. >> reporter: it was one month and a day ago today that this huge tornado hit the town of henryvillediana. >> that's a big tornado! >> there's a tornado right there, guys. >> reporter: a school bus driver got her students out just in time. >> go, go, go! >> the bus was blown into a restaurant. across town the school and dozens of homes were destroyed. >> i was here with three older brothers. >> reporter: in the aftermath, henryville needed all the help it could get. so gerald flint was more than welcome when he showed up and started to issue orders, wearing the trademark flight suit he's worn at disasters around the world. >> he portrayed himself as some kind of commander. >> saying that he was with the natural disaster relief group. >> he claimed to be homeland security. >> reporter: but when authorities say the people of henryville did not realize was that flint was an imposter, someone drawn to tornadoes, earthquakes, war, chaos, and disaster. someone who appears to practice medicine without a medical license. someone authorities call a real-life version of the leonardo dicaprio i

. >> reporter: the people of henryville, indiana, needed all the help they could get. so when gerald flint showed up dressed in the kind of flight suit he's worn to disasters all over the world, he was welcomed with open arms as he started to issue orders. >> he portrayed himself as some kind of commander. >> saying he was with the natural disaster relief group. >> reporter: then he began to collect loads of emergency supplies his badges and claims, people in henryville began to haf1 o icio wh say he asked residents to collect donations. >> collecting cash and having people make checks out to cash. >> reporter: it was enough for people in henryville to call the state police. now flint has been charged with the theft of some of the supplies and impersonating a government official. >> based on what you know, he >> tt.great imposteo c >> reporter: in a jailhouse interview, flint denied th he did have a role with homeland security. >> i'm climbing the ladder with homeland security. >> reporter: a claim authorities say is not true. and abc news found that, until he was arre

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. >> people of henryville, indiana, needed all the help they could get. so when gerald flynn showed up dressed in the kind of flight suit he's worn to disasters all over the world he was welcomed with open arms as he started to issue orders. >> he portrayed himself as some kind of commander. >> he was with the natural disaster relief group. >> reporter: then he began to collect loads of emergency supplies. >> getting his truck loaded up. his trailer loaded up and off they go. >> reporter: but despite all of his badges and claims, people in henryville began to have suspicions, especially when they say he asked residents to collect donations. >> collecting cash and having people make checks out to cash. >> reporter: it was enough for people in henryville to call the state place. now flint has been charged with the theft of some of the supplies and impersonating a government official. >> based on what you know, he was a great imposter? >> that's correct. yes. >> reporter: and a jailhouse interview, flint denied the charges but then told abc news, he did have

. >>> it was last month when a devastating twister ruined their school, but students from henryville, indiana, are still celebrating the best night of the year. their prom. fox's tamera evans shows how the magical night was made possible. >> reporter: it's the event most high school students look forward to, getting dressed up for prom. >> seeing all my friend, having a good time. it's good to be here. >> this is especially a night they don't want to forget. >> i didn't think they were going to pull it off, but this is even better than all the past proms. >> reporter: to say these students have been through a lot is an understatement. two months ago, an ef4 tornado destroyed their school. the tornado ripped through, the community was also hit hard. >> none of us have had anything like this happen and it's a big deal. a lot of these kids lost their homes. >> reporter: hundreds of students got a chance to have a normal part of their school year. >> to get together and dance and have some fun. >> reporter: everything here at prom was donated for the students to have a great night, which

last month's twister damaged henryville's junior and senior high schools. students will finish the school year in scottburg. administrators are trying to decide what these to be demolished and what needs to be rebuild. >>> 4:38. 52 degrees. which airlines deliver first-class service to all of their customers? the carriers most likely to get you to your destination on time and least likely to lose your luggage. >>> forget facing the nfl's commissioner. why some saints players may have to deal with police for their roles in an on-field bounty program. >>> you may be pleased with the forecast for the week. >>> good morning. 4:41 early on this monday morning. tom kierein snowstorm center 4. we've had shower activity overnight along a front that's now passing to our south. a lot of that rain is tapering off. still, sprinkles west of fredericksburg to near stanton, virginia. all these areas in blue are in the 40s. that includes most of pennsylvania, northern maryland, into western maryland, northern west virginia. closer to washington, though, in the low and mid

the people of henryville, indiana, say they can't wait to hear what flint has to say now. brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> and police in new york are investigating an internet posting that suggests a new terror attack is on the way. the image looks like a hollywood movie poster with the words "al qaeda coming soon again to new york." it was found on a radical website they believe is based in egypt. investigators want to know if its authors, though, are really in a position to know details any of pending terrorist operations. >> very disconcerting news there. >>> new hampshire forest rangers say conditions are too treach trowse resume the search for a missing hiker. norman prebatch lost his footing on mt. washington sunday and slid into a deep ravine. his companions never heard from him again. he is an experienced hiker but this year's unusual weather has made the mountain especially dangerous. >> i would say some of the danger is obvious and some is not. a lot of the crevasse hazard was obscured by snow from last week. we're not recommending people ski through that area

the community played a major part in henryville's prom. they donated their facility to use to make the night possible. >> it was wonderful to have all the outreach of communities around that did help provide the kids the needs that they needed to make this night happen. i just can't say thank you enough. >> everybody is impacted. whenever people can come together and do snuff like this, it shows they care. >> words can't describe, you know, more than what any of us imagined. >> reporter: and before we leave you tonight, we want to show you penguins with an amazing talent. penguins jumping straight up through the water

. >>> middle and high school students in henryville, indiana, will head to school after a tornado hit their town. the national weather service is testing a heightened warning system in parts of missouri and kansas. it's serious. you can hear phrases like, you could be killed if not underground or in a tornado shelter or mass devastation is highly likely. >> that's chilling to hear that. whatever makes the people stay safe, i'm all for it. fit keeps you safe, i'm for it. we here today are dealing with windy conditions out there. check out the wind gusts now. we are a 25 miles an hour wind gust in perry hall, more of the same in bel air, northeast, 22, chestertown 27. rock hall in around 26. we are seeing more of the same in shady side this morning. it's gusty out there. this is going to be the scenario as we go through the afternoon. let me take you outside. old glory flapping the wind. it's shaking the camera right now. you are going to want to bundle up a bit. the reason why i say that is because of fact we have a windchill with the winds out there. instead of like the 40s, it feels

. >>> in this country easter was celebrated in communities big and small, including henryville.ual easter service was held in sacramento, california, when a christian congregation lost its leaf, a muslim community center offered its mosque, which is normally off limits to non-muslims. >>> an autopsy will be conducted on thomas kincade, the prolific artist who died at the age of 54. he calls himself the painter of light and made a fortune selling vivid portraits. he was found dead in his southern california home, apparently of natural causes. >>> coming up >>> a few people heading to work now on to 3-9d 5 on the 14th street bridge. a quick look on the north side of town, no problems to report on the beltway maryland side. a live look in college park and very light this morning heading into silver spring. coming up a look at 270. >>> today the maryland state house will debate on a new gambling bill. >> it calls for a statewide referendum on adding a sixth gaming site in the state. as matt tells us the bill was already approved by the state senate. >> reporter: though county execut

. >>> in this country easter was celebrated in communities big and small, including henryville.on of mt. mariah church celebrated in a tent because the tornado left nothing but the foundation. perhaps the most unusual easter service was held in sacramento, california, when a christian congregation lost its leaf, a muslim community center offered its mosque, which is normally off limits to non-muslims. >>> an autopsy will be conducted on thomas kincade, the prolific artist who died at the age of 54. he called himself the painter of light and made a fortune selling vivid picture of nature and cartoon characters. he was found dead in his southern california home, apparently of natural causes. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," much more on the life and career of mike wallace. i'm michelle miller. this is the "cbs morning news." ,,,,,, >>> despite serious competition "the hunger games" shot to the top of the box office for a third weekend in a row. "the hunger games" took in $33.5 million this holiday weekend. domestic total now tops more than $300 million. i

on march 2nd, henryville school kids were released early because of tornado warnings.d to head back to school when she saw the twister bearing down. >> everybody stay together. our group together right now, go, go, go, go, go! one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, come on, come on! 10, 11, go, go! >> everyone made it into the basement of their school, a school ravage ed by the tornado no one on the bus was injured. >>> google is goofing around and pranking on the web ahead of april fools' day. it seems to have launched a retro version of maps. it features low-resolution graphics, simple and intuitive controls and a timeless sound track. eager to try it? google has made a limited trial available, click on the quest box to get started. the creators of google max 8 bit warn you to be mindful of dr ons while playing. reminds me of the original zelda games for minute te s nintendo >> yes. commodore 64 memories. >> yes. >>> thank you for joining us in the bay area at 11:00. "saturday night live" is up next. next newscast, 7:00 a.m. no april fools', good night

sitting in a field. >> this is not henryville.rolled through indiana, kentucky, tennessee two weeks ago. but this is still very dangerous. >> look at that -- >> it just picked those things uh. that has to be 130-mile-an-hour storm to do something like that. and here's the rub, brooke, these storms have nothing to get in their way. they are literally by themselves, they are super cell. >> look at that. >> this is a track and trailer in the air. >> how heavy a tractor trailer would you guess? >> in the neighborhood of 15,000 pounds empty. look how high that went in the air. and you have to imagine the potential. now this is going into homes. this is going into areas where people are actual living. this is why you need to be on the first floor. if you're living in an apartment, start knocking on doors. you do not want to be on the top floor of anything at this point in time in dallas or in terrant county. >> look at those cars precari s precariousprecariou precariously close to the tornado. >> i have never seen a tractor trailer pick

the community of henryville, indiana is now working to rebuild after those deadly tornadoes last month. a waste disposal and recycling company has donated 10,000 trees to replace the ones that have been destroyed. right now the focus is on finishing the school construction. once that's done, the trees will be planted. it is set to be finished, though, in early august. >>> and today alabama governor robert bentley will participate in a prayer service, remembering the 47 people killed a year ago when a tornado ripped through tuscaloosa. you may remember this scene when that tornado hit on this day one year ago. a ceremony is is taking place at the university of alabama. more on that as the day progresses. >>> time now for a check of the forecast. let's go over to lynette. >> most of the active weather is up in the northern plains right now. we're seeing some showers and some storms there. but we should be dry as we go through the remainder of today. so make sure you have those sun shades out there. you can put that rain gear away. speaking of the rain, yesterday we got .29 inches of rain

and in henryville, indiana, this. all killer tornadoes. all had tornado warnings.undreds of warnings go out and don't end like this. which is why the national weather service is testing a heightened warning system in parts of missouri and kansas, which would go beyond the normal warning. >> the doppler radar capable of a tornado. >> the hope is better description can have better action. >> reporter: words you might hear. you could be killed if you are not under ground. mass devastation is likely. mobile homes will offer no shelter. the words aren't meant to frighten people but to get people to take action. a lesson i have seen learned too late like in devine, texas. >> we get watches and warnings all the time. it just becomes routine. you hear it when there is a thunderstorm and you don't think it's going to come. >> reporter: let me emphasize again, all tornado warnings should be taken seriously. and a warning is only a beginning. you have to have a way to get that warning and sirens are not enough. get a noaa weather radio. and have a place to go when the warning

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and in henryville, indiana, this. >> didn't have a whole lot. now i got nothing. >> reporter: all killer tornados. all had tornado warnings. but hundreds of tornado warnings go out and don't end like this, which is why the national weather service is heightened warning system in parts of missouri and kansas. which would go beyond the traditional warning. >> doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado. >> our hope is with better description will come better action. >> reporter: and these warnings don't mince words. here's what you might hear. you could be killed if not underground. mass devastation is highly likely. mobile homes will offer no shelter. the words aren't meant to frighten people but to get people to take action. a lesson i've seen folks learn too late, like in devine, texas. >> we get tornado warnings and watches all the time. just becomes routine that you hear it when there's a thunderstorm. >> reporter: let me emphasize again all tornado warnings should be taken seriously. and a warning is only the

. >>> one month since tornadoes ripped through southern indiana and the day henryville high school studentsto class. their school was destroyed by a tornado. now they have a temporary school. high school seniors are missing out, but they're taking it in stride. >> it's not what we planned or what we wanted, but it could be worse. we're all lucky to graduate. we'll deal with it. it's all right. >> the school district is asking the state department of education to wave the 180 days of instruction requirement due to classes missed because of the tornado. >>> the maryland jockey club cut its losses last year but did not break even. stevenson university receives a rare first edition of the king james bible. >>> the queen of daytime talk television, oprah winfrey appears here on cbs this morning. she talks candidly about the joys and pitfalls of starting her own network. >> reporter: after 25 years on daytime tv, the queen of talk opens up about her new life and new network on the cbs morning show. she told host charlie rose and her best friend gayle king that the own cable network which has stru

students from henryville, indiana got to enjoy a special night out.own came together and threw them a prom. >> words can't describe it is more than what we imagined. >> none of us had anything like this happen. >> a lot of these kids lost their homes. >> what a great night. they donated the venue and even the prom dress says. >> and country musician larry gat lin was so touched by a tornado victim's story he wrote a song and held a concert to help their town. up next how to team up with larry . the best part of angreat meal? delicious gourmet gravy. and she agrees. with fancy feast gravy lovers, your cat can enjoy the delicious, satisfying taste gourmet gravy every day. fancy fst. the best ingredient is love. what do you mean? your grass, man. it's famished! just two springtime feedings with scotts turf builder lawn food helps strengthen and protect your lawn from future problems. thanks scott. [ scott ] feed your lawn. feed it. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of

henryville high school students headed back to class today for the first time since the storm.th ago, a pair of funnel clouds ripped through the town damaging hundreds of buildings and destroying the school. >>> tragic end to a family vacation in kansas, police say five people were killed when a mobile home collided with a highway guardrail. red chapman has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: the truck smashed into pieces upon impact. pictures from the air showed debris scattered about the ravine it came to rest in. according to the kansas state patrol, the vehicle had a guardrail and a concrete bridge rail before flipping over and dropping down a ravine 30 feet. the box truck was carrying 18 people and pulling a trailer when it crashed about nine this morning just outside williamsburg, kansas, off interstate 35. five people died, 13 others were injured. a family member confirmed that the mobile home belonged to the bkirber. three children decided to stay in minnesota while the others plus close family friends made their annual trek to san antonio for vacation fun tha

henryville -- first of all, we'll just say there have been a lot of images, right, in the last couplereally, really active and have had things on the program about the solar flares but take a look in the lower left-hand part of that image. do you see kind of that -- there it is, that long, skinny-looking object in the bottom of the picture. >> yeah. >> yeah, that's what some people are saying is possibly a ufo so this image was captured on april 24th. it was captured by nasa so this is not a fake or, you know, doctored up picture. it was taken with a solar and camera but is it really a ufo? observatory camera, but is it really a ufo? the naval research lab says, no. >> we know it's a "u," unidentified. >> it's unidentified but they're saying what's causing this has to do with cosmic rays and it affects the sensor on the camera and creates that little glitch basically in the image and they're saying this has happened before. >> like a flare or reflection or something. >> it makes a dropout basically. >> so mystery solved. >> mystery solved. >> the next one is a lot of billionaires want

. >>> here in the yunls united states, students in henryville, indiana, never thought they would see their prom night after a tornado devastating their town in march. >> it makes up for everything, even though the tornado destroyed everything, it doesn't destroy our determination to still have prom and come toort a a community. >> with grit and gratitude, the students had their prom, and they put aside all of the stress and trauma left behind by the tornado just to have a little fun. the community donated nearly everything from the room and deck rakzs to the dresses and tuxedos. >> everyone who loved through it will not forget the tornadoes that leveled parts of tuscaloosa, alabama. hard to believe, but that was a year ago. george howell went back to catch up with a few survivors. >> oh, my god. >> it's been one year since this ef-4 mobster left its mark on tuscaloosa. a year since we last spoke to the owner of the crispy cream doughnuts. >> today, evan smith is still working to rebuild. >> we're talking a year after this tornado came through here and we're still waiting for the conc

. >>> a month after a tornado destroyed their high school in henryville, indiana, these students finally got to celebrate their prom night. the special event was held friday night in a new location. everything from the new building to decorations to most of the dresses were all donated by members of the community. and as that community recovers, another is cleaning up. three tornados struck southeastern colorado early friday morning while people were still sleeping. at least five home ts were destroyed but luckily only two minor injuries reported. >>> and here's a perfect way to end the week. ranger, a german shepherd, is seen playing fetch with his favorite toy. when he returns with one of the tosses, he finds the replacement is his owner who just got deployed back from overseas. you can hear him there. he's yelping with delight. i can see this a couple of times. he likes his owner. he loves that toy. that's the news. back to amy and bill. >> usually the dog goes up on the video. >> it was the audio. >> yeah. you need to hear the voice. >> bill karins is there with a check of your forec

when henryville, indiana, was blasted in march, one courageous mom protected her kids with her body. it cost her parts of both legs. a price stephanie decker was willing to pay. >> i love you. the biggest reason i fought for is for my children. and i'm just so thankful that they lived and they didn't have a scratch on them. >> and, matt and ann, last april you'll remember we had a record month for -- for tornadoes in april. 758 tornadoes last april. hopefully we're not on track for that this year. back to you. >> exactly, al. thank you so much for that. and just ahead we want to mention that it's been a pretty doctoring morning around here on tuesday as you may remember with sarah palin as our guest host. some reaction, in fact a lot of it in fact has been mixed. we're going to tell you all about that. >> also ryan seacrest. he's already got a couple of dream jobs. does he want something else? we'll talk to him about his future plans, but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> just ahead, u.s. olympic swimming great amanda beard opens up in a live interview about her battles with drug ab

two churches teamed up to organize an easter egg hunt for tornado victims in henryville.f the hardest hit areas. more than 300 easter baguets stuffed with toys and candies were taken to the tornado victims. >> these children have lost so much and yet they are still happy and they are still thriving and we brought joy to them. >> one of the churches that helped to sponsor the event was also damaged in that tornado. the church is in the beginning stables of making repairs. >>> new york jets quarterback tim tebow will speak to a church this easter sunday. the church says tebow reached out to them about a month ago and said he wanted to speak. tebow is well known for his strong christian beliefs and often addresses religious congregations. >>> the united states and afghanistan and reached a compromise over nighttime raise. afghanistan's foreign ministry made the announcement this morning. it's not clear what that entails because u.s. officials are not commenting at this time. however nighttime raids by american forces has been a continuing source of tension between the afghan