and he joins us on the phone from hattiesburg. aaron, good morning. thanks for doing this.t's the situation right now from your vantage point? >> right now things are still a little chaotic as this situation is still unfolding. the emergency services are overwhelmed right now. it looks like the hardest hit areas i could find was just off highway 49 at south pines drive on the south side of hattiesburg where there was multiple injuries, multiple houses damaged and even vehicles thrown off of the highway right there. >> aaron, can you tell us a little more about the injuries? we heard rob say multiple injuries but there are people trapped in homes. what do you know? >> correct, yeah, when i was parked on highway 49 when the tornado crossed directly in front of me, it crossed in front of us only about 100 yards and after everything calmed down there were a bunch of people shouting help me, help me, we need help. so, i quickly went over to that side street i was talking about earlier and there was a group of people, there was probably eight or nine people that came up to me say

it really is. >> near downtown hattiesburg, william carry university is shut down.tudents evacuated, cars tossed. dorms damaged. >> we got everybody into the bathrooms. it got pretty bad out there. wind, lightning striking all around us. >> look at that. >> overnight, howling winds knocked out power to thousands. the fast-moving storm system spawning more than a dozen tornadoes leaving a trail of damage across three states. and flooding communities in alabama and georgia. in mississippi, the governor has declared a state of emergency. >> all of a sudden, the windows come in and the house gets to flowing. i'm going through the rooms trying to dive on my daughters. >> darryl pulled his fiancee and two daughters to safety. >> all that came crashing down on me. i had -- i got strength from somewhere. i said god wasn't ready for me to go. >> the national weather service says the tornado that shredded this neighborhood was at least an ef-3 packing winds of 135 miles an hour. >> the system that caused all this damage is moving off the east coast. but adding insult to injur

a large and extremely dangerous tornado touching down near hattiesburg, mississippi, already reportsdamage and rob is tracking it all for us this morning. hi, rob. >> damage, injury, paula, good morning, dan. people trapped in their homes. search and rescue ongoing in this strong line of damaging thunderstorms with tornadoes heading into alabama as well. also some damage across southeast louisiana overnight but certainly the bull's-eye of significant damage is in hattiesburg, the dorms there you see caved in and collapsing and as i said multiple reports of injuries and this will be ongoing throughout the morning and daylight will reveal a lot more. west of montgomery, same sort of threat. two-day event. we'll watch for this line to progress off the east through the panhandle and maybe resurgence back through little rock and tomorrow across parts of the carolinas and florida. this gets up into the northeast, as well as a windstorm. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. >> this is not over, rob. we'll be back to you for more throughout the show. >>> more on this tornado, though

hattiesburg hit hard yesterday. we find adrienne bankert there this morning. adrienne?porter: yes, good morning to you, rob. you can see behind me, this church took a hit. the roof is gone. we saw parishioners taking out bibles and hymnals. they'll have to find some place else to worship this morning. nearby, southern miss' campus, completely untouched. another school nearby, took a direct hit in the storm's path. this morning, the city of hattiesburg, mississippi, devastated, after a tornado destroyed homes. winds of at least 136 miles per hour ripping the roof off this church. uprooting trees and power poles. tossing trailers like toys. >> i -- for nothing. just to survive. >> reporter: firefighters were able to rescue a woman trapped under her house. four people have been killed. >> this is what's left of our -- our house. >> reporter: here in the center of the destruction zone, darryl mcmorris is thankful his daughter didn't sleep in her bed. her mattress thrown into a tree. >> everything tossed like a rag doll. and then slammed to the floor and everything on top of

the city of hattiesburg, at the heart of the destruction.rees smashing through rooftops, homes decimated, walls gone. >> this is what's left of our house. >> reporter: darryl mcmorris' home, leveled. his daughter's mattress, thrown into a tree. >> next thing you know, everything just uprooted, throwed, tossed like a rag doll, then slammed to the floor and everything on top of it. >> reporter: his neighbor, in tears, seeing the damage for the first time. winds reaching at least 136 miles per hour. this church, ripped apart. only the brick walls left standing. the same spot hit by another tornado two years ago. and the campus of william carey university destroyed. >> johnson hall -- gone. >> reporter: cars overturned, the side of this brick building torn off, the roof of this lecture hall collapsed. firefighters using their bare hands to rescue this woman trapped under her house. four dead. more than two dozen homes destroyed. on the west coast, residents slammed with torrential rains triggering mudslides. phillip mena in the damage zone. >> c

a scene from hattiesburg, mississippi. roofs knocked off and power out. four people killed there. and a storm in the east and weather weather swamps the west. more on that in a moment. we begin with the tornado outbreak in steve osunsami. >> reporter: this will be a heartbreaking night for a number of families across south georgia, recovering from these tornadoes seen here that tore through this community. in this one mobile home community alone, seven people were killed. brenda griffen got out alive, some of her neighbor's didn't. >> we covered each other and we just laid there and we prayed, "lord, please let it pass over, let it pass over." >> reporter: first responders in cook county had to free people who were trapped under their own walls. jenny bullard had to crawl out from under hers. >> and then i opened up that door of my bedroom and when i opened it up the whole wall just fell in on me. and i crawled out from under it. and our back door then came in and hit me and knocked me down. >> reporter: so far across this state, 12 people have died in this storm. georgia's govern

hattiesburg, mississippi. four people killed there. and a storm in the east and we begin with tony thomas on the ground. >> reporter: this is a shooin mobile home park in georgia. this is as far as authorities will let us go. we have been told sirnlg and rescue crews are going stlu what is left of this park, looking for victims and any survivors. a deputy korener told us that they have been washed through. a firefighter told us they are using construction equipment to lift the debris all people. it's not over for the area. more storms are on the way. >> tony, thank you very much. and that seen, just one location hard-hit by the outbreak. states from the florida panhandle north to georgia. several major cities in the path. steve osunsami takes us with an update. >> reporter: this will be a heartbreaking night for a number of families across south georgia, recovering from these tornadoes seen here that tore through this community. in this one mobile home community alone, seven people were killed. brenda griffen got out alive, some of her

a memory hattiesburg mayor, johnny dupree, knows first hand.now what it's like for the people who have nothing left. >> i hate to say we know it too well. but the process is to make sure people are safe. >> reporter: and more destruction at william carey university. buildings are crushed. cars are overturned. the roof of this lecture hall collapsed. the school is now closed. until further notice. >> they need to know that help is on its way. >> reporter: and we want to be clear that mayor dupree lost his home four years ago with the strong ef-4 tornado. so he really knows how people feel right here. he says that folks that live in the affordable housing option of a trailer should not stay in those homes but should get out with tornado warnings. the red cross providing assistance. >> great advice. to the people across georgia and florida. and now the sbc set to issue a rare high risk for northern florida and south georgia today. as we go through time, a dangerous situation the back edge of the situation begins to swing through. the gulf of mexic

it really is. >> reporter: near downtown hattiesburg, william carey university is shut down, students evacuated, cars tossed, dorms damaged. >> we got everybody into the bathrooms, and it got pretty bad out there. just wind and power went out, lightning striking all around us. >> reporter: overnight, howling winds knocked out power to thousands. the fast-moving storm system spawning more than a dozen tornadoes, leaving a trail of damage across three states. and flooding communities in alabama and georgia. in declared a state of emergency. >> all of the sudden the windows come in and the house gets floating. i'm going through the room, trying to dive on my daughters. >> reporter: darrell mcmorris somehow survived the chaos, pulling his fiance and two daughters to safety. >> all that came crashing down on me. and i had to -- i got strength from somewhere. like i said, god wasn't ready for me to go. >> reporter: the national weather service now says the tornado that shredded this neighborhood with at least an ef-3, packing winds of more than 135 miles an hour. >> that was nbc's gabe guti

you're looking at newo from hattiesburg, mississippi the site of a deadly tornado.fficials now confirm four people are dead after the tornado tore through an area earlier this morning. rescuers are there searching for more possible victims. also there are reports, major damage to homes and businesses. trees and power lines are down and state police, they are asking people to stay off the roads because of de. we'll continue to follow this breaking news and bring you any updates on air and on the nbc 10 app. >>> a man is in the hospital this morning after he was shot during a protest of the inauguration of president trump. the shooting happened last night on the campus of the university of washington in seattle. the university tweeted earlier this morning that police have the suspect in custody. >>> joe biden will spend his first full day after leaving office in delaware. joe biden and his wife left washington as he always got to and from that city on an amtrak train. he told tim furlong that he looks forward to a break but then biden plans to get back to work at the

in hattiesburg, mississippi, williams james inn man, fox ne news. >>> back here at home in southwesthia, detectives are piecing together clues in a fatal stabbing. police say it happened on the 7900 block of caesar place just before 6:00 tonight. they found a 70-year-old woman stabbed several times. medic pronounced her dead a short time later. police say they believe a 29-year-old relative was the person who stabbed her. but so far he has not been tracked down. >>> in abington police are searching for the person who robbed a bank. this guy take a good look at him walked into the td bank on the 1400 block of old york rotor yesterday. he gave a teller a note saying he was going to rob the bank, and was armed. he got away with money and was last seen getting in a honda ridge line. if you recognize this guy police want to hear from you. >>> one of the most secure lock ups in the united states is not taking any chances tonight when it comes to making sure el chapo stays behind bars. the notorious drug lord is awa awaiting trial after he was extradited to the us this week. epp chap poe kn

today we're getting an aerial view of that damage in hattiesburg. the tornado cut a half mile-wide path through mississippi. right now we are on a first alert because of a nor'easter heading our way. first alert meteorologist erika martin joins us. >> this is a widespread nor'easter. the piece of energy that will redevelop and intensify off the coast is what's going to become that nor'easter. so get ready for some really wild weather. the satellite perspective, i do want to give you some idea of where this energy is coming from, from the southwest to the northeast. we can see here this is just a half hour radar loop, because i really want to keep this right now and show you, we do have some rain showers already on the way, already being reported and in fact we still have that dense fog advisory still in effect, a huge issue as far as this visibility is concerned. nor'easter timeline, now through midnight, light rain, increasing wind, not an issue right now, so don't be fooled by that. midnight to 9:00 a.m., developing rain and sustained wind speeds

the mayor has signed an emergency declaration for hattiesburg.ity's twitter account says firefighters are going door to door to rescue people. >>> developing news out of italy this morning. at least 16 people were killed after a bus carrying hungarian students slammed into a highway barrier and caught fire. the students, all teenagers, were returning to budapest from a school trip to france when the crash happened. officials say 39 people survived, 26 of them were injured, some seriously. one person has life-threatening condition. it is unclear what caused the bus to crash. >>> a superior court judge has barred the operator of lefty o'douls in san francisco from removing any more memory hello bill yeah from the iconic hoffbrau. yesterday, the battle over who owns the name also continued in the courtroom. a trademark infringement lawsuit was filed against the landlord by the operator, contending he owns the name, lefty o'douls, but the landlord says he owns the name. >>> still to come on abc7 mornings, amid all the celebration in washington, d.c.,

. >> reporter: in hattiesburg, mississippi they're assessing the damage.eather service saying yesterday's twister was likely on the ground for 15 miles. it's the same area hit by a violent ef4 tornado just four years ago. you can see on this street homes are destroyed along with businesses and churches. four people killed, two people relatives. a grandfather and grandson. at the mcmorris property here on the corner of the house decimated but they did walk away with their lives. >> reporter: out west the problem is rain and mud. in california the storm train that's been battering the state will deliver one final blow. in duarte, west of los angeles, mandatory evacuations are in place after days and days of downpours. >> in all the years i've been here this is way worse than anything i've seen. >> reporter: today's rain expected to move out but the dangers of landslides continues. back east today's harsh weather will head north up the atlantic. adrienne bankert, abc news, hattiesburg, mississippi. >>> nasa has big plans for its new horizon spacecraft. it's k

died in hattiesburg, mississippi, earlier this morning from a tornado.versity,arey cars were flipped over, rooftops torn off. other tornadoes touched down in several states with more severe weather forecast for tomorrow. tornadoes in january. yes, pretty unusual, and that danger with severe weather continues overnight. we continue to monitor that situation, but closer to home it is cloudy and drizzly. place for the eastern shore, continuing through 10 a.m. tomorrow. i wouldn't be surprised if some of those advisories go into effect tonight. the satellite and radar, notice all of the cloud cov to get through. more is coming, unfortunately. a look at the deep south, this is the main area we are a focusing our attention, a tornado watch in effect. it does not look like much but it will be filling in overnight. this brings a chance of wet into monday.y overnight, scattered showers possible, still warm this time of year, patchy fog. if you are traveling tonight, exercise caution. futurecast shows by the morning some of the showers linger, mostly cloudy skies,

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this is hattiesburg, mississippi, after a tornado ripped through that city, killing four people. high wind ripped the roof off a couple's home. that couple was inside relying on prayer to keep them alive. >> i was sitting inside and when the roof came flying off, i dove to the floor and was trying to grab onto the furniture to hold on. that is when the ll giving him toward me. i ducked my head and hoped it did not fall on me. jummy: these were not the only southern states hit five weather. theill have more on destructive storms later in this newscast. it is not just the south hitting pounded by the weather. record rain in southern andfornia has left roads freeways flooded. forecasters predicted it would be the strongest in several years. some areas got nearly four inches of rain. this all came after a five-year drought for southern california. of thenk you track weather here and across the country by downloading our stormwatch 7 app. you can also follow us on facebook and twitter. right now we turn to breaking news out of prince george's county, where a sanitation worker with the

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in hattiesburg, mississippi, the path of a twister killed four. shock and sadness on the ground. >> you see the doorway and like the hall. we were standing right there. whenever it hit us. >> reporter: similar scenes in eastern texas. this house destroyed by another possible tornado. the homeowner inside somehow walking away unhurt. damage saturday seen in neighborhood after neighborhood across the south. with winds up to 75 miles an hour in some parts. the national weather service issued a rare high risk threat for the first time in two years. affecting south georgia and north and central florida. between the storms and an attempt to clean up, trees moved off power lines and homes in mobile, alabama. >> picked up the roof off the garage. did all the damage you see here. >> reporter: busine businesses also taking a direct hit. strong winds overturned dozens of cars at this dealership. with more severe storms on the way, millions of people remain on edge. bracing for what the next few hours may bring. this january is already above average for torna

aerial video showing the damage a tornado caused in hattiesburg, mississippi, on saturday. four people killed. the damage, as you can see, is widespread. in georgia the death toll has risen to 12 after severe weather pounded the state this weekend. this was video shot 40 miles from the florida border. at the white house president trump expressed his condolences to the victims. >> tornadoes were vicious and powerful and strong. and they suffered greatly. so we'll be helping out the state of georgia. we'll be speaking with governor scott right after this. and we'll be -- alabama's a special place, florida a special place, but they got hit hard. >> the governor of georgia has declared a state of emergency in seven counties. >>> we're having a lot of our own weather here. i understand we're not quite through with it just yet. >> no, we'll see some breaks in between. but there still will be some waves of rain moving through. and we'll be watching for this as we go into tonight as well as off and on all day tomorrow. as we take a live look outside at san jose, still some rain com

. >>> now four people were killed in homes flattened after tornado struck hattiesburg mississippi overnightorm ripped trees from their roots and even knocked down power lines all over the place. the campus of william carrie university was heavily damage. rescuers are still searching for possible victims in the rubble. >>> in california more than 20 people escaped after flood wept swept cabins and vehicles down a coastal canyons. about 150 miles northwest of los angeles. the storm toppled trees. the rains delayed the post presidential vacation barack obama and his family. >>> wild weather all over the country actually. >> yes. >> all over the world really. we'll get some ourselves. >> we'll have wild weather sta starting tomorrow night and through the day on monday. monday morning commute will be rough one. dealing with potential of heavy rain and strong gusty winds. winds are calm right now but it is allowing the fog to settle n life look at center city philadelphia. you cannot see that skyline because of those greatly reduced visibilities we'll contend with throughout the overnight period

houses were destroyed and power was knocked out as the tornado touched down in hattiesburg in the middlered a state of emergency in a vast area affected by the country's worst forest fires in decades. there are currently more than 70 uncontrolled fires in chile's central region. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes and the army has been brought in to help tackle the blazes. french voters will begin the process of choosing a presidential candidate for the ruling socialist party today. former prime minister manuel valls is among the seven people competing for the nomination. the current president, francois hollande, is not seeking re—election. our correspondent, hugh schofield is in paris. is valls the favourite? probably but nobody knows who will be voting in this primary. nobody knows whether there will be a big turnout from the ha rd left there will be a big turnout from the hard left who are going to try to keep out valls whether there will be a big turnout from mentioned supporters who believe that valls has the best chance to represent the left in a dignified way.

relentless storm finally cleared, it revealed the destruction from a powerful tornado that struck hattiesburgthe prly-morning hours. at least four people died. 20 more were injured. elmmy harrell and his wife, rose, could hear the ominous sound. >> it got louder and louder the closer it got. it got louder and louder. >> we got in the bath tub and covered up. >> reporter: rescue crews searched for victims trapped in collapsed buildings and homes, and more severe weather is expected to hit mississippi tonight. they're also bracing for another round of storms in the west. flash floods in arizona led to these swift-water rescues near oeoenix. it's part of the same storm system that dumped snow in the sierra and drenched lower elevations in california overwhelming a levee near erllister, where water flooded rmrms and homes for the second time in a week. in santa barbara, floodwaters swept cabins and vehicles down a coastal canyon, and 20 campers were rescued. >> we just watched it go like this-- >> it was crazy. >> --and then flow right into our picnic tables, the firepits. >> reporter: one of the

long and half a mile wide was left after the tornado touched down in the middle of the night in hattiesburguses were destroyed and power was knocked out for thousands of homes. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: brazilian football club chapecoense plays again — the first match since last year's deadly plane crash. more now on the march in washington, which was just one of dozens held in america and around the world in a huge global show of defiance against donald trump's presidency. katty kay reports from the us capital. they came in their thousands. children, men, and women. lots of women. i came from hawaii to be here today. i'm here to represent all the people that can't be here. it gives me hope for our future. it was a really dark day when the electoral results came in. it's not that we hate donald trump. but we just hate what he stands for. bigotry and racism. i won't stand for that. john kerry came as well. no longer america's secretary of state, nowjust a citizen taking a political stand. this march was conceived as a celebration of women. and of one woman in particular, hilla

houses were destroyed and power was knocked out as the tornado touched down in hattiesburg in the middle the authorities in chile have declared a state of emergency in a vast area affected by the country's worst forest fires in decades. there are currently more than 70 uncontrolled fires in chile's central region. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes. a charity says many local authorities and clinical commissioning groups in england are doing too little to encourage women to have smear tests. jo's cervical cancer trust says there has been a drop in women having checks and many women did not respond to invitations to have checks. they also found embarrassment and worries about pain were putting many people off. a smear of lipstick to encourage women not to ignore their smear tests. they are offered to women aged 25 to 64, to help prevent cervical cancer. last yea r‘s campaign drew celebrity support, from the model cara delevingne to reality star lauren pope, and the charity behind it says this year their message has never been more important. at the moment, in england,

a tornado near hattiesburg, mississippi killed at least four people this morning. emergency crews report significant injuries and massive damage in the area. back here at home, here's a look at the kron 4 radar. >> reporter: are next door system. and it by daybreak tomorrow another dose in the afternoon a possibility runs through that here really quick. live shot of the golden gate bridge and actual bricks happening on have the umbrella handy because it's in the forecast today. and then the brakes -- overnight use in see heavy rain showers. " sure izmit note of before we go in the remainder of the week. and the american reaction six of the rate at least next three to have a triumph is for you and then another collection way down here friday morning and of keeping our eyes on it as if it develops anything but spurted it wrote the ninth period and then for the for some forecast of 50 long east a shrine holy as well and then pittsburgh 54, the south pacific slid 57 out of view half >> reporter: not the afternoon sunshine san francisco at 53. noting the 70 forecast the

a tornado tore through hattiesburg, mississippi. the condition of former president george h.w.. the 92-year-old setting a personal goal to attend the super bowl in houston in two weeks. condition of his wife barbara is also improving. people still missing in italy at the scene of a hotel buried in an avalanche. 9 survivors have been found. i'm lauren green. back to "watters world." jesse: welcome back to this special inaugural edition of "watters world." we'll look at the pomp and protests of yesterday's inauguration. roll the tape. [♪] jesse: why are you scared of donald trump? because our lives are in danger. jesse: what are you doing out here today? >> silently protesting trying to bring out my voice. jesse: you are silently protesting but you are talking to me. >> no people are illegal. we are all legal to live on this earth. jesse: did you write that sign yourself? it looks like a third grader driewf it. are you being paid to protest? tell puff continue i said hello. >> okay. i speak to him on a daily basis even though i'm not russian. >> so help me god. congratulations, m

damage is described as extensive including a college dormitory in hattiesburg.torm knocked out power and some injuries are reported. >>> southern california is getting a respite this morning a of a powerful rainstorm released powerful flooding and landslides on friday. they responded to 23 rescues during the period. the high waterled trees and turned roads into rivers. as much as three inches fell in some places. floodwaters pushed vehicles down canyons. more than 20 people escaped injury. another powerful storm is expected to pound the region as early as tonight. >>> and it's about 22 after the hour. now here's a look at the weather for your weekend. >>> coming up as we saw the trump inauguration is sparking protests across the country, and that is also true overseas. we'll see some of the reaction in europe. >> later, work will soon begin on a new presidential portrait. we'll show you the who's who of american history hanging in the halls of the white house. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." hi. ,,,,,,,, i need to promote my new business and do it

that's hattiesburg but there's the video from the surveillance.fully no one hurt but hattiesburg through mississippi and parts of georgia, 20 people died this weekend. s that a more in terrors than all of last year. all this brought to yo >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by aarp. real possibilities. >> ♪♪ good morning, i'm leash vigil it isaliciavitarelli. >> hi alicia. crowded conditions on your ma itch injury roads. we're definitely in the heat rush hour. a live look on thely schuylkill expressway. this is westbound right at city avenue. westbound it's going to take you 37 minutes to travel between the vine out to the blue route but it's actually eastbound that we're seeing our biggest delay. right now from the blue route out to the vine 57 minutes so give yourself time if that's where you plan on traveling out to. s take another live 95 in northeast philadelphia at cottman avenue. the good news is that our earlier bus closure -- excuse me bus accident has cleared but you can see travel times are still really great.0 minutes between

. >> reporter: the city of hattiesburg is hit by tornados that uprooted trees and power polls tossingrailers like toys. >> i've got to start from nothing. >> reporter: firefighters rescued a woman trapped under herrous, four people have been killed. >> this is what's left of our house. >> reporter: here in the center of the destruction zone darrell is thankful his daughter didn't sleep in her bed, her mattress was thrown into a tree. >> everything was uprooted, like a rag doll slammed to the floor and everything on top of it. a neighbor heartbroken after seeing the damage for the first time. >> reporter: the national weather service said this twister was likely on the ground for 15 miles per hour. it's the same area hit by an e 4 tornado a couple of years ago. more destruction, at william kerry university, buildings are crushed, cars are overturned, the roof of the lecture hall collapsed. the school is now closed until further notice. >> they need to know that help is on the way. >> reporter: the mayor said that he and his wife were forced out of their home a year back four years ago

leland: fox news extreme weather alert, four people have died when a tornado ripped through parts of hattiesburgppi. officials say the tornado hit parts of three counties in southern mississippi around 4:00 a.m. this morning. one of the reasons the video is so dark, flattening homes, uprooting trees. firefighters and police went door-to-door, rescuing people in the wake of the storm. dangerous work of course after a storm. in addition to the damage, three to five inches of rain has fallen in the area. more could be coming down today. obviously that does not help when it comes to the risk of flooding or the cleanup from this. elizabeth: still ahead, we are waiting president donald trump's remarks at cia head quart in langley, virginia. that is expected at any moment, we'll take you there when he speaks. president trump's first executive order takes aim at obamacare. what is in the president's order to government agencies? ♪ you can see the president and vice president this morning taking time to pray for the country. a look at the national prayer service coming up. ♪ ♪ neil: we. leland: we awaiti

this is in hattiesburg, mississippi. they didn't understand the danger of this type of storm. they ventured out in their car into high winds and flying debris. a circuit box hit the back of the car and badly damaged it, but those students are okay. >> look at the dent in the back of the car! they're very lucky. lesson learned. >> knowledge is power. you have to know what is going on before you go outside. you are always safest to stay put and stay inside. if you're not aware of how bad the weather is, that's when you should stay at home the most and try to be safe. >> a little rain will keep me inside. >> yesterday what a crazy day. 47 miles an hour winds and a sideways rain yesterday! still kind of breezy and cloudy and cold and wet outside this morning. but there's an improving weather picture coming our way. 39 now. northwest winds averaging 15 miles per hour. as the windchill is below freezing in the metro area. area temperatures and nothing is sticking to the roads. that's good news. windchills below freezing. put your winter coat on. afternoon highs today generally in th

that's hattiesburg but there's the video from the surveillance.07-mile-per-hour winds. thankfully no one hurt but hattiesburg through mississippi and parts of georgia, 20 people died this weekend. that's more in tornados than >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by aarp. real possibilities. >>> 7:56. good morning, mike nicco has a look at your forecast. >> hi, everybody. still tracking a few light showers. you can see them right near the coas not expecting any. by 10:00 they're gone. we'll see increasing sunshine, 52 to 55 today. tonight low 30s in the inland valleys. frost, maybe black ice. low 40s around san francisco. 60s for highs starting saturday. >>> we're starting to see an improvement. the drive times, pretty hefty delays, westbound 80. highway 4 to the maze. hour two minutes. 15 minutes across the bay bridge. san francisco to the airport, that's in the red. going to take you 20 minutes. >>> coming up the oscar nominations from los angelesi. that's next on gma. we'll have another update in 20 minutes and always on our news app and

that's hattiesburg but there's the video from the surveillance.e-per-hour winds. thankfully no one hurt but hattiesburg through mississippi and parts of georgia, 20 people died this weekend. s that a more in terrors than all of last year. all z290ez zi0z y290ey yi0y >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by aarp. real possibilities. good morning. here is a check of your stop stories. president trump is beginning his first work week at the white house focused on the economy, trades and jobs. in just over an hour we'll have a press conference with the chief executives of general motors, ford, as he pressures automakers to boost american employment. this morning trump tweeted he want new plants built on u.s. soil. on the hill, hearings and votes on some of president trump's cabinet nominees t judiciary commit awill hold a voted on jeff sessions nomination for attorney general. committee votes are expected on other nominations. here is brian moisture lingers, that big system churning north and east. as this pulls away we'll see improvement. it w

weird, the wa god does things this christian university in hattiesburg was devastated by winds of up to 150 miles per hour. all these ceiling tiles were just poppin us in the head. >> britteny: and san francisco no. they just a set of vocal in this is where we saw earlier this morning or later on note and we noticed last 12 hours. ellis like possibly producing and then directly in to where things are clear up. for what to degrees biden and partly cloudy skies. temperatures getting hundred now with freezing rain floods already reported along the jersey shore here ensnarl strong wind speeds in an easter. and then turning over to steve davis and. >> steve: concussion, and some bruises after her mobile home was lifted will fit in a hospital last week and then on wall street energy companies slightly lower as the prison crude oil fall the dow over 20 seven. and as decca over points and verse 6. >> vicki: joins us after the break. >> britteny: tracking a lot of activity. and more thunderstorms in effect tonight more details coming up right after the break. tests at six we will take you to

watch and the warning and unfortunately we had devastation and deaths. 14 here, four on saturday in hattiesburg, mississippi, bringing the death toll to 18. cleanup will continue today under fairer skies and the threat of severe weather has left us for the time being. back to you in d.c. >> mike, it looks like you have a survivor, a friend with you there at >> yeah, right down here. this kitty cat, i think the cat lives with the family here and just showed up this morning and he's taken a real liking to me. come here, kitty. say hi to the folks in washington. well, maybe not. >> careful there, mike. >> i picked him up -- i picked him up earlier and he was a little tense, but doing okay. well fed. i think, again, lives here at this house. >> mike seidel live for us in georgia. thank you, mike. >> no wonder the cat is skittish, considering what -- what it went through. >> i flew back from atlanta on saturday and there were tornados only about an hour's south of atlanta's airport. you know the information that give us information, we had a 120-mile-per-hour tailwind flying from atlanta to washingt

intense winds pummel the area of hattiesburg destroying schools, homes and offices.e university cleaning up from the pounding that flipped over vehicles and seriously damaged brick buildings. the school says it is closed until further notice. some students suffered minor injuries. >>> officials say louisiana police officer thought he was actually helping out during a traffic accident when he wound up getting shot. >> he was actually, he came across domestic violence incident that cost him his life. officer michael luger was shot yesterday morning in a new orleans suburb when he was off duty. after stopping to assist what he thought was an accident, he was shot in the back of the head. police say the shooting suspect had just shot and kill his pregnant ex-girlfriend. the man has been identified as sylvester holt. police say after shooting holt threatened to jump off the new orleans bridge. holt shot himself during the standoff with police. he's in critical condition. >>> president trump often comes under fire for what he tweets but tonight why the national park servic

four people killed as storms sweep through the south when a tornado tore through hattiesburg, mississippisystem which tore off roofs and ripped up trees. and across the country in california, zell people evacuating -- several people evacuating a campground north of los angeles. samsung says it solved the mystery of its exploding phones. the electronics giant expected to announce monday the size of the batteries in the phones were wrong, causing them to overheat. the debacle cost samsung at least $5 billion. autozone is hiring. the retailer adding 12,000 part or and full-time jobs this spring including a number of management positions at a number of stores. those interested should apply on line. i'm lauren green, thousand back to greg -- now back to greg gut be fed. ♪ ♪ greg: all right. if you're watching, 90% of the media this week, you might really start to think it was the end of the world. first, cnn aired a special literally called the end. [laughter] and they counted down to it for days. that's right, they were actually counting down to the end. and this is how the special opened. >>

further south here, hattiesburg, mississippi where they're helping out with food.unteers putting together boxed lunches and distributing the lunches for storm victims and rescue workers. a whale of a mess. now the weather is headed to the northeast. stocks new york city like wind tunnels this afternoon. what is happening in the south, adam? >> in the south, we're in cleanup mode. this is where the weekend tornados were. everything in the pink color, that is a tornado. so obviously incredibly active. if there's any good news right now, we're getting on the back side of that system, at least in the southeast. here's what we're looking at for satellite and radar. the moisture moving up. we're clearing up stretching back from georgia, alabama, mississippi, clearing skies. a lot of folks are getting into cleanup mode. they're going to do so. this system will continue to left to the northeast where it will be affecting a new round of folks. at least the southeast, shepard is looking okay now until the next couple days. >> shepard: anybody that had to walk to the subways

we woke up saturday morning in hattiesburg and had fatalities with that one. and then albany, georgia, adel, georgia, those areas were hit sunday morning. two mornings in a row devastating tornadoing. in all, 18 fatalities. we were petrified that the atmosphere was prime for more additional nasty tornadoes last night. thankfully, we only had five or six tornadoes, most of them were misses and no fatalities last night. it was good to make it through yesterday, but what a weekend in the south. that storm is still with us, but the severe part is over with. we had strong storms in miami to keep people up for two hours as we had tornado warnings for downtown miami. thankfully, no tornado reported. so now it's a big huge wind maker and rainmaker moving up the coast. this means more travel delays and wind damage on the coast from here on out. this is one to two inches of rain, so a good soaking rain late tonight and early tomorrow morning through all of new england. flood watches for boston and new york. and again, with the windy conditions and the rain, major airpor