former massachusetts governor mitt romney plans to make it official today. he is seeking the republican nomination for president. romney will make the announcement at a new hampshire farm. he plans to make economic issues the core of his campaign, but health care questions are sure to come up, as he seeks conservative support. when he was governor of massachusetts, romney pushed through a state health care bill similar to president obama's health reform law. >>> at the white house today, president obama will discuss budget issues and the national debt with house democrats. yesterday, house republicans met with the president. they told him they don't want to increase the debt limit without major spending cuts. mr. obama says any deficit cutting must include tax increases. another key sticking point is medicare, which the president is not willing to cut. >>> to the latest now on new york congressman anthony weiner. he's involved in a messy case involving his twitter account. weiner insists he didn't send a suggestive photo to a young woman in seattle. but he c

it is in massachusetts. this is what it sounded like on the ground. >> oh -- i'm so happy i'm filming this right now. seriously, the ceiling, look. oh, my god. oh, my god. >> these guys made it out alive but four people were killed. we will show you just how bad the damage was. >>> shelling heard from a roof top. street fighting breaks out in the airport in yemen's capital. flights canceled and there is new concerns of a coming civil war. >>> google says hundreds of personal g mail accounts have been hacked. they blame a giant fishing operation based in china. >>> the sputtering u.s. economy and the creeping fear that things are only going to get worse, that grim outlook sent wall street sliding. the dow plunged near 280 points. that is the biggest one-day drop since last summer. nasdaq also saw its value evaporate by more than 2%. its 66-point slide was the worst one-day loss in four months. >> ali, this is kind of a snowball effect of bad economic news, right? >> yeah. we ought to be careful not to get too

i never, i didn't start out planning to be governor of the commonwealth of massachusetts. if i had, my wife probably never would have married me 27 years ago. [laughter] but, um, you know, you sense, you begin to get a sense of yourself, what your strengths are and how you want to contribute and where and when, and then you move in that direction. the other thing i would say is i have, um, and i want to say this to you as someone who's about to get a fancy degree. um, i remember being in the, in the company of others who were about to get a fancy degree when i was in college. and all they seemed to worry about is how to keep their options open. um, and as a result they could make almost no decision. they were constantly trying to figure out how to be in the right place at the right time and be introduced to the right this and so forth. instead of following some sense of their passion and taking advantage of what that fancy degree is supposed to give you. when i, um, when i got into college, you know, by the time i was applying to college the the milton academy which has a

killer twisters tear into massachusetts, smashing springfield. pulverizing homes in one of new england's largest cities. >> i was sitting here. watching the storm business. this is my house. >> commuters helpless in their cars, as the tornado makes a direct hit on the highway. >> it was very scary, only because you didn't have anywhere to go. >> now, at least four dead at this hour. tens of thousands without power. widespread damage across the state as first responders head door to door to look for survivors. our josh elliott is live from the tornado zone. >>> photo frenzy. the powerful congressman caught in a controversy over a racy picture tweeted from his account. >> it was someone sending a picture of a wiener on weiner's account. >> the congressman fires back this morning. >>> and caught on tape. a home invasion nightmare. an intruder breaks in right in the middle of the day. targeting a mom and her son. they're okay. but we have the 911 call you have to hear to believe. >>> and what a scary sight it was in springfield, massachusetts, last n

and accounts have been secured >> for massachusetts gov. mitt romney is expected to and i see is running for the presidency of the united states. he wants to turn around the country. romney ran four years ago and came up a little short. >> we'll be back in a few minutes with more details on the bryan stowe incident. and as you look outside traffic is still flowing very nicely. we will be right back >> traffic and weather conditions. i always consider a it rained a free car wash. i would make some indoor plans for the weekend we have rain headed our way scene all little raindrops in the north. we are picking up a few sprinkles this morning. make continue to see sprinkles throughout the day. this little system is churning in our area. as we head into the weekend we have a series of storms moving into the area. friday night into saturday there will be plenty of rain and showers in the area. temperatures right now are sitting in the '40's and '50's. by the afternoon aerobee in the low 60s warming up into the upper 60s later on this afternoon. h

deadly tornadoes tear through massachusetts. we're going to go live through one of the hardest hit areas. >>> also, good-bye pyramid, hello plate. the government tries to help americans make healthier food choices. >>> plus front-runners and possible contenders. we're going to talk about how the gop race for the white house is shaping up. >>> and some economists are now scaling back their expectations. what that means for housing, jobs, and the economy overall. >>> and finally, piper's excellent vacation. former alaska governor sarah palin takes her youngest daughter on the road with her. l] nature valley sweet & salty nut bars... they're made from whole roasted nuts and dipped in creamy peanut butter, making your craving for a sweet & salty bar irresistible, by nature valley. but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind? [ female announcer ] introducing purifying facial cleanser from neutrogena® naturals. developed with dermatologists... it's clinically proven to remove 99% of dirt and toxins and purify pores. and with natural

what sort of help will massachusetts need?lks living there? >> well, as far as assistance, emergency management teams from rhode island, connecticut and new hampshire have already offered their assistance as well. as far as warnings go -- we don't have the typical midwest tornado siren system. every community sort of has their own outreach for any sort of emergency whether it is, reverse 911s or, you know, siren system, or you know local emergency, eas, on the tv, radio. it's catch as catch can, if you've will. like i said, tornado warnings are not. >> what about communications systems there? we know that you are at your office speaking to us. are people able to use their phones? are phone lines down? what sort of information are people able to get? >> well, we have about 50,000 folks without power. generally i think the communication systems are up and running pretty well. we know from the public safety perspective, we have a lot of supplemental communication abilities that we have out there. for the national guard and throug

>> worcester, massachusetts, university of massachusetts medical school. >> what is entailed. an 8-week program where you come for 2 and a half hour class for 30 or 35 other medical patients all with different diagnoses. when the min wanders you bring it back, mind wanders you bring it back, you don't want to bring it back, you're having a good time wandering, but you still bring it back. you train the mind that has also a quality of penetrative awareness. do you use chemicals. >> this is meditation, not medication. you switch a consonant. >> this isn't about drugs, this is about the natural capacity of human sore self-healing and learning and growing and transformingour body, mind and you. >> what is the level of instability in the participants? >> participants? >> instability. how psychologically unsable are they? >> i would say they are basically medically referred population, not a psychologically population. many suffer from anxiety and depression and so forth. so they are about as stable as you and i. you have a success ratio? >> that's hard to define. i would say at abo

he is the governor of massachusetts. in his first term, he oversaw the implementation of the state's alth careeform program. today more than 98% of massachusetts residents have health care insurance. for a second term, he's focusing on education reform and, of urse, on balancing the budget. he was raised on the south side of icago. after a scholarship to miln academy, in massacsetts, he attended harvard university and harvard law school. he's written a new book about this journey of his. it is calle "a reason to believe: lesso fromn improbable life." i'm pleased to have him at this table. welcome. >> thank you. thank you so much for having me. >> rose: so talk about growing up. and let's just start with mother and father and the moment your father, who was a musician, leaves home. >> well, my parents split when i was four. as you said, i grew up on the south side of chicago and much of that time on welfare. my father was a dedicated musician. he was one of the founders of an avant-garde jazz band. very good jazz band cal

. >> the tornadoes came through massachusetts which is pretty strange. hair or four people have been killed from the tornadoes. there has been damaged. two dozen communities saw it damaged. as take a look at this hour video. you can see the tornado developing. her praise state of emergency has been declared. upon to 1000 national guardsmen may be called in to help. more than 40 people have been admitted to hospitals with injuries. state police say that they have or reports of tornadoes in eight other towns as well. take a look at some of the damage from the ground are because of those tornadoes in massachusetts. there is a tornado watch her run record and a thunderstorm watch currently in place. or >> here are still pictures of the damage in springfield mass.. while this is on main street. one of the buildings has completely crumbled. the top part of it. we can see the street lights and then toobent s a car crushed by a part of the building that fell down. " this is part and main street. industry pull is bent over. as soon as we get more pictures of the

that is the reason he was smart in sticking with defending his plan in massachusetts.t would have been deadly to come out and renounce his greatest achievement as governor. but that is the tact they are going for, character, not ideology. >> woodruff: we will leave it there but we will be looking at a lot in the months to come. ryan lizza, andy kohut, thanks so much. >> brown: next tonight, a new food scare in europe in an age when the fruit and vegetables on your table can come from just about anywhere. ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: scientists in this german laboratory worked today to find out more about the deadly form of e. coli that's afflicting europe. >> ( translated ): we were able to determine that this is a new strain, a version of the pathogen not seen before. >> suarez: preliminary testing indicates it may be a mutated form of two e. coli bacteria, which may explain why this outbreak is so widespread and dangerous. at least 18 people are dead so far; 1,600 people are sick. cucumbers, raw lettuce, and tomatoes are the prime suspects, but the source of

twisters tear through massachusetts. >>> rivers crest in the plains. residents keep fighting the relentless rising water. >>> and two gop superstars on a collision course, so to speak. sarah palin's bus tour plans to overshadow the big announcement by mitt romney. >>> good morning. the latest burst of violent weather hit western massachusetts, killing at least four people. >> lately, we've seen tornadoes barreling across the open plains. here, it rampaged through a busy city, spilling debris and pulling water off the missouri river. we begin, now, with john hendren. >> reporter: it's asight. sight. far north of tornado alley, several deadly twisters swirled through massachusetts, a state that hasn't seen one since 200. >> this is historic. this is the first tornado that we ever had. >> reporter: several are dead. others, left stuck in their cars, trapped by downed power lines. >> the house is totally flattened. we ran down to the basement. and everything was shaking. >> reporter: tens of thousands were left without electricity. >> there's trees down ev

this time, in springfield, massachusetts.he tower cam at the nbc affiliate shows what appears to be a towering funnel cloud whirling above the city. residents were stunned. >> we had a tornado come down and took out houses behind our building. >> reporter: several buildings in springfield were heavily damaged, large vehicles were flipped, heavy trees were toppled. thousands of customers are without power. massachusetts's governor declared a state of emergency. >> at least 19 communities have been affected so much. we have an emergency on our hands. >> reporter: many residents plan to stay in emergency shelters. >> god's hand was over me. because i never seen them in my life. >> reporter: an evening of wild weather that many in the region won't soon forget. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> elsewhere in washington, the standoff continues between democrats and republicans at odds over raising the nation's debt ceiling. spending cuts and medicare reform remaining a sticking point between the two parties. according to house speaker joh

a rare and vicious tornado powers across massachusetts. we'll have the damage reports tonight. >>> lethal outbreak. europe scrambles to deal with an e. coli strain never seen in humans. and the americans are watching this one closely. >> and a spectacular show. after a long, hard winter, one of the nation's most beautiful places has come alive like never before. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. a lot of people have been saying lately, this country is pulling out of economic recession, perhaps. but tonight, there is evidence to the contrary, and lots of it. some bad set of numbers that show real trouble still ahead. there's housing. home prices at their lowest since 2002. there are now 2.25 million foreclosures in this country. there's jobs, unemployment is stuck at 9%. 8 million americans are on unemployment. all those jobs gone away in the recession. and the cost of living is hitting hard. gas, food, everything is so expensive, that a lot of people, millions of americans are just s

. >> we'll follow up on the tornado that is ripped through massachusetts. people there have never seen anything like it. >> our next storm moves in over the weekend and could produce >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> tragedy in san francisco. a house fire that resulted in one firefighter losing his life and another in critical condition and third released from the hospital. they are live at the hospital where the firefighter is treated. >> you can feel the emotion here earlier today when so many firefighters and police officers were. this is where the firefighter died and one is fighting for his life. the third one, a woman is treat release. a solemn procession as the body of the veteran firefighter left the hospital. solemn occasion and the expressions say it all. firefighters filled with grief mourning one of their own. the body of lieutenant perez was taken away with escort the fire department. the fire chief called him valient as she made the painful announcement. >> we have been able to notify his family and i want to ask yo

get -- the big issue is mandates and that was part of his plan in massachusetts. and that was a central part of barack obama's plan. it's also the key to why republicans, tea party candidates oppose barack obama's health care plan and as you know, the president is very fond of pointing out that the health care plan in massachusetts was a model in a way for the health care plan that he passed. big problem. >> it's interesting because unlike his change of position when it comes to abortion rights for women or gay marriage or gun control, he's changed his position when he was running for governor of massachusetts as opposed toed to running for president and the republican presidential nomination. on the issue of romney care, health care in massachusetts, he's defending what he did. >> he has defended it. i talked to some people who worked for mitt romney and i think the decision was made if he had backed off of that, it would have been seen as one more flip-flop. so he's made the distinction. he said look, i did it on a state level because it will work in the state o

>> smith: whit johnson in massachusetts, thanks. health officials in the united states are closely monitoring a deadly e. coli outbreak in europe. it's a strain that has never been seen before and it's spread to ten countries there, with most of the cases originating in northern germany. at least 16 people are dead and more than 1,600 have become ill. three americans who recently traveled to germany have suffered kidney failure and health officials fear the bacteria may be to blame. here's doctor jon lapook. >> reporter: experts suspect this deadly e. coli strain comes from contaminated fresh vegetables, but officials are unable to pinpoint the source of what they're calling supertoxic bacteria. >> the thing that's striking is how quickly it has spread, and it makes public health officials very concerned that we haven't seen the peak yet. >> reporter: stephanie lucka's two sons have been hospitalized with the infection which starts in the intestine and can affect the entire body. she says her boys may have eaten contaminated cucumbe

massachusetts hit by its biggest tornado in 45 years. at least four people are dead, mage . >>> good morning. new england nightmare. massachusetts hit by its biggest tornado in 45 years. at least four people are dead, damage widespread. residents shaken up. >> it just kind of reminded me of joplin. i have never seen anything like it. >> we're live on the ground with the very latest on both the destruction and the search for survivors. >>> job jolt, stock markets take a dive after disappointing job reports brings renewed concern over the health of the u.s. economy. what does it mean to you? we'll take a look from wall street to main street. >>> wiener's woes, anthony wiener speaks out about the naughty picture claiming he didn't send it but it could be his photo. we're in washington for the latest on the controversy that has capitol hill and the nation buzzing. "early" this thursday morning, june 2nd, 2011. >>> good morning to you. at the top of the hour, good to have you with us. i'm erica hill. >>> good morning. i'm chris wragge. new en

by tornadoes in massachusetts. very rare that a tornado strike year. at least four deaths are confirmed this morning. we will be right back. >> 7:29 a.m., a couple of live shots for you. on the left, a view from oakland. the estuary in clouds of the above. on the right-hand side, walnut creek. we are looking for a mild day to day. hoppe >> the couple that kidnapped jaycee lee dugard and held her captive for 18 years will learn their sentence. will tran is live and placerville with the latest that is going on in court. the big question is, will we see in here >> from >> right now, we do not know. that is the big question. by law she is allowed to give a victim impact statement. or phillip garrido and nancy garrido will make their final court appearance in about 90 minutes, they already know what they're getting. last month at they pleaded guilty. phillip garrido will get four to end 31 years-life in prison. this 60 year-old man will never see another day of freedom. his wife nancy, she is 55 years old, she pled guil

it didn't look like a massachusetts storm. it looked like a prairie twister, except this one was blowing right up the connecticut river. one of at least two tornadoes spotted in western massachusetts this evening, followed the river right into the town of west springfield, carrying with it a debris field hundreds of feet high and turning the water into a giant swirling caldron. at least four were reported killed in the storms. governor deval patrick appeared tonight to declare a state of emergency. >> we'll do whatever we have to do to meet the needs of people, to protect public safety and to help people get back on their feet. >> reporter: the governor said about 1,000 national guard troops are being deployed to help with search and rescue and debris removal. 19 communities were affected. fema was on the ground in west springfield, where some roofs were completely torn off and other buildings reduced to piles of bricks. boston, meanwhile, found itself in the middle of a lightning storm. and abc's sharyn alfonsi has arrived in

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>> extremely rare in massachusetts.y get thunderstorms as does the remainder of the northeast. but we don't have the classic clash and the warm humid air mass. that tend to trigger storms like this in midwest and tornados in the southeast. as the thunderstorms was developing, you had untable conditions and powerful winds aloft . interacting with the winds on the surface and creating the rotation and that triggered the funnel cloud that dropped down from the thunderstorm and became a tornado. we are seeing unusual weather all over the nation these days and here in the bay area, we are not exempt from it either. life doppler hd showing a tornado warning in affect and still for parts of nevada and yuba counties and over in the sacramento valley and moving to the sierra foothills. we have seen a funnel cloud there and a tornado touched down in the last hour near yuba city. the violent storms are tapering off. but the storps are still there. now back to our time lapse view camera. over the bay we had lot was blue and clouds

and he got a round of applause and carried massachusetts, including many isolationists in massachusetts many people later on faulted roosevelt for having said something that was not true. the way he explained what he had said was that, i might have said come except in the case of attack and that begin a is attacked it is not going to be a foreign war so he felt that was a pledge that was fair. and they think he was probably trying to be very exact because he knew jim was in the audience and he would be writing about him later on. [laughter] so he had better be very careful. in any case, jim, as bob was nice enough to mention, spent much of world war ii with a combat historian where franklin roosevelt was his commander in chief. jim once said when i came back from world war ii, i knew i must write a book about franklin roosevelt, and he started very quickly with 1945 not long after the president died. i think at that point the presidents -- were still in the torpedo factory and alexander virginia. than they were moved here and procedures at the roosevelt library in those days were little

the former massachusetts governor didn't waste any time criticizing his opponent, blaming president obamaor the nation's weak economy. meanwhile, noncandidate sarah palin caused a stir of her own in new hampshire, railing against the health plan romney approved while governor in massachusetts. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. a high-speed pursuit of a suspect led to a violent crash. a chaotic chase began in west virginia, eventually coming to an end in ohio. after crashing into an officer, the suspect took off and was later stopped and arrested when police fired on his vehicle grazing his leg. >>> new amateur video of the deadly tornado in massachusetts surfaced. a resident stayed in the area captured the twister as it ripped through homes and trees. hundreds were injured, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency. >>> not all the news was bad in the wake of that massachusetts storm. residents banded together to clear a bright spot for one of their neighbors. clearing away the debris to pull a cat from the rubble. the cat, named merli

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>> jason carroll on the scene for news massachusetts.y the best. >>> mitt romney making it official today. he is running for president of the united states. has he already been upstaged by two potential rivals? california man gets his stolen laptop back after it takes secret pictures of the alleged thief. 40 years -- 40 years, global war on drugs, a failure. we have a shocking report from a blue ribbon panel. >> i don't think the united states can afford to keep it, drug policy as it is. it is costing them more and more every year to achieve something which -- which -- you know, where they are not winning. that's not achieving anything. ♪ ♪ membership rewards points from american express. they're a social currency with endless possibilities. >>> an early front-runner among presidential hopefuls is now officially running for president. former massachusetts governor mitt romney announcing today his candidacy in the first primary state. that would be new hampshire. romney took some very sharp swipes at president obama. even as sarah palin a

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those tornados hit 18 cities and villages across massachusetts.nts. >>> also coming up, the big international dispute involving a top fashion line. angry protestors and what a well-known designer is showing off for fall and winter. certainly a controversial fashion show. >> raising some eyebrows there. >>> and later this half hour, the spellbinding end to a dramatic national spelling bee. wait until you hear the word that led to a long-awaiting win. i think it begins with a "c." >> sounds like an "s." would have knocked about everybody out. >> there's an i in there and an o. >> couple extra rs. a really difficult word. >> 14-year-old winner. we'll talk about her a little bit later. >>> first, the first steps towards recovery after the damaging tornadoes in massachusetts. >> three people died. about 200 were hurt in the devastating storms. josh elliot reports on a hard hit area just west of springfield. >> reporter: main street springfield, a city of more than 150,000. nearby, a house literally flipped upside down. cars on top of homes. a school bu

michael dukakis, former governor of massachusetts once ran for president. dukakis says romney's a fraud. >> he's smart, he's slick. unfortunately, she's slippery. >>> now for more on our top story, anthony weiner's bizarre circus of a press conference earlier this afternoon. let me play a bit more of what the congressman had to say. >> for the past few years, i have engaged in several inappropriate conversations conducted over twitter, facebook, e-mail, and occasionally on the phone with women i had met online. i have exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years. for the most part, these relations -- these communications took place before my marriage, though some have, sadly, took place after. to be clear, i have never met any of these women or had physical relationships at any time. i haven't told the truth -- and i've done things that i d p deeply regret. i've brought pain to people i care about the most and the people who believed in me, and for that i'm deeply sorry. i was embarrassed. and i didn't w

former governor mitt romney of massachusetts.a. the congresswoman from minnesota, michelle bashman. bachmann. and the former senator from pennsylvania, rick san to her yum. say hello to the seven candidates here tonight. >> there's the formal introduction. the crowd is excited obviously. momentarily this debate will formally begin. the photo opes and the photographers are there taking pictures. all seven of these candidates. as we watch this, gloria and david is still here as well. i think the initial round, the first few questions will set the stage, gloria, for what could happen over the course of two hours. >> i have to guess that the first few questions are going to be about the economy and how these republicans are going to say they would manage the economy better than barack obama. and as david was saying earlier, we don't have a lot of detail on the plans, and the plans we do have some detail on don't seem to add up. >> the democrats are saying they put out a long memo and i spoke to robert gibbs the former white house pre

. >> a teen with nerves of steel, see what he saw as that tornado that swept across massachusetts barreled down on him. >> and who eats off a pyramid any way? the new way the government wants you to viewyour food. >> timing this next storm and the impact it'll have on your weekend, pinpoint forecast up next on the cw. city leaders are considering a . >>> people in alameda rallied in support of their animal shelter. leaders considering a proposal to close it. at a public hearing some said if it closed animals would be sent to neighboring cities where the shelters already overcrowded. they want nonprofit organizations and volunteers to run the shelter instead of the city. >> the leading thinking on this issue of how to get shelters operating well. alameda has been not -- sort of allowing that to happen for many years. >> the city council said it has to close the shelter to save money. the council is taking public comment until they sign the budget. >> the raise for the presidential nomination got more crowded. >> obama, has failed america. >> former massachusetts governor mitt romney announc

massachusetts also has the highest health insurance costs in the nation. it has increasing waiting times to see a general practitioner. i'm not sure how relevant that direct comparison is. we are talking obamacare not romney care. look, i know that we aren't sure what is going to happen when obamacare kicks in. what i do know there are enormous subsidies that will lead some employers, i talked to one from kentucky just the other day, they are preparing to dump their coverage because they can get rid of the problem. it makes life a lot simpler for them and the employees are going to have to be put into a government program. and remember, a lot of these government programs are going to be very narrowly focused. they won't have a lot of choices and ultimately i thought obamacare is going to be about more choices for consumers. if these employers dump their employees there will be fewer choices. jenna: it also said that 70% of the employees would stay with their insurers if their insurer says to them look your employer is not going to cover them any more we'll

in massachusetts, the percentage of uninsured are 5% of the population. the population. can governor pawlenty make the case, i assume he means he didn't use a mandate which romney used in massachusetts. who wins this one? >> you know, i think this is, this tweet is tim pawlenty's message of trying to overcome this past week and move on. and actually, build ground again. i think he is going to start making this more his message with this tweet and he will have to build up his case that how is 9% uninsured in minnesota better than 5% in massachusetts? because it doesn't use an individual mandate will be his argument. that will sell with republican voters. he only has a limited amount of time before someone like a rick perry goes in and making his case and making him tone anti-romney wing of the party. >> you can close the conversation. all yours. >> if you cannot attack a guy face to face when he is standing there, to come back at him on twitter, it is doubling down soft. the voters see it. he was face to face. now he will take him on over twitter? give me

here are the contenders, the former massachusetts governor mitt romney. he's considered the early front runner this race. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty who's expected to hit romney hard on his controversial health care plan. newt gingri newt gingrich whose stunning campaign implosion threw his entire candidacy into question. ron paul, making his third presidentialed by. minnesota congressman michelle bachmann makes her debut tonight. she has yet to formally announce but all signs are pointing to a presidential run. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum among the least known of the seven. he's popular among social conservatives, opposing abortion and same-sex marriage. and herman cain is beginning to gain some traction. guys, thanks very much. i want you to listen to what tim pawlenty, the former minnesota governor said about mitt romney yesterday on tv. listen to this. >> you don't have to take my word for it. president obama said he drafted his obamacare after romney care. so now we have obamneycare. what i don't understand is they both cont

this is the first tornado to hit massachusetts in three years. the governor has already declared a state of emergency and says it's remarkable the death toll isn't higher. amazing pictures there. >> yeah. >>> well, certainly we haven't had any of the devastation that we've seen in the midwest, but we have had our own share of unusual weather, jeff. >> yeah. most certainly it's that jet stream pattern that remains so active in the upper levels. it really is a part of also what's happening across the east coast. now, today we're in between storms. we did manage some sunshine out here in san francisco with my time lapse over the past 45 minutes. really beautiful throughout the peninsula. also the east and the south bay today with some clouds but some sun definitely mixed in. as the radar scans around right now, a few spotty showers well to the north, we're not worried about that the all and we're dry from here to the south bay. we're not expecting any activity tonight. it's what's coming for your weekend and we'll have a detailed look in a moment th

. >>> cleanup is under way in massachusetts after several powerful tornadoes ripped through the state killing several people and injuring 200 others. senator john kerry the city of springfield looks like a blast zone. residents have never seen anything like it. one of the twisters was caught on video sucking up water from the river sending debris hundreds of feet sky ward. >> it was mess. everything was flying. i heard a big bang and i didn't know what was falling or where was coming from. >> i've never seen anything like this ever. >> more than a thousand national guard troops have been called in. there ever been reports of looting. this is the first deadly tornado in massachusetts in 16 years and the most significant damage there since 1953. >> former massachusetts governor mitt romney made it official announcing he is running for president. >> the principles that made this nation a great leader of the world has not lost their meaning. we know we can bring in country back. i'm mitt romney and i believe in america and i'm running for president of the united states. [ cheers and appla

residents are still picking up the pieces in western massachusetts. watch and especially listen to this video recorded by a man desperately trying to get into his home as a twister hit springfield on wednesday. >> let me in. let me in. let me in. >> he made it in and got his family to the basement. they rode out the storm without injury. the tornadoes tore through springfield and 18 other communities. the massachusetts storm killed at least three people and injured hundreds and the recovery efforts are ongoing. duarte geraldine know reports. >> this man clung to the pipes in his basement as his house was blown off its foundation. >> god was good to me. took my house but saved me. >> reporter: at these lee tornadoes tore through more than a dozen towns. this twister was caught on tape as it passed through downtown springfield. preschool teacher dorothy malone sprang into action getting all her students to safety without a scratch. >> these children actually ran into a cloud of dust. there was nothing even to see but because i told them to run, they ran

massachusetts governor has declared a state of emergency and called up 100 national guard troops -- lookes say the funnel cloud went through the downtown area, flipping cars and destroying buildings. the state has opened shelters to people on whose homes why damaged. a lot more coming up on gma. >> frontal cloud. >> frontal cloud hasn't reached to the ground, but wants it reaches at ground it's called a tornado so the frontal cloud can't cause that damage because it's still up in the air. >> it's damp and dreary rain. some of the words we've been hearing. >> but there is a form of some sunshine and warmer weather. >> we still have a storm to go through tomorrow and saturday before we get to the rainbow. good morning, 5:50. looking at multilayers of clouds definitely a sprinkle or two for your morning zmuit. best chance is reaching up in the north bay. notice over the last three hours radar returns are shrinking as will our chance of wet weather throughout the afternoon. let's talk about temperatures. 49 in santa rosa. livermore fremont, redwood city, mid to upper 40s. everybody else in t

. >>> cleanup is under way in massachusetts after several powerful tornadoes ripped through the stateilling several people and injuring 200 others. senator john kerry the city of springfield looks like a blast zone. residents have never seen anything like it. one of the twisters was caught on video sucking up water from the river sending debris hundreds of feet sky ward. >> it was mess. everything was flying. i heard a big bang and i didn't know what was falling or where was coming from. >> i've never seen anything like this ever. >> more than a thousand national guard troops have been called in. there ever been reports of looting. this is the first deadly tornado in massachusetts in 16 years and the most significant damage there since 1953. >> former massachusetts governor mitt romney made it official announcing he is running for president. >> the principles that made this nation a great leader of the world has not lost their meaning. we know we can bring in country back. i'm mitt romney and i believe in america and i'm running for president of the united states. [ cheers and applaus

estuvimos experimentando la tercera ciudad mÁs grande de massachusetts.os afirman que su salida podrÍan salvar vidas. >> su aspecto puede ser amenazante para algunos o provocar a sgo otros, sin embargo un grupo de cientÍficos ha encontrado en la saliva de los murciÉlagos el tratamiento ideal para los pacientes que sufren una apoplejÍa. los mÉdicos dirÁn que a actuar con rapidez para disolver los los sanguÍneos evitando un daÑo mayor y nada en la naturaleza los disuelve como una sustancia quÍmica encontrada en la salida de estas criaturas que se alimentan de la sangre de otros animales. >> ellos inyectan espera de coahuila ante que hace fÁcil beber la sangre. >> lograron medicamentos o seguros basados en esta saliva. ahora se estÁ haciendo ostro estudio a nivel nacional. con los fÁrmacos actuales los mÉdicos sÓlo cuentan con tres horas a quienes han sufrido un derrame antes que empeore la situaciÓn pero utilizando este remedio se triplicarÍa el tiempo. >> este es uno de los estudios que ha ampliado las ventanas hasta nueve horas. los pacientes que presenta

the mob sterp's younger brother, billy, for years, was the most powerful democrat in the massachusetts state house. president of the senate. >> sort of like an update of the old angels with dirty faces story of the priest and the gangster. jimmy bulger controlled the rackets in that part of town and his brother was own of the most powerful politicians in massachusetts. >> reporter: the fact that the two brothers kept in contact, even after whitey went on the lam, would later prove an embarrassment for billy bulger. a committee put him on the hot seat. >> i know my brother stands accused of many things. serious, brutal crimes. i do still live in the hope that the worst of the charges against him will prove groundless. >> reporter: in another twist of the plot, billy bulger's first campaign manager, john conley, ended up joining the fbi. whitey bulger was his informant, a position he used to eliminate rival italian mob sterps and consolidate his own grip on power. >> he has always conquered and divide law enforcement here in boston so that they were at each other's throats. that one elem