diane eastabrook has more from chicago. >> any objection -- >> reporter: sitting in chicago courtroom 38 year old hopes to be a free man after nearly a quarter century behind bars. his sister wants a long family nightmare to end. >> 24 years is enough time for somebody to be incarcerated since they were 1 -- 14 years old. so i am very hopeful and he is too. >> reporter: he was 14 when he was sentenced to life without parole for his role in a double murder in 1990. the judge could release him for time served because of a supreme court ruling calling life sentenced for juveniles unconstitutional. davis said he thought his chances of an early release were good. >> i'm always going to have hope you know, that my day will come. >> reporter: davis says trouble at home steered him into gang life. he says his mother was a drug addict and his father wasn't around. the prosecutor who helped put davis behind bars two decades ago wants him to stay there. >> the ripe old age of 14 this defendant was a shooter, an executioner. >> reporter: davis denied he pulled the trigger, and his attorney painte

diane eastabrook is there diane. >> hi john, crews have been cleaning up all day today from a very violent theernd killed two tornado that killed two and injured 20. >> salvaging pieces of his life. >> anything we can save, that's all i'm requesting through. >> reporter: a powerful tornado barreled through illinois thursday night the tiny town of fairdale bore the brunt of the storm. >> you know residents and everyone is being told they have to wait until search and rescue is done. >> reporter: authorities kept the area cordoned off so police can search for victims. susan meyers considered herself qulik. >> i just hunkered down at the bottom of the stairwell and waited. it was like 30 seconds. >> this storm cut a 50 mile wide path through northern illinois. to give you an idea, it split tree trunks in half and tossed around farm equipment like toys. eva and 11 others took shelter in a storm shed. >> it was that fast. >> fairdale has no sigh troans alertsirens toalert residents to approaching weather. the de cobb county center, hopes residents can return to their homes and begin the small p

diane eastabrook is in chicago with more. >> the suit says officer darren wilson unjustifiably michael brown, and the city helped to cover up evidence. >> reporter: wearing sweatshirts bearing their son's image, michael brown stood with their attorneys, demanding accountability for their son's death. >> when is america going to exam the standard police narrative when they kill unarmed youth of colour. >> reporter: the suit says the police officer unjustifiable shot brown when he raised his hands to surrender, and returned to the police station and destroyed evidence and interfering with the investigation. washed bloodstains off his hands and tampered with residue by destroying gun residue on his hand. the city says it failed to: >> the evidence has not changed. but the presentation of that evidence will. we expect to put on evidence that you have never heard about before. >> reporter: protesters marched in ferguson for weeks after brown's shooting claiming the press department is racially bias and unfairly targets blacks. a grand jury declined to indict brown for the shooting. the u.s.

diane eastabrook has the story. >> a powerful tornado tore through the area, obliterating his home and those of many others. >> you know everyone is being told they have to go to search and rescue. >> emergency crews could search for victims. two women were founded in their homes. susan meyer considers herself luck yeah. >> i hunkered down on the bottom of the stairwell. i.t. lasted 30 seconds. >> this storm cut a 50 mile wide path through northern illinois. just to give you an idea how strong it was it cut tree trunks in half and tossed around farm equipment like toys. she and 11 others took shelter in a storm cellar as the storm went through. >> it was that quick that fast. >> some communities in the area do have warning systems but fairdale has no sirens to alert residents to severe weathered. life is slowly returning to normal. crews are clearing away debris and restoring power to the area. be the dekalb county sheriff hopes residents can return to their homes and begin the slow process of rebuilding their lives. >> it's the worst thing i've seen. i know there have been much worse

diane eastabrook is in ferguson. what is the latest? >> looks like two african-americans will join ferguson city council, bringing the number to three african-americans, more now reflective of the demographics of the community. voter turn out - 33% voted ballots, better than 12% that voted in the mayoral elections. ferguson is a deeply divided community, and one of the issues dividing residents is whether the mayor should step down or be recalled. >> put your name on the line for me. >> reporter: voters in ferguson missouri cast ballots for three new members. barbara says she wished she could elect a new mayor. >> i'm not happy with him, and i haven't had a chance to sign a petition. if someone comes to my door i will. >> bristol could get her wish. >> this is the petition that we are passing. >> nick and a group of residents are collecting names in a drive to recall the mayor. >> i'm an advocate for a good government in ferguson. in order to get good government in ferguson some things will have to change. the mayor is one of those thin

diane eastabrook has more. >> reporter: this was a massive storm that blew through here and it came justnight was beginning to fall. >> oh my gosh -- >> reporter: a tornado ripped through fairdale illinois. here it is from another angle. officials say the fwiser damaged every single building in the village, destroying many of them. >> the damage is pretty significant. housing affected are severely affected. they are gone for the most part. there's no -- it doesn't appear to be houses are minor damage. it's a pretty much just devastation. >> reporter: some homes simply toppled over. in nearby rochelle a close call the twister shredded this restaurant more than a dozen people trapped inside. >> we pulled in and ran inside. got a couple of picturesover the tornado right across stleet. and the owner said in the basement. >> reporter: fire officials say fortunately no one was seriously injured. the system also brought baseball-sized hail and torrential rain. the wild weather was part of a line of severe storms. authorities worked through the night and say they won't have a solid idea of just

. >> diane eastabrook reporting from outside of chicago. >>> more than 700 flights were canceled intond out of the chicago area on thursday. there are still delays this morning on flights headed to the east coast, and there is still a threat of severe weather today from the gulf north to the mid-land take region. >>> president obama is in panama this morning for a kickoff of the summit of the americas and the white house is revealing that the president spoke with cuba's president over the phone before leaving washington. the two are expected to sit down for a face-to-face meeting. it has been five decades since a u.s. president sat down with his cuban counterpart. secretary of state john kerry is also at the summit in panama. he spent last night talking with cuba's foreign minister. lucia newman is live in panama city. lucia, this meeting is widely expected to happen. explain the significance of meeting. and do we know what is on the agenda? >> stephanie, let me just correct you. it is not absolutely certain that there will be a one on one meeting. that has not been confirmed or state

. >> reporter: temporary shelters are open in fairdale and rochelle diane eastabrook went to the restauranthat suffered dramatic damage. >> reporter: this is all that is left of the grub stakers restaurant. the tornado blew through here and demolished this business. the owner is here surveying the damage. she talked to me and said they only had about a few minutes to get into the building's storm cellar last night. she was with about a half a dozen customers and some of her employees. they went into the cellar, held hands and prayed. they didn't think they were going to get out alive. miraculously they did with minor injuries. she hopes to rebuild and be back in business sometime soon. >>> possible tornados were also reported in iowa and ohio. forecasters say there is a threat of severe weather today from the gulf to the mid-atlantic region. police have arrested a man on charges he was trying to blow up a bomb at a military base. officials say he is an isil sympathizer and was caught in an fbi sting. he was allegedly plotting to dead nate a bomb. >>> a wisconsin man could face up to 15 year

diane eastabrook is in chicago. diane?> reporter: hi, john that sentencing hearing -- or resentencing hearing has been going on in the courthouse behind me for more than eight hours today, and the outcome could effect about 80 inmates in illinois convicted as jewel nifs or senned a juveniled to life behind bars. he hopes to be a free man after nearly a quarter century behind bars. his sister wants a long family nightmare to end. >> we want this real bad. and 24 years a enough time for somebody to be incarcerated since they was 14 years old. so i'm very hopeful, and he is too. >> reporter: he was 14 when he was sentenced to life without parole for his role in a double murder in 1990. the cook county could release him because of a supreme court ruling calls lifetime sentences on juveniles were unconstitutional. >> i'm always going to have hope, you know that my day will come. >> reporter: davis says trouble at home steered him into gang life. he says his mother was a drug addict and his father wasn't around. the prosecutor t

diane eastabrook is in ferguson with more. >> hi you know mayor james knowles was not up for re-election, but was on the minds of voters. he's taken a lot of heat in ferguson since the riots. some are asking him to step down, and say if he doesn't, they want him recalled. >> print your name on the line. >> voters in ferguson missouri cast ballots for three new members. barbara wished she could elect a new mayor. >> i'm not happy with him. i have not had a chance to sign a petition if someone comes to my door i will. >> reporter: she could get her wish. >> this is the petition. >> reporter: nick and others are signing a petition to recall mayor james knowles. >> i'm an advocate for good government in ferguson. in order to get good government in ferguson things will have to change. the mayor in one of those things. >> reporter: knowles in his second term as mayor ended some when he said there was not a racial divide in his community after a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teen and came under fire for a federal report citing bias and ferguson's police department and munic

diane eastabrook is live in rochelle illinois with the latest. diane? >> reporter: hi david.ell the county sheriff says he is going to be bringing cadaver dogs in tomorrow to search for more potential victims even though he thinks everyone now has been accounted for. residents here say nothing like this has happened before. beneath piles of wood broken glass and paper, jeremy and his family salvage pieces of his uncle's life. >> just anything that we can save really. >> reporter: a powerful tornado barrelled through northern illinois thursday night, obliterating his home and dozens of others. the tiny farm time of fairdale bore the brunt of the storm. >> everything is being told they have to wait until all of the search and rescue is done. >> reporter: police kept the area sealed off. two women were found dead in their homes, and 11 others were injured. susan meyer considers herself lucky. >> i just hunkered down on the bottom of the stairwell and waited, and it was like 30 seconds. >> reporter: this storm cut a 50-mile wide path through northern illinois and just to give you