is almost unheard of, i can

think of 1984, more than 22 tornadoes we think were report then. many of the reports we had in north carolina were probably from the same parent cell and as we zoom in here on google earth let's use the raleigh area as an example, tornado moved through sanford, raleigh and continued and this was probably up here, the same storm so that's more than 100 miles we're talking that this hop, skipped and jumping around lock lock, another tornado moved east of there and there is another one as well. the numbers are high at this time and just want to give you a look at what happened in the past, with that tornado system as it moved on through and there you can see that line of storms that pushed across the state between 3:00 and 6:00 yesterday was devastating. when call is said and done this will make the record books.

you hear about this stuff happening in oklahoma and texas, often enough in the spring but not so much north carolina. >> jacqui jeras, appreciate having you here this morning. we'll check in with you with plenty. >> crews are trying to reach a miner trapped underground in idaho, part of the silver mine collapsed friday. the miner hasn't been heard from since that time. a second miner was able to get out okay, according to local officials the second miner that got out is actually the brother of the trapped my opinioner. two equipment being flown in from the east coast to help in that search. another air traffic controller suspended for, you got it, sleep on the job, that's seven in the past couple of weeks, this one happened during friday's overnight shift in miami. the frkts aa says no aircraft were in any danger at any point. the center was staffed by 12 controllers and two managers at

the time so other people were in there, unlike some of the other incidents where there's only one of the co-workers reported him. actor nicolas cage is out of jail but here is the mug shot. he was arrested late friday night on domestic abuse, disturbing the peace and public drunkenness. details from alan duke. >> reporter: he grabbed her arm and that would constitute the domestic abuse battery charge he's facing the other part of the charge is the public drunkenness and disturbing the peace is what happened after the police arrived. when some onlookers were disturbed about his behavior apparently he was arguing with her saying "this is the place we've rented. this is where quarterback quarterback dgs she said "no it's not." he was apparently heavy intoxicated. called the police and there was nelg the police say, he was banging on the trunks of cars

and yelling at him and they finally arrested the him. >> the her is nicolas cage's wife. cage is out on bond right now, has to appear again in late may. he is in new orleans filming a new movie. first round of the nba playoffs tipped off yesterday, chicago bulls, team with the best record in the league this season had a tough time with the eighth seed indiana pacers. the chicago bulls didn't lead until the final minute, finally pulled ahead and beat the pacers. it was an ugly moment tie low hansborough took to the head. looked like he was knocked out cold, had to be taken back to the locker room but returned to the game. the chicago heat, hawks and mavericks won their playoff games. the lakers, spurs, celtics and knicks in the action today. 12 months later, tar balls are still washing up on some

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a quarter past the hour now. looking at the hardest working countries in the world. we work hard here but china and japan working harder than we do here. 8.4 hours for china, nine hours for japan. the hardest working country our neighbor to the south, mexico. the organization for economic development says the worker puts in 9.9 hours a day. can you believe it's been a year? this week marks one year since the deepwater horizon disaster changed the gulf coast. approximately 205 million gallons of oil spilled out for months, bases crippled, some of

the tourest towns still trying to recover. a year out they're a struggle. in gulf shores, alabama, they have tar balls washing up on the beaches. joining me is the mayor, robert kraft. we appreciate you being here. this one year anniversary is anniversary the right word? is it a commemoration? how are you referring to it down there? what's the right way? >> well, we are celebrating the year being over. i don't think any of us will wish 2010 to come back. we're moving forward for the future. an anniversary and celebration i think would be accurate, celebrating our recovery. >> that was my next question. i'll ask you to expound on it a little bit. what are you celebrating this week? >> we are having a supper on the sands this evening on the beach, 500 people sitting on the beach, enjoying fresh gulf seafood on clean white beaches and beautiful gulf behind us, our

way of demonstrating to the world we have recovered and we know this story is going to be told, it needs to be told and it will begin with the explosion and tragic deaths of 11 people and year-long misery trying to recover. we want to frame the ending. the ending of the story is recovery and resiliency of our people. our goal is to show the world we're open for business and everything is recovering and clean and beautiful as usual. >> open for business, how important is tourism to gulf shores in particular? >> it is 100% of what we do. we're unique along the coast in that we don't have diversity, we don't have naval stations or air force bases or any gaming industry the other areas have. we are in baldwin county, alabama, 100% tourism. the tourism dollar basically supports everything that happens

here. >> sir, how has it been, coming up on a year now. we just had spring break season. how has that been and are there signs maybe that tourism is coming back? >> we have had a good year so far, thank goodness. our winter visitors, our snowbirds came back this year in about normal volume, our spring break so far has been good. we still have this week and easter week coming up that we anticipate good participation. so we've done well so far. our tax dollars in the city are up over last year, and the first quarter of last year was pretty good so all signs show that we're headed towards recovery and we're hopefully optimistic or cautiously optimistic about summer, because those are the folks that were so displaced last year and a large percentage of our people that come here every year and they didn't come last year, they were displaced

and we're hoping they come back and early signs show they're starting to book reservations, hopefully optimistic. >> that is great news to here. you're still dealing with tar balls, having to clean that stuff off. are you getting that under control or are they coming fast and furious to the beaches? >> they're still coming in, when we have rough surf conditions it breaks outs the tar mats we know we have out there. we have bp cleaning them every day, and we have chemical equipment standing by so i think we've got a good plan to deal with it and seems to be diminishing on a regular basis. >> robert craft, like i said during the break these interviews were a lot different than a year ago. it's good to hear about things looking up. thank you for your time. good luck today and good luck this week and the rest of the

season. we'll talk to you again soon. >> thank you, t.j. >> all right, that's great to hear the gulf could be coming back and the is it i is doing so well. coming up, bipoe peculiar, do you know what that means? a conversation has been parked after catherine gee ta jones anunced she is bipolar. maybe signs you need to look out for yourself and someone else. [ female announcer ] the irresistible taste of cinnamon toast crunch. crave those crazy squares.

millions of people in this country have bipolar disorder.

now we're getting word catherine zeta-jones has . what is it? >> i think a lot of people aren't familiar with it. someone what very high highs and very low, lows. when they're high they're manic. if someone's really manic they might go around buying four cars in one week because they can and they want to and they feel like they can conquer the world. when they're low they're severely depressed. >> how do some end up being affected and becoming bipolar and others don't? >> there's a thought you may be wired for this in some shape and form. catherine zeta-jones says she is the more mild type but she's had a tough year. her husband was diagnosed with

cancer, her stepson went to jail and husband's ex-wife sued them financially so that's tough. maybe it's stress and it sets this off. >> do you treat it, manage it? curing it is going too far. >> curing is going too far. managing is probably a good word. so there are drugs that people take called mood stabilizers. which makes sense. instead of going up and down they are more stable and lithium can help with depressive episodes and also therapy. it's interesting to me that psychiatrists tell us that part of the therapy is to tell people what signals to look for that tell them they are becoming manic because they think it's great. it feels good. so they need to be told, you know what? you don't look good when you are manic. when you are feeling this way, you should know that you should sort of try to be manic in private as much as you can because other people will notice that something is going on. ♪

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