you're looking at kentucky here. here's louisville, evansville, indiana, and now we're talking about central parts of kentucky. we have two active warnings as we speak. both of which we call doppler-indicated radar tornadoes. this is heading towards a very populated area of bowling green, kentucky. we don't have a real signature on it or we'd get an icon on it but it could drop down at any given time and this storm that we're talking about right now, this is clay city, kentucky, and stanton, kentucky, we have major rotation on this storm heading your way. a warning about this storm. to put it into perspective, you can see lexington as well. the danger remains very heightened as we have a new watch to talk about. all of the old boxes have been expired and we're talking about one specific area. you can see it across tennessee and kentucky. this is a tornado watch until 8:00 local time. more tornadoes expected, more damage expected. hopefully not more fatalities. >> and when you hear about the strength of this storm, we

now, they're from kentucky, and like most kentucky families, the todds are thrown into domestic pandemonium by the civil war. you all know kentucky fought the brother's war more completely than any other state. secession has divided states and counties, one kentuckyian noted and produced discord among neighbors and families. a gloom is over this once happy land. another witness noted the division of house against house, foretold by our lord was never more complete and utter. of course, ironically, kentucky state's motto adopted in 1792, was united we stand, divided we fall. what had been a pledge of unity becomes a predictor of disaster for the state of kentucky. okay, so what did this mean for the todds? they're broken almost in half by secession. eight of the siblings side with the confederacy. six with the union. now, when i first heard of this story, you have abraham lincoln, a divided family, you have the civil war. why has no one written this book already? and the answer i figured out almost as quickly as i signed the book, the records were scattered and relatively thin. and the todds

kentucky up 63-62. miller who finished with 12 off the bench in the second half nailed the dagger from downtown. kentucky finished the game on a 20-4 run. survived winning 73-64 andi clenching the serk tit ining th. kansas beat number one missouri away from home. mcgrueddeeden kentucky. seatan hall improved its chances to make the tournament for the first time since 2006. stunning number 9 georgetown shooting 61% for the game. jordan theodore 5 for 5 from downtown, career high 29. seton hall dominated ninth ranked georgetown. >>> nba looks like gregg popovich didn't care about extending their seven-game winning streak. he said the veterans need add rest. portland took advantage and blew san antonio out. it snaps the spurs seven-winning streak. lebron james with an alley hoop. seems like he pulls one off every game. dwyane wade finished with 30. miami winning seventh straight. >> that is your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> dell lifts more than just trophies at last night's br

beginning in kentucky. so ahead of our trip, we have our own personal tour guide on the waves, cultures, and peculiarities of the show. congressman john yar moth joins us. what's our staff need to know? how can we arrive in kentucky in a fashion that's not only respectful, but celebratory of what your great state represents in this country. >> you ought to take a couple stops on the kentucky bourbon trail. there are a couple near lexington and you can sample some of the finest of beverages. that's a huge factor in our economy. about 30,000 jobs. billions and billions of dollars in business. it's a huge export product now. that's a good way to start. >> the problem is if i do that, congressman, if the show is a little out of focus that day, everybody will know why. let's talk about the unemployment issues in kentucky specifically. it's a good indication, i think, of a whole swath of states in this country that get largely ignored in the conversation that happens in new york and washington. 9.1% unemployment

in sports college basketball's kentucky staves off an upset from mississippi state.'s fred rog begin. >> good morning. less than a month away from the tournament. number one ranked kentucky trailed by as many as 13 to mississippi state on the road. wildcats, however, proved why they are the most talented team in the nation. darius miller nailed the 3. kentucky cut their deficit to one. later michael kid gill cyst gave his first lead. scored off the miss plus a foul. back to miller who finished with 12 off the bench all in the second half. nailed the dagger from downtown. kentucky finished the game on a 20 to 4 lun. survived oning 73-64 and clinching the sec title. kansas state beat missouri. rodney mcbrooder finished with 24. kansas state shocked third ranked missouri for the second time 78-68. seton hall improved its chances to make the tournament. stunning number 9 george town shooting 61% for the game. jordan theodore five for five. career high 29. seton hall dominated 9th ranked georgetown, 93-55. nba coach george popovich didn't care about extending their lead.

(mariana) kentucky now leads the nation in prescription drug abuse.codone first got a foothold here about a decade ago. and the rampant abuse of oxy in appalachia even earned the nickname hillbilly heroin. but as state officials began to crack down on local doctors, they noticed that a growing number of pills was coming from a thousand miles away. >>we see patients coming in overdosed all the time addicted to pain pills and most of them are from florida. i'm here in a little er in eastern kentucky and can name 15 doctors in florida i've never even met. >>people that want to make money down in florida realized that they could make money because there was no narcotic tracking system. it was basically, come here, give us cash, we give you a prescription. well, pablo escobar couldn't have had it any better. (mariana) aside from the high demand for oxy in the region there's also a lot of money to be made in selling pills that are bought in florida. in appalachia, a single 30 milligram pill of oxycodone sells for $30. that's three times the street price in

here is louisville, kentucky, here is lexington, kentucky. to this we have tornado watches in effect. conditions are favorable for more tornadoes to develop. this is the line that i'm most concerned about at this hour that's moving into northwestern parts of tennessee, all throughout western and central kentucky and clipping in right here along the oh othio river. the threat will stay high. this is a moderate-risk day, suzanne. we'll see a larger number of tornadoes and widespread wind damage. take note of all 9 lightning associated with these storms which can be equally as deadly. a tornado confirmed on the ground right now. washington and nelson counties. the town of loretto is next under the gun, unfortunately for this latest storm. suzanne? >> okay. thank you, jacqui. >>> also on the phone with us now the mayor of harrisburg, illinois. eric greg. i understand there are powerful storms that have claimed more victims there. can you tell us what has taken place? >> well, we certainly had a horrific event this morning at approximately 5:00 a.

we are coming to you live from the university of kentucky in lexington, kentucky. this, the first stop on the college edition of our 30 million jobs tour. good afternoon to you. i'm dylan ratigan. we are here at the school pharmacy this afternoon one of the biggest growth areas for jobs in america across the board is health, health services, health care. more on that coming up but that simply is one industry as we all know. we have a kaleidoscope of challenges and we need 30 million jobs to solve those challenges in order to get this country back ontrack from industrial investment to cradles of innovation to health care. recent college graduates among those feeling the jobs crisis the worst. 14% settling for either part-time work, 20% not using their degrees at all. that does not count the millions of innovative, enthusiastic, and driven students who will graduate in our own country in 2012. over the next three days we'll talk a lot about how we as a country can match our students, their passion, their potential, their desire to help like the wildcats here in kentu

she had been there and now needs to get back home in kentucky. to be some consolation to her mother and to stop being a burden on her relatives. she has three children, one a babe in arms. she secures a pass from lincoln to return to kentucky, but she stopped at fortress monroe where she is asked to take the oath of allegiance which she feels she just can't do. so if you can imagine, these guards are in a bind. they have a pass from the commander in chief to allow emily to go through, but they have an order that no one goes through without taking an oath of allegiance to the federal government. in a bind they don't know what to do. emily suggests why don't you telegraph abraham lincoln. they do. he sends back four words -- send her to me. so in december of 1863 and here's how you kind of have to translate it. this would be michelle obama's brothers are fighting for al qaeda. and one of their widows gets to stay in the prince of wales room for a week. if you can imagine lincoln is sticking his neck way out. not a little out. way out. for his littl

he waited until the unionists faction took control of quen n kentucky, the legislature. and i think his moderate approach to the border states was a very key factor, i think, in terms of of not only the capacity of the north militarily and economically but also the psychological impact. so, i think he did it just right. >> i'm going to invite everyone now who has a question to come to the microphone, while we continue to chat here. i think -- you know, all of this is urn avoidably speculative and my next question would be about bull run. i think we have basically come to the agreement that, led by john, that everybody's trying to outflank the other person. if bull run -- you know, i just have to flatter all of you, compliment all of you, can and then we'llyou, compliment all o you and then we'll go to the questions. these answers are so thought provoking, so deep and profound, that it's clear that none of you could ever engage in a presidential debate. [ laughter ] >> whoops. >> i'm sorry, i forgot what i was saying. let's have our first question. tell us your name and w

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. >> murray, kentucky seems an unlikely home for a vampire. it's a small college town, set securely in america's bible belt. >> i'm april lindsey. i dated rod on and off and on again and off again. i thought i was going to marry him at one point. i thought we were going to be a family. he didn't have a whole lot to hold on to. i loved him. but he was -- had problems. >> life in murray is generally unhurried, but for young rod ferrell, it was far from idyllic. his mother and father divorced soon after he was born. >> we were married when we were 18 years old. we didn't live together very long. we married and divorced within the same year of rod's birth. we didn't have a bad divorce or anything like that. it was just that he went on his separate ways and so rod and i were alone. >> ferrell's boyhood as the only child of a single mother was a chaotic tour of low rent apartments and trailer parks, while shuffling back and forth between murray, kentucky and florida. rod's mother had relatives in the small town of eustis, close to orlando. it was in

here we g a couple of additional showers over eastern kentucky.hat area could come up and bring a few more showers later on this evening, but, again, not looking for in which the way of rain. mild hair will continue to flow in out of the south through the day tomorrow. we should get decent sunshine for the first half of the day. disturbance putting some slow down toward the cleveland area. here's our trend. later tonight with that disturbance in eastern tennessee, kentucky that could come in in the form of a few showers toward 10:00, 11:00. it's out of here for your morning commute. a few shower, perhaps even there clearing by morning. sunny early in the delay with additional clouds. tomorrow afternoon another weak disturbance with a few showers for that morning commute. then we're drying out, but much colder. the cold winds begin to blow in. some snow toward garrett county on friday night. a few showers, cool and breezy but not bad. tomorrow we're into the upper 60s. not record temperatures but some 20 degrees above average. get ready to enjoy th

with that i'll yield to the gentleman five minutes from kentucky mr. whitfield. >> it's my understanding the section 16 study is to review the add adequacy of existing regulations. those regulations apply to any pipeline out there. it seems to me if this touchdown comes out and determines that the regulations are not adequate that congress would then take action to make sure the inadequacy is met, and it would not only be applicable to keystone but any other pipeline. the fact we not support this amendment would not mean as mr. upton said when the study comes out if we need to do additional things we certainly can do it. i'd like to yield the balance of my time. >> i appreciate the gentleman from kentucky for yielding. it seems the amendment would require the study not due for 18 months. if it was going to make any sense, it would require that you stop, cease and desist any transportation of oil in the keystone pipeline. my understanding is some 700,000 barrels of day are transported through that line right now. it's the same product, is it not? if som

if there is any question who the number one team in the tournament should be the kentucky wildcats havehe answer. they simply throttled seventh ranked florida and jumped out to an early lead and kept it going the entire game. the wildcats picked up their 49 straight win at home 78-58. closer game in columbus. burr due gave ohio state a run for its money. buckeyes pulled away in the final minutes. buford with a career high 29. ohio state won it. >>> big night in boston for paul pierce. he moved past larry bird on the celts all-time scoring list and like bird did so so many times before him, pierce led the celts to a win. celts over the bobcats 94-84. >>> now to oakland. ellis put on a show. he finished with 48. unfortunately the warriors needed three more. ellis missed the game tying three in the final seconds. the thunder held on to win it 119-116 hockey what did lightning give steven stamkos for his birthday? how about a pie in the face. he returned the favor against the kings and scored league leading 35th goal of the year to tie the game. l.a. came right back. a hail mary past the go

he this year was the kentucky principal of the year. and he has spent time working in his school on focus and finish program which identifies struggling seniors and has career certification and work study programs. we're very happy to have principal elmer thomas with us here today. >> thank you very much. thank you all for being here for this very important discussion. mr. hess and mr. sherm i'm told may have to leave early, around 11:30. we appreciate you being here and that goes for all the panelists. thank you all for being here. before we start, let me explain the format of the roundtable. i'll start by asking a question by one of the panelists. if one of the panelists wants to respond to the question as well or to something the panelist has said, take your name tent and put it on the head like that that way i know to call on you. or if a committee member wants to ask a question or a follow-up or an intervention, i ask them to do the same. so we usually have a folks who want to talk. this won't be like a formal hearing. although it

here's one man's story from greenville, kentucky. he went back home after a tornado put seven stitches in his chin and four staples in his head. >> when they say you hear a train you do. i got up and took two steps off the couch and then me and the two dogs i have and the trailer started rolling down the hill. and you can see what's left. and after i rolled five times, i can remember everything about it. i was -- once it hit the ground on the fifth time everything just -- i saw daylight. and i was sitting up against the stove down there just leaned up with my back against it like i was sitting in a chair. i don't know how i'm here. no doubt. the good lord just didn't call me is all i know. wasn't my time. >> this afternoon the storm swept across kentucky and tennessee. meteorologist chad myers is here at the cnn severe weather center. as we hear about the devastation this morning, at this moment tell us who should be worried now. >> parts of kentucky, tennessee, mississippi, alabama and even here in georgia. and in virginia and the c

your evening drive home will have snow covered roads throughout areas of northern kentucky, areas of -- definitely through massachusetts and up through new england. a significant snowstorm for that area. in other words, a lot going that's a look at the national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. well, the other side of there symptom system that we have to talk about is the severe weather side. damaging storms will continue throughout much of tennessee, kentucky, northern portions of alabama and georgia later on today. a lot of people, you know, waking up to these tornadoes in missouri and i'll give you updates if i get them. >> a gasp of winter, shall we say? >> yeah. >> thanks a lot, bill. >>> blue chips have a breakthrough and new technology to solve your senior motor. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, one of hollywood's most recognizable faces shows up on what could be the worst fake i.d. in history! >>> coming up, the capitals rally and celtics get back on track and the nets brook lopez single handedly takes down the

the kentucky wildcats prove why they're number one. and a giant parade for the super bowl champs.ou're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> arizona state supreme court has removed a candidate from the ballot in a city council race. affirming a ruling she does not speak english well enough to hold the office. almost 99% of the residents of san louis are latino. >>> sad news out of england. the last known surviving veteran of world war i has died. 110-year-old florence green served as a member of the women's royal air force working in the mess hall on an air base. >>> england's prince charles cut a birthday cake yesterday to celebrate charles dickens' 200th birthday. the prince and his wife toured the dickens museum and attended a service of thanksgiving at westminster abbey while prince charles laid a wreath to mark the occasion. >>> nasa shows off a spectacular view of last month's northern lights from the international space station when a blast of electrica

in columbia, kentucky is different from memphis is different from houston. so my argument for it is to keep in mind that there is a philosophical question here on local versus federal. and i think we're coming together in understanding that maybe federal overbearing or federal overreach in education hasn't been good. and that it sometimes makes people a number. people talk about special needs kids and special education kids. i think to put a number on them makes them some sort of abstract mathematical percentage is a mistake. i don't know how whether i can tell whether 17 or 30 is right for the school district in richmond, kentucky. i would think only locally they can figure that out. so i think we shouldn't have numbers in our bill that say you know, i think we all are concerned. i don't think mr. thomas is not concerned about special needs. he is concerned about being judged unfairly, or his school is. now i think we've gone a long way towards fixing some of these problems with ayp, with the yearly progress. but i still am concerned that we still have the

that is in kentucky. the temperature at 51, so far so good. another round of rain is possible to pick up another half an inch as this comes through and that is winding down later tonight. >> and go to the app store and so much for d.c. weather. >>> and a story you saw first on fox 5. the d.c. police chief defended her department's enforcement of drunk driving laws, even though the device is used to measure, drivers impairment remain out of service. breathalyzers taken out of service a year ago. lanier told the city council hearing that they would not be used for another six months. paul wagner has the story. paul? >> reporter: the last two years or so, the d.c. police department is mostly relying on fold sobriety tests. with no access, officers are using their own judgement on whether or not to take someone into custody. despite that, the job is getting done the d.c. police department is without the use of breathalyzers. after a contractor noticed the numbers were not adding up and some machines were not calibrated property and the department

. >>> in college hoops, top ranked kentucky hosted number 8 florida.ildcats made it look easy. kentucky led most of the way on plays like this this alley oop to anthony davis for a slam. the wildcats won it by 20, 78-58. >>> when we return a boy's bravery. a six-year-old survives a vicious mountain lion attack. mountain lion attack. [ male announcer ] for a better-looking tomorrow. vicks nyquil cold & flu. the nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold...medicine. [ deep breath ] ♪ 1, 2, 3, 4 ♪ [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] vicks dayquil. defeats 5 cold & flu symptoms. ♪ kentucky hosted number 8 vicious mountain lion attack. ,,,,,,,, here's a look at the weather around the country. washington, d.c., going to see rain and snow, 40 degrees, atlanta, partly sunny, 60. detroit, partly sunny, 35. denver, mostly sunny, 36. seattle, scattered showers, 52. >>> prosecutors in pennsylvania want to revise the bail conditions for former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. he's charged with 52 count

indiana had four players in double figures to beat minnesota inch top-ten action this weekend, kentucky clinched the sec, syracuse takes the big east. kansas overcame a 19-point deficit to beat missouri. six straight for duke. michigan state is undefeated at home. north carolina edged virginia. for more sports news and information, go to cbssports.com.

notice out to the west, clear skies moving in into portions of kentucky. into the end of the week. it will be cold tonight because it will be off to i chilly run at the bus stop tomorrow morning. wednesday, thursday and friday, bring on the daffodils because temperatures will be in the 60s. >> the daffodils are already opening up. >> i noticed that this weekend. >> all right. >> we have to keep it moving. >> let's talk about -- >> which means tony is here. >> yes, we'll jump right in. good morning. happy president's day. it is time to ask the weather guys. i just got here. how are we rushed already? tucker and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather- related or otherwise. today's question comes from john in plots county who writes what is the difference between iron and steel? >> that is a weather question? >> no, we get all kind of questions. >> we don't just answer weather questions i don't they know more than just the we are. >> many things we have to look up. now, this may make me sound like i'm not very bright. i di

the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: reserving the right to object, i would like to acome date the president in these nominees. i think the chairman and the distinguished senator from new mexico has made very good points about their qualifications, but i would be remiss if i did not rise in support of 1,200 jobs in paducah, kentucky, who are threatened to be lost because the department of energy is refusing to address the situation. we have a company that has 1,200 jobs in paducah, kentucky, that enriches uranium. for 50 years, uranium has been accumulating and it sits on the ground as a waste product. we could recycle this, it's a green project. it costs no taxes. in fact, it will actually bring back money to the treasury. and what i would like is help from the chairman as well as the president, as well as secretary chu on this issue. i have written to secretary chu and we haven't heard back. this is very important to us. we are in the midst of a great recession, and 1,200 people are destined to lose their jobs. o

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with 4:00 left, kentucky finally takes the lead. for the win, 73-64 over mississippi state. >>> a huge upset in missouri. the tigers got within three points of kansas state with 6:00 on the clock. but the wildcats kept pouring it on. kansas state knocked off number 3 missouri 78-68. this is the tigers first defeat at home this season. >>> seton hall drained the threes to put the hurt on number 9, georgetown. the unranked pirates take down the hoyas, 73-55. >>> here's one for the blooper reel. >> glad to have you with us along with steve wolf, i'm james bays. they're ready to rock. man. >> whoops. that fall happened saturday during the pre-game between xavier and dayton. pit didn't stop the cbs announcr james bays. as you can hear, he keep on talking. saying it was a big time game, obviously, not a big-time stool. apparently he recovered. >>> when we return, the president shows off his pipes again. heart disease danger. why it could be deadlier for women who don't know the symptoms. it could be deadlier for women who don't know the s

it is producing light snow now in southern ohio, into kentucky, southern indiana. that is going to be coming our way. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:08. and we'll have the cloud cover thickening as the morning goes on. by noontime, light snow developing around the metro area. earlier around the shenandoah valley and blue ridge. the snow may become more moderate by late afternoon and pile up. i'll show you the snow accumulation forecast map coming up and the evening planning, as well. danella? >>> we have problems this morning. in annandale, virginia, we have a downed electrical pole. right now blocking all of your lanes. this is on braddock road. closures are between ravensworth and backlick road. megan mcgrath is en route to check things out at that scene. also if you're traveling in the district on new york avenue, new york avenue is shut down at this time at florida avenue in both directions. inbound as well as outbound because of the serious accident as well as an investigation. tracee wilkins is en route to this accident to also check things out. and i'

there's also damage in kansas and kentucky, where the national guard has been called out. let's get the latest, chad myers is watching what's going on. the heartbreaking to see it, not a whole lot of warning. what's going on now? >> i think the most frightening part is that it happened in the middle of the night. those tornado warning sirens that are outside, they're not made to wake you up. they're made to tell you to go inside. people were already inside. they died in their homes, in their beds because they either didn't have it, didn't have a noaa weather radio. especially in the southeast, it happens every spring, these storms keep going in the nighttime. you talk about nebraska, oklahoma, about sunset the storms die off. in the southeast, especially right here in the harrisburg, in illinois, kind of the south -- i know it's midwest, but they did not stop. even at 5:00 this morning they were still rotating with significant tornadoes on the ground. wolf, i just want to give you an idea of this storm. from where the snow is, to the east and to the west, we're talking 160

there's also damage in kansas and kentucky, where the national guard has been called out. let's get the latest, chad myers is watching what's going on. the heartbreaking to see it, not a whole lot of warning. what's going on now? >> i think the most frightening