new video into cnn. a sight that makes your stomach drop. look at this. a man taking cover inside a gas station. on the horizon, a massive tornado cutting a jagged scar across the landscape. mike kaiser got to cover and he got lucky. >> the vehicles on 160 were being turned over in front of us. we saw the marathon station across the street completely leveled. nothing left of it. it then kept moving to the east. then you could tell it hit the school with all of the turbulence. >> henryville, indiana, one of the hardest-hit communities in a deadly rash of tornados across 11 states. at least 36 people are dead. the number of missing impossible to know right now. hello, i'm don lemon. thank you for joining us in the

cnn newsroom. the threat is not over yet from. this vicious storm system that just refuses to quit. let's get right over to jacqui jeras in the cnn severe weather center. what in the world is going on? >> it's been amazing what an incredibly strong storm going on for more than 36 hours right now. 98 reports of tornados yesterday. ten reports so far today. the severe weather threat out there with a tornado watch, meaning conditions are favorable for toesrnados to occur in southern parts of georgia and northern parts of florida. this is the line we are most concerned about at this hour that has a history of producing damaging winds and isolated tornados. thankfully, no injury reports today or fatalities. let's hope that continues to hold on true. the best thing i can tell you, there are no warnings in effect. when we tell you a warning, that means it's happening now. you need to take shelter immediately. that is not happening at this time. we'll have to watch as these storms especially down by the

big ben area make their way onshore. there is the potential for rotation. watch for that along the i-10 corridor throughout the rest of the day. jacksonville, florida, is under that severe weather threat. they had strong winds all day long. now that line is coming through in the next couple of hours. a big alert for those folks. we'll continue to track these storms. >> don't go far. we'll be covering this a lot. jackie will bring us back the shock of it and tell us exactly what we are seeing. tornados ran across 11 states in the midwest and in the south. 36 people are dead, 14 of those deaths are in indiana. henryville, a community about 20 miles north of louisville, kentucky, saw some of the worst of it. extreme forces ripped the roofs off some buildings and completely flattened others.

look at that school bus. rescue ares are combing through the debris looking for survivors right now. 17 people are dead in kentucky alone. in the small town of west liberty, practically wiped off the map. the violence of these storms cannot be overstated. cars, trucks tossed around like they were weighing nothing. it is little communities like this that got hit the worse. our reporters are out in the hot beds of the storm's activity. we have incredible stories live from dallas, georgia, west liberty, kentucky, first we want to go to henryville, indiana. that's where our susan candiotti is stand buying for us. this is where residents took shelter from tornados in their homes, schools, even gas stations. >> reporter: that's right. gas stations and diners, too. i'm in the parking lot of a diner. you're looking at it here where seven people took shelter this. place had only been open a month. look what landed right in it.

this school bus. it looks like it's a complete school bus. not so. when you come around the side you can tell the force of the wind with sheared it off its chassis. there were 11 kids onboard this school bus. not when this happened. they had just gotten off at the high school right across the street here. it had blown all the way over here from the high school, the one you heard so much about. about 60 kids were holed up inside, yet few injuries. when that storm came through, someone was looking out. they took shelter at a gas station. this man saw the storm coming up. his name is mike kaiser. you whipped out that camera because you're a storm spotter, right? >> yes. >> tell me what you saw as we take a look at these incredible shots. >> on my way back from columbus,

indiana. went up to the harley dealer to get piece oes for my motorcycle. they said you have a storm coming in, you might want to get hole. at exit 19 saw three tornados coming out of the west. got out, took a few photos. the air was blowing me back against the vehicle. pulled into the shell lot. immediately upon getting in the shell lot, was blowing us the metal and stuff across the road was hitting into the gas station. made it into the shell station. the doors were sucked open and we had the video footage of the tornado going through there. >> how big did your eyes get when you saw what looked like a triple funnel cloud whipping around? >> that don't sound bad. that didn't bother me as much as people in the gas station across the street. we had about 30 people in shell. the station across the street was about three times as big. we actually saw that go completely level. >> reporter: obliterated. what do you think about documenting this and living to

tell the tale when you come out and see all that damage? sdwrs >> it's hard to believe. i feel very blessed that it happened, but i felt sorry for the one i know passed from that. it's beginning to get nervous. >> reporter: thank you for taking that video and telling us about it. we'll tell you more about that gentleman he mentioned. his name is wayne hunter, the only fatality in this area. quite a man and quite a story. we'll be bringing that to you later tonight. >> we look forward to that, susan candiotti. that will happen at 7:00 eastern here. we are glad everyone else is okay. unbelievable there weren't more deaths and injuries. 17 of the storm deaths were in kentucky where the governor declared a state-wide emergency. national guard has been called in. some residents of west liberty, kentucky, looked for a higher

power for help during this storm. >> take this away us from. i said, lord, lord, take it away from us, lord. take it, lord. take it, lord. take it away us from. by god in your powers, take this away from our home as did you for elijah, take this away from us. take it away from my home. >> that's what happens. you're praying, hanging on for dear life. this woman's prayers were answered. her home was spared, but much of the town wasn't quite as lucky. west liberty now. do search teams believe they found everyone missing? >> reporter: they hope so, don.

they searched every building in this town once. they are going back double checking to make sure they didn't miss anything. this storm was so intense, even led to low-end flooding there. take a look at this. this is what it looked like on the outskirts of west liberty. trees thrown about. telephone poles snapped in half. the real damage is straight up main street. this town is on lockdown. we did get a chance to go up there with some of the first responders a few hours ago. take a look. this is west liberty, kentucky, hit hard by friday night's tornadoes. this is the mobile command center they set up here. this town is on lockdown. this until last night, friday night, was the police department. this right here is a police car that was flipped on its side. you can see this destruction as this tornado tore through here. it was friday night around dusk. around 7:00 when this tornado came through. some buildings like this one

completely leveled. you can see piles of bricks. you can see the spray paint here from agencies that have been searching, establishing there is nobody trapped in here. that's the focus right now. it's painstaking work that have to go from building and building to dig through all the crevices and voids. state police tell us with communications down, cell phone towers down, very hard to establish cell phone connects or any kind of internet connection. it's hard to know exactly who may be still stuck here. they have to do these house by house building by building searches. some of these buildings made it a little bit better. you can see windows blown out. others destroyed like we showed you. on the other side of the street, you see the courthouse. this was the town center here on main street. it's devastating this went through the heart of this small town here in kentucky, the worst

possible path for such a destructive storm. authorities here confirmed one person died in this small town of west liberty. it's incredible not more people died given the intensity of this storm and level of destruction. >> i think a lot of people feel the same way. thank you, jim spellman. find out more how you can help, go to cnn.com/impact. there you'll have all the information you need and see the organizations and ways you can help those in need. cnn.com/impact. a possible tornado left a trail of destruction outside of atlanta. even an airport taken out. first this. civilians in syria targeted by their own military. here is something new. army soldiers turn their guns on some of their own men. ♪

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>> the government now inside preparing for something no one knows what's going on. the situation is very bad because no one can exist. no one can go out. we are speaking about between 6,000 to 10,000 persons inside. they are arresting hundreds of people. >> humanitarian crisis worsens every day as food, electricity and medical supplies dwindle. two victims of the violence in syria finally began their final trips home today. the red crescent handed over the bodies of american reporter marie colvin and the french photographer to western diplomats in damascus. both died during the shelling of

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most people say that they can point out beauty when they see it. what makes someone or something beautiful? it's a topic that's been studied countless times, but still there are few answers to this topic. we know it when we see it. according to the latest study, there appear to be certain patterns of brain activity associated with something you find beautiful regardless of culture. behavior expert dr. wendy walsh joins me now. there's been quite a buzz since cnn.com posted this article. i knew it's about balance and symmetry. why is facial symmetry considered beautiful in all cultures? >> well, because it signifies health. this goes back to our hunter/gatherer ancestors. people who have symmetrical features. eyes on the same size and the same level, et cetera, tend to be more related to health. one study looked at people who had asymmetrical faces and made an association between deprived

childhoods and hard times in childhood. it can change the way we look later. >> beautiful people get get promotions faster. we know all of that stuff. they make more money. they have lighter prison sentences when they commit crimes. come on. >> there is actually been some studies associating intelligence with beauty. you have to remember, what changes is not so much beautiful skin makes you have a beautiful brain, it just means your environment changes and you get more stimulated. more beautiful parents with higher status get you into private schools and surrounded by people that stimulate you more. >> why is that? i never understood that just because of the way someone looks they get an easier time in life just because of their look. >> again, it goes back to that hunter/gather gene in us.

we are looking for health. women are fertile at that time of the month they actually prefer very symmetrical faces on men, but typically rugged looking men as if they are the big rugged providers. >> what about this obsession with beauty in america. is that dangerous? how is that dangerous? >> absolutely. it's particularly dangerous for young girls. if the message to a young girl is your external worth is far more valuable than anything going on inside, it can be dangerous. people think it's okay to compliment little girls on their beauty. balance it. if all you're doing is saying you look so cute and i love your hair, that's a girl who is getting the message what i look like is more important than how kind i am or how intelligent i am. we have to work hard to compliment our kids on their tasks, their accomplishments. >> even though, according to this innate beauty thing, maybe they're right. though should just look more beautiful. they would have an easier time.

look pretty. don't worry about the studies, you'll get a great job. >> that's what happens. i know. it's terrible. >> let's move on now. another study. uc berkeley suggest people socially and financially better off are more likely to behave unethically compared to people who make less. what experiments do they do to actually prove this? >> they looked at a bunch of existing data and staged their own experiments, including things like sat at an intersection and looked at whether the more expensive cars or the old falling apart jalopies stopped for a pedestrian in the crosswalk. the more expensive the car, the less likely the driver was to notice a pedestrian and stop for them. they asked people, they knew the income and asked them would you be willing to steal a roam of office printer paper from the office? would you go back and tell the waitress she miscalculated in your favor and change that

check. the more money people made, the more they liked to bend the rules and be more unethical. >> we talked about this. if you're on an airplane or somewhere, it's entitlement. people who have money or positions feel more entitled than other people. that's probably the reason it happens. >> i always said the bathrooms are cleaner in coach because people are used to having to share the world more. those business class bathrooms are so messy. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> thank you. back to our big story. a dozen states from the gulf of mexico to the great lakes are all hit by tornados in the last 24 hours. in three minutes, the scene outside atlanta where houses were destroyed and airports tossed around. no. it's truck month! no. it's truck month! no. it's truck month! no. it's chevy truck month! definitely that one, boss. solid.

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want to turn back to our top story now. something new is coming in every minute. communities across the south and midwest reeling from a string of punishing tornados. picture your street littered with debris.

we call it debris but these things make up a house, make it a home. these are someone else's belongings at one point. now all scattered across the landscape. i imagine if this happened in my neighborhood earlier today. this is henryville, indiana. 14 people killed in that state. the number seems certain to rise. we are talking about lives, not just numbers. how do we begin to rebuild? people in several other states are asking the same question. in kentucky 17 people were killed. the governor called out more than 200 members of the national guard to help for search and survivors. at some point rescue turns to recovery. survivors today simply counting their blessings. >> got a lot of good friends. we still got our family. what more can we ask for? >> one person was killed in georgia, which by comparison fared a little better in this storm.

some families were lucky or they made all the right moves to save themselves. jennifer marerle is in western atlanta. tell us about where you're standing right now. >> this is one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods. there are six homes where the second story of the homes came completely off. take a look. all of this, this used to be the garage of this home. everything from inside the home was completely pushed right out. take a look at the sign. it says "moving sale." they are trying to make light of the situation because they said they would rather laugh than cry. you'll understand when i show you more of this home. there was a family of three inside here last night when the storm came through. they weren't as prepared as they should have been. they were inside in the living room when the roof started to come off. take a look. this is their living room. the roof is completely off the

second story of this home. their kitchen is right over here. once they realized how severe the storm was and wind and rain was blowing, they tried to make their way over here to the bathroom. the father decided they couldn't make it there. instead, he opened up this door. this little closet door. he pushed his wife and 6-month-old baby inside into this tiny little space. he shut the door, put his back up to it, braced his legs here and just held on tight until the storm moved past hopping everything was okay. said once everything passed, he was able to open the door back up, let his wife and his baby out and said they were so thankful that they were all here together and not separate. if you look here, this is the baby's room. again, the roof is off the top of that room. the father is too shaken up and emotional to talk on camera

today, but did take me through what they did. >> we have some issues with our satellite feeds. great way to takes us through it. we've seen astonishing video. damaging winds affecting people in 15 states. what exactly are we seeing in this video? jacqui jeras joins us right here on set in part of the cnn severe weather center. where are the threats now? there are threats still now. >> we are still watching. it's been weakening. we've been watching south georgia and northern florida all afternoon long. there you can see that red box. that's the tornado watch in effect. conditions are favorable for tornados to occur. we are looking at an area southeast of tallahassee extending over towards jacksonville. particularly along the i-10 corridor right now. >> that box is a watch bach? >> yes. tornados are possible here.

there are no warnings. it could change. i think this line has been weakening a little bit. let's hope that trend continues. we don't want people to let their guard down. that watch is in effect until 8:00 tonight. judge, we have confirmed, i'm being told, another death. do we know where it is? laurel county, kentucky. the video we saw earlier, saw the guy at the gas station. >> let's look at that. >> coming right towards him. my goodness. tell us about that. >> extremely scary. i can't believe this guy is shooting video as this is going on. that is a very strong tornado. you can see multiple vortices

with it. look at the fingers that extend out of it. that's an indication there is a strong storm. air is being sucked into it. that can be a reason why we have spotty damage in tornados like this. >> we get to see it, but no one should be this close. they should have been hunkering down. >> that storm was intensifying. it's getting worse. gas station is a terrible place to be because they are not well built structures. you see those overhangs get blown off all the time. inside the bathroom would probably be a much safer place to be. >> thank you. we were here in georgia last night. i could hear my noaa radio, thanks to the weather department, was going off last night. i would check it and turn it off. it went right over your house. >> right over my house.

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washington state is in the political spotlight this hour. the last contest before the super tuesday showdown. state party chairman expects mitt romney or even ron paul to win based on their well-organized ground games. paul is holding a rally in seattle. the other three candidates are looking ahead to super tuesday, especially ohio. there he is right there. joe johns is in bowling green.

what are the candidates doing and why so much time in ohio? >> this is sort of ground zero. this is the big banana, i guess you might say of all the super tuesday states. to give you an idea how they are spread out, i am in the bowling green area near toledo, ohio, which is a hop, skip and jump from the michigan and detroit line. way down south on the ohio river around cincinnati, that's where mitt romney is right now. the two candidates with me, newt gingrich and rick santorum. people are all over the place. they continue to crisscross the state looking for votes. it's a tight situation, too. santorum and romney in a statistical tie, a dead heat pretty much. just four points separating them within the margin of error.

people expecting a very close race, but there is a possibility that the advantage really is leaning in the direction of romney because, number one, romney has sort of cut the gap. santorum had a big lead. and other people talking about santorum not being able to get all his administrative paperwork in if, so he may be at a tell gate disadvantage here in ohio, even if he does win the popular vote. >> you're a hop, skip and jump from toledo, you said, which is at the crow flies. >> reporter: that's right. >> who has the momentum there? is ohio totally up for grabs? >> reporter: it is. i think that's always true. ohio is the battleground state. people have strong wills, strong minds in this state. the's very interesting how the demographics break down.

a lot of evangelicals, a lot of social conservatives in the state. some say as many as 40% in the republican party. it's presumed if they wanted to, they could sway the vote. there's also huge concerns in this state about the economy, although it hasn't been as bad as much, people are still hurting here. romney's argument about the economy plays very well in this state. >> joe johns, bowling green, thank you. in his puffy jacket, we like. two thumbs up. see you a little later on. will success in the washington caucus propel to a big showing on tuesday? cnn will have indepth analysis. may provide you a clue to the answer to that question. our washington caucus conform begins 8:00 eastern right here on cnn. judge. >> a pennsylvania man dress necessary a parade as what he says is a zombie version of

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let's talk law and justice now. holly hughes is here. she is a criminal defense

attorney. our first story. from this dorm former rutgers student secretly streamed video of his roommate kissing another man. that roommate tyler clement ended up killing himself shortly after finding out about the web video in september of 2010. such a sad story. on the right is robby who is on trial facing 15 counts in clement's death. on the left, the man with clement in the video, his identity is being kept secret. one of the charges is this was a hate crime. that is a real challenge for prosecutors, isn't it? >> it's a huge challenge. i don't think they are going to get there when we charge a hate crime, we are asking the jury to look into the mind of the defendant and say he committed this particular crime because he has a bias against a group of people. in this particular case, against homosexuals. >> i've been hearing did he say to you he had a problem with

clement? no, but that was my impression. >> we heard a lot of testimony he has other friends that are gay. he said i'm just a little uncomfortable having a roommate who is gay. it's not necessarily a bias against all gay people. where we see hate crime when you talk about a neo-nazi and you can see there is literature in their room that says i hate this and they belong to a group that is absolutely out there in saying things like that. >> what about him? he wasn't trying to videotape his straight friends. doesn't that say anything? >> here is the question. what he did was deplorable. he is charged with invasion of privacy. that is a slam dunk as it should be. what happened to tyler clementi kle but what happened, bringing it

up to that level? >> a woman at the end of her rope tracks down a man she says is trying to get her son hooked on heroin and clubs him with a baseball bat. >> he is my children are my life. they're wanting to take his life away. i can't let that happen. >> the state is prosecuting her. that incredible story is next.

we're going to talk law and justice. holly hughes is here. she's a criminal defense attorney. i want to get your take on this story. during a halloween parade in mechanicsville dressed up as what he says was a zombie holiday of the prophet mouhamed. he says he was attacked by a muslim man during a parade. he said that in court. the judge sympathized with the alleged attacker and admonished him. i want you to listen what the judge said. >> i think our forefathers intended that we use the first amendment so that we can speak what's on our mind, not to piss off other people and cultures, which is what you did. >> i'm a muslim. i find it offensive. i find what's on the other side of this very offensive.

but you have that right. but you are way outside your bounds of first amendment rights. >> all right, the judge even said in muslim countries, you could get the death penalty for doing what he did. but this is america. >> yeah. >> i don't understand that. >> he missed the boat here. i get that he wanted to talk to the victim a little bit. >> people dress up as jesus all the time. >> sensitive, you know. but an attack is an attack is an attack. this happened in public at a parade. there were plenty of witnesses who saw this man who happened to be muslim jump on another fellow and choke him around the neck. so the case should not have been dismissed on. that's what the first amendment's about. you get to say what you want. you don't get to choke somebody because you don't like what they say. >> i went to an event last weekend and people were screaming you're gay, you're going to go to hell. i just walked right by. >> if you would have attacked them, would they be dismissing the charges? one more story, a mother in

missouri says she was tired of a drug dealer trying to get her son hooked on heroin again. she went to have a conversation with the guy and ended up clubbing him twice with a baseball bat. >> they came to my house. they came to my work looking for him. trying to get him to buy again. when he was clean. it is the state prosecuting me for trying to protect my son. >> reporter: do you have any regrets? no. no. he is daye my childr-- my childy life. they're wanting to take his life away, and i can't let that happen. >> so the state is prosecuting her. what's going on here? >> what happened was the drug dealer actually showed up at her house. they've been tracking her son down when they're trying to get him clean. and she had a baseball bat with her. the dealer reached into his car. she thought he was going for a gun. that's a reasonable assumption. so she whacked him with the baseball bat to basically defend herself. >> he's a drug dealer, let's not

forget that. >> okay but then the drug dealer runs off and calls the police. the police don't arrest her. they said, you know what? you shouldn't assault this guy. the prosecutor then draws up an accusation and charges her with assault after this drug dealer shows up on her property and reaches for what she thinks is a weapon. but i think she's got a really, really strong self-defense case here. >> a lot of people watching this are probably going, i'm on the mom's side. you know. >> oh, and i think the jury's going to be, too. if the state pushes this forward, there will be a defense attorney who will put up a self-defense claim which in missouri the law is you get to defend yourself if you think you're in imminent harm. if it's reasonable force used against you, then you're allowed to do that. and even if they don't buy the self-defense argument, guess what? it's what we call jury nullification. and the jury thinks, maybe you did do it, but we happen to agree with you, and we're not going to convict you no matter what the facts say. she'll be okay. >> enjoyed it. thank you, holly hughes. >> thank you. >> thank you very much.

now tonight's "human factor." an emotional time for men and women who are trying to have a child without success. what some people don't realize is that half of the time the problem is with the man. dr. sanjay gupta brings us the story of a man who battled testicular cancer and was told he'd never father a child. >> reporter: steven and lindsay always dreamed of becoming parents. >> we both knew we wanted to have kids. right from the get-go. i mean, it was important to both of us. >> reporter: they got married, bought a house in a good school district and eventually started trying for a family. lindsay was in her 20s and totally healthy. yet after nearly a year, they hadn't gotten pregnant. >> it honestly didn't really cross my mind for i would say 11 of those 12 months that it would be a male issue. but finally, you know, i said, well, maybe you should go to the doctor. >> reporter: urologist and reproductive specialist dr. michael witt said male infertility is a more common

problem than couples may realize. one of the first things is figuring out how big a problem male infertility is. how big is it? >> it probably affects 12% of men in general, though all couples who struggle with infertility, it probably -- in half of those, there's probably male contribution. >> reporter: it could be caused by a myriad of factors, genetics, irregular chromosomes, obesity, drug use, even smoking. for some men infertility is the result of something as simple as an undetected cluster of veins. when someone has a varicose seal, a cluster of veins, how is that making a man infertile? >> just like a varicose vein you can get in your leg except it's around the testicle. you can fix it. it's just a simple occlusion technique. in 80% you get enhanced improvement. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. dad, why are you getting that? is there a prize in there?

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