immediately. tornado warnings or watchings have been is upped in eight different states. this follows dozens of deadly twisters that slammed the region two days ago killing 13 people. more than 100 others were injured. what's the latest, bill? >> 81 degrees in memphis right now. it shouldn't be that warm. it's 40 in st. louis. that's where the cold air is rushing in behind. we've already been doing it about the last three hours. a little earlier than expected in northern alabama and around the athens area. let's look at some of the video. this is from the storm that went through athens, alabama. it struck three different parts of the city. 9,000 people still without power. this is unfortunately the same area that was hit last april from the horrendous tornado out breaks. the same location will be

reporting damage. that's that storm. we also had another one just outside northern portions of mississippi. we're continuing to watch the situation. so far 12 reports of tornadoes out there. notice the ones in northern alabama, northern georgia. notice around st. louis, a huge hailstorm went through. what are we going to deal with next? we're waiting to see the main show. that will be between 4:00 and 8:00 this evening. that includes southern areas of ohio and down into tennessee including nashville. from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. that's the area for the long strach arm. close enough. let me zoom in to show where the tornado warning is. this is the area to the north. anyone in southern portions och illinois right now you need to be getting into your safe room

with your family. need to get into your basement or bathtub. the storm is headed right over you. very intense the just barely missing harrisburg which is just to the north of there. this happens about four or five times a year. a high risk of tornadoes. the area in red is under a moderate risk, but it's the white area which is a high risk of tornadoes. if you're in in location you need have safety plan in place right now for this afternoon and evening. it includes all of cities on this map. the biggest cities on that map. that's what we will be watching as we go throughout the afternoon. it's not waiting until the storms get there. the storms coming right now on the ohio river, all ready producing tornadoes. >> help us understand why are we seeing the severe tornadoes, this tornadic activity in the winter. we're expecting these in the spring. >> if you paid attention to this winter, there's no snow on the

ground. it's been usually warm. we don't have the snow pack on the the ground. winds are at 40 miles per hour in memphis. all that warm air from the south is heading north ward. look at the temperatures. right now in louisville, kentucky it's 73. look at kansas city on the backside. 36 degrees. that cold air is rushing in behind. it's just a classic set up for a big huge tornado out break. these temperatures are so warm. that's the energy for these storms. it's going to be quite an afternoon and advantage. it's very rare to get the high risks without fatalities. that's what we're hoping for, but it's very rare. it's going to be dangerous night. >> let me bring in mike bettis. he joins us where schools are ending class early. bill says this is a long night for people in that area. >> it's definitely going to be.

we're looking for that key area between 4:00 and 8:00 this evening. it's home to over four million people. we had the nashville flood a couple of years ago. we had three tornadoes came through downtown nashville. it's the first time in 20 years that major area had been hit. you can see the skyline there. there's an orange structure here with a wavy roof line to it. that's the brand new convention center that ri building. it's a huge structure. it's still under construction. the south facing walling of that have not been completely built. if wind gets under that, entire structure could go. it's very warm right now, very unstable air. temperatures are in the 70s right now. they are 20 degrees above average. they are letting out schools early. that's good. if you are at home, nowhere in

your home you would go is an interior room. we think underground is the best place to be. you may not be able to with stand a tornado that's coming your way above ground. things get very active. the key is preparation. be ready. take quick action. the tornadoes will be moving so quickly. >> thank you very much. by the way, the folks at the weather channel will keep you up to date throughout the evening and throughout the night as the breaking news continues. thank you. now to the latest in the gop race and accusation offense back room deal over dells awarded in the michigan primary. rick santorum is furious that the michigan republican party voted to award the state's at large delegates to romney rather than divide them. romney has 16-14 delegate edge.

the math adds up to a very angry santorum. >> the good old boy network. change the rules after the game so they with win. that's pathetic. >> as for next week's super tuesday contest a new poll shows canto rum clinging to a slim lead in the crucial state of ohio. santorum now leading mitt romney 35-31. a week ago he had a seven-point lead. let's bring in our political panel. let's talk about these numbers out ohio. santorum had a seven-point lead. it's dwindling away a bit. kind of what we saw in michigan. they don't like the comparison. >> i was just on the ground in ohio last week.

unemployment is way high in that state. it's a very, very conservative, socially conservative state. i was in ash wednesday service, and from the pulpit, thaip said during the prayers of the people, we have to pray for the attack by h.h.s. on our religious freedom. this isn't a college town. it's a conservative state, but unemployment numbers are high. santorum, i think at the end of the day, despite his shrillness and anger, i still think he's going to carry that state unless he imploeds between now and then. >> looks like santorum country. 79% of the people make less than $100,000. 27% did not go to college. mitt romney has been taking to people who make over $100,000. you look at the makeup of this state, 79% making less than

$100,000, what do you make of those numbers and how they fit into the profile? >> i think it's good news because it took place after february 28th. it show a slight bauns for romney out of michigan, but still santorum a working margin. he still has an opportunity there. i agree with jimmy's analysis. if you look at mitt romney's victories the, he consistently wins voters may recollecting over $100,000 a year, and loses those making less than that. make you can win a republican primary winning only voters making over $100,000 a year, but when we start bringing in inspe independents and democrats, if you can't win middle class americans, you're not winning a general election. >> rick santorum talked about religion and we know the criticism of j.f.k., do you think he will play the game differently. chris matthews made an excellent

point in that he lost michigan on his own with what he said and the way he handled himself in the interviews and not talking about the economy. do you think he will play a different game the next few days? >> absolutely. i think chris matthews is correct. i think he did surrender the high ground and talk about what his di tractors want to talk about and didn't turn the subject around to what should have worked for him. look at kent countimy. that hosts grand rapids, the second largest city in michigan. that's home to some of the most christian conservative county. he barely won kent county. he lost michigan more than mitt romney won it. >> the good old boy network. the party voted late yesterday

to give mitt romney 16-14 edge with the delegates there. he says it's dirty politics again. >> sounds like rick santorum's forgotten what happened to the building behind me where he served for two terms in the united states senate. i agree with rick santorum. that's a terrible way of going about doing business. the guy went there. he ran. he almost beat him. by the way, chris matthews is right. he lost that state by himself, by his actions. at the end of the day, let's be clear, if the goal posts are changed after you leave the field, then there's a problem there. is that going to happen in ohio? is that going to happen in utah, california, idaho? i can guarantee you that the tea party and christian conservatives will not tolerate that kind of action by the party elders. >> there's been a lot of craziness in iowa. steve, your home state. you had some votes not counted a a lot of what the first team

called snaffus. it says romney is ready to do whatever it takes. steve, i'll start off with you one of the things romney team is doing is they have this twitter hashtag. it's grandious newt. they have this digital slogan. rick went to washington and he never came back. the romney team that we saw in iowa willing to get down and dirty. the super pac putting up these vicious ads to take down anyone who is in his way. it seems that he's back, jimmy. >> this is politics. it's not for the light hearted. the mitt romney wants to go out and play this gain, that's perfectly fine. at least his super pac is out there doing this. if he's not doing that and the super pac is going dirty and

playing back politics, let them do that. if he wins the nomination and they go up against barack obama, they will get demoralized. the obama campaign team is on their ball. they know what they're doing. >> the romney campaign has a web video up going after president obama's economic leadership saying obama isn't working. where is newt gingrich? where is he going to make his final stand? >> i think if you start counting delegates in the south, there's about 600 delegates down there and the republican party is a southern party. newt clearly is banking on georgia, tennessee and oklahoma. these tactics of changing the rules in the middle of the game, this is a great way to lose a general election. they will really tick off grass root tea partiers and social conservatives with these antics and do this with a two delegate

margin. >> you believe this is flat out cheating? >> it is cheating. >> it's flat out gamesman ship. it's cheating. i'm reminded of what jim baker said during the florida recount. you can't change the rules in the middle of the game. that's exactly what the republican party is doing to its own base right now. >> that's what santorum is alleging. we'll see if it helps him out in ohio. thank you. greatly appreciate it. >> thanks. coming up. >> sandra fluke is having so much sex, she can't pay for it. >> that was rush limbaugh not yesterday but today. an hour ago. doubling down on his attack of georgetown student sandra fluke after he called her a prostitute for having insurance cover birth control for women. he's calling birth control welfare. how the so-called war on women

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welcome back. we continue to follow that breaking weather news. this is out of alabama. alabama is one of more than seven states with either tornado watches or warning in effect. this according to our meteorologist on the ground. they are keeping an eye on the midwest and the south after two days of really vicious weather for the folks in this part of

the country. jim is on the ground in indiana where he's watching the latest developments there. there's also reports of tornadoes touching down in illinois. we're working to confirm all of this. we know there's some dangerous weather on the horizon in several states. we'll keep you posted on what's happening there. also, students at the ohio school where three classmates were killed have almost finished their first day of class. it was an motional return for the students that attend chardon high. >> it was like surreal when i walked into the cafe like a wave just hit me. i just felt something. it wasn't like a spirit. i didn't feel anything like that. i just felt something. just a wave of emotion. i was like this is where it happened. >> prosecutors have charged 17-year-old t.j. lane as a

juvenile with three counts of murder. tomorrow a funeral will be held for 16-year-old daniel parmetor. a viewing is under way right now. kevin tibbles joins us now. describe this day for them. >> reporter: obviously, it's a very sad day and a sad time for this town and the school. they wanted the kids to get back to school as quickly as possible because counselors say that essentially helps speed up the healing process. they get a sense of normalcy back in their lives. just as a sign of solidarity, what's been going on here, last night there was a basketball game in which chardon played another school. everyone stood and cheered. everyone was wearing chardon colors and the posing team came out wearing chardon t-shirts. today when they went to school

kids from other schools came by and applauded the kids as they went back into their schools. here is what a girl from a neighboring school had to say. >> just to show chardon that we're supporting them and know what they're going through and tell them to stay positive even though negative things have happened. >> tomorrow is the funeral for one of the shooting victims. he died on the scene at the school. i'd also like to tell you that the other two victims who were taken to the hospital prior to dying actually managed to donate their organs and some 16 other people have now benefitted from this tremendous loss that has taken place here in this community. they' their legacy is going to continue and live on. thank you very much. i want to bring you back to the

breaking news. these tornadoes hammering the midwest as well as the south. jim joins me now. he's in jefferson, indiana. what are the conditions there? >> reporter: you can see louisville a landmark across the river from me here. we're watching tornadoes right now to our west back towards evansville. this line stretches down into south eastern missouri. that's the main event. that's the one that will be unfolding. those storms have not gotten into the most unstable air or the air that would make them most potential to produce long track and big tornadoes like we have seen over the past months in other parts of the country. things have gotten under way in northern alabama. we had tornadoes touch down there. it's the atmosphere's way of giving us an idea of what's to come as we go on in time. it's very windy here. winds are coming out of

southwest. very ominous sky. leading us to believe we have some action coming this way. we don't know how bad it will be hit. this is the time of the day that we need people, especially if you're employing a group of people and say i'm going to look at the radar and see when the storms be here. maybe we should just keep everybody here. let the storms pass. >> we lost our connection with jim. the weather channel is following this. we have bill in studio with me. we'll keep you up to date throughout the hour. the series of tornadoes is just on the horizon. this is a dangerous situation. we want to keep you up to date on the latest. house democrats have raised more than one million dollars in the past week from what they call the war on women campaign. also, we have new comments from rush limbaugh after he

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evening. indiana is the worst of it pm numerous reports of tornadoes on the ground. one 300 yards wide. picture three football fields wide. also the nashville area into all portions of northern alabama and mississippi you're under a tornado watch right through this evening. as far as what we're dealing with out there with the storm system and areas of concern, the areas of greatest concern is what we will watch around the louisville and nashville area. we're going to zoom in a little closer on the storms. as far as the louisville area goes. looks like the worst of the storms will be there in southern portions of the state. not so much around indianapolis, but a little further there to the north. let me just back it back to where we're looking at the severe weather reports here. the worst of it is in southern indiana. this is southern indiana. we have two huge storms moving through the area. both of these are reporting

tornadoes on the ground. a little wider view shows where louisville is here. these storms will not head your way. tornadoes reported on the ground. that's the worth of it right now. it's a pretty rural area. at least the tornadoes aren't going through big cities, but those small farm town, heads up. one of rush limbaugh's advertisers is no longer willing to be associated with the talk show host. companies have been under fire to full ads after he viciously attacked a georgetown law student. he called sandra fluke a quote, prostitute and a quote, slut on his show. sleep train released this statement. we don't condone negative comments directed towards any group. during his live show today he continued his insults of sandra fluke. >> the woman comes forth with this, frank li hilarious claim

that she's having so much sex and her buddy is with her that she can't afford it. not one person says did you think about maybe backing off the amount of sex that you have. when there is the slightest bit of opposition to this new welfare entitlement being created then we hate women. we want them barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, all of these other things. that's where we are. >> joining us now is a reporter for salon.com. before we play sandra fluke was on with andrea mitchell. i want to respond to what she testified before that panel in congress. that is not what she was discussing. she was talking about a friend who had ovarian cancer and needed contraception to help her with a medical condition. >> married women use contraception and it doesn't

work the way that he thinks it works. it's not the amount of sex you have per pills. if we're talking about the various forms, the most expensive kinds that are very effective and difficult to get covered by insurance. he needs to go back to biology class. we're not paying for her to have sex anymore than we're paying for him to get viagra. >> right before she went on air, she received a phone call from president obama and limbaugh's response to her conversation. let's play them. >> he encouraged me and supported me and thanked me for speak speaking out about the concerns of american women and he said to tell my parents they should be proud and that meant a lot because rush limbaugh questioned if my parents would be proud. >> apparently sandra fluke told obama when he asked her if she's

okay, she said obama told her that she should tell her parents they should be proud. i'm going to button my lip on that one. the president tells sandra fluke, 30-year-old sandra fluke, parents should be proud. okay. >> so, there's a huge campaign online to get advertisers to pull from this show. you have some people who defend rush limbaugh and they say it's entertainme entertainment. this is what he does. how does this play different than other things we have heard in the past? >> right now the daylight between rush limbaugh and what republicans in the house and the senate are doing is not that different. he's just being more honest about it. >> john boehner spoke out.

what did he say today? >> he said he thought it was inappropriate to use those words, not getting to the substance but it was inappropriate to raise money on it as if they were the same thing. >> any chance that republicans in congress are pressuring rush limbaugh to back out or do they have the ability? chris matthews says every night i want to hear one republican come out and blast rush limbaugh. i'll put you on the show. we've not seen that yet. >> the what john boehner said is blasting, i'd like to see more blasting. right now you have rush limbaugh spewing hate speech about the president, african-americans. it's nice that people are calling him on this because he's gone too far. >> families have raised one million in a week before the comments rartding sandra fluke. john boehner referred to this fund-raising as a band thing. they are not calling people saying rush limbaugh said this,

give us money. i think this is from the passion of women. >> i totally agree. it's really republicans that have been bringing this to the agenda. democrats made a public health decision. the contraceptive mandate was based on nonpartisan medical experts about what good would be. republicans are talking about sex and friending it's about religious liberty. >> we'll see what happens next. three hours of rush limbaugh. he did not use the word prostitute or slut, but his insults against sandra fluke were still very vicious. thank you very much. we'll see what his advertiser do next. turning to the economy now. we've seen the dow go above 13,000. gas prices surging. some economyists are arguing that this mixed picture of the financial recovery is proof the u.s. will never return to where it was before the recession. the notion of back to normal is

a myth. federal reserve chairman had third-degree to say about the jobs market. >> continue to improve in the job market is likely to require stronger growth and final demand in production. the job market remains far from normal. >> joining me now is zachary. this does not mean that america is not a great country, and that people won't produce and make things in this country. this is about what we consider normal anymore. >> i think if you listen to the rhetoric on the campaign trail, we are still collectively trapped in a 20th century fantasy. following the rush limbaugh story, in some sense that's part of the same fantasy of we're going to have a lot of hard-working men going and doing jobs for 20, 30 years, collecting their pensions and having that kind of highly

stable high employment manual labor and manufacturing society. we treat the past four years as this aberration. that we went off the rails and if we get our policies right we'll rejoin that particular train. i think we have to start accepting that that particular reality is no longer. >> does that mean we'll always see unemployment rate that's higher than what anyone would really like or does this mean, for example, what the president says regarding if you can't go to a four-year university, you need some technical training. >> it doesn't say anything about our future. our future is going to be whatever we make it. that book is open. i think we live in a society of greater fluidity of many. the contrast is not nearly as good as it used to be.

meaning we have our own issues. the idea we're going to have a heavy industry manufacturing base rather than what we have which is service and ideas. there's a lot going on that's brilliant and exciting in this particular economy, but it requires a real transition. it does mean that we're going to have a higher rate of unemployment or under employment during that transition. we should have an honest discussion about that and our policies should be designed to address that reality, not the fiction of government either cause unemployment or government is going to solve unemployment or somehow there's a moment in time in the past three years where everything went wrong. >> we will see the newest jobs report a week from today. i'm sure we'll have you onto discuss that. a cautionary question for all parents out there. anybody who cares about a kid. how well do you really know the people who are at the day care centers where you drop children off every day? a recent date line investigation

uncovered them with serious conviction. i don't have kids, but i have four nieces and nephews. >> it's woven into the fabric of our society. >> most of us have gone today care. >> when it comes to the people that care for our children, you might think your state does a thorough background check but it's really up to the parents. when that doesn't happen, it can have tragic consequences. tonight we go undercover to find out how easy it is for people with questionable backgrounds get jobs in day care. you'll be surprised by some of their records. like this man who we found driving children for a center in lousville, kentucky. he's had several drug convictions and an assault charge. or this provider in texas who has more than 175 kids in her

care. she pleaded no contest to criminal conspiracy after her day care center burned down. this woman who runs a center in florida. she served prison time for manslaughter. will they come clean when we ask about their pasts? >> child abuse, cruelty toward a child. >> i forgot about that one. >> i'm not showing you nothing. you can go and you can [ expletive ] . you're the evil one. you're the demon. >> he exploded after a long period of questioning and our people had been there to visit three times. his record has been clean since he got into trouble. you're talking about people we uncovered who shot and killed their spouse. they were involved in fires at their day care center.

>> it's really on parents. >> only 11 states do thorough background checks. we took three identities of women that were convicted of murder, put on death row. we applied nor day care care licenses in kentucky and got all three. >> please be sure to catch chris hansen's report on date line. coming up, two tornadoes have touched down in alabama. the weather channel's jim cantore will join us on the dangerous conditions that low pressure get worse from this hour and beyond. here are a few things we thought you should know. ann romney is defending her husband against comments made pi bill clinton. clinton said that romney's father would be turning over in his grave about his son's opposition to the auto bailout. ann romney countered today and said no, mitt's father would be cheering.

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take a listen. as you can imagine very scary to hear that. that is the same town where at least six people were killed and more than 100 others injured when a deadly tornado hit their early wednesday. harrisburg is about 100 milest southeast of st. louis. so far no tornado has hit. warning remains in effect there. let's go to the weather channel's jim. we're looking at that video. it's so ominous. when you think about the timing the, harrisburg was hit in the same region that you're looking at right now. >> yeah. i can't imagine what those people are going through. to know that lightning could strike twice within three days is an awful situation. we hope that storm weakens and goes to the south. there are other storms that are awful here.

this is radar application. you can see where the red and green areas are coming together. this is in southern indiana. it's off to my northwest. i'm in louisville or just across the river from louisville. if you live in fredericksburg there's a ton coming your way. english, indiana, these are all areas that's under the gun. they are well ware of the situation here. schools were cancelled. we're hearing that second shifts are saying stay home. don't come in. it's too dangerous to be out there. back to you. >> thank you very much. we'll keep our audience up to date. coming up, life after war. we have a personal, intimate look at what our country's veterans face when they return home from war.

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welcome back to "news nation." following the president's dinner this week honoring the men and women who fought in iraq. kristen welker had chance to speak to them about what life is like now they that are back at home home. >> reporter: we spoke with one soldier who had a really powerful message to send, which is that it's everyone's responsibility to help veterans readjust to life on the home front and to help them heal. >> god bless you and your families, and may god continue to bless those in uniform and the united states of america. >> reporter: from the fine china to the candle lit tables, it

look and felt like a dinner. the first was aimed at honoring the nation's heroes. >> these rooms have hosted presidents and prime ministers and kings and queens. in the history of this house there's never been a night quite like this. >> the new greatest generation of americans. >> reporter: 78 members were invited to attend. all representatives of the million plus troops who served in iraq. >> i'm honored. i'm humbled. i'm glad to be here. >> reporter: it's a night corporal aaron didn't live to see. >> i hit a roadside bomb in the middle of the street and threw us ten feet in the air. my sleeves caught fire. my face caught fire. i had my goggles on. saved my eyes. >> reporter: the rest of his face was left severely disfigured. a year later, dr. timothy miller

helped change that. >> when i first saw him he didn't have a nose or his left lip was way over to the side of the cheek as was his entire mouth. >> reporter: dr. miller has operated at least 20 times with more to come. it's a service that grew into operation mend, a partnership between ucla and the brook army medical center to perform free reconstructive surgery on service members injured in iraq and afghanistan. he was the inspiration for the program. >> they're focus is the aesthics. >> reporter: he adds the most devastating wounds can be beneath the surface. >> it takes the support of communities. it takes the support of friends and family and people who can put their arms around you and say it's going to be okay. >> reporter: this week the president did open his arms. >> i could not be more proud you

have. >> reporter: now it's up to the rest of the nation as a new generation of veterans have come back. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: there's been debate about whether or not to hold a parade in new york. we've covered it here on msnbc. the defense department said it would be premature to hold a parade. >> that does it for "news nation" nation". i'll see you back here. martin bashir is up next. look! the phillips' lady!

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