. >> please take shelter immediately because we have a torn aorta now. >> a helicopter captured one twisters fury as it touched a damn. >> look at these huge trailers these huge rigs the back end of tractor-trailer's that are being picked up and tossed hundreds of yards. >> the twister went through neighborhoods, twisting homes. more than 160 homes were damaged. yet there are stories of survival. in florida texas, a grandmother is being held -- in forny texas, a grandmother is being hailed as a hero. >> there is a-a wind that came through and i just thought it would take care so i just grabbed him harder just to keep him there with me. >> and yet another story of survival. this tiny kitchen and its two siblings were rescued from the rubble uc behind me, nearly 24 hours after the tornado came through. >> lucky capt.kitten. as you can imagine it's cause some trouble at the airport. >> workers hit the water main in a construction area in an executive office building just before noon today. it was shut off after a few minutes. no word yet on the exact impact on the water supply at the white hous

. >> your aorta is puckering. >> what have we come to?>> outside tonight and on a different subject, the coquetries usually at this time of year the azaleas are thinking of coming out. the oak pollen and the trees these are a lot of the trees that are out in the bushes. are pollen count, there is the oak paula. you see that stuff in the gutters? that is the flowers from the oaktree. there it is. our pollen count to they even with a lot of it coming down 436, because we have been so dry. look at what is going on across the country. how many states have their warmest march in records for the weather, including out to oklahoma. that is part of the reason we have had this terrible, terrible pollen. the other reason is it is so dry, and that has contributed to some of the fires you have been hearing about. this is a great satellite picture. you can see the smoke from some of those fires from florida all of the way into the gulf of mexico some much of the country and the east has been dry, and the red flag warnings when you hear that, a red fla

usually starts down in the lower parts of the body in what's called the "aorta" and migrates upward in humans. but eventually we all get it if we live long enough. and that's sort of a given, that's part of the aging process. who dies from it is the mystery. in 99% of atherosclerosis cases, the patient has high levels of cholesterol built up on the artery walls. jim goldenetz: my father had passed away during bypass surgery in 1986. so i was somewhat aware-- more than most-- that there could be problems with high cholesterol. well, cholesterol is a fatty substance that is in... produced by our bodies or ingested through certain products such as meats. eggs have a lot of cholesterol, for example. so if you were to really describe this molecule called cholesterol, it's a waxy, lipid-type substance that is very similar to fat. the body needs cholesterol to function normally. it is present in all the cell membranes and it helps produce many hormones. but it only takes a small amount of cholesterol to meet the body's needs. hodis: cholesterol is a catchall term of which there are many, many

it sucks blood into the aorta. and replaces the pumping function of the heart.connected to a tube that exits through the abdomen and hooks into a battery. the next step is for the fda to approve it. >>> also in healthwatch, love handles are quickly becoming a loved feature by many breast cancer patients. monique griego has more on how love handles are offering new hope. >> i feel really good. >> reporter: laura taylor looks and feels like a new woman, so much so, it's hard to believe just two years okay, she received a devastating breast cancer diagnosis. >> i had to sit and wonder, what was i going to do? i knew immediately that i wanted mastectomies. >> reporter: unitedbut even as a nursing professor at johns hopkins, taylor didn't know all of her options. >> i was unsure. hino idea. >> reporter: then she was introduced to dr. john rad. >> oftentimes plastic surgeons will tell patients that implants are really their only option. and that's really not true. >> reporter: dr. rad told taylor she was the new patient for a -- perfect patient from a new love handle

it sucks blood into the aorta and replaces the heart's pumping function.here were some safety concerns, but the fda panel says the benefits outweigh the risks for the most critical patients. >>> washington has another intern scandal sort of. the creator of the girls gone wild series videos says he was the top bidder for an auction of an internship in the senator's office mark dyer. a member of an l.a. temple acknowledges he offered the internship as part of a fundraiser without the none of senator pryor. francis received his money back from the temple but wants more than that. >> i think the senator should apologize to me and that's all i want. i'm just not going to be called a liar and that this was a hoax and i'm not going have my reputation harnessished and be embarrassed by this guy. >> you're not embarrassed by those videos? the man who offered the internship sent a letter of apology to pryor. the letter has been sent to the fbi to figure out if any laws were broken. >>> he said he was going to throw away his powerball, good thing he checked it first.

aorta was perforated. something serious of that sort.of the tragejectory it would be upwards or left to right. distance is crucial. how close was the muzzle to the target. was there is contact? was it an inch? two inches. four feet? the struggle doesn't come into play. we're trying to use this evidence to either corroborate the story that zimmerman is telling or to disprove it. >> then we of course all saw the video of george zimmerman in the police station. we talked that it didn't look like he had any major gashes in his head. you could see some kind of a -- there's some kind of cut or something on his head. clearly he hadn't been bandaged. >> let's remember that ems was called to the scene. they may have cleaned him up. you know, you really need to have an investigation, not a grainy tape, to decide whether he was hit or not. i think that's very crucial. whether you have forensics or not, we can't get into his mind. we don't know what was in zimmerman's mind. if he thought he was under attack and he's claiming that is true, what is th