north of tuscaloosa.a home. several trees are down and a lot of power outages probably just beginning to hear about that as the storms continue to move east. >> let's go right to rob marciano. what can you tell us, rob? >> a couple more tornado warnings, one particularly dangerous south of birmingham and perry county. computers here in the weather center, a little bit iffy this morning but i can tell you this, the cells just south of birmingham looks strong. that's in perry county heading just to the east at 55 to 60 miles an hour. numerous tornado warnings out. we have seen damage north of tuscaloosa, north of birmingham, a lar track of the tornados that rolled through there last spring, likely not as strong but likely injuries, certainly structural damage with this round of storms that is now east and north of birmingham but still showing a tornado signature. this red watch box shows a tornado watch in effect until at least 10:00 central time. there's a little bit more stable in georgia so it might weak

this storm rolled through just north of tuscaloosa.mage as the storm rolled across the state. it has weakened, but there are other tornado warnings that are posted right now. there you can see some of the video coming in to the cnn newsroom as the sun comes up. and some subdivisions especially north of birmingham near senate point, pleasantville, multiple homes if not entire subdivisions wiped out from this storm. right now, a tornado warning is in effect just south of clanton. but these storms for the most part once they get to the georgia border are weakening, much cooler, more stable air here. up to the north this is a big storm. the same storm system that came onboard across the pacific northwest bringing that wind and rain. so there's a lot of moisture with it. it's heading into the ohio valley. eventually into the northeast, where there are some cool pockets of air up here. for the next hour or two, some spots especially north of new york city will be slick in the way of freezing rain, but then temperatures will warm up. there's

the football team became the positive energy to help lift the university and the people of tuscaloosathe fog of despair. last night the tide dominated and today, alabama is the unanimous national champion. >> we lost a lot of people in the tornado. i told the team before this season that we are going to mean a lot to lot of people. >> i am probably just as proud parts seem to the contributions to our community, which suffered a major tragedy, the tornado this past year, as anything else that they have accomplished. >> alabama -- outside the sport. the broncos a windup for that play in overtime, it was one of the highest rated tv moments in all sports. now, there is talk about the winning touchdown formation being illegal. you need seven guys on the line of scrimmage. look to the top of your screen. the tackle is not on the line. the nfl said it was a good no call. officials say sometimes they call it, sometimes they do not. the it is a good note call unless you are from pittsburgh. the final seconds of the first quarter. how about this shot? are you kidding me? the ball's been around

i mean, that's just by the grace of god. >> i know that tuscaloosa is already very proud of us, but age. can't even put into words what it would mean. >> carson tinker is the long snapper and his field goal unit had some problems when they played lsu this year, didn't they? >> yeah, that was the big difference, don. those two field goal kickers for alabama missed two of six field goals. had they made two of those, we might be in a different scenario. it's a rare opportunity that you get the the chance to play a team for a second time. so you know tomorrow night, the entire alabama team is looking for redemption, especially those two kickers. >> i'll be there tomorrow. so excited. thank you, sir. maybe i'll get to see you before the game. >> save you a spot. >>> let's preview the game. a rare, regular-season match that will decide the national championship of course and john is here, senior investigative reporter for "sports illustrated." author of "scorecasting." coming out this week. make sure you pick one up. this is the best sports segment i've ever done. ls beat alabama in novembe

spot the tornadoes went through back in the spring when we had the big huge one that went from tuscaloosa to birmingham. this is an area hit tomorrow night now, and a lot of people lost their homes and amazing we didn't have more fatalities. the pictures are incredible. the official count from our rare january tornado outbreak, it looks like there was about 12 total tornadoes. national weather service is still doing the surveys. we had more reports but some of those may have been long track tornadoes like this one may have been started here and gone through the area we just showed you the picks of. arkansas had their fair share of damage also. the that storm system responsible all of the tornadoes is safely up into canada and cold front is pushing off the east coast. the cold front will take the moisture and clouds with it but leaving behind a lot of fog. especially here in the southeast. so keep that in mind for your morning travel. just not a lot of cold air on the map. it's cool in the northern plains, but for this time of morning and this time of the winter, these temperatures are mil

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this one is a little extra special considering what the town of tuscaloosa went through back in april when the tornadoes tore through that town. >> tuscaloosa, it means a lot because, like i said, we lost a lot of people in the tornado. and i told the team before, you know, the season that it's going to mean a lot to a lot of people that we do make it to the championship. and i said before the season, i said, we're going to win the national championship. >> for us to bring back the crystal ball to us ttuscaloosa,t brings a t lolot of hope and dr to tuscaloosa. >>> we have a story about carson tinker, long snapper for alabama. extra special night for him last night because back when those tornadoes ripped through tuscaloosa in april he actually lost his girlfriend. so was it was a bittersweet night for him. girlfriend's parents were in the stands. we'll tell you mow about his story and what it meant for him and her family to win the championship last night. >> that's so sad. the damage there, still there. joe, we'll look for that. >>> we with move on out of this conversation because it

pick six, and jones announced he will make the next trip to tuscaloosa when play next season for alabama. wes brown announced he will play for maryland. the turks did not figure on his plans until a couple of weeks ago -- terps did not figure of his plans until a couple of weeks ago. when you talk about the greyhounds' facing the jaspers' it means only one annual matchup. the greyhound off to a strong start this season. loyola of three. manhattan is not buckling. a one-point game. loyal it is struggling at times -- will loughner -- loyola is struggling at times. the greyhounds have the last push of offense. 61-60, and greyhounds over the jaspers'. stick around. we have the seven-day forecast we have the seven-day forecast straight a whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee! wheeeeeeeeeeee! we have the seven-day forecast straight a whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! five warmer weather is on the way. >> temperatures tomorro

tuscaloosa. the alabama crimson tide take the title. shutting out lsu in the big championship game. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm paula faris. >> and i'm rob nelson. today's new hampshire horse race is all about second place. >> the nation's first primary starting with voting just after midnig midnight. >> t.j. winick is with us. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: rob and paula, good morning. it's primary day here in new hampshire. as you said, the only surprise might be who finishes second to mitt romney. the votes are in in dicksville notch. the tiny vil lauj renowned for casting the first ballots. jon huntsman and mitt romney tied. >> reporter: the former massachusetts governor leads in one poll here by 24 points. yesterday, made one of the biggest slips. >> i like being able to fire people that provide services to me. >> reporter: he was trying to make the case that americans should be able to choose their own health insurance, to drop a company if they liked. >> governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jobs. >> reporte

. >>> tornados rip through alabama again and close to tuscaloosa, a year ago it was rocked by a tornado as well. traffic coming up in 2.5 minutes, you are watching good morning maryland. >>> state of emergency issued for all 67 counties in alabama, severe weather killed two people and spread damage through a number of states, this is jefferson county, more than 400 homes were destroyed, at least 100 others damaged. expected to take all week to assess the damage in western kentucky after powerful storms rolled through on monday. one person was seriously hurt. many people lost their homes. several highways were shutdown. officials blame the damage on straight line winds, not tornadic. it was a very serious band of storms that came through. here we got a good rain. >> our biggest problem yesterday went from the ice in the morning to the fog that lasted all day long. it's lingering. a dense fog advisory, carroll county, and back in to washington county as well. western maryland on the icy side this morning. we are not on the icy side. winds this morning, not bad. not dealing with any type o

. >> julie peterson, cnn, tuscaloosa, alabama. >>> hello. it's 3:00 on the east coast, noon on the west coast. i'm gary tuchman. let's get straight to the news. the florida primary is looking like a two-man race for sure. front-runners newt gingrich and mitt romney have fanned out across the state ahead of tuesday's primary there. supporters of both camps have released new negative ads and both campaigns are courting the state's hispanic vote. >> we are very committed to having every american of every background come together. i talked about inclusion rather than outreach and i remind people outreach is when five white guys hold a meeting and then call you. inclusion is when you are part of that process. we are working with the hispanic community across the country to develop policies and issues. >> challengers rick santorum and ron paul have left the sunshine state. we'll go live to florida in a few minutes for an update on the campaign. the arab league is out of the monitoring business in syria for now. too violent, too many people killed,

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. >>> plus, the underdog film about the underdog world war ii pilots steals the thunder from the weekend's top dog at the box office. >>> the patriots survive. the giants need overtime. and remembering the life and times of football legend joe paterno. you're watching "early

and i was in tuscaloosa, alabama, smithville. mississippi. northern georgia, all affected by the tornadoes. and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that. later i went and talked to the mayor and governor and police, fire, e.m.s. folks and chiefs and command staffs and a lot of people that had been working on fighting the flood in north dakota for literally -- much longer, but this part of it for two weeks. and sometimes i think we miss things and we forget things. but for total devastation, they did not lose one life. that is incredible. if you can view the damage that happened there. and the reason that is, is because they prepared. they took the ti

that, later today on c-span, we will have coverage of michelle bachman's appearance at a church in tuscaloosa, iowa. mitt romney this afternoon eastern time at the family table restaurant in atlanta, iowa. and then it gingrich at 5:30 p.m. eastern time in waterloo, iowa. thank you very much for watching this edition. we will see you again tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. >> coming up today on c-span, holly petraeus is the assistant director at the consumer protection bureau and interviewed by bloomberg news and "military times." our events leading up to tuesday's iowa caucus with rick santorum at a campaign rally. and our live coverage of this iowa caucus begins with michele bachmann and mitt romney and newt gingrich. follow the candidates to the iowa caucus here on c spife span. >> "road to the white house" goes to the iowa caucus. live from des moines with "washington journal" talking with political experts and taking your calls. our preview program on the caucus process and the state of the republican presidential race. live caucus coverage from central iowa and the results and

also reports of heavy damage and power outages near tuscaloosa and birmingham.torms left one person injured and destroyed five to six homes in arkansas. >>> representative gabrielle giffords resigns this week one year after that shooting rampage that left her with a gunshot wound to her head. >>> the arab league wants the syrian president to delegate powers. al assad has been under fire for allegations he purposely killed anti-government protesters. >>> well, doctors say joe paterno died from lung cancer, but former penn state player matt millen has another theory, that he died of a broken heart. and there's a lot of people that share that feeling. cnn contributor sarah is joining us from the penn state campus. what exactly are those who were close to the coach telling you? >> reporter: you know, friends and family who really knew him, you know, as opposed to the students who had a vigil behind me, said a lot of people felt like they knew him. he was a grandfather figure. but they had only really met him once or twice, and that was really a testament to his char

. >> tuscaloosa, alabama. john, democrats line. >> caller: i'm a vietnam veteran and i have a son who just returned from iraq twice and deployed. he's having a problem readjusting. i'm able to mentor him somewhat. the local v.a. at one time had a program that was peer led and that did a lot for me, just listening to other vets and how they attacked and solved their problems. i think if we can keep the lines of communication open and somehow address the skitsoid double mindedness of the people when they need the armed forces they are for them but once they finish, there's some laws that do not consider what the person has gone through. my son was incarcerated in washington for something that i really think was just out of proportion due to the nature of their laws up there. >> yeah, well, thank you for your service and welcome home, sir. you actually touched on a couple really big issues. the fact is mental health care in the v.a. is not where it needs to be. it's nowhere even close and there's been a lot of pr

he visited tuscaloosa and talked about creating a show there. the show never happened, but he still donated the money. >> it was is scary morning for a semi truck driver on interstate 94 when he lost control and plunged into a frozen creek. you can see the tractor-trailer stuck in the icy water. amazingly, the driver was able to escape and then crawl across the ice to safety. he was treated and released at the hospital. investigators are trying to find out what caused the accident. you will not find any ice like that around here, that is for sure. much of the country is experiencing a mild winter. in nebraska, it is normally in the 20's. right now 50's and 60's. there are nearly 900 record highs recorded nationwide in the past week. >> amazing. >> 900 records? >> crazy. upside-down weather. it will turn significantly colder next week, towards the end of next week. we're not going to have the major arctic icebreaker -- arctic outbreak that we see sometimes all over the country with ice everywhere. it could still happen, but not in the next couple

tornado took half of tuscaloosa off of the map. bob craft lost his wife.had a pretty good day yesterday. all things considered. >> still talking about losing his wife. >>> looking at temperatures. you have a prilosec? >> don't use the stuff. >> i didn't until yesterday afternoon. 6 degrees warmer than at this time yesterday. 34 degrees right now, we are not out of the woods on these numbers w this mist in the area. it gets warm almost 50 this afternoon with rain. we go v to look at temperatures and the potential of a freezing scenario on untreated roads. >> prilosec is a sponsor, i eat it like candy. >> i don't know. >> pretty box. you can have health issues and still eat good. chefs are saying here is how you can still enjoy life. chef aaron is coming up. sharon gibala has traffic. , we are looking a at the roads, so far, so good. we are at the doorstep of problems, we'll be right back. it's where you spend a lifetime so your kids can go to college. so you can actually visit that beach proudly displayed on your monitor. for that, you work through lunch. o

tuscaloosa, clay, center point, oak grove, the two fatalities that we know of are a 6-year-old boy whone structural damage all over the place. widespread power outages across the state. communication is very limited. a lot of telephone lines down. a lot of cell towers have been damaged also. so communication is very difficult to spread across these communities. family members are having a very difficult time getting in touch with each other. the jefferson county schools closed near birmingham. many side streets and some of the cell phone polls. there have been a lot of injuries. the sheriff department has if he noticed at least 100 injuries. and i would not be surprised to see that number go up as we make it through the afternoon. >> i want to bring in chad. he's here and has been monitoring the situation from our studios. chad, do you want to weigh in here? >> reynolds, we know about the fatalities already but are you still seeing rescues happen, still seeing firefighters trying to break into literally half obliterated homes? are they still trying to find missing people? >> absolutely

got tuscaloosa, we had joplin really affected by tornadoes last season. >> and on the east coast, too. >> very active last year. >> strange weather pattern. 60-degree weather today. now half that in the next couple of days? >> looked like we reached our high today at 5:00. 60degrees. yesterday it was 62 or 63. i didn't work. but i looked back. yeah, warm this weekend. probably if you've been with us, you know, even with us last week, cold air is coming. nothing that will stop it. there's not a fence between here and canada, unfortunately. maybe we need one. i don't know. that would help keep the old air up north, where if you ask me, it belongs. shaky camera tonight. why? a couple of reasons. zoomed in on the cathedral. it's windy. winds kicking up. not quite get the front coming through. couple of air masses coming through. first one overnight tonight. it will be sharply colder for w this past weekend. still mild. 55degrees. just 5 degrees off the high. gaithersburg, 46. cooling down a little bit to the north and west. with the winds picking up, already getting gusts close to 30 mile

the national weather service confirms three tornados touched down in jefferson and tuscaloosa countiesy morning. two people were killed during these storms and this comes nearly nine months to the day that 240 people were killed in a deadly tornado outbreak across the state. yesterday's storms forced state officials to cancel a meeting to assess the response actually to the april tornadoes. >>> you can stay on top of the forecast any time of the day with the new fox 5 weather app. search for d.c. weather. can you also go to myfoxdc.com and scan our qr code to link you to our weather app. >>> ering --ering is already feeling the effects of i biggest solar storm in years. the aurora borealis is supposed to hit earth about 9:00 this morning. the earth's atmosphere will protect us. don't panic, don't run away. the radiation can cause problems for our communications, satellites and polar traveling airplanes. >> can your weather app detect that? >> i'm not sure it has solar ray detection on it. but we can maybe add that as a future feature. >> there is a little alert button. >> the alerts ar

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tuscaloosa, montgomery, birmingham reported. as matt mentioned, paradise valley, alabama, in between birmingham and tuscaloosa, we had ham radio reports of the town being wiped off the map. we are going to have to update this. but, again, it is really bad there. we're looking at the storms continuing. we are looking not at heavy rainfall amounts but the big problem going to be the winds out of the tornadoes. hail, damaging winds and we'll continue to update this for you. matt? >> al, thank you very much. we'll get your forecast in a few minutes. for now, to the battle for florida as the gop presidential race heats up on the heels of newt gingrich's big win in south carolina. nbc's peter alexander is in tampa this morning. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. after being badly beaten in south carolina mitt romney hustled to florida to get a head start. having spent millions in this state already since the beginning of the month. romney's senior advisers say you can expect him to ramp up the rhetoric

this one is a little extra special considering the tornadoes that devastated tuscaloosa back in aprilmeans for that town as they begin to -- as they continue to rebuild and recover. >> fortas a loose is a it means a lot because, like i said, we lost a lot of people in the tornado. and i totally -- i told the team before, you know, the season, that it's going to mean a lot to a lot of people that we do make it to the championship. i said before the season, i said, we're going to win the national champ wron shionchampi >> for us to bring back the crystal ball to the town, it brings a lot of hope and dreams to tuscaloosa. >> reporter: last time these two teams played was back in november. it was a defensive battle again but alabama missed four field goals in that game. that was the real difference. last night they only needed one field goal but actually tied a record with five. nick saban, the coach of alabama, has now won three national championships in the s.e.c. conference in the last ten years. one lsu, two with alabama. i would say he's definitely worth all $4.6 million they pay him

three tornadoes touched down in jefferson and tuscaloosa counties.ple were killed. 100 injured. more than 200 homes have been destroyed. that region, as you very well know, is still recovering from the twisters that killed 20 people last spring. cnn's reynolds wolf is getting an up close look at all the damage. he is live in clay, alabama. we understand there are two deaths there. it was a 16-year-old girl and 82-year-old man. >> reporter: that's right. you know, i don't want to sound callous when i say that but we're very fortunate that that number wasn't even higher. i got to tell you, when this tornado came through it struck very quickly. especially hit this community of graybrook which is just outside of clay, alabama. i'm going to step out of the way. mike, let's give them a shot what happens if you take a walk into this home. this home was just over 24 hours ago was in great shape. now rumble everywhere. you can see the installation. you can see part of a travel trailer that was just a few streets over that crashed up against the side of this h

tuscaloosa was rocking last night as they celebrated another championship. congrats. and the national championship also provided a highlight for a prince william county high school. the marching band from battlefield high school won a competition and performed during halftime. congrats to them, too. >> job well done. >>> through a rap verse, jay-z confirms the birth of his newborn daughter. take a listen. ♪ baby i paint the sky blue my greatest creation was you ♪ >> the song "glory" made its debut on line yesterday. in the song, jay-z says the child was conceived in paris and reveals his wife had a miscarriage at one point. blue ivy was born on saturday. this is the couple's first child. >> i wonder when we'll get a first picture of the baby. i bet she's gorgeous. >> depends who's paying. to a magazine stands near you soon i'm sure. >>> still to come, why it's not just protesters occupying local parks. >>> the video you have to see. a little girl stands face to face with a moody lion. >>> and the billionaire making a big money bet. >>> decision day. this morning, vote

these two sec teams played in tuscaloosa the first saturday in november.lsu won in overtime by a score of 9-6. all field goals, not a single touchdown. here's kristin berset with morning sports. >> good morning, everybody. the washington wizards, the washington wizards hold your nose, things do not smell very good at the verizon center. rookie making his pro debut. few minutes later, trevor booker for the dunk. 9:00 of play. john wall throws the ball away. kevin love comes up and stuffs it home. minute and a half left, wizards trying to get cute. couldn't score within the last 3:30 of the game. they lose by 21 and drop to 0-8 on the season. >> it was -- i mean, it was bad to watch. bad to coach, bad to play. >> we're losers. we're 0-8. last team in the league. without a win. >>> all right. mark kurpblgen, head terp, nailed a three-pointer. 25 points. but the turnovers killed the terps. they had 15 of those in today's game. not so good. c.j. lesli, fast break lay-up. terps never could get inside the 5-point deficit mark. nc state holds on to beat the terps

alabama steals jobs from germany, and they're now making mercedes benz in tuscaloosa county, and you actually have protests about outsourcing, but the protests are in germany. i love what the president's saying here because we really can. we can pull jobs back into this country. you know, everybody always talks about, oh, high-tech and apple and yahoo and google. that's great, but we need manufacturing jobs pulled back into this country. and i love the focus. >> well, i think he's right. and i think that -- my mother lives in dalton, alabama. so i know what's going on in alabama. and i think that the -- >> your mother lives -- can i meet her next time i go down to alabama? >> absolutely. >> is she an alabama crimson tide fan? >> you'd have to talk to her about that. >> would she let joe in the house? >> you'd have to talk to her about that. but i -- i'll put in a word for you. >> that would be great. >> i think the insourcing the president's talking about is good. i don't necessarily agree with you that the way that they're doing their workers in all of those other alabama and other

almost like a joplin-like situation there in tuscaloosa.>> you drive through parts of tuscaloosa -- >> it's amazing. >> and it's just so jarring. it's completely -- it's changed the entire landscape of that town. and now -- >> here we go again. >> let's hope it's -- >> bill will be watching that. >>> coming up, life to the site of tonight's presidential debate where chuck todd is standing by, also david gregory will join the conversation. and here on the set senior adviser to the gingrich campaign kellyanne conway. more morning joe when we come back. >>> live shot of the white house. welcome back to "morning joe." and joining us now, senior adviser to the gingrich campaign, kellyanne conway. and nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director and host of "the daily rundown," chuck todd. and in washington, the moderator of "meet the press," david gregory. welcome to you all. >> kellyanne, congratulations. >> thank you. we're excited in newt world. >> it is a brave new world. a brave new world. what happens in florida? >> same

tuscaloosa, alabama. >> happy birthday. >> you don't look like you're anywhere near the number.it's okay. >> let's get to the boards. we want to tell you about this. the mild air in times square. and also in chicago. chicago, dekalb, rockford, waukegan, all folks involved in a winter weather watch now. you're going to drop the temperatures down, 32 on thursday, then much colder. it will have a snowy edge to it. you could get 4 to 6 inches in some cases. there is cool air into the northwest. no problems in the bright sunshine over the bay morning the clouds are quickly increasing. enjoy the sun while we have it muche will not have that sun. town andll move into have areas of rain around lunch time and they're after. washington and 26 martinsburg, on our way to mid-40's to do with areas of rain by lunch time and for the drive, and a little past bedtim >> we're live in a mild and comfortable times square. back inside to bianna. >> all right. i like that game, guess where you're from? we should do that more often outside with sam. >> where are you from? >> it's a long story. >> spea

tuscaloosa, alabama. >> happy birthday. >> you don't look like you're anywhere near the number.it's okay. >> let's get to the boards. we want to tell you about this. the mild air in times square. and also in chicago. chicago, dekalb, rockford, waukegan, all folks involved in a winter weather watch now. you're going to drop the temperatures down, 32 on thursday, then much colder. it will have a snowy edge to it. you could get 4 to 6 inches in some cases. there is cool air into the northwest. no problems in the southwest. >> we're live in a mild and comfortable times square. back inside to bianna. >> all right. i like that game, guess where you're from? we should do that more often outside with sam. >> where are you from? >> it's a long story. >> speak a little russian for us. [ speaking russian ] >> yea! >>> there's double trouble. we go inside the world of dog cloning. plus, celine dion balancing the razzle-dazzle with changing diapers. >>> and elisabeth hasselbeck, with foods your kids will love, coming up. [ female announcer ] introducing coffee-mate natural bliss. ♪ made with

that's significantly less than what they had in tuscaloosa and what they had back in april.s just plowing through neighborhoods. here you have homes down, trees down. it's the fatalities there are so difficult to take, and i wonder how many people had their weather radios turned on to hear this. this was 3:30 in the morning. where do you sleep? usually upstairs. >> you see they hit one neighborhood, could skip next door, continue on through. do we know how widespread is the damage there? >> this is a long track tornado. i would say this is probably in the neighborhood of 60 miles long. but if you look at the birmingham topography, it's very rugged. it's up and down, up and down. it wouldn't surprise me if the tornado hit the top of the hill here but missed a valley here, hit the top of the next hill and missed the next valley. that's why you see this type of skipping. this tornado was on the ground for a very long time. this was a dangerous thing no matter what. if you don't have a weather radio, get one as soon as you can before the severe weather starts for real. this is j