jacqui jeras with is now. on the way. >> there is a lot of severe weather out there across southern georgia, northern florida. this is jacksonville, florida. live picture from wjxt. that is something we'll watch as the actual thunderstorms begin to move in. we have a tornado watch in effect here. conditions are favorable for tornados to occur. it's this line we've been watching the last couple of hours that has a history of producing severe thunderstorms. i think wind damage will be more widespread. we have seen some rotators within that line. there have been some touchdowns, about ten reports in south georgia and north florida. we'll zoom in closer and show you the area we are talking about and put the warnings on top of it here four. we don't see any of those purple or orange boxes at that time. that's good news to see that. i'm suspicious of what's going down here. we've got new video out of henryville, indiana, where some of the worst damage has been caused. we'll take a look at that video and walk you thr

jackie jar ras will jacqui jeras will be here in about 20 minutes from now. >>> robert bales is expected to meet with his legal defense team and in the shooting death of the men, women, and children in kandahar, afghanistan. sergeant bales is in a military prison, in solitary confinement. let's go to joint base lewis-mcchort. what more do we know about robert bales and what the week looks like for him? >> reporter: hi, fredricka. what has emerged so far is a soldier under emotional, physical strain after having served four war tours after the last ten years. we have a picture, this is somebody who faced enormous financial pressures. his wife put their home up for sale at a price significantly less than what they paid for it. a former neighbor also tells cnn that they didn't pay their homeowners association fees for like three or four years and that their condo was basically in a state of disrepair. bales, meanwhile, grew up in cincinnati, ohio, a suburb of cincinnati, and his former high school friends described him as a patriot and someone deeply moved by 9/11. take a listen. >> i can't

jacqui jeras joins us now. what's in store this week. we're getting back to work on monday. we want to know what's up. >> the same system bringing snow to the west is a slow mover. it's going to be kicking up severe weather. we were dealing with a couple tornado warnings into parts of texas. we have an effect in western parts of oklahoma. so this is going to be ongoing through 10:00 tonight in an area we'll be watching. as we head into tomorrow, that severe weather threat a little more widespread. we'll be looking at places in houston, dallas, oklahoma city, kansas city, and even des moines could see severe thunderstorms. we could be active into the west. but by tuesday, you'll be done with the snow. temperature wise, we have been talking about how crazy it is. it's just been the flip-flop weather going on. look at this. albuquerque at 40 degrees. minneapolis looking for 76 degrees tomorrow. there have been a plethora of highs going on there. it hit 80 in seven out of the last nine days. that's like may or june weather. >> can you slide to the left? i can see the temperature

but jacqui jeras has a couple of other mysteries. have discovered a new ancestor. does this change history? >> it might change the process. we're looking at evolution here. there are two important parts to this. the first one is exciting, that potentially scientists have discovered a new species of humans. so they are our relatives but don't come from modern man. this the what they may have looked like, and they're being called the red deer cave people. they were found in china and they got that name because they like to eat a lot of deer meat. and they have some common features with common man and some others that are totally unrelated to any other members in the human evolution tree. let's talk about those features. they had prominent brow ridges, thick skull bones, flat upper faces and broad noses. the jaws jutted out and the cheekbones flared out widely, and that would create space for larger chewing muscles. the second part is how young they were, surprisingly young. this dates back to between 14,000 and 11,500 years ago. so tha

our jacqui jeras is here. what does it look like? >> a lot better actually, don.ithout complications. the storm that produced all the severe weather is still producing a lot of rain in florida, georgia and the carolinas. so you'll deal with that at least into tomorrow. but no severe weather expected for the next three days. there is a clipper system that will be impacting the tornado zones, however, and i wanted to mention this, because this will bring in late tomorrow and change over to snow by tomorrow night. so folks that are dealing with cleanup here need to act quickly to try and salvage anything that's really important to them in the next few days. we want to mention some of this will be snowfall and this is one computer model forecast bringing it over some of those areas in illinois, indiana, as well as kentucky. so a weak system, don, but having an impact for those people dealing with temperatures below freezing again. >> jacqui, thank you very much. >>> in instant, the tornadoes destroyed homes and turned lives upside down. here's what living through a to

jacqui jeras has a couple other mysteries, including one that we may have discovered a new ancestor. what is this about? does this change history? >> it doesn't change history but may change the process. we're looking at evolution. there are 2 million parts to this whole thing. the first is exciting, potentially scientists have discovered a new species of human. they are a relative but they don't come from the direct line of modern man. this is a sketch that you are looking at of what they may have looked like. they are being called the red deer cave people and they were found in two caves in china. they got the name because they like to eat a lot of deer meat. there was evidence in the cave that's cooked venison. they are unrelated to any other members in the human evolution tree. let's talk about the tree. they have prominent brow ridges, thick skull bones, flat upper faces and broad noses, the jaws jutted out and the cheekbones flared out widely. that was to create more space for larger chewing muscles. so that's the first part of this. the second part is how young they were. surp

let's get right over to jacqui jeras in the cnn severe weather center. what in the world is going on? >> it's been amazing what an incredibly strong storm going on for more than 36 hours right now. 98 reports of tornados yesterday. ten reports so far today. the severe weather threat out there with a tornado watch, meaning conditions are favorable for toesrnados to occur in southern parts of georgia and northern parts of florida. this is the line we are most concerned about at this hour that has a history of producing damaging winds and isolated tornados. thankfully, no injury reports today or fatalities. let's hope that continues to hold on true. the best thing i can tell you, there are no warnings in effect. when we tell you a warning, that means it's happening now. you need to take shelter immediately. that is not happening at this time. we'll have to watch as these storms especially down by the big ben area make their way onshore. there is the potential for rotation. watch for that along the i-10 corridor throughout the rest of the day. jacksonville,

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jacqui jeras with me now. you look at those images, as well. that is a monster of a tornado. >> it really is. >> we understand now, some 97 or so tornadoes have dotted many of these states along the way. all that kind of intensity. >> not necessarily, all different kinds of intensities. the national weather service out assessing that damage today. and look at that video again, it's so amazing because that was a developing tornado. it was an intensifying process and also multiple vortices. it was sucking in all of the air from around it, taking up all of that energy and tightening. do you see how it's tightening. >> even the man working at that station for him to stand still. he must have really been fighting some pull or holding on to something while he's being fairly steady in taking these images. >> kind of hard to tell how far away he is from that tornado, but i know the gas station across the street was obliterated. so i'm sure he felt something. gas stations aren't necessarily a good place to be, by the way. maybe better than your car, but

jacqui jeras because we're not completely out of the woods as yet. it still has more potential for damage. >> definitely. for wind damage, which they think will be more of an issue today than actual tornadoes and the other threat today is going to be flash flooding. we're getting a tremendous amount of rain with these storms. so first and foremost, we have a new tornado watch. this was just issued at the top of the hour. here you can see it across northern parts of florida into southern georgia, just south of savannah, including brunswick, over toward jacksonville, florida, and stretching toward tallahassee, and the main line we're going to be concerned about in the upcoming hours. this is going to last all afternoon long. this is going to go into the evening, and this watch doesn't expire until 8:00. but i do think today is a different animal than what we dealt with yesterday. we're not expecting the large destructive long track tornadoes, but these tornadoes will very often what will happen today, they're very difficult to see. you may not know the

jacqui jeras is here. what does it look like?ually, don, but not without complications. the storm that produced all the severe weather is still producing a lot of rain across parts of florida, georgia, and into the carolinas. you'll deal with that at least into tomorrow. but no widespread organized severe weather expected, at least not for the next three days. there is a clipper system impacting the tornado zones, however, and i wanted to mention this because this is going to bring in some rain late tomorrow and then change over likely to some snow by tomorrow night. so folks that are dealing with cleanup here really need to act pretty quickly to try and salvage anything that's really important to them in the next few days, and we do want to mention that some of this will be snowfall, and this is one computer model forecast bringing it over some of those areas in illinois, indiana, as well as into kentucky. so a weak system, don, but certainly having an impact for those people dealing with temperatures below freezing again. >> th

jacqui jeras will be joining us with more on that.nor steve bichir is joining me now on the phone. mr. governor, our hearts go out to you because your state suffered the most deaths of all of those killed during these couple of days of storms. what is the greatest need for you right now? >> well, right now we are moving from a search and rescue part of the operation. we finished that now and unfortunately at least today we had 21 fatalities from the storm. and more than 300 injuries. but work now going to be moving into a recovery cleanup and damage assessment mode to get our people back on their feet. we may be down here in kentucky, but we're not out. our people are resilient. they pull together. and we're going to get through this. >> governor, the cleanup seems undaunting. i don't know where you begin and where you put all that debris. but first and foremost, people need a place to stay. do you have enough shelters? do you have enough of that kind of emergency response for the many survivors who are displaced? >> yes, we do. fortu

jacqui jeras is with us. this has been quite the introduction to spring. >> yeah.e will see severe weather today. in fact, there's a line of strong to severe storms right now across extreme eastern parts of texas where a tornado watch has been issued until 7:00 local time. this whole area is moving up toward the north and the east. so parts of louisiana and then eventually into parts of arkansas can expect to see stronger to severe thunderstorms. that risk area going all the way up into the boothill of missouri as these storms continue through the overnight. now the plus side to all of this is that temperatures have been extremely warm across the plains states. in fact, we're talking some record-breakers out there. take a look at these 60s all the way up across the upper midwest. we did have a live picture -- it went away -- officer my hometo minneapolis. >>> right around the corner. tax returns are due, ready for that? >> i am. filed and ready. >> all right. very good. for those of you who need a lid help, learn how to -- a little help, learn how to use your cell

. >>> let's talk to jacqui jeras about what may be on the horizon.ot of folks are still out of their homes but while the big storm system is out of the way, there's yet something else that's moving in in the form of cold temperatures. >> yeah. cold temperatures and even some snow and some light rain. even in west liberty there was snowflakes flying there earlier this morning and they're going to see some occasional snow showers. this isn't a major storm. no severe weather is expected. but it kind of complicates things. if there is anything that's out there that people are still trying to clean up it needs to be sealed in plastic bags. see the radar picture. and in eastern kentucky, for example, west liberty where you saw jim, that was a powerful tornado that moved through. they'll see occasional snow showers. light rain moving into southern illinois. if you remember, harrisburg tornado, that caused so much devastation there, so some wet weather coming in those areas as well and indiana, they're doing okay at this time in terms of active weather but y

jacqui jeras is tracking some potentially severe and dangerous storms out of louisiana.e checking in with her next. [ male announcer ] the cadillac cts sport sedan was designed with near-perfect weight balance from front to back... and back to front. ♪ giving you exceptional control from left to right... and right to left. ♪ the cadillac cts. ♪ we don't just make luxury cars. we make cadillacs. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ >>> some pretty dangerous -- potentially dangerous weather on the horizon particularly in the south. >> we're watching some nasty thunderstorms in western parts of louisiana right now. some of which could be producing some wind damage. this is the same line of storms that moved through the houston a

jacqui jeras explains how the extreme storms form. >> don, it was the perfect recipe of atmospheric conditionsdry air from the north, extreme warmth and humidity from the south and it caused the atmosphere to explode and there you can see the tornadic thunderstorms as they developed and moved across parts of the mid south. this is what the outlook was issued by the storm prediction center. and this is where we had all of the tornadoes. look at all of the reports across the region from indiana all the way down into parts of alabama. these are the preliminary numbers. more than 101 tornado report 281 wind damage reports. 442 hail. it's been an incredible severe weather outbreak. for march, above average. sad situation, don. the best thing i can tell you is that this thing is finally over. all of the watches and warnings have ex piertd or been canceled early. >> we're keeping our fingers crossed. thank you. >>> in north carolina, there's been extensive damage from the storms. but no report of fatalities. andrew dowd from wsoc shows us the scene near charlotte. >> this is one of two subdivisions i

meteorologist jacqui jeras in the cnn weather center. >> huge?te, but you are huge. >> larger than life. whatever. at least my mouth does. how are you? we'll talk huge today. huge snow amounts. we've got a major storm system across the midwest. it's dumping the snow like you wouldn't believe. skiers are happy. travelers maybe not so much. look at these numbers. many are ski areas. 48 inches in california. in the sierras. that is four feet of snow if you need me to do the math, by the way. alpine meadows, 47. three feet in squaw valley. mammoth lakes at 30 inches. these numbers are 24-hour totals. it gives an idea how heavy and wet this is and how fast and furious it's coming down. we also have some really windy conditions to go along with it. ahead of this system, we have a nice conveyer belt. very strong winds coming in across the plains states. that is helping to drive your temperatures up to record levels in if many areas. we'll have a plethora falling throughout the day today. 76 in minneapolis. 80 in chicago. really incredible. we are also w

meteorologist jacqui jeras, strange things happening this winter. >> i know.new hash tag, hopefully it will take off. it is like 50 and raining in phoenix now and 77 degrees and sunny in international falls, minnesota. it is flip-flopped weather. i'm not talking about the sandals. unfortunately that will stick around for a while, because this system is moving very, very slowly, which means more snow in the west, and we're talking more record highs expected across parts of the east. unfortunately it also means severe weather in the nation's midsection. so those are your big headlines. we'll start out with the snow. you saw the video coming in out of flagstaff. some of the snowfall totals have been impressive. these are preliminary numbers and they're just from today. 26 inches at arizona snow bowl. 11 at belmont. prescott had 10 inches and flagstaff airport had 4.8. in general across the flagstaff area we have seen numbers between 10 and 15 inches of snowfall. they're looking at maybe another 4 to 9 on top of what you already have there for tonight. you can see

jacqui jeras is here to talk about that and more. that is amazing. out of this. luckily nobody was hurt. >> those students were released from the building, sent out in buses. the driver says we've got this warning. they brought them back to the school. to think all those kids were in there. parts of the school are safe and parts that rpt safe. gym equals unsafe. the larger the span the roof is, the more unsafe because there is more space and surface for winds to lift that off. if anybody had been in there, certainly they would have been hit by that debris. wind estimated around 170 miles per hour with that tornado. you can't see any rotation with these storms, but you can see how furious it is. just how strong those winds are. it's the debris that kills you in these significants. all this happened about 20 seconds. that was it. your life changes in an instant. >> what else weatherwise? >> we've got to watch out for the threat of severe weather. concerned about that. today the risk area small, just in the middle mississippi river valley. today we coul

jacqui jeras is here in the cnn severe weather center.many places were just devastated by the storms last week. i hope it's not on tap for again next week. >> well, right now it looks like a pretty quiet week but we're watching that tornado area very closely because some significant weather is moving through that area right now. it's not a major system. it's not a severe weathermaker, but it's going to bring rain and even snow on top of the damaged areas and it's also going to be bringing in some freezing temperatures for people who don't have power. as you can see there on the radar picture, we're looking at parts of illinois, indiana, and kentucky. so far it's just been light, spotty snow and rain showers, but the heavier stuff beginning to move in now just east of st. louis. as you can see on the map there. there are winter weather advisories in effect in purple, and this includes the tornadoes in indiana that were so devastating, west liberty, kentucky, for example. you could see as much as 1 to 3 inches of snowfall. you know there ar

jacqui jeras tracking it all. >> we're watching western louisiana right now from just east of shreveporte charles. got this line that's producing strong to severe thunderstorms and we could see some damaging winds or an isolated tornado out of it. take a look at the video we have from the storms as they move through the houston area earlier today. they dumped down record rainfall, 2.81 inches to be exact. and you can see a lot of roadways were flooded by this. this is finally a surplus now for the houston area. it's been ridden with drought for well over a year. so some real great drought relief for much of eastern texas while western parts of the state still dealing with dry conditions. now the plus side of this system is our temperatures have been crazy warm. we have had very mild temperatures. minneapolis, 64. that's a record high for you. 49 in kansas city. a little rain-cooled there, and 66 in chicago. these warm temperatures are going to be a little bit more widespread by tomorrow. look at this. some of you will be seeing temperatures around 20 degrees above the average. now, our s

. >> jacqui jeras with our sunday night mystery. first to go to the bottom of the trench.orite ever documentaries was "blue planet" and i've watched it over and over. they will have to update that. >> this will be a new thing. we'll see some of the video down there right now. four cameras that can see 100 feet out on all sides of them. nice visuals. he should be down there for six hours. that is a ton of footage, right? >> my goodness. really exciting and really ground breaking in a lot of ways. this has been done before, but not for any real significant length of time. one of the big dangers that we're talking about. this is back in 1960, a navy lieutenant went down there. only down there for like 20 minutes. didn't see that. a lot of filth and sand. >> this one is not nearly is -- >> it's tiny. like worst than the astronauts in terms of being cramped in there, but they want to make it small, and the real concern is the pressure. it's really pressurized and to use an analogy, like putting 8,000 elephants on top of a mini cooper. that's how much pressure, but technology is