>> reporter: barnsdall authorities say they rescued around 25 people. one of the stunning aspects of this storm is that the tornado could be so violent that it would here is the side off of a home, snap a tree in half, take an entire home and life possessions and stack them like this on top of property, and flip over a car which still has a headlight on, and to this point the casualties are only a handful. many here know that could have been different. >> everything literally is exploding and blowing everywhere. >> reporter: chase short nearly drove into the tornado to reach his panicked girlfriend. >> the only thing that completely stopped me from going through the tornado itself was somebody coming out of it flashing their lights at me. >> reporter: while feet away at bartlesville's hampton inn, there was a partial roof collapse. >> we all went running and the windows popped out of the hallway. the suddenness of the severity was shock. >> reporter: tonight gratitude to be alive for loved ones, despite the physical destruction surrounding them. sam bro

the utter devastation, some 20 miles away in barnsdall, oklahoma. an ef-4.rson did not survive this. again, as i mentioned, reports of tornadoes on the ground right now. let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee, she's in the storm zone. and ginger, what are you watching right now? >> reporter: david, two particularly dangerous situation tornado warnings in my home state of michigan. it's southwest michigan, where these storms have been screaming to the northeast, doing damage along the way. this, as we learn more about the ef-4 that tore through this town. tonight, powerful storms threatening millions again, after at least 20 reported tornadoes across the plains in the last 24 hours. >> are you okay? >> yeah. >> reporter: at least one person killed in barnsdall, oklahoma, north of tulsa. >> she's a quadriplegic. >> reporter: storm chasers were right there, rescuing ryan and lori howle, their young child, and a family member. >> we took cover in the hall, threw blankets over us, and it just -- i could hear the windows blow. >> reporter: 20 miles nort

from above, barnsdall is a trail of splintered homes and uprooted trees.rnado bore down, carl kelly and his frail mother took shelter at home. >> i could hear it coming. i drug her into that bathroom, covered her up with my body. >> you laid on top of her? >> yeah. >> she's 80-what years old? >> 80. >> reporter: this is what's left of the bathroom that saved them. even after the tornado passed, carl and his mom were trapped under this debris for 15 minutes. that is until the high school football coach heard them and pulled them out of here. now residents are beginning to clean up, searching for treasured pieces of their lives. >> we'll work together, and we'll all get it back together and teamwork. that's what you do. >> reporter: this pile of scattered debris behind me was once ray of hope ranch, a place where people would come for horse therapy to overcome trauma. during the storm, there were several horses inside this arena, and many people feared the worst. but, norah, afterwards, they all came back home. >> oh, i just got the goose bumps. dave malkoff

. >>> emergency crews have been called to barnsdall, oklahoma, where a suspected tornado caused heavy damage monday night. the national weather service called it a life-threatening storm, and it came as parts of oklahoma and kansas were under a rare high-risk weather alert. >>> and it was fashion's biggest night in new york city as the 2024 met gala was held. florals were big with the dress code "garden of time." >>> for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. >>> it's tuesday, may 7th, 2024. this is "cbs news >>> it's tuesday, may 7th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." we are following two breaking stories. dangerous and deadly storms. tornados tearing a path of destruction across the plains. forecasters issuing a rare high-risk weather warning for two states in the bull's-eye. >>> israeli forces take control of a key gaza border crossing as hamas and israel go back and forth on a cease-fire deal. where things stand. >>> and pomp and protests. the stars shine on fashion's biggest night as pro-palestinian protesters try to disrupt the met gala. captioning

the cleanup continues in barnsdall. crews are working to remove debris and restore power. the survivors, whose homes have been destroyed, tell me they're trying to go through all of this debris to salvage any of their personal items that they can find in barnsdall, oklahoma. robert ray fox weather. >> according to the european union climate agency, last month was the hottest april ever recorded on earth. the data from copernicus, the eu's climate monitoring service, marks 11 consecutive months of unprecedented global temperatures. and with that new data point, some scientists think there is a strong chance 2024 will beat out 2023 as the warmest year on record. global ocean heat last month was also record breaking for the 13th consecutive month. ocean surface temperatures reached the highest on record for any april. >> okay, so we talked about our weather earlier today. a little bit warmer, a little windier for this week is also wildfire preparedness week, a time when we all need to get ready for what's especially expect

from above, barnsdall is a trail of splintered homes and uprooted treats, and as the tornado bore downelley and his frail mother took shelter at home. >> i hear it coming. i get her into the bathroom, covered her up with my body. >> reporter: you laid on top of her? >> yeah. >> reporter: she is 80, what years old? >> 80. >> reporter: this is what is left of the bathroom that saved them. even after the tornado passed, carl and his mom were trapped under this debris for 15 minutes. that is until the high school football coach heard them and pulled them out of here. now, residents are beginning to clean up, searching for treasured pieces of their lives. >> we will work together and we will all get it back together and continue to work. that is what you do. >> reporter: this pile of scattered debris behind me was once ray of hope ranch, a place where people would come for horse therapy to overcome trauma. during the storm, there were several horses inside this arena, and many people feared the worst, but norah, afterwards, they all came back home. >> norah: oh, i just got the goose bumps.

search and rescue efforts underway in barnsdall, about 40 miles north of tulsa. firefighters. >> i've got a mutual aid requested at five seven, one highway 123, in barnsdall. it's going to be for a tornado hit there. the house is falling. there's a person trapped under the house. >> the tornado also hitting the town of bartlesville, damaging a hotel after forecasters issued a rare high risk weather warning. >> i am right in the middle of that particularly dangerous situation. tornado watch and the darkness behind me is actually one of the tornado, warned storms about 65 miles to our northwest. >> severe storms also passing through missouri, including in joplin and kansas city. and a confirmed tornado plowed through smithville, tennessee, tearing up trees and damaging homes. >> it was like a whistle from the tornado. it sounded like a whistle to me, and then there was just like loud noises everywhere. >> meanwhile, people in southeast texas are recovering after severe storms and more than two feet of rain in some areas. the death toll now three, including a child

the cleanup continues in barnsdall.crews are working to remove debris and restore power. the survivors whose homes have been destroyed. tell me they're trying to go through all of this debris to salvage any of their personal items that they can find in barnsdale, oklahoma. robert ray fox weather, the former interpreter for los angeles dodgers star shohei ohtani, has agreed to plead guilty to bank and tax fraud. >> prosecutors say ippei mizuhara stole nearly $17 million from ohtani to pay off gambling debts. authorities say there's no evidence that ohtani was involved in or aware of mizuhara's gambling. he faces up to 33 years in federal prison. under the plea agreement, mizuhara will be required to pay millions of dollars in restitution to ohtani, as well as the as well as more than $1 million to the irs. he's set to enter his guilty plea in the coming weeks. >> all right. checking in on the weather, temperatures definitely warmed up today. further warming tomorrow. winds still a thing, but not as gusty. i'll have that

and let's show you the video of the damage that was left behind in barnsdall, in the northern part of the state. several homes have been destroyed and piles of the debris as you can see on the screen there can be seen for miles. and there were also reports of downed power lines and trees. look at that truck. there just smashed under all of that debris. now let's take a look at some video from holiday inn, a hotel that suffered extensive damage after that storm blew into bartlesville. also in northern oklahoma, thousands of customers there remain without power, and there were two tornadoes confirmed to have touched down in middle tennessee yesterday. several homes were damaged after one of the twisters hit the small city of smithville, about two hours west of knoxville and the national weather service is out there surveying right now, and they have determined that one of those tornadoes was an ef one. so we are still monitoring for that possibility of more severe weather in those areas. and we'll continue to watch out for that as we take a look at the radar. the satellite does still sh

we mentioned barnsdall was hit previously by a tornado. a few weeks ago on april 1st they got an ef-1. now this community has a substantially larger clean-up f swath of our country. look at the radar right now. it is very active. we've got tornado watches, we have severe thunderstorm warnings going on stretching all the way from the dakotas back down to arkansas. as this system moves to the east, we have a big storm system and other storms, smaller storms rotating around it. the first storm you see in iowa, that will bring enhanced risk of severe weather today and tonight. second storm for tomorrow on into thursday. so let's put them into motion. you can see that we've right now got this severe weather pushing to the east. activity increases in the afternoon and afternoon and evening. we've got that risk of severe weather for 29 million people from columbus, indianapolis, louisville down to nashville, paducah and the tornado risk for most enhanced for ef-2 or more, cincinnati, columbus, ft. wayne and louisville. we move on to tomorrow. we'

barnsdall, oklahoma, north of tulsa. severe tornado damage this evening. that line of strong storms is headed to saint louis over the next few hours. and then if you're doing any traveling through the midwest here, from columbus to louisville to nashville, looking at some thunderstorms, large hail, strong winds, maybe tornadoes tomorrow. so watch out for that. if you have any connecting flights right here in san francisco, you'll see those temperatures going up into the 70s from wednesday through saturday. and then by mother's day we're at 69 and some of the warmest weather we've had so far this year, up to 89 by saturday, 84 there on sunday ( ♪♪ ) you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving. how about a more solid way to save? i'm listening. well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward every month you save. both: cash reward? and there's a cash bonus when you open a new checking account to get you started. wow. anything you can't do? ( ♪♪ ) mugs. ♪ bmo ♪ this is really hard. it's the biggest night in

robert barnsdall art park well, we understand that the officer who was critically wounded and is affectionately called the rookie by his coworkers, he is still recovering here at regional medical center. and as you heard damian mentioned, he remains in critical. but stable condition. now, as you know, the rookie officer was one of two officers who confronted the suspect who you heard was identified as kevin briones. the other officer , i'm told, is a transfer from nypd. he's the veteran of the two, having been here three and a half years now. sources say the younger officer was shot three times, once in the upper body also in the knee and in the thigh. his partner was shot in the shoulder, and that bullet went down his side and hit his hip bone. law enforcement sources tell me. he remained composed and fired back, hitting the suspect. he then treated the younger officer. the incident has both onlookers at the shooting scene and the mayor expressing concern and appreciation on our officers. families got the call. they always dreaded and prayed would never come and we got a reminder of the courag

. >> some families in barnsdall, oklahoma suffered total devastation after an ef four tornado ripped through the area. their homes leveled to the ground to see where i grew up is just gone. >> it's gone. >> this woman grieving the loss of her grandfather. i love him so much, and i know that he loved just sorry. >> he loved jesus and he loved his family and like in florida, volunteers are showing up to help with cleanup efforts. >> donations have also been pouring in, so much so no more personal items are being accepted. but organizers say they need equipment like dump trucks and hauling trailers to collect and remove debris. >> there is a reason for everything. five years from now, ten years ago, you know, ten years from now, we're going to be talking about this and we're going to, you know, we're going to be we're going to be better because of it. >> tradespeople like plumbers and the electricians are also desperately needed to work on the homes still standing. kevin uretsky, fox news. >> well, hundreds of people in the bay area stayed up until early this morning hoping to catch a r

barnsdall, oklahoma, north of tulsa. severe tornado damage this evening.t line of strong storms is headed to saint louis over the next few hours. and then if you're doing any traveling through the midwest here, from columbus to louisville to nashville, looking at some thunderstorms, large hail, strong winds, maybe tornadoes tomorrow. so watch out for that. if you have any connecting flights right here in san francisco, you'll see those temperatures going up into the 70s from wednesday through saturday. and then by mother's day we're at 69 and some of the warmest weather we've had so far this year, up to 89 by saturday, 84 there on sunday ♪ (ominous music) ♪ yes, ahh!! mom: what is going on with you? get out! andy! get out of my room! get out! mom: andy. fight! fight! i didn't say anything. yes you did. ♪ (ominous music) ♪ ♪ (ominous music) ♪ this is really hard. it's the biggest night in fashion. celeb filled the green carpet for the annual met gala. is it out in new york? i think so, yeah. and you can't wear that like to dinner one night. cannot. i mean,

. >>> emergency crews have been called to barnsdall, oklahoma, where a suspected tornado caused heavya and kansas were under a rare high-risk weather alert. >>> and it was fashion's biggest night in new york city as the 2024 met gala was held. florals were big with the dress code "garden of time." >>> for more, download the cbs news pp on ted tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >>> tornado on the ground. >> severe tornado threat. we're tracking what the national weather service calls a rare high-level risk with more than 50 million americans in the path. >> big, damaging hail, and the wind gusts could be 50, 60, and 70-plus miles per hour. >> plus the dramatic rescues in texas after heavy rain floods the area. >> we lost everything. the damage is all the way to my waist. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we come on the air with the threat of dangerous and deadly weather for tens of millions of americans tonight across the southern plains. the national weather service is issuing a rare high-ris

same storm system already spawned at least 19 tornadoes across the plains, killing one person in barnsdalllahoma, 20 miles northeast of bartlesville. people dove for cover into this hampton inn as two by fours pierced the hotel's outer walls like spears. back in portage, michigan, this rainbow was spotted over that fedex facility after authorities reported no serious injuries. more storms are expected today from texas to the ohio river valley. the full forecast in just a few moments. >> now to the fallout from stormy daniels testimony at the trump hush money trial. we have now learned why a judge was not happy with the former president during yesterday's testimony. here's abc's lionel moise. >> new details about what was happening inside court, as former president trump and star stormy daniels came face to face for the first time in more than a decade, a court transcript of a sidebar conversation. now reveals trump was cursing during daniels testimony yesterday. judge juan merchan telling trump's attorney, i understand that your client is upset at this point, but he is cursing audibly and

barnsdall art park now, assuming that this conviction is not overturned at some point, little says you can expect to see lawmakers on both sides of the aisle bring legislation forward to address possible convictions and consequences for future nominees . in the east bay velena jones nbc bay area news. okay, thank you very much, velena. let's dig into this topic a little bit deeper. moments after that verdict came down, the trump campaign already rallying supporters with new ads. joining me from the newsroom is doctor melinda jackson. she's a political science professor at san jose state. doctor jackson, thank you for being with us. all right. former president, using that familiar rhetoric as he did throughout the whole trial, calling it rigged. he said the real verdict, as velena just mentioned, will come on november 5th. his supporters are certainly going to buy into that. but what about those independent voters? what about those nikki haley voters? yeah, i think that's where we really might start to see some some movement and some weakening of his support in the polls. up until now,

el alcalde de barnsdall en oklahoma dijo que hay daños significativos y que continúan la búsqueda den otras partes del país para mañana. más de 40 millones de personas no nuevamente bajo ese riesgo de tiempo severo. esto incluye granizo, tornados de gran tamaño y estaría afectando porciones desde texas hasta el valle de ohio. las autoridades abrieron refugios temporales para ayudar a la gente, incluyendo a personas mayores que tuvieron que ser evacuadas de un hogar para viejitos. miles de personas permanecen sin electricidad. estas tormentas marcan la sexta semana consecutiva de tiempo severo en varias partes del país, según el servicio nacional de meteorología en estados unidos suceden más tornados que en cualquier otro país del mundo, más de mil cada año y pueden formarse en cualquier momento, dando así poco espacio para avisos previos. en washington, juliana monsalve, telemundo. una empresa que nació aquí en el área de la bahía, está intentando cambiar la forma en que la gente recicla y lo hace mediante su tecnología, un proceso más sencillo y a cambio, cualquiera que recicle reci

. >> reporter: at least one person killed in barnsdall, oklahoma, north of tulsa. >> she's a quadriplegice, their young child, and a disabled family member. >> we took cover in the hall, threw blankets over us, and it just -- i could hear the windows blow. >> reporter: 20 miles northeast, in bartlesville -- [ siren ] -- people diving for cover at the hampton inn. outside, two by fours piercing the hotel's outer walls like spears. daylight revealing destruction everywhere. we met billy moles as he was searching for his medicine. >> both my vehicles are destroyed. my house is gone. all paperwork, i haven't found any of that. >> reporter: about a month ago, the same town, the same path got hit. billy moles, who lives in this house, had just repaired his roof from the last tornado. now, his home is gone, along with at least 40 of his neighbors. including diana miller, searching for mementos from her home of 50 years. >> had to be shocking. >> owe, yeah, i'm in shock. >> david: really awful. this threat goes into tomorrow, ginger, and you were mentioning another system behind all of this. >> r

it happened in barnsdall, north of tulsa.own had already been hit by an earlier tornado, last month. this time, the damage was far worse. debris littered lot after lot where homes once stood. the mayor said crews are still sifting through the wreckage. >> we've got drones, we've got dogs, we've got infrared stuff and we are going through the debris very thoroughly, all the search and rescue teams are going through with a fine-toothed comb, because nobody wants to miss anything. amna: the national weather service had reports of 16 other tornadoes, across a swath of neighboring states. a scathing new independent report has found rampant sexual harassment, racial bias and other misconduct at the federal deposit insurance corporation, or fdic. the report said that leaders at the banking regulator, including its chair, martin gruenberg ignored the problems, and that those who complained faced retaliation. gruenberg called the findings sobering and pledged to make changes. after more than a century, the boy scouts of america will c

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this massive twister now rated an ef-4 taking a fatal turn in barnsdale, oklahoma. >> it's a war zoneone. >> reporter: the intense system completely flattening houses and toppling trucks in the small community. in nearby bartlesville, visitors forced to hunker down in hotel rooms. >> we all just went running and the windows popped out of the hallways. >> now as the cleanup gets underway, the devastating storms are barrelling east with millions more in their path. >> back here in michigan, once again no reports of any serious injuries or deaths at this time. a major concern here on the ground is downed power lines and downed gas lines. authorities are basically asking anyone who's not in imminent danger to stay inside their house so crews can get to those in need, and given that they're seeing damage like this here in this commune, they clearly need all the help they can get. i'll send it back to you. >> maggie vespa, thank you. our hearts are with those communities. >>> tiktok is now suing the u.s. government. it's an effort to stop enforcement of that bill, which passed last month, w

. >> some families in the town of barnsdall in northeast oklahoma are suffering from total devastation after an ef four tornado ripped through the area. many homes there were leveled. authorities in florida and oklahoma say tradespeople are desperately needed to work on the homes that are still standing. >> pretty nice day today. beautiful weekend overall temperatures did cool. a good 5 to 10 degrees today, so it was noticeably cooler but still really nice. what's happened is the fog is come back to the coast and it's acting like summer right now. it's a pretty significant marine layer. everything's going to the north. that's what those arrows represent. this is the long range model and i just want to show it to you so you can see that basically the blues and the greens, that would be the rain or the inclement weather. everything stays to the north of us throughout the next seven days. you see that high, that big donut spinning clockwise. so this is right through the week. there's a little activity up around lake tahoe. you see that up around kirkwood. but overall this pattern this spr

and that's the video that we were seeing left behind in barnsdall in the northeastern part of the state. now, we are also hearing that several homes have been completely destroyed and piles of debris can be seen for miles. and there's also reports of downed trees and power lines. and authorities there say multiple people there were hurt by this storm. and it's unclear exactly how many. and this holiday inn hotel suffered extensive damage after the storm blew in bartlesville, also in northern oklahoma, and there were numerous reports of the damage of structures, roofs, fences and downed power lines throughout the area, and thousands of customers still remain without power. and in tennessee, two tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down in middle tennessee yesterday. several homes were damaged after one of the twisters hit the small city of smithville, about two hours west of knoxville, and another tornado touched down in lebanon, about 25 miles east of nashville. and the national weather service will get out there and survey that damage today to make a final determination about the s

this is the scene here in barnsdall, oklahoma, and you see we're on the outskirts of the town and notit is still a very fluid situation. >> so officials are keeping media at bay. >> we're still looking for unaccounted people. we have those hazards nails, debris, whatever you want to call it. it's there. >> the toughest thing on me as the mayor is this is a small community. i know 75 to 80% of the people in this town. i'm the individual that that we lost. i knew him very well, and it's pretty tough. >> this is just one area that is full of the destruction in the catastrophic destruction from this twister that came in last night in this tornado emergency. and you see some of the people that are trying to bring out some of the belongings here this morning and all of this area just ravaged this town of about a thousand people north of tulsa. and you see this is what we're dealing with here this morning. aluminum just strewn everywhere. preliminary ef three. it could be higher as national weather service will be out here. >> we're alive, we're alive, we're alive. thank god we're alive. thi

this massive twister now rated an ef-4 taking a fatal turn in barnsdall, oklahoma. >> everywhere around me it's a war zone. it is all gone. >> reporter: the intense system completely flattening houses and toppling trucks in the small community. in nearby bartelsville, visitors forced to hunker down in hotel rooms. >> we all went running and the windows popped out of the hallways. >> reporter: now the devastating storms are barrelling east with millions more in their path. and back here in michigan with incredible damage like this. no surprise. downed power and gas lines remain a concern the morning. authorities are asking everyone not in immediate danger to stay inside their homes and let crews and first responders help those in need. >> rough scene there, maggie. thank you very much. >>> mr. roker is back in studio 1a this morning keeping his eyes on the storm threat. of course we saw the tornadoes there and it has led to flooding. >> exactly, we have to watch out for that. right now we have flood watches for 13 million people from illinois all the way into and in parts of missouri all

all of this as we learn the tornado that ripped across barnsdall oklahoma was an ef-4.were right there the morning after and met billy. >> both of my vehicles are destroyed. my house. all paperwork. i haven't found any of that, my file cabinet. >> ginger: about a month ago this same town, this same path got hit. billy had just repaired his roof from the last tornado. now his home is gone along with at least 40 of his neighbors. the stained glass and doors at st. mary's church blown out but the candles stayed lit. >> our goal, father mention dz in the parking lot, we're going to get this clean and have mass. >> ginger: everyone we spoke to had gone in their cellar an survived. we're going to need more sheltering today. lot of it starts in the afternoon. damaging windses, but also giants hail and yes, tornados. anybody in orange. little rock, memphis, paducah. lot of this gets going after dark like we've seen the last couple nights. so have two ways of getting highlights. we'll have another stretch coming up. back to you, robin. >> robin: thank you very much, ginger. now