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north and east of birmingham. this thing moved to the north of birmingham 30 minutes ago.ed it to you then. 30 minutes, 40 minutes before that it was in the tuscaloosa area. confirmed reports of damage in tuscaloosa, not sure of the extent of the damage. also damage just north and east of birmingham, alabama with this cell. it's dark out so tough to get confirmed reports of the funnel but we have trained spotters on the ground tracking this thing and they have confirmed that this thing is a tornado and the current warning out now, again just the circulation near springville and heading across calhoun and st. clair counties, north of aniston. another tornado warning south of birmingham will miss the big city heading toward clanton, that will slightly less populated area. a scary morning this morning, still dark out here, this is all with the storm system that brought damage overnight to parts of southeast arkansas, memphis had a scare as well with a lot of severe thunderstorms rolling through the area, now severe thunderstorm watches posted north of here, the tornado watch
north and east of birmingham. this thing moved to the north of birmingham 30 minutes ago.ed it to you then. 30 minutes, 40 minutes before that it was in the tuscaloosa area. confirmed reports of damage in tuscaloosa, not sure of the extent of the damage. also damage just north and east of birmingham, alabama with this cell. it's dark out so tough to get confirmed reports of the funnel but we have trained spotters on the ground tracking this thing and they have confirmed that this thing is a...
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selma, birmingham, montgomery. and t important to understand king wasn't simply preaching because he's figuring out how to create defiant liberation warriors. who had to walk out a church door. and king wasn't alone in this. he had this vast not only executive staff, but these tough characters. the field staff, the ground crew who prepared the kind of infrastructure for a king performance. and my wife katherine and i were down in atlanta the week of the anniversary with some of king's colleagues, somebody i spent some time with, willie bolden, who is one of the most extraordinary of these characters who, again, was beaten and scarred. and when king preached about, you know, it's better to live with a scarred-up body than a scarred-up soul, he was really talking about these tough characters who paved the way for the moral argument to get people to get the guts to walk over the bridge in selma, to walk out of that church door in birmingham knowing that there were bull connor and his people on the outside. so when kin
selma, birmingham, montgomery. and t important to understand king wasn't simply preaching because he's figuring out how to create defiant liberation warriors. who had to walk out a church door. and king wasn't alone in this. he had this vast not only executive staff, but these tough characters. the field staff, the ground crew who prepared the kind of infrastructure for a king performance. and my wife katherine and i were down in atlanta the week of the anniversary with some of king's...
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you are the executive director of the greater birmingham ministry's in alabama birmingham alabama, okay. which is advocating overturn of hb 56. what is this bill? >> hb 56 is alabama's new anti-immigrant law that burdens families, breaks up families, forces the split up of families, burdens taxpayers and makes law enforcement take on the extra job of checking out people at traffic stops. >> stephen: okay. i mean you say burdens, splits, what it does is, is that it removes illegal immigrants from your state. it is tough on crime s it not? >> this law-- . >> stephen: is it a crime to be an illegal immigrant? >> it is-- . >> stephen: is it a crime. >> if a federal crime-- not a state crime. >> stephen: oh so, we don't want the feds marching into alabama. they did that 150 years ago, it didn't work out too well. >> the part is that alabama should not be joining one of those states that has its own state immigrant law. we don't need 50 immigrant laws across the united states of america. we need one comprehensive law that is just and fair for everyone. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: we tal
you are the executive director of the greater birmingham ministry's in alabama birmingham alabama, okay. which is advocating overturn of hb 56. what is this bill? >> hb 56 is alabama's new anti-immigrant law that burdens families, breaks up families, forces the split up of families, burdens taxpayers and makes law enforcement take on the extra job of checking out people at traffic stops. >> stephen: okay. i mean you say burdens, splits, what it does is, is that it removes illegal...
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storms went across parts of birmingham, south of birmingham as well. the biggest storm headed into columbus, georgia. not rotating enough to put a tornado warning on it right now but still a very large storm. when you soo he this much red all the way down to the gulf coast and one storm just rolled right through atlanta metro airport slowing down the airplanes there. updates in a few minutes. >> thank you, chad. >>> focus shifts to florida and the race for the republican presidential nomination. all four candidates are on the campaign trail today. now, the primary in florida just eight days away. mitt romney stepping up his attacks on newt gingrich after a solid win by gingrich in south carolina over the weekend. romney is also now promising to release his tax returns tomorrow. >>> after cheating death and inspiring a nation with her fight for recovery, gabrielle giffords stepping down from congress. a year ago she was shot in the head while meeting with voters in an arizona shopping center as one of her last acts in office she plans to finish that eve
storms went across parts of birmingham, south of birmingham as well. the biggest storm headed into columbus, georgia. not rotating enough to put a tornado warning on it right now but still a very large storm. when you soo he this much red all the way down to the gulf coast and one storm just rolled right through atlanta metro airport slowing down the airplanes there. updates in a few minutes. >> thank you, chad. >>> focus shifts to florida and the race for the republican...
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cnn's reynolds wolf is live in birmingham. we'll go to him next. >>> first, we've heard too many child abduction stories to know that too many end badly. but not with alyssa cordova. when his truck broke down, calista made her move, called 911 and refused to leave that store. >> how did you find the strength to do what you did? >> i got my fight from daddy. >> fight from daddy, huh? what did he teach you? >> how to stand up for myself. >> for that, calysta, you are today's rock star. maybe this vacation wasn't a good idea vacations are always a good idea ♪ priceline negoti - - no time. out quickly. you're miles from your destination. you'll need a hotel tonight we don't have time to bid you don't have to bid. at priceline you can choose from thousands of hotels on sale every day. save yourself... some money it's what he would have wanted. one of the miller twins has a hearing problem. but she got a lyric in her life and everything changed. which one? you'll never know because the lyric is in her ear. 100% invisible. you can't
cnn's reynolds wolf is live in birmingham. we'll go to him next. >>> first, we've heard too many child abduction stories to know that too many end badly. but not with alyssa cordova. when his truck broke down, calista made her move, called 911 and refused to leave that store. >> how did you find the strength to do what you did? >> i got my fight from daddy. >> fight from daddy, huh? what did he teach you? >> how to stand up for myself. >> for that,...
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birmingham has one strong storm going through. a lot of lightning strike social security going to go through the southern side of the city. right now, a couple tornado warnings. eventually, we'll watch areas from montgomery up towards atlanta. just a rough morning. here we are in the middle of january, end of january, dealing with tornadoes at this time of the hour. very rare. it's all associated with a very strong storm center over the top of illinois. the backside is a little bit of snow. the roads could be a little slick. one thing that is good is that all of the cold air that was in new england is now leaving us. as this storm system arrives, i don't think we'll have to deal too much with snow or freezing rain. it's mostly going to be a rain event. we're already at 33 in d.c. and 36 in new york city. so there's some suburbs out there outside of the big cities. you may have a little bit of freezing rain or a little coating of ice out there this morning, but i think that will improve dramatically. there's not a lot of cold air a
birmingham has one strong storm going through. a lot of lightning strike social security going to go through the southern side of the city. right now, a couple tornado warnings. eventually, we'll watch areas from montgomery up towards atlanta. just a rough morning. here we are in the middle of january, end of january, dealing with tornadoes at this time of the hour. very rare. it's all associated with a very strong storm center over the top of illinois. the backside is a little bit of snow. the...
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wide spread damage, especially around the birmingham, alabama, area. and a cell south of birmingham doing some damage and that cell is alive and well. unfortunately heading towards alexandria city, along i-65. reports of damage just west of there with potentially people trapped in their homes and some of our affiliates are reporting fatalities. we haven't confirmed that yet but this is an ugly situation. danger is over for birmingham and tuscaloosa. heading towards aniston and talladega. this will be heading into an environment at least in georgia that is a little bit more stable. so tornado watch out for alabama, but you notice kind of expires. you head into georgia. much cooler air in here. up to the north, severe weather as well. rolling across the tennessee and ohio river valleys. those storms are being allowed to weaken as well. the other point of weather that is of concerned is across the north east, christine, cold pocket of air north of new york city and north and east towards i-95 through connecticut, pockets of freezing rain this morning. tha
wide spread damage, especially around the birmingham, alabama, area. and a cell south of birmingham doing some damage and that cell is alive and well. unfortunately heading towards alexandria city, along i-65. reports of damage just west of there with potentially people trapped in their homes and some of our affiliates are reporting fatalities. we haven't confirmed that yet but this is an ugly situation. danger is over for birmingham and tuscaloosa. heading towards aniston and talladega. this...
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the most damage has been north of birmingham. and center point, paradise valley. this area here about, i don't know, maybe 15, 20 miles north of birmingham, alabama. this happened overnight when it was dark, dangerous situation. two fatalities. a tat least 100 people injured with this storm. and there was another cell south of birmingham with similar results, although it's less populated down there. we didn't have as much structural damage, but injuries nonetheless around clayton and reports of a transmission tower blown down as well. so two significant tornados with this system, which is still dropping some heavy weather across southeastern alabama. tornado watch here in effect until 11:00 this morning. these storms for the most part, at least in northern georgia, are beginning to weaken. but across parts of southern georgia, the storm's prediction center has issued a second tornado watch until 4:00 this afternoon. for the potential of seeing some tornadoes. this is all with this system that came across the northwest. with all that tremendous moisture. and energy
the most damage has been north of birmingham. and center point, paradise valley. this area here about, i don't know, maybe 15, 20 miles north of birmingham, alabama. this happened overnight when it was dark, dangerous situation. two fatalities. a tat least 100 people injured with this storm. and there was another cell south of birmingham with similar results, although it's less populated down there. we didn't have as much structural damage, but injuries nonetheless around clayton and reports of...
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this is paradise valley northeast of birmingham and this is jefferson county, alabama. actually a spot the tornadoes went through back in the spring when we had the big huge one that went from tuscaloosa to birmingham. this is an area hit tomorrow night now, and a lot of people lost their homes and amazing we didn't have more fatalities. the pictures are incredible. the official count from our rare january tornado outbreak, it looks like there was about 12 total tornadoes. national weather service is still doing the surveys. we had more reports but some of those may have been long track tornadoes like this one may have been started here and gone through the area we just showed you the picks of. arkansas had their fair share of damage also. the that storm system responsible all of the tornadoes is safely up into canada and cold front is pushing off the east coast. the cold front will take the moisture and clouds with it but leaving behind a lot of fog. especially here in the southeast. so keep that in mind for your morning travel. just not a lot of cold air on the map. i
this is paradise valley northeast of birmingham and this is jefferson county, alabama. actually a spot the tornadoes went through back in the spring when we had the big huge one that went from tuscaloosa to birmingham. this is an area hit tomorrow night now, and a lot of people lost their homes and amazing we didn't have more fatalities. the pictures are incredible. the official count from our rare january tornado outbreak, it looks like there was about 12 total tornadoes. national weather...
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some neighborhoods in the birmingham area now look like war zones. it's an all-too-familiar sight for this region. some tracked near areas devastated by historic deadly tornados last april. >> i don't know how you start over from this. we're thankful to be alive. i want to move, i know that. i don't know where, but somewhere that does not have tornados. >> reporter: residents were left to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives. this time after a rare mid-winter tornado outbreak. >> we were anticipating more like having to be ready for ice or snow or frozen rain, not tornados. >> reporter: many residents had little time to seek shelter before their homes began to crumble. >> we made it in the nick of time. the good lord blessed us and we're glad we're here. we lost our house, but at least we have -- i'm sorry. we've got our family and that's all that matters right now. >> reporter: in arkansas where the national weather service confirms a tornado touched down, russ smith and his family fled their home for stronger shelter. they returned to find t
some neighborhoods in the birmingham area now look like war zones. it's an all-too-familiar sight for this region. some tracked near areas devastated by historic deadly tornados last april. >> i don't know how you start over from this. we're thankful to be alive. i want to move, i know that. i don't know where, but somewhere that does not have tornados. >> reporter: residents were left to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives. this time after a rare mid-winter tornado...
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also fog could hamper driving from atlanta down to birmingham. i-5 in the pacific northwest. >> if you are flying, airport delays are possible in dallas, houston, new orleans, atlanta, memphis, charlotte and seattle. >>> and next right now, a new year's and adventure that went horribly wrong. >> a 20-year-old travelled to go bungee jumping. >> reporter: one deep breath and erin jumped from 365 feet up. then the unthinkable, the cord snapped. >> went black. and it felt like i'd been slapped all over. >> she's in the water! >> reporter: she came to in the rapids in the rocky shores of the zambezi river. the rope trailing behind. >> i had to swing down and yank the bungee cord out. >> reporter: erin survived it, spending a week in the hospital. >> it's definitely a miracle i survived. >> reporter: authorities say 50,000 people have jumped from that bridge for a decade. never before has the cord snapped. >> you can hear more from erin about her ordeal. she'll be on "good morning america" coming up later this morning. >> lucky, lucky girl. >> very luc
also fog could hamper driving from atlanta down to birmingham. i-5 in the pacific northwest. >> if you are flying, airport delays are possible in dallas, houston, new orleans, atlanta, memphis, charlotte and seattle. >>> and next right now, a new year's and adventure that went horribly wrong. >> a 20-year-old travelled to go bungee jumping. >> reporter: one deep breath and erin jumped from 365 feet up. then the unthinkable, the cord snapped. >> went black. and...
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noting that he listed 26 away highland avenue in birmingham, alabama. but notice that he mentioned the make of the car, mustang and in alabama license plate. wade -- the go -- bear with me one second. okay, so meanwhile other fbi agents go out all over the south trying to find out if any other eric gault checked into hotels. they did find out on march march 22nd, eric gault had checked into the flamingo hotel in selma, alabama, which was significant because they found that night or in the cooking had been scheduled to give a talk there. it began to seem he was beginning to cross paths with martin luther king. whether this was, they began to do more investigating and found that he applied for a license in the state of alabama, saying he was a merchant berean unemployed they found that he had stayed at this place on highland. and yes indeed they remembered their gault had lived there. while he was there, he also sent off for some camera equipment, which brown in mail order company in chicago as he began to wonder what is up with all of this camera equipme
noting that he listed 26 away highland avenue in birmingham, alabama. but notice that he mentioned the make of the car, mustang and in alabama license plate. wade -- the go -- bear with me one second. okay, so meanwhile other fbi agents go out all over the south trying to find out if any other eric gault checked into hotels. they did find out on march march 22nd, eric gault had checked into the flamingo hotel in selma, alabama, which was significant because they found that night or in the...
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just northeast of birmingham, alabama, is where some of the worst was. here's what the radar looks like. you can see tornado warnings out there. those are the bad storms just northeast of birmingham about two hours ago. prayers to all those people as they go through another disasters. remember, tuscaloosa was hit so hard spring last year. as far as the west goes f you watched the football game last night, you saw the miserable conditions in california. although, the rain is needed. it did ruin a lot of people's sundays. we're finally getting heavy snow at the highest of elevations. you notice the green on the map. a wet ride this morning. that will shift to the south. everyone areas like l.a. have rain in the forecast later today. try to work your way, but not a lot. i'll give you any updates on the horrible news out of alabama later if we get any. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> also coming up, changes at research in motion. gas at the pump rises. and warren buffett's strange cultural exchange. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>>
just northeast of birmingham, alabama, is where some of the worst was. here's what the radar looks like. you can see tornado warnings out there. those are the bad storms just northeast of birmingham about two hours ago. prayers to all those people as they go through another disasters. remember, tuscaloosa was hit so hard spring last year. as far as the west goes f you watched the football game last night, you saw the miserable conditions in california. although, the rain is needed. it did ruin...
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this is from just outside of birmingham, alabama. jefferson county. mostly the paradise valley area was hit the hardest. 200 homes, 100 injuries. when you see the ddamage like t it's amazing we only had two fatalities. those are the first tornado fatalities of this year. this is the map. they started in arkansas and then we had a little bit of a break and then they formed on the border of mississippi, alabama and then the really big ones were right here just outside of birmingham. and in all, it looks like there's about 12 tornadoes and some were long track tornadoes, on the ground for a while. it appears that about six of those in alabama. we'll get the official reports in the next two or three days. very rare for january. not unheard of, but rare. that storm system responsible for -- it's now up in canada. a pretty quiet day in the eastern half of the country. but the next storm is on its way. and this is throw mover and will bring a soaking rain it our friends mis-texas. our computer is estimating that we could see some areas picking up two to thre
this is from just outside of birmingham, alabama. jefferson county. mostly the paradise valley area was hit the hardest. 200 homes, 100 injuries. when you see the ddamage like t it's amazing we only had two fatalities. those are the first tornado fatalities of this year. this is the map. they started in arkansas and then we had a little bit of a break and then they formed on the border of mississippi, alabama and then the really big ones were right here just outside of birmingham. and in all,...
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we traveled back to montgomery, to selma, to birmingham. we went to nashville. and he spent time with me in washington. we just became each other, really. as i su--suggested, we became brothers. i think he learned more about me than he ever wanted to know. c-span: did he record you? >> guest: he recorded a--a g--a great deal. he used a tape recorder. but at the same time, we would just be having a meal, and--and he would get his pad, get his rec--tape recorder out and--and get the essence of what i said. c-span: l--let's briefly go over the different locations that--where you lived in your life. talk about your mother and father, who you dedicate the book to, and--and mayb--is your mom still alive? >> guest: my mother's still alive. my mother is almost 84 years old. c-span: and your brother lives across the street from her in a trailer? >> guest: my older brother live directly across the street from--from my mother, and then two other brothers live nearby, on this land. see, in--in 1944, when i was four years old--and i do remember when i was four--i remember so
we traveled back to montgomery, to selma, to birmingham. we went to nashville. and he spent time with me in washington. we just became each other, really. as i su--suggested, we became brothers. i think he learned more about me than he ever wanted to know. c-span: did he record you? >> guest: he recorded a--a g--a great deal. he used a tape recorder. but at the same time, we would just be having a meal, and--and he would get his pad, get his rec--tape recorder out and--and get the essence...
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he was phenomenally focused but also operating in segregated birmingham, alabama. after segregation was over there were problems. you talk about that and how you see the evolution of that. we have to think that is where the solution lies for people to create businesses like the ones you included in surviving and thriving. >> your ancestor was a phenomenal human being and we understand the courage but also what the courage--not another choice. so many people refused to accept what was there. i would make a black economic history parallel with this. i wrote 15 publishers to say can we get this book published? we are not interested in black economic history so my company did it. that is what i am seeing a lot of times. oliver deserves a lot of credit. just walk and talk. we can raise money and do things so we did it. that is the challenge. we have more choices in the twenty-first century that we had in the 20th and 19th. your antecedent -- there was no one lined up to do that. we have to be really clear about the many ways that we own ourselves and that we own our his
he was phenomenally focused but also operating in segregated birmingham, alabama. after segregation was over there were problems. you talk about that and how you see the evolution of that. we have to think that is where the solution lies for people to create businesses like the ones you included in surviving and thriving. >> your ancestor was a phenomenal human being and we understand the courage but also what the courage--not another choice. so many people refused to accept what was...
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from birmingham jail. and that was the best speech. letter to the clergy, and he just told them off, you know, in a way -- i don't believe in america that the people behind stained glass windows are the very ones on this earth promoting's. and another one was when he was stoned in chicago, a lot of people don't know he was stoned when your family went to live in chicago in the slums and the gauge district section of chicago. gauge park, what it was. he went out to speak against slumlords. i think that's the first time i heard of slumlords. he was stoned, almost not to death, but just stoned. and he did so many things. he was asked to go to -- sometimes he was asked to go to other people's marches that wasn't his cause, like the sit-ins, that wasn't his cause. that wasn't his cause, but he called him and said, dr. king, you got to come. he didn't want to go to memphis, but he came because of those two men sitting in the garbage truck or the sanitation truck, someone pulled a level and crushed them. he'd bee
from birmingham jail. and that was the best speech. letter to the clergy, and he just told them off, you know, in a way -- i don't believe in america that the people behind stained glass windows are the very ones on this earth promoting's. and another one was when he was stoned in chicago, a lot of people don't know he was stoned when your family went to live in chicago in the slums and the gauge district section of chicago. gauge park, what it was. he went out to speak against slumlords. i...
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he joins us by phone from birmingham.e two people dead, we understand, were both killed in alabama, is that correct? >> that's correct, jon. we do have reports that we have had two fatalities in alabama. jon: it's up to three now, that's the latest information? >> that is unconfirmed. we cannot confirm that, the other fatalities, but we do know we have several in the state. jon: a 16-year-old in clay outside birmingham and an 82-year-old man in ecgrove. when we look at some of these pictures you can understand why. these are absolutely fierce storms. did you have the kind of warning you would have liked to have had? >> well, we've been coordinating with the national weather service on this since last friday, and you know, yesterday, the governor worked with some of his key cabinet members to make sure the state agencies were ready. we've been communicating with our local government here in the state. fortunately as the sun rose in alabama we were not facing the catastrophic devastation that we faced last spring, however,
he joins us by phone from birmingham.e two people dead, we understand, were both killed in alabama, is that correct? >> that's correct, jon. we do have reports that we have had two fatalities in alabama. jon: it's up to three now, that's the latest information? >> that is unconfirmed. we cannot confirm that, the other fatalities, but we do know we have several in the state. jon: a 16-year-old in clay outside birmingham and an 82-year-old man in ecgrove. when we look at some of these...
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the death toll still stands at 2 in birmingham and the areas around birmingham.-year-old man, more than 100 injured at this point in time. but the authorities say if you look at the pictures clearly it appears the number of injured, the death toll could possibly rise. right now it's holding at 2 for the better part of 3 to 4 hours. megyn: newt gingrich is seeing a new surge in florida since his dominating victory in south carolina. a powerful union is going after mitt romney. listen here. >> prosecutors called it corporate greed run amok. the company was fined $100 million. but romney himself made a fortune. corporate greed. medicare fraud. sound familiar? megyn: why are these public employee unions so afraid of mitt romney? okay, this is so interesting to me because it's not like the union bought this ad before newt's surge. they bought fit friday. his poll numbers were already off the charts. many people already assumed he was going to win or at least place second in south carolina. but they don't know after newt, they go after mitt romney, why? >> they are pla
the death toll still stands at 2 in birmingham and the areas around birmingham.-year-old man, more than 100 injured at this point in time. but the authorities say if you look at the pictures clearly it appears the number of injured, the death toll could possibly rise. right now it's holding at 2 for the better part of 3 to 4 hours. megyn: newt gingrich is seeing a new surge in florida since his dominating victory in south carolina. a powerful union is going after mitt romney. listen here....
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a deacon welcome to the obama's from dr.a passage king's letter from birmingham jail. a list of some of the local dr.t taking place to honor king is on our website at wjla.com. >> metro is using this holiday work done. blue and orange lights are not font -- laween love fonte plaza and t hhe east. work will continue through the evening. >> police are investigating a pedestrian accident in out as a yearury that killed in old boy. this happened around 230 afternoon. police said a driver lost control, it jumped a curb, and into the little boy and mother the boy died at the same. mother suffered not as life- threatening injuries. the scene. stayed at will likely face charges. >> a man suspected of three now inhome invasions is police custody. was arrested in in north carolina. home invasionin robberies last week. alsof the incident involves sexual assaults. degrees.a very cool 25 >> we're off to a very chilly start. still to come, good news in the for a missing university student. we have details of where she unharmed. more about aning cruise ship disaster. a local womanrom
a deacon welcome to the obama's from dr.a passage king's letter from birmingham jail. a list of some of the local dr.t taking place to honor king is on our website at wjla.com. >> metro is using this holiday work done. blue and orange lights are not font -- laween love fonte plaza and t hhe east. work will continue through the evening. >> police are investigating a pedestrian accident in out as a yearury that killed in old boy. this happened around 230 afternoon. police said a...
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the reports out of birmingham from abc 3340, there's been a lot of damage. we're even getting tweets this morning that there are folks trapped in debris there, and we're getting twitter pictures out on the line that this is what it looks like. so we know there's a strong tornado on the ground in those areas at least. we're going to take a look at that area this morning. we know rescue teams are working in that area, as soon as they get daylight. we'll get more information out of there. these are the storm reports. again more than 200. there's where the tornadoes are. we'll watch this area for the strongest severe weather throughout the morning. we'll be right on top of that. robin, george. >> this weather so far this year has been so unpredictable. >> still unusual, january, mid-january tornadoes right now. >> all right, sam. i know you'll have more for us. let's get to josh elliott. with the other top development stories. >> we have lots to get to. a big scare for people aboard an american airlines flight. 2 hours after leaving brazil, a plane was rocked by
the reports out of birmingham from abc 3340, there's been a lot of damage. we're even getting tweets this morning that there are folks trapped in debris there, and we're getting twitter pictures out on the line that this is what it looks like. so we know there's a strong tornado on the ground in those areas at least. we're going to take a look at that area this morning. we know rescue teams are working in that area, as soon as they get daylight. we'll get more information out of there. these...
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imaging project makes 200,000 civil rights leaders documents online, including his letter from a birminghamering the life of dr. king. president obama and the first lady no exception. they took part in a special mlk service in washington. first daughter malia also helped out. >>> closer to home, baltimore city students volunteering their time and energy serving their communities today. they are volunteering in celebration of dr. martin luther king's life and legacy of service. students worked on several projects in catonsville. >> there are a variety of activities. xdñrÑi>>s7 kind of a full day. theñr studentsçói]xdñrÑixdxd weg valentine'sñr cards for soldiers serving over cease and new soil for green spaces. >>> quiet and cold night out there. breezy conditions after a milder day where we did get to 40 and beyond. today temperatures have been dropping this evening and the winds have shifted to the south but that is still enough wind to give you a wind chill factor despite the fact it's a southerly breeze. from washington today take a look at the weather on this martin luther king holiday
imaging project makes 200,000 civil rights leaders documents online, including his letter from a birminghamering the life of dr. king. president obama and the first lady no exception. they took part in a special mlk service in washington. first daughter malia also helped out. >>> closer to home, baltimore city students volunteering their time and energy serving their communities today. they are volunteering in celebration of dr. martin luther king's life and legacy of service. students...
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Jan 14, 2012
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---al final de la lista est, birmingham, alabama, en posicion numero 100.esamos enseguida.... pero antes nancy y un avance de la farandula. take sot "mas adelante les tengo acceso total el mas reciente video musical de luis fonsi...ademas les cuento que homenaje recibio don ramon ayala y enterense que sorpresa les tiene mana a sus fanaticos..." segment ends cu ---el aspirante a la candidatura republicana para la presidencia, mitt romney, ha tomado como una de sus banderas el tema migratorio. ---esto lo podria llevar a consolidarse como favorito. pkg cu ---iniciamos en el salvador, donde el presidente mauricio funes, present hoy un programa de beneficios econmicos y sociales para los veteranos del fmln. take vo ---la iniciativa incluye, entre otras medidas, el programa nacional de atencin en salud y el pago de pensiones a veteranos mayores de 70 aÑos. ---funes, tambin anunci la incorporacin de miles de padres de soldados que murieron en la guerra, al fondo de pensiones. ---el gobierno invertir 7 millones de dolares en la implementacin del programa y otros 16
---al final de la lista est, birmingham, alabama, en posicion numero 100.esamos enseguida.... pero antes nancy y un avance de la farandula. take sot "mas adelante les tengo acceso total el mas reciente video musical de luis fonsi...ademas les cuento que homenaje recibio don ramon ayala y enterense que sorpresa les tiene mana a sus fanaticos..." segment ends cu ---el aspirante a la candidatura republicana para la presidencia, mitt romney, ha tomado como una de sus banderas el tema...
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heavy rains pounded birmingham, alabama, today. leaving behind a widespread flooding. look at this.followed tornadoes that spread to the state earlier this week. what a mess. >> we had a little excitement this morning. things are going to calm down. it is windy, but it is a nice weekend. let's give you a look at what it has been like for the afternoon. this started at about 3:30. it will bring in colder air tonight. they need to do something about the speeding cars on the teddy roosevelt bridge. 62 and reagan national airport. 44 and 29 are the average temperatures today. hours temperatures falling but these are remarkable high temperatures for the end of january. 78 height in culpeper and fredericksburg. temperatures will continue their drop as the winds diminish. 53 in quantico. a 49 ads reagan at national. some colder air to the north and west. that is a relative term. these are all above average temperatures. we have a little bit of a chilly night. tomorrow, but will bounce back into the middle of 50's. there is going to be another little funnel system tomorrow night. 50's tomor
heavy rains pounded birmingham, alabama, today. leaving behind a widespread flooding. look at this.followed tornadoes that spread to the state earlier this week. what a mess. >> we had a little excitement this morning. things are going to calm down. it is windy, but it is a nice weekend. let's give you a look at what it has been like for the afternoon. this started at about 3:30. it will bring in colder air tonight. they need to do something about the speeding cars on the teddy roosevelt...
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the service included a reading from king's letter from a birmingham jail. today would have been dr. king's 83rd birthday. >>> hundreds attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial today on the mall. it was the first birthday observance for the leader since the memorial was dedicated. derrick ward has more. >> reporter: not just happy birthday in celebrating, but we're celebrating the best of what we are, but what we must become. the memorial has become a focal point of pride and contemplation about those sentiments that span seas and borders and generations. >> i think about it like he's still alive. >> reporter: and his words do live on. on the walls of the memorial and on the sculpture itself, living words like living people go through changes. this quote from a much broader sermon will be reworked to accurately depict his sentiment. >> understanding and knowing who my father was, it could be confusing. for us today, no. but for generations yet unborn, they may not understand. but i'm sure when this is done that everyone who comes will understand. >> reporter: there's no shor
the service included a reading from king's letter from a birmingham jail. today would have been dr. king's 83rd birthday. >>> hundreds attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial today on the mall. it was the first birthday observance for the leader since the memorial was dedicated. derrick ward has more. >> reporter: not just happy birthday in celebrating, but we're celebrating the best of what we are, but what we must become. the memorial has become a focal point of pride...
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you seat heavy rains over arkansas, over mississippi and birmingham, alabama.we got a stationary front to the south. this high pressure area that's keeping us dry has moderated some in that bright jane -- january sunshine. we can give you the timing. take a look at the trend. you can see that moving across the tennessee valley by tomorrow morning. right around 3:00, 4:00, we will see rain showers, heavier, steadier rains. tomorrow night realize you may be getting wet for that evening commute but no wintry whether. we're looking good thursday and another band of showers could get in here thursday night. it will be cold enough thursday night that some of it could go to a brief shot of snow showers. all right. overnight none of that, 30, mostly clear, chilly calm. 45 degrees as we cloud up. late day rain develops and tomorrow night the heavier r--- heaviest, steadiest. not cold tomorrow night. as we look ahead, fieptding temperature -- finding temperatures in the mid-50s on thursday. then our next system comes in and previously overnight. we could see some of that
you seat heavy rains over arkansas, over mississippi and birmingham, alabama.we got a stationary front to the south. this high pressure area that's keeping us dry has moderated some in that bright jane -- january sunshine. we can give you the timing. take a look at the trend. you can see that moving across the tennessee valley by tomorrow morning. right around 3:00, 4:00, we will see rain showers, heavier, steadier rains. tomorrow night realize you may be getting wet for that evening commute...
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a batch of tornadoes hit northeast of the birmingham, alabama, area.the roads are all blocked from debris and the trees. as i show you the radar. if there's one city right now under the tornado emergency alexander city just to the southeast sides of the birmingham area. this storm went through the talladega area of alabama just a little bit ago. damage there. also near clayton, significant reports of damage. i guess you get the picture here. we've had numerous overnight tornadoes at dark where people had very little notice. there are multiple homes destroyed from multiple homes. the sun is coming up shortly. we'll start to get you those images as we get them here, mika. this is alabama, the area hit so hard last spring. almost like a joplin-like situation there in tuscaloosa. and joe was down there and just sad it's happening all over again. >> you drive through parts of tuscaloosa -- >> it's amazing. >> and it's just so jarring. it's completely -- it's changed the entire landscape of that town. and now -- >> here we go again. >> let's hope it's -- >>
a batch of tornadoes hit northeast of the birmingham, alabama, area.the roads are all blocked from debris and the trees. as i show you the radar. if there's one city right now under the tornado emergency alexander city just to the southeast sides of the birmingham area. this storm went through the talladega area of alabama just a little bit ago. damage there. also near clayton, significant reports of damage. i guess you get the picture here. we've had numerous overnight tornadoes at dark where...
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Jan 23, 2012
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those who live in birmingham are certain it was a tornado. >> reporter: the violent weather pounded the south, spawning possible tornadoes that ripped apart homes near centerpoint, alabama. trees and power lines littered the streets. firefighters spent the day going house to house, checking for victims. andrew watley ran from his home when it started shaking. >> what did you see when it got down there? >> pretty much all of the houses are gone. people are out there, trying to dig through stuff. took one guy out of the house on the door. he's all bloodied up. he went to the hospital. >> reporter: emergency officials say the deadly storms hit overnight and injured at least 100 people in the birmingham area. >> the whole house is tilted and you couldn't stand up in the house. >> reporter: stan leo's house was severely damaged. he feels lucky to be alive. >> they also say the basement is a say place. this -- safe place. this time, i'm glad i wasn't there. because we would have been killed because the house collapsed onto the place. >> reporter: more than 50,000 people began the day without
those who live in birmingham are certain it was a tornado. >> reporter: the violent weather pounded the south, spawning possible tornadoes that ripped apart homes near centerpoint, alabama. trees and power lines littered the streets. firefighters spent the day going house to house, checking for victims. andrew watley ran from his home when it started shaking. >> what did you see when it got down there? >> pretty much all of the houses are gone. people are out there, trying to...
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charles and especially new orleans and any coastal areas of mississippi and alabama and backup to birmingham, montgomery and atlanta. then the rain will head to the east coast. that is a look at the forecast. washington, d.c. enjoy the nice little warm trend. i really think this is one of the last significantly warm trends that is going to head through the ohio valley, great lakes and new england. much colder air coming this way as we go towards the upcoming weekend. kind of nice to talk about snow for once. it's been a while. >> no, it's not. we don't need to talk about snow. >> i like a little snow. >> i feel like we keep dodging a bullet. >> you buy the boots and the sled, you might as well use them, right? >> no. i'm a sunshine california girl. >>> netflix flies and your early morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> she suddenly is offered a part any actress would die for. >>> coming up, the alabama crimson tide, our national champs. michael jordan got his number 23 from president obama? you're watching "early today." >>> very good morning to you. welcome back. i'm veronica de la cruz.
charles and especially new orleans and any coastal areas of mississippi and alabama and backup to birmingham, montgomery and atlanta. then the rain will head to the east coast. that is a look at the forecast. washington, d.c. enjoy the nice little warm trend. i really think this is one of the last significantly warm trends that is going to head through the ohio valley, great lakes and new england. much colder air coming this way as we go towards the upcoming weekend. kind of nice to talk about...
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la policÍa de birmingham, alabama en controlar el cadÁver de cuatro personas en una casa, que llamÓ 911 no dieron a conocer la identidad. la importancia de la mano de obra inmigrante llegÓ a que en kansas estÉn pidiendo que se permita a las compaÑÍas contratan indocumentados. el secretario de cultura de ese estado estÁ haciendo la solicitud tras la presiÓn de las grandes empresas lecheras desesperados por trabajadores. su plan consiste en lanzar un programa piloto que pueda colocar indocumentados en una red estatal especial. >> a pesar de los signos de recuperaciÓn económica, la crisis sigue ahÍ. muy cerca de todos, y los pobres siguen en aumento en muchos estados. entre ellos, illinois, donde esta situaciÓn toca con dureza la poblaciÓn hispana. nos muestran lo que han tenido que hacer familias hispanas para sortear la crisis. >> las cifras son alarmantes,1 de cada tres habitantes en illinois es pobre, eso indica uno de los estudios recientes, a pesar de una aparente situaciÓn de mejorÍa, la situaciÓn empeora para otros. >> yo me sentÍa rara de venir y me dijeron que podÍa ir por eso vi
la policÍa de birmingham, alabama en controlar el cadÁver de cuatro personas en una casa, que llamÓ 911 no dieron a conocer la identidad. la importancia de la mano de obra inmigrante llegÓ a que en kansas estÉn pidiendo que se permita a las compaÑÍas contratan indocumentados. el secretario de cultura de ese estado estÁ haciendo la solicitud tras la presiÓn de las grandes empresas lecheras desesperados por trabajadores. su plan consiste en lanzar un programa piloto que pueda colocar...