you are the executive director of the greater birmingham ministry's in alabama birmingham alabama, okay. which is advocating overturn of hb 56. what is this bill? >> hb 56 is alabama's new anti-immigrant law that burdens families, breaks up families, forces the split up of families, burdens taxpayers and makes law enforcement take on the extra job of checking out people at traffic stops. >> stephen: okay. i mean you say burdens, splits, what it does is, is that it removes illegal immigrants from your state. it is tough on crime s it not? >> this law-- . >> stephen: is it a crime to be an illegal immigrant? >> it is-- . >> stephen: is it a crime. >> if a federal crime-- not a state crime. >> stephen: oh so, we don't want the feds marching into alabama. they did that 150 years ago, it didn't work out too well. >> the part is that alabama should not be joining one of those states that has its own state immigrant law. we don't need 50 immigrant laws across the united states of america. we need one comprehensive law that is just and fair for everyone. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: we tal

today, and what we know as of now, at least two people have been killed near birmingham, alabama. 16-fact, died here. this is clay, alabama. we're also told at least 100 people are reportedly injured, and the search is on for folks who may simply be trapped in these collapsed homes. >> we made it just in the nick of time. the good lord blessed us. we lost our house, but at least we have -- i'm sorry -- we got our family, and that's all that matters. >> in south central arkansas, at least one person was injured today when a possible tornado touched down in four days. >>> now, let me take you to some live pictures. this is, and there she is, she and her husband, gabby giffords, and her husband there in tucson, arizona. she is holding her last official event. she is finishing the congress in your corner meet and greet she was holding when she was shot this month a year ago. giffords says she has announced she will resign from congress to focus on her recovery. >>> a plane last night hit major turbulence just two hours into the flight on american airlines. >> i was watching the movie and

we'll track the storms across central alabama this cell now north and east of birmingham, more cells t, a rough morning for much of the state of alabama. >> we'll check in with you, thank you. >> i remember living in texas, always having that radio power or battery powered radio. >> very smart. >> tv's go out. you lose power. get batteries out if you're up. >> we have new questions in another news story about whether there were more passengers on board. >> kind of bizarre. >> if you think about it it makes sense. unregistered passengers on board the cruise ship off the coast of italy what would that do to the missing and possibly dead? authorities think the cruise liner may have had some extra people now and they are looking into it. the pressure is growing now to speed up the salvage and rescue operation because the island of giglio's mayor is upset about the possible ecological time bomb. authorities are continuing that effort of blasting holes in the ship to try to make it easier for the divers to look, 1500 cabins to search, takes 45 minutes per cabin, they are blasting to get in

heavy rains pounded birmingham, alabama, today. leaving behind a widespread flooding. look at this.followed tornadoes that spread to the state earlier this week. what a mess. >> we had a little excitement this morning. things are going to calm down. it is windy, but it is a nice weekend. let's give you a look at what it has been like for the afternoon. this started at about 3:30. it will bring in colder air tonight. they need to do something about the speeding cars on the teddy roosevelt bridge. 62 and reagan national airport. 44 and 29 are the average temperatures today. hours temperatures falling but these are remarkable high temperatures for the end of january. 78 height in culpeper and fredericksburg. temperatures will continue their drop as the winds diminish. 53 in quantico. a 49 ads reagan at national. some colder air to the north and west. that is a relative term. these are all above average temperatures. we have a little bit of a chilly night. tomorrow, but will bounce back into the middle of 50's. there is going to be another little funnel system tomorrow night. 50's tomor

you seat heavy rains over arkansas, over mississippi and birmingham, alabama.we got a stationary front to the south. this high pressure area that's keeping us dry has moderated some in that bright jane -- january sunshine. we can give you the timing. take a look at the trend. you can see that moving across the tennessee valley by tomorrow morning. right around 3:00, 4:00, we will see rain showers, heavier, steadier rains. tomorrow night realize you may be getting wet for that evening commute but no wintry whether. we're looking good thursday and another band of showers could get in here thursday night. it will be cold enough thursday night that some of it could go to a brief shot of snow showers. all right. overnight none of that, 30, mostly clear, chilly calm. 45 degrees as we cloud up. late day rain develops and tomorrow night the heavier r--- heaviest, steadiest. not cold tomorrow night. as we look ahead, fieptding temperature -- finding temperatures in the mid-50s on thursday. then our next system comes in and previously overnight. we could see some of that

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coming up at 5:00 winter storms battering parts of the northwest, this is a live picture from birmingham alabama, at least a half dozen tornadoes came through the area. it brought hail, strong winds and downed power lines. >>> strong winds here as well, a lot of rain. i know i hit a few spots and there was a lot of water on the freeway. >> that's right, any water in some of the outside lanes, just take it easy and it does seem as though this morning we have had fender benders, nothing just yet but let's take a look at the maps. going to the willow pass grade, there is a crash there as well, slow traffic this morning on westbound 80 fairfield connector and traffic will be busy. on the morning commute, bay bridge toll plaza, no major problems getting on to the bridge. and if you are driving northbound 280 is off to a good start. let's go to steve. >>> reason being a strong area of low pressure is moving through the north bay and we have a howling south wind. high pressure to the north, filling it with wind, there are some pretty good gusts with some higher elevations. drinking some rounds of rain

now, this is the birmingham, alabama area. it appears it went through the gardendale area. tornado, you can see the clear signature on it right there. when you see the bright reds surrounded by the yellows and the greens, that's actually the spinning motion of the storm. and there's beginning reports, you know, from the radar that there's debris ball. in other words, there's been enough destruction down by this tornado that it's picked up the houses and threw it up into the sky. now the radar beam shoots out. and that's what we're looking at. if you know anyone that's in the springville area, give them a call. i know it's four something in the morning there, but they have a nighttime tornado, a large one, it appears, heading right over top of them. it looks like it's right over the top just north of interstate 59. we're going to watch it heading up towards gadston. that will be the next city. so we'll give you reports as soon as we get them in. it looks like a large tornado has been on the ground over the last hour. it will be raining, bring the umbrella with you from new e

of a break and then they formed on the border of mississippi, alabama and then the really big ones were right here just outside of birmingham. and in all, it looks like there's about 12 tornadoes and some were long track tornadoes, on the ground for a while. it appears that about six of those in alabama. we'll get the official reports in the next two or three days. very rare for january. not unheard of, but rare. that storm system responsible for -- it's now up in canada. a pretty quiet day in the eastern half of the country. but the next storm is on its way. and this is throw mover and will bring a soaking rain it our friends mis-texas. our computer is estimating that we could see some areas picking up two to three inches of rain. text as still has this drought that's gone on for like the last two or three years. so this would be great. an estimated two to three inches is the yellow and the orange from oklahoma all the way to texas, possibly a little here in arkansas. so we'll see how it plays out. but it's a very wet forecast, there will be thunderstorms and periods of down pours, 00. now, temperatures. when you walk outs

alabama trying to recover from this. that's the one that is at center point. a couple went south of birmingham. , this whole thing is over. it was an event for arkansas on saturday, parts of mississippi, it's just a rain event. it's over. suzanne? >> chad, thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> tonight, your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. nobody said you have to be polite in politics. candidates step into the presidential reats. they have to be ready to be attacked from all sides. do voters want somebody who is downright mean? carol costello is joining us from washington. carol, i remember 2008, the gloves came off between hillary clinton, barack obama, and the race was on. that was south carolina. is that what folks want? >> i don't know. that's the question we're asking this afternoon, suzanne. if you're wondering why mitt romney and don't, it's simple. as one south carolina voter told the washington post, i think we've reached a point where we need someone who's mean. another south carolina voter put it this way. i have a little bit of a problem with the divorces but i n

noting that he listed 26 away highland avenue in birmingham, alabama. but notice that he mentioned the make of the car, mustang and in alabama license plate. wade -- the go -- bear with me one second. okay, so meanwhile other fbi agents go out all over the south trying to find out if any other eric gault checked into hotels. they did find out on march march 22nd, eric gault had checked into the flamingo hotel in selma, alabama, which was significant because they found that night or in the cooking had been scheduled to give a talk there. it began to seem he was beginning to cross paths with martin luther king. whether this was, they began to do more investigating and found that he applied for a license in the state of alabama, saying he was a merchant berean unemployed they found that he had stayed at this place on highland. and yes indeed they remembered their gault had lived there. while he was there, he also sent off for some camera equipment, which brown in mail order company in chicago as he began to wonder what is up with all of this camera equipme

. >>> natalee holloway of suburban birmingham, alabama was 18 years old when she was last seen in aruba may of 2005 she'd been missing ever since. >> edward lawrence reports. >>> a judge called this court hearing a sad occasion. right before he officially declared natalee holloway dead. her father asked for the declarati declaration. >> we've been dealing with her death for the last six and a half years. hopefully this meeting today will kind of put some closure on it. >> dave hol we, her father needs a death certificate for a $2,000 college fund can be used to send her younger proer to school. natalee's mother reluctantly agreed to the ruling. >> of course, it makes me very sad. >> she's ready to move on from this and hopefully justice eventually will be served. >> this declaration comes one day after the main suspect in her disappearance pleaded guilty to murdering a woman in peru. joran van der sloot was arrested twice for the disappearance and presumed death of natalee but never charged with the crimes. natalee was on the last day of her high school graduation trip. she was last see

officials are saying that two people have died in the terrible storms that have rocked the birmingham, alabama area and pounded the south and midwest prompting tornado warnings and a handful of states. zests >>darya: you cannot really tell is rainy and windy. you may want to leave a little extra time this morning. why be in a rush when things are like this outside? we will be back. the >>darya: breaking news, there is a large police presence in oakland, police action is happening right there, it jackie sissel is on the scene. >>jackie: i am here at that corner of brookdale and fruitvale. there is a large police presence. i just arrived but i can tell you there are police officers from the tactical unit. as soon as we find out what is going on we will pass that information along. >>darya: it doesn't look like they are doing any evacuations or telling neighbors what is going on? >>will: there are officers in full riot gear with weapons out. obviously whatever they're looking for they thought it in for me not to bring out the tactical unit. >>darya: we will continue to follow that can get more de

just northeast of birmingham, alabama, is where some of the worst was. here's what the radar looks like. you can see tornado warnings out there. those are the bad storms just northeast of birmingham about two hours ago. prayers to all those people as they go through another disasters. remember, tuscaloosa was hit so hard spring last year. as far as the west goes f you watched the football game last night, you saw the miserable conditions in california. although, the rain is needed. it did ruin a lot of people's sundays. we're finally getting heavy snow at the highest of elevations. you notice the green on the map. a wet ride this morning. that will shift to the south. everyone areas like l.a. have rain in the forecast later today. try to work your way, but not a lot. i'll give you any updates on the horrible news out of alabama later if we get any. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> also coming up, changes at research in motion. gas at the pump rises. and warren buffett's strange cultural exchange. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>>

this is video of damage in birmingham, alabama. storms brought hail and strong winds which downed trees and snapped power lines. there were at least a half dozen tornadoes reported throughout the area. thousands of people are still without power. >>> good afternoon to you. we're looking at partly sunny skies, still quite gloomy out there, a few sprinkles over parts of the bay, especially the south bay and the far east. we'll continue to watch this move through, pass on and we'll have partly cloudy skies for the afternoon. plenty of gray, still a little gusty out there. sfo reporting winds at 20 miles an hour, 14 near san jose, nearly 20 and 25 in some areas around san jose. 54 degrees, so cool out there. we're warmer than yesterday. you can see light rain falling at morgan hill and gilroy along highway 101. 51 degrees livermore, 51 concord, breezy throughout the day, not as bad as earlier today, but we'll continue with the wind. 53 at san francisco, 52 in oakland. napa 56 degrees. temperatures will stay in the med up toker 50s for

. >>> police in birmingham, alabama thought they were responding to a robbery, but when he entered the house, they found the bodies of five bodies. the police chief says the horrific crime was not a random act of violence. >>> the first family wrapped up the weekend with a family outing. the president, first lady and malia and sasha went to the museum to an exhibit. it looks like the obamas pretty much had the place toselves. themselves. quality time for the first family. >> a night at the museum. >>> time for weather across the country on this monday morning. stormy in the northern rockies of up to a foot and a half in idaho and montana. also a light dusting from northern minnesota to the upper peninsula, the u.p. up to 3 inches of lake-effect snow and stretching to northern new england. >> a wet 66 in dallas. 42 here in new york. kansas city gets up to 61. chicago, 44, and minneapolis 38, phoenix, 73, and 54 degrees in salt lake city. >>> and super bowl fever is taking over in indianapolis as the teams arrive. >>> also, the new video from italy inside that wrecked cruise ship, eerily

abreu but six years ago judge pronounced her dead today in front upper parents at a hearing in birmingham alabama college funds for her for her brother. called it closing a chapter mother opposed the petition still praying for daughters' safety. >> natalie holloway father wanted to see this through and of course makes me very sad. >> any sense of closure >> nothing to say. a day after joran van der sloot the prime suspect of natalie holloway disappearance pled guilty to killing a peruvian woman apparently because she had done some sort of google search of joran van der sloot osby natalie holloway like never charged in the case. remembering haiti two years after earthquake devastated the nation today hundreds of thousands of people still homeless anniversary of the tragedy 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the country killing more than 300 leading 1 million without a place to live local organizations continue to help build haiti trying to build a new children's hospital >> they need help but want help they did not want handouts they want education and expertise >> already the poorest nation in the w

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the new routes include washington to birmingham, alabama, fayetteville, north carolina and rice lip. expansion is the result of takeoff and landing slots with delta airlines at la guardia airport. it will be interesting to see if prices come down as a result of that for washingtonians. sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't. >> that's why they went up because everybody stopped doing the extra flights. all of the seats available. thanks, jess. >>> the american cancer society releases some good and not so good numbers when it comes to the war on cancer. >> we'll have more on that story in less than two minutes. >>> 4:43. good morning. it is friday eve. and the temperature is double what it was yesterday. >> people who run outside, work outside, much happier. look at these numbers from yesterday morning when we had wind chills down to near zero in spots. >> it will come back. >> you know, it is going to come back here. we'll get a break from anything too cold probably for about a week. toward the end of next week, another shot of some arctic air will try to return. between now and t

this area here about, i don't know, maybe 15, 20 miles north of birmingham, alabama. this happened overnight when it was dark, dangerous situation. two fatalities. a tat least 100 people injured with this storm. and there was another cell south of birmingham with similar results, although it's less populated down there. we didn't have as much structural damage, but injuries nonetheless around clayton and reports of a transmission tower blown down as well. so two significant tornados with this system, which is still dropping some heavy weather across southeastern alabama. tornado watch here in effect until 11:00 this morning. these storms for the most part, at least in northern georgia, are beginning to weaken. but across parts of southern georgia, the storm's prediction center has issued a second tornado watch until 4:00 this afternoon. for the potential of seeing some tornadoes. this is all with this system that came across the northwest. with all that tremendous moisture. and energy last week. and that's why we had such lift with this system. over 20 reports of torna

they're from birmingham, alabama. >> you're homies. >> that's right. >>> there is a heated argument. you got to see this. in israel's parliament. it turned into a water fight. >> it happened during a debate in the education committee of the knesset. and two members lived on live television. a woman told a male colleague to shut up and he responded key say whatever he wanted and she threw a glass of water on him before marching oust the committee. >> that had to be kind of freeing. [ laughter ] >> something you always want to do but never get to see. >> that's right. >> get out of here. >> fight on the set. >> he was kind of a big dude, too. >> he was not afraid. >> no -- she was not afraid. >> a tough cookie. >> and a live look at road conditions out there. and not much going on. kind of a different day than yesterday. so many incidents on the chp reports yesterday. today, very, very quiet. and later on tonight, there is a warriors game and warriors take on miami and watch out for extra traffic. it is a pretty big game tonight so you could see some extra cars there on the roadway. up

he was phenomenally focused but also operating in segregated birmingham, alabama. after segregation was over there were problems. you talk about that and how you see the evolution of that. we have to think that is where the solution lies for people to create businesses like the ones you included in surviving and thriving. >> your ancestor was a phenomenal human being and we understand the courage but also what the courage--not another choice. so many people refused to accept what was there. i would make a black economic history parallel with this. i wrote 15 publishers to say can we get this book published? we are not interested in black economic history so my company did it. that is what i am seeing a lot of times. oliver deserves a lot of credit. just walk and talk. we can raise money and do things so we did it. that is the challenge. we have more choices in the twenty-first century that we had in the 20th and 19th. your antecedent -- there was no one lined up to do that. we have to be really clear about the many ways that we own ourselves and that we own our his

. >>> well, the police chief in birmingham, alabama calls it one of the city's worst crimes in recent memory. five young men were found dead inside a house this weekend after police responded to a burglary call. that video just rips your heart out. the chief refused to speculate on motive or to describe the crime scene. the u.s. marshal's office has joined that investigation. >>> the mayor of oakland, california is now threatening legal action against occupy protesters following a violent break-in at oakland's city hall. dozens broke into that building saturday, breaking glass cases, even spraying graffiti. outside demonstrators and police battled for hours, exchanging rocks and bottles with tear gas canisters. more than 400 people were arrested when all was said and done. and some occupy protesters took to the streets here in new york last night as well. they said it was a march in solidarity with those in oakland. several people were arrested as well here. but there was no serious violence. >>> to politics now and the crucial vote in florida tomorrow. the latest numbers show mitt ro

an area near birmingham, alabama, devastated by a deadly tornado last spring was hit. >>> senator versusme to a head today at an airport. and what cliche will president obama use first in the "state of the union" address? grp@?ñm Ñoy÷h>óñc>ó >> bret: fresh pickingings from the political grapevine. kentucky republican senator rand paul says he was detained by t.s.a. agents after he refused a full body patdown at the nashville, tennessee, airport this morning. paul's office contends he went through a full body scanner when an anomaly was found on his leg. senator offered to go through the machine again but was told only a full body patdown would suffice. he refused and said he was detained and missed his flight back to washington. t.s.a. denies detaining paul and said he was allowed to board another flight after a different screening. last summer paul had a heated exchange with the t.s.a. director over invasive patdowns with children. he will go "on the record" with greta van susteren tonight. updating a story, georgia state judge denied a motion by obama administration to squash

the newest video shows the damagidge birmingham, alabama. of these homes leveled by the strong winds and heavy rains. emergency officials say roads are now blocked in the area and are reporting that two people were killed in central alabama. a 16-year-old boy and 82-year-old man. we're learning they were found in two separate areas of jefferson county. searchers are going door to door trying to rescue people trapped in their home. much the same in tennessee and arkansas where the same system also destroyed homes and buildings there. hard to believe since this is january, but as many as 16 tornados have been reported throughout the central arkansas. bottom line this morning, parts of tennessee, mississippi and alabama are under a tornado watch, and the death toll sits at two for those deaths in alabama. >> thank you, marla. 6:51. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi returns to court today facing three misdemeanor charges related to an alleged case of domestic violence against his wife. last week he pleaded not guilty the charges. the judge is

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reported overnight the firemen are doing home-to-home searches in many cases to the northeast of birmingham, alabama the night in nashville, the worst appears to be in alabama, still one tornado warning that is active but looks like the storms are beginning to weak an little bit, as they start to push from alabama into georgia, the people in georgia, don't have the same concerns that we did in alabama, as far as the forecast goes, looks like the worst of the tornado damage has been done the northeast, rain moving in during the day, pick up in intensity this evening. the southeast, a chance for storms in atlanta but looks like the really dangerous weather will miss you. for all our friends on the west coast that weather that you saw yesterday in san francisco continues to push into the state. snow in the high elevations, l.a., a chance for some rain. of course, as we get more of the pictures in from the destructive tornadoes in alabama last night you we will bring you the pictures here on msnbc. you are watching "morning joe," brewed by starbucks. the employee of the month isss... the new spark card

. >> new information tonight on a brutal crime in a quiet neighborhood near birmingham, alabama. five people found dead earlier were shot. the house riddle with bullet holes. two people may have escaped but tsz not clear if they were victims or the killers. neighbors saying a woman lived in the house with her siston an two brothers described as polite and quiet people. rough seas forcing the divers to leaf heavy winds causing the cruise liner to shift drastically today. it has been sitting in the water on the side for two weeks now. officials say it could take up to months to remove the fuel. the danger of course a fuel spill another 10 months to remove the ship from a perch. 17 people dead and 15 still missing. i am harris falkner. now back to ral"geraldo." >> he was fired for ethics violation. he ultimately had to resign in disgrace. he can't rewrite history we have to go back to look at history and say he may be a great guy with a lot of great ideas but he is not a leader we need at a critical time. this will be arch historic election. we need a leader who succeeded as a leade

lack at the devastation on the ground in birmingham, alabama.ake a listen to what the victims say as they described what happened. >> i ran to the laundry room. got the rest of my family. we were in the laundry room when it actually hit. we could hear the walls vibrating. we heard a loud crash of the tree landing on our roof. >> pressure on my body. i said everybody get down now. i covered up. my mother start started back to fall as the floor gave way. i pulled her back. martha: one of the hardest hit areas which is clay, alabama. jonathan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, to you, martha. clay is just outside of the city of birmingham. as you can see behind me, dozens of structures either damaged or destroyed. toppled trees. as you pan over here, you see relief crews did a great job rapidly removing trees and branches from the roads to clear the roads and allow first-responders to get into these areas. everywhere you look you see blue tarps on roofs. we shot some video a little earlier this morning that i want to show you. we took a walk