we came out for the first time ever being the number one team ranked in the state of arkansas. we were nationally ranked, and... and pretty well by everyone. ( cheers and applause ) >> narrator: the rise of shiloh's football program has been largely the design of ronnie floyd. floyd is the father of the team's head coach and pastor of arkansas' biggest mega-church, which owns and operates shiloh christian. >> i want us to bow together and prepare our hearts for the preaching of the word. about the mid-1990s, we decided that we really wanted to try to become a national football progm. and with that, everything began to advance. so, we pray tomorrow that you'll help us do the very best we can. how do you explain what has happened here? i mean, you've got this little football program that has emerged to a national stage. the only way i could explain it is the favor of god. that's it. >> narrator: but it takes more than divine intervention to build an elite football program. it takes money and commitment. shiloh's coaches start the boys working out with weights as soon as the footb

it was in arkansas that the u.s.s. arkansas was commissioned, and then somebody realized they don't have a flag of arkansas to fly on this ship. we better design a flag! >> we'll have more fascinating flag facts in future programs. so stay tuned, maybe one of them will be yours! >> coming up, i'll take you behind the scenes at the yankees press room. >>> this season, we were invited to do some behind-the-scenes reporting on the new york yankees. here's this week's segment. >> ever wonder what it's like to be a journalist covering major league baseball? i'll show you. we're here in the press box with brian, who works for yankees.com. so brian, what do you do?

arkansas tor among more than 30 that touched down overnight. john hendren has more on those. >> reporter: the new spate of twisters swept in ravaging the landscape outside oklahoma city. >> this was a large tornado. >> reporter: some homes were turned to rubble, killing several residents, as others right next door stood nearly untouched. >> we had a house here, three-car garage, silo, another house, my wife's new car is in the tree. >> reporter: the oklahoma governor is warning residents to stay out of harm's way. violent thunderstorms pounded rural kansas and texas, evacuating the upper deck of a rangers game. in joplin, missouri, another somber day. as residents continued to pull sur sfriefrts rubble. at least 122 people were killed there in the deadliest twister in the u.s. in nearly 60 years. >> seeing this right now, i'm in shock. it doesn't even look the same. >> reporter: the search continues for some 1,500 still missing. stephen campbell is looking for his wife, tammy. she was lying next to him when the tornado hit. >> i heard her screa

soaking rains are likely from arkansas to ohio to upstate new york.id atlantic states could see some strong gusts and heavy downpours and it will be sunny throughout the plains states. >>> one man in pakistan became an internet sensation during monday's raid that killed osama bin laden. he didn't realize it at first, but his tweets described the u.s. attacks while it was happening. >> sohaib athar was taking a break from his daily grind as an i.t. consultant when he noticed a large amount of action in the small town of abbottabad. he did what any tech-savvy person would do, he began tweeting. helicopter hovering above abbottabad at 1:00 a.m. a rare event. his twitter name has become a virtual sensation. what he did not know he was live tweeting the raid in which terrorist osama bin laden was killed on sunday. >> the power of the twitter network is the immediacy of it. it's the fact that people want to share as soon as something interesting happens, it's retransmitted among friends. >> reporter: twitter and other social media outlets is where news is i

womack: thanks to the gentleman from arkansas. appreciate his leadership and his friendship and service to our great state, the great state of arkansas, and i'm thrilled that we're having the conversation here late in the day regarding these types of issues that in my strongest opinion are impacting our ability to create jobs. and that's -- that's the prize that we all keep our eye on here in these chambers is what can we do to strengthen our capacity to put people back to work because i think at the end of the day that's exactly what people elected us to do last november is to come up here and change this climate, change this culture and put the entrepreneur back in charge because that's where job creation comes from. a couple of points before i go to some notes that i brought specifically for this afternoon's presentation and that is this cloud of uncertainty that continues to hoffer over the economy of the united states of america is influenced by a number of things. but let me just take two or three of them. the threat of high

lo r qué resta de la jornada y para mañana. 30% de tornados justamente en la porción noreste de arkansasondición para que haya este fenómeno y ha habido avisos de tornados especialmente sobre el noreste de arkansas y ahora para mañana este sistema se mueve hacia el oeste y por fortuna al haz laerl condición no es favorable para tener tiempo tan severo vale decir no para tener tornados pero es posible que tengan por lo menos tormenta severas sobre la porción este de los estados unidos mañana jueves. >>> luis carrera meteorólogo de miami el canal 51 gracias amigo, y ahora vamos a hablar de el escándalo que el ex gobernador arnold schwarzenegger tiene un hijo con una ex empleada guatemalteca es un escándalo que ha sacudido a millones pero imagínese qué recibe la noticia como todo el mundo y el hijo secreto es nada menos que su hermano. y la amante del ex gobernador es su mamá, y que pensaría usted la respuesta la trae maría paula porque habló con jackie la hija de mildred baena. >>> después de esperar por largass horas a las afueras de las residencia, su única hija llegó a la casa y nos ace

arkansas heavy rains into southern illinois, indiana. a lot of it will pass to the west with the low pressure, but the actual frontal system will approach our region late in the day, probably late in the evening. thattings. >> our best chance for a steady shower. with the warm air probably in the low 80s. you'll have a pretty good shot of getting thunderstorm activity. it could be strong to severe. the biggest threat will be small hail. once that low passes, a lot of clouds early wednesday. late in the day start clearing out. it will turn cooler on wednesday. south winds ahead of the front. bay temperatures to 62 degrees. tonight lots of clouds. any showers should stay up across pennsylvania. tomorrow clouds and sun, chance of some isolated strong thunderstorms after five or 6:00 into the evening hours and looks like rain tomorrow night into early wednesday before this clears out and this will get cool again, at least cooler than today. >> thank you. >>> still to come, osama bin laden shot dead. wjz live in washington with reaction >>> h

we're talking about areas including arkansas. we do have a report now that two people died, through a report of a tornado, that possibly touched down in denning, arkansas. as i show you on the google earth, this is denning, arkansas, located about 158 kilometers to the northwest of little rock. here's denning, the area very rural. about 300 residents there. we do have reports that homes were actually demolished there. there's trees down, as well as power lines. and the national weather service said to us we talked to them, they said based on tvs, tornado vortex signature. it looks like a tune may have touched down across the region. and they said they saw debris being reflected on the radar. they have to go back later today to survey the area. in fact whether or not it was a tornado. right now we're still dealing with severe weather, you can see tornado watch in place for parts of missouri. some stronger storms going to be moving into areas, including st. louis. and we're still dealing with the tornado watches in place. and those

two people are dead in arkansas.ers in dallas and several northern texas counties. >>: certainly not severe out here in northern california however we are looking at our own and what what they're starting to move in from the north. if you can see the northern portion of the state right now is dealing with quite a bit of what weather. right now we're watching the rain shift south or. clover dale is actually seen light rain and heavy downpours as well. kill sperm, if you clean drops appeared in the future cast 4 shows us as we head towards the sea p.m. hour, and next couple of hours, situated to the no. 8. i ask we stand a better chance of seeing their grain moving south of the golden gate bridge, as we head towards the latter part of the morning and into the afternoon. we are talking of light green. we could see a period of on and off rings throughout the morning hours and i believe better chance of drying out. right now temperatures in the '40's and '50's. with horror the big story is, along with wet weather, the col

look at these big thunderstorms that are trekking across arkansas and missouri.ascinating system bringing very heavy rain to parts of southern illinois and missouri where flooding is a big concern and also in arkansas, nearly half of the state is under a flash flood warning with more heavy rain expected. you can see a few spots where the rain is falling heavy tonight but it doesn't look like it will be much of a storm for us. maybe a little moisture by tuesday but for wednesday at least mostly dry around the chicago area, cool air at least will be sitting over the midwest for the next two-three days but it looks like by the time we get into the weekend we will get into some of this warm air that could represent some 70 degree temperatures in chicago unfortunately there may be some thunderstorms around as well. here's our forecast for tonight: skies across the area mostly cloudy, showers possible especially to the south which mature 41-44 degrees in for monday partly cloudy skies. and for monday evening low 35-38 degrees with a few clouds late. tuesday mostly clou

a tiny town in arkansas is the latest target of the twisters. another rough night for the midwest. thank you for joining us on wednesday morning. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. we don't have anything severe, but the rain that mike has been warning us about is moving in the bay area as we speak. >> north bay should be seeing light rain in kind now. what about the rest of us, mike? >> a great question. the rest of us will get it probably after the commute. but the north bay, you are going to get it during the heart of the morning commute. here we are, the

another huckabee run would bring renewed scrutiny over his support of some tax increases in arkansas. and his record on clemency, including commuting the sentence of a man who later killed four seattle area police officers. >>> the field of republicans is getting crowded. texas representative ron paul announced yesterday, of course, he joins former house speaker newt gingrich, governor gary johnson of new mexico, former massachusetts governor mitt romney and former wisconsin governor tim pawlenty in making it official. no word yet on sarah palin, donald trump or tea party star representative michele bachmann from minnesota, among the republicans who have all set up exploratory committees at this point. >>> for one graduate at uc berkeley, walking with his graduating class today was an incredible moment, not so much for the diploma, as for the actual walking. graduating senior austin whitney was paralyzed in a car accident in 2007. last year, he began working with uc berkeley engineers to develop exoskeletons, wearable robotics that look like sound up leg braces. the device is worn lik

now, let us take a look at arkansas.ederal assistance is go into be having their disaster declaration baseline. this comes one day after the governor of arkansas as for the federal help. days of heavy rain is turning many arkansas highways and to lakes. people are looking for higher ground. they're very concerned. there is a way to help. >>mark: we will be back with the opening bell. and then all lot of that, bell is being run by rembrandt. china's largest social network. at a future and has been mixed, naked it is regarding private payrolls. the numbers will be brought in through the morning. >>darya: at triple live look at the conditions this morning. you can tell by the shot how it will be. we can break a lot of records. >>james: look how one man is in napa, fairfield and antioch. upper 60s for some of these spots. it is 6:30 a.m.. pretty incredible. san francisco is up 56 degrees. oakland and south bay is 53. the only colt spotted santa rosa and half moon bay at 40. let us show you how hot it will get. in the north b

it was in arkansas that the u.s.s. arkansas was commissioned, and then somebody realized they don't have a flag of arkansas to fly on this ship. we better design a flag! >> we'll have more fascinating flag facts in future programs. so stay tuned, maybe one of them will be yours! >> coming up, i'll take you behind the scenes at the yankees press room. >>> this season, we were invited to do some behind-the-scenes reporting on the new york yankees. here's this week's segment. >> ever wonder what it's like to be a journalist covering major league baseball? i'll show you. we're here in the press box with brian, who works for yankees.com. so brian, what do you do? well, i'm the yankees v reporter. anything that's happening around the team, falls under my responsibility. any news, information, games, trades, profile stories on players, and whatever you want to know about the yankees. do you have a new story everyday? >> yeah, we have actually many new stories everyday. >> so there's always something new, and always something

where the river is cresting is arkansas city. that's in arkansas. this is the area we are talking act here. vicksburg, that's where martin is. you can see 14.5 feet is where it's supposed to reach above flood stage on thursday. we have a long way to go and it's already at the record. it's beaten the record. red river landing 16.5 feet on may 22nd. we are talking seven to ten days from now. look at new orleans. look at that. it's cresting. why is it cresting? because we have opened the spillway. the big thing then, we'll show you on the graphic. there it is. the river gauge at new orleans saying it's cresting. this is a manmade controlled crest. not a natural crest like what's going on up in arkansas city. here is the 17 feet. the forecast brings you out five days showing it stays at that 17 feet. it's based on controlling and opening up more spillway gates as necessary in the weeks ahead. keep in mind, you know, they are being pushed to the limit at 17 feet as well. it's right at flood stage. as long as everything operates like it's supposed to, it'

tiny town in arkansas was the latest target of twisters. they have been pounded repeatedly in the midwest and south with tornado and bad weather. >>> 5:30 on wednesday. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. for us, unusual as well. damp and cool. north bay should be getting a taste. rain moving through the bay area. >> it will cover the rest of us but when will that be? >> we'll start with what is happening now and then what will happen across the bay. to bodega bay northward the radar returns are showing up in the northwest corner of sonoma county. you can see that marin county coast is starting to get wet also. as this entire system is slowly sinking down to the southeast. the heaviest rain right now. here you go over the last three hours. watch the cell to the northeast. north bay is wet through 7:00, 8:00. rest of us from 8:00 to 2:00. it will get rather light when it gets here. frances, what is going on outside? >> you may be used to this by now. but the alameda harbor bay ferry service canceled for third day due to the damaged dock tha

severe weather damage to a number of towns in arkansas, oklahoma and kansas overnight. in indiana a tornado touched down in bedford. look at the almost a dozen people heard with non applied for in injuries. hundreds of customers still without power. but strong winds, heavy rains and he'll wear a problem yesterday, neurologists say the weather is very unusual for this area.. >>: class take a look at our own weather and what we are seeing in tahoe and here. partly skiing this weekend? >>: there are some resorts that are still this is heavenly. squaw valley got 13 in. of snow from the storm that pushed through yesterday. incline village got about 2.5 in.. winter does not want to leave! hawks rains is pushing close to the north ease leaving us with dry conditions, but notice a steady stream of cloud cover. we'll have a mix of sunshine and clouds. we will stay dry for a good portion of the day. overnight, a slight stretch of what other. right now temperatures are in the '40's and '50's. and 50 degrees in mountain view and about 49 in san jose. by the afternoon our highs will

the latest strike, kansas, oklahoma and arkansas. at least eight people are dead there. this as residents in joplin, missouri, struggle to cope with their disaster. the death toll there stands at 122 with four still missing. >> oh, my gosh. >> out of there and safe. >> the motion is tremendous. >> reporter: another assault from mother nature, this time, the target is oklahoma. >> getting another killer tornado. it went across highway 81 as it intensifies and it almost got us. >> reporter: joplin, missouri, a city already struggling with so much loss. >> this used to be our home and now there's nothing left of it. >> reporter: the devastation stretches for six miles, more than 1,000 structures destroyed by the ef-5 tornado with winds over 200 miles an hour. but those are just numbers. the reality is that these are lives splintered and torn apart. >> well, we looked at it for two days now and it doesn't get any easier when you look at it. >> reporter: if there is any hope here, it's been found by the search and rescue teams that pulled two more survivors from the rubble. h

the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. pryor: i will speak here in morning business for 10 minutes or less. thank you very much, madam chairman. let me just talk about a couple of things this morning. first, i want to talk about something my state has been going through since mid march and has continued to present day, and that is we have been battered by tornadoes and high winds, and now flooding. you see this photo that was just taken a few days ago. i think it was taken late last week of just one of our areas in the state that's underwater. we have had many, many towns that have been evacuated. many, many counties have been declared disaster areas. in fact, the corps of engineers showed me a map on friday when i met with them, and they have this map and it's a large oval that goes -- that starts down near dallas, texas, goes pretty much all across the state of arkansas and into a little bit of missouri and tennessee and illinois and even i think a little bit into kentucky, and in that oval, the folks in those areas have

this video came in minutes ago of the scene at the sedona airport in arkansas. a plane originated from san jose ran off the run way. two pilots and three passengers were on board. all of them suffered minor injuries. >>> community is in mourning tonight after investigators reach a sad conclusion in the search for a missing teen. ktvu's mike mibach is live with more. >> reporter: a candlelight vigil set to get underway in 50 minutes. members of the community rallied in the last couple days in the search for allison bayliss. they have been posting flyers in the downtown area. tonight there wilt be no searching as the community will come together to remember this teen. >> when something tragic like this happens i would expect any community to come together like this. >> reporter: a photo of allison bayliss. >> she was one of the sweetest people i knew. >> reporter: the disappearance gripped the community, including her classmates. >> you knew she was in the class room. bright, friendly person. always kind. you couldn't say anything bad about her. so many people lov

she has been a vital resource in managing communications in some of arkansas's worst disasters. thank you for being here today. and secondly we will have susie defrancis of the red cross. thank you for being here. we appreciate your time today. next we will have come is that shauna brown? she is vice-president of the google.org. she was sure some of her experiences with us today and we appreciate that. and then we will have had their blanchard, the co-founder of crisis commons. it seeks to connect people and organizations using technology to innovate crisis management in global development. she will detail her experiences with the most recent disasters as well as the emerging trends in the uses of social media in emergency response. again i want to thank you all for being here miss blanchard, i understand your mother is in the office as well? thank you, mom, for being here. we appreciate that very much. if we could do a five minute opening statements and try to keep those to five minutes as best as possible, and then we will ask a few questions. renee, do you want to go first or

. >> at least 13 people are dead from storms in arkansas, kansas and oklahoma overnight. eight of those deaths were in oakland the towns of canton and chickasha were hit hard. several tornadoes hit oklahoma city area during tuesday afternoon commute hours. dozens of people were hurt including three children who are ininn critical condition at this hour -- who are in critical condition at this hour. entire neighborhoods are wiped out. the violent weather continued into the early-morning hours. a tv news crew was in the air as a tornado formed over oklahoma. >>> funnel is really starting to grow. you have vortex there on the ground. you have vortexes spinning around on the ground. it's got to be. whoa. we just had a big cg right out the window real close to us. >> why those guys are up in the air we didn't know but some unbelievable pictures there. the severe weather continues today with flood warnings in some of the areas that were hit by those tornadoes. we have some amazing video this is from oklahoma once again a at any time crossing a highway and it will rip a tractor-

arkansas senator mark pryor chairs the committee. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> i want to welcome everyone to the subcommittee. i want to thank you all for being here and all our witnesses for being here and also want to thank senator brown for being here today and put forward to his service. it may be temporary but we certainly appreciate you and all that you're doing. it's been a pleasure working with you and your staff on this hearing. let me start by just saying that we have two panels to become qualified witnesses and i want to thank director fugate for being here as busy as he is around the country his time is very precious and he's been generous with his time and always helpful to this committee and subcommittee and this senate so thank you for being here and all the other witnesses as well, all the ones involved in various disasters around the country. we really appreciate all that you all have done and appreciate you being here today. last week a series of severe storms whipped across the southern united states causing

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and it runs straight across the state of arkansas. this is the midway point in arkansas. the road is washed out in some places, adding hours and hours to the drive for some folks. some truckers forced to find another way through. let's turn back to memphis, tennessee. that's where we have dave mattingly. he has been keeping an eye on things there for us. you had to take a boat tour to get an idea of what's going on there, dave? >> it's hard to back up far enough to get a perspective on how much damage is being done. this is so slow moving. and it's almost like there's a big lake around us and not a flooding river. but we did go out in a boat. we looked at some areas, industrial areas with equipment in the water, raw materials in the water, a sewage treatment plant with equipment in the water. the water is just inching up. the concern is for a couple of thousands of pieces of property in the memphis area. officials pinpointed those to figure out the water will come up about two more feet. so we know exactly who will be hit by this. so they're going around right now as i'm

flood warnings exist across arkansas, tennessee, indiana, illinois.e're also tracking severe weather this morning, a tshd watch is in effect and it's really for more of the eastern half of the suburban dallas, texas, and this is going to go until 12:00 today. this one cell i've been watching here, frequent lightning strikes, weakened since it passed to the south and east of dallas and something to keep in mind. tracking very strong thunderstorms from lexington, kentucky, down through memphis. unfortunately the storms will clip northern alabama later this morning, the last place we want to have severe weather as people continue to clean up and go through the debris across much of the tornado damaged area. this is working its way into eastern tennessee and georgia, too. i don't think we'll see tornadoes from this system but we are going to see severe thunderstorms that contain lightning and also strong winds. that's going to make it dangerous. any wind coming through an area barely hanging on from the tornado damage could cause more damage. we'll talk a

this tornado was seen over california >> severe weather is also affected arkansas texas indiana with gulf but size bail. >> we did have some wet weather in the morning hours yesterday and carried mild temperatures right now and warming up to 56 in afternoon high of 60 degrees and then back down to 58 degrees to 9. a look at the temperatures around the bay right now-as we take into the afternoon hours are not going to see any '80s 60 for san francisco call and also san rafael. and look at the temperatures around the bay for later on this afternoon as a tuxedo '80s. a slight chance of rain as we head into the evening hours light rain expected to hit the bay area law overnight. a couple of cells heading towards the day right down 20 percent chance of rain on tap. this is so look of the 7 day our round the david report more terrain is mostly isolated the kid that north of the day. a quick look at the traffic and no backups a toll plaza , tillites are heading out to the city, ec conditions and the currently hot spot >> at the latest on brian stowe defend was beating each dodgers stadium h

. >>> parts of arkansas dealing with major stores. governor surveyed the scene and flooding in the area in the eastern part of the state. this weekend, he declared 57 counties as disaster areas. look at the high waters drowning lanes on interstate 40. the arkansas highway and transportation department says that it might take two days for those waters to recede. >>> last week's tornadoes took the homes of a couple in pleasant grove alabama. they shared the home for 49 years. the only thing left standing a. hallway where they were hide when the storm hit. a lot was destroyed -- when the storm hit. a lot was destroyed but they say not all is lost. >> i got my mind on is hunting her jewelry and i found her good jewelry and a lot of her custom jewelry. >> you found pictures of the grand kids. >> i found all them and i said i would have-- >> the pictures. >> she worked hard putting them albums together and they are wonderful pictures of our grand daughters. >> they lost everything but you can't help but smile at the great attitude. they say

at least 13 people were killed in oklahoma, kansas, and arkansas. these latest storms hit days after a massive tornado tore up joplin, missouri, killing 122 people. and the search for the missing continues today. letter -- abc's john hendren has the latest. >> reporter: new spate of twisters swept in ravaging the landslide of oklahoma city. some homes were turned to rubble, killing several residents. others right next door stood nearly untouched. >> the house here, we had a three-car garage. two-story, garage apartment. silo, another house. my wife's new car was in the garage. it's in the tree. >> oklahoma governor mare -- mary fall season warning people to stay out of harm's way. in joplin, missouri, another somber day, as the residents continue to pull survivors from the rubble. 122 people were killed there in the deadliest twister in the u.s. in more than 60 years. >> it doesn't look the same. >> the search continues for 1500 still missing. steven is look for his wife. >> i heard her scream and then it collapsed on us. >> that is the end of it. >

this is arkansas. over 300 millimeters of rain fell on parts of arkansas in just two days. result is this extensive flooding. what we're looking at here now is memphis, tennessee. so we head back to our maps. we can see what's going on. there is going to be a little bit of wet weather forming here in the midwest. it's not going to be particularly severe, but it's going to be there. we really don't want any more moisture coming in and exacerbating that flooding problem. you will also see heavy rain and maybe severe thunderstorms moving up the carolina's coast and also into the pacific -- the atlantic, i should say, the mid atlant atlantic. and up into canada you will see heavy snow on the mountains. temperaturewise, mid 20 nasdaq d.c. as well as new york and atlanta. miami, 29 for you. and also the same figure in houston, very chilly though, still in vancouver. 12 for the high. heading now into europe, it's going to be wet and windy this weekend. for the british isles and maybe severe thunderstorms will make their way into spain as well. so watch for that. high pressure acro

we're seeing people coming up from arkansas. now here in joplin they have instituted a curfew to try to keep people out of the neighborhoods to let the crews do their work, especially utility crews. they're trying to get power back up, running water to the many areas in this town that don't have it and shutting off gas lines because many are still leaking and that's causing a very dangerous situation, especially for people trying to get back to their homes to see what they can salvage. it's going to be a long road ahead, but still plenty of hands holding this community of joplin together to get it forward here in the future. >> thank you very much, jay. i can't imagine how those people must return to their homes and the cleanup itself. it's got to be tough out there, christina. >> yeah, and they're not going to get to a lot of that cleanup today because they have one more round of severe weather to get through today before this core finally passes through the area and heads into the midwest. the most severe weather is in the mid

she's in room 612 in arkansas. in an arkansas hospital. >> is aarellen freeman in this room? this is her granddaughter, and i just now figured out where she's at. okay. no, that's fine. as long as i know where she's at now. >> reporter: tabtha says she plans getting to know her grandmother better well. >> it's sad to say it takes this. you never know how long. for all i knew, she could have been crushed or died or something. >> and for jacqui, what is the latest now? >> well, her family has had a couple of surgeries. she's still in the hospital in arkansas, but she's okay. too weak to be able to talk to her, so they haven't been able to communicate quite yet. >> and that's how difficult it is for a lot of people to connect. they don't know where to begin. you obviously will go to the place of residence, look through debris. we heard the president say earlier that people were using their pickup trucks to transfer people like ambulances. >> it really gives you the idea of the chaos that was going on in the minutes im

patients were rushed to other hospitals in missouri, arkansas, and oklahoma.eyond the hospital, block after block, neighborhoods are wiped out. an estimated 30% of joplin is destroyed, hundreds of homes are leveled, cars are strewn about, and heartache hangs over the city of 50,000 people. sara and her two young daughters were inside their home when the tornado moved it 20 feet, leaving only the walls. >> we ran to the bathroom, i got the kids in. i swept everything off of the bed and put a mattress over us and held it down really tight. >> reporter: she's now looking for her daughter's favorite stuffed animal and trying to come to grips with the tornado's aftermath. >> loud and scary. mainly my kids were screaming, so i've been praying to god. he kept us all safe. >> no way to describe it. >> reporter: jim cook came to check on his 97-year-old step mother who survived the tornado. >> a gentleman came over and pulled her out. she's got scrapes and bruises and she's sore. but she's a trouper. >> reporter: while she survived, his boyhood home like so many others

two more were killed in arkansas and around dallas, severe thunderstorms dropped baseball sized hail and left 70,000 people without power. terrell brown has more. >> reporter: this was one of several tornadoes that roared through the suburbs of oklahoma city right after rush hour tuesday. the twisters turned over tanker trucks, tore down trees and leveled homes. >> i was expecting trees gone, maybe roof, but obviously totally, totally gone. had the house here, we had a three-car garage, two-story garage apartment, silo, another house. >> reporter: the car tim's wife just bought is now leaning against a tree but he's looking at what he didn't lose. >> the family is all safe and that's what matters. >> reporter: within hours of the tornado's hitting, homeowners started searching for anything they could salvage. this devastating twister carved out a distinct path in the land below a news shop from oklahoma city cbs affiliate. >> look at that guys, that's just unbelievable. this is just one damage path. >> reporter: the winds dumped a huge pile of debris into a lake. >> right now guys, i

the louisiana boy scouts who were stranded by high waters in arkansas say they weren't afraid to go camping in a forest where 20 people died in a flash flood last june. the national guard found the 6 boys and two scout masters early yesterday morning, 36 hours after becoming trappeded. -- stranded. one of the parents says one of the boys considered camping but selected arkansas after last week's tornadoes. heavy rain started to fall on day two of that trip. >>> jeff had a tying home run and turned in the winning run as the royals beat the orioles 6-5 in 10 innings. it's the royals 4th straight victory. alex gordon walked on four pitches to let's off -- lead off the 10th. went to third on the single to center and francoeur you saw that's the winning run and o's set for game 2 taking place tonight. >>> look at the mess left from the storms that hit north carolina yesterday. they continue to deal with some intense weather over the last let's say five weeks trying to get around was difficulty with trees and power lines covered being road. several trees slammed into homes and cars parked in driv

this was a picture that came into us this weekend from arkansas. this is a town of pocahontas on the black river. there's a lot of suffering in the middle of the country. not just from the tornado outbreak, that was just incredible, but from river flooding now, too. this is the area of concern. and it's raining hard once again this morning, we have flash flood warnings covering the area. we've got evacuations, we've got water rescues taking place and the ohio river is peaking now between louisville and paducah, the mississippi river will crest, in some areas, record crests, how much additional rain do we expect today? as much as one to three inches right over the heart of the flood area. including areas like little rock, paducah and even thunderstorms this morning around memphis. so as far as the forecast goes, travelwise today around dallas some thunderstorms, same with san antonio. and eventually some of those storms will head towards new orleans, east coast, we're looking okay today, increasing clouds with chance of showers late today, d.c. and

. >> reporter: flooding parts of arkansas, -- >> destroy, already, there is people -- it's sad. trying to help people that we can help. that's all we are doing. >> reporter: in arkansas, more than 1,000 people are in emergency shelters. >> our son is sick and he has to go home sunshine -- he asked to go home the other day. that was sort of hard. >> i can't get to it unless i go by boat. >> reporter: downstream, new orleans is having trouble -- >> these are historic stages. we have not seen this kind of water since 1927. there is no doubt we'll see a lot of water. >> the river is expected to crest in memphis on tuesday. more than 1300 people have already been told to evacuate the area. >> a nearby college campus on high alert after some students are beaten and tied up at gun point. it happened near georgetown university early this morning. the intruders thread the scene after stealing laptops and cellphones. one of the roommates that wasn't home at the time said that everybody is still shaken up. >> punched the girl, threw her to the ground, kicking my roommate, they went through

toda su ira en el centro de estados unidos con otra ronda de tornados que azotaron estados como arkansas que se suman a los 122 registrados en joplin, missouri que fue impactado por el peor tornado en 60 aÑos en el paÍs. >> un gran sistema de tormentas con mÚltiples tornados matÓ a 5 personas y dejÓ heridas con otras 60. varios de los tornados azotaron zonas cercana a oklahoma city en donde daÑaron mÚltiples viviendas ocurrieron a lo largo de una autopista en donde los largos vientos sacaron a los vehÍculos de la carretera. >> la fuerza del viento destruÓo estructuras y derribÓ varios Árboles de raÍz, precisamente dos personas murieron cuando un Árbol cayÓ sobre la camioneta en dÓnde viajaban, levantando bruscamente de la cama a decenas de pobladores que ya estaban durmiendo. >> en joplin-missouri, las mÁquinas no se dan a basto para recoger todos los escombros, cuando un descomunal tornado con velocidad de 200 millas por horas los levantÓ, los sox wrishths rescataron a 2 personas entre los escombros y siguen buscando mÁs en la medida que mueren fier mueven, maderas y concretos. aÚn hay

. >> 45% to 50% of the nation's rice comes from arkansas. eastern arkansas is where it's grown. so we've lost a big portion of the rice crop. >> supplies were already tight and prices had been inching up. those crops are in nearly every processed food we eat. >>> u.s. investigators are learning more about bin laden's activities by reading his private journal. the journal was among the documents seized at bin laden's compound. in it he writes of advising al qaeda groups to hit other cities besides new york such as los angeles and encourages attacks on trains as well as planes. the goal he writes is to kill as many americans as possible in each attack. >>> a new poll shows most americans believe killing osama bin laden was the right thing to do. the associated press poll shows 86% of the country approves of the way the u.s. handled the raid. just 6% disapprove. 87% say killing bin laden during the raid was justified. 9% say it wasn't. >>> a chp officer is facing charges this morning after being arrested on suspicion of theft. 36-year-old sean hammens of vacaville is accused of ste

nebraska and arkansas have flood watches because of the heavy rain.e'll talk about the rest of america's weather in the next half hour. >> and folks in joplin waking up to cloudy skies after last night, two more rounds of tornado sirens. >> tense times still there. >>> it is the end of an era today when oprah's final show airs. no reporters were allowed inside the final taping but our bianna golodryga was outside there tracking down clues to the big farewell, joining us from chicago this morning. >> reporter: good morning. we hear that there were 400 audience members there at the taping yesterday. it was standing room only. very emotional. very raw, we hear. may 25th, 2011, will go down as a bittersweet day in history for millions of oprah fans around the world but none more than the fans here in chicago. maya angelou said it best when she said oprah made chicago great and chicago helped make oprah great. and as a small token of the town's appreciation, they renamed the street in front of harpo studios, oprah winfrey way. there is only one show left f

at least 15 people have been killed in the latest series of storms which hit oklahoma, kansas and arkansas. meanwhile, crews in joplin prepare for a fifth sweep through the rubble, though there have been no new rescues yet. >>> new images tr joplin, you see the left to right track that the city took through the city's heart. all of the damage and debris looks brown from this height. >> closer up, st. john's hospital as it looks today and joplin high school, parts of it literally flattened. >> joplin is not alone. more severe weather overnight. here is john hendren. >> reporter: the twisters just keep coming. >> oh, my god. >> that's my truck. >> reporter: dozens of tornadoes swept the midwest and south, raking the landscape and leaving a state by state tally of devastation. in oklahoma, this cyclone was caught on tape shredding jeremiahn's truck. morrison's t. he was in the cab. he survived with just a broken arm. >> closed my eyes, pull mied hands over the face, felt bouncing around and pretty sure i went out the passage side window and land on the ground. >> reporter: in arkansas at leas

. >>> former arkansas governor mike huckabee is expected to announce today or tonight whether he plans to run for the white house in 2012. huckabee is reportedly going to use his fox news channel talk show to announce his intentions. the talk show is the centerpiece of huckabee's enterprises. and this time, he could enter the race with a front-runner status rather than when he entered in 2008. another huckabee run would be renewed -- bring renewed scrutiny over his support of some tax increases in arkansas and his record on clemency, including commuting the sentence of a man who later killed four seattle area police officers. and the field of republicans is getting very crowded. texas representative ron paul announced yesterday he joins former house speaker newt gingrich, governor gary johnson of new mexico, former massachusetts governor mitt romney and former wisconsin governor tim pawlenty in making it official. and there's no word yet on sarah palin, donald trump or tea party star michele bachmann from minnesota among the republicans who have all set up exploratory committees. >>> t

. >>> a building collapse in arkansas is to blame for the deaths of a 2-year-old. what investigators say may have caused that accident. >>> well, this morning crews in arkansas will resume searching for victims after the collapse of a two story brick building. a 2-year-old girl was killed yesterday and at least six other people hurt. everyone inside the building is accounted for now, but there is some concern that someone might have been hurt near the outside of the building. investigators are trying to determine whether construction at a bridal shop in the building is to blame for that collapse. >>> the search has been suspended for a man missing in the rugged nevada mountains. there's been no sign of him since he and his wife became stranded in their van in march. earlier this month hunters found rita weak but alive after surviving in their van for seven weeks. the search may resume if conditions improve or if investigators get any new leads on his investigation. >>> passengers on san francisco's most heavily used muni rail line may soon get some relief. a plan w

one of those republicans, former arkansas governor mike huckabee is about to make an announcement about the 2012 campaign. is he in or is he out? who else is running? tonight, the field is worried that it's not deep enough. >> reporter: mike huckabee is the alfred hitchcock of politics. a master of suspense. >> i plan to make a little news with some announcements at the end of the show. >> reporter: the arkansas governor has dragged out his flirtation for months. >> not even my executive producer knows what i'm expected to say. >> reporter: tonight he's expected to announce on his own fox news show if he's in it to win it in 2012. many republicans could use a new face. the more they know the candidates, the less they like them. an associated press poll finds 45% of republicans now say they are dissatisfied with the gop field. that's up from 33% two months ago. >> republicans believe that there is a candidate out there that is going to be the perfect candidate. they just haven't found that candidate yet. >> it's the 2012 republican presidential undeclared candidates debate. >> it's a poi

this after a dramatic rescue from a forest in southwest arkansas.from katv in little rock who were there when the scouts reunited with their families. >> i just want to see his face. give him a hug and than he's warm and dry. >> reporter: this is the face wendy wanted to see. it belongs to ian, one of six scouts, who got an unexpected helicopter ride out of the washataw national forest. >> that was their first helicopter ride and so that was a highlight of the trip now, i'm sure. >> reporter: it was not an easy mission for guard pilot david speck and co-pilot todd adams. at dawn they located a landing area next to a still swollen creek near the scouts and set down. minutes later the 13 and 14-year-olds walked a short distance and boarded the helicopter. finishing a 26-mile journey that started last thursday and was stopped by bad weather. it was an exciting ride to safety for a group that insists it was never in danger. >> we had the ability to create fresh water. we had food. we had shelter. we had everything we needed, so it was just a matter of w