the burning ge appliance warehouse in louisville, now on the brink of collapse. residents asked to stay inside because of concerns of toxic fumes. chunks of ash and burning debris raining down in the immediate area. the epa is testing for acid gases released by burning plastic. no one at the warehouse was injured. most of the employees had good friday off. this complex is where ge makes washing machines, dishwashers, and refrigerators. ge is halting production for at least a week. david wright, abc news, new york. >>> and new developments about the jet crash in the alps. this evening, the second black box now revealing something we never knew about the final ten minutes of terror. the co-pilot speeding up several times before slamming it into the mountain. here's david kerley. >> reporter: buried under eight inches of debris and dirt, this blackened box, providing strong and compelling evidence tonight that co-pilot andreas lubitz crashed the jetliner on purpose and was conscious. the flight data recorder shows that soon after the captain left the cockpit, lubitz

it's officially the rainiest april day ever here in louisville. david? >> let's get right to rob marciano. >> well eastern kentucky and eastern tennessee, lexington, nashville, severe weather. and strong winds, large hail possibly a few more tornadoes. and the bad news for northern new england, cold and more snow for the folks up north this weekend. >>> and as if the extreme weather louisville wasn't enough, they're dealing with a massive fire at a general electric complex. a seven-alarm fire. families warned to stay in their homes for hours. david wright reports tonight. >> reporter: this seven-alarm fire battled by 200 firefight firefighters firefighters. now, the g.e. come plex on the verge of collapse. residents asked to stay inside because of concerns of toxic fumes. the epa is testing for acid gases. no one at the warehouse was injured. this complex is where ge makes dish washers and refrigerators. david wright abc news new york. >>> and new information about the jet crash in the alps. here's david kerley. >> reporter: buried under eight inches of

breaking news in louisville kentucky. look at this. officials are now saying this is a five-alarm fire raging at the ge appliance park there in louisville, kentucky. these are aerial shots coming in to the newsroom. you can see it that thick, heavy, black smoke billowing from that plant. at this point we can tell you one of those buildings is destroyed. from the looks of things just a few moments ago, we had a closer shot. you could see several other parts of some buildings appear to have collapsed as well. a massive fire response under way. again, five-alarm fire at this point. no word on whether flooding in louisville played in role in causing this fire. again, at this point, no injuries to report either. we will continue to watch this five-alarm fire that is happening at this louisville, ge, plant in kentucky. we'll keep our eye on that and pass along new information as we get it in here on "the rundown." developments after that historic nuclear agreement with iran. the biggest breakthrough in u.s./iranian relations in decades. hist

tell us what is code louisville?we recognized a shortage in the community nor technologists like there is all over the country. we wanted the community to qualify and of course businesses are saying we need more not just here but all over the country. we developed a program here locally and began scaling it up with louisville free public system. anybody with a library card could have access to the tree house coding class. and we have some community mentors. we've scaled it up since then with the help of the department of labor. >> and what was the involvement from the business community. >> say that again? >> what was the involvement from the business community? >> they're saying we need more technologists. used to just have technology companies 10 to 20 years ago. now everybody's a technology company. they said we need more folks for these jobs. we convened the parties and came up with a solution. >> did they provide any support in terms of either financing or for spaces for the classes, et cetera? >> no. what they

tom: let us turn the louisville kentucky. i know that you will be watching what senator paul destiny. what is the distinction of the paul campaign versus jeb bush? who will he be speaking to today to ward off the advance of the governor of florida? peter: one of the things that you will watch very carefully with rand paul and something that he can tap into that may be jeb bush has not been able to is young voters. this is a guy who's very social media savvy. he talks about issues that young voters are interested in and that libertarian feel with the younger generation as something that makes rand paul distinctive. i would be listening for that today. he is different from a lot of the other candidates. whether that makes him unique and an aberration in this campaign and something that other voters will listen to that remains to be seen. tom: peter cook, thank you so much. let us turn to viacom. it is a known fact that viacom is sort of a media disaster. it became evident yesterday. according to "the wall street journal," goodw

bill: this is louisville, kentucky.he general electric appliance factory is on fire in a significant way. that building was evacuated but the blaze consumed the building. it appears to be a total loss. look at the smoke that drifts on the horizon. dozen of firefighters battling this blaze. 100 firefighters on the scene. it's building number 6 it was being used for storage for these appliances. we are look for more information and when we get it we'll bring it to you. jamie: where are the jobs? the labor department laid an egg this easter weekend with new unemployment numbers that show our economy add be only 126,000 jobs last month. 's the first time we haven't' add at least 200,000. the real unemployment rate that factors those who stopped looking for work all together, 10.9%. these are very disappointing numbers. >> reporter: you can't sugar coat this and come in with executions about the strong dollar or the weather. what'swhat's staring us in the face is a bad economy. in the fall, maybe it picks up a little bit and

how did you come to louisville? >> me? >> anyone. >> i was lucky because when i came here, when i came to the united states, one of my classmates offered me a job. so i came here to work for him. after that, i split off and practiced veterinary medicine on my own. 25 years ago, i started to train louisville kids to be really good in math and english. [applause] >> see how good she is? she is one of my 3000 smart kids that we trained throughout school. that is why i became a kentucky colonel. [laughter] not because i did anything in vietnam, actually i did a lot in vietnam. if you read this book, you will see it. [laughter] but because i trained 3000 children in louisville to be super good in math and reading. and they later had an awesome college education. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook. >> this year, c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look at our rece

rushing waters inundated a parking lot in in louisville.ll have more on the severe weather system and how it impacted other parts of the country coming up in our next half-hour. time to take a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. it's the holiday weekend with easter and passover, the rains moved out of here, we were like see ya this morning. >> reporter: it is rains moved out and the winds moved in. the skies are cleared and remain cleared for the holiday weekend. we could have a shower sneak in here northern areas in the late day. storm tracker 6 live looking at puffy cumulus clouds. 51 degrees at the airport. winds sustained or constant out of the northwest at 21 miles per hour gusting to 30s that's putting the windchills in the 40s. that's atlantic city, you can see the camera jumping around. 53 degrees at the ac airport. winds out of the northwest at 26 miles per hour gusting closer to 35. everybody cooling down, when i first went on on the air this morning, a lot of aerials were in the 60s. millville, 53. 51 in philade

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right around louisville they'll looking at heavy rain. for us we're still looking at the mild conditions. temperatures have been in the 60s and we also have some showers, even storms headed this way. we're in a slight risk of some gusty showers and thunderstorms later on this evening. i'll have the timing of when this mess moves out and what to expect for your easter coming up. dawn and jeff. scott, developing right now locally philadelphia police say they're making the streets safer with a big drug hall. 60 alleged drug dealers and buyers are behind bars tonight. some as young as 18 years old taken into custody yesterday in a sting operation lead by the narcotics division. these are just some of them. they're coughed and they've been booked. police have cons fitted 24 vehicles. they say they're sending a loud and clear message. if you think it's a good idea to come into philadelphia or if you already live in philadelphia to bowie legal drugs that not only will you be arrested and charged for that crime, but your vehicle, if you have one,

quite frankly, i don't even know if louisville slugger is in all the parks. it's kind of a big deal. for me, i'm trying to understand the economics of everything, and so, a bat like this, for example -- what does this cost you? scott: including the royalties, about $1.15. lemonis: okay, and then what does it cost to add the logo onto it? scott: 20¢ at the highest level. lemonis: so, that's 95¢. and then how much are you paying mlb on a bat like this? scott: 12%, so 18¢. lemonis: and so 95¢ and 18 -- $1.13? scott: $1.13. lemonis: and what do you sell this thing for? scott: for around $1.50. lemonis: so you're making 37¢ on this bat. that's not great. scott: it's not. it's a terrible margin. lemonis: why do you paint these in house? scott: in case we run out of a certain color. lemonis: and what about the waste? scott: the waste is minimal -- probably $12,000. lemonis: waste in manufacturing is when you create products that have mistakes on them, but the costs associated with those mistakes are sometimes hidden. and so, while scott tells me that the loss is $12

and you're going to hear him live from that podium in louisville, kentucky. and it is a very big day for two trials, both in massachusetts. deliberations currently under way in the boston bombing case. can a verdict be far away? and after 131 prosecution witnesses and just three for the defense, closing arguments are under way in the aaron hernandez murder case. hello, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield. welcome to "legal view." >>> we have a cnn key race alert for you. senator rand paul is officially jumping into the race for the white house. kentucky's junior senator is expected to speak live at any moment from a louisville hotel ballroom and you're going to see it live here on cnn. someone who's been there since the set-up began, dana bash, is standing by. dana, here's the issue. other than saying i'm running for president, what is going to be key in senator paul's speech today that will set him apart from everyone else in that republican roster? >> reporter: ashleigh, you're actually seeing the answer to that in the speech that's going on behind me. there's

it is billowing over louisville and headed to the northwest over downtown.re seeing so much smoke they elected not to fight the fire but let it burn itself out because it was burning so hot. >> in local news san francisco's police chief will hand down the latest round the discipline today against a group of officers caught in a racist texting can israel. some could be suspended and others face firing. >> the police chief suhr will hold a news conference and will suspend three officers accused of sending latest and text messages. the officers were assigned to roles of no public contact and another officer has has the t will released during a bail hearing for a former officer convicted on corruption charges. he will serve his sentence today. the chief suhr said there will be a recommendation to fire the officers, a total of 13 officers are under investigation with more suspensions to come. during the news conference the chief will answer questions looking into another case of san francisco police department over crime laboratories and there will be an audit to

dan. >> alex perez on the ground in louisville, thank you. of course is when do we get a break from the severe weather. over to rob who is tracking it all. good morning, sir. >> good morning, dan. the shift has moved to the east but it won't be as bad as it was yesterday. the last two days, as a matter of fact but the rainfall is really what's the most dramatic. over 5 inches in louisville and lexington, jackson, over 4 inches. that's the most they've ever recorded in a 24-hour period. look at these storm reports. 64 of them. mostly wind and hail throughout the day yesterday and in those two areas, low pressure moves off to the east. the change in the weather will be across the northeast where the back side is going to have cold air. with that we'll see snow. could see over 8 inches in some of the higher elevations northern new york, northern new england and strong winds today so even though it's spring we're feeling a little bit of winter weather across the northeast. we'll talk about that later on. >> all right, rob, thank you. >>> we do ha

kelly o'donnell is on the trail. >> reporter: a louisville, kentucky, ball room teeming with supporters. today senator rand paul launched his presidential campaign. >> government should be restrained and freedom should be maximized. >> reporter: paul offers himself as a different kind of republican. >> if we nominate a candidate who is simply democrat light, what's the point? >> reporter: listed by the tea party movement and his father former congressman ron paul libertarian grassroots followers. senator paul, kelly o'donnell from nbc. can you be in washington and run against washington, sir? rand paul is shaping and revising his own political brand. from aggressive merchandising, stacks of t-shirts turned into campaign cash. >> we're selling a ton of them. >> reporter: to his message, paul opposes most foreign aid and military intervention. but threats like isis made him adjust. >> i will do whatever it takes to defend america from these haters of mankind. >> reporter: paul's stand against government spying appeals to a college crowd. why are young people interested in rand paul? >> i

in addition to the flooding there in louisville a massive fire. this video shows both from one man's backyard at least 200 firefighters battled flames at general electric's appliance park. look at that black smoke billowing up. one building partially collapsed. it's a total loss. amazingly though from the pictures no one was hurt and firefighters had hands full with water rescues. more from alexandra field. >> reporter: torrential rain hit the ohio valley overnight triggering flash floods across kentucky and southern indiana. in louisville alone, more than 175 water rescues according to mayor greg fischer. >> i woke up and somebody was knocking on my door and said it's flooding. >> reporter: fast-rising flood waters sent rescue workers in motion from the middle of the night, a mandatory evacuation order in a louisville neighborhood. >> i'm in an apartment. >> it's starting to build up with water now. i don't know. they just started bringing people out but there's only one boat. so we all got to take turns and stuff. >> reporter: firefighters worke

and you're going to hear him live from that podium in louisville, kentucky.y for two trials, both in massachusetts. deliberations currently under way in the boston bombing case. can a verdict be far away? and after 131 prosecution witnesses and just three for the defense, closing arguments are under way in the aaron hernandez murder case. hello, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield. welcome to "legal ."

. ♪ >> reporter: back again scientists where seen the massive fire and jeep parked in louisville.han a hundred firefighters actively try to put this fire out. there's water droplets of has some serious storms they're not only do they have this fire but they have all water rescues because they have massive flooding going on in louisville. so some firefighters been pulled off of the breast you judy to be put on this fire fight. so they got to disasters at the same time. the blaze is enormous adjutancy all the smoke going up in the area were getting at diane pieces of heavy ash is raining down unto the ground and the surrounding areas were keep following this story for you. >> reporter: a were police looking for the gunman who shot and killed a man late last night jackie sizzle was following this story line at the hayward police department. >> reporter: i can tell you more there are more questions than answers and on the hayward police department right now we're trying to get more information than this overnight shooting that left 122 year-old male did the same. according to the hayw

. >> a massive fire in a industrial facility in louisville.he latest on efforts to try to get it out. >> one step ahead we are told in the nuclear talks with iran and a long way to g. the deal reached yesterday is a prelimary framework as it sparks in iran. some limited the ability to build a bowl. and john bolton is the former embassy to the united nations and a fox news contributor. i would count you in the latter camp it is not going to prevent iran. and it is not going to wait for it to detonate. and what about all of this talk about the administration saying we have dismantled start with the point. what deal do they have. if you look at all of the statements that were issued. one of them was a joint statement between the european union and iran. everything else was unlateral. they have a fact sheet and where was iran's. and that is the assignment of what was agreed. and in a negotiation if you can't reach a agreement in principle that the parties can sign their names to it. it is not principle. it is all up in the air and i think the iran

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this is just an incredible firey situation in louisville, kentucky.t heard of any injuries. we haven't heard of how it started but firefighters in louisville, kentucky have a big problem on their hands trying to take care of this. the cause of the fire is still under investigation and again we haven't heard of any injuries but we will keep an eye on this raging inferno in louisville, kentucky and get back to you on that. >>> seismologists at uc berkeley are looking to expand their earthquake warning system statewide. when the magnitude 6 earthquake hit napa last august, seismologists in berkeley received a 5 second warning. san francisco had a 10 second warning. that is enough time to stop a bart train. the early warning system more thans the primary and secondary waves of an earthquake from hundreds of under ground sensors. it was able to show a magnitude 3.6 quake in san roe moan -- in san ramon would reach berkeley if a second and a half. >> it's not earthquake prediction. it's watching an earthquake begin and trying to send a signal out to people

these are live pictures from louisville, kentucky, where firefighters are busy battling a four-alarm fire. this has been going on a while. you see the smoke there, still. it's still black. that's the ge appliance park where the company makes any of its ameanss. we don't know if anyone was inside or hurt. we are going to continue to follow this story and bring you updates. >>> also new this morning, a man is dead after a late night fire in san francisco's north beach neighborhood t. flames started just after 10:00 at a home on columbus avenue. arson investigators have been called to the scene. that's standard operating procedure, until they can pinpoint the cause. nobody else was hurt. >>> also new this morning the search is on for the gunman who shot a hayward man to death overnight. late last night, police say the 22-year-old victim was found shot in the chest on jefferson street just off mission boulevard. emergency crews tried to save him, but he died at the scene. at this point police have fought released any information on a possible suspect. >>> now take good look at this under

leading us off tonight. >> reporter: in louisville tonight, they are cleaning up and drying out and salvaging whatever they can after torrential downpours dumped up to 7 inches of rain across parts of kentucky, turning roadways into rivers. >> it's normally just a wooded area. today it's covered with water. >> reporter: those floodwaters rushing through neighborhoods. authorities rescuing an elderly couple from this home by raft. >> they're in good spirits. a little cold right now. >> saving people in rescue boats. >> reporter: and more than 100 rescues at this louisville apartment complex after floodwaters inundated the first floor. [ sirens ] in tennessee overnight, blaring tornado sirens heard after 68-mile-per-hour winds caused power outages for thousands. while in alabama friday night, lightning. >> oh! >> reporter: up to five strikes hitting every minute. >> wow. >> reporter: the storms leaving at least three dead. in kentucky this stretch of highway 22 simply washed away. and residents living near this bridge in richmond are now cut off from their only road home. >> they have

next up, the senators announcement from louisville. this is 35 minutes. [applause] kelly: thank you so much. it's great to be here in louisville today surrounded by people who are passionate about making our country stronger, freer, and more prosperous. together, we share a vision for america, a vision of a country unshackled by crushing debt, recommitted to our founding principles, and fueled by freedom and prosperity. to create endless opportunities for americans from every single walk of life. many of you here today have been helping us give voice to these ideas from the very beginning. so first, i just want to express that rand and i are deeply grateful for your support, prayers, friendship and encouragement. it is hard to believe it has been six years since april of 2009, when coach rand paul left our youngest son's little league game to go give what he said was going to be a short message to a small group of people and downtown bowling green. [laughter] when he arrived, there were 700 sign waving tea partiers filling the park in bowling green. [appl

in this room in louisville it is starting to fill with rand supporters. he is set to start speaking about 12:30 or so. i think that ad highlights exactly rand paul's challenge here. i think the question going into this is does he want to be the nominee or does he want to be somebody that impacts this contest. i think it is clear that he wants to run this fight to potentially try to be the nominee, but i think there will a lot of republicans that have serious doubts whether he can go all the way, and i think it stems from exactly what you saw there, this idea of his foreign policy being more on the libertarian side and frankly the world has changed around rand paul in the last year and a half. the numbers changed dramatically on social security. we see it in the polling. i think rand paul is potentially going to struggle to break out of that slim group of people that supported his father very ardently, and that still support him. he is pretty low down in the latest polls, around 6% in a monmouth university poll his challenge is to break out of that. i thin

a massive firefight in louisville. look at the giant smoke and flames that filled the sky there at the ge appliance park plant. 100 firefighters called in to battle this thing. one building destroyed when the roof caved in. this is a company holiday today. so not many people there and not hearing about injuries yet. right now there's a shelter in play order issued to nearby residents urging them to get to an inside room and shut off vents. seeing ash as big as lunch boxes found on planes at the nearby international airport. we also want to you look at this photo posted on our sister station's website. an employee snapped it is inside the building before the fire got out of control. at this point, no word on a cause. barbara? >> thank you, molette. >>> there were already problems in louisville. severe flooding causing big headaches for homeowners businesses and drivers on the read there. there have been 116 water rescues since 1:00 this morning at least six inches of rain fell overnight. more expected to fall today. tom

coming on stage in louisville maybe we can see this, is kelly paul.nator's wife. i believe she is going to introduce him. i don't think that introduction will take very long. when she's done i do believe senator rand paul will appear. there she is. that is the wife. hopefully, she hopes to be the future first lady of the united states of america. shall we just listen in for a second? let's listen to the wife. >> so many people are passionate about making our country stronger, freer and more prosperous. [cheers and applause] together we share a vision for america, a vision of a country unshackled by crushing debt. recommitted to our founding principles, and fueled by freedom. stuart: i do believe it will be a relatively short introduction of her husband senator rand paul. we'll bring in rand paul when he arrives at the podium. okay. where were we? we were discussing john kasich, scott walker. >> mike huckabee. stuart: mike huckabee. >> to lou's point about mike, we all know him very well, he appeals so strongly to evangelicals who vote in huge percenta

john: mark, you were there in louisville, and you are still there in louisville. tell us how did rain to do -- rand do? mark: a very solid internet. more than solid. with 1500 people in a ballroom, he delivered a speech that was pretty well done. the execution throughout the day, moving people and in and out a solid campaign. ithe gave the speech he wanted to give, the message he wants to deliver, what you will win or lose on. john: i am sure there are a lot of liberty lovers in that room. we are all liberty lovers in the end. i thought there was something telling in the fact that those words that he started his speech with, about how he had a message for the country that he wanted to take the country back, that a similar what he said when he was elected to the senate. that encapsulates the whole rand paul thing. he has to be bigger than the tea party no longer the flavor of the month. he took a step forward today, but he is going to have a fight to get there. mark: he is going to have to hope the rules of the republican nomination change. he needs to be bigger th

alex perez is in louisville kentucky, one of the worst hit spots with the latest. >> reporter: they gotan 5 inches in a 24-hour period and this creating big problems across the midsouth. overnight more than 30 million americans dealing with a deadly string of storms. tornado warning sirens sounding the alarms as hail torrential rains and wind up to 68 miles per hour battered tennessee. causing power outages in thousands of hopes and reports of hail in georgia. kentucky friday roads collapsing as rushing water tore through neighborhoods. one woman dead after floodwaters swept her car off the road. rescuers using inflatable rafts to pull students and a driver from their submerged school bus. across the state, the heavy rains stranding drivers. and trapping people in their homes. abc louisville's brooke hash capturing some live. >> reporter: this is what we've been seeing all morning long. firefighters rescuing mother than 135 people at this point. >> reporter: this morning, firefighters still battling a fire at this ge plant believed to be sparked by lightning. overnight in alabama, up to

it's in louisville all the way through bowling green and nashville in the tornado watch.torms fire and already seen it happening. we're going to show the satellite and the clouds and the rain. this area right here we started to see popping with thunderstorms that have brought hail already and gusty winds. what is concerned as we get through is some of the storms and the ones that are the individuals storms these could turn or the nad i can. we're going watch this area. this is a forecast now and we're taking the radar and put it in forecast mode. going through places like louisville we're going to see a round of storms coming in today and then by tonight we can get the front through and thomas clear things out for the easter weekend. >> okay. we will see it. great to see you jen, thanks so much. >>> so the banners are up in indianapolis and in time for the ncaa games. how the freedom law impacted the ramp up to the final four. >>> also ahead you may have seen this in the facebook tweed or twitter time line. the inspirational campaign raising money for diabetes. we will be

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this is what it looks like near the campus of the university of louisville. some college buildings had their ground floors evacuated. louisville alone reported 175 water rescues. >> we have to take turns. >> reporter: another partly of kentucky floodwaters stranded students on a school bus luckily nobody was hurt. the search continues for a mother and child after they were swept into a flooded creek. >>> gay rights activists and their supports are calling for a state law that banls discrimination based on on sexual orientation or gender identity. today's event follows widespread criticism over a new indiana law. supporters adding the law would protect religious liberties but national fallout revised the law to specify it could not be use to discriminate. >>> new dramatic video shows the moment a florida man sprang into action a mobile poem burst into flames. the man was passing by when the vehicle became engulfed with the family inside. >> i noticed there was a foot sticking out of the back window. i stopped and ran away and got mom and their daughter and got

we have already seen some outbreaks of thunderstorms across louisville and lexington towards paducahowards campbellsville in tennessee as well. this is just not the only area that we are watching. all across the deep south, very typical springtime scenario with tornado watches out for much of kentucky and tennessee until 9:00 about three and a half million people and going until midnight a little bit further towards the east. tornadic activity certainly is a possibility but we have already seen large size hail associated with these thunderstorms that have broken out. but all the way down towards jackson, mississippi, birmingham alabama and towards atlanta, georgia, the threat of severe weather exists there. we will be in the cnn weather center to continue updates. >> thank you so much. >>> that same storm system deluged parts of kentucky with up to eight inches of rain overnight and into today, causing severe flash flooding, stranding people in their cars. nearly 200 people had to be rescued from the rising water levels in louisville and the forecast is calling for even more dangerou

more than 6 inches of rain fell in the louisville region and emergency officials say that drivers tried to go through it but got stuck. many public schools are closed for the day because of those storms. >> the copilot repeatedly accelerated the germanwings plane before it crashed into the alps the black box data recorder was found in the wreckage. more evidence that andreas lubitz intensely destroyed the plane. >>> 140 people were killed in kenya when al-shabab gunmen stormed the university yesterday, they are taking finger prints from the bodies of four suspects that died in the shootout. investigators a they targeted christians. >>> a man missing to months after he went missing at sea he was re cued and he is back with his family abc news correspondent marcy gonzales has this incredible story from new york. marcy an incredible story of survival for two months. >> it really is incredible alicia, this guy says he did everything he could to keep the boat from sinking and have enough food and water and he wanted to make it home for his parents, they were starting to lose hope. >> rescued

the louisville area almost four inches of range. there is some nasty storms through kentucky.s the worst of it. later today possibility of additional tornadoes and if we look toward memphis, in the clear but north strong storms over the boot of missouri. as far as the severe weather goes today, this will regenerate this afternoon. a large area of the deep south from central mississippi north, watch out in nashville this evening and northern alabama, and a couple of tornadoes today, maybe even one or two strong tornados. hopefully they're not near any cities of towns. forecasts throughout today. notice how warm we have r in boston. finally 67 degrees. snow banks will be melting fast. saturday, we clear it out in the middle of the country. northern new england, a cold rain and you will have to shovel a little bit of kneesnow in extreme new england. just a little wetter than we'd like from dallas through arkansas. it's rough. louisville area this morning and kentucky, a lot of bad weather. >> we'll see you on "morning joe." coming up the price was wrong. but the contestant still

adriana diaz, cbs news, louisville, kentucky. >> and paul will begin campaigning immediately. he is scheduled to visit early voting states over the next four days starting tomorrow in new hampshire. >>> a man is behind bars after a fiery hit-and-run crash in san jose that left a motorist dead. police arrested the man from san jose on suspicion of driving under the influence and manslaughter charges. he hit a white sedan overnight, according to investigators, on northbound 101 and took off. moments later the stalled sedan was struck by a pickup and the impact sent that car crashing into a wall bursting into flames. the driver of the sedan was killed in that fiery crash. police found the suspect and the car nearby. >>> a bay area county weighed in on a possible travel ban to indiana because of the state's controversial religious freedom law. >> should be extended furthering the probability of the county executive [ indiscernible ] nonbinding agreement [ indiscernible ] pg&e [ indiscernible ] updates on progress. look for political support. somebody that's [ indiscernible ] contr

let's get to the pictures we have in louisville.this. this is a ge appliance factory. it's on fire. mich you were saying it's a four alarm fire. >> at this point the latest information we have from our affiliate on the ground is it's a four alarm fire. it's said to have started in building 6. they believe building 6 is a total loss at this point. you can imagine they're having to pump a whole lot of water in there. all the weight of that water is going to cause the -- >> you're seeing that. >> it looks as though it's collapsing. >> pictures telling the story. louisville dealing with flooding. the good news is that building was said to be evacuated. it is a massive place. we can't confirm that everyone got out of there. that's the latest reporting. four alarm fire is big. it's also an area that's going to need the resources and obviously they're behind on this one. >> here's the challenge as you mentioned. all of that flame that's going on is already taxing local first responders. the fact that they have a four alarm fire means a who

louisville reported 175 water rescues. in another partly of kentucky the flood -- another part of kentucky floodwaters stranded students on a school bus but nobody was hurt. the search continues for a mother and child after they were swept into a flooded creek. >>> happening today gay rights activists and their supporters will rally at the final four in i understand annapolis calling for -- indianapolis calling for a state law that bans discrimination based on on gern or sexual -- gender or sexual identity. supporters argued the law would protect religious liberties but a national fallout prompted lawmakers to revise the law to specify it could not be used to discrimination in a lot. >>> new dramatic video slows the moment a florida man sprang into action when a mobile home burst into flames. rolls thompson happened to be passing by when a vehicle became engoferld with -- engulfed with a family inside. >> i noticed there was a back foot sticking out of the of the back window. we ran up to the back window, we saw a mom and

delicious. >> reporter: thanks for the louisville part. >> reporter: northbound is stacked i-95, youight want to use columbus boulevard as the alternate to i-95. shuttle busing on 36 and 3rd an he will -- 73rd and elm wood. that's going through the weekend. we >> reporter: we have light sprinkles around the board mild, 61 by 9:00 a.m. 64 by noon. the high is 68 at #-- 3:00 p.m. we'll sit on that in either direction up until 2:00, 3 4:00 p.m. there will be a strong wind and on and off showers and late thunderstorm not out of the question. wide view most of the action is along the east coast. we have severe weather watch boxes south of saint louis. if you're flying to the midwest you might have a problem there. on the big board all green aircraft. we have light rain in philadelphia and up the pike at newark, new jersey. the alicia. >> the boys of summer are back. the phillies play the pirates tonight and tomorrow at citizens bank park. "action news" was there last night as the team arrived home from spring training in clearwater, florida. tonight and tomorrow's games are the last of th

kentucky's rand paul made his announcement today at a fiery speech in louisville. karen traverse details paul's message and the challenges that he already faces. karen: rand paul launched his bid to the white house by selling himself as a different kind of republican. >> i have a visio america. i want to be part of a return to prosperity. a true economic boom that lifts all americans. a return to a government restrained by the constitution. karen: he's a relative newcomer in washington. elected to the senate in 2010 after winning his first ever campaign. >> take our government back! karen: but politics run in the family. his father is ron paul. former member of congress who also ran for president three times. rand paul played key roles in many of his father's campaigns echoing ron's small government libertarian message. rand is an opthamologist who continues to practice. he played an early role in the tea party. his senate win was seen as a first major victory to the fiery anti-government movement. some republicans say his views are too far outside of the mainstrea

nearly every intersection with an underpass near the university of louisville campus flooded. >> we will talk about a miracle, a man missing for two months, in the atlantic ocean, is finally reunite the with his family. >>> here is the story. >> an incredittible story of survival. the coast guard hosts the map out and the helicopter and back to sift. he said god answered his prayers. >> lost at sea for 66 days in a stroke of luck a cargo ship spotted him yesterday. this is the dramatic rescue of the 37-year-old being pulled to safety by the coast guard and jordan was found 200 mile off the coast of north carolina. >> whole time i was there waving my arms and they eventually saw me on the front of the boat. >> he set out on a routine fishing trip january 123rd and -- 23rd and reported missing but no one could find him. the seven was called off. he describes when the boat capsized. >> what happened was, i woke up in the middle of the night and i was flying through the air and somersaulting and all the g.p.s. devices were rolling around in the water. >> he survived by then collect ing water

this morning, at least 42 high water rescues around louisville. kentucky's streets flooding. up to half a foot of rain falling overnight. 1 1/2 inches in just an hour. >> oh my god. >> reporter: all part of a system of severe storms rocketing through towns from oklahoma to ohio. at least nine reported tornadoes and counting. flipping semis injuring one person. sirens blaring in joplin, missouri. lightning illuminating the terrifying sky. >> oh yeah. >> yeah. >> this morning, at least 12 states under flood watch expecting more waist deep water across the midsouth. so again, those flood watches but the rainfall is what i want to warn everybody about. in the pockets of red where you see here in eastern kentucky over into west virginia that's the 2 to 3 inches. you'll have some from mississippi to alabama and a little bit back in northwest louisiana. so that's the rainfall but, remember this moves into the northeast so it's going to become rainy 1 to 2 inches. still going to kick your weekend off on a stormy note. more than 140 severe storm reports overnight, nine reported tornad

. >>> right now firefighters in louisville are still wrestling with this massive industrial fire that may have been sparked by lightning. we begin our coverage with nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: in louisville kentucky, today, two massive emergencies. first, this six-alarm fire at a ge appliance park. more than 200 firefighters battled the flames. incredibly no one was hurt. >> this is really, really heartbreaking. >> reporter: while investigators look into the cause of the blaze, one theory, lightning. just yesterday lightning was blamed for sparking this national guard building fire. complicating the response for crews, flash flooding which trapped some cars. >> if you see a high level of water area, just turn around. there's no need to go through it. it is deeper than it appears. >> reporter: since early this morning more than 160 water rescues. >> i just started bringing people out, but there's only one boat. so we all got to take turns. >> reporter: plans now on hold for the avalos family, who'd been hoping to move into their new home tomorrow. >> we put on new drywall and a n