bethany, do me a favor. describe to our viewers what that hospital looks like, how big it, how tall it is. is there a parking structure on the side, and the damage that you're seeing. >> okay. the hospital, as i'm standing in front of it, has about seven stores on one building and on its right has another building attached to it this that has a couple more stories to it. every window looks to be blown out there. is debris hanging out of the windows. the main entrance sign is a mess. the glass is blown out. there are just cars stacked all over in the parking lot. there are still cars parked in front as if they were going into the hospital. but they are destroyed. there is still a fountain going -- which is interesting. and as we talk there is lightning going across the sky, which is ominous to see as i'm looking at the destruction of the hospital. >> so bethany, just a little bit of feedback there. so bethany, you said obviously you're friends with some doctors and hospital staff. and you're saying that you s

bethany, do me a favor. describe to our viewers what that hospital looks like, how big it is, how tall it is, is there a parking structure on the side, and the damage that you're seeing. >> okay. the hospital as i'm standing in front of it has about seven stories in one building and then on its right has another building attached to it that has a couple more stories to it. every window looks to be blown out. there's debris hanging out of the windows. the main entrance sign is a mess. the glass is blown out. there are just cars stacked all over the parking lot. there are still cars parked in front as if they are going into the hospital. but they are destroyed. there's still a fountain going -- interesting. as we talked there is lightning going across the sky, which is ominous to see when i'm looking at the destruction of the hospital. >> so bethany, just a little bit of feedback there. so bethany, you said obviously you're friends with some doctors and hospital staff and you're saying that you saw an rn, you

this is the story of bethany and don, two people married six years. struggling in this economy, but well enough to have a house together. they had plans for a family. they had a lot of plans right before a tornado bore down on their house on sunday afternoon. >> i mean, the house was ripping apart. i honestly, i just -- it happ happened so fast. all the pillows were flying off of us. the only thing i managed to do was keep one right in front of my face. >> reporter: don lansaw, a fo former high school football star and the love of bethany's life threw his body over hers as their house and their world was being ripped apart. >> yeah. >> reporter: he covered you. >> he just has so much love. in his heart. and you know, people keep saying that he wouldn't have wanted it any other way, but if, like, i could have taken twice as much damage just to have him alive, i would have. and he got on top of me to take the brunt of most of it. and you know, he's my hero. >> reporter: in the strange period of calm after the tornado, bethany thought she could still sav

bethany, what are you seeing on the ground? bethany, are you there? okay.e's making her way to the hospital, and they are having obviously problems with cell phone service because of what happened. i want to bring in the storm chaser who shot some of the video that came in. steve, i want you to go out and be safe and get more video, but as you were going through this, did you think you were going to make it out? >> well, kind of touch and go there on the interstate. trying to exit the ramp. we saw so much devastation that we were trying to find our way through it and try to get through harm's way and allow the emergency vehicle to get in there and where they need to be. probably the scariest moment is once we got up there

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bethany, tell your son he should not doubt his mother.t is true, not for every single tree or every type of leaf but for many leaves, this does occur. what causes it to happen? tucker and i were talking about this, it is prime airily atmospheric conditions that cause it to happen. >> it is all about the humidity. as the humidity uncreases, you noticed it yesterday morning. as the dew point temperatures were coming up and our humidity was going up, that affects the leaf stems and that softens up the leaf and allows it to turn over in the wind. you could notice it yesterday in the afternoon because we knew yesterday that we were going to do the question. it is very noticeable with all the trees. >> and the huge and the moisture sits on there. it is -- again, it is another fascinating aspect. nature and then you get that little bit of wind working and they turn over and when it is all over, they go back. >> sort of like my hair. it falls when the huge is there. same concept. >> true. it is a great way that many people particularly in earlier

know just running off and starting wars in other countries and we've got to get back to those yanis bethany things that we're seeing right now as i mentioned that gallup poll today that part of the first time on record to people think that the youth aren't going to live as good a lives as their parents had no i guess that's a depressing reality come to terms of perry thank you so much for joining us tonight thank you. now just ahead on tonight's show a young n.b.c. correspondent flubbed his information when tweeting about in months that details his rights to his time segments and say also marks the fortieth anniversary of the major protests here in washington d.c. our people took to the streets to demand an end to the war in vietnam so on the significance they will find out why you don't hear about protests like that anymore i'll be right. let's not forget that we are in the park heard right.

. >>> moving on, bethany frankel of "real housewives" we said that she's worth $120 million.he's being sued putting that money at risk. all of this money coming from her skinny girl cocktails. and now she's being sued by doug wald and his company called raw talent. basically he claims that she fired him november 2008 just days before she actually launched that line. they had a verbal contract for her -- had a verbal contract with her to be her manager and help her launch the thing. so now he's suing her for $100 million. we'll see how that plays out in court. >> bethenny looks good in a hair net and that's hard to pull off. >> yeah. >>> now moving on here to the next person who could be replacing charlie sheen from "two and a half men." many names tossed around. the rob lowe thing going on for a while but it turns out hugh grant. has been in final negotiations to replace charlie sheen on "two and a half men" but pulled out because of creative differences. although we're hearing rumors that he could step back into the mix. >> more than a million an episode. >> sheen was earnin

bethany says of course not. why bring down students who excell because others don't? kathy says for years i considered a program where by students progress at their pace and fast or slow, and possibly a much better system. you want to weigh in? go to the official wm-ar facebook fan page and go to the hot topic and weigh in on this or other discussions that we have set up there for you today. we will continue to share your thoughts throughout the course of the morning. >>> now is time is 9:17. now to making a difference in how an area educator are trying to help children with dyslexia help them learn to read. the yet. emicy -- the jemicy school has teamed up to put them on the right track. sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: here in eliz he beth's first frayed class in charry hill they are learning the beginning steps offing -- first grade class in cherry hill, they are learning the beginning steps of reading. >> it's just so important to really -- if what you are doing as a teacher if they are not getting it's important to be able to stop and rewind and go back whi

ron's wife, bethany, also served as an army medic. at the time of ron's death, they had a 9-month-old, gauge, a young son, and bethany had just received orders to deploy to iraq herself. her orders would have required her to leave well before ron was scheduled to return home from his service in iraq. recently ron's mother-in-law contacted me. she asked me to stand up for these duel military families to ensure children like gauge don't grow up as orphans or have to go through the experience of having both mom and dad being deployed at the same time. today i'm offering an amendment that would give these duel military family with children some flexibility, knowing they have an option to defer concurrent deployment into a war zone. we need to ensure that these families don't have to choose between serving their family and serving their country. specialist ron gabour gave the ultimate sacrifice, and i offer this amendment in his honor. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his ti

>> bethany christian school. >> this is your big senior trip?say hi to? >> my sisters, parents, mom and dad, and liz. >> that's everybody you left behind. you're on your own. let's get to the boards. one or two things going on. we start with the wabc live shot. why? look at that. this is what we're dealing with. you know there are airport delays there to philadelphia. the giant northeast swirling pattern. there's philly, not much different. the pattern will be up for days, maybe through the week. low after low swirls up here. keeps heavy rain at moments, light rain at others. kind of misty. i guess >> i think i'm more wet from the umbrellas than i am from anything else. robin? george? >> it looks that way. hey, josh and i are going to see "bridesmaids." you in? >> i'm in. when? . >> it's raining, nothing better to do. george has seen it. >> totally in. >>> prom is a big night for so many high school students. one daring young man almost didn't get to go. you know he became well-known for how he invited his date, posting the giant invitation on t

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. >>> now to memphis, tennessee, where i-reporter bethany harrell sent in this individuvideo of t mississippiing closer to home on mud island. now, those trees are in a park that is sitting under all of that water. >>> in middleton, tennessee, it's one of those you've got to be kidding moments. danny moore's house flooded last year. he lost all his furniture. two weeks ago he was afraid his house would flood again so he put everything he owns into a storage unit. >> you come back and your house is still dry. you go check and the storage unit's flooded. there's nothing in the world like it. you think, my goodness, what else can go wrong? i felt secure by putting it in the storage unit. we put everything in it you could. what you see here is stuff that we didn't have room for in there. you do cwhat you've got to do, just keep praying and -- sorry. >> flooded storage unit. > moore lost things back in 2009 from a fire. >>> heavy rain that could produce flash flooding. i want to check in with reynolds wolf. this is flooding on top of flooding. >> well, it's a little different area, but it is threa

robert schomp, pastor of bethany christian church in tulsa, oklahoma. the chaplain: let us pray. god of many names and faiths, we praise you for the freedom of religious expression which allows us to worship you in the temples, and churches of our nation. to you belong all realms, all power and all glory. yet in this nation of immigrants, the united states of america, you have given us the freedom to establish our own government in order to defend and oversee the rights and welfare of our citizens. today, we pray for this august body, the united states senate, whom we the people have chosen to share in the leadership of our country. we pray for your assistance for these privileged women and men. bless them with the stamina, the toughness and the integrity to fight for what is right and honorable in your sight. instill in them the desire for unity within diversity, the will to overcome racism and bigotry, the courage to break down dividing walls of hostility, the ability to hear and respect the voices of those who disagree with them, and the determination to work with each other f

. >> jessica is a nurse, angelique a mother, bethany a student. and missy a rodeo queen.ff and stuff. >> one thing with us females is we're extremely detail oriented. >> besides being beautiful, they're smart. >> her hair is down. >> she is a private investigator who runs redemption bail bonds in modesto, and the bail babes are her secret weapon. >> i don't put them in harm's way, i would never do that. the only thing that could ever possibly happen to these girls, in my mind is they would break a nail. and for them, that's the worst thing that could happen. >> reporter: back in the war room, ally and the bail babes plan the takedown of a man wanted for jumping bail. >> don't let him touch you. if he's going to run, step out of his way. that's why we have runners. >> reporter: they ask us not to reveal their most effective methods for tracking down suspects but they know where to look and sooner or later the man that they're after is bound to show up. >> there is no reason to go kick a door in. we don't have to. but they want to come out and play. >> if they show the slig

>> bethany address and number of your questions, senator mccaskill. we did not want to go to the six -- the six to five. it is an option: ford and is tied directly to the loss of that contribution of first-class mail. if i had an answer to stop that, we would get that in place now, that america is changing, bills are being paid online. that is 18 cents that comes out of our coffers. the difference between our estimates and what the prc estimate is two things -- their estimate of revenue loss, $600 billion, hours, $200 billion. there are a lot of opinion polls, many customers in the past used to make sure they deliver -- that we deliver mail on saturday. they have moved away from saturday. it is by far the loudest thing of volume. many businesses are closed saturday, and what we have been told his people did not look at their mail on saturday as much as they do the rest of the week because they are busy with other things. the $200 billion vs $600 billion, as part of the difference. the other part of the difference is an estimate as being able to say, t

. >> bethany scutti, cnn i-reporter, you did the right thing, head to the basement or somewhere in yourank you so much. >> rob marciano, heartbreaking, a mother and daughter wandering around in bathrobes. you don't know what each of those stories tells, but this is a very dangerous and scary situation in joplin. >> still very fresh. there are still going to be people wandering around looking for help, looking for loved ones. it's going to be several days of search, and hopefully, rescue, as they continue to go through the rubble that looks like it goes on for miles. and we'll get a firm number as far as how bad that tornado was when the survey teams go out there. but from the looks of it, certainly had winds of 160 if not 170 miles per hour, ef-4ish or higher. you heard our i-reporter say it looks ominous, but not nearly as bad as last night. this is a thunderstorm that is severe. it's heading through southeast kansas, towards joplin. and a severe thunderstorm warning out for it. likely be in the joplin area, probably about 30, 40 minutes. and you're beginning to have heavier rain, so h

. >> reporter: nbc's brian williams interviewed bethany. her husband was killed by the tornado. he threw his body over his wife as the couple took cover in a bathtub. >> people keep saying he wouldn't have wanted it any other way, but if i could have taken twice as much damage just to have him alive, i would have. >> reporter: just absolutely heartbreaking, matt. we've had a year's worth of tornados already, not yet the end of may. what makes this year stand out is the types of tornadoes, ef-4s, ef-5s, the top of the scale. those are responsible for over 85% of all the tornado deaths, and so far 500 people have lost their lives so far this year. back to you. >> jim, thank you very much. >>> so what can we expect today? we've got al roker upstairs. al, good morning to you. >> ann, thank you so much. you look today. you see a risk of strong storms stretching from mobile, alabama, all the way up to montpelier. here's why we've been seeing all this rough weather. this is the jet stream. we've got this severe jet, about 6,000 feet. we've also had a lot of moist air coming out of the