here is where the rain is back through the west through the panhandle of west virginia through morgan countyhrough berkeley county, too. we'll continue to see this right around 81 over toward portions of martinsburg and then up through hagerstown. these showers all associated with a little system aloft is going to make its way toward the east. we could see some shower activity in through the winchester area of frederick county, virginia and also frederick county, maryland could see a few more. maybe up toward loudoun county. we'll watch out for those but most of us should stay on the dry side south of d.c. 51 manassas. 56 fredericksburg. these are the overnight low temperatures. once again well above average by nearly 20 degrees for the overnight low temperatures. that is one reason why we've been able to get so warm. 72 for the high temperature tomorrow. manassas, 73 rather. 72 leesburg. 73 in washington. 74 in la plata. some fantastic weather coming up over the next couple days. 75 on wednesday. how about 79 on thursday with a chance of some showers and thunderstorm activity but not a big

barton county, laurel county, morgan county, other counties still counting damages. there are other counties around the state outside of my district that were hit also. massive loss of life and some families have lost everything. cars, homes, possessions, pictures, family bibles, you name it. gone. and then on top of that, two inch snow. my people are really hurting. and as can you see from the photograph that's i think we provided, homes have been demolished. businesses have been torn apart. families displaced across the countryside. the governor said it looked like a bomb went off. i agree. while the response of kentucky emergency management and the national guard, firefighters, police crews, church groups, countless veers from all over have been both timely and valued. the damage brought by these storms far exceeds our local governments. state of emergency response teams to address and in west liberty, the courthouse. the government is practically destroyed. we are trying. i've heard countless reports of volunteers from all over. coordinated and driving hours to c

as surveillance cameras capture the terrifying kentucky.the winds roll into e - morgan county...uickly becoming violent... knocking over trees, moving a car... family's background is blown clear from the patio.down the road... a truck comes to a halt as the tornado blows through right around it. (("it's ssarier to watch this video than it was to be in the basement."))(("it's the closest thing to hell on earth that you'd ever see.")) see."))the tornado that came through that area lasttweek was an e-f three. 3 this year's warm winter... means bugs are making an early . debut.the national pest management association has already issued an early warning... for ticks that can carry lyme disease.and innmany already been spotted. but the warm winter isn't necessarily good news for all insects. in areas where there has been little snow r rain... bee experts are worrieddthat will hurt the growth of spring flowers that bees depend oo for nectar. washington,,d-c is getting ready for a big party next week.the national cherry blossom festival is set to kickkoff... march 22th.... and last five

it's going to take them quite some time and some tough folks here in morgan county. they've been very kind to us and they have an amazing attitude, morale is surprisingly high considering what they've been through. >> they'll rebuild west liberty but it will never be the same. so devastating. rob, thanks for joining us. >>> alexandra steele joins us. what made the storms so destructive. >> that was kentucky but, of course, what we've seen in indiana has just been incredible, so let me show you some of the video from indiana, of course, it was an ex-4 tornado and, you know, this is the tornado scale and the scale is based on damage estimates, so you can see it's the enhanced fujita scale, an ef-0 all the way to ef-5 and in henryville, ifrndz tha indiana is an ef-4, staggering. of course, utter destruction with that, of course, brick and mortar buildings completely leveled. so that's the scale of the tornado and, of course, you know, we are only in march. now, granted the climb to go of what we've seen so far this season with it being so warm in the south, all that war

several security cameras captured the twister as it rolled through morgan county last friday. the twister killed six people and left more than 600 displaced. >>> locally it appears that a popular running, walking and biking trail in montgomery county is about to get rerouted. it's to make room for a new transit project that's been in the works for years now. erica gonzales reports. >> reporter: the montgomery county council is suggesting rerouting runner, cyclists and everyone else who uses the capital crescent trail. the plan is to ensure there will be room for construction if a purple line is built. if approved it would force trail users to go from traveling here underground to here. this busy intersection in bethesda, right on wisconsin avenue. courtney wade who uses the tunnel with her run group, it's a safety concern. >> it would be dangerous for everyone to run over and we have big groups. >> friends of the trail president said that they long promised the trail would remain in the tunnel. now they're reneging, he says. >> there are plenty of children who use the trail goi

. >>> small kentucky town in morgan county lab demolished in the storm. tonight residents are going through what's left of their homes and possessions through the area. in homessen -- many homes have been destroyed. >> can't get in to put a roof on. probably all the gone by the time -- be gone by the time we get back in. >> i guess we'll have to start all over and just it's awful. >> we feel lucky and blessed. >> and tonight emergency crews still searching through buildings and debris hoping to find survives. >>> right now anny hong is in the weather center and anny, a record number of twisters last night? >> well, bruce, it's actually a possibility. especially for the ohio and tennessee valleys. for the month of march, now the standing record is at 74 tornadoes. that was in march 11th through 13th back in 2006. now, right now more than 100 reports of tornadoes have come in from yesterday. up to -- and about a dozen states from mississippi to ohio. but now you have to keep in mind, these tornado reports may go down. as they'll be consolidated as the damag

astoundingly, only four people killed in morgan county here, but more than a dozen others killed as tornadoes ripped across this state. >> about a mile and a half, two miles through town. >> reporter: this is main street before. and today, rescuers cut through debris. car, parts of elevator shafts and fallen power lines to get into town, evacuating it entirely, continuing the search throughout the day and declaring martial law. >> john and tanna crouch rode out the storm here, in their tanning salon. >> we felt the draft. we heard things leaving here, we felt the draft. we didn't know it took off the back of the building. >> reporter: this morning, picking up what's left and taking stock. >> we built the business and have been busy since we opened the door. >> reporter: rooted here, they, like their neighbors are moving on. david, we took a couple steps to show you the guardrail wrapped around the power pole. the search and rescue operation will probably continue for another 12 to 24 hours. we've seen lots of search dogs. the debris removal will take longer than that. the folks here are deter

the appalachians, the more rugged the terrain gets, and this ef-4 tornado managed to get into morgan countyhe state of kentucky which, by the way, of the 38 fatalities, 17 in this state. this is the worst hit state across six counties where these fatalities happen. this is the county seat of morgan county. a rural community where all their business is done in this town and of west liberty and it just got creamed. this is a part of a bank -- basically the mobile teller area. i would say it's probably built in the 1960s. completely decimated. this parking lot is being used as a mobile command center feeding some of the troops and law enforcement workers. beyond this is the main street. this is the first time we've been able to access main street, because they were able to clear enough of the roadway to get larger vehicles, including rescue and repair vehicles, and, you know, our satellite truck. we're able to see now some of the town just totally torn up there beyond main street. you can see the trees, my goodness. i'm just seeing that now as light comes up. how they are splintered in two. he

some of those showers into morgan county, now berkeley and jefferson county, too. and this whole system will continue off toward the east over the next couple hours. so expect those showers to be near frederick. maybe down toward leesburg and blue mont over the next couple hours. you may want to take the umbrellas if you're thinking about heading out and about. here is that one, that strongest storm right around winchester. once again i don't see any lightning just yet at least crowd the ground but you may hear thunder if there is lightning overhead around 81 and over toward route 7 too. heads up for that. warm temperatures? yes. we've seen them across the region and will see them tomorrow and probably through the rest of the week. something else? scattered shower activity tomorrow. we'll really call it isolated on your tuesday. wednesday, maybe a slight chance of some shower activity late in the afternoon but once again most of us should stay on the dry side. this is not going to be a big rain event. this is just going to be a shower here and a shower there. most

it was total devastation in west liberty where i went first in morgan county. like a bomb had been dropped in the middle of town. martha: that is unbelievable. mike tobin live from west leb birth this morning. good morning, mike. >> reporter: good morning, martha. i just had a conversation with the mayor out here and asked him instead of tell me what has been destroyed, tell me if anything made it? he said nothing. there isn't a business out here. very few homes that didn't have windows smashed out, the doors torn off. the roof torn off from overhead. right now these people are facing this herculean task of getting the debris out of this town. all of it complicated by the new snowfall that just came in overnight. all of it complicated by the fact they have to do it while their hearts are breaking. >> i'm still shocked, numb. i realize this, i realized it several times already, it comes and you have to get bang on your feet and move on. let the emotions and tears fall and go back to --. >> reporter: now you talk about that, that little girl, 14 month old angel b

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

if this town shuts down, that somehow paralyzes the entire morgan county, so that's frustrating goingorward. >> do they feel like they're getting the help they need, rob? >> fema just showed up. they had first responders, the first response team of america, he showed wup with his gear. that will obviously be increasing as time goes by. the first responders go out and the contractors come in. it's a difficult place to get to, and that's been a struggle as well. it's not like tuscaloosa where you have folks down the street that can come in. it takes a while to get down here. eastern kentucky is rugged terrain. you've got hills and valleys and mountains. and that's another thing. one thing they're up against, four inches of snow making things colder and more dangerous. >> challenge after challenge. rob marciano, we're thinking of all those folks there impacted in indiana and kentucky. >>> meantime, we're now less than 24 hours until super tuesday. and why is this race so important when it comes to the race to the white house? and why should so much emphasis be placed on ohio? that's next

surveillance images from last week's violent ef-3 tornado that ripped through morgan county.roaching. the winds pick up. then as it hits, you can see debrises and roofs ripped from houses. a pharmacist from inside the store described it as surrounding not like a freight train but 100 trains all at once. >>> pro-labor groups in madison, wisconsin, rallied at the state capitol today in what they call a reclaim wisconsin march. thousands gathered to listen to speakers urging them to support efforts to recall governor scott walker. the rally came one year after the state government passed a controversial measure restricting collective bargaining rights. a spokesman for wisconsin's republican party described the rally as a misinformation tour by liberal union activists. >>> mississippi's attorney general says he is looking into his options after losing his legal battle over the state's recent controversial pardons. on thursday the state supreme court upheld the pardons of more than 200 convicts including four convicted killers granted by former governor haley barbour as he was lea

home surveillance images from last week's violent ef-3 tornado that ripped through morgan county.ee the storm approaching. a motorist tries to beat the storm, then as it hit. you can see debris and roofs ripped from houses there. look at that. unbelievable. inside the store that captured video described it sounding not like a train but 100 trains all at once. look at that. bonnie schneider, meteorologist, 21 people dead from this. amazing video. 95 mile swath that cut through. >> incredible. the debris, we talk about preparations watch out for debris flying. to literally see it come off the roof of a house and pummeling anyone in its path is incredible. the amount of debris is catching my eye. usually we see pun one or two pieces falling. this is incredible. the magnitude and force of this storm. >> look at this a little more. we don't often get a chance to see this, bonnie, and i don't know if this helps anything when it comes to, you know, forecasting these things. just showing the damage, but maybe in terms ever structures, you know, thousand create structures that can withstan

surveillance images from last week's violent ef-3 tornado that ripped through morgan county.ds pick up. then as it hits, you can see debrises and roofs ripped from houses. a pharmacist from inside the store described it as surrounding not like a freight train but 100 trains all at once. >>> pro-labor groups in madison, wisconsin, rallied at the state capitol today in what they call a reclaim wisconsin march. thousands gathered to listen to speakers urging them to support efforts to recall governor scott walker. the rally came one year after the state government passed a controversial measure restricting collective bargaining rights. a spokesman for wisconsin's republican party described the rally as a misinformation tour by liberal union activists. >>> mississippi's attorney general says he is looking into his options after losing his legal battle over the state's recent controversial pardons. on thursday the state supreme court upheld the pardons of more than 200 convicts including four convicted killers granted by former governor haley barbour as he was leaving office. jim

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

it was total devastation in west liberty, where i went first, in morgan county t. looked like a bomb had been dropped in the middle of town. it was a war zone. jon: that's a good description. we have live team fox coverage. meteorologist maria molina is in the fox weather center, first, though, to mike tobin in liberty, kentucky. mike. >> reporter: jon, you'll see a lot of activity in west liberty, kentucky but what you won't see a lot of are the residents. this town is a virtual ghost town from that aspect, everyone coming and going. one of the municipal trucks is going to pull into our shot but you see emergency crews coming and going, you see utility crews coming and going. everyone is all about the rebuilding and cleanup. it is a herculean effort that has to be engaged before you can even start about the strategy for rebuilding. every single building out here, and i'm not exaggerating when i say that, every single business has sustained severe dang. the roof is pulled off. the doors have been pulled off. the windows are all blown out. meantime, as they're talki

this situation here and this town, which by the way, is the county seat, this is the heart of morgan countyrounding rural areas, when it is shutdown like that is, it paralyzes a good chunk of the eastern part of kentucky. kentucky, as a whole, 21 of the 39 fatalities happened in this state. the worst tornado outbreak they have seen since at least 1974. carol? >> thank you, rob. to find out how you can help those affected by the tornadoes, go to cnn.com/impact there you will find all the organizations and all the ways you can help those in need. cnn.com/impact. >>> a huge payday for gop candidates in tomorrow's super tuesday contest, ten states offering up a total of 419 delegates. when the smoke clears, we could have a clearer picture of this race. yeah right. our political editor paul steinhauser joins me now. >> could. could. that is a good word, could. >> i hope it does. i think a lot of people are just tired of t and i know you are not. that is okay, because we love you for that reason. so you have these two key polls, so, hit us. >> start in ohio, a state you know extremely well. i gue

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

the class kid foundation had a team of search special lists flown in all over the county to morgan hills. starting at 8:00 a.m. volunteers 18 and older can come to help. >> if there's anything out there suspicious, the teams will be taught what to do with that. they'll notify law enforcement to come in and do an investigation. >> reporter: the class foundation is looking to pinpoint areas that have been searched already as well as new areas: the sheriff's department welcomes the help. >> each team has gps tracking devices. we'll have a record of what they searched. >> reporter: michael is part of the team. a search team found the body of his sister recently. >> i frantically want to find sierra. >> mike lost his daughter nearly two decades ago and has been meeting with the family. >> you have to look at elizabeth smart that came back after many months. shawn came back after many years. look at jay see due guard that came back after almost two decades. hope will remain alive until something is proven otherwise. >> anyone that wants to help, bring a valid id and come to the auditorium at 8

in morgan county, the local appalachian regional health care hospital suffered serious damage. every second floor window of the hospital was literally blown blown out, doors were torn off their hinges and part of the roof ripped off. dozens of people were injured and the patients evacuated to nearby hospitals. luckily marty and theresa johnson, owners of a meesh wendy's restaurant stepped in to help. they served 450 hot meals to the cleanup drew criew that came to repair the hospital and also traveled to saywyervville. mr. . one television station held a telethon. i was pleased to play a small part as the television station asked me to record a greeting. people of the region raised over $180,000 in the telethon. the local jcpenney donated clothing and shoes to area elementary school students and the employees of the store took up a collection to donate winter, spring, and summer clotheing for the children. some of the employees don't have a lot to give but when this came up and they all wanted to know what else we needed, says tiffany flint, the corbin store manager, we hope it

morgan claims number one for government debt after jefferson county so j.p. morgan has emerged from the worst financial crisis since the one nine hundred thirty s. as the most profitable u.s. bank has parlayed crisis era loans to cities and states and a willingness to outbid other firms and local government bond auctions into becoming the top underwriter of municipal debt last year this is a turnaround they say for j.p. morgan's municipal bond department which has been marred by its involvement into the biggest scandals in the history of u.s. public finance a so-called pay to play scheme in jefferson county alabama that contributed to the biggest ever u.s. misapplied bankruptcy and a federal probe that uncovered bid rigging of municipal bond investment products well. you can maybe twenty or thirty. it's an assembly line. yes but i know you're talking to josh brown of who wrote backstage wall street and he talks about the bucket shops of the nineteen eighty's and ninety's who got put out of business once they were caught defrauding customers so why is it that j

stix people were killed in the morgan county storm. >> a man charged with sending a threatening letterus white powder to barbara mikulski will be in court monday. christopher carlson was arrested in his vancouver home friday. he mailed 100 envelopes, they say. he's normally charged with sending one to barbara mikulski and another to house speaker boehner. his neighbors say they are surprised by the charges. >> very quiet, very subdued. >> he didn't talk to anybody. he said high and that was about it. >> he will be arraigned in federal court monday. >> a woman came up with an unusual punishment for her son after she said she caught him stealing again. >> if you drove down 37th on saturday morning, you might have done a double take. a kid standing in his driveway holding a strange sign. >> other than take all the game systems away and nothing working. nothing. >> his mom thought she might try something different. >> he has to stand out here all day today. he will come in an hour and eat breakfast, but he has to come back out here. >> his scarlet letter was put on him because he stole an

the ruling allows the county to restructure over $3 billion in debt tied to a sewer system overhaul marked by political corruption. creditors like j.p. morgan chase had argued jefferson county wasn't eligible for bankruptcy, because it had no bond debt. instead the debt was in the form of warrants. tom, here on wall street, pretty choppy day and it will probably be like that all week long as investors and traders wait for friday. it's a big day, you know why. that's when the jobs report comes out and everyone wants to see if things are improving in the jobs market. >> tom: we have to guy test those-- digest the game gains we saw in february. let's get you updated with tonight's market focus. the major stock indices climbed out o a morning sell-off to end with more muted losses. after china reduced its economic growth target, u.s. stocks fell with added pressure coming from europe. but throughout the afternoon, the selling abated in the s&p 500, ending down a fraction. the losing sectors reflects the worries about a slower growing china. the materials sector dropped more than 1.5%. info tech stocks were down 1%. semiconductor stocks, specifi

a small city in los angeles county. morgan and other students are teaming up with an assemblyman to reduce dating abuse in california middle and high schools. >>. >> an assemblyman would establish a dating abuse policy in safety plan and ensure that resources are available to help students. california partnership to end domestic violence says one in four adolescents report verbal or abusive that can lead to depression and eating disorders. >> we're not going to let this issue go. we're not going to let this issue be taken lightly. n sacramento. >> morgan hopes other lawmakers will join the effort. >> it will make a huge difference in our community. in our schools and i hope feel safe when i go to school. >> it's just been introduced, there is no formal open six but oregon has a similar law on the governor's address. nannette miranda, "abc 7 news." >> a five-year-old girl suffered a broken leg after hit buying a car this morning. a jeep hit the girl and her mother as they walked out from between two parked cars. it appears just

county. >>darya: and morgan hill they are still searching for the 15 year-old who disappeared last friday mornings last seen as she was heading to school friday morning. there are considering this a missing persons case to the states are considering all aspects, that maybe she was abducted. will tran is live in morgan hill costs at her bus stops. >>will: according to the bus driver, she never made it here. investigators are planning to comb through the fields again, looking for any possible evidence. they did do that on saturday which is when they found herself on. here is video of a vigil that took place in fremont last night. that is where she lived before moving to morgan hill. she still has strong ties there. the teachers and classmates still remember her. at this point, they do not believe that she ran away. the mother says she had no reason to. she was a happy child. there was never any speculation of that. we spoke with her teacher in here is the she had to stay. >> i was hurt dance teacher for a long time. she loved to dance. it was one of her biggest passions. she was well liked fight he

morgan hill from fremont where she takened washington high school. investigators also interviewed students there. anyone with information is urged to call the santa clara county sheriff's department. live in morgan hill, abc 7 news. >>> all right thanks very much. >> rough surf and scary moments today interbodega bay. 3 people had to be rescued from a rip tide at wright beach in sonoma county. it all began with two kids on a boogie board wearing wetsuit to protect them from the cold but not of course from the rip tide. one made it back to shore. the other did not. his father went in to help and got into trouble. then a woman dressed only in street clothes tried to help and got stuck as well. all facing high waves and cold water when life guard also a ranger went in. got them out of the rip tide and kept them calm until the coast guard could pluck them out. what were you saying to them. >> whole time we are going to make it. couple were saying we are going to die. i was trying to remain positive in that kind of situation so to give them some hope. >>reporter: were they in real danger at that point or not. >> definitely. absolutely. >>reporter: what was the dan

market is in morgan hill with more >> in spokesperson for the santa clara county sheriff's department says there are no additional law enforcement search is scheduled at this point but there is a community based search effort scheduled to get underway tomorrow. all over morgan hill, yellow ribbons are tied to straight lines and power poles. the community is coming together in some new ways for sierra lamar who has been missing for more than one week after she left her home but failed to show up for work, school. ♪ ♪ >> at a vigil sunday night her mother thank both law enforcement and the community. >> is amazing how everybody is coming together and sierra will be so amazed because i'm saving all this because she will come back safely and i want her to seek how much she is really loved. >> on saturday to teams of nearly 100 officers search and rescue units from all over the bay area conducted the fourth and largest search so far, to no avail. it is here along santa teresa boulevard where the trail has run cold. on march 17th authorities discovered herself down and the next day they fou

santa clara county sheriff's investigators continue their search for missing morgan melting the taskforce is an reeling sex offenders investigators are examining the teen's bone. >>> each day is harder. because it makes a more real. no signs of a south bay students missing since friday the community that is now being targeted. a recall would cost millions of dollars to encourage cost nothing. >>> the near san francisco weighs his options today's announcement will impact a share of. >>> skies filled with clouds this first day of spring willie sr. rain drops? will talk about that coming up and this accident in sunnyvale house and have your morning commute to will tell you moments away. >>> good morning everyone its tuesday march 28th i'm frank monaco it is nearly 6:00 on this tuesday announced she vanished without a trace now the