with a mountain lion? >> look at this guy. the family thought it was araccoon. it was a mountain lion. living in the garage. happy wedges! -- happy wednesday! good morning. tornadoes spawn a second night of terror. 13 people dead across three midwestern states. meanwhile, new tornado warnings shake up survivors in joplin as the search for victims continues after the deadliest single tornado in decades. >> with everybody riding around looking for something, family or friends or somebody, it's just unbelievable. >> we'll have continuing cbs coverage of the devastation in the heartland including rebecca jarvis in hard-hit oklahoma. >> tornadoes ripped through oklahoma city at rush hour, this morning, eight people are dead,

the damage is extensive. plus, the very latest on the rescue efforts in stories of survival here in joplin "early" this wednesday morning, may 25th, 2011. good morning, everyone. welcome to "the early show" here on wednesday morning. this updated edition for the west coast. i'm chris wragge here in joplin, missouri. you can see the devastation as light comes up on this wednesday morning. this ef-5 tornado, winds upwards of 200 miles per hour on the south side of this city, as you can see, is literally gone. coming up here on ""the early show,"" we will have amazing stories of survival and the search and rescue that will continue here today as time is now of the essence.

erica hill is in new york. good morning to you. here ahead in new york, we will touch on a few of the other topics of the day, including politics. democrats celebrating an upset win taking a key congressional seat in western new york. what could that mean as we head towards 2012? also president obama meets with britain's prime minister and other leaders this morning. first back to chris in joplin. >> reporter: erica, thank you. let's get you the very latest on the numbers and the situation not only here in joplin but across the midwest. nasty weather last night. the official death toll here in joplin is now at 122 after america's deadliest single tornado in at least 60 years. hundreds unaccounted for and more violent storms on tuesday killed 13 people in oklahoma, kansas and arkansas. eight victims died near oklahoma city and that's where we find cbs news correspondent rebecca jarvis in the hard-hit area of

piedmont, oklahoma. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, chris, this is the hardest hit part of oklahoma city. piedmont is now home to 75 to 100 homes that look like the one behind any, shredded to pieces by the storms that tore through town last night. at least four tornadoes were spotted in oklahoma city and its suburbs late tuesday, entire neighborhoods of el reno and piedmont were wiped out as the twitters flattened homes, uprooted trees and downed power lines. >> expected trees and no roof but totally gone. i had the house here. we had a three-car garage, two-story garage apartment, silo, another house. >> reporter: at least five people were killed and 60 others hurt including three children that remain hospitalized in critical condition. one twister carved its path of destruction into the ground as described by a helicopter pilot from oklahoma city affiliate kwtv.

>> look that the guys. that is just unbelievable. this is just one damage path. >> reporter: powerful winds dumped huge piles of debris into this lake. >> right now, guys, i can tell you that they are searching for missing people. >> reporter: in chickashaw 25 miles southwest of oklahoma city a twister tore through a mobile home park, killing one woman, injuring dozens and leaving hundreds homeless. near st. john, kansas, a family of three pulled off the road to wait out a hail storm. high winds tossed a tree on to their car, killing two people inside. in texas, tornado sirens were blaring in north ft. worth. the storm weakened and produced golf ball-sized hail sending people to scramble for cover everywhere. at this point, one missing person here in paid monday, a 3-year-old toddler. the search and rescue crews are using daylight to find him. in addition to that, the governor of the state of oklahoma has declared a state of

emergency. chris? >> rebecca var advice in piedmont, oklahoma. people here had another scary night. 9:00 p.m. local time, tornado warnings and sirens were sounding which had everyone in a nervous panic as you can imagine this place on edge already. with that warning going out, search and rescue efforts had to be subsided for a moment while that took place. it did hinder the effort as they pick up the effort again here this morning. cbs's don teague is here with us and has more. >> reporter: there is much more work to do. the tornado that destroyed so much of this city was an ef-5, with winds in excess of 200 miles per hour. there was another scare here last night. the tornado sirens went off as the severe thunderstorm came through bringing heavy rain,

high winds and more worry. >> the latest storm has the people of this community on edge. as they cope with the destruction of sunday's devastating tornado, which killed at least 122 people. injured hundreds more and left thousands homeless. from high above what's left of the city. the field of debris is overwhelming. a path of wreckage seven miles long and nearly 3/4 of a mile wide. search and rescue teams have had a daunting task, as firefighters search by hand. missy epperson leads a team of 13 volunteers and rescue dogs from illinois. she also searched for victims at the world trade center and hurricane katrina. >> reporter: how does this compare to some of the other places you have been when you show up and you see this? >> this is katrina without the water. >> reporter: among those still missing, steven campbell's wife. he last saw her as the two took shelter from the tornado. flying debris knocked him unconscious. when he woke up, she was nowhere to be found.

>> i was outside. i seen it. i ran inside and got my wife and said, get in the hallway now. i felt everything collapsing and it was over with. >> reporter: he's not alone. >> they're looking for charles williams. >> reporter: three days after the deadly tornado, survivors are becoming increasingly desperate to find lost loved ones, now taking to the air waves and the internet. today, thousands in joplin are homeless, hurting and hoping the violent weather is finally over. >> reporter: there have been sporadic reports of looting here in joplin. the police chief has imposed a cure few that began last night throughout the darkness, the nighttime hours. you can't be on the street without a special permit from the police. also, cell phone service is finally much-improved here today. that should greatly help the effort to locate the missing. >> cbs's don teague for us down the road in joplin, don, thank you. they have also restored water to some parts of the south side of

joplin. for the people still recovering from this tornado, to get water back is one good sign. we talk about this being a search and rescue mission right know. they are all over joplin at this hour. if anyone is still trapped, we know and the rescuers know that time is of the essence. yesterday, i had the privilege of spending some time with some of the rescue units here and some of the people still in shock over this tragedy. >> everybody accounted for? >> everybody is accounted for in the building but who knows who was in front of the building. >> reporter: 50 men from st. louis county strike team three combed through what's left of this joplin neighborhood, looking for survivors in a race again time and for remains of the missing. >> we got here about 8:00 and actually started on the pile that block there by about 8:15 and haven't found anything. which is a very good thing. >> reporter: in this house, they used a high-tech camera to search for a missing 16 and

60-year-old. >> a lot of hazards, floors unstable. any kind of hazards, any victims that we found. >> we're all crying a lot and praying a lot. it's hard. >> reporter: tracy presslor's nephew, will norton, was ripped from his father's arms and up through the car's sun roof by the tornado. he is another one of the missing. >> we're trying to focus on rescue. recovery might be the other option. we can't deal with that thought. we just can't. >> he is the lucky one, hey? >> yeah, yeah, he is. he is my pride and joy. >> reporter: becky carithers tiny grandson braxton survived the tornadoes 200-mile-an-hour winds surrounding about i a family's love. >> reporter: where was the little guy? >> underneath him in the bathroom. >> felt like i was levitating or something. >> reporter: the baby's parents say he was as calm as could be in the eye of the deadliest

tornado in over half a century. really are when something like that comes around. >> reporter: let's go back to erica in new york. >> i do want to check in now with some of the other things happening across the country. president obama, overseas but he will speak to the british parliament in london. part of his state visit. not all about work. the first couple found time for sightseeing. chip reid joins us from buckingham palace. good afternoon where you are, chip. >> reporter: well, good afternoon, to you, erica. yesterday was all about pomp and ceremony and the president's personal relationship with the queen and today the real work begins. >> reporter: it was the ultimate in for mality as president barack obama and queen elizabeth led a dignified procession into

the state dinner in buckingham palace. only a second dinner for an american president. >> that makes you both a living witness to the power of our alliance, and a chief source of its resilience. >> reporter: but the special moment turned a bit awkward when the orchestra started playing "god save the queen" -- >> the vitality of the special relationship between our peoples >> reporter: while the president was still toasting her. earlier the president and first lady had a private meeting with prince william and catherine, now the duke and duchess of cambridge, who recently returned from a ten-day honeymoon. after a visit with prime minister david cameron and his wife, the two men stopped at a school where they gave um any sem blens of formality and engaged in some ping-pong diplomacy. today, they met at 10 downing street and held a press conference where they discussed issues including libya, afghanistan and the middle east peace process. despite the weightiness of the issues at stakes, it was this

image of michelle obama causing her a marilyn monroe moment grabbing the headlines before any political discussions had gun. over the past couple of years the president shifted the focus of u.s. foreign policy in the direction of asia but today in his speech before parliament he's expected to stress that the cornerstone of u.s. foreign policy is europe, in particular the united kingdom. erica? >> chip reid, thanks. looking at politics here in the states, democrats hoping a special congressional election in new york state is a sign of things to come in 2012. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with last night's surprising results. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. this race was widely seen as the first big popularity test for the republican's new medicare plan. they spent millions of dollars defending it and their candidate in upstate new york but they lost anyway. and they say this race doesn't mean anything.

>> thank you very much. >> reporter: what's is your rising about this win for democrats is where it happened. in the heavily republican suburbs of buffalo and rochester in upstate new york, where gop congressman chris lee won re-election with 74% of the vote in november, before shirtless photos he sent to a woman on craigslist surfaced, prompting the married congressman to resign. george bush won big in this district, so did john mccain, but in this race, the democrat, kathy hochul hit her republican opponent with ad after ad tying her to the house republican plan to turn medicare into a voucher system and it worked. >> and now she wants to cut medicare to pay for more tax breaks for multimillionaires. >> reporter: by the end of the campaign, voters said medicare was their top issue, even more than jobs and the federal budget.

>> the represent represent can jane corwyn struggled to change the subject. >> it's not a perfect plan, i'm open to modifying it or changing or improving. >> this is the path to prosperity. >> reporter: all but four house republicans voted in favor of the medicare plan, put forth in a budget proposal by congressman paul ryan but now some republicans are looking to put distance between themselves and the plan. massachusetts senator, scott brown, announced his opposition this week saying, we can work inside of medicare to make it more solvent. democrats have seized on an issue that they think is a winner for them. medicare and the polls seem to show they are right. it is wa the number one issue in this race in new york. what does that say to you? >> if that's true and it can well be, we'll have is to make our case better and show that republicans are saving medicare >> reporter: what many republicans will argue this race was not a referendum on anything.

it simply came down to the fact that there was a third-party candidate, a tea party candidate that siphoned off about 9% of the vote primarily from the republican but what democrats plan to do either today or tomorrow here in the senate is to hold a vote on the medicare plan and the but jet that encompasses it to try to tie more senate republicans to it as well. >> nancy, thanks. jeff glor is at the news desk with a check of some of the other headlines. >> good morning, erica. good morning to everyone at home. in chicago, some big names could be on the stand in the corruption retrial of rod blagojevich. lawyers for the former illinois governor expected to call chicago mayor, rahm emanuel and congressman, jesse jackson to testify. he is accused of trying to sell the seat of then congressman barack obama. former presidential candidate john edwards say they he will face charges for

campaign violations. he could be indicted for using campaign funds to hide the identity of his mistress. a terrible discovery and a mystery in san diego this morning. a triple murder/suicide. now, police are trying to figure out a motive. the bodies of a couple and their two daughters were found yesterday, three in a backyard swimming pool, the fourth in a bathtub. a medical examiner's office may report on the causes of death as early as today. in salt lake city elizabeth smart will confront her kidnaper for the first time. now 23 years oulld, she was jus 14 when he took her at knife pointed and sexually abused her. he faces life in prison. here is a look at what a giant cloud of volcanic ash looks like from space. this was taken after the volcano in iceland erupted. today the eruptions have stopped allowing two airports in germany to reopen after being closed down earlier today.

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the city of san jose is not in a fiscal emergency... at least for the time being. but the ty council voted y time for news headlines. i'm frank mallicoat. >> the city of san jose is not in a fiscal emergency. at least for the time being. but the city council voted yesterday to keep the possibility alive as it keeps looking for solutions to balance their budget. councilmembers wanted more time to consider ways of reforming the pension system for city employees. police line-up today in l.a. where witnesses will be asked to identify a suspect in the beating of bryan stow. one of the men in the line-up will be the man in this sketch, giovanni ramirez, who was arrested last weekend. prosecutors say they need more evidence before they can file charges against him. and say it ain't so but the san jose sharks' season is over. the sharks were 13 seconds away from winning last night in vancouver but the canucks tied it up and vancouver won the

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good morning. let's head out to walnut creek. southbound 680 on the approach to highway 24. we have an accident here blocking a couple of lanes. traffic is beginning to stack up behind it. also, a lot of traffic heading towards the bay bridge toll plaza. it is jammed almost to the macarthur maze. so a good 15- to 20-minute wait to get on the bridge and a mass transit check, everything on time except no alameda harbor bay ferry service due to damage to the docks. that's your traffic. lawrence has the forecast. >> all right. yup, we have another cold front diving into the bay area, and a chance of showers picking up out there. we are seeing some showers now moving into the san francisco area in front of the storm system, so far into the north. but it's going to dive south today. so if you are heading anywhere, yeah, prepare for rain, folks. we have a chance of showers on and off throughout the day. but looks like after today, we should dry things out. partly cloudy skies for tomorrow. tomorrow another weak system dives n more clouds, slight chance of showers, drying out toward the holiday weekend. ,,

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welcome back to the early show here on a wednesday morning, live in joplin, missouri, that scene playing out all over the city right now, the american spirit, alive and well. volunteers from all over the region have come here, descended upon joplin to lend their support and the people here have spoken as well. they will rebuild. they will recover from this tragedy. i'm chris wragge here in joplin, missouri. erica hill back in new york for us this morning. >> chris, good morning once again. also ahead on "the early show" the latest from the trial of casey anthony accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, anthony. nor months people wondered what her defense would be. her lawyer came out with an opening statement yesterday that shocked pretty much everyone saying caylee drowned in the family's pool and that little

caylee's grandparents actually helped cover it up. we'll take a closer look at the bombshell developments but first back to chris in joplin. >> thank you, erica. we'd like to talk about incredible stories of survival here, two in particular that really stood out to us, a woman and her child hunkered down in the bathtub as the home around them disintegrated and a quick thinking of a man who owned a local restaurant, his quick thinking saved dozens of lives. >> i was on top of my wife and daughter. >> reporter: this is what's left of the neighborhood pancake house, 30 to 40 diners along with bill lantz and his wife. >> my daughter and her boyfriend were in that. >> some took refuge in the freezer as the tornado touched down. >> i could hear my wife and granddaughter praying at the top of their lungs. >> reporter: when it was over the walls were gone, the kitchen

wrecks but everyone survived with barely a scratch. >> i got a little piece of roof down there. just a little scratch. >> reporter: it was bill white who first spotted the tornado coming and herded everyone to the back in the knick of time. >> i keep telling bill he's a hero. his daughter told me a while ago he doesn't like that. i said okay, let's just call him a very brave gentleman with not much hair. she thought that was a better deal. >> i'm lucky to be alive. >> reporter: heather marsh is counting her blessings. for the first time she looked at the spot where she and her son hayden rode out in this tiny hole. she pulled this blanket as the tornado tore through their home. >> i hung onto him and you hear the door, the front door just blowing open, and the windows just crash in towards us. >> reporter: buryed alife under the rubble, she sent desperate text messages to everyone she knew. >> "help us, help us, we're

trapped," just giving them my address and you can hear everybody around you just yelling. finally we start hearing neighbors walking around, they're like, "anybody out there, anybody out there?" we just start screaming q help us, get us out." >> remarkably it was the light of the cell phone, the feint glow that led to the rescue. >> they knew where we were and they pulled debris out and the sweetest breath of air came towards us and i just breathed in as deep as i could. >> in times of trouble heroes emerge, there are a lot of heroes in joplin in the last 48 hours. also one side note with heather's story she was just about to reinsure her property days before the tornado hit and sadly she didn't get all the paperwork filled out in time but the property can be replaced, i'll live with my mom for the time being. she's happy to be alive. that is the sentiment echoed throughout the area.

>> chris wragge thank you very much. overnight there were more deadly tornadoes, 13 people were killed in oklahoma, arkansas and kansas last night. parts of oklahoma city and the suburbs were damaged after the twisters rolled through during rush hour last evening. >> expecting trees gone, maybe roof. just totally totally severe lie of thunderstorms dropped hail the size of baseballs. heavy rain and snow melt have pushed rivers over their banks in montana. some highways are closed including a 60-mime stretch of interstate 90 in montana. at least two people have drowned. in afghanistan the taliban are pressing a new offensive. it's in a remote mountain province of nuristan. they captured a government

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day two now of the casey anthony murder trial in orlando. talk about a bombshell on opening day. casey anthony's defense lawyer claims her 2-year-old lawyer wasn't killed but in fact died in an accident followed by a foomly coverup. mike deforest of wkmg is there with the latest. the last thing probably most folks were expecting yesterday, mike. >> reporter: very much, erica. sex, lies and an accidental drowning, that's the slice of life inside the anthony family home that the defense delivered to jurors. while casey anthony's lawyers were pointing their finger at everyone but their client, prosecutors argued case

anyanthonys had something none of the others did, a motive for killing her daughter. for weeks casey anthony's hinted at a bombshell on the opening day of trial and they delivered it. 25-year-old casey anthony wept openly on her attorney, jose baez told the attorney that 2-year-old caylee drowned in the swimming pool june 16th 2000le and her body discovered by casey's father, george anthony. >> shortly anthony yelled "look what you've done. your mother will never forgive you and you will go to jail for child neglect for the rest of your chicken life." baez told the jury casey was sexually abutzed by her father since she was 8 years old. george denied the charge as well as allegations. >> when i heard that today it hurt really bad. >> reporter: he said the story

was a lie and according to the prosecution the latest in a long line of falsehoods by casey, like lies about having a job and a nanny for caylee. state attorneys say casey wanted freedom and was willing to kill for it. >> caylee's death allowed casey anthony to live the good life. >> reporter: it's the same sentiment casey had tattooed on her body in italian in the weeks after her daughter allegedly drowned, the same period casey was seen partying around town. >> no one knows where caylee is, and casey anthony is just gallivanting around orlando. >> reporter: the defense claims casey was not looking for caylee because she knew her daughter was already dead and out of habit, pretended it never happened, a pattern of behavior as a result of being molested by her father. her attorneys don't have to prove she's innocent, they have to raise enough questions about her guilt. >> reasonable doubt is not

sprinkled throughout this case. reasonable doubt lives here. >> reporter: the prosecution continues its case this morning, calling witnesses who will help paint casey anthony as a cold blooded killer. the challenge for the defense is going to be showing jurors that although casey anthony has lied and lied and lied, this time, she's telling the truth. erica? >> mike, you actually watched this as i understand it yesterday with a bunch of people. this has garnered such interest across the country. how did they react to everything they heard? >> reporter: i this i the big reaction among many was to notice the gaping hole in the defense team's theory. they never explained what happened to little caylee anthony's body after her grandfather allegedly lifted her out of the swimming pool, how the body got into the woods and how the duct tape wound up around her face. the defense almost seemed to suggest the meter reader who found anthony's body had gone to the woods months earlier and

staged the crime scene. bizarre. >> yeah, not the last we'll hear of it. mike deforest in orlando, thanks. we'll bring you more from inside the courtroom in our next hour as well. up next, jim morehart survived the plane crash that killed senator ted stevens. >> you kind of start thinking you know how many flights are lost in alaska where you never find them. you start thinking they may never find us >> his story in his own words here on "the early show" on cbs. . made with imported olive oil and infused with cracked pepper... it adds gourmet flavor to recipes, sandwiches & salads. try kraft mayo with olive oil and cracked pepper. [ female announcer ] lunchables turkey and cheddar cracker combos, now with fruit because a great lunch inspires great ideas. can i borrow your orange?

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died upon impact. among the survivors jim morhard. on tuesday the national transportation safety board offered evidence the pilot's history of medical problems may have contributed to the crash. after that hearing, mr. morhard spoke for the first time about the crash and a very long, terrifying night in the wilderness. >> we enjoyed fishing and certainly enjoyed fishing with senator stevens and we had the opportunity to go up to alaska and fish for silver salmon. we got into the plane and took off and i'd say, you know, somewhere between 30 to 40 minutes into it, you know, i felt kind of abrupt, i knew we had crashed, and i woke up, and sean o'keefe, i was on top of sean, and the first thing i did is i looked down and i saw the folks next to me, and i knew he

was gone, and i really had a hard time just, my mind comprehending what was going on, and i looked around and all the seats in the plane had been sheared off, and you know, i knew right there that the death that was involved and it was instant. the plane was at quite an angle and so i'm sliding head first to the back of the plane, and i'm at a roll so i don't do a face plan and i end up with my neck wedged in the back of the plan. again i'm in shock, i don't know if i have anything broken or hurt and i can't seem to turn over and i think i'm paralyzed or i'm dying. at one point i just made a suggestion, why don't we say the rosary, so here are four catholic boys sitting there and all you could hear was the rain and praying. we hear the planes and they get closer, then they get farther away and you can imagine your expectations and emotions rise

and fall with the noise level of the planes because you know they're looking for you, and then all of the sudden one dive-bombs our plane, to sean's credit he got his hand out a crack in the plane and waved and the pilot saw it. helicopters came with rescuers, but by the time they got there, it was dark, and they broke the news to us that we were not going to leave that night. i really just want to emphasize that the first responders were just unbelievable, then they knew, you know, they didn't have anything to stop the pain for the most part, and they knew that they just had to hang tough with us, and they did everything they could emotionally and physically they could for us. >> the other passengers who shared and survived that long night sean o'keefe, son kevin and 13-year-old willie phillips. we'll be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.

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't split santa clar it is 7:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. don't split santa clara county again to create a new area code, at least that's the clear message from the board of supervisors. they voted to recommend an overlay system for the new 669 area code. it would have the same borders as the traditional 408 but only new phone numbers would be 669. it's up to the public utilities commission to decide. the san jose sharks knocked out of the stanley cup play- offs in vancouver last night. but they didn't give up without a fight. san jose leading 2-1 but the canucks tied it up with 13 seconds left in regulation. then in the second overtime, vancouver got a goal. traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. slow traffic slower speeds on 280 out of downtown san jose. no incidents just the usual slow traffic there heading towards the 880 interchange. bay bridge it is backed up to about the 880 overcrossing. but you will notice that hefty drive time there at the bottom of your screen. westbound 80 almost a 40-minute

commute from the carquinez bridge to the maze. i have an accident in el cerrito westbound 80 before cutting boulevard. it was already slow in stretches as you can see from at least hercules as you make your way westbound. also, third straight morning no alameda harbor bay ferry service. there was damage to the dock due to winds over the weekend. bart, ace and muni look good. lawrence has the forecast. >> showers could affect the roads throughout the day today. already seeing some of the rainfall in the northern parts of the bay area as it drags on by. a little band has been moving to the south. we are going to see that picking up throughout the day today. not the strongest cold front but enough to bring showers and keep things cool, too. temperatures well below average for this time year. highs in the mid-60s well inland. breezy conditions out toward the coastline. good news, this moves out so tomorrow should be dry. just a couple of passing clouds. another weak system dives in friday to bring a slight chance of showers. drying out on saturday and sunday. ,,,,,,,,

devastation as far as the eye can see. welcome back to "the early show." top of the hour here on this wednesday morning. you are looking at what is left of major areas of joplin, missouri, after that ef5 tornado ripped through town on sunday. 122 people killed, hundreds injured. the stories of survival and perseverance are shining through this tragedy. all this hour the latest on the tornado devastation in the southern plains. we have our team across the country there. rebecca jarvis is in pede mond, oklahoma, one of the hardest hit areas in last night's tornado outbreak. first chris wragge is in

joplin, where the death toll now stands at >> now tands at 122. >> good morning to you. you saw the updates like you mends. e f-5 the strongest on record. winds of 200 miles per hour. you see by the pictures, you could not do anymore damage to this part of this town. it is incredible to see. another near miss last night as more dviolent weather moved through. no additional damage to this area. just some heavy winds and rain. that wasn't the case for other parts of the midwest last night. 12 deaths attributed to the tornados last night. three states, 12 death total. right now we want to join cbs's rebecca jarvis. what is the latest there? >> chris, as many as 75 to 100

homes in the town of piedmont look like the one behind me. we just saw a huge number of search and rescue vehicles ride by. there is still a toddler missing. after more than four tornados touched down in this part of oklahoma last nice. the winds as you can see here are still blowing at this point in time as people are going back to homes trying to pick up the pieces after such significant damage and devastation. i'm told by city officials that the tornado that wrapped through this town tore homes like this one to pieces. >> cbs's rebecca jarvis for us in piedmon, oklahoma for us. here here i mentioned tornado sirens went off but no new damage.

everything in this part of joplin is completely gone. cbs's cynthia bowwers is here. they still have their work cut out for them here. good morning. >> yes, and on top of that, they were dealing with those tornado sirens last night. that was the last thing anybody needed. motorists were told to take cover and their hearts were heavy and they were scared to death. no tornados struck. while people picked their way through what was left through houses. emergency workers were searching for survivors. sue slaughter watched as crews searched for their grandson, the little boy has been missing since sunday. >> i'm hoping they will find him. but then i hope they don't, because it is just, not

bearable. you know. but we need closure. we need some kind of closure. there was a small glimmer of hope on tuesday as two more people were found alive under the rubble. the time is running out and rescue workers have six miles to cover. the only signs the green briar nursing home once existed is the equipment along the property. 11 lives were taken with it. >> we have a guest joining us in the studio now. >> my name is ashley. >> ashley was working on wal-mart on sunday. she survived during the tornado and is now searching for her neighbor and best friend. >> the house is completely gone. we have searched all over the

property. we cannot find her. her children are wanting her. they need their mama. >> at or late last night. both are still missing. almost are working to come up with some sort of master list because nobody knows the number of missing. 30 bodies are in morgues and funeral homes here that have not been identified and they are calling in experts to help with dna testing with that. >> another foot note to that the dentist's office has been designated. all dental records are gone. using records are also a problem. thank you very much. >> people the survivors of this tragedy are grateful to be alive. they have lost everything. the natural thing to do is return to the home sift through the rubble. some have found surprises.

>> you can't put a price on stuff like this. at all. >> kim knows she was one of the lucky ones. s sifting through the wreckage of what was once her home. >> you become humbled and appreciative for your family. >> a life long joplin resident. kim was at work when the tornado shock. >> we got her and i stood and cried for 15 minutes before i could move. you see the pictures, and you watch the news. and they tell you, but until you are here and see, you can't even begin to understand. >> thankfully, kim's most prized possessions her children and husband survived the storm. >> to look at this some would say you are not so lucky. but you are talking with us, so

you are lucky. >> i'm the luckiest person in the world. >> down the street, another lucky five. >> they are digging through what is left of the just wedded home. >> her bed is in the same spot. the dress was still laying across the bed. >> the couple is still away on hair honey moon. >> does that make you happy to find this? >> yeah. >> my cousin is going to be really, really happy. >> and it is not just family members who are coming together in joplin, out of town volunteers, are lending a hand. >> what mained you want to come out and help? >> i would want someone to do it for me. >> you know, high art goes out to them. you want to give something so they can be taken care of. you need to take care of our people. >> helping the community as it

struggles to take care of our people. >> lots of volunteers and as far as our momentums, every little bit hopes. >> each such an important part of that puzzle. chris thanks. >> it has been nine years since elizabeth smart was kidnapped from her home at age 14. today, elizabeth smart gets to confront her attacker, at his sentencing hearing. cbs news correspondent john blackstone has the story. >> reporter: when he is sentenced today, brian david mitchell will not only hear from the judge, he will also have to listen to elizabeth smart describe the impact of her kidnapping and nine months held captive. >> i would encourage any child, any victim, anyone who has been hurt by someone that they stand up. >> reporter: smart was a vulnerable 14-year-old, when mitchell took her at knifepoint

from her salt lake city bedroom in june, 2002. now 23, she has grown into a confident woman. during mitchell's trial last year, she described how he raped her repeatedly, difficult testimony that helped convict mitchell. >> we can speak out and we will be heard. >> reporter: mitchell did not actually face smart during his trial. he was removed from court for singing hymns. mitchell's hold over smart was once so powerful that with her face hidden behind a veil, he could take her on the streets of salt lake city without her attempting to escape. now she is determined not to be labeled a victim. >> there's so much good in the world, and so much to see and learn and do that we can't, we can't sit around feeling sorry for ourselves and we need to move on. >> reporter: moving on for smart and her family may be easier when this long running case finally ends today. prosecutors want mitchell sentenced to prison for life.

john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> mitchell's lawyers say is he mentally ill. they'll ask the judge to send him to a prison hospital where he can receive psychiatric care. jeff glor is at the news desk with a check of some of the other headlines. >> we've heard about some of the tornadoes already. deadly tornadoes also touched down overnight in kansas and arkansas. at least three people were killed in arkansas and two more in kansas. in north texas, severe thunderstorms dropped hail the size of baseballs. tens of >> chip reid is traveling with the president. >> following a day of pomp andker moany the president turned to the issues. the president arrived at 10 downing street this morning for

a series of meetings with top officials. that was followed by a press conference where the two leaders agreed to turn up the heat on libya. >> moammar gadhafi and leaders need to understand that there will not be a let up in the pressure that we are applying. >> it is hard to see how you implement un resolution with moammar gadhafi still in control of the country. >> on domestic issues, the president reiterated his deep concern over the concern over tornados in the us whe sxs whil been out of the country. later, the president delivered an address to parliament. the president and prime min ter also found time to flip burdens at an american style barbecue.

>> jared loughner, the accused shooter of gabrielle giffords will stand trial today. >>

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welcome back to "the early show," here live in joplin, missouri. it was another terrifying night here in the region last night as tornado sirens, tornado warnings were alerted here into the area and basically held up the search for the missing. that search continues today and one of the people they are currently looking for is 16-year-old lantz hare. lantz was driving when the tornado struck. his mother, michelle joins us now. >> thank you. >> reporter: have you heard anything at all? >> we of course since we started to do interviews and such we were getting all kinds of leads, however, unfortunately, nothing has panned out. i mean, it's very, very frustrated. although that's what we need in this case, it's so frustrated to not only get a lead but then call a hospital or something, knowing that they have

unidentified, we have confirmed reports in some of the springfield hospitals, we know there are unidentified yet you call them this morning and they're still saying we don't have any. >> reporter: there are john and jane doughs but some of the injuries are so severe they can't -- >> but i guess the point is at least they could let you know there's a possibility. >> reporter: take me through what was happening. in the car with a friend. the friend is okay? >> he's in springfield st. johns. i have not talked to him in a couple days but when i did, i spoke to him through his grandfather. i could hear him in the background, and he was talking, setting up. after the incident i went straight to, as soon as i could to freeman and when i walked in, he was sitting right there at the door, but he just -- he lives with us and all he said was "mama, can i come home?" i said no, you can't, where is lantz?" all he could do was shake his head and say "i got here in a

van." they had pulled in to the dillon's grocery store, i assumed to wait it out because apparently my son was on the phone with a friend at the time, at the exact time. >> dillon's was leveled? >> yes, that's correct. the friend says that the front window went blue. he jumped in the back seat, the back window blew and that's his last recollection. >> what are you going to do, the search and rescue team, what kind have you amassed with the family? >> we did go back to the site yesterday. i have amazing friends. i have close friends. we dug and dug and dug, but i think at this point it might be best for the professionals to go and do that. it seemed like they weren't so we felt we had to. i know some will still be out there today. and that's great. i don't think it's going to be in my best interest is to go

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don't kid yourself. still ahead a reporter long kept in libya for six weeks, now free. james foley was picked up with a group of journalists by gadhafi's forces, beaten, questioned, finally freed and this morning he will tell his story for the first time on tv.

he'll be with us right here on "the early show." stay with us for that. your local news is next.,,,,,,,,

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of some of neighbors there. the tunnel, by the way, could cost up to $500,000. we have your traffic and your wet weather forecast coming up right after this. ,, ,, we spend a lot of time together. well mainly in traffic. i'm serious. we've been together, what, a super long time. true. and at first it was all business, you know, i'd take him here, i'd take him there. everywhere. and over the years, we've really bonded. sure. why else would you always buy me chevron with techron? 'cause we need gas. i think it's more than that. i think that you care about me. you're a good friend. best friends?

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there is a three-car crash out there blocking partially one lane. it's slow in the southbound lanes and it's also pretty jammed northbound. it looks like from beyond the 238 interchange. 880 through oakland, this actually not too bad as you pass the coliseum. you can see traffic coming around the bend there past hegenberger up towards high street. southbound 880 does not begin to slow again until you reach san leandro at the scene of that accident. an earlier problem in walnut creek southbound 680 approaching treat, that has now been cleared to the right shoulder. but we're just getting word of a new problem nearby up in concord. southbound 680 approaching willow pass where it is slow in that area. bay bridge cleared out in the past half hour only backed up to the end. lot. lawrence has the forecast. >> showers showing up around the bay area scattered showers pockets of moderates amounts of rainfall in the north bay. this will continue to be on and off throughout the day today so expect unsettled weather for today, drying out tomorrow, dry over the weekend. i am so sorry...

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the deadliest tornado in 60 years, eighth most deadly in u.s. history, winds in excess of 200 miles per hour and this is the aftermath in joplin, missou missouri. welcome back again. i'm chris wragge. this tree was around about 100 years before this home was built. you can see with the winds the power of the winds, the shear force the road system ripped out of the ground, the roof right off the house, everything in the area is gone. we can report that hope did make it out alive, 65 years old, tough as nails from what we've

been told and doing okay this morning, that is the good news. erica back to you in new york for a moment. >> chris, thanks, such great reporting throughout the broadcast the last two days. also ahead the open with a winfrey show goes off the air today. we'll check in with dr. phil mcgraw one of the many people who became a household name thanks to oprah. what that was like for him also the good-bye party for oprah in chicago. you can imagine what that was like, we'll talk about it a little bit just ahead. first back to chris who is in joplin. >> thank you so much. last night tornadoes came close to joplin, luckily no touchdowns here in this area. this people have had enough. parts of the midwest not as lucky. 13 people killed in storms across the midwest in the morning. in that oklahoma city area, that accounted for eighth deaths alone. cbs news correspondent rebecca jarvis is in piedmont with an

update. what is the forecast like today? >> reporter: the forecast is what is most troubling, chris. right now you have what is relative calm. you have the sun out, the search and rescue crews can attend to their task of finding the missing toddler. the concern is as we get later into the day there are still forecasts out there for thunderstorms, heavy winds, and that creates a major problem for the search and rescue crews and also for people in these 75 to 100 homes that look like the one behind mine, who are trying to pick up the pieces, now that the storm has passed, so i guess what you could say of this area is that while people feel like perhaps some of the worst is behind them, they still know there's a long way to go, and with the thunderstorms on their way, that's going to create a bit of an issue going forward. >> all right, rebecca jarvis in piedmont, oklahoma, thank you. just an alert to the folks out there following updates on the situation on these storms all across the country on twitter, follow us on twitter, follow me at twitter at at

chriswragge and at at theearlyshow and is the back to erica hill. president obama says there will be no let-up on libya. diplomatic pressures will continue trying to force moammar gadhafi out of power. last week four western reporters including james foley of "the global post" news agency were freed after six weeks of detention and questioning. james foley joins us this morning in the studio to talk about his ordeal. his first tv interview. good to have you with us this morning. >> i appreciate it. >> probably nice for you to be sitting in that chair, too, i would imagine. >> it's nice to be back in the u.s. >> you got to libya in march, reporting there. this has been a fluid situation as we've been following it in libya. beginning of april, april 5th you get close to the front lines there. walk us through what happened. >> we were going out to report on what was actually happening

on the front lines. it's very important in this kind of war to see if what the rebels are saying they're doing is actually true so it's important to go out there and confirm and to go back to report to the agencies. that day, we hitched a ride up to the front lines and we were told that gadhafi forces were very close. we decided to get off the road because we felt it was safer due to normally shelling coming from the road. unfortunately, gadhafi forces came right over the hill, and within seconds, we were under heavy fire. the rest of the rebel vehicles were treated and we were under heavy fire, and immediately pinned down and had to desurrender. >> so then what happened next? heavy fire, you surrender and then there you are with gadhafi forces. >> there we are, i jumped up, tried to say we were journalists. before i was captured, i saw our

friend and colleague, anton hammerill was shot and severely wounded. i was hit several times with ak-47, punched and dragged into a vehicle with my hands tied behind my back. >> you don't know what else happened to anton, correct? >> we believe due to the severity of his injuries, he passed, he passed away, and it was the most difficult thing was not being able to tell anybody for those 44 days we were in captivity. >> what were those days like? how did you fill your days in captivity? what did they ask you? >> first thing, accused us of being a spy, and we knew right away we had to stick to our story. we had to absolutely be truthful, who we were reporting for, how many, even how many reports we had filed, because we feared they might check those, that information, and then it

just became this very strange process of constantly being asked the same questions over and over again in some kind of court which we would go to. >> did it seem like it was an organized process, was there clear leadership there? >> it was organized in the sense that we knew we'd have a court date in either 5 or 15 days, but there appeared to be no logic behind it. it appeared to be a political court in a regime that is trying to sow more fear considering there was a revolution going on. >> did you have any contact at all with the outside world essentially during this time? >> claire and i, one myself colleagues who i was with for the initial 12 days, with he prayed so hard, we just prayed to be able to talk to our parents, prayed to talk to my mom to let her know i'm okay, i'm not being tortured, i'm being fed, that was a blessing the day we were given a phone call, such a relief. she filled me with so much

encouragement, friends from college, friends from teach for america, who i used to teach with, were, all over the country really pulling for me, trying to get media attention and my family was appearing on so many tv shows just to try to get attention to the state department and diplomats that we were continually held and that was really the only contact i had until the hungarian ambassador came. >> and ultimately you were freed. claire as well you'll meet up with claire later today? >> yeah. >> i have to ask you, would you go back? >> i think it's a very important story. i mean, what's going on right now is, it's fascinating on a journalistic level, you know, here it is dictator been in charge for four decades and now there's an armed revolt of people who feel like they were forced to take up arms, and won't accept the gadhafis anymore and really believe that they can have some kind of democratic government. >> so that's a yes or a no?

>> that's a yes eventually. >> really good to have you here and i know your family is happy you're the one on tv this morning and not them. >> thank you so much. >> thanks again.

thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to erica. on tuesday opening statements at casey anthony's murder trial. her lawyers stunned the courtroom claiming her 2-year-old daughter, caylee, accidentally drowned and that casey's family covered it up. "in session" correspondent beth karas was in court when the bombshell dropped. the defense opened with this bombshell. they're going to need some evidence to back it up. does this mean casey anthony will have to take the stand? >> good morning, erica. it sure does sound like she has to take the stand, because the scenario that her lead defense

attorney jose baez painted of the death of caylee, her father, george, finding caylee dead in the swimming pool, as casey came around the other side of the house in tears can only be explained by casey anthony. there's no one else. george anthony testified and denied it so i do believe we will see her on the stand. >> the defense would have to know that was going to happen, to lay all of this out and put george anthony on the stand they had to know he would deny it. what kind of strategy is that? >> i think it's because they planned to put her on the stand. there's no known cause of death, because when caylee's remains were found, she was a skeleton, and her bones were scattered. you couldn't tell how she died. so it's a homicide, no known means. that leaves the defense the attorney to say look, if she wasn't killed by her mother, she drowned accidentally so it's a good strategy, no one can say for sure. >> the other issue the defense

will have, which has been talked about since day one is the fact there have been so many lies that have come from casey anthony. how did they overcome that? >> they're admitting it. the defense has basically admitted that, 31-day period from caylee last being seen to being reported missing and tracking casy's whereabouts, basically we don't contest it. she lied to her parents, because she grew up in this dysfunctional home, she was molested from the age of 8 by her father and made her the person that she is and her lies to the police, four misdemeanors in the indictment, punishable by one year each, already served three years of that, admitting that. she'll get on the stand yes i did it and here's why. her family is being put on trial, dysfunction at the home and the defense already in the cross-examination of george anthony started to raise dysfunction when george anthony admitted he never asked his 19-year-old unwed pregnant daughter who got her pregnant for two months.

when she was 7 months pregnant in a photo he said i really wasn't sure she was pregnant. i thought it might be water retention because she used to work out and stopped running. it was a little incredulous to many of the spectators in the courtroom. >> the more you hear the more questions that are raised. beth we'll be checking in with you throughout the trial. beth karas thanks. >> my pleasure. after 25 seasons, 5,000 programs, tens of thousands of guests, and millions of fans, the final oprah winfrey show airs today and cbs news correspondent michelle miller reports chicago gave winfrey quite a sendoff. >> oprah's surprise farewell spectacul spectacular. >> reporter: for two consecutive days the windy city saw a party like none other. ♪ isn't she lovely >> from music legends, past and present -- ♪ >> to hollywood's hottest

a-listers to prominent friends who wouldn't miss it for anything. >> you've given me love, support, wisdom, and most of all, the truth. ♪ oh, happy day >> reporter: they all gathered to pay tribute to the queen of daytime tv. for once, the tables were turned, oprah was the guest of honor, before a packed house at chicago's united center. >> the country began to know her and call her by her name, oprah. >> reporter: some came to witness. ♪ >> reporter: others to thank. >> by giving them an education, you've helped light up this world. >> reporter: so how do you top that? ♪ >> reporter: how does oprah winfrey take her final bow? one insider says flying solo. >> most important relationship is with her audience. it's going to be low key and intimate, whatever it is. >> reporter: and fans and her

audience during the final taping say it was just that. >> we love her! >> there are no, you know, bells and whistles. >> really just a moment in history. >> welcome to the very first session of the oprah winfrey show. >> reporter: when she burst on to the screen in 1984, america had seen nothing like her, the little black girl from mississippi rose to the top, eclipsing her talk show idol, phil donahue and johnny carson. >> this really is my 25th season. >> reporter: 5,000 episodes later, her swan song may be the show ender of all-time. >> i think it's up there with johnny carson's final good-bye. >> i bid you a very heartfelt good night. >> the end of "m.a.s.h." the end of "cheers" it's a big television moment. >> reporter: an end of an era, maybe, but certainly not the end of oprah. just ask one of the many tv stars to whom oprah gave his big break. >> i know how many things that

she has in store, and how exciting this new chapter is going to be for her. >> and now, here we are. >> reporter: with her very own network, oprahw3 hopes to be winning audiences for years to come. >> this is going to be good! >> reporter: michelle miller, cbs news, new york. dr. phil mcgraw also became a tv host and household name due to his appearances on oprah. before he left to cover the tornado, chris sat down with dr. phil to discuss her role in the talk show host's own career as well as how oprah helped to shape the history of daytime television. >> we just celebrated our 1,500th show and we were thinking that's a really big deal, and you look over and she's done almost 5,000 shows, close to 30,000 guests, and really has defined daytime television. it's appointment television. it's been a part of people's days for so many years.

>> you talk about the void that now exists. other shows will replace the time slot but can she ever really be replaced? >> well, in my opinion, she's the best there ever was, the best there ever will be. i mean, oprah has that unique quality. she once told me way, way back, she described herself as a viewer with a microphone. she said i asked the questions the viewers want asked and people connect with her. they believe her. they relate to her. they share with her. this is like a really good friend moving away. people are going to go into mourning about this. it's a loss in people's rhythm of life. >> you talk about the connection, something we all strive for in the television business myself, yourself included. what was it about the two of you when you first met? what was it about that connection? >> it's interesting, chris, because i met oprah in a non-television situation, because i was on her defense team in the mad cow case in amarillo back in the day, and so when i met her, i had never seen

an oprah show. it was on during the day, i never watched it. i knew who she was. you can't be on the planet and not know. i knew her in a non-television way and got to meet her just as a person, and within 30 minutes of being with her, i understood why she was the amazing success that she was. this woman has a magnetism. she has had refreshing quality where if you're in the room with oprah, you feel better about who you are. you feel better about yourself for having been around her and that's been her gift. >> do you ever look back, obviously she puts you on this platform, to help give you the platform you have today, it was incumbent upon you to take it and run and become the success that you've become. when you look back and you want to kind of give thanks to oprah for what she has done for you, how she did launch the career what would you say to her? >> here's the thing.

people said wasn't oprah a big factor in launching dr. phil? she wasn't a big factor. she was the factor. she was the factor. and what a change in my life. can you imagine being 50 years old and somebody come to you and say you no he what? i want you to have a national platform and you can talk about anything you want to talk about. she has changed my life. she has changed my family's life, and i've now known her for 16 years, one of my dearest friends in the world and all during those 16 years, there has never been a time that she hasn't been a staunch supporter, a mentor, someone that has really helped me shape my career and how do you say thank you for something like that? >> that's a good point. she's got the cable network now, she's leaving the show obviously but still has an outlet, not to mention i'm sure anybody, but what do you think is going to happen with her next? >> well i think she is going to rewrite cable history and really

turn her attention to this. as you know i'm involved in own. they're running "dr. phil" shows, several hundred they're going to be running and have been running. i've done projects for them, "finding sarah ferguson" which is coming up very, very soon, so i'm continuing to work with her and so i'm in a unique position if she's not going away for me she's still my partner and still my friend and we're still working together on the oprah winfrey network so i think people are going to follow her there and i think they're going to be impacted by her programming. >> what do you think she's thinking or feeling today with today being the last day? >> i think it is a real mixed emotion. after 25 years, she's done every interview, she's set every record. she's done everything you could possibly imagine, and i think she felt like it was time to move on, but i think this is very emotional for her. i talked to her not long ago

when there were 25 shows left, and she said, wow, 25 shows left after 25 years, she said, i just, i have such mixed emotions about this. i think this is, this is a bittersweet day for her, but i tell you, if you're ever going to go out, go out number one, and she has gone out number one. >> we should all be so lucky. dr. phil, thank you. >> chris, thank you. >> now here's erica. >> chris, thank you. >> now here's erica. >> go,,,,,,,,,,,,

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good morning. northbound 101 sweepers blocking a couple of labels. northbound is really slow right now heading into san francisco. it's kind of slow in stretches from at least candlestick right now and it's also causing traffic to back up on 280 for people avoiding 101. 880 through oakland sluggish past the coliseum. and heading southbound 880 through san leandro we have an accident by marina off to the shoulder but chp is still on scene and it's causing some looky-loo so traffic. lawrence has the forecast. >> check out the showers around the bay area today. we are seeing some of that -- most of it still in parts of the north bay but this line starting to creep further south. we'll continue to do so although breaking up as it moves on by. so we'll see some scattered showers around the bay area and temperatures going to be running very cool for this time of year a good five to 15

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