west of huntsville, the power plant lost power. they had to fire up generators to keep the units safely running. late last night, the president and alabama's governor, quickly declared this a disaster zone. >> we're also going to send in national guard troops tonight and in the morning to many of the areas. at least 1,400 troops are going in. >> reporter: today, those troops will join firefighters and volunteers to search for survivors, like this young girl, who was pulled from underneath a large pile of bricks. survivors like patty perez. she was sandwiched in her flattened home. it took three men to pull her free. >> i couldn't get up. i was having them move stuff on top of me. and i got up. >> reporter: shameeka robinson ran inside this gas station for cover. it was destroyed. somehow, she made it out alive. >> the ceiling collapsed on me. the door slammed back on me. >> reporter: george, they're saying that the storm that hit here, the tornado, had wind speeds of up to 200 miles per hour. >> okay, steve. thanks very much. >>> t

huntsville was created when the world war ii groups came over from that's in huntsville where heavy rocketelopment is underway. i think from the get-go they decided to spread the facilities around the country. host: are any other countries operating independently as far as a space program goes right now? guest: well, we have international cooperation onto space station. i think nasa hopes that will blossom into further cooperation on deep space exploration, but we also have china, india, you know, a lot of other countries trying to develop manned space programs and many people expect a chinese astronaut to be walking on the moon in the next ten years. there won't be any americans up there to welcome them, which i think a lot of people would like to see, but there are other countries looking at unilateral space efforts as well. host: our next call comes from tom in florida. hi, tom. caller: hey, how are you doing? host: good. caller: good. yeah, i've worked down there and also got clearance and i was very impressed with what i saw, and i thought it would change everybody's viewpoint if they

as we move into tomorrow, too, you can see huge areas, especially from tupelo into huntsville, up into nashville, we'll be under that high risk for these long track and deadly tornadoes. and then as we get into thursday as these storms track overnight on wednesday it's the i-95 corridor. so as you mentioned, some 150 million people will be affected. when it's all over and we get a chance to breathe, 300 gauges will be in flood and hundreds of thousands of acres will still be underwater. brian? >> all right. jim cantore in arkadelphia, arkansas. jim, we hope you and your team stay as safe as possible as we go on into the night covering all of this. >>> now we turn to news from overseas, to the rapidly deteriorating crisis in syria, with the bloody government crackdown on protesters escalating there. the u.s. state department is telling american citizens now to leave the country. others are wondering how long the u.s. can stay out of the fray. our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell, reports tonight on what may be another no-win situation for america. >> reporter: human

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. >> reporter: but outside huntsville, alabama, there's a concern that will last a while.the brownsferry nuclear power plant may have to be shut down for weeks due to storm damage. while back in birmingham, amid the ruins on hibernian street, the impact was slowly and painfully sinking in. now, around here, the smell of natural gas has been evident all day. broken gas lines and power lines are just two of the concerns that the people who live here have. and as you look around, you can see they have many, many more. katie? >> couric: dean reynolds in birmingham tonight. thank you, dean. we've had more tornadoes this april than in any other month on record, more than 600 reported so far throughout the u.s. the average for april is 160. the old record for any month was 542 in may of 2003. elaine quijano is in alabama tonight, and, elaine, i know you've spoken with some experts. why was this particular storm system so devastating? >> reporter: well, you know, it's a good question, katie, and what experts say is, there really is not a clear, single answer to that question. here

virginia, huntsville, alabama up. caller: thank god for c-span, for repinank gofd column away -- rep connolly. i want to thank president obama for not cutting the medicare and medicaid program. i have paid into it for over 40 years. i do not use it, because when i retired i had a government insurance that was available to me. i also do not receive social security, but i am concerned about both because most of my friends and relatives are on social security. they need to restore every penny that they are taking from social security, and you need to pass a social security will never be privatized. every person that has paid into medicare and medicaid should be able to use it. i just want to say that i do not know if you have gone on line to look at paul ryan. it is like jim jones on kool- aid. it will destroy this country. guest: let me just say to you, that is a colorful analogy, but not one i share. i know paul ryan, and i think he is a very sincere and earnest colleagues. i happen to think he is crushingly wrongheade

and you can see huntsville alabama and chattanooga. it is a curl as it moves up interitate 59.is a tornado that has people trapped. any time you see a squall line like that. you look at the coma shape right over 59 and that is leakly where you will have the tornado. they are getting pounded by strong storms this morning. talk about what happened the last two days down there. what we are seeing outside right now, what we are seeing we are quiet at home with our cam . going back to the graphic and talk about what happened in the last couple of days. tornado reports, 44 of them and they have hit texas and alabama and arkansas and tennessee . fast forward. it is the same area. it is hit with 52. it is southeast. there are calm conditions. and mid-40s in santa cruz and monterey. so for highlights, mostly sunny and mild temperatures and a lot like yesterday. cooling winds will arrive and they will exit on friday and allow the warming trends in the weekend . and near brent wood. and we'll have cent degrees temperatures . it is a south bay . upper 60s. and mid-to upper 50s for you . no

that was my focus in huntsville alabama.on called mutual interest. maybe it was really one-sided on the side of oklahoma. he is out of the past to a picture he is staying in champagne. blackhawks made a quick pit stop to chicago before their road trip continues in columbus tomorrow night. there's still some hangover from a loss in boston. allegedly ridicules them on the way by. for yapping men they're not yapping now. >> i would say were pretty quiet on the bench. i think that's the voice i hear a lot. i guess there are some words i did here. he wasn't too happy about it >> he then here or he's not saying. >> i think there is consensus estimate is. why go there tonight. that is the news for tonight. thank you for watching. updates on wgn tv. come. foulest have the great night. look, we've all dealt with the itching of athlete's foot. i can't just wash it away. killing it takes clinical strength. i only use lotrimin ultra. its powerful formula can even cure severe cases of athlete's foot. nothing cures better. lotrimin ultra.

huntsville was created when the world war ii groups came over from that's in huntsville where hvy rocketelopment is underway. i think fromhe get-go they decided to spread the facilities around the country. host: are any other countries operating independently as far as a space program goes right now? guest: well, we have international cooperation onto space station. i think nasa hopes that will blossom into further cooperation on deep space exploration, but we also have china, india, you know, a lot of other countries trying to develop manned space programs and many people expect a chinese astronaut to be walking on the moon in the next ten years. there won't be any americans up the to welcome them, which i think a lot of people would like to see, but there are other countries looking at unilateral space efforts as well. host: our next call comes from tom in florida. hi, tom. caller: hey, how are you doing? host: good. caller: good. yeah, i've worked down there and also got clearance and i was very impressed with what i saw, and i thought it would change everybody's viewpoint if they got

he sort of had a funky thing going from huntsville, alabama. >> he could sing.t, and i think he's going to go on and probably do a record and everything else. at this point i think all these people are going to be successful. >> they're going to be fine. >> yeah. he sort of had that raspy thing going. rod stewart sort of esque kind of guy. >> doesn't have to spend money on shaving, razors. >> he kind of looks like bradley cooper. >> really. >> and he's really good. we're getting to the talented guys. saying it would be nice to have a woman win "american idol." >> j.lo called for it actually. she wants the women to stay the few that are left. >>> if anybody's a fan of "the office" there is a change. you like "the office"? >> i do. >> steve carell is leaving so the big question is, who will be the new boss in town, so to speak. we found out will farrell, at least, is going to be on there for a little bit. >> ron burgundy. >> i know, right? so he was on -- it looks hilarious, and apparently we found out that he's only going to be on for a couple, maybe three episod

huntsville, alabama, pat. caller: are you there? i just wanted to say, thank god for the republicans. i'm a hard-core democrat, been one of my life, but obama, he keeps putting our money out there for people to buy us and china and stuff, pretty soon we will be doing the goose step and speaking chinese. host: specifically on this bill, pat, on the way the 2011 spending was handled, is this a way that you would like to see future spending bills handled, going down to the last minute? caller: no, sir. i've seen over 40 years of the government. 41 years, three months, as the g.i. and a green suit, and the rest of it with civil suit -- with civil service. the budget is on october. if you do not do it in october, it is light ron paul said, stop their pay until they pass a budget. that is the way i feel about it. host: thank you for calling us. alameda, california is next. caller: i want to thank every american and every one who is thinking and looking forward to come to the table and talking. we have to realize that if our government doe

the storm even forced the brown's ferry nuclear power plant near huntsville to shut down its three units because of damage to transmission lines there was no damage to the plant itself. president obama declared alabama would be eligible for federal emergency aid. he planned to visit the state on friday to view the damage firsthand. >> we can't control when or where a terrible storm may strike, but we can control how we respond to it. and i want every american that has been affected by this disaster to know that the federal government will do everything we can to help you recover, and we will stand with you as you rebuild. >> brown: mississippi was also hit hard with more than 30 dead. a surveillance camera in collins, in the southern part of the state, captured the force of high winds, tearing the roof off a warehouse. and in smithville, in the northeast, the police station, post office and city hall were among dozens of buildings that were badly damaged. >> we grabbed a quilt and personal belongings and we went into the boardroom and got under the board table, and when it was over, ever

my missile defense agency is moving to huntsville. my defense contract management agency is moving from one place in virginia to another place in virginia. so you're asking people who are part of, get back to the previous question to part of the solution here and who need to either relocate or you're going to have to find somebody else. to do that job. aberdeen is a beehive of new construction, a lot of stuff moving and so forth. i think it is true that a third of the department of the army is changing locations within a two-year period eric so it is really a very substantial, difficult migration. >> mr. secretary, thanks for your comments. you mention in the opening about the containing resolution being an anti-efficiency. we are seeing in the market place more and more companies as programs are being hung up, stopped and restarted based on the inability to gain timely audits and reviews by dcaa. could you comment on that and the efficiencies that are coming from? >> well, odd at times are one of the things that i need to address and

and farther north, beth jett of our huntsville affiliate whnt is in harvest, alabama, with the latest on the situation there. beth, good morning. >> good morning to you, chris. and the first light is revealing some shocking images of the devastation out here in harvest, alabama. in madison county. now, the severe weather moving in yesterday in waves. and we can confirm this morning, six people, at least six people are dead. that includes a young girl, her father was critically injured. they were hunkering down inside their home, trying to wait out the storm, when their home was just knocked off of its foundation, much like many other homes in this area. the powerful storm spawned tornadoes, brought heavy thunderstorms, and near-hurricane-force winds. there are -- there is widespread destruction, as homes were flattened and cars were overturned. here in harvest, hailstorms left and right. again, the storms coming in waves all throughout the day. take a look behind me. this is an example of what was left behind in its path. this is a bp gas station or what was left of it. and obviously

host: catherine, a democrat in huntsville, alabama. good morning. hi, catherine? caller: hello.here. host: good morning. hello there. caller: good morning. my question is i am on social security disability. i worked all of my life. my disability is based on my retirement income. i had to stop working due to health reasons. i do not know if you know this, but social security automatically been is disability the first time around for people, -- denies disability the first time around for people, no matter what your elvises. i worked -- your illness is. i worked in the human service area, which is not a high salary for people. from teachers, to mental health workers, to "community organizers" what ever. my question is this -- because of that, i am concerned that my medicare, and the insurance for it will go up to an extreme amount. it will take one-third of my salary to pay for the medicare that your party is talking about doing. do you look at those incidents? do you wonder about how those people are going to pay, because i'm not the only one? guest: if you are older than 55, you

interesting story i don't have time for this afternoon and kennedy went out to inspect progress, first to huntsville and then the cape, and then to houston and made the speech, the most vivid speech, and i can't give the talk without you hearing this. if it works. >> we choose to go to the moon in this day and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and fill because that challenge is one we are willing to postpone and one we intend to win and the others too. [applause] >> on that same trip, kennedy went being worried about the rapidly increasing costs of apollo, but he was told by the head of the apollo program that with a little more money, we could land in '66 rather than '67 and there was a talk with jim webb when was it was appropriate to provide the extra money. the answer on mr. webb's term was no. holmes went to "time" magazine and leaked the story that webb was not supporting kennedy's goal, and was an obstacle rather than a facilitator of the apollo objective. kennedy being kenne

host: catherine, a democrat in huntsville, alabama. good morning. hi, catherine? caller: hello. i am here. host: good morning. hello there. caller: good morning. my question is i am on social security disability. i worked all of my life. my disability is based on my retirement income. i had to stop working due to health reasons. i do not know if you know this, but social security automatically been is disability the first time around for people, -- denies disability the first time around for people, no matter what your elvises. i worked -- your illness is. i worked in the human service area, which is not a high salary for people. from teachers, to mental health workers, to "community organizers" what ever. my question is this -- because of that, i am concerned that my medicare, and the insurance for it will go up to an extreme amount. it will take one-third of my salary to pay for the medicare that your party is talking about doing. do you look at those incidents? do you wonder about how those people are going to pay, because i'm not the only one? guest: if you are older than 55

kennedy went out in '62 to inspect progress, first to huntsville and then houston and his most vivid speech, i can't give this talk until you hear it. >> we choose to go to the moon, and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies because that challenge is -- >> oop. >> that's one we are willing to postpone and one we intend to win and the others two. >> on that same trip, kennedy went being worried about the rapidly increasing apole -- apollo. and told that those funds could be raised and a fight ensued whether it was appropriate to provide that extra money. the answer on mr. webb's terms was no. and holmes went to the times and said that kennedy was an i instigator. and he went to see what it was about, and kennedy had a meeting in the oval office and after the bay of pigs. and there is a fascinating discussion and kennedy being very clear why we are going to the moon. >> (inaudible) on the apollo. and (inaudible) no matter how, and we can spend 10 billion and get (inaudible

we're looking at the very likely into kentucky of a strong risk and then a high risk in birmingham, huntsvilleeorgia for tornadoes into tonight. we also have a lot of rain to talk about with the system, some areas picking up three to five inches of rain. showers in the western great lakes, breezy, sunny conditions through the southwest. >>> good morning to you. boy, we have a beautiful day already out there. it's going to get even better as our temperatures jump up now that the sun is out and high pressure has taken full control of our weather pattern. now, tomorrow we are going to see a bit of a change. the system of low pressure drops into the area and will bring more cloud cover as early as this evening but a bigger component will be the winds we're anticipating for tomorrow. 70 degrees for today with light winds in san jose. 70 in fremont. 72 in fairfield. a little warmer tomorrow. 0s next week. weather. matt? >> al, thank you very much. coming up next, meredith back in london. she'll talk about princess diana and the huge shoes she has left for kate middleton to fill. but first, these mes

and it is noted that houston the houston area to huntsville, has some of the largest pollutants in the air. the effect of the proposed regulation on energy production, the feasibility of the implementation of regulation on the entities being regulated, the effect on the proposed regulation on the available of energy to consumers and the adverse environmental effects on delaying implementation, it allows a discussion that may not be at the level that we would like it today. i can't imagine and i guess my friend on the other side of the aisle will come up an show me all the letters he's saying that are supporting legislation that obliterates the opportunity for governmental oversights, i disagree. i want to know whether or not we have had the kinds of discussions that warrant a deliberative process and to bring about an -- a concept of listening to industry and industry listening on the question of air pollute tans. i hold up, and i'd like unanimous consent to submit into the ror, the mayor's task force on the health effects -- the chair: the gentlelady's request is covered by general le