. >> john ray is a direct question. if you are presented with evidence that the police officers have committed perjury, or if you have this attorney in your office who has hidden evidence in the pursuit of a conviction, will you take action against this? >> we are aware that we're looking at many cases -- with the first homicide -- homicide conviction for this case that was over 20 years old at the office was working on for over one year. and we have the prosecutorial problems in this case. it appears that this was possibly prompted by the police. we believe that this evidence was material, and we decided to read prosecute the case. we have an integrity and it today, and we're looking at a series of cases and convictions. the answer is that i will hold those individuals accountable, and if there is a case to be prosecuted i would do so. as far as the prosecutor is concerned, if i find that he withheld information intentionally, we will assess a fee should be prosecuted. if we have police officers committing perjury, we

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john's hospital, some of the debris was picked up there and in dade county, about 70 miles away, people were finding x-raysir driveway. >> oh, my gosh. >> this was a very large tornado. we have tornado warnings ongoing now but south of the joplin area. >> i wanted to ask you about that. what can you tell us about the warning system you have in joplin. do you have sirens? how much time did people have in that area to take cover? >> i would say on average in the joplin area, most people had at least 15 minutes of warning. the warning was issued before the tornado formed 37 we actually started seeing the rotation on doppler, so we were able to issue the warning, but within minutes of issuing that, that's when it actually came together, just on the very western outskirts of joplin. it went from one end of the town to the other. >> are there sirens there, ray? >> yes, yes. that's something you can't live without in this part of the country? >> do most people have basements or shelters to go to? >> unfortunately, not. we had a dangerous tornado south of joplin a few years ago and that sparked the interest in peo

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john's hospital, the regional medical center here. you may have already heard x-rays and paperwork from this hospital was found upwards of 60 miles from here. that's because the debris cloud went up in the air 18,000 feet. the altitude where some commercial airliners fly, so it was carried at that altitude for several miles. we have a huge team on the ground, and among those to arrive first for us, nbc's al roker. who is going to start off the coverage tonight. this is among the most concentrated energy anywhere on the planet. >> i have never seen anything like this, even in tuscaloosa. we're talking about hearing sirens, the crack of thunder, the flash of lightning. it's been like this all day. it continues to get worse. the good news is there have been rays of sunshine in that seven people have been pulled from rubble today. so that is good news. for a long time, they're going to be cleaning up. the work is really just getting started. >> got debris on the ground here. got debris on the ground. >> the eye of the storm, joplin, missouri. >> i have a large, destructiv

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john's regional medical center took a direct hit scattering x-rays as far as 70 miles away. i want to go straight to joplin live and sam champion. sam, i mean, scenes of utter catastrophe in joplin. bring me up to speed with the latest news there. >> reporter: i tell you, it's a hellish out in joplin tonight. there's lightning dancing in every direction across the sky. the kind of rain tonight that you get in a hurricane. you are getting in this town. the kind of rain that they just don't need after what appears to have been an ef-4 tornado. one rare, 1% of tornadoes ever recorded. that kind of strength pops into this town about three-quarter of a mile wide and runs for three miles and some are estimated six on the ground. this doesn't skirt the edge of town. it runs through the middle of town wiping out the southern section of the town turning it into bare trees and a bunch of shattered timber and cars that are balled up. not cars that are blown across a parking lot but turned into balls of steel. it's just an incredible scene here in joplin, missouri. >> we're hearing stor

ray here at ground zero, john cartier lost his brother james who was working on the 105th floor of the >> thank you for having us. >> lauren, how about you? >> i was shocked. i mean, it's been ten years. i wasn't really expecting it. but, i mean, i think what needed to be done was done and the troops did it amazingly. and when you first got that call i'm sure it was a little, you both mentioned to me in the break it was a little shocking. wasn't exactly what you were expecting. lauren, what is this -- nothing replaces the loss that you have both experienced. does it help at all, though, as you work on this process every day? >> it doesn't really. it doesn't bring anybody back. there's no closure. i mean, it's the same as yesterday, only today he's dead. >> i think that it allows us, also, to transition to a different level of thought. you know, we now know that this man will never hurt another american again. anybody in the world. i mean, this guy he perpetrated crimes against human beings, didn't matter who you were, what country you were from. whether you were an american or from eng

john's medical center took a direct hit. >> every window is blown out, debris hanging out of the windows. cars stacked all over. >> reporter: four people died in the hospital. x-raysilding were found 70 miles away. even as they searched for survivors, emergency workers had to cope with their own losses. >> it has been destroyed. >> reporter: catherine heenan, kron 4 news. >>> warning sirens gave them 15 minutes to take cover but the residents say the rain and hail from the storm were so loud they drowned out the sound of the sirens. >>> it was a nice day today, apart from the winds. tomorrow similar conditions temperature wise. tomorrow temperatures nice and comfortable. san francisco, low 60s, cooling down on wednesday to the 50s. warmer conditions in san jose tomorrow, 70s. cooling down on wednesday. same in santa rosa, 76 tomorrow. 62 on wednesday. and the cause of the cool down is a storm digging in. bringing us late season rainfall. let's look at temperatures for tomorrow. 76 in santa rosa. 72 napa. 72 concord. again a nice day tomorrow. 60s bay shores. 70s in the south bay. changes coming through on wednesday. as this storm that is pushing towards the coast

rays beat the orioles 8-2. >>> at the kentucky derby, jockey john velazquez got a lucky break, literally.o was supposed to ride animal kingdom broke his nose earlier in the week, so velasquez got the call only because the horse he was supposed to ride, uncle mo, the favorite, was scratched on friday. velazquez rode animal kingdom, a 20-1 long shot, to victory. maybe it wasn't luck, but destiny. check out the hats at churchill downs. nearly 165,000 people in attendance, setting the record for the largest crowd at churchill downs. nice hat there. 19 horses in the field, and they are off in the 137th running of the kentucky derby. here's the stretch call. sound up. >> roaring down the center of the track! here comes animal kingdom in the middle of the racetrack to grab the lead. and shackleford. it's animal kingdom and john velazquez to win the derby! >> animal kingdom wins the kentucky derby by just 2 3/4 lengths. he never raced on dirt before. nero was second. muyho macho man finished third. animal kingdom was not available for comment after the race, but his jockey was. >> this was the ra

there's no doubt john is a hard worker but he hasn't played in a regular season game since seven. in the fourth round, washington took six foot nebraska running back raylu junior. and he ranks fourth all time in the cornhusker's rushing list. his father was a captain for the rugby team. the redskins took two of his teammates selecting da ongomes and niles paul. in the sixth round with the 177th pick overall, redskins selected penn state running back and former westfield high school standout evan royster. the running back is the all-time leading rushner penn state history. he was originally a cowboys fan growing up, but he told us on the his family converted him into a redskin fan. he's a good kid. here's a look who else they drafted. they select al drick robinson from smu. in the seventh round, they tap brandyn thompson out of boise state. maurice hurt, a lineman from florida. with their next pick, the skins draft markus white and chris neild from west virginia. none of the draft picks can sign because of the restored nfl lockout. the maryland spring game, beautiful day for poobl for coach randy ed sell and the terps. i think chuck bell ordered this g

>> you know, it's interesting, john, because i had the privilege of working both with marty dempsey, the nominee for chairman, and raye the new army chief. and i will tell you, these are men who have served throughout the war, who understand how we are, where we are, and they also have a familiarity with the leaders and the battle conditions. so, i actually think in many respects that what president obama is doing here is seeking the advice of men who have been out in the field, who can help him execute the strategy he has already articulated. i don't expect big changes here. >> and i want you to listen to the president here. because he talks about his new team, he talks about the battlefield challenges they face, and then listen at the very end. i want to talk about the significance at the very end. >> sure. >> general dempsey, admiral winfeld, we have much to do. from bringing our troops home from iraq to beginning to reduce our forces in afghanistan this summer and transitioning to aftghan lead. to fighting with al qaeda and protecting the afghan people, all while making important budget decisions and keeping our

>> reporter: john, we saw one family today who had a memorial service for their son. his name is rayhe third, he goes by the name trip. he was killed in the tornado. there was a memorial service today in joplin for him, but they had no body. they came and memorialized him. we have a picture from a local obituary in a paper. they have no body and don't know why the body hasn't been released. they know he is deceased because according to local media reports they were with him at a local hospital when he died. there is no answer why the body wasn't released. we tried to get answers today, calling the various entities dealing with the processing of the bodies. i don't want to name all of them, it will take the rest of the show. suffice it to say, we got no answer. that's part of the issue. when they try to go through the bodies, get the positive identification, do all of the forensics, sometimes takes longer than they want or the families want. but the information flow isn't what it should be either. >> the information flow is not what it should be, brian. i think we covered that, we sho

john wayne stayed there, and the rat pack hung out there. the sahara hotel and casino, featured in the first "ocean's 11." first guy to play the ballroom back in the day was ray bulger, the scarecrow. rickles and carson and dozens of others followed. as one guest put it, it's kind of like visiting the past. of course, that was the problem. so the sahara, a faded star, goes the way of the stardust. >>> and speaking of vegas regulars, jerry lewis announced today that after 46 years, this year will be his last labor day telethon to raise money for muscular dystrophy. it's been a television staple for decades. he'll continue as the chairman saying today he'll never desert his kids. >>> up next, advice for some of this year's graduates from a big-draw commencement speaker today. >>> high school graduation is big. today at booker t. washington high school in memphis, it was really big. first of all, they worked hard for today. they took a failing school in an impoverished neighborhood and turned it around, and they were richly rewarded with a visit from the president himself. so we'll close here tonight with his message to them. >> congratulations to the class of 2

john's medical center. the tornado just stopped here. medical records and x-rays have been found here, some 60 miles away.the weather is not particularly good right now. but the emergency crews are back out searching for the -- through the debris trying to find some survivers. back to you. >>> the tornado in joplin, missouri just part of a severe weather system that rolled through the midwest yesterday. look at these pictures. a tornado touchdown in northern minneapolis, killed at least one person, injured 30 more. another one swept through a small town in can cities, killing one person and damaged about 200 homes. >>> wow. let's check in with sal, see how things are going this monday morning. sal? >> all right. we do have some slow traffic reported on many areas now. it's really a couple of things are blocking the lanes. let's go outside -- let's go to first the video that i want to show you. this is the alameda harbor bay ferry. the pier has been damage. you can see some the pylons are just not quite right. service was caned for today -- cancelled for today but it may be closed for two weeks until they

john's regional medical center where they took a direct hit from the concern yesterday. you know, x-raysiles away in dade county, missouri. that tells you just the extent of this tornado. about a half mile to three quarters of a mile wide in scope. it tore down the center of joplin, missouri, basically from west to east. it took aim directly on this town and hit it dead center. 25% to 30% of the city experienced severe damage. 89 confirmed deaths. that death toll very likely to go up. and now they're just trying to comb through the wreckage here and trying to find some survivors who may be penned in. but now the weather is really complicating thing and making it much more difficult, carol. >> yeah. i'm glad you took cover. right outside the hospital that was badly damaged. we'll go to our weather center meteorologist, alexandera steele. the winds are whipping up. the search and rescue crews are on pause waiting for this thing to pass. >> yeah. it's unfortunate. of all the times now to have this kind of really hindering the effort. and unfortunately we're not going -- we're not going to s

john's hospital. you talked about the windows being blown out there. let me just read it to you. a lord's prayer was found 85 miles away. prescriptions were found 50 miles away. x-rays, 70 miles away. and, again, inside the hospital, everyone was just clinging to hope. as the tornado, right out of a nightmare, tore through joplin, citizens huddled inside buildings in the dark. [ screaming ] listen as these people feel sense what's around them. [ screaming ] >> jesus, jesus. >> reporter: a scene also described by sheila and mark harrington as they huddled inside a giant hospital, st. john's, in the emergency room. >> there was no light -- >> the power went off. >> we had very little flashlights. they were screaming and looking for their loved ones and saying that they couldn't find them and they wanted someone to help them. >> reporter: more than 100 patients were inside the nine-story hospital. gurneys, wheelchairs, tossed hundreds of yards away. x-rays, medical records, dumped two counties away, 60 miles, carried by the tornado. and inside the hospital, there was triage, there was rushing to help but, still, so many died. rod pace, one of the medical flight manager

john's regional medical center may have been the hardest-hit. high winds blew out virtually every window here. one man found x-raysin his backyard 45 miles away. this battered medevac helicopter lay crushed on its side in the parking lot. all 189 patients had to be evacuated. sarah ferguson was at church when the storm hit. the sight of the widespread destruction was overwhelming as she made her way home. >> i just started weeping. i've seen pictures of this before, but to actually see it in person, it was just -- it was devastating. just looked like a war zone. >> reporter: the twister was on the ground for nearly six miles. people here got two warnings. a half hour before the storm, and 15 minutes before the storm. but when a storm this strong hits an urban setting, there's just really no place to hide. and as bad as it is, it could have been worse. had this hit during a weekday the city's population explodes from 50,000 to 275,000. so despite the wreckage, people here are counting their blessings. erica? >> understandably. boy those numbers, cindy, thanks. now here's chris. >> also in joplin this morning, emily

john's regional medical center. there were warnings of your damage of the roof from direct hits of this tornado. impact far, white, she found an x-rayrt from this hospital 70 filemiles away in a town of willard. devastation completely wiping out structures. this looks like a war zone as they are morning to proceed with caution as they are warning to proceed with caution with gaslights possibly broken. >> the winds in the bay area. gas lines in the tornado activity could be possibly broken as of their morning to proceed with caution. here in the bay area >> with sustained winds up to 20 m.p.h. with strong crusting wins. 21 m.p.h. through half moon bay. 21- and strong gusting winds. for now, temperatures are in the 50s right run the entire bay area. by this afternoon, they will move into the 60s and even the 70's. with the that when they could be a bit cooler. 64 degrees in san francisco. also through in redwood city, mountain view we could see 70 degrees in morgan hill. wet weather! by wednesday, shower activity expected to shift into the north bay in an assault towards this afternoon. that is one that rain is expected to portion-sou

john's medical center with 183 patients took a direct hit. it was unclear if any of the patients were injured during the storm, but the twister hurled x-rays as far as 70 miles, heaved gurneys for blocks and. >> windows are blown out. debris hanging outside of the windows. part of the roof -- the top is missing. i mean, i'm standing behind the hospital and cinder block walls, brick walls, are just crumbled. >> reporter: the tornado also struck joplin high school, just as seniors were finishing graduation ceremonies nearby. parents and students escaped but the school was demolished. >> i walked around as much as i could to see it. it looked like it's been bombed from the outside-in. i mean, it's terrible. >> reporter: the storm left cars and trucks on top of each other. this walmart, now flattened, this home depot crushed. we don't know how many shoppers were inside the store. thankfully residents. >> by our count we had 17 minutes time from the sirens and first report of a strike. >> reporter: more than 4 hours later this remains a search and rescue effort. >> we believe there are still rescues out there. we want to support the men and women

john's medical center with 183 patients took a direct hit. it was unclear if any of the patients were injured during the storm, but the twister hurled x-rays asar as 70 miles, heaved gurneys for blocks, and smashed the building's glass facade. >> the windows are blown out. there's debris hanging outside of the windows. part of the roof, the whole top is missing. i mean, i'm standing behind the hospital, and cinder blocks, walls, brick walls are just crumbled. >> the tornado also struck joplin high school, just as seniors were finishing graduation ceremonies nearby. parents and students escaped, but the school was demolished. >> i walked around as much as i could to see it, and it just looks like it's just been bombed from the outside in. i mean, it's just -- it's terrible. >> the storm left cars and trucks on top of each other. this walmart, now flattened, this home depot crushed. we don't know how many shoppers were inside the stores when the twister hit. thankfully, residents did have warning the storm was coming. >> by our count, we had 17 minutes' time between we turned the sirens on and we had the first report of a strike. >> 17 minutes,

john's medical center to cut direct hit. >> every window looks to be blown up. there is debris hanging out of the windows. cars all over the parking lot. >> for people died, x-rays sucked out were found 70 mi. away. as they searched for survivors emergency workers cope with their own losses. >> it has been destroyed. >> warning sirens gave residents more than 15 minutes to take cover. a lot of people say the rain, hail was so loud a drowned out the noise. >> a live look right now at storm tracker 4, a number of areas affected by thunderstorms. only a couple of areas are seeing dramatic thunderstorms. most severe weather at this hour, this cell here as well as the one in the corner you can see it is hooking. that's why there was a tornado warning in effect for that area. this is where the tornado watches are in affect. as we move towards ky, ohio only a sliver of this area is seeing a warning mostly just severe thunderstorms. they did news is in north tornados of this the year we are seeing kentucky and ohio we are seeing severe thunderstorms at this hour. >> despite the applause, it was a down day for traders that's because they were having an impact on u.s. sto

john edwards went there yesterday and the only witness left to discredit it, andrew young, former campaign aide. >> but about that money, prosecutors are going to have to prove if there was money transferred to ray yell hunter, it's going to be difficult, is it not? >> i don't thing it's going be difficult, fred. they had interviews with the government saying he used the money for a cover-up to cover up his relationship with her. the issue is violation of public trust. they another going to put up with that. he raised money from campaign donations and if they applied any of that money to cover up his relationship, that's improper. that's what they will indict for. i guarantee you john edwards' hair is all messed up these days and he is absolutely sweating this one out. >> and, of course, you can watch our "legal guys" every saturday beginning noon eastern time. >>> in tornado-ravaged joplin, missouri, they're getting lost. the cross off the badly damaged st. mary's catholic church. jacqui jeras spoke with the priest who survived the storm in the church's bathtub. >> this is the building you were in rjt yes. >> reporter: there's #almost nothing left. he survived the tornado by seeking haven in wh

john's regional medical center, suffered severe damage, a direct hit some of the fire officials were saying. windows blown out. medical records and x-rays away from this hospital. at least 100 patients hadden to transferred. emergency crews combing through a six-mile stretch of rubble and debris overnight searching for survivors. brian todd is live in joplin. what's the latest this morning? >> christine, we're just seeing dawn break over the city, getting a real sense of the scope of this damage. it is enormous. just over here you can see some cars on top of other vehicles here, twisted wreckage of other cars littering the landscape over here. we'll pan over to st. john's regional medical center. john persons is going to go in on this. this is, as dawn breaks, we're getting a first good look at it live. you can see the facade has been torn apart. the top of the building, part of that has been sheered off. everyone has been evacuated from this building we're told. there is significant dangers. 89 confirmed dead, that number expected to rise. officials warning there are dangers of people going back to their homes right now. they're warnin

ray suarez and our global health unit report from rome. >> reporter: throughout the spring, pilgrims and tourists from around the world have poured into the vatican, drawn by the beatification of pope john paul ii, putting him on the road to sainthood just six years after his death. also heading to vatican city over the weekend, theologians, health officials, and researchers for a meeting about the treatme of h.i.v. and aids. the church is one of the biggest providers of h.i.v./aids care in the world with more than 117,000 health facilities worldwide. the conference was convened amidst ongoing controversy about the catholic church's opposition to using condoms to control the spread of aids. aids groups around the world, had hoped the church would use the conference to announce a major reversal of its position. the answer turned out to be a resounding no. over the past two years, pope benedict the sixteenth has issued statements open to conflicting interpretation that encouraged some to think the church was taking a more nuanced position on condom use in h.i.v./prevention. >> i don't think there was any confusion about what he meant. >> reporter: but father michael czerny, a key health o

john's regional medical center. we've highlighted this building because it took a direct hit from this tornado and we're told e r e x-rays from this building landed 70 miles away, gurneys from the building were found five blocks down the street. you've got just complete and total devon station here. now the weather has complicated things. we've seen first responders just combing through this area over here. it is raining now. they've had severe thunderstorms rolling through this area all day, all morning and afternoon. that's making things much more complicated for rescuers so that's what they've got to deal with as well. >> what's being done for the patients and injured at that hospital? >> they had a patient population here of about 183 when the tornado hit. we're told they got everybody out. they haven't given us specific figures on how many were injured by the tornado and may be being treated. what we have been told is they've taken them to other medical centers nearby, that those centers had the capacity to hold them and care for them until things can be sorted out. i guess in the fortunate circumstance was that the

john's. doctors and you are ins had just moments to scramble patients into hallways. to give you a sense of the twister's power, x-rays and medical records from inside that hospital building have now been found more than 60 miles away. >> president obama called missouri's governor a short time ago to offer his condolences, while promising the full support of the federal government. but as we said, folks in joplin have another storm to deal with. al has been there all morning. he is with us by phone. good morning to you. >> reporter: you're looking at the radar. there is a very, very severe line of storms moving in. we're under a severe thunderstorm warning right now as another line moves in. we're in a strong risk area. and what's going on right now is we are looking at the second line of storms hitting this region. you know, currently we've had -- we look at the -- yesterday's radar, you can see the line build up out of nowhere. we talked to people who said those sirens went off and they're figurinhe h tyad 20 minutes of warning and within five minutes the storm hit. and it's just been a devastating day, 24 hours, fo