that we don't know now initial reports suggested that any candidate running as a republican in lawrence county would be required to sign its pledge but bobby smith did you the county g.o.p. chair released a statement following those claims that they could not legally keep anybody off the ballot but smith also stated they have the right to ask if republican candidates share the same values as the party and south carolina g.o.p. chairman chad connelly told them that some kind of vetting process definitely needs to be in place and you referred back to this moment from the ninety's as evidence of that. i did not search for this. so according to connelly clinton proved to americans that character doesn't matter but now we are finding out the character really does matter i guess because only missed this race the allegation from newt's former wife that happened just days before he congratulated newt on his victory in south carolina said to him we've been married a long. he said yes but you want me all to yourself calista doesn't care what i do. yeah totally got a lot more moral authority than clinton

so here we have a sheriff who ignored pressure from the lawrence county g.o.p. to step down after the affair surfaced we have a sheriff who plans to run for his fourth term in the upcoming primary as a republican and the pieces start falling into place right back to the pledge itself remaining faithful to the spouse isn't the only noteworthy part of a promise to oppose affirmative action also kind of interesting right considering the lawrence county is the home of a controversial neo nazi clothing store run by a former k.k.k. leader the store sells white robes as well as other southern memorabilia but now i'm sure the race has nothing to do with that oppose affirmative action obviously not and the ban on premarital sex well i mean there's no words for that so for trying to make out of that flight an arcade period pledge then claiming that it wasn't mandatory when critics pointed out that it was illegal and actually just doing it all the possibly trying to keep certain candidates off the ballot the lawrence county g.o.p. is tonight's bull's-eye i'm with. our guys

lawrence county, morgan, and other counties still counting damages. not all in my district but other districts hit also. massive loss of life and injury. some families have lost everything. cars, homes, possessions, pictures, family bible, you name it, gone. and then on top of it, a two inch snow on what remained. my people are really hurting. and as you can see from the

brooklyn interesting here's something else interesting i just just to give you another example in lawrence county south carolina the local republican party is asking any candidates anyone running for office there to sign a twenty eight point pledge. not pledge it includes making sure that those candidates oppose gay marriage oppose civil unions. and haven't had and don't have premarital sex pledge also states you cannot from now from the moment you sign this pledge look at pornography it makes it so you have to promise to push religion to have a compassionate moral approach to teamhair pregnancy and a high regard for the institutions of marriage and family so here we go with this grover norquist style of making people signed pledges in order to to kind of get to the next level what's going on here i think what you see is when you look at the republican party in the top three remaining contenders are. who is a serial philanderer i think it's fair to say mitt romney and rick santorum the social conservative movement is very concerned about being in a position where they. are it stands for but they

if you need to travel on the scholls, rustleville, leeten, lawrence county, morgan county, things are expect another eruption of showers and thunderstorms later on this afternoon. right now, 1:13, and we're just kind of flying along here, and determining what had happened this morning with our knews crews and still watching the weather throughout the after that, so since we don't have any other active tornado warnings, let's go to michelle stark at the news desk for an update on what we have seen so far. >> jason, we'll reset and give people an overview of where we're at this morning. we know there's significant damage in limestone county and madison county. we have our crews on the scene, you've seen the live images coming in but we'll continue to update you as we get the latest numbers. jon: because those are the faces you're not accustomed to seeing on fox news channel, we want to tell you we have been listening live to whnt, channel 19 in huntsville, alabama, where it is believed that a tornado has touched down earlier today. also a tornado reported in the northern alabama county

i'm going to concentrate on the storm that's coming into limestone county now out of lawrence county.y to get as close as i can, but i do stay at a safe damages. i don't want to put myself or anyone else in harm's way. >> it looks like it's going from bad to worse, as bad as these tornadoes, the severe weather, the storms were earlier in the day, it looks like it's getting worse. is that your impression? >> it is. i think the actual strength of this whole system may have been underplayed a bit, not thought through. we weren't thinking it was going to get this bad here. this super cells that are firing right now, i did not expect as many. i intersetted two large tornadoes this morning when we weren't expecting tornadoes. >> compare what's happening today with other storms over the years. ? compares to april 8th, '88, to me. a lot of people has talked about the comparison with this system from the original super outbreak in 1974 by the way it was set up. some have talked about and it's hard to put a comparison on two events this close together. tom in self is a storm chaser joining us.

martin county, laurel county, lawrence county, morgan county, other counties still counting damages all over my district, but there's other counties around the state outside my district hit also. massive loss of life -- [inaudible] some families have lost everything; cars, homes, possessions, fixtures, family bibles, you name it gone. and then on top of that, a 2-inch snow on what remained. my people are really hurting. and as you can see from the photographs that i think you've provided, homes have been demolished, businesses torn apart, families displaced across the countryside, no communications, no electricity. the governor said it looked like a bomb went off, and i agree. while the response of kentucky emergency management and the kentucky national guard, red cross, firefighters, police groups, church groups, countless l volunteers from all over the country have been both time hi and valuable -- time hi and valuable, the damage brought by these storms far exceeds the capacity of our local governments and state emergency response teams to address, in fact, in west liberty the courth

scenes of destruction still exist across the state in places like magofen county, lawrence, martin, pulaski, tremble, all those counties in my state which were among the hardest hit. kentuckians are working hard to rebuild, and i'm pleased to say that despite the tragedy of lives lost, families grieving, and memories destroyed forever, there is some good news to report. and that is how inspiring it is to see so many goodhearted kentuckians come together to provide for their neighbors in the wake of these tornadoes. take, for example, the congregation of arthur ridge baptist church in east burnstead in laurel county. thanks to the leadership of pastor steve smith, are arthur ridge baptist church opened its doors within hours of the storms to provide food and shelter for those who needed it. pastor smith kept the church doors open 24 hours a day and served up to 700 meals a day to local residents who had no food, no kitchen, and no home to call their own. according to pastor smith, people from all over the area pitched in. folks from different churches worked to prepare meals, and many reside

lawrence. good morning. we're at the marin county -- at this point, the rain is on and off here.are going to have to deal with rain and heavy gusts. parts of the north bay will receive for rain than other parts of the region but in the end, everyone is going to get wet and heavy rain will cause slippery conditions so everyone, please slow down. san francisco's department of public works is also giving away free sandbags to residents at the operations yard. you can pick up the bags at the operations yard at 2323 cesar chavez. the bags are available now through friday. there is a element of 10 per household. also remember bring proof of residency that you live within the city limits. back to you. >> thank you, gil diaz. you can keep an eye on the storm yourself with our high- def doppler radar at cbssf.com and click on weather. >> if you need traffic, we have the source right here. it's elizabeth and it a wet one, huh? >> it is wet and snowy and i think we are going live towards the sierra. we'll have that in a little bit. a live look at blue canyon where there are chain requiremen

lawrence. you know, it is gusty here in the rain and off here amarin county at vista point but it's drizzling so if you are heading out the door, make sure you grab your wind and rain gear because you will both. parts of the north bay as you mentioned are going to be receiving more rain than the rest of the region but in the end everyone is going to get wet. in fact for san francisco residents the department of public works is giving away free sandbags to all of you. you can pick them up at the department's operations yard at 2323 cesar chavez starting now through friday from 7 to 4. there is a limit of 10 sandbags per household and don't forget to bring proof of residency that you live within the san francisco city limit. to tell us more about the roads, elizabeth wenger has more. >> good morning, gil. that's right. let's go out live towards the sierra. here's a live look 80 at applegate where there are chain requirements in effect between nyack and tahoe. so yeah, kind of a mess to get up towards the sierra and it sounds like it's going to be that way for a while longer so snow tires again cha

counties in california don't have access to abortions. pro-life groups say the bill would minimize the seriousness of abortions. >>> rain coming, lawrence?ay of course some showers yesterday. some reports of some hail around the bay area yesterday afternoon. today could be another interesting day outside. if you are a cloud connoisseur, yeah, this is going to be your kind of day. a lot of those billowing cumulus clouds, cumulonimbus if we're lucky. north bay most of the activity at this time. this is sliding to the south. you can see by our doppler, mount vaca we are seeing some mixed precipitation probably some sleet maybe snow. we could see more of that across the higher mountain peaks so look toward the higher mountains today and you might see a little dusting of snow. out the door, a chance of some showers. high surf continuing toward the coastline. watch out for that. that high surf advisory in effect until 9:00 this morning. this afternoon we'll see partly cloudy skies. still a slight chance of maybe leftover showers definitely cool temperatures again well below average for this time of year. here's your system sliding through. the

lawrence. alive look at our sensors and the golden gate bridge. looks good so far through marin county. no major issues there. we are following developing news out of hayward. last night a car struck a power pole in the area near kelly and bayview in hayward. about 260 customers are still without power. they hope to restore power by about 3:30 this afternoon. in the meantime, they are waking up in the dark and a lot of traffic lights are out around that area. so of course if you reach one of those areas where the lights are out treat it as a four-way stop. 880 through oakland no issues towards downtown oakland. and the san mateo bridge traffic still fine both directions 92. coming up a check of the south bay. back to you guys. >>> classes will resume this morning at the ohio high school where three students were shot and killed. students and their parents marched back to chardon high school yesterday morning as a sign of solidarity. the alleged shooter tj lane was charged with three counts of aggravated murder in juvenile court. prosecutors say there is still a chance he could be tried

county, roads there very, very slick. and this isn't end of it. more rain as lauren said lawrence said this afternoon. >> poor visibility, you know, being fairly careful that i can see what's going on. the back window doesn't have a little windshield wiper and that's a problem. >> it looked like sheets of rain and it was windy. >> not fun because we had to stay in all day. >> reporter: unfortunately for peter klein, it's looking like it's another one of those days. this morning if you're traveling by air we just checked in with san francisco airport. right now they are only reporting about a 15-minute delay. but that could change. last night it was an entirely different story. air travelers had to wait up to three hours before being able to get on the planes so this morning, again, if you are traveling by road, chp is advising you go a little slower, take a little extra time because as anne pointed out there could be some unexpected conditions that will happen on that morning commute. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we can't be on air all the time but we are tracking the weather on

county, indiana. that was two weeks ago. 10 people were killed in lawrence town, kentucky, on that same day.ated an ef-3. two days before that, in illinois, ef-4 took out seven lives. 55 people dead by twisters so far in 2012. >> bill, critics are saying new study on most tornado prone states may be misleading. weather channel measures number of twisters per 10,000 square miles, on that scale, florida comes in number one. places in tornado alley like kansas and oklahoma, rated second and sixth. some meteorologists saying florida's geographic conditions perfect for producing tornados year-round but they tend to be small and weak and short lived. bill: five minutes past the hour. how about six bucks a gallon for gasoline. saying that could happen if israel goes to war with iran. right now the national average, $3.83. up more than three cents from a month ago. earlier this morning on "fox and friends", newt gingrich slammed the white house what he said was policy for relying on foreign oil. >> the american people deserve inexpensive oil and gas if it is possible. they deserve it from american s