the same system is in place in cleburne, 30 miles away, where no one died. scott cain is mayor. >> people call us a miracle city but there was a lot of planning that went into it. >> reporter: wednesday night at 7:59 p.m., the first code red alert went out to nearly 2,000 residents warning of a severe thunderstorm. >> this is an automated code red weather warning. >> it's an oomented system that will automatically go out with robo calls, home phones, cell phoneses, whatever we have in the data. >> reporter: so that night before the ef-3 tornado hit cleburne, that first call was followed up by two more scwhrierk a tornado warning has been issued for your area. >> reporter: and the city activated outdoor sirens three times. >> it means the difference between life and death. minute and even seconds. >> reporter: but even with the warnings, not everyone knew what was coming. moments before a tornado sheered off the second floor of their house, alton and carol flynn were sitting at home reading. >> we did not hear the siren go off until we were kind of-- >> we di

abc's marci gonzalez is in cleburne. good morning, marci. >> reporter: good morning. behind. after the roar of the twisters that leveled homes here in north texas. >> oh, my god! look at it, it is right above us. >> reporter: the hum and buzz of progress. some of the power lines are already strung across the sky once again. neighbors help neighbors pick up the treasured remnants what used to be home. >> hard to believe we weren't hurt or killed. truly god was watching over all of us. >> reporter: prayers answered and said for the six people killed and dozens injured as ten tornadoes descended at dusk tearing a destructive path through several communities. one an ef-4. packing winds up to 200 miles per hour. >> i was tightening that door, it was shaking. >> oh, my gosh. >> i was screaming. >> it's over. we are gone. >> reporter: residents scared and overwhelmed. >> i just broke down. i just don't know what to do from here. >> reporter: working toward recovery, one boarded window and helping hand at a time. clearly, that will take a lot of time. but i can tell you stran

cleburn texas. we are so sorry you are dealing with this morning. can you tell us about the extent of the damages there? >> the damage is very extensive. we have neighborhoods that could be totally gone we have hundreds of homes damaged multiple dozens that are total losses. our city, cleburne has fortunately not lost any lives like granbury. our heart breaks for our sister city. as the sun goes up we will continue to go house to house and search for citizens making sure folks are in good shape. >> mayor cain it will be quite a job from what we understand. the tornado when it hit your city was a mile wide. it hit the southwestern quadrant described as a courthouse city. what would be your estimate in terms of financially what kind of hit your city has taken? >> it will be in multiple counts of millions of dollars once my family was secured at home i made it to city hall to start making certain our citizens were safe first. as the sun comes up what i am seeing is massive amounts of damage similar to going into a war zone. >> we are seeing pictures of

we have the cleburne mayor, a town close by, scott cane.ell us what you saw, what you felt, what it's like there right now? >> caller: sure. right now, we are still in a very fluid situation. we have a substantial amount of damage. we have reports that as many as 3 twisters that have touched down in the city of cleburne. our southwest portion of town is without power. we have power lines down. many, many homes demolished, rooftops off of houses. flooding. we have had reports of families that were trapped in homes. fortunately, we have had no reports of fatalities within the tea of cleburne or any serious injuries yet. but our first responders are going house to house right now and setting up evacuation of areas that have been the hardest hit. >> reporter: i was reading that one mother couldn't find her child. he was working, a pizza delivery guy. she called the pizza company and they said, we are hunkered down in a hotel. we are all safe. i am reading that some families can't find their loved ones. many missing, so far, 14 unaccounted for.

we'll mobilize the additional resources to be able to send the folks to cleburne and the entire county, this is truly breaking news, again, the darkness doesn't help. crews on scene doing a great job to reach out to the folks that were unable to get to shelters in the triage area. we can provide you can additional updates as we find out more information. >> all right, matt zavadsky, director of public health, our thoughts and prayers are with all of those in this area. we wish you luck with the search and rescue, we'll continue to check in with you, back to anderson in boston in just a moment. a mechanical engineer. and i shop at walmart. truth is, over sixty percent of america shops at walmart every month. i find what i need, at a great price. and the money i save goes to important things. braces for my daughter. a little something for my son's college fund. when people look at me, i hope they see someone building a better life. vo: living better: that's the real walmart. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled yo

the cleburne area.he storm struck and also whereabout half the town does not have power. the fatalities we've been hearing about have been coming from the granbury area of texas. let me show you what it looked like last night. this was the storm as it treks through the region starting at about 8:00. now as far as the tornado warnings, a lot of people want to know how much warning time did they have? the town does have tornado sirens and they're saying people, the residents did hear the tornado sirens about ten to 15 mints before the tornado actually hit so they did have some proper time to go and get safety. as far as the storm, itself, it started over granbury. literally formed almost right over the top of the town and then from there it grew this monster tornado. by the time it headed down here toward cleburne, it kind of did a path like this, it was reported at one mile wide as the sun was setting and it was pretty dark. the flashes of lightning. you could see the tornado a mile wide. it wasn't a mil

the tornado you reported being a mile wide in the city of cleburn also offers an additional challengeve reports coming in soon, we've been able to mobilize sources in the area. a lot of unknowns, this is truly breaking news. and the darkness doesn't help. the crews are doing a really good job to try to reach out to the folks that might be trapped or might be unable to get to the shelters and the triage area. we can provide you additional updates. >> director of public affairs, thank you for taking time out to speak to us at this point in time, our thoughts and prayers are with those in this area. wish you luck with the search and rescue, we'll continue to check in with you. back to anderson in boston in just a moment. >>> in the month since the boston marathon bombing, we've been watching this memorial behind me grow. some leave personal items, some leave messages, tonight we want too give you a look at their tributes. ♪ it is a remarkable spot in this remarkable city, boston strong, >>> a look at the memorial. that does it for this edition of "360" from boston. "early start" begins n

in cleburne texas, carol flynn took us on a tour of what's left of their lakefront home. >> it's gone. you would be standing in the bedroom, there was another bedroom here, and there was an office area here and the bathroom was here. >> reporter: the two-story colonial they moved into seven years ago used to look like this. now it's more like a ranch home. the tornado sheered off the top floor. >> all of a sudden you look up and your house has a new skylight. >> reporter: they survived by hiding behind a couch. 30 miles to the west others weren't so fortunate. in granbury a tornado picked up a trailer and hurled it into howard smith's backyard. three people had been inside. >> found the gentleman first. he was hurt really bad, but i got him uncovered and he told me his wife was here and i found her, and she told me that her mother was there. >> reporter: grandmother marjorie ann davis had been eating dinner with her daughter betsy martin and son-in-law tommy martin when the tornado hit. betsy martin was the only survivor. eddie martin is her son. >> unimaginable that they were in that

. >> reporter: about 30 miles away from granbury, residents in cleburne, texas, are beginning to clean up. twisters sent debris into backyard pools and a trucking company trailer that was parked on the street landed outside one person's garage. >> oh, my goodness! >> reporter: and in the small town of millsap, about 40 miles west of fort worth, a tornado destroyed several homes. but no one in either of the two towns was killed or seriously hurt. marlie hall for cbs news, granbury, texas. at last count, approximately 20,000 homes and businesses in this area are still without power. frank? >> marlie, i know a lot of people have been displaced. what's being done to help them? >> reporter: that's the focus now. in fact, this church behind me has been converted into a shelter by the red cross. and officials say more than 40 people now homeless have already registered to spend the night here and they are expecting more later tonight. frank? >> marlie hall live for us in granbury texas, thank you. >>> a wet start in the bay area. for more on what we can expect this afternoon, we turn to lawre

their home one of 30 destroyed in cleburne. they are still smiling. >> our children is safe.e are safe, our house is demolished and cars, but the most important thing is right here, i mean, honestly. >> reporter: in he cleburne, four schools damaged. officials will spend the weekend trying to figure out how to accommodate students next week. charlie and norah. >> also in texas, officials say they still don't know what caused a massive fertilizer blast. it's been a month since the deadly explosion in the city of west. investigators have not ruled out foul play. the disaster killed 15 people, injured 200, and leveled part of the town. the possible caused include an electrical short or problem with a golf cart battery. >>> the number of refugees from syria tops 1.5 million. u.s. and russia, syria's most important ally, are proposing a peace conference. >> the russians refuse to pressure the assad regime, and russian support for the syrian government is not wavering. >> reporter: good morning, charlie, norah. there are reports that russia has delivered a group ofmissile. they are

from there the storm tracked toward cleburne. how much lead time did they have? 7:42 p.m. central time is when the tornado warning went off for the granbury area and when the sirens went off and tornado was coming down to the ground. all indications are that it came down over the top of granbury in the city limits there. it's a small town of 8,000 people. a beautiful lake that runs through it. that's when the tornado was reported. they had about 12, maybe 14 minutes of lead time with a tornado sirens going off. most people got to their safety rooms or hopefully to their safe destinations or drove out of town as the storm was approach. that's why we only have six fatalities. the pictures of the devastation through the town you would expect more people to be dead. i think early warnings did help in this case. and then finally one mile wide tornado as it went through the cleburne area to the south of town. that's actually the storm picking up shingles or whatever is light enough to carry up into the sky and our radar shows that debris in the air. when that happens, we've had

the small town of cleburne where tornadoes have ripped through the area.omes decimated. right now, the death toll reported at six people dead, 14 others still missing. this has just been those tornadoes cutting through there. they also had hail reportedly the size of grapefruits down there. we will keep you posted as more information comes into our newsroom on that devastation from texas. >> it is 4:54 right now. new crash tests showing some small suvs might not be as safe as advertised. the insurance institute for highway safety tested 13 small suvs by crashing them into hebertiea barrier. >> only a front was crushed on impact. officials say this causes everything to get pushed inward and can often be deadly for the driver. >> the majority don't do a very good job of managing the energy once you get out closer to the corners of the vehicles. >> the institute says the 2014 subaru was the only one that got a rating of good. the outlander sport had acceptable and the other 11 tested had poor ratings in at least one of the categories. check it out on the insu

. >> reporter: in the town of cleburne, a separate twisters pulled people from homes and demolished several buildings. homeowners were shocked as they surveyed the damage from twisters that hit shortly after sundown wednesday night. >> it was horrible. the house started shaking. we were in a closet. you could hear it. sounded like a train going off. >> it's very rough. everything's demolished. >> reporter: officials say despite the death toll, warning systems did work and likely saved lives. >> as fast as we knew things weren't looking good, we got the word out for people to take shelter. i'm pretty confident we haven't left anybody behind but we're still checking. >> reporter: a search that will continue and a community that now binns to recover. >> jay gray, thank you very much for that report. >>> meantime, closer to home, counselors out in force at a san francisco elementary school talking to students helping them deal with the death of their classmate, 9-year-old mikaela lynch. sadly her body was found in the water near the famililess vacation home in clear lake yesterday. she disappea

in cleburne, texas, several neighborhoods are gutted.day in the bay's" jeff smith, joins us with a look at the damage. >> reporter: where i am standing now is the epicenter of the damage from this tornado. take a look behind me. you can see all of these bricks from this one house, hundreds of them, thrown across the front yard of this house. look at the roof up above, completely destroyed. the wood, the shingling, all ripped off of the roof because of the tornado. take a look here. i just wanted to show you physically, how heavy the roof is. this weighs a lot. it was just ripped off like a play thing. there is little power in the town of cleburne right now. it is very, very dark. we put all of our lights on this one house. there are dozens like it across the city. you can see why there is no power. take a look at all those power lines. they were ripped to shreds, thrown across the street. there were down power lines all over the city. dozens of homes have serious damage. we were told from the mayor of clayburn, no one was killed but seri

. >> reporter: in cleburne the cleanup is under way as reality sinks in for survivors of all ages. >> i was scared. i heard and then i saw it. it blew off the roof. >> reporter: today a clearer picture of the destruction in granbury as texas governor rick perry toured the area. >> the houses will be rebuilt. there is no replacing the loved ones who were lost. >> reporter: also among the dead, leo stepanski. his son is devastated. much like david davis. >> you walk out here and it's devastating. >> reporter: a clock in the rubble of his mother's home remains frozen around 8:00 p.m., the time the twister struck. in a sign of how close this part of texas is, relief supplies are coming from west, texas, the site of that deadly plant explosion last month. there is no shortage of volunteers here. >> gabe gutierrez, granbury, texas. gabe, thanks. >>> switching our attention now to washington and a grilling today for the acting irs commissioner. he's leaving his job after the irs was discovered to be targeting conservative political groups looking for tax-free status. he told the house commit

it shows it was a mile wide tornado at this point when it went just south of the cleburne area. this was a powerful storm. the ones that form over the top of these towns, dhoent get a lot of lead time. they probably barely heard any tornado sirens before it hit. >> certainly in our thoughts this morning. thanks so much, bill. >> now to washington. the irs scandal cost the man at the top his job. steve miller was acting commissioner for six months. he was made aware last year that some inspectors were putting extra scrutiny on conservative nonprofits. while the ouster satisfied some republicans, some critics say this is far from over. >> my question isn't about who's going to resign. my question is who's going to jail over this scandal? >> last night president obama announced the resignation and expressed his own irritation with these allegations. >> i've reviewed the treasury department watchdog's report and the misconduct that had been covered is inexcusable. it's inexcusable. and americans are right to be angry about it. and i'm angry about it. >> the department of justice say

it just went to the south-southwest of cleburne, i was one mile wide.y real severe weather in the forecast today. but this just goes to show you, you don't need an outbreak. you only need one. >> you don't mess with mother nature. thanks, bill. we appreciate it. at the top of the hour, "morning joe." the head of the irs on his way out. will this stem the criticism from both sides of the aisle? the panel will break it down. when we come back here, we'll hang around the water cooler. how much would you pay for this kind of painting of tv legend bea arthur and why letterman says it's worth millions. we'll be right back. >>> time to huddle around the water cooler. of course, the shameless video that we have to show you because it's too good not to from johnstown, pennsylvania. a deer, full speed, into the windshield of a bus. now, of course, he struggles to get out, tries to escape through the smashed window. the driver just keeps driving. only one passenger on the bus. i mean this is -- i feel bad for the guy. it's like when the bird gets stuck in my garag

. >> reporter: 25 miles away, another twister, likely an ef-3, tore through the small town of cleburne, and a third storm destroyed more homes west of ft. worth. >> we were sound asleep, then this piece falls atop of me, then this piece falls right beside me. it was unreal. >> reporter: but despite the death toll in granbury, officials credit the early warning system here with saving lives. >> i knew this was going to be one of the worst i've ever seen, and it was. >> reporter: now a massive effort is under way to find those still missing, reunite families. >> it was bad. it was the scariest thing i've ever been in. >> reporter: and clean up the debris. as for the missing, authorities are hopeful that they're not trapped in the rubble but maybe simply haven't told officials exactly where they are. still, emergency responders plan to keep searching, brian. >> gabe gutierrez starting us off from granbury, texas, tonight. gabe, thanks. let's go to weather channel meteorologist mike seidel, also part of our team there. mike, this was a long wind-up. a 26-minute siren blast will get your at

. >> when it got south of the city, it turned left and head north towards cleburne. >> ben and his family were in the way. >> i'm still in shock. >> reporter: they lost everything. the utility companies are here. the power companies are here, getting the lights turned back on. the recovery starts now, but it's not over yet. there are still watches and warnings in louisiana tonight. >> such a tough few days in north texas. thanks so much, steve osunsami. >>> now we head off to washington and the president under pressure from a trifecta of scandals. we wondered, behind closed doors, what is this president really saying and doing? here's abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: during a rose garden press conference today the president got a little extra protection from the elements, courtesy of the marines. >> there we go. that's good. >> reporter: but he could use more than an umbrella. >> my concern is making sure that if there's a problem in the government, that we fix it. >> reporter: the problem -- too many problems. the most immediate, the irs's targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-ex

. >> no deaths were reported in cleburne but the mayor declared a state of the emergency to start theent to rebuild. >> it strikes home hard as i see them come out and they are seeing the damages that we are dealing with. >> the national weather service out of fort worth said this storm system generated ten separate tornados. >> casy, thank you. >> two more potential problems for the administration and two on-going scandals and the president addressed the press in the rain in the rose garden. we'll go over it with our all-stars when we return. ♪ our business needs more cases. [ male announcer ] where do you want to take your business? i need help selling art. [ male announcer ] from broadband to web hosting to mobile apps, small business solutions from at&t have the security you need to get you there. call us. we can show you how at&t solutions can help you do what you do... even better. ♪ capitol hillmy options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. th

in cleburne weather officials now think it was an ef-3 that cut a second path of destruction half a mile wide. across this state, many of those who lost their homes now so thankful they didn't lose their lives. >> my cars are gone. my house is gone but my children are here and we're okay. >> reporter: there was severe weather overnight in louisiana but nothing compared to the destruction that happened here. george? >> boy, it hit so hard. thanks. >>> now to washington where president obama is trying to turn the corner after a tough week sending off controversy. that rain came right in the middle of yesterday's press conference with the prime minister of turkey said it all. abc's jon karl is here with that. boy, will the white house be happy to see this week gone. >> reporter: they got a strategy, the first part, simply to respond forcefully to these controversies. you know, you now saw the second official at the irs forced out yesterday. the second to move on. he'll be in baltimore talking about one of his central proposals from the state of the union address, universal pre-k education.

, there was nobody killed there which is good news for cleburne. search. they're hoping to not find anybody else killed but they're hoping to find people that they haven't found thus far. they're planning on taking the media on a tour this morning so the reporters can see some of the damage. we should have more information later today. charlie, gayle and norah, back to you. >>> investigators tell our john miller that boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev left a farewell note. the note said he did not mourn the death of his brother tamerlan tsarnaev and he said he's now a martyr and dzhokhar would soon join him. dzhokhar also wrote that the bombings were inspired by attacks on muslims. he called the victims in boston collateral damage. the message was written on the inside of the boat. >>> the head of the internal revenues service had nothing to say this monk steven miller was asked to resign yesterday. it's the first major change after irs had admitted to targeting conservative groups. the president said americans have a right to be angry. >> i'

in cleburn it was an ef-3.this area doesn't need rain. there is a recovery and the search effort going on. pointing out there are storms moving through parts of cleburne and granbury. our reporter mentioned hearing thunder as well as lightning. that will end around noon cle g clearing out for the weekend. a boundary system to the north where we'll see storms. for the northeast, beautiful today. for saturday, sunday and monday we're talking a really good chance we could see super cells developing and producing tornadoes. we are talking areas like kansas city as well as st. louis. very highly populated regions. on a wide view, you will see sunshine in the central part of the u.s. for areas over to the east it will be beautiful out there. high pressure is in control. we are talking boston, new york, even into d.c., highs in the lower 80s and lower 70s. have a nice weekend. back to you. >> i think we will. thank you. appreciate it. we have dramatic video of a raging inferno in a car and a rescue. two men were uncon

cleburne, texas, hit by an ef3.ciated with the storms moving over similar areas. the ground is saturated from texas into arkansas up into the great lakes. so flab flosh flooding is a con. this is something else we'll keep an eye on. >> maria, thank you very much. >> he was governor of mississippi when hurricane katrina beared down on his state. many tornadoes have come his way. who better to talk to than governor haley barbour? he's coming to our studio in a moment. our landing time got moved back another hour. ( crowd chatters and groans ) hunger creeping up on you ? stash a ritz crackerfuls. made with real cheese and whole grain. don't get caught hungry. ritz crackerfuls. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband? well, yeah, yes. the "name your price" tool. you tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a

further east, the national weather service says storm spotters report seeing a mile wide twister near cleburnethere are power outages and potential gas leaks. again, if you're just joining us, the sheriff's office is reporting multiple fatalities from a tornado there, here's video we want to show you coming to us from ktvt showing an overturned semitractor trailer, when you look at this, it gives you a sense of just how powerful the storm was. let's show you the scene in downtown dallas, sirens are going off, letting people know of the potential danger. a tornado warning is in effect there, until 10:15 local time. let's get the very latest on the situation in hood county now, sheriff roger deeds joins us now on the food. what can you tell us about the situation in hood county right now? >> the vast majority of our devastation with the homes being destroyed, that's where we have multiple casualties, i'm not sure how many multiple injuryie with people losing limbs, amputees. i'm not sure how many injuries we have. we're trying to coordinate that through the triage area and get them all the help

cleburne could be seeing more tornadoes. >> megyn: do we know why it was just a 16-minute warning? >> that's relatively on average i believe it's a 12-minute warning. we did know that there was a moderate risk for storms throughout the whole day and we also knew that there was that chance for severe storms across parts of oklahoma but, unfortunately, with these tornadoes, they typically only last several minutes, maximum amounts typically maybe an hour or greater than that. it's such a short notice and they develop so quickly it's just very important for everyone to always stay alert when we know that that risk for possible tornadoes and damaging winds and hail is in place out here. that's what we are talking about today. in texas, into arkansas, so everyone out here remain alert. have a way to get those warnings throughout the day. >> megyn: take the threat of mother nature very seriously. maria molina, thank you. >> thank you. >> megyn: we are hearing some the extreme ways that people tried to hide from the storm. rescue workers say they found a mother and her 7-month-old baby hi

. >> granbury and cleburne where the storm left many homeless and killed at least six.rles, assess the situation for us. particularly, do they think anyone out there might be missing and trapped? >> well, the latest missing number is now down to seven. it was 14 overnight, but the sheriff says they've lowered that number now to seven missing. and unaccounted for is probably a better term to use. six people died in this stormover night. about 50 were injured as the storm came through at the worst possible time, at nighttime. you can't see it coming. and even though residents said they heard the sirens and they saw the warnings on tv and some even got reverse 911 calls, they said they did not expect such a fierce and ferocious storms. but it did come and it leveled a neighborhood of granbury. about a hundred homes are in this neighborhood. 60 of them were built by habitat for humanity. and a spokesman for habitat for humanity says that all 60 homes in this neighborhood built by that organization were destroyed last night in the storm. we don't know any more detail other t

kenneth cleburne royal was forced into early retirement for refusing to desegregate the army a year aftericemen confront that resistant and deal with that resistance that continued after the order was given without falling apart and turning on each other p? >> the branches acted differently. the army air corps was a separate branch along with the united states navy. they began to desegregate. the army proved in trance jent. the army, particularly senior officers, did not want it desegregate its branch. president truman's order was two years old. >> you mentioned that truman saw this as one step forward on a broader march towards civil rights. and equality. how did desegregating the military impact that broader struggle? >> well, as toure noted in the introduction, the fight for double victory, victor against racism, abroad and against fascism at home, became the first victory in what we call the civil rights movement. president truman spoke to all white audiences about what he called the brothermen of all men before the law. he said, we owed negros legal equality. he believed he today do

. >> holman: there also was heavy damage in the town of cleburne. told, the national weather services said up to ten tornadoes struck the region. this morning, with several the sheriff of hood county, where granbury is located, spoke this afternoon. >> search mode is pretty much winding down, and we're going into a recovery mode now, but we're not going to stop searching until every piece of debris is overturned and we can make sure nobody is there, no pets, before we start the clean up on this. >> holman: authorities warned that the death toll still could rise as the search continues. federal and state officials have not yet pinpointed the cause of last month's fertilizer plant explosion and fire in west, texas. but, they said today, they're not yet ruling out criminal activity. 14 people died at the plant, including ten first responders and two volunteers fighting the fire. the april 17 blast leveled homes and even registered as a small earthquake in the area. in west today, officials reported on their month-long investigation. >> the cause of thi

we're very fortunate in cleburne that we didn't have a sing l casualty and we didn't have a single major injury, yet we have lost hundreds of homes. and our citizens are very resilient. they're sticking together. >> where were you when the tornado hit? describe the experience from your own perspective. >> yes. i was sitting at the kitchen table with my seventh grade son doing homework. we were watching the news and watching the storm very carefully. when the warning sirens went off, we had a plan to rally into the closet. we did so. as soon as my family was secured and i knew they were safe, then we went to city hall to start our emergency plan to make sure the rest of the citizens were safe. >> and you're going to go have a tour around from the air, is that correct? >> that's correct. i've been on the ground all night talking with our citizens, talking with our first responders, making certain that our citizens are taken care of. i've declared a state of emergency and a state of catastrophe. and we're working with local officials, state officials and we're going to be looking at it from

in cleburne, no deaths were reported there. right now residents are picking up the pieces. they're staying with family members and friends and the search continues for the seven people that are still unaccounted for. the official death toll stands at six right now. >> thank you very much. for more on the texas tornadoes, let's check in with paul goodloe. i was talking with my mother. it was the early warning that saved lives. i believe they had about 14 minutes of heads up time to get into shelter places there. >> [ inaudible ]. >> it looks like we've lost our connection with paul. the bottom line as it stands, several people still missing. you heard gabe gutierrez. we do have paul. what is the latest you can tell us? i know we're expecting more severe weather. >> this is the recap from last night. about 40 miles south of ft. worth, 70 miles from dallas. early warning really saved a lot of people. bad news and good news this year. the bad news is we're in may and may is the peak of the severe season. the tornado season across the u.s. the good news is back since march, we'v

>>catherine:near cleburne, a town about an hour outside dallas, the injured have been taken to hospitals while rescue and recovery crews make sure they have accounted for every last person. >>"the main concern is life safety and finding any victims that still need our help. makin sure we tend to those victims and their pets >>catherine:while texans pick up the pieces, they are still keeping an eye on the sky. it's just the beginning, this weekend because a massive trough is suppose to come in and more tornadoes plains. >>catherine:the latest numbers: six dead, 37 hurt and more than 1=hundred homes damaged or >>pam:we are now just three days away from this years bay to breakers. you can watch it all. right here on kron4 starting at 8- am on sunday. the annual san francisco foot race draws big crowds every year. right now, preparations are underway. kron 4's justine waldman is live tonight. at the finish line. to tell us about the changes for this years race. jusitne? >> justine: right now. crews are getting ready for the 30-thousand plus runners who will be here on sunday. you can see. so

in cleburne there is a lot of damage as well. who died in this storm, in this series of tornadoes all in the rancho brazos area were told the rescue task force continued to search overnight. that will continue throughout the day. we saw the numbers signifying the search was completed and what was found. in this area, one thing that stood out is that the devastation was everywhere. not skipping a house and one stands without damage and the next house is completely gone. but all the houses had some damage. most of it severe. >> just looking at the pictures behind you it's incredible. what can you tell us about the six people who died in the stormses. >> we just received their names and ageses as well. what's remarkable about that is that most of them are seniorseses, as old as 82 years old. one person in their 30s. we are still learning more about who they were. but we are learning that they were mostly elderly people questioning maybe if they were sick and shut in and could not get out. so the search continueses and the work to cl

some cities, tyler, texas, waco, cleburne, in texas you saw a tornado last week.ooking possibility of more tornadoes as we head into the afternoon. shreveport and el dorado, you're also in the area out here. flash flooding is also a big concern, the storm is slow-mover it is producing heavy rain and the ground is already saturated. jenna, on monday, yesterday we saw 22 reported tornados, unbeing the ef-4 in moore. that has not been confirmed yet. it could be upgraded to an ef-5. we saw the awful images out of area, devastating, more than 100 reports of large hail and over 200 reports of strong wind. that is more than 60 miles per hour. jenna: another busy day in the weather center. maria, back to you as we get more news. >> thank you. jon: emergency crews and volunteers in oklahoma literally have been working around the clock since yesterday's killer tornados, searching for any remaining survivors. sergeant jeremy lewis from the moore police department joins us now. originally we thought, sir, that 51 people were dead. we were happy to hear that that number was re

cleburne, texas, you had confirmed tornado in your area.granbury, texas where we had confirmed, e-4 tornado you're in the zone of severe weather. tyler texas, shreveport, louisiana, el dorado, arkansas, you're in the risk for severe storms. this has been a slow-mover. so we've been seeing multiple days of severe weather in the center of the country into the midwest. the ground is already saturated from previous heavy rains. so flash flooding is another concern we need to keep an eye on. anywhere from southern parts of illinois, southeastern parts of missouri. into north even portions texas. that is another concern. martha, on average we see tornados generally in the late afternoon and evening hours. the sun comes out. that heats up the atmosphere and provides the instability for these thunderstorms to develop, and that's why on average we do tend to see tornados that time of the day. this is something to keep in mind. you could see a tornado anytime of the day even overnight hours and any day of the year in our country. we're tracking storm

there's granbury in cleburne, as well. the storms pushing through at about 8:15 central time.ed through, they brought those tornadoes that really devastated the region. right now, we've got that same line moving to the east. it's lost a lot of the punch and that's good news. the other big story we're tracking right now, the heat. the jet stream is way, way up to the north and that's going to bring heat from the midwest and the rockies all the way into the plain states. you can look, though, we were looking at a lot of wet weather stretching from the great lakes all the way down into texas, some clouds in the pacific northwest, the heat continues in the southwest. 100 degrees in phoenix today, plenty of sunshine along the coast with a high of 83 t >>> 7:56 on a thursday morning. you are close to the weekend. getting to work might be a little more difficult with showers on the radar. a live picture of mostly cloudy conditions over san jose. this is what we are working with. most highways are nice and slick. highs are going to be cool today. noticeablyooler an yesterday. 71 to li

meanwhile school is canceled in the nearby community of cleburne. to the national weather service the twister that hit there was a massive ef3. listen to the sheriff describe the aftermath. >> that area has been effected so bad they are not going to have water any time soon. they are not going to have electricity any time soon. those homes that are standing are uninhabit itabl uninch uninhabitable for the most part. >> i have people missing. we will go until every piece of debris is turned over and no one is missing in there. i don't have 100% of people checked in. i have half a dozen or so missing, we will continue and call it search and recovering. arthel: chief meteorologist rick weymouth is in the fox extreme weather center with more. >> reporter: so far really it's been a pretty calm severe weather season until just the other day. now we'll see a lot more activity over the next few days. they are out searching for the seven missing. the national weather service people are out there investigating how strong the storms were. now they are up to sa

we're following, this tornado right here or this storm actually took a right turn and then moved into cleburn. typically for the month of may, you usually see about 322 tornadoes. right now we've only had reports of three confirmed tornadoes. a lot of that is because it's been so cold. so we haven't had that severe weather. pointing out to you as we go through the next couple of days. it's going to be very hot. for people who don't have homes and sun rise comes today at 6:28. survey teams will be out there at 6:00 a.m. surveying the damage within four counties. these numbers continue to go up. >> jennifer gel gado, thank you. >>> a first on cnn. attack on the u.s. consulate in bengha benghazi. the two men who headed up the state department's review of the events are demanding a public hearing to defend their reputation. in a letter obtained by cnn to congressman darrell issa, admiral michael mullen and general thomas pickering say it's not in the public interest for them to be questioned behind closed doors. they write, in our view, requiring a closed door proceeding before we testify publicl

. >> you tweeted, life threatening situation, mile wide tornado heading toward cleburn, texas.d enough warning to take shelter? >> yeah, the national weather service, the storm chasers in the field, the emergency managers, everybody was working together. and the warning was definitely there. and this is one of those situations that the tornado was so strong that, yes, it had that strong wording in the warning. and if you were above ground, if you're not taking that necessary precautions, i mean, it's a difference between life or death. very strong tornadoes are skaur scary. that's why people need to have storm shelters or have a safety plan in place and be proactive and have noaa weather radios and batteries charged up, above ground shelters, storm rooms. but people need to be proactive and take these warnings seriously. you never know, it could be the worst case scenario and you have to assume the worst case scenario when the warnings are issued. this this case, in rural hood county, who knows, the sirens were going off. the warnings were in place. i just hope that, you know,