head waters or the missouri. and it disappeared. and no one new what happened to it. so as hunt's party is going up the missouri one day in may of 1811, they are sitting on the river bank and resting after the morning's poling and rowing having breakfast. they see canoes and in it are white men. and there are three ken tutucki. and edward robinson is one of them and he is wearing a scarf around this head. underneath the scarf he was s p scalped. this told deeply on wilson price hunt. the young new jersey business man. and the three trappers said, well, look you don't want to go up to the head waters of the missouri, we know a better way. we know a way that you can leave the missouri, strikeout overland, cross several mount ranges and we think we can get you to the river that is part of the head line of the columbia. and that meant for wilson price hunt to strike out into a thousand miles at least of uncharted terrain that was unmapped. hunt, the serious conscious businessman had to deliberate what to do. so that

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-- i give a lecture that i give -- i give it every year and a half -- the title is "missouri the center of the literary universe" and we talk about turn s. eliot and mark twain and the best-selling cookbook written in st. louis. i like to refer to the first sentence as the greatest sentence in american literature. stand facing the stove. but also as part of the lecture i always tell people that one of the -- the greatest self-help book ever wherein was written by a missourian who always identified him as a missourian and that's dale carnegie. born in a small town in northwest missouri and is buried in an increasingly not so small town of belton just to the south of us, part of our suburbs. dale carnegie was a true missourian, and walt disney a true missourian, and jesse james, true missourian. they were all in one way or another into self-fulfillment, and steven watts writes this wonderful genealogy, starts with benjamin franklin and moves through purveyors of self- develop who were so port in american culture, and comes to dig -- dale carnegie, and ends the book with oprah winfrey. you

texas, missouri, even illinois reported tornadoes yesterday.damages in many places with straight-line winds as tornadoes. the other side of it was heavy rain, very heavy rain in short periods of time and flooding concerns, 4, 5 nchinches out th. this is making its way east today, diminishing a bit, but you definitely need to stay aware. >> appreciate the update. >>> let's look at what's coming up on "new day" this friday. chris cuomo joins us now. what's ahead? >> hey, chris. >> ladies, happy friday. we're following the latest breaking information in the search for flight 370. a little confusing. it sounds like there's been a good advancement here. they're now using the underwater pinger locators. those have to be fairly close in proximity to the black boxes in order to detect them. so, does that mean they've found this proximity? maybe. maybe not. they're actually searching a very big area, like 150 square miles. so, we're going to talk to an officer who's in charge of the u.s. pinger locator and our aviation experts will weigh in about whethe

head waters or the missouri. and it disappeared. and no one new what happened to it. so as hunt's party is going up the missouri one day in may of 1811, they are sitting on the river bank and resting after the morning's poling and rowing having breakfast. they see canoes and in it are white men. and there are three ken tutucki. and edward robinson is one of them and he is wearing a scarf around this head. underneath the scarf he was s p scalped. this told deeply on wilson price hunt. the young new jersey business man. and the three trappers said, well, look you don't want to go up to the head waters of the missouri, we know a better way. we know a way that you can leave the missouri, strikeout overland, cross several mount ranges and we think we can get you to the river that is part of the head line of the columbia. and that meant for wilson price hunt to strike out into a thousand miles at least of uncharted terrain that was unmapped. hunt, the serious conscious businessman had to deliberate what to do. so that

the still unidentified man was arrested land night in grandview, missouri. investigators believe he's responsible for at least a dozen shooting since march. charges are still pending. >>> a powerful earthquake shaking south and central mexico today. the 7.2 quake hit mexico's southwestern region of guerrero state. that's near the resort town of acapulco. no reports of deaths or injuries. >>> finally the story that will have you wondering if we are indeed alone. nasa astronomers found a planet far, far away they say is similar to ours. the planet is roughly the same size as earth but nearly 500 lightyears away and orbits around a star every 130 days which makes for a very short year. scientists believe this planet has the right conditions for water, which means it could support life. >>> thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm dell walters in new york. tech know is next. for updates throughout the day including the latest on the earthquake in mexico go to aljazeera.com where the news never stops. a. >> this is "techknow." a show about innovations that

after weeks of spreading fear over random violence tonight, there's been an arrest in missouri. >>> and smoking hot, one of the fastest growing components of the pot business. tonight, the celebrity who says it has changed her life. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. tonight we continue to follow the slow motion tragedy, the sinking of a ferry boat in the waters off south korea. what started out as a voyage to a holiday island with close to 500 people onboard, many of them high school students. today the last visible part of the vessel went beneath the water. it's now completely submerged. as live pictures from the scene show the effort to get down there and get inside the hull to look for survivors. tonight, the captain is under arrest and has been charged as imagery now shows him abandoning ship. there are still 274 people missing. we begin tonight with nbc's bill neely in south korea. >> reporter: under arrest and charged with criminal negligence, the 69-year-old captain seen h

but a lot of wind damage stretching across missouri. now, right now, we have a line of severe storms stretching across the southern portion of missouri and tornado warnings have been issued all the way over into st. louis. this is whether we have been seeing where a powerful storm has been bringing powerful wind gusts. and hail anywhere from softball size, to ping-pong side, with the storms in southeast missouri. so we will expect to seize these. here we have outlined the specific area, this is where we have another confirmed tornado on the ground. and it was tracking towards the st. louis area. we will continue to keep our eye on these, because the intensity is bringing in flash flooding on top of this. so here are symptom reports. note, that there are a lot more hail reports across the board, then we have wind. however, the wind is still an issue. we will continue to seize these storms overnight tonight tracking more to the east, and as we get into kentucky and tennessee, you have already had hail and wind reports earlier today, we wi

the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: i know nonthune, my friend from south dakota and i have worked for a long time on the kinds of economic and troublesome regulations that he's talked about earlier and nobody appears to be answerable to the people who come forward at these regulations. i think he's got an amendment on that and i'd like him to have a chance to talk about that amendment. mr. thune: i thank the senator from missouri, senator blunt, he and i have worked very hard when it comes to the overreach of government agencies and the burden of related agencies, -- regulations, and what it's doing to middle-class families and their pocketbooks. i mentioned a couple of amendments that i had filed here that pertained to energy costs in my home state of south dakota. one of which sets a 50 plldz threshold -- $50 million threshold over which a regulation proposed by the e.p.a. would have to be voted on by the congress of the united states. and if, in fact, congress rejected it, the e.p.a. would have to go back to

a powerful number of storms is moving from the mid east to missouri. some damaging winds and hail will be particularly severe especially in missouri and western illinois. wind-driven golf ball-sized hail pummeled oklahoma near the border with texas. several inches of hail accumulated on roadways. no injuries have been reported though. >>> a corrections officer at an ohio jail is safe this morning after being held hostage for some five hours. the hostage drama began yesterday afternoon at the trumbull county jail in warren southeast of cleveland. the corrections officer was making his rounds in an area where high-risk inmates are being held. >> three inmates ambushed officer joe lynn when he walked upstair. he was handcuffed and a homemade knife was held to his neck. at one point his cell phone was used to call our affiliate. lynn also got on the phone and said he was not hurt. >> martin is being held on a murder chancht he said he was upset about a newspaper article that he said made him look crazy. >> streets near the jail were cleared and a hostage n

the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: can we suspend the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blunt: i want to talk a little bit about the letters i've received and the emails and the calls about the health care plan. the numbers signed up or whether the web site worked or not i've never thought and have said repeatedly aren't the test here. the test is, is this a better plan, does it allow more people to have better coverage or does it allow actually more people to have lesser coverage, which i'm becoming more and more convinced that might be the case, the high deductibles, the increase in premiums, the benefit of a couple of years actually where the trajectory of health care costs was beginning -- still going up but beginning to flatten out, now it's projected to go up pretty dramatically over the next -- the next few years and the recent projections, but the real test here, is this a plan that's a better plan, not does the web site work, i mean the fact that the web site doesn't work shows the ineptitude of government. the easie

. >> reporter: police, fbi and atf raided this house in grandview, missouri, collecting evidence in plastic bags and towing away a dodge neon. illinois license plate. neighbors say the car has always been suspicious. >> the car comes and goes a lot. through the night, the day. i work nights. i come home. i get ready to leave. he's coming and going, constantly. >> reporter: although no formal charges have been filed, it's a huge sigh of relief for drivers along highways around kansas city after weeks of terror. 20 highway shootings in the past month. authorities linking 12. three people were hurt, two shot in the legs, another in the arm. this driver barely escaped unharmed. >> something hit the car. so, pulled over. and that's when i saw the bullet hole. >> reporter: as fear spread, federal authorities joined the investigation. and a reward of up to $10,000 was offered.

. >> reporter: on the kansas, missouri border, the city lies in ruins. whole buildings are torn apart. the ground is covered. from the air it's easy to see the extent of the damage. roofs torn off homes, contents exposed. people are clearly determined to clean up the mess the twister left behind. it wasn't done yet. from oklahoma it headed to kansas. here too homes were damaged beyond repair. trees are ripped out by the roots. their dama they caused more damage as they fell. the massive tornado plowed through this community and left almost nothing behind. a desperate search and rescue operation is underway to track down anyone who may be injured or trap add. in nebraska, the sky looks me nising as the tail begins to form. the national weather service has warned severe storms are likely monday across arkansas and southern missouri. bbc news. >> we have news of potentially the biggest take over of a british company. aaron what is it? >> potential, we like that word. thanks very much. hello there. that's what america has sent out this morning. the u.s. drug

at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentle lady of missouri. missouri or missouri? >> i say missouri. >> okay. missouri. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as i travel through missouri, my constituents express their concerns with the lack of the right priorities in washington including not providing for the common defense plus concerns like excessive government spending increased taxes and overregulation. our federal debt exceeds $17 trillion. this creates anxiety and uncertainty for all americans and i'm proud to join my colleagues and support a responsible budget that provides regulatory relief, promotes a strong defense and balances the budget in ten years. the american people deserve a brighter, safer future. we have seen president obama direct over $1 trillion in cuts to the military since he took office. while we cut nearly one fifth of our defense resources, russia and china are arming at an alarming rate. russia's military spending is up roughly 30% and china's has more than doubled. if we want to reverse this trend, we must realign our national priorities. it is i

soil and moisture content is greatest across north missouri. the next round of severe weather for the south is coming in on sunday. we'll get a breather. as we get to sunday afternoon, we'll see the ingredients get into place for powerful storms, creeping across florida, and into the carolinas. otherwise on saturday we are looking at storms for the rockies, increasing rain for the west coast. temperatures starting out cool near the freezing mark for denver and billings cold for minneapolis. temperatures climbing back, getting the spring thaw growing. and we'll watch the rivers. as we get to new york, temperatures will feel good. but that comes with a little bit of rain fall coming in through the day today. >> many college basketball stars head for the big leagues before finishing college. that was an option for a senior with the connecticut huskies. instead he decided to say and led his team to the final four one game away from the n.c.a.a. championship. >> the last title the yukon huskies made the championships, this player was a champion. the

the governor of missouri, declaring a state of emergency. more than five inches of rain, forcing flash floods and water rescues south of kansas city. pelting rain, halting the cardinals in cincinnati. the stands, empty. this fire truck sliding off the road and flipping over in indiana. at least 180 reports of severe weather over the past 2 days. most of those, sounding like this. in denton, texas, hail as big as baseballs, shattering windshields. as we watch the line of storms pop up, we know that hail, big hail, could be a possibility because as the storms get really high into the atmosphere, the colder it gets. the higher the storm, the bigger the hail. and not far northwest, a different type of frozen precipitation, spring snow, dropping up to 20 inches on parts of colorado. let's focus in on who needs to be concerned tonight through tomorrow because this is not just an evening event. here, we'll take you into that elevated risk area that you're seeing in red. anywhere from southwestern missouri into western tennessee, just south of st. l

more funnel clouds reported in iowa, kansas and missouri. they're all part of a massive storm system that extends throughout tornado alley, from the central plains down to texas, louisiana and mississippi. heavy rain near odessa, missouri brought visibility down near zero, making driving virtually impossible. strong winds along i-70, knocked a semi over on ids side and damaged several homes. golf ball-sized hail pummeled arkansas and parts of oklahoma. cleanup was just getting started in north carolina in the wake of an ef-3 tornado this weekend. an 11-month-old baby was killed, more than 200 homes destroyed. >> it broke my heart because i lost everything. thank the lord for not having me here. i probably wouldn't be standing here right now. >> now they're hoping for the best and bracing for another round of violent storms. >> just so much devastation. 11 deaths in arkansas confirmed. one in oklahoma confirmed. 25 injuries in kansas confirmed. >> that's right. one death in kansas, although that's not linked to the tornadoes just yet. i mean,

down in springfield, missouri.are definitely starting to rotate. >> chad, take a look -- hold on a second, chad. this is from ktvt, that, i have to tell you, looks pretty ominous. >> that could be dust, debris, a wall cloud, as we get closer and closer, i will know more. there is a brand-new tornado warning for this storm that you're watching there. this denton county storm in north central, texas. a tornado warning until 6:30 central daylight time because doppler indicating a developing tornado with that storm. it's difficult at the distance we were looking at, especially through the lens of a zoomed helicopter, whether there was a tornado on the ground or not, but the national weather service believes there is enough for that happening and maybe right in the middle of the screen through the raindrops i could maybe see something developing there coming out of the cloud, it's difficult to tell at this distance, but we'll keep you advised if we know anything more. >> obviously, jeff, thanks to you, as well. stay wit

. >> we have apprehended what we believe is the suspect in grandview, missouri. >> the house is located in a suburb just south of where at least six of the reported shootings happened. >> two shots fired into his vehicle. >> reporter: more than 20 shootings and so far, investigators believe 12 of them are linked. the man seen here in police custody has not been officially charges. the shots men assed drivers, chris asks us to share only his first name. he veered off annal exit ramp going home. >> i was still going 70 miles an hour when the window shattered in my face. >> reporter: the bullet lodged in his right leg. >> that's where it is, still is. >> ten minutes after he was shot just miles away tom was also targeted. >> i know there was a vehicle over my right back shoulder and that's exactly where the bullet came from. >> reporter: kansas city police working with the fbi and atf say they might have flushed the suspect off the roads for good. >> i can't say this is the only suspect. >> police may have been watching this house in grandview, missouri for several days. it's interesting t

this is video from the border near conditions and missouri. several buildings have been destroyed. severe thunderstorm watch covers portions of iowa, illinois, and missouri tonight. >> the california condor will soon be found along the coast. they will be released captive bred condors within the next five years. the tribe has been trying to establish if the birds can survive in an area they have not lived in more than a century. 400 california condors live around the world, only half in the wild. >> drug is d -- the drought is affecting wildlife. it's been three years in a row and it's hard for species. the state engineered water system has created the equivalent of perpetual drought conditions for fish. birds have fewer insects to feed on and there's a correlation between drought and tree mortality in the sierra at lower elevations. >>> it doesn't look like any rain is coming our way anytime soon. spencer christian has the details. >> roar right. we had some light rain during the early morning and overnight hours. live doppler 7hd is showing clear conditions. here's a live view fr

tornados reported twice in missouri, and tornadoes and funnel clouds in parts of texas. the warnings have been coming up as a whole, a large portion of the central south states are under a tornado watch the the most likely areas to have the lightening and wind with the potential for a tornado will move to louisiana and into southern illinois. missouri has been hit hard. storm reports, mainly hail, and they caused damage to cars and sheds. we'll see the potential of that damage and the wind gusts. that line tracking eastward. you can see where the concern focus further east into the carolinas and south along southern louisville to new orleans. here is where we expect to see the issue in the states to the north. you will have participation flash flooding. there's a lot of moisture in the storms. it's raining very hard, quickly, but further to the north we can't shake winter. minnesota, you have snow forecast by friday afternoon, anywhere from 8 to 10 inches. >> major league baseball gets a curveball - why minor league players are suing over what they see as foul play. anot

this is video from the border near conditions and missouri. several buildings have been destroyed. severe thunderstorm watch covers portions of iowa, illinois, and missouri tonight. >> the california condor will soon be found along the coast. they will be released captive bred condors within the next five years. the tribe has been trying to establish if the birds can survive in an area they have not lived in more than a century. 400 california condors live around the world, only half in the wild. >> drug is d -- the drought is affecting wildlife. it's been three years in a row and it's hard for species. the state engineered water system has created the equivalent of perpetual drought conditions for fish. birds have fewer insects to feed on and there's a correlation between drought and tree mortality in the sierra at lower elevations. >>> it doesn't look like any rain is coming our way anytime soon. spencer christian has the details. >> roar right. we had some light rain during the early morning and overnight hours. live doppler 7hd is showing clear conditions. here's a live view fr

claire mccaskill, democrat from missouri, chairing this hearing today. we'll be watching. >> thanks. >> you got it. >>> up next, we'll speak to the father of a young woman who was killed in a crash caused by these gm ignition issues. and we're going to be keeping a close eye on hawaii, where we're minutes away from the first waves triggered by the massive earthquake in chile, will be hitting. the good news, it looks like hawaii will be fine as long as people stay out of the water. >>> first, a look at today's "planner." the president goes back to the university of michigan. he spends a lot of time in ann arbor. it's a favorite place for him to go. this time, talking minimum wage. we'll be right back with more tdr after the break. ♪ ♪ mattel started in a garage. disney started in a garage. amazon started in a garage. ♪ the ramones started in a garage. my point? some of the most innovative things in the world come out of american garages. introducing the lighter, faster cadillac cts. 2014 motor trend car of the year. ain't garages great? so, what'd you thi

large hail has been reported from missouri to oklahoma and mainly nickel to quarter-sized, but it's thetornadoes, the most recent has touched down in lovelady texas, from waco, from south to southeast. it's still a rogue storm, developing intense heavy rainfall and increasing the chance he of some areas or localized flash flooding and a lot of dangerous lightning stretching from texas into oklahoma, missouri, arkansas as well. these are some intense storms but note the snow coming in behind it. well it's a huge temperature difference that's causing these storms to really spin up and have more power and energy to keep the hail stones suspended in the air so they can grow and come down and cause the damage. wind gusts impressive. look at these. anywhere from 44 mile-per-hour wind gusts lincoln, oklahoma city, dropping temperatures 30 to 50° within a matter of hours. now you could see where the cold front is lined up when you look at where the wind direction is going. we still have very warm, moist area slamming into the very front edge of that cold air mass. and here's the temperature dro

he was western by birth and raised on the missouri frontier.he outbreak first hi firsthandr west as he fled the fighting in the state for the region beyond the rockies. there he found another front here anfrontierand in a social t unlike any in the country. in 1848 of the discovery of gold in california triggered a swift people from all corners of the world. as the gateway to the gold rush san francisco went from the drowsy backwaters of the booming global seaport mostly they were young single men and had come to stay but to get rich and get up. they had attempts and makeshift structures that made candling for the frequent fires. they built gambling saloons and brothels and they lived among the cultures of the continent often convinced them into the space of a single street. by the time he he got their san francisco still the lord. it was urban yet unmistakably western isolated and cosmopolitan, crude yet cultured. the city create a spectacle whether on th stages or the pageantry of the streets. it's open atmosphere to the young and to anyone s

flash flood reports in parts of texas, oklahoma, and southwest missouri. but we are seeing overnight wear on and we're waiting for daylight to see where the national weather service surveys this damage. >> all right, rebecca. >>> president obama is on his way to the philippines, fourth and final stop on the president's asian trip before he heads home to washington. president obama is expected to speak about a new ten year deal, the most significant agreement with the country of the philippines in decades. mike viqueria is traveling with the president and sends us this report. >> on monday president obama leaves malaysia after a two day state visit for fourth and final stop on his asia tour, the philippines. a landmark agreement between the united states and the philippines to be signed coinciding with the president's visit, allowing for a military presence there for ten years. it was some 20 years ago that two enormous military bay, subic bay and clark air force base were closed. first, the philippines were tired of hosting the nafl base, the cold war was

missouri. paducah, western kentucky. evansville, southern indiana. all of these areas in line for severe weather as this storm certainly has had the history of producing tornadoes. in fact on sunday 30 reports of tornadoes. 105 reports of hail-related damage. 97 reports of wind-related damage. scattered about much of the really southern and central plains across the u.s. and that pattern again expected to continue. we know some 27 million were in line for that severe weather on wednesday -- on sunday, and of course that verified. look what happens come monday afternoon. 55 million. so if you're tuned in from atlanta, from birmingham, from new orleans all the way out toward, say, lexington and nashville, severe weather a possibility. and in a lot of areas a probability into the afternoon hours. that extends to some 29 million people come tuesday afternoon. so a multiday event setting up here. and of course we've seen the destruction left in place. take you out to mayflower, where officials calli

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>> wasn't your missouri study 1996? >> no, no. the study just came out a month ago. >> i know. but when did the laws changed? >> the law changed in 2007. let me finish. >> well, you -- [inaudible] >> all right. folks, i'm actually going to say something very strongly here. let's let each person talk. the point here is not to have a quick back and forth among the panelists, but to actually let the panelists express coherent thoughts and then have the next person respond in kind, okay? >> thank you. >> thank you. >> so just to finish what i was saying, we just published a study, missouri had a law requiring licensing for those purchasing handguns. it was not a long, elaborate system, but it did require you to apply directly at your local sheriff's office, and it was good for 30 days, and it was a way to insure that all handgun transactions there was a background check. it repealed that law in 2007. we just published a study that showed that it significantly led to increased rates of homicides. it only affected homicides with guns. it affected homicides throughout the state, and w

that missouri river water right now.ars to get water out to the reservation pd they finally get it and now trying to build a pipeline through the rivers. >> what has not been addressed in any study or report are the concerns of safety and concern in the area if the pipeline is approved. >> we've been to a couple of city council and county commissioner meetings. and we raise the issue and one of -- we don't have injurijurisn and they can't come out to out allotment lands. one said if there is a danger, shouldn't you have a police officer there. for a threat that doesn't come within our community. and that is the threat with the increase domestic violence and sex all sexual assaults. >> what would it mean if the president said no to this? >> when bpresident obama was200 sioux falls and met with a number of tribal leaders. and evhe was given a name meani the map who helped people. so he would be living up to his name.bp who helped people. so he would be living up to his name.h who helped people. so he would be living up to

. >> even before i became involved as the entrepreneur, professionals at the university of missouri whoking on this, fu hun chez and hayward huff, truly brilliant guys, doing trial and error, simply of these through the heating and cooling process, about ten years later they got it. >> all production for beyond meat happens under one roof right here in the plant in columbia, missouri, it's beyond freezing so let's go inside. >> we're standing in the manufacturing space. what we're going to do right now is go through the various processing steps through to packaging. >> okay, let's check it out. ♪ >> so this is our first time we see the product, we take our dry material, we take our wet ingredients, we mix them together, form a slurry and this is what it comes out to be like. >> it's definitely chicken-like. >> we take the strands and send them through the stringer that gives the chickenless strips. >> how am i doing, baby? >> you're doing good. >> we put in fluids, spices and flavorings. then we'll go to the grill where we actually sear the surface to give it a presentation. >> compare

here is this radar loop, this cluster of storms, moving in to arkansas and missouri, but it's that closeew we will show where the stronger storms are just to the north, we are seeing them beginning to rotate, and that is a potential to produce tornadoes. so certainly watch these storms. the severe storm risk in effect today over a large area, it's not only severe weather, it is winter weather, winter storm warnings are in effect, north of the low, that's where the cold air is, and that low will just sit over the same region as this warmer temperatures -- the warmer air spreads east, so we are getting significant snowfall, and more severe weather expected across the southeast, stephanie. >> you are watching al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sigh, talks to al jazeera featuring simon shama is next, thank you for watching. for news updates head to our website aljazeera.com. blatch >> richard trumka president of the afl coy, representing 12,000 workers, a long time low. trumka says the workers need a better deal. >> we've given with our wages, we've given with our jobs, we've given with our h

creating tornadoes in missouri and texas. four people were injured when a tornado destroyed a farmhouse and mobile home about 40 miles northeast of dallas last night. a tornado also tore through the saint louis area ... damaging at least 100 homes. no one was hurt. first responders have performed at least eight water rescues along overflowing streams and rivers, and missouri's governor has issued a state of emergency. the obama administration admits, it quietly created an underground social media network, much like twitter, in cuba. but the white house denies that the intent was to create social unrest there. the app, called zun zuneo, allowed cubans to communicate through cell phone text messages, without their government monitoring their communications. when the castro regime got wind of it, and complained, the app went away, in 2012. a five-year-old boy from california is getting high praise from microsoft for finding a security bug in the new x-box. kristoffer von hassel got into his father's x-box account, and started pl

hail the size of golf balls thunder down from missouri to kansas, damaging homes and cars, triggering a threat of severe storms and tornadoes from texas into the midwest. an ef1 tornado tore through university city, missouri, this morning. >> early this morning, it was the sound of this storm that woke everybody up. >> reporter: 100 homes damaged, trees down and nearly 7,000 people left without power. in st. louis, the rain came fast and was heavy, flooding streets and stranding cars. >> it's more than what the drainage system can handle at one time. you have the flash flooding and before you know it, you're in it. >> reporter: at least seven states and more than 50 million people are at risk for either tornadoes or wind damage. central indiana saw 2 to 3 inches of rain, forcing roads to be closed. in southern minnesota, a bizarre weather combination. >> we're in a blizzard warning. then you get a tornado. just weird. >> reporter: this family's shed was sliced in half. the tornado scattered debris throughout their yard and nailed a piece of wood directly to the side of a building. sev

nebraska, iowa, right on the border of kansas city and missouri. this line here, this was the main event as we went through this evening. last night, that was. it was one super cell thunderstorm that produced all of this tornado damage. one storm. a very strong storm that produced it appears about a 2 1/2 hour tornado. a large wedge tornado. that's the tornado that goes all the way to the ground. the damage i've seen so far, i'd say probably about an ef-3 or greater. 150-mile-an-hour winds plus and that damage path was 100 miles long. there's a lot of small towns, little houses out in the rural areas we haven't seen yet because we haven't gotten helicopters over the area. as far as the storm goes, it's cranking over nebraska. it will be with us two to three days. as far as today goes in yellow, slight risk. about 28 million people. this area of red, potential for more tornadoes. a line from nashville to jackson, mississippi. >> tough morning. >> when we see the pictures, it will be sad. >> nbc meteorologist bill karins. thank you. >>> also developi

>> this is right now, tornadoes warnings in missouri, mississippi. this is today's biggest threat, southern arkansas. you see that big area of red. >> it's a shift. >> still tomorrow a moderate risk. more tornadoes. >> we're going to bring you back in the later hour. >> general as the sun sets it's a little bit better. that's why it's so much dangerous. you don't have any visual cues that a tornado is coming. >> as a reminder, if you have video or pictures from the storm areas that you will like to share with us, please send them along to you reports as fox news.com. >>r. >>> this was the story that was breaking wide open last night on the fox report. the owner of the los angeles clippers is under increased scrutiny after an audio recording of his voice over the week. you can hear him making racially charged comments. players staged a silent protest against the team owner donald sterling wearing their shirts inside out, hiding the team logo. golden state beat the clippers. a lot of the focus is not on the game right now. sterling allegedly told his g

he's a radiologist from cape girardo, missouri. and he said his insurance was going to go up $500 a month, and that was the notice they had got for the same coverage until the president made the decision to suspend the law, a totally different debate topic, whether the president can do that or not. but when the president suspended the application of this law, which everybody is supposed to be so excited about, and they were able to keep their policy they had for another year. it was $500 a month less, $6,000 a year less for that family. here's some information we got today from sherry in she biville, missouri. her son has had cerebral palsy his whole life. he's 18 now. they've found a medicine that works that allow him to deal with this. last year a three-month supply of this particular medicine went from $125 to $1,086, almost a $1,000 increase. but that may or may not be impacted by what's happening with overall health care policies. but what was impacted was her family's deductible this year went to $500 to $5,000. they were pay

in missouri, severe winds tossed this tractor trailer off into a ravine. with these atmosphere conditions just right for producing deadly storms, officials urge the millions of people in the strike zone to remain vigilant and watch the weather. >> it is spring and not over. for more on this latest severe bout with weather, we turn now to our meteorologist. >> things are start to go ramp up. we're going to see the severe weather risk lasting through june. things are getting primed. we have the cold air and have a streak of not seeing fatalities with the storms. the atmosphere is getting more volatile. here's the reports with the reports yesterday, right into the middle of arkansas just to the north and west of little rock where we saw a number of tornadoes reported. it's on the same track. once the national weather service surveys the damage, more than likely the number of tornadoes which stands at 31 will be coming down, but certainly a long track tornado that caused a lot of devastation across the area. the risk shifted further east. we now have a tornado

what was going to happen in the midwest, arkansas, missouri. thankfully we had no fatalities last night. so we keep our streak going. no tornado fatalities in the us thus year. those red triangles are the tornados that did occur. we had eight of them. wasn't a huge outbreak, but a lot of severe weather and wind damage along with it. a lot of cleanup to be done, but we didn't have any injuries or fatalities. now, across the country, see the big storm that is now up in minnesota. that's responsible for the severe weather. still has a pretty good line of thunderstorms with it. and alabama, down to louisiana. still get something strong storms for the tornado threat appears to be just about over. as far as the weather on the west, a weak system coming on shore, more rain right around san francisco for your early morning commute. it will be over the top of shai. also, not expecting a lot of rain with this, but a brief downpour. over the weekend, looks like the pacific northwest, more significant rain. frontal system coming on shore late saturday and

angie, in our cover story, missouri senator claire mccaskill accused general motors of having a "culture of cover-up" during the time faulty ignition switches were linked to at least 31-crashes and the deaths of 13 people. it's also led to a current recall of 2.6 million g-m cars and a showdown in a senate hearing room. in more combative questioning by senators than g-m ceo mary barra faced in the house, a senate subcommittee demanded to know who was responsible for the installation of redesigned ignition parts numbered the same as those they replaced on compact chevy, pontiac and saturn cars. with the same number, the change was untraceable to owners and federal safety regulators and averted a mandatory recall. "in late 2006 or 2007, gm replaced the ignition part but did not tell anyone." subcommittee chairwoman claire mccaskill of missouri on documents that show a g-m engineer who authorized a redesigned ignition in 2006-- then denied it in a court deposition, last year. she had a phrase for that. "a culture of cover-up that allowed an enginer to lie under oath, repeatedly." barra vowe

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early yesterday morning a tornado touched down in missouri just west of st. louis. at least 100 homes were damaged by winds of up to 110 miles an hour. there was heavy rain and flooding, but there was no reports of any injuries. >>> in denton, texas, north of ft. worth, a storm produced a river of hail and water that flooded streets. the hail damaged car windows, but no injuries were reported. andrea lucia of our dallas station kttv has more from texas. >> reporter: tornado sirens sounded and a funnel cloud formed on the horizon. >> i don't know what to do. i've never been in a storm like this. i'm not from here. >> reporter: people ran for cover, ducking inside this denton walmart. moments later the storm struck, littering the ground with hailstorms. >> it was a little terrifying. i'm not going to lie to anybody. >> reporter: he took shelter in an auto shop. >> the hail came in and it was circling in the building. i've never seen anything like it before. >> reporter: at the walmart, customers say they were ushered to the back of the store. >> the hail was this big

kimt believe anything else. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning" dean reynolds, charleston, missouri.e man should get a pardon under these circumstances. >> that's right. >> a, he was convicted but the man who was robbed said i don't think he should go to prison. >> the fact that the victim says that says volumes. they need to figure something else out. >> >>> plenty of clouds around the bay area and looks like they will be hanging around a little bit longer especially along the coastline. you will see a lot of cloud cover there today. we have seen some drizzle early on this morning. out toward ocean beach, you have some cloudy skies there and a lot of clouds even mid- to high level moving overhead. temperatures are going to be cooler with some partly cloudy skies today, about 69 in fremont. 73 degrees and pleasant into san jose this afternoon and a cool 63 and breezy in san francisco. cooler temperatures through saturday. >>> stephen colbert says he t be hosting the "late show" as stephen colbert, but les moonves is happy to have him under any name. our president and ceo talks about

hours earlier in missouri, heavy rain and high winds knocked a semi on its side. >> it started raining so hard that i couldn't see to drive, and after i had been stopped about 30 seconds, then a gust of wind hit me, and that was the result of it. >> that's it. there's the big cone. >> reporter: now before this outbreak, 2014 had seen the quietest tornado season in more than 60 years, but now there have been at least two dozen reported tornadoes in the past 24 hours. in washington, kristin fisher, abc news. >> all right, kristin, thank you. and as we just heard from kristin, arkansas was among the worst hit by these storms. >> that's right. joining us from arkansas right now, department of emergency management is brandon morris. brandon, we're hearing about major damage from these tornadoes. can you give us an idea of the sheer scale of the damage? >> we are looking at damage in particular in one of the counties just here in central arkansas where we're having -- we haven't even quantified the amount of homes that have been destroyed at this time. we also have reports of 16 people that

on a different stretch of highway in the heartland, the chilling shooting spree in kansas city, missouri. investigators are searching for a gunman now linking 12 cases. abc's marcie bonds lez on the growing urgency and the new reward. >> reporter: new details about those terrifying highway and roadway shootings in kansas city, missouri. police now believe 12 out of 20 shootings in the past month are connected. investigators hoping these links will help them track down a possible serial shooter as they also now dig into their files to determine whether other cases dating back more than a year could also be linked. >> we'll look at the data for 2013 also. again every day things change and we may go back further than that if we need to. >> reporter: at least three people have been hurt, two shot in the legs, one in the arm, and there have been other close calls with vehicles being fired at with what police believe is a mine millimeter handgun. >> we were in the right lane and hit on the right side. >> reporter: investigators relying on those accounts, most of which claimed the shooter fired

in missouri, the wind so strong this sunday, this tractor trailer toppled right over. tonight, take a look at the map. the red, the danger zone. 17 states on alert all the way into tuesday and wednesday. in a moment, we'll pin-point where the new reports are coming in. but we're going to begin with alex perez, in little rock, arkansas, tonight. >> a severe thunderstorm warning. >> reporter: tonight's tornado outbreak has already turned deadly. touching down in quapaw, oklahoma, killing at least two. near odessa, missouri, visibility near zero. blinding, heavy rain making driving nearly impossible. the strong winds along i-70 flipping this semi on its side and damaging several homes. from nebraska all the way to louisiana, residents are preparing for a potentially dangerous storm that could spawn violent tornadoes and lead to heavy flooding. in the crosshairs, arkansas, where a tornado watch already has many on high alert. in drasco, arkansas, and parts of oklahoma, golf-ball-sized hail. across tornado alley, a rush on tornado safe rooms, virtually indestructible shelte

." >>> another story still unfolding, police in kansas city, missouri, telling motorists to rest easier this morning because they say they caught the gunman behind a weeks'-long highway shooting spree. >> s.w.a.t. teams swarmed a suburban house and arrested an unidentified man they now say is the sniper. here's abc's tahman bradley. >> reporter: kansas city police think they have their man. >> we've apprehended what we believe to be the suspect in the highway shooting. >> reporter: police, fbi and atf raided this house in grandview, missouri, collecting evidence in plastic bags and towing away a dodge neon. illinois license plate. neighbors say the car has always been suspicious. >> the car comes and goes a lot. through the night, the day. i work nights. i come home. i get ready to leave. he's coming and going, constantly. >> reporter: although no formal charges have been filed, it's a huge sigh of relief for drivers along highways around kansas city after weeks of terror. 20 highway shootings in the past month. authorities linking 12. three people were hurt, two shot in the legs, anoth