so much about. emotional video shows terrified students emerging from briarwood after the storm. take a look. >> while the students here made it out safely, 7 students at plaza elementary school did not survive. anna kooiman is live for us on the ground she is in moore, oklahoma where the questions today are undoubtedly going to turn to school safety. good morning, anna. >> good morning to you and good morning to everybody at home. it is certainly heartbreaking and maddening all at the same time. it is hard to eeb recognize that that is the scene every where. we mentioned the elementary school a pile of twisted metal and a pile of bricks. it makes you wonder how on earth is so used to seeing tornadoes.

this is the 4th one to show moore oklahoma since 1988. why aren't they better prepared? hindsight is 20/20 and emergency officials are saying no safety precautions are absolute. those two elementary schools did not have reinforced storm shelters. either way everybody is devastated in this part of the country at this hour. let's take a listen to some of the survivors. >> this is my hometown this is where i was born and raised now there's nothing left. >> when you turn into my neighborhood it looks like a war zone like an atomic bomb went off. >> emergency officials are having a hard time in some instances because they are using gps devices and their smart phones trying to figure out exactly where they are that's because landmarks are reduced to rubble as well. they are having a tough time with that. you see these cars tossed about almost like toys the first

responders have been coming through cars and also homes making their marks letting everybody know the area is clear. that's what you see her. this is a tough thing to see this morning. >> certainly is. >> out of the tragedy in oklahoma comes incredible stories of survival. this morning we are learning more about the family at the center of the image. it was on the oklahomian. she is bruised and bluoodied. she was in the school when the twister hit. she grabbed what she could to stay grounded. she used her own body to protect her students as the walls were crumbling down. in the picture you see her walking hand in hand with one of her students who is sobbing, in

front of her you see the man on the left-hand side of the screen this is her husband steve he's clutching their daughter jordan. it is such a miracle all of the children, teachers faculty at cobb elementary school they all survived. about 24 people at a local bank road out the storm inside the vault. that's the only part of the building that is still standing. here is the before and after picture. wow. you can see that that bank completely torn apart except for that vault. >> that sure shows you the power of mother nature right there. speaking of that, those violent storms not over yet. severe storms and tornadoes are likely to affect millions of americans today. maria molina is live for us in the extreme weather center with the latest. where is this headed? >> good morning heather. good to see you. thankfully the storm system is moving out of the center of the country where it was parked over for the last several days producing a lot of severe

weather. the threat not as high today. 50 miles an hour large hail in some of the storms isolated tornado cannot be ruled out either. it includes up state new york pennsylvania interior sections of the northeast down into sections of the tennessee parts of the ohio valley as well. some of the cities cincinnati, cleveland tennessee and buffalo in burlington in vermont. you need to stay alert through out the day today. part of the reason we have the severe weather threat is not just the storm system ahead of this system we are seeing warm temperatures well into the 80s for many of you 86 in new york city in the 80s in cleveland also in memphis. that will help fuel some of these storms. otherwise we want to take a look at the weather in moore, oklahoma. we are expecting quiet conditions today. take a look at thursday and friday we could have another chance of additional showers and storms. additional rainfall not good for

any cleanup efforts. >> they need that quiet weather today. thank you so much. so grateful for that. maria molina thank you. >> there are a few ways to help with the recover reef forts. to donate to the american red cross call 1-800-red cross or go to the web site at redcross.org. you can also make a $10 donation. all you have to do is grab your phone and text the red cross. the number to text is 90999. for the salvation army 1-800--salarmy or go to salvation army usa.org or if you text storms to 80888 you can make a $10 donation there. now it is time for the top 5@5:00. she said she would rather die than spend the rest of her life in prison.

jodi arias is begging for her life. she said yesterday in court trying to convince jurors not to give her the death penalty. in a brand new interview with fox she changes the chanexplain change of heart. >> my mother visited and said don't give up hope. the way she said it i realized how much it would hurt them if something happened to me. >> arias told the jury if she lives she will donate her hair teach women prisoners how to read and start a recycling program in that jail. >> she held a survivor t-shirt and the proceed will help victims of domestic abuse she claims to be a victim of domestic violence. those jury deliberations resume. >> it only takes one jr. or to save her life. >> a u.s. official confirms to

fox news there are at least 18 confirmed suspects. we told they have been monitored for months. some since october. we have enough to conduct a military strike right now for the main suspect the fbi is trying to gather evidence but reportedly does not have enough to try the suspect in civilian court like the obama administration wants. photos of three suspects last month. a search is underway for a teenager in iowa. the 15-year-old accused kidnaper has killed himself. the registered sex offender and he reportedly took shepherd and a 12-year-old friend on monday moments after they stepped off the school bus. the younger girl was able to escape and run to a nearby house for help. they are looking at whether he

was involved in another kidnapping. the markets are hanging on every word by ben bernanke. he will testify before a joint congressional committee on the economy. investors will be looking at any signs about a policy shift of low interest rates and 85 million of monthly bond purchases. the regional fed chief said yesterday the fed should keep rates down. >> new information overnight. remember this. sent the explicit photos to women. let's take that down. he sent those to women on-line. take that down. he is entering the race for new york city mayor. >> i made big mistakes but i let a lot of people down. i have learned tough questions. i am fighting for the middle class struggling their whole

life. >> he begins the ad by focusing on his wife and now young child. the campaign already spoofed the video went on-line hours before the campaign intended to release it. >> one day after chief washington correspondent james rose enwas targeted by the justice department about a confidential source about his comings and goings track he was not the only one at fox being spied on. shannon has more. >> personal e-mails phone records and we have learned the government went far beyond james rosen's information. in a court filing named the u.s. attorney's office the government details numerous pieces of evidence that it has collected including scores of phone records that have area codes and exchanges that back up to fox

news card lines and cell phones. in the backup we cannot see the final four numbers but the area code match up to fox employees and office phones including the phone lines that run through our work space at the white house the pentagon and the state department. these documents show the phone records linked to fox news executives. we have reached out to the justice department and white house for comments. jay carney can't comment on ongoing criminal investigation. they signed an affidavit accusing rosen of a crime by the state department employee. that led to a search warrant that gave the government access to rose en's personal e-mail accounts. ainsley and heather back to you. >> thank you shannon. the obama administration's targeting of journalists have members on the media on the left and the right outraged. take a listen.

>> i haven't seen the president express real outrage other than giving lip service to it. there are a lot of regular people who are whistleblowers who had their lives turned upside down by this administration. the same administration they treat whistleblowers as criminals but people who leak information like osama bin laden information are heros because they make president obama look like some super human protector of america. so -- >> i can't image. i have never heard of a reporter being named as a co conspirator saying they had criminal conduct. i think he should file a lawsuit against the justice department. they de famed him unfairly. coming up he is on trial tore killing 13 people in the fort hood, texas massacre. here's a question we are asking

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a sigh of relief as thousands of commuters in the northeastern part of the country. regular rail service from connecticut to new york city as well as amtrak service from boston to new york returns today. after friday even ago train collection left 70 people your injured. dozens were in the fort hood massacre. the department of defense says

major nadal hassan has been made 287,000 dollars since the 2009 massacre. the army says because of military code his salary can't be suspended unless he is found guilty. don't forget because the obama administration called it workplace violence not combat related the victims can't releet combat related pay or other benefits. >> the woman at the center of the irs scandal is at the middle of congress. she plans to plead the 5th about the agency's targeting of conservative groups. elizabeth bran is live in washington for us. >> irs officials go from a senate hearing yesterday to a house hearing today as lawmakers try the agency for more information such as why and who is responsible for targeting conservative groups. this as we are learning the irs officials who originally broke

the story they made constitutional rights not answer questions at the house over sight hearing. her attorney wants her to refuse it all together. in a letter it would have no purpose other than to embarrass or burden her. the chairman of the committee responding. >> we hold out hope she will change her mind off fen as you know. people don't always list tone their attorneys. she is critical to the conduit between individuals in a place where so much is unknown. >> the treasury department secretary that being said we will hear from inspector general russell george and douglas shulman he headed the agency while it was targeting conservative groups. both did testify in a thsenate hearing yesterday. >> not personally responsible

for creating a list that had inappropriate criteria on it. i very much regret it happened on my watch. >> i don't think that qualifies as an apology. >> what is next for all of these irs employees the president demands irs officials be held accountable for the problems. the acting commissioner steven miller who we heard from last week and other agency officials have in fact left the agency. heather back to you. >> the irs are targeting a conservative group. it's the scandal most americans are most troubled by a brand new fox news poll shows this. 32 percent of those surveyed say the irs scandal the most, benghazi with 27 percent justice department sign on tfine on the associated press and fox news reporters said all three were equally troublintroubling.

>> more than half of those asked say they disapprove of the job the president is doing that is a 6 percent jump since april. >> at the top of the hour from one irs scandal to another this time a worker accused of splurging on snow cone machines f fondue fountains on your dime. >> we are hearing amazing stories of hope that are emerging from under the rubble literally. how one woman found her dog alive on live television. i'm tony siragusa

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>> good morning to you. 23 minutes after the hour. lawmakers say they want to dig deeper into the boston bombing investigation. a congressional investigation planning to visit russia next week to be with counter terrorism officials there. they say they want to find out why a 2011 russian request to investigate tamlerlan tsarnaev. the budget request for next year includes $200 million for decades worth of construction. to close gitmo tomorrow.

>> thainthser. well there is yet another irs scandal. employees used for a government credit card more than 8,000 dollars on things she bought on amazon.com that credit card paid for by you the tax payer. >> we have all of the details. hey lauren. really 37-year-old irs secretary accused of buying things like a 3 pound pinata. omaha steaks a chocolate fondue fountain hundreds of items from more than $8,500 with credit cards to do so. what she did was budfudge the receipts and expense report for years. finally getting caught if she is charged she could face ten years in prison. >> this is all just junk. she bought romance novels omaha

steaks. she had to know she was going to get caught. >> she wrote them off as business expenses. >> next topic gallop poll is telling us how much the average family of four can live on. >> most of those people surveyed over 39 percent said they would need between 50 and 75,000 dollars a year to just get by. obviously these numbers change based on where you live. 10 percent said that's what she would need. they live in the suburbs somewhere in the northeast. the more you make the more you think you need. >> that's two times the poverty level 24,000 dollars. time right now 25 after the top of the hour. coming up we told you about the department of justice going after a fox news reporter. turns out he wasn't the only target. brand new details next. >> plus she lost her home and thought she had lost her little dog. then something amazing happens

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>> good morning to you. welcome to "fox & friends first". i am ainsley earhardt.

>> i am heather nauert. the deadly tornado in moore, oklahoma. you can see right there as rescuers have combed through the rubble they say now three times over. they say they are so confident that no more survivors are buried under the rubble. right now the death toll stands at 24 and that includes nine children. >> the twist was upgraded to ef 5. it caused more energy than the bomb dropped on hiroshima. two schools tower plaza and briar elementary schools. parents rush frantic to be reunite withed their -- reunited with their children. (sobbing) >> the students at briarwood

elementary school escaping the rubble unharmed. plaza towers elementary school is where 7 people died. >> moore, oklahoma why one school might have been hit harder obviously than another. good morning, anna. >> good morning to you and everybody at home and listening to the children cry you realize the young survivors are going to be having so many emotions to dole with as school officials and town leaders are going to have answer a lot of questions. how are the schools going to be rebuilt. the two schools she mentioned briarwood it's built into four sections there are classrooms in each of those sections with an atrium on the outer side. when the building blasted the students had a place to go. plaza towers is more of a traditional building just one big structure as the walls collapsed they were trapped and had nowhere to go.

we have spoken to some of the survivors. >> all you hear is elementary school is down and your heartbreaks. you don't know who it is and what's going ovenlt it's heartbreaking. i feel for those parents. >> the late frst from the moore oklahoma fire chief they have searched all of the damaged homes they have gone over all of them at least one time. they are double and sometimes triple checking those homes to make sure there aren't any bodies or survivors they do believe there are any. where we are right now this is unbelievable. this is essentially -- it's a shopping center but you can't tell at all. you see these cars, too, they have been tossed around like toys. ladies i have to tell you the smell around here is just gasoline. you wonder how safe this area is as well. >> the shopping center looks

like a junkyard now. >> thanks, anna. >> the deadly tornado separated a lot of people not just from their families but also from their pets during one emotional television interview one woman describes how the chaos tore her dog away from her, but then watch what happened next. >> i hollered for my little dog and he didn't answer. didn't come so i know he's in here somewhere. >> the dog. the dog. >> hi, puppy. >> oh, oh sassy. oh, sassy. oh. oh. >> before long you can see it right there the dog was up walking around. >> you can't watch that without

tearing up. the violent weather more severe storms and tornado threats likely to affect millions. maria molina is in the extreme weather center with the latest. >> good morning. good to see you. the same storm system that produces severe weather across parts of oklahoma for days because it started over the weekend finally heading eastward out of the center of the country. today it will be producing a risk for severe weather in parts of the interior northeast sections of ohio valley down into the state of tennessee and extreme northern sections of georgia. damaging wind gusts large hail and maybe an isolated tornado or two. the section to watch for for that will be across the state of ohio. stay alert if you live out here in cities like nashville, cincinnati cleveland buffalo into burlington, vermont. you have a slight chance not as great as the past couple days but it takes one storm to move through your area and bring damage. another reason we are looking at

very volatile conditions in terms of thunderstorms is because of the heat that has been placed ahead of the storm system. we are making it into the upper 80s in dc 90 in montgomery indiana. the warm air is in place. i want to show you quickly moore, oklahoma a quiet day thursday and friday more showers more storms will be possible. >> maria maloolina thank you ve much. we will check in with you later. >> a lot of people are asking how they can help the recover reef fort. to donate to the american red cross you can call 1-800-red cross or go to the web site redcross.org. you can make a $10 donation by texting red cross to 90999. for the salvation army you can call 1-800-salarmy or go to the salvation army web site at salvation army usa.org or text storm 80888 with that you can go

make a $10 donation ch u.s. official confirms to fox news there are 8 dpoirnled suspects. they have been monitored for months. some since october. we have enough information to conduct a military strike right now the fbi doesn't have enough to try them in a civilian court like they want. here's an outrage of the day he is accused of killing 13 people and wounding dozens more in that fort hood texas massacre. the defense department has confirmed major nadal hassan has been paid more than 278,000 dollars since 2009. now the army says that because of military code his salary can't be suspended unless he's actually found guilty. but because the obama administration call this had

workplace violence and not terrorism the victims can't receive comp or other related benefits. the family of a former u.s. marine gone missing says he's the victim of a kidnapping in mexico. armando torres left his south texas home last tuesday to visit his father over the border. he was supposed to come back the following more but never returned. his cousins are claiming he along with two other family members from mexico were picked up by men with weapons. they nearly bankrupted the city of bell, california prosecutors want to make sure they pay. they want to retry five former off fish s officials in march you may remember a mixed verdict led to a judge declaring a mistrial in some of those counts. the former mayor and council members were accused of corruption and over paying themselves public money. in some cases part-time salaries became nearly 100,000 dollars. she might not have won

american idol but she is reality show champion today. >> the winner and new champion of dancing with the stars are... >> kellie and derek. >> and she is shocked. country singer and idol alum kellie pickler edging out the disney star for the coveted trophy. >> the fan favorite told the crowd this has been the best experience of my life. >> that's your 5@5:30. >> your vote counted. >> i love her. she is from north carolina. she is caught. >> story to tell you about rate now. one day after we learned fox news chief washington correspondent james rose enwas targeted by the u.s. justice department we know he was not the only one at fox who was being spied on by the feds. shannon has the details ahead.

personal e-mails phone records it goes far beyond james rosen's information. the government details numerous pieces of evidence that it has collected including scores of phone records that have area codes and exchanges that match up to many fox news hard line and cell phones. in a redacted version of the document we cannot see the final four numbers in each of the phone numbers but the area code and exchange match up to fox employee and office phones including the phone lines that run through our work space at the white house, the pentagon and state department. these documents show the justice department gathered phone records links to fox news executives. we have reached out to the justice department and white house for comments. jay carney tells our colleague can't comment on an ongoing criminal investigation. these new revelations come on the heels of the news that the

fbi rosen committed a crime by giving information to a state department employee. that led to a search warrant that give the government access to rose en's personal e-mail account. >> it is 39 minutes after the hour. coming out a business base jumper's terrifying fall from a thousand feet. it is caught on camera. we had shwill show you how the parachute failed. tell you how it ended for him. >> conservatives being unfairly targeted by the agency but will we get any answers about why? i'm so glad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for unusual activity, you could also set up free account alerts. okay.

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>> it is 43 after the hour. a appeals court keeping them classified saying release could bring grave harm to the americans. it may appeal the ruling. tcaught c cameramera take a looa the horrifying moment. e ground after the para chute malfunctions. you can see him falling toward the earth at speeds up to 40 miles an hour. amazingly he survived with only minor injuries to his knees and his ankles. >> that's exactly why you don't

want to base jump. >> down to washington a few hours from now the woman at the center of this irs scandal will take the 5th during a congressional hearing. this is the investigation into politicalargeting at that agency. >> doug law ziader luzader is lh more. >> she is refusing to answer the questions not only is she in charge of the division in the irs accused of targeting conservative groups she is also accused of secretly plant ago question to bring this all to light. she is expected to show up on capitol hill today but her lawyer says she will refuse to answer questions asserting her 5th amendment right to avoid

incriminating herself. >> we still hold out hope she will change her mind. off fen ten as you know people don't always listen to their attorneys. in this case she is critical to the conduit between commissioners and other individuals and the actual places where so much was known. >> so would lerner know what pushed her out. her current and former bosses said little about why they didn't initially come clean. >> why didn't you tell him? >> i did not lie. >> you what? >> i did not lie, shiir. >> you didn't lie bio pigs? >> -- by omission. >> it continues to shift. public perception will be a real issue here. there's a new fox news poll out that shows about two-thirds of voters think the white house either orchestrated this or was

aware that it was going on. heather? >> look at those numbers right there. more on that through out the day. doug luzader thank you so much in washington for us this morning. the time is 46 minutes after the hour. still ahead, of course it's where you go for help when you need it. what do you do if the hospital is no longer standing? we will go live outside moore medical center which has been reduced to a pile of rubble. plus life or death convicted killer jodi arias speaking out in court. did she do enough to convince the jury to spare her life? arthur aidala is here to talk about that coming up next. but first let's talk with brian kilmeade to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> we are excited on "fox & friends" because we are going to answer the big question what did heather and ainsley do when we do our show. we are going behind the scenes for them. we are talking about coverage of the oklahoma tornado. find out if we are in the recovery phase or is there hope to save people still.

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>> nine minutes before the hour. jurors in arizona started to deliberate on whether or not jodi arias gets life or death. the convicted murderer originally told a reporter that she wanted the death penalty, but yesterday in court she begged jurors to spare her life.

listen to this. >> until recently i could not have imagined stand before you all and asking you to give me life. to me, life in prison was the most unappealing outcome i could possibly think of. i thought i'd rather die. but as i stand here n, i can't in good conscience ask you to sentence me to death. >> which way will the jury lean? criminal defense attorney arrest thinker aidala. is this going to have an affect? >> you never know. with this jury, let's face it. they reached a pretty quick verdict on whether there was a self-defense aspect or extreme emotional defense and they said no this was murder. then they said this was cruel murder. >> how do you think they will come down? >> you have a jury that's in sync. two times they have had to

make a big decision; they have done so. i think they will probably make a decision -- if i was going to be a betting man, which i'm not -- i think they're going to probably say she deserves the death penalty. the thing is you had all of those family members crying hysterically to do this. no one from jodi's family, mom, brother, nobody stood up and said please don't kill my sister, don't kill my daughter. she's going to start a book club! >> she wore a t-shirt yesterday as a survivor. she basically says she wants to raise money for victims of domestic violence. tasteless. the time to do that, is that going to backfire on her? >> very well may. she said her attorneys didn't put up enough of a domestic violence defense for her. meanwhile her attorneys killed themselves on her behalf. if she gets life in prison,

in arizona, the warden is that famous warden, joe. he makes the men wear pink underwear and all that stuff. even if she doesn't get the death penalty, she's got a rough road ahead of her. >> she refused to sincerely apologize for what happened to her ex-boyfriend. sphaoe refused -- she refuseed to apologize on camera in front of a fox reporter. what kind of effect might that have? disciple -- >> she doesn't want to admit to anything, wants to keep all her options open. she is an interesting study. >> thank you. it is now about six minutes before the hour. new details are emerging from the wreckage in moore, oklahoma. we'll have a live report from the ground. that's coming up next. more on "fox & friends" in i'm phyllis and i have diabetic nerve pain.

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>> a fox news alert this morning. the people of moore, oklahoma, picking up the pieces after that massive tornado. we're live in one of the most devastated neighborhoods. >> good morning to you. search and recovery -- search and rescue efforts have transitioned into recovery and cleanup efforts. and even though officials are 98%, 99% sure they have

located everyone, they're going to go back over this morning at first light to plaza towers elementary because they need to go through some of that larger debris there. the whether has been so atrocious yesterday that it hindered their efforts to go through all of that debris. first light this morning will also reveal the damage in this particular neighborhood as families will be allowed finally to come back into this neighborhood and begin picking up the pieces of their lives. and finally we will get a break in this weather, the first real day where it's not going to be pouring down rain. to give you an idea of where we are, we're right across the street from the moore medical center. you probably saw aerials of that. this is what it looks like from the ground. it is a complete mess over there. they've got a lot of work to do over there. they don't believe they're going to be able to repair that. again, weather here finally clearing up, families being able to get there to take the very first step to