kentucky, tennessee, the carolinas and parts of louisiana and even the florida panhandle saw some formsevere weather yesterday, damaging wind gusts, large hail, even tornados. we have two areas i want to highlight in mississippi and louisiana. we actually had one confirmed tornado in louisiana. ef-0 confirmed. and reports of power lines coming down in mississippi. that storm system on the move today. we have winter weather to talk about. winter weather advisories because more snow is possible across sections of new england and the upper great lakes. and that tornado watch, including parts of virginia, north carolina, and south carolina through later this morning. >> very troubling, thank you. it could be a troubling new warning about north korea's intentions. a defense intelligence agency report finds north korea likely has the capability of arming a missile with a nuclear warhead. but the pentagon is down playing that report. david piper is live in south korea with the very latest for us. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning. he is on his first leg of his asian tour. high te

severe weather risks parts of ohio valley, tennessee, florida panhandle. you are talking about more tornadoes damaging wind gusts. very cold. 18 degrees is the current temperature in denver 58 in new york city. >> 18 degrees in denver and they have the snow, too. >> incredible. >> it is time for the 5@5:30. a gunman who held four firefighters hostage inside his georgia home has been shot dead. well that explosion you just heard set off by a swat team after several hours of negotiations. they stormed the gunman's home exchanging firefight with him. the gunman called 911 fake ago heart attack. 5 firefighters responded. he took them hostage only allowing one of them to go to move the fire truck. >> the neighbor wood was blocked off. there were firefighters and a couple of dogs out here. >> the gunman demanded his power cable and cell phone be turned back on. the home was in foreclosure. >> the fox news reporter has been failed jail time. before james holmes shot up a movie theater in colorado he sent a package to a psychiatrist. that included a notebook full

unusual at the santa rosa correctional institution, a maximum security prison located on the florida panhandle. >> but today, there's a downpour inside c dorm, and it has nothing to do with the weather. >> well, an inmate break the sprinkler head on the cell in, what was it, 12, 10, i believe. we'll shut off the water to the cell to minimize the damage. have the inmate submit to restraints, and then we'll deal with the issue from there. >> the water is flowing from the cell of inmate troy wagner, who is serving 20 years for aggravated assault and attempted sexual battery. wagner says he broke the sprinkler head by accident. it all stemmed from an incident earlier in the day. >> i was angry and mad and i had slung feces in the cell. when i get upset and angry, i end up doing things like that. >> like that? you've done that before? >> yes, ma'am. >> really? so, what does that gain you? how does that help? >> it don't. it don't help me at all. it just puts me in more worse and worse and worse spots. >> wagner had spread feces all around his cell, including the sprinkler head, and he says he was o

>>> just east of pensacola, in the florida panhandle, is 84 acres of some of the most dangerous land in the state. this is the santa rosa correctional institution, a maximum security prison with more than 2,800 inmates. >> roll out. i have over 200 inmates that are serving life sentences, and i have over 200 inmates that are serving 25-year mandatory senses. our population here at santa rosa consists of inmates that are violation of probation to drug charges to burglary to rape or murder. just coming to work, the correctional officers in an institution put themselves in danger every day. >> back out, kneel down. you do it when i tell you to, you understand? i worry about them 24 hours a day. the worst thing you can have happen as a warden is one of your staff members hurt or loss of one of your staff members. >> i am going to put it in these terms to just be honest and understanding that this is a war. so, you don't know what to expect from day to day and minute to minute. you can't beat the people that made the system and made the rules and have all the power. >> j.c., your locker i

long from central and northern mississippi, alabama, right on down even into, there you go, the florida panhandle. earlier today, pickens county into mississippi right through about macon, mississippi and into macedonia into alabama this is what rolled through here. this was a very large wedge-shaped tornado. one person was killed that we know of. power lines are down. trees are down everywhere from this big tornado. i would suspect, jake, this was probably an ef-3 tornado. at least 150 miles per hour. they are rare in the south but they are happening today and as you said, if you live anywhere in mississippi, alabama, georgia, maybe tennessee, north florida, you need to pay attention tonight. the potential is there for this type of weather all night long. it is now warming up. we're at 3:00 central time. 4:00 eastern. the hottest part of the day, that's when we expect the biggest storms to develop. >> chad, give us an idea in layman's terms. how bad was the tornado that touched down earlier today in kemper county, mississippi? >> you know, i mean that's a tornado that you would expect in kansas

a tornado watch is in effect for the florida panhandle and southwestern georgia where heavy rains are already soaking cities like new orleans and pensacola. back here in fargo, this is not just a winter storm. it is also an added threat for what could be major spring flooding as early as next week. volunteers have made 1 million sandbags here hoping to hold back the water of the red river but they're also holding their breath hoping winter will finally say good-bye. >> janel klein in snowy fargo tonight, thanks. >>> in washington state, bad weather today forced rescuers to suspend their search for a snowshoer who became trapped in an avalanche. it happened in the cascade mountains yesterday. the avalanche carried three snowshoers down some 1,200 feet at speeds that reached more than 50 miles an hour. two of them were rescued in a second avalanche a snowshoer died from injuries she suffered. >>> more fallout today from the shot heard around the golf world this weekend. that controversial play by tiger woods at the masters tournament in augusta, georgia. nbc's kerry sanders has the late

on the florida panhandle i pensacola. >> is there a prison down there? >> good question. are in a prison down there. >> i tried to stay away from prison. >> sunday, march 10, was when this article was published. -- are we not allowed of classified lot features on this airplane. it has a lot of electronic warfare capabilities. it has a lot of really high-tech sensors that are able to the backing up data, see what is up on the ground from a distance and crunch it all through computing technology. there is a lot of capabilities to this airplane that the military and lockheed martin could not talk to me about. >> when the f-35 finishes testing, there will be no yes or no, up or down decisions. deliberate, it was solomon and of ensuring it could not be cancelled. -- it was all in the name of ensuring it could be -- it could not be cancelled. think isaks to what i the most remarkable way in which this program was designed. cutters onade budget capitol hill. normally you would think when you are designing an airplane, you build a prototype. you kick the tires. and then you decid

. >> 30 miles away from pensacola, in the small town of milton on the florida panhandle lies a compoundhat's never on the itinerary of local tour buses. but once a week another bus, one nobody willingly rides, passes through the gates of the santa rosa correctional institution, florida's toughest maximum security prison. >> we get between 40 to 70 inmates a week, by school-sized buses that are secure. >> everybody get your shirts tucked in, get your i.d.s out. >> we get intakes from all over the state of florida. they can be new inmates coming in through the reception center or inmates coming from other institutions that their level, custody levels change. >> watch your step. watch your step. >> they'll come in through our bay. typically, they'll have their property with them. we'll identify them as they come off the bus, then drop their property and we'll go through their property individually. >> get the knots out of the bags. if you have your bag with a knot in it, get it undone. >> we're trying to do this as expediently as possible and making sure there are no weapons or shanks that

greatest risk in alabama, georgia, and the florida panhandle. >>> in suburban atlanta, a deadly end to a bizarre hostage taking. >> oh, let's go, let's go. stand by, new york, stand by. >> police used a stun grenade so loud it set off car alarms across the quiet neighborhood. a s.w.a.t. team entered the home and after a brief gun fight, the hostage taker is dead. the hostages? firefighters that responded to a call that turned into a trap. martin savidge in suwanee with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. as you point out, really a troubling story here. it was according to authorities, a phony call that lured the firefighters to come here, believing they were treating somebody who needed to be rescued. once firefighters got here, they found out they were the ones in need of help. >> we know that firefighters routinely run toward danger. but not this. >> when they made entry into the home, they were taken hostage by him. >> began 3:40 wednesday afternoon. firefighters near atlanta, called to what they thought was a man havi

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anywhere from kentucky down to parts of louisiana, and also the florida panhandle.avy rain associated with that storm system across parts of virginia, north carolina, up in to parts of pennsylvania and some snow across the great lakes and west as south gadaco the. part of south dakota picked up 20 inches of snow. still snowing there. sections of new england looking at a wintry mix. winter weather advisories in effect out there. winter storm warning in effect for the u.p. of michigan, because they can see up to a foot of snow. severe threat ongoing across parts of north carolina. tornado watch is in effect for raleigh to parts of virginia. that is in effect until 9:00 a.m. eastern time. so keep that in mind. stay safe. if any warnings are issued for your county you have to seek shelter immediately. we'll head back inside. brian, grilled cheese coming up soon. perfect day today in new york city for grilled cheese. >> brian: maria, we called a audible. we are going to give the grilled cheese indoors, give anna kooiman back her umbrella. >> maria: i will. >> steve: we h

that severe threat stretching from ohio into the florida panhandle. >>steve: crazy weather day. maria, thank you very much. >>brian: president obama continues his charm offensive dining with several republicans last night. some say as many as 12. but it looks like his new budget will still face quite a battle. we're live in washington with the details. we have a long road ahead of us still. >> it's going to be a long, hot summer and a lot of debate on both sides. hours after the president unveiled his spending plan, he followed up with a tool from his charm offensive campaign, hosting republican senators at the white house for dinner. this as they tried to swallow the proposed budget plan which calls for nearly $300 billion in new spending. at the same time it does outline $580 billion in new revenue over the next decade, a solution white house press secretary jay carney says is much more responsible than that of house budget committee chairman paul ryan. >> you don't have to go the route of chairman ryan which is to devastate programs that help the middle class, block grant and

weather moving through the deep south, stretching from new orleans all the way down into the florida panhandle, tulsa, oklahoma, baaing to dallas and also down into texas. severe weather. once april hits, that's when the severe weather goes crazy. >> for us we're waiting for the system tomorrow. upper 40ss, mid-50s -- upper 40s, mid-50s. 49 san francisco. 32 in tahoe. they did make it to 29 this morning. 45 ukiah. already 70, 70 in palm springs. our low is on the way. it will track to the north of us. it will drag across a lot of clouds and some rain. foggy morning. some low clouds and fog. warm inland. mix bag of sun and clouds. 60s to 70s. 70 novato. clearlake 75. 76 for antioch. livermore, 74. 72 walnut creek. 66 alameda. berkeley, 67. 71 in san jose, 76 gilroy. 73 cupertino. saratoga, mountain view, palo alto in thered, redwood city, 68. dc and pacifica, 62. cloudy with rain on thursday into parts of friday and then partly sunny, partly cloudy on the weekend. maybe a little cooler with rain to the north. >> thank you, steve. >>> nine-week-long tree sitting proehl test in mendocino county h

weather moving through the deep south, stretching from new orleans all the way down into the florida panhandleichita, tulsa, oklahoma, baaing to dallas and also down into texas. severe weather. once april hits, that's when the severe weather goes crazy. >> for us we're waiting for the system tomorrow. upper 40ss, mid-50s -- upper 40s, mid-50s. 49 san francisco. 32 in tahoe. they did make it to 29 this morning. 45 ukiah. already 70, 70 in palm springs. our low is on the way. it will track to the north of us. it will drag across a lot of clouds and some rain. foggy morning. some low clouds and fog. warm inland. mix bag of sun and clouds. 60s to 70s. 70 novato. clearlake 75. 76 for antioch. livermore, 74. 72 walnut creek. 66 alameda. berkeley, 67. 71 in san jose, 76 gilroy. 73 cupertino. saratoga, mountain view, palo alto in thered, redwood city, 68. dc and pacifica, 62. cloudy with rain on thursday into parts of friday and then partly sunny, partly cloudy on the weekend. maybe a little cooler with rain to the north. >> thank you, steve. >>> nine-week-long tree sitting proehl test in mendocino co

mess of weather in atlanta and panhandle of florida. most exits south. it is too close. that's why we'll begin with clouds tomorrow afternoon. not bad in terms of temperatures. go 100-miles south. we find ourselves in the 70s. these are rain-cooled observations. look out near st. louis and back down into tulsa. it is 80 degrees. it is surpassing that in texas. mild air will be scooped up and pushed into maryland. not as hot as last week but mild with a southerly wind. there is a cold front out west over the ohio valley. this will sit there. it is called a stationary front. it could bring waves of showers and a thunderstorm over the next several days. we know it will be mild. we know it will be cloudy. each afternoon tuesday and wednesday, thursday and friday could feature a late day showers and thunderstorms. clouds tomorrow afternoon. not forecasting rain. isolated shower across the state. watch tuesday and wednesday. this could trigger a scattered shower or thunderstorm. it is the exception rather than the rule over the next several days. know unsettled this week compa

and across parts of kentucky, the carolinas, georgia, all the way down into the parts of the florida panhandleea that saw severe weather. nine reported tornados into including sections in mississippi, and alabama. kemper county heavy damage reported. trees down. power lines down and unfortunately fatalities from that area. f-0 was confirmed in southeastern louisiana, tammany parish. trees uprooted and see images of damage out of alabama. incredible stuff. unfortunately this is the time of the year you do tend to see severe weather, during the month of april, during the month of may and during the month of june. those are the three active months for severe weather. we could possibly see more scenes like this as we head into the next several months. as far as today goes the severe weather risk is very limited. we have strong storms in parts of north carolina. tornado watches have lifted in area. on the northern side. system something we're talking about, record snow over sections of the midwest. we're seeing more snow. up to a foot of snow across the sections of up in michigan. winter warm advis

a severe threat from parts of ohio to west virgina and parts of the florida panhandle and southeastern louisiana as well. new orleans a brand new tornado watch has been issued for the possibility of more tornadoes across parts of louisiana and also mississippi. martha: wow, big concerns with that. that's a busy weather map when you take a look at it and it is april. >> yes. martha: way too late in the season for the huge snowstorm like the northern plains is getting. maria, thank you very much. let's go to kim hudson from fox affiliate ktti. she has this report for us from the ground. >> reporter: here in the shenendoah valley elementary i will look behind me. part of the roof is lying on the ground. smaller pieces lying all over the parking lot. we did hear from district officials contractors said they can install a temporary roof structure to protect the inside from anymore rain. right now the school is shut down because we hear that inside the carpets are soaked. wood pieces have fallen into several kindergarten and first grade classrooms. it looks like oatmeal all over the floor. w

can't rule out that isolated tornado, and that includes even the southern part of georgia, that florida panhandletowards the peninsula, so keep an eye to the skies, as we always say to you. rainfall totals two to four inches across central florida. as we move up the coastline, for areas like georgia as well as into the carolinas, one to two inches of rainfall. and as i said, that will be making its way through the mid-atlantic and northeast on friday. so, get ready for the rain. but for today, a lot of sunshine around for the northeast and the same for the southwest. high temperatures look a lot better for today. we're talking 50s out there as well as the 60s. i think you'll take that in new york. back over to you two. >> baby steps. thank you, jennifer, appreciate it. >> baby steps are right. >>> 55 minutes after the hour. for five years, he wore a prison uniform and now an nfl jersey. an amazing story of second chances, coming up. did you know that if you wear a partial, you are almost twice as likely to lose the supporting teeth? even subtle movement of your partial can put stress on supportin

the early morning hours, storms staying strong across central and southern georgia into the florida panhandleeed all warnings out there through the morning. more storms expected on through our friday. the main threat for severe storms, eastern north carolina, southeastern virginia. the masters ongoing in augusta, georgia. good news, storms look like they move out by the afternoon. perhaps the morning round could be an issue. by the afternoon we dry out. gorgeous weekend on tap. keeping snow in place across northern new england. our low moves its way north and eastward. couple spots including, central, northern maine. 3 to 6 inches of snow expected. john, marci, back to you. >> jim, thank you. here is the rest of your friday forecast. drying out for much of the midwest. snow showers from the dakotas through minnesota and michigan. mountain snow in the northern rockies. showers in the pacific northwest. >> 50s from seattle to salt lake city. upper 80s, phoenix, miami. 40s for the much of the midwest. >>> a little girl in florida is recovering this morning after a terrible family accident. the t

but there's the best chance of seeing more severe storms into the panhandle of florida today. we'll keep an eye out for those severe storms. and heavy snow across parts of minnesota where a foot of snow is possible. tornados, hail, heavy gusty winds and snowfall totals up around a foot. this is one of those storms that has most of the country talking. >> yeah. with concerns about tornadic activity. >>> stocks continue to surge today. we'll tell you what's moving your money. >>> plus, an amazing medical break through about pain and your brain. >>> a new bridge has a real fire-breathing dragon. it's not disneyland. "first look" is back in three. [ male announcer ] what are happy kids made of? bikes and balloons, and noodles on spoons. a kite, a breeze, a dunk of grilled cheese. catches and throws, and spaghettio's. a wand, some wings, soup with good things. sidewalks and doodles and wholesome noodles. puddles and pails and yes, puppy dog tails. for a lunch like this, there's a hug and a kiss. because that's what happy kids are made of. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do.

today, alabama, georgia, panhandle of florida. they could see an isolated tornado or two.razy spring storm continues. and you can see where the warm is just hanging on down across the southeast. but it has dropped into the 40s in texas. 34 degrees in kansas city all because of this cold front moving eastward. and you can see right along that cold front is where we have the potential of stronger storms. no tornado watches in effect just yet. western kentucky and tennessee expired. the best chance of seeing damaging winds, large hail will be across the gulf coast states for today. right now the heavy rain continues from louisville, into bowling green, memphis, tennessee. and lots of lightning with this storm system moving across parts of louisiana. on the backside, we have a lot of snow. the snow is coming down very heavy. northwest of minneapolis and st. cloud, minnesota where we could end up today with up to 9 to 12 inches of snow. so this is just a big spring time snowstorm in the northern plains. we'll have to watch out for severe storms later this afternoon in the gulf.

reported waterspouts off the panhandle of florida. tonight, we have a little -- kansas city to st. louis. watch this. this is the beginning of severe weather this week. hail and damaging wind threat, st. louis, tulsa, oklahoma city tomorrow. >> ginger zee, great to have with you with us. thank you. >>> we're going to turn to washington tonight. and last week, we reported on lawmakers and their debate over whether to have a debate on gun control. after a vote, they will, this week. many are certain the reason why, the mothers and fathers from newtown, who lined the halls of congress with pictures of their children. here's abc's reena ninan tonight. >> reporter: they are the sweet angelic faces of the newtown victims. making it uncomfortable for lawmakers to do nothing. >> sometimes i close my eyes. and all i can remember is that awful day, waiting at the sandy hook volunteer firehouse for the boy who would never come home. >> reporter: raw. emotional. and refusing to leave washington. the families of newtown victims finding unexpected allies. joe manchin, risking his a-rating from t

florida. >> jimmy: where is that? >> on the panhandle right at alabama and florida borderline. >> i didn't know that. >> jimmy: your dad was a professional surfer? >> yeah. a five time u.s. champion. >> jimmy: wow. maybe that's not good. was that good growing up? did you surf also? >> i surfed when i was three. he thought i was going to be a world-famous surfer. but the clincher is he married a woman, my mother, who did not like the beach. and she begged my father, she can't get skin cancer and instead of surfing he put me in dance class and called it land surfing. >> jimmy: did your mom work? >> i was her job. i'm a handful. slathering me with sunscreen and taking me to dancing. >> jimmy: is it true you were discovered by regis and kathie lee? >> i was in the audience. my father new kathie lee when he was a surfer. she was junior miss and he was east coast champion surfer. they met then and kept in touch and i'm 17 going to new york to audition for theater schools. and when i was there at my auditions i sat in the audience and met her and she talked to me on the show and the c

across the gulf coast, that's the low pressure moving into parts of louisiana, mississippi, florida panhandlend there's the next weather maker, bringing snow across the midwest and talking severe threat. sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, the threat for severe weather, including winds and hail and some of the same areas hit last week and that's an area we were mentioning, look the at the snow and unbelievable, 6 to 12 inches across the rockies and upper midwest and northern plains and it's just ongoing. i wish i could take my magic wand and make it springtime everywhere, but unfortunately we're digging out. >> anna: wave your fingers or wiggle your nose. >> i thought people i could do that, doesn't work. >> clayton: it's cute, but hasn't resulted in weather patterns changing. >> i can do a little dance, but again, doesn't help much. >> clayton: thanks, janice. the tale, speaking of baseball legend jackie robinson hitting a home run at the box office with the new film "42" if it's snowing and you can't go to a real game, the movie is powerful. it's a story though about faith. watch. >> i want

see all across new orleans, back up into jackson, mississippi, and spreading east into the panhandle of floridaern florida, too, where they could end up with up to four inches of rainfall out of these storm systems. we also have this snowstorm up into the dakotas, especially north dakota and northern minnesota. there is the chance we could end up with another foot of snow. rain is likely down through the plains. we could see some severe storms today across southeastern kansas and oklahoma. that threat spreads east, especially for gusty winds, and also the heavier downpours and lightning, too. showers all across the great lakes as we head into monday, but milder in the northeast. and some morning showers are likely in the carolinas, but we'll still have the threat of thunderstorms down across florida and another bigger storm system makes its way into the pacific northwest with rain and snow showers extending from washington state, right over east into wyoming. and the warm air continues to sit across texas with southern texas topping out in the 80s and 90s by monday afternoon. but the cold air h

against what joe scarborough in the course he's running in a conservative district in the panhandle of little old floridad a very different position. let's put some of it on the screen. the questionnaire, he said the nra must elect and support candidates who will view the gun rights issue as a constitutional battle. the founding fathers did not give us the second amendment to protect our rights to shoot ducks. our constitutional right to bear arms, so we may protect our family in the manner we choose. no compromise. and by the way, he felt the same way about assault weapons. so he would argue i changed after newtown. i would argue that he wants to be loved by the establishment and joe scarborough is no conservative as he's portrayed. >> yeah. but look, sean, you can change your mind. that's perfectly fine. but if you listen to the words in that last clip, that was a personal attack. that was barak obama, joe biden, harry reid. that was bomb throwing of the worst rhetorical kind and personal insults. now, he's aiming them against people who supported exactly what he supported. you can have a difference of

rainfall amounts anywhere from four to five inches of rain from eastern texas on into the panhandle of floridaaight up 80, 68 in redwood city. meanwhile mid-70s up in wine country. getting into the next couple of days, things start to change with rain tomorrow morning, showers continue for friday. a little break on saturday then more shower activity on sunday. >> that's your latest weather. "home alone 2." >> another one. >> not so good. should have been left home. >> yes. al, thank you. >>> coming up, the secret to getting what you want right after this. ♪ [ female announcer ] you never know what messes you'll run into while dusting. of course there's dust. in addition to dust, you might find a little latte. ♪ and maybe something beastly. mixed in with the dust, you may even find some pixie sneezes. compared to a dry duster, a can of pledge picks up more dust and cleans 100% of messes. pledge multi surface. dusts better. cleans more. s.c. johnson. a family company. when you're ready to add a necome to petsmart,ily,e. the destination for everything specialty pet. at the petsmart spring savings

panhandle. as we go through today as well as through friday, we're talking potentially flooding problems. three to five inches for areas just to the north of new orleans, and then for florida to four inches of rainfall. of course, that has to go somewhere. it will hit the northeast on friday. speaking of the northeast, you're going to have a little weather problem here. it was windy and cold yesterday. once again, it is still going to be cool. wind gusts 30 to 40 miles per hour. what you're seeing in the pink and the red shading, that is actually a red flag warning, and that means no burning out there. this is going to be in place really until about 8:00 this evening. on a wider view, cold air still in place, courtesy of this ridge of high pressure. and temperatures are still going to run 10 to 15 degrees below average. here's a look at the numbers for wednesday. 44 for chicago. 46 for new york. that's the same for the yankees and the mets game. washington, d.c., 51. as we move through friday, look at that. some of that warm air trying to surge back in. we'll start to see some 60s working in for areas including illinois as well as into missouri, and then for new york with