red lake county, minnesota. that's the overnight n,, red lake county, minnesota. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's monday, april 3rd, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." hail, rain, and tornados sweep across the south, leaving at least two people dead and miles of damage. and in colombia, the search is on for the missing after a mudslide kills more than 200 people. preparing for a showdown over the u.s. supreme court nominee. >> neil gorsuch will be confirmed this week. how that happens really depends on our democratic friends. and that sweet sound of victory. south carolina takes home their first ncaa women's basketball championship.

good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. severe weather hammering the southern u.s. and forcing people to take cover this morning. the worst of it was in louisiana where a tornado flipped a mobile home, killing a mother and her 3-year-old daughter. the state is on alert. hena daniels is here with the very latest. good morning, hena. >> good morning, anne-marie. they have confirmed it was an ef-1 tornado with 110-mile-per-hour winds responsible for the death of a mother and her young toddler. the storms are now taking aim at alabama and other parts of the southeast. in vicksburg, mississippi, families were rescued in the

middle of the night after being trapped in their homes. families carried out their pets and whatever else they could. >> oh, my gosh. that's it. >> the severe weather across the south has been raging for more than a day. at least ten tornados have been reported in the last 24 hours. heavy rains, high winds, and hail struck from texas to tennessee. louisiana was hit the hardest. in st. maarten parish a woman and her 3-year-old daughter were killed when their mobile home was demolished by a tornado. >> she was a happy baby. she loved animals. she was always smiling. >> the severe thunderstorm threat is now moving east and forecasters warn people in the stormcast to stay alert. louisiana's governor is warning residents that everyone should be on high alert for the storms and is urging people to stay off the roads. anne-marie? >> hena daniels here in new york. thank you so much, hena. meteorologist pam gardner of

our boston station wbz is tracking the storm. >> the severe thunderstorm threat shifts farther to the east with moderate to severe storms across especially southern alabama. that's where we have the greatest ris for some tornados. high impact winds and damaging wind, large hail, and also flooding rain potential. here's the timing through monday morning, monday afternoon. the storm system marches across mississippi, alabama, toward the florida panhandle. lunch hour it's going to be quite rainy in birmingham. thunderstorms pushing through atlanta, georgia. they push through to the south and east as well, also the carolinas. monday evening will a soaking rain for that evening commute. monday night the storm system starts to push offshore. rainfall potential, we have watches up for at least monday afternoon, and here's why. 3 to 5 inches of soaking rain through monday.

i'm pamela gardner for cbs news in boston. rescuers in southern colombia are in a desperate race against time after last week's deadly mudslide. more than 200 people including more than 40 children are dead, and that number is expected to climb. mireya villarreal has the latest. >> reporter: emergency responders are looking through the rubble, tirelessly searching for survivors. this father is looking for his daughter louisa who's barely old enough to call out his name. she's just one of the hundreds still missing. the streets of mocoa, colombia, were consumed by a wall of water late friday night. heavy rain triggered the overflow of three rivers and the flooding quickly turned into an avalanche of mud. aerials revealed the city's true devastation. the force of the water knocked buildings over, tearing cars

away, and ripping families apart. this woman's friend was swept away by the current. her husband unable to hold on tight enough. colombia's president juan manuel santos toured mocoa and declared it a disaster zone. he said their hearts are with the families suffering and they're doing everything they can to help. more than a thousand troops are on the ground searching and recovering bodies. this has become mocoa's weeping wall where a list of the confirmed dead continues to grow, many of them young children. during his sunday blessing, pope francis thanked those helping in the rescue. and said he'd be praying for the victims of mocoa. colombia's attorney general has launched an investigation with 45 investigators on this case. he wants to make sure that corrective action is taken to prevent this from happening again, and that is extremely important right now because this area is expected to receive more rain in the next few days.

mireya villarreal, cbs news, los angeles. on to politics now and the third democratic senator says he'll back supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. indiana's senator said he'll confirm gorsuch. he called him a qualified jurist, but senator jon tester of montana said he'll vote know. republicans are expected to confirm gorsuch but only if they change long-standing rules. the senate committee is expected to advance the nomination today. and ahead on "cbs this morning," "washington post" editor ed o'keefe will have more on gorsuch's nomination to the supreme court. president trump's son-in-law jared kushner is visiting iraq. he's there with the joint chiefs of staff. no details about the trip were released, but a senior administration official says kushner wants to see the situation in iraq for himself

and show support for the country's government. the ranking democrat on the house panel investigating the trump campaign's alleged edge says they're throwing up a smoke screen. congressman adam schiff says mr. trump is advancing claims about illegal wiretapping to distract from possible coordination with moscow. u.n. ambassador nikki haley said her colleagues from other countries rrntd concerned with d.c. chatter. >> i will tell you we don't want other countries to interfere with our elections. we need to be strong on that and need to respond accordingly. >> haley said her counterparts do want to talk about russia's influence in ukraine. police in charlotte, north carolina, have canceled the amber alert for an 11-year-old girl who was found safe. the girl was located in washington, d.c. they believe she was kidnapped after her grandparents who were her guardians were found dead inside their home yesterday. the girl's uncle is facing two murder charges. >> five more children have been released from the hospital after

a fatal carbon monoxide leak in southern michigan. the leak happened saturday in the pool area at the quality inn and suites in the town of nile, killing a 13-year-old boy. two other children and a police officer were treated earlier. in sports now it's a dream finally realized for south carolina and its coach. >> it's a spectacular performance as south carolina has won the national championship. >> the gamecocks beat mississippi state last night in dallas for the school's first women's basketball title. it's a sweet win for coach don staly who reached the final four three times but never won. join us starting at 9:20 eastern when gonzaga takes on north carolina in phoenix. and coming up on the "morning news," go it alone. president trump says he's ready to take action against north korea without china.

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will be closely watching chinese president xi jinping's visit with president trump. we'll also get the march jobs report. that comes out on friday. last week the dow added 68 points. nasdaq, though, lost 2 points. and epi pen recall is expanding to the u.s. and other markets. the reason, a defective part that may result in the device's failure to activated. the notice from epi pen maker mylan reports of it. it adds to earlier warnings last month after two reports of the device failing. epi pen is used to treat allergic reaction to food and bug bites. the cleveland cavaliers are trying to quiet the deafening noise for those with autism. the team's quicken loans arena is introducing what is called a sensory-inclusive area. it's a safe space for people who struggle to handle high levels of stimulation. the zone is a first for the nba. "the boss baby" took first at the box office. % >> i'd kill for a spicy tuna

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lexie thompson is shocked. after being hit with a four-stroke penalty by the lpga. a tv viewer told tournament officials that thompson had improperly placed a ball the day before. thompson forced the playoff but lost yesterday in california to sun-young yoo. well, the boys of summer are back on big league fields across the country, but baseball is never out of season for one fan. brooks silva-braga learned about his journey. >> the ball isn't much to look at. he pulled the baseball out of a creek and ralph got it in his head to take a photo of the ball with every hall of famer. >> i had no concept seven years ago as to what this was going to mean, how long it was going to take. >> 37,000 miles so far by road and air has yielded these 300 pictures.

yogi berra and reggie jackson, cal ripken jr. and ozzie smith. most hall of famers are deceased so carhartt drove to idaho to find harmon killebrew's graveside. babe ruth took him to new york. and the cryogenic where a head is preserved. >> not every interaction with the living guys is great. some of them just don't understand why i would to such a thing. the tommy lasorda photo. that photo tells it all. the ones who do get it -- wade boggs was another one who got it, who thought it was really neat. luke brock kept me there for about ten minutes because he wanted to make sure his hair looked good. i had to keep taking photos until he liked his har. >> reporter: carhartt doesn't ask for autographs, which sets the confusion apart. >> i know some who have tried to get autographs of all the hall of famers, but this is a little

different. this sounds like something nobody's ever done before. >> reporter: last week carhartt visited linchpin stadium to honor monte. monte doesn't have a graveside but played at the field. >> thanks, monte. >> hopefully they accept the ball when i'm done. i can say it. look. dad made that. >> brooks silva-braga, cbs news, paterson, new jersey. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," musicians win on the marsalis and john because teeth join us in studio 57 with their new jazz collaboration. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."

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our top story this morning, a dangerous storm system is moving across the south, threatening alabama and mississippi. overnight floodwaters trapped families in vicksburg, mississippi. a tornado in louisiana overturned a trailer, killing a woman and her 3-year-old daughter. brexit talks are expected to begin in the coming weeks. prime minister theresa may formally began the separation process last week. mark phillips has more. >> reporter: a grave threatening dawn over london and gray many say threatening the future for britain. nine months after voting for it, the british handed the eu itself official demand for divorce.

>> this is a historic moment from which there can be no turning back. >> reporter: theresa may's government and the eu now have two years to negotiate the terms of the divorce, a divorce that was said would not lead to a win/win outcome, but a lose/lose. a lot of people are already trying to control the damage. at a currency trading company, they're planning to move part of their operation to ireland to stay in the eu trade zone that brexit will almost certainly take britain out of. and ceo michael kent says not just the little guys are hedging their bets. >> there's not a single syntac or other financial company that's not considering this right now. every single person i talk to, board member, banker i talk to is thinking about this. >> reporter: those who

campaigned for britain to leave the eu promised an economic windfall. >> we had a johnson family christmas. that's how we got through the boxing day, i can tell you. >> reporter: boris's sister rachel argued the stay in europe. >> we have to do this thing now. it's completely crazy. it's crazy beyond your wildest nightmares, but it's happening. >> reporter: there are already signs this will be an expensive divorce and an acrimonious one. you want to leave, the eu is saying, take your share of the family debt with you. the settlement bill for britain, about $60 billion. two years of argument lie ahead and no guarantee of a deal. mark phillips, cbs news, london. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," some men's hair dyes may contain more of a dangerous compound than a can of lead

paint. ahead, efforts to get it banned in the u.s. plus, "60 minutes" correspondent lesley stahl shares the joys of being a grandmother. and musicians wynton marsalis and jon batiste join us in studio 57 to share their 60 years of collaboration. ♪ >> that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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police are trying to find the driver who killed a father-of-four - in this is going to be one of those mornings where i'm getting ready along with all of you at home. step-by-step the hair will eventually be done. >> it is christmas on this side, too. >> we planned it. >> i'm christmas, too, kind of. >> we have temperatures in the 40s and 50s. 52 degrees in san francisco this early hour. high of 68. average high is 62. teat