it's too much. >> reporter: jason miller is suffering from many broken bones and fractures.l heal. healing emotionally may be much tougher. susan candiotti, cnn. >> it is so sad. let's check into some of the other stories we're following. >> anderson, as you reported at the white house president obama and the israeli prime minister netanyahu say their nations stand together in efforts to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and all the options are on the table. a short time ago, netanyahu said this. >> the story of the jewish people, the story of a powerless and stateless people who became a strong and proud nation able to defend itself. and ladies and gentlemen, israel must always reserve the right to defend itself. >> a "360 follow." victory for students in minnesota who critics said prevented teachers from tonight the school board approved a settlement outlining steps to approve the district's anti-bullying efforts. the six students will receive a total of $270,000. >>> u.s. stocks fell today after china lowered its annual growth target. the dow lost 15 points. >>

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another man, jason miller was stumbling nearby. he had been in the same trailer. >> they found him walking down the road. he's are sons of a gun. >> tough, but badly injured. >> his shoulder blade is fracture and he has a fractured back. slightly fractured. so he's in pretty rough shape. . >> earlier with et twister bearing down, he tried to help angel's family. jason miller convinced the family to get out of their smaller trailer and hunker down with him in his double wide. they crouched down in the floor in the center of the trailer as the tornado got closer and closer. >> they were laying in the hall way and think they were holding hands and they were laying down as we understood it. >> and praying? >> praying, yeah. >> neighbors were doing the same. >> i prayed to god to please keep my family safe. he kept my family safe. the poor kids. i don't know. >> more blow for the shaken community. angel also has died. she was pulled off life support late sunday. susan candiotti, cnn, indiana. >> thank you very much. this has been a day

another man, jason miller, was stumbling nearby. he had been in the same trailer. >> they found him walking down the road with his arm dangling. >> reporter: tough bud badly injured. >> his shoulder blade is fractured in two places and a fractured back. so he is in pretty rough shape. >> reporter: earlier with the twister bearing down he tried to help angel's family. jason miller convinced the babcock family of five to get out of their smaller trailer and hunker with them in his double wide so they crouched on the floor in the center of the trailer as the tornado got closer and closer. >> they were laying in the hallway. i think they were holding hands but laying down. >> reporter: and praying? >> praying, yes. >> reporter: neighbors were doing the same. >> i prayed to god when i heard the tornado was coming through to please keep my family safe which he kept my family safe but those poor kids. >> reporter: and now one more blow for this shaken community. angel also has died. she was pulled off life support late sunday. >> thank you

they had all tried to take cover in neighbor jason miller's trailer home. >> when we felt it hit and go, i think it probably blacked out for everyone. nobody remembers anything after that. >> take it away from us, lord. >> reporter: also hard hit, west liberty, kentucky, where amateur video captures still more of friday's terror. 21 people died in kentucky and many others are stunned to be alive. >> you couldn't see nothing. and it just like -- i just thought we was going to die. >> don't worry about asking questions. >> reporter: back in henryville, indiana, folks starved for information, crowded into a community meeting late this afternoon. >> the power company is working very hard to get power restored. >> reporter: among the most urgent concerns, the henryville schools which took a direct hit from the tornado that sent walls crumbling and buses flying. kids are out of school right now while officials make plans to try to find room in other nearby school districts to accommodate those 1,200 kids displaced by what happened at the school here in town. we should note as you look arou

. >> reporter: how could live be the same for jason miller after being the sole survivor of a tornadothe family of five he was trying to protect, including 14-month-old angel, her 2-year-old brother and 2-month-old sister. when he spotted the tornado outside, he had seconds to react. >> i had already grabbed the little girl and she had the car seat. i told her, run, run for the house. i saw death right there. i knew we were done at that moment. >> you saw death? >> at that moment i knew it was over. >> jason miller convinced the babcock family of five to get out of they're smaller trailer and hunker down with him in his double-wide. so they crouched down in the floor in the center of the trailer as the tornado got closer and closer. >> and angel was sitting there and i put my arm kind of over angel and got her to get down, the house got grabbed, it was just like a strong wrench on the house and it started to turn and all of the sudden it just popped loose and it was just -- it was amazing. unbelievable. >> reporter: the house got sucked into the air and so did miller. he blacked out.

jason miller try to shelter a family of five in his mobile home. >> i said, laid out flat. that is the only thing that remember saying. i started praying. >> the storm swept away the entire family. survivors and other states scoured debris with a common cause and had similar success. >> i just kept digging and digging until we got to where it was that. >> this has been in alabama. >> we found her wedding band and everything important to her we found. every bit of it. >> by the way, the two children who were saved by their mom survive the storm without even a scratch. >> probably so many more stories like that one. much more ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00. how safe is your evening to you? -- evening commute? [ male announcer ] for some reason those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyramid. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. [ beep ] [ mom ] scooter? the progresso chicken noodle you made is so good. it's got tender white meat chicken. the way i always made it for you. one more thing.... those pj's you like, i bought

. >> reporter: jason miller tried to help a family of five survive a tornado in indiana, sheltering themn his mobile home. but it swept them away, ultimately killing all five, including 14-month-old angel. miller survived but said he saw death at his door. >> i put my arm over angel and got her to get down. i was like, down. i said, lay down flat. i just kind of reached my arm, get in close, lay down flat. that's the only thing i remember saying. i just started praying. >> reporter: a mother in indiana successfully used her body to shield her two kids, but she ended up losing one leg above the knee and the other leg above the ankle. >> i was reaching around holding them and trying to keep everything away from them so it didn't hit them. i had two steal beams on my legs, and i couldn't move. i was stuck. >> reporter: and a man in missouri got something precious back. >> i gave this to my wife 10 years ago. i kept digging and digging until we got to where it was at. in all this here, how do you find it? i called her and she was crying. >> reporter: meanwhile, kentucky senator says fema has

jason miller, thank you so much. our best to you. >> thank you very much. >> it's now 7:11. here's matt. >> to politics now. the gop presidential candidates are fanning out across the country on the eve of super tuesday. more than 400 dell graegates ar for grabs with ohio the state to watch. peter alexander is in canton this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. mitt romney and rick santorum will be campaigning ahead of tomorrow's super tuesday. romney arrives with a head of steam after winning the washington state caucuses. the senior adviser for the romney campaign says they are hoping a strong performance tomorrow during super tuesday will give them an advantage in the race. >> remember the song, born on a mountain top in tennessee, greenest state in the land of the free. >> reporter: stumping for votes ahead of super tuesday, mitt romney got nostalgic about the frontier past. >> davie crockett. remember? [ cheers ] >> i said this is the greenest state in the land of the free. >> reporter: it's ohio, tomorrow's symbolic prize that the candidates will focus on

. >> reporter: jason miller tried to help a family survive in indiana. but it swept him away, ultimately, killing all five, including 14-month-old rachel babcock. miller survived but said he saw death over his door. >> i put my arm over angel and was like, get down. i told her, lay down flat. kind of reached my arm in and said, get in, lay down flat. and i just started praying. >> reporter: a mother in indiana successfully used her body to shield her two kids. but she ended up losing one leg above the knee and the other leg above the ankle. >> i was reaching around, holding them. and trying to keep everything away from them so it didn't hit them. i had two steel beams on my legs. and i couldn't -- i couldn't move. -- i was stuck. >> and a man in missouri got something precious back. >> gave my wife 10 years ago. i just kept digging and digging until i got to where it was at. in all of this, how do you find it? i called her. she was crying. >> reporter: meanwhile, kentucky senator mitch mcconnell says fema has started damage assessment in the hard- hit to

. >>> the man who lived next door to the toddler who died is still in the hospital, jason miller saystook 15-month-old angel babcock and her family in the home the tornado hit as soon as they gathered to pray. miller spoke from his hospital bed on "the today show". >> i can't believe it was me and the rest didn't make it it's very saddening to hear the whole family passed away and i was setting this holding their hands seconds before they died. it's a very devastating and you know, very thankful to be here and thankful for the people who prayed for me. >> miller hoos a broken back, broken arm and bruised ribs but says he's fortunate he survived. >>> now to the snow moving to the south of us, south of the district, the weather is forcing spotsylvania county public schools to cancel all their afternoon activities. megan mcgrath has a look at conditions right now. >> reporter: thought winter was done? think again we're down in fredericksburg, virginia, look at the snow we're seeing here this morning. a system blew through and dumped enough of the white stuff to coat the grassy areas and

. >> reporter: now the jason you were hearing about is jason miller. he's the man who had taken in this family as that twister was approach i approaching. and they laid down in his double wide trailer and were holding hands and praying according to his brothers. the twister came and brought them all up into the wind. and jason alone was propelled maybe 50 feet in the air and he landed over by the saw mill, where i am now standing. jason will recover from his injuries. he was informed of what happened to the family just yesterday. and don, his family says that jason feels very badly that he did the best he could to try to protect all of them and now he will learn that angel also didn't make it. don? >> susan candiotti, we appreciate your reporting. f funerals are being held for victims of the tornadoes in illinois. six people from harrisburg were killed in the storms. hundreds of people from across southern illinois gathered along streets in harrisburg to pay their respects. the ef-4 tornado demolished a neighborhood where all six victims lived. >>> tow

>>reporter: jason miller tried to help a family of five surviving a tornado in indiana in his mobileut is what them away ultimately killing all 5 including a 14 month old. he survived the said that he saw death at his door. >> i told the kid down. get down and i said they down flat and get enclosed. that's the only thing i remember saying and then i started crying. >>reporter: and mother in indiana successfully use her body to shield her two kids she ended up losing one leg above the knee in the other above the ankle. >> and her i was reaching around holding them and trying to keep everything away from them so i did not hit them. i had to stilbenes on my leg and i cannot move. i was up. >>reporter: and then in misery got something precious back. burn but a >> an engagement ring and put my wife in years ago i of the feeding and goodness until i got where was that. >>reporter: on lock fema has started damage accessment in the hard-hit town of west liberty. >> we will do everything we can to try to help these good folks rebuild their lives. >>justine: the national weather service says i

. >> reporter: jason miller does remember pulling his neighbors from their trailer into his house right before the storm hit. the family of five did not survive. including little angel babcock removed from life support late yesterday. >> i went over to the neighbors, brought them over into my house, and then they died. you know, it's just hard to -- it's very hard to accept. >> reporter: grief that so many are dealing with as they struggle to somehow make sense of all that's happened here. that just like the cleanup and recovery is going to take a very long time especially difficult when you consider how early these storms hit. there are still two full months left in what has already been a deadly tornado season. in henryville, indiana, jay gray, news 4. >> the snow is also having an impact in our area. up to 10 inches fell across central virginia. darcy spencer is in thornberg, virginia in spotsylvania county with more. >> reporter: it's looking really on the slushy side. earlier today it was like a winter wonderland and a half hour ago we had a little snow shower that came through. no

. >> reporter: jason miller does remember pulling his neighbors from their trailer into his house rightstorm hit. the family of five did not survive including little angel babcock removed from life support late yesterday. >> i went over to the neighbors, brought them over into my house, and then they died. you know, that's just hard to -- very hard to accept. >> reporter: grief that so many are dealing with as they struggle to somehow make sense of all that's happened here. that just like the cleanup and recovery is going to take a very long time, especially difficult when you consider how early these storms hit. there are still two full months left in what has already been a deadly tornado season. in henryville, indiana, jay gray, news 4. >>> an employee at a pizza store gets caught in the middle of an armed robbery and the whole ordeal is caught on camera. take a look at this surveillance video taken last week of the pizza store in central colorado. the armed man stormed into the store, pointing his gun at the terrified employee. she crouches on the ground, unsure of what to do, as th

and a neighbor by the name of jason miller had convinced them to come hofover from their smal trailer to his double wide to take shelter. they hunkered down, lay down face down and held hands and they said they pararayed and th the twister lifted everything up, sucked them into the air and dropped them about 100 yards away where i am standing. and, in fact, we spoke to a man when it was all over who came to look for any survivors, and he found all of them in the mud here. here is what he told me. >> the man and woman was laying right here behind the sawmill, and all three of the kids was found right in this area. >> reporter: right in the muddy field. one of the babies was still in a car seat, a baby seat. >> yes. >> reporter: were there any signs of life? did you see the baby that is still alive? >> the baby was still alive. thee mts got here and took her and tried to work on her. it was the last things i know they put her in a helicopter. >> reporter: and where was jason found? >> jason was just walking around here. he was kind of out of his mind. he was shook up. >> reporter: dazed

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jason hammel's strong debut. o's pitcher allowed only one total. new outfielder jay miller here driving in a run.atlanta 2-1 the final. playoff push under way in washington. rocking the reds against tampa bay, skating in overtime. caps with the puck. find the sharp shooter. alex ovechkin on target. game winner in overtime lifting the caps to a much needed 2-1 victory. turks and tar heels coming up tomorrow. >> oh, boy. thank you, mark. >>> the dorm room everybody wants to visit. >> he made his dorm feel more like a spa. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> and the cheese stands alone. the world championship cheese that is. it was crowned the grand prize winner in wisconsin. there were more than 2600 entries in the cheese madness. first time in four years that a swiss cheese didn't win. plus, it's a semisoft reduced fat cheese. >>> an ohio university student went a little overboard when it came to access rising his dorm ride. decided to put in a hot tub and all of the sudden became the most popular man on campus. people just came wandering in. i hope he disinif he canned that hot tub. unfortunately, they told

jason hammel, two scoreless innings. jay miller, again, a big game offensively, shot to left. miller picked up from the a's in january, four r.b.i.'s in seven at-bats. orioles win it. peyton manning wants to decide on his new team within the week. miami, the front-runner. >> we'll see. thanks, keeths. the time is 6:26, 48 degrees on tv hill. here's a look at what's ahead in the next half-hour of 11 news today. >> racial tension on the towson university campus. i'm jennifer franciotti. details are next. >> and a three-month surveillance effort pays off big for baltimore city police. we'll tell you what they recovered in a raid. >> and we'll take a look at your morning commute. volume picking up. we'll let you know if we're seeing any delays, and we'll talk about an accident with closures in edgewater. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thanks so much for joining us. meteorologist tony pann has a look at this friday forecast. >> hey, guys. good morning, everyone. we're starting out with murky conditions. we had r

newcomer jason hamel gave one run, one-hit, and struck out former oriole elf will dilute scott. the outfield prospect john millerg to get that fourth outfield spot on the roster, continues a strong spring, batting 333 this spring, and at his first home run of the exhibition season. all part of the 7-7 tie in 10 innings today against tampa bay. as expected, ravens have taken a wait-and-see approach in the early hours of free agency, but few teams have done some roster remodeling in a hurry today. chicago bears with a former favorite target, brandon marshall. the base created a pair of third-round -- the bears traded a pair of third round draft picks to acquire marshall. and former colts receiver and many target of ballet does not plan on following manning in the free agent market. he tweeted today he plans to sign with the washington redskins. big money, too. he will reportedly get a five- year $42 million deal with $21 million guaranteed. as expected, several costs free agents have drawn early attention. a defensive linemen has reportedly begun talks with his former coordinator clinton to visit with the colts la

miller has 7 rbis to lead this spring. and new pitcher jason hamill, delivered a strong start. the orioles and the tampa bay rays played to a seven-all tie. you can have ties. they don't need to belabor it. >> thank you, mark. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,, girl: i want to tell you about my friend. his name is ben. ben learned about a homeless boy who had an infected tooth, and the boy died. that made ben really sad. he wrote a law so every kid can see a dentist. we have special dental van that goes from school to school. he even helps make sure we learn how to brush our teeth. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. >>> don't miss the cbs primetime lineup tonight at 10:00. followed by unforgettable and eyewitness news at 11:00. >>> an amazing art deserve in italy. they believe they found traces of a leonardo da vinci masterpiece. they say it hasn't been seen in over four centuries. the cases contain flak pigment also used in mona lisa's painting. >> interesting. >>> back at 11:00, i'm denise koch. >> for bob and mark, i'm vic carter. thanks for watching maryland's

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jason hamels pitched two innings and give a two hits and no runs. in sarasota, darren on day sidearm delivery will grab attention. the reliever from texas is looking for a role in the bullpen. sean miller has unopened string. seven ats in the last bats. for xavier avery, making a name for himself. he brought in the winning run as the orioles knockoff atlanta this afternoon. patterson crush and will now face thomas stone in the state championship game saturday afternoon. thomas stone had its centennial season today. in the gross semifinals, aberdeen moves on to the state championship with an 84-66 win. 15 games left now and the caps are in and out of the plants picture. they moved back into a with a win over tampa bay. -- out of the playoffs picture. they moved actaeon with a win over tampa bay. -- they moved back in with a win over tampa bay. they tied the game 2-2 in the third period. four minutes left, alex from the right side. the caps take it in overtime. they move into the eighth and final playoff spot in the >> we are looking forward to an early spring. >> let's keep them on hold for a couple of days. this is only part of spring. a big warmup, and little cool down, and some showe

jason hammel was a pitcher the orioles received in the german guthrie trade. -- jeremy guthrie trade. scott.kes out looks guke this is jai miller. 7-7, the game ends in a tie. ben grubbs will speak to the saints today as free agents it rolls on. >> 56 degrees on tv hill. some good news for maryland's economy. not all good economic news. >> gas prices continued to rise. martin o'malley will talk about lawmakers about this proposed gas tax increase. >> discover to drown out what they call a message of >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. i just poses some pictures of my beloved daffodils on a facebook. >> all the flowers are out and everybody is in the spring mode. today it will be in the 70's. lots of sunshine. we have some scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon yesterday. the average high temperature, 53 degrees. we will check the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> thank you. gas prices continued to climb towards the $4 a gallon mark. >> the governor pl

jason dowd was the co-pilot of jetblue flight 191. he took over when his captain went out of control in the cockpit in mid air and he safely landed the plane. >> jon millerst on that bizarre incident in the cockpit. >> as clayton osbon began to discuss religion and then strangely rattled through numerical combinations of radio frequencies, his co-pilot was thinking about how to get his captain out of the cockpit without a fight and now we know more about the guy called a hero in this story. jason dowd told his family he didn't think of himself as a hero but many believe he diff e diffused a situation when he locked his co-pilot out of the cockpit. >> we're going to have to go into amarillo. >> reporter: in salem, ohio, dowd's hometown, his father in law was not surprised that jason was cool under pressure. >> he's a great guy. headquarters thursday where company officials were assessing their needs following a very stressful situation. >> relax, relax. >> reporter: meanwhile at northwest texas hospital in amarillo, clayton osbon's psychiatric assessment continued. in rural georgia, friends and family of the 49-year-old pilot say they're still in shock. .