in the case of the eisenhower memorial, these federal agencies are the national park service on behalf of the department of the interior, the national capitol planning commission, and the commission on fine arts. the process is a rigorous and sometimes lengthy public process which can require multiple consultations on the selection of a site and on the design of a commemorative work as the design concept undergoes refinement, as well as extensive environmental and historic preservation compliance. the national parks service works closely with sponsors to navigate this series of studies and reviews. ultimately, a memorial will be constructed only if it is approved by these three entities, and the memorial sponsor has met qualifications imposed by the commemorative works act for the issuance of a national parks permit to begin construction. in 2006 the commission was authorized to locate the memorial at maryland and independence avenue southwest between fourth and sixth streets. a national parks service environmental assessment with public involvement was released in june of 2006. review

. >> the national weather service is reporting 1" hail southwest of dfw airport. and a new tornado warning for denton county until 2:25 severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado six miles southwest of justin moving northeast at 40 miles per hour. >> this is a case where we are not able to see the characteristic hook with the thunderstorm here but you folks in justin, here, take cover immediately, southwestern denton county, national weather service has a radar indicated tornado here. at least rotation that could point to a tornado developing in the next few minutes. it is southwest of justin. it is moving off to the northeast here. you folks in justin and toward the ponder area in southwestern denton county, take shelter immediately. if you are in an apartment building on the second or third floor get to the lowest floor or in an interior hall way to give you more safety, do so. >> is this the same cell? or more cells? >> this is another storm. there it is. this is a different product enabling us to zero station in the severe thunderstorms. here is the ci

the national weather service says an average of 54 people are killed by lightning. hundreds more are permanently injured. so far three deaths this year from lightning. >>> the national weather service says a tornado touched down late this afternoon in north of sacramento. it packed 75 mile-an-hour winds. it was powerful to blow a roof off a car dealership. it was reported on tuesday. >> sandhya patel is here with a look at live doppler. >> i want to show you what it looks like to the west, southwest of yuba city. eyewitnesses in the area say they saw a sudden shift in the wind and swirling clouds at the time of the tornado. it was a ef-0 on the scale. taking us back last couple of hours, we are continuing to see showers in and around the area but still skirting the area so they could still see showers but the severe weather threat is over. here in the bay area, hates quiet down quite a bit. yesterday, the national weather service reported there was 750 lightning strikes, cloud-to-ground, that doesn't include cloud to cloud lightning strikes. san francisco, over an in

take of the national park servic briefed -- >> the national park service bringing back the bus tour. they will add an national mall route for the double decker buses. >> how would you like to own a piece of american history? in just two weeks the bellaire mansion is going on auction block. george washington and thomas jefferson once stayed there as houseguests. it was originally built in the 18th-century come in the current homeowner says he is ready to pass on the keys to someone else. people from all around the country are bidding on this. the bidding begins on april 18. >> comeback for one of the biggest entertainment landmarks. it will open next week after being shut down for nearly three decades. it was built in 1910, one of the first african american and use of its type anywhere in the country. it host motown's biggest ours. it will take center stage once again. >> back in 1910, many of them said the theater for the people. i hope it is a place where young people can also learn. >> chris van cleve will have more on the multi million dollar renovation coming coming up tonight at

the national weather service says an average of 54 people are killed by lightning. hundreds more are permanently injured. so far three deaths this year from lightning. >>> the national weather service says a tornado touched down late this afternoon in north of sacramento. it packed 75 mile-an-hour winds. it was powerful to blow a roof off a car dealership. it was reported on tuesday. >> sandhya patel is here with a look at live doppler. >> i want to show you what it looks like to the west, southwest of yuba city. eyewitnesses in the area say they saw a sudden shift in the wind and swirling clouds at the time of the tornado. it was a ef-0 on the scale. taking us back last couple of hours, we are continuing to see showers in and around the area but still skirting the area so they could still see showers but the severe weather threat is over. here in the bay area, hates quiet down quite a bit. yesterday, the national weather service reported there was 750 lightning strikes, cloud-to-ground, that doesn't include cloud to cloud lightning strikes. san francisco, over an in

we asked the national park service to comment, but we were refused. >> the national park service has predetermined agenda and basically forcing the data, misusing and abusing science to fit their agenda. >> goodman uncovered these discrepancy after comparing the study to a draft version of the environmental impact report released last june. >> all of those references, those citations were deleted out of the legend. >> this isn't the first time the questions were raised about the science used by the park service. january congress asked the park service to ask for an independent review of the draft environmental impact report but to date no report has been commissioned by the academy. however, the department of interior did pay a florida company to conduct an impartial review on their behalf. among the reviewers was christopher clarke, a renowns bioacoustal researcher at the university. he believes the data is having a negative impact on wildlife saying it's quite rebust. he refused to answer our questions after we told him the data wasn't from the site at all. he did tell the environm

we asked the national park service to comment, but we were refused. >> the national park service hasermined agenda and basically forcing the data, misusing and abusing science to fit their agenda. >> goodman uncovered these discrepancy after comparing the study to a draft version of the environmental impact report released last june. >> all of those references, those citations were deleted out of the legend. >> this isn't the first time the questions were raised about the science used bit park service. january congress asked the park service to ask for an independent review of the draft environmental impact report but to date no report has been commissioned by the academy. however, the department of interior did pay a florida company to conduct an impartial review on their behalf. among the reviewers was christopher clarke, a renowns bioacutal researcher at the university. he believes the data is having a negative impact on wildlife saying it's quite rebust. he refused to answer our questions after we told him the data wasn't from the site at all. he said he believed the data represe

. >> the national weather service said about a dozen tornadoes hit the area yesterday. today we're hearing amazing stories of survival. some homes were destroyed while others were still standing. >> oh, wow. oh mi goodness. >> according to the national weather service more than a dozen tornadoes pummeled the area. >> please take shelter immediately. >> reporter: a news helicopter captured one twister's fury. >> look, look, look, huge trailers, these huge rigs, the back ends of tractor-trailers are being thrown hundreds of yards. >> reporter: but tornadoes tore through neighborhoods, lifting roofs off buildings. more than 650 homes were damaged. yet, there are stories of survival. he hid into this storage space a grandmother is being hailed as a hero. she saved her three grandchildren by seeking shelter into a bathtub, even holding on to her grandson as the wind tried to rip him from her arms. >> i grasped him harder. >> tonight the national weather service is investigating how the tornadoes, which appeared to flatten some homes and graze others jumped place to place limi

here's the national weather service site that's been evacuated. so this is getting close to the southern suburbs of wichita at this time. >> jacqui, obviously we're not going anywhere. we're going to cover this until we make sure everyone is safe and see what's going on. as you noticed, we were doing a completely different show when this started. so our guests are gone. we'll continue to focus on this particular issue, which is important. it is breaking news. look at the radar and you saw the local news coverage of it. rob marciano is out in the field. rob covered this same storm system in oklahoma earlier. we'll talk to rob live in moments. there he is live and we'll see exactly what he saw earlier today and then we'll show you where the storm system is now. we're back after a short break. i'm one of six children that my mother raised by herself and so, college was a dream, when i was a kid. i didn't know how i was going to do it, but i knew i was going to get that opportunity one day. and that's what happened with the university of phoenix. noth

record snowfall season, the national weather service says 3.4 inches of snow blanketed anchorage.this makes the season the snow snowiest winter ever. the previous record of snowfall was about 132.6 inches set 60 years ago back in 1954. does that make you excited and want to move to aint anchorage? >>> i'm good. there is an area of low pressure war will haven't area of low pressure move across our area for tuesday, wednesday and thursday, keeping us unsettled and cooler. for now, satellite and radar, showing showers trying to dip across western maryland. we are clear right now and dry. we are going to stay that way in to the afternoon, maybe a few scattered showers. let's keep our fingers crossed we get them. we need the rain, temperatures right now, 49 degrees in ellicott city. 54 easton. windy and dry for today. we have a red flag warning. i will talk about that coming up. now back over to meagan and charlie. >>> most popular drug used to treat diabetes in the united states. >> what health officials are saying about the effects on certain types of cancer. >>> the hard hitting pro

ed fenelon, meteorologist in charge, national weather service-chicago. oordination meteorologist national weather service- chicago. brian smith, warning coordination meteorologist national weather service-omaha. brian and i started this a while back we have been seen multimillion and billion dollar weather disasters ... and we have a recurring start to this year these have been devastating events and they have done and protected with stunning accuracypredicted with stunning accuracy. the ability to forecast these extreme events days or weeks in advance is really a remarkable achievement this is related to basically three advances the global observing system for one, the annette zero a a satellites and aircraft and plans we get sophisticated numerical models running on the fastest supercomputers working at 73 trillion calculations per second. we will transition over to the next generation of computers computing at a hundred and 40 trillion calculations per second and that and enables us to run sophisticated weather forecast models. the nature of these fore

the national weather service has issued warning. several potentially deadly storms on the way that could affect millions of people. already today one tornado touched down on the kansas oklahoma border. and baseball sized hail broke windows and tore off the sighting of homes in nebraska. people in need, people need to stay informed and be ready to take action at a moment's notice. >> the plain states are preparing for the worst, a large area from minnesota to texas could be at risk for an outbreak of deadly storms. the strong production center in oklahoma says that it could be a high end life-threatening events. affecting five and half million americans. >> this is just the beginning of a long duration severe weather outbreak including the potential for strong tornadoes. >> national weather service says that at least three possible tornadoes were reported early saturday in central oklahoma. to bonds were destroyed on this property but could have been much worse. >> we have the gazebo and the fence right there but otherwise it would h

the national service has confirmed a large and extremely dangerous tornado is associated with the super cell. we'll keep a close eye on the system. >> hugely populated area there. maria, thank you. kansas air national guard moving refueling craft from the 190th refueling women to new mexico. i'm harris faulkner. >>> hello, i'm greta van susteren. i was august 1969 during a blistering heatwave. close to midnight three women and a man crept up the driveway behind me carrying rope, knives and a again. on the record of charles manson, they were there to unleash what he called helter-skelter. they slaughtered five. people they didn't know, shocking the world. two more brutal murders would take place the following night. in less than 48 hours, los angeles was on the verge of a nervous break down. this is the chilling story of what happened to a beautiful young actress named sharon tate and six others, at the hands of a twisted family of drug-crazed hippies. it is a story that has it all, sex, drugs, rock and roll, movie stars and mur. >> we have a weird homicide. >> in a scene described by on

the number of tornadoes reports versus those down the road that will be confirmed by the national weather service. there can be a huge difference between the two. people will see a tornado and everyone will report it, but it has to be confirmed by the national weather service. for example, tornado citing can be larger than those that are determined for touch down in the united states. to date we have had 251 if you include several at a minimum cited today in the dallas-ft. worth area. that brings up to 225 on pace to being the third fastest start to the tornado season. on record. last year was the second fastest and most devastating sense 1925 the worst and most devastating year for tornadoes. and my next guest, caller from american airlines. >>guest: neil, we still have very strong thunderstorms over us right now here at the airport. early we hat tornado warning, various sizes of hail coming over in the storms so we canceled all flying we would have done the rest of the day today. there will be no inbound flights flights to come to dallas-ft. worth. we also have canceled 230 departures, both ame

windy and dry conditions prompted a national weather service to issue the fire warning throughout the mid-atlantic region. >>> big news from preakness. we are going to see a race of arabian horses on the third saturday in may. abudabu is involvedch it's 14- horse ray they signed an emergency bill allowing them and the marylanding commission is expected to -- maryland racing commission is expected to approve this. >>> the president's back home from south america this morning and he spoke out for the first time about the secret service sex scandal. this morning members of congress are vowing to investigate the allegations. mr. obama's secret service agents solicited prostitutes and making preparations for the president's colombian visit. we have details. >> reporter: those men and women entrusted with protecting the president prided themself on professionalism and discipline. 11 secret service personnel and five u.s. military servicemen face ep embarrassing allegation of heavy drinking and soliciting prostitutes. president obama commented on the scandal for the first time late sunday wh

that's from the national weather service.nside their home, move to an interior bathroom, a closet. cover yourself with blankets and pillows, a mattress for protection. this is a serious warning in an area that already received considerable damage. we are trying to get an update from the locals. let's take a listen. we are just dipping in as we can to this local news agency as it appears to be driving towards the twister. towards the heart of the tornado. that's how it appears to us, that's our information right now. you can hear the sound of the windshield wipers passing back and forth. let's listen again. want to just bring you the latest from a couple of the wires we are getting which is a code black has been issued at parkland hospital down in the area. that means keeping all the patients away from the windows. damage has been reported in johnson county where a tornado is reported to have touched down. tornado on the ground of thed southeast of i35, just south of downtown dallas. considerable damage reported in cleburne. t

maybe my good friend from utah doesn't know the national parks service policy. important to note that current national park service policy right now prohibits, quote, battle re-enactments and demonstrations of battle tactics that involve exchange of fire between opposing lines or any other form of simulated warfare, end quote. i'm not aware of any problems that this policy has caused. it's important to note that there are national park system units like lake roosevelt national recreational area in washington state, i say to my friend, the chairman, or craters of the moon national preserve in idaho that allow hunting and recreational shooting. my amendment would not affect those policies. the hunting and recreational shooting could continue in those places. i just want to emphasize, this is a technical amendment. i'm not getting at the merits for or against the bill overall. but should this bill proceed, it would be a big mistake to say that the hunting, the recreational shooting could take place in gettysburg and any number of other places that aren't intended. l

service scandal in south america. investigators are looking into prostitution allegations as president obama attends the summit of americas. : a rare warning from the national weather service. a potential life threatening event as the midsection prepare for a tornado outbreak. >>> and tonight, how they could cause skin cancer. welcome to fox 5 news at 6:00. i'm will thomas. >> and i'm maurine. we begin tonight with the top story of the day. the secret service scandal that is casting a shadow over president obama's trip to south america. >> they say it happened in columbia while president obama is there to attend the summit of the americas. a senior law enforcement official tells fox, employees at a hotel witnessed the inappropriate behavior by one of the secret service agents alleging a prostitute was in at least one of the rooms. we are also learning that five u.s. service members have been disciplined for misconduct at the same hotel where the secret service agent was accused of that inappropriate behavior. the u.s. southern command says the military members violated curfew and may have been involved in inappropriate conduct. we will have more information

we also saw a slowdown in the nation's services last month. in the u.s. this morning, we're going to get data on new filings for unemployment. this comes ahead of tomorrow's all-important jobs report when the markets are closed for good friday. in the meantime, forecasts are expecting 200,000 new jobs were created in march, the unemployment rate is holding steady at 8.3%. we saw the dow drop on wednesday to close at 13,074, the nasdaq losing 45 to close at 3,068. and dutch shell is looking to build new plants in louisiana to convert natural gas into diesel fuel. shell has similar plans in the middle east that produces enough diesel to fill 160,000 cars a day. the "wall street journal" says the company may take two years just to determine if the plant is economically viable. >>> and finally, retailers are reporting march sales today. total sales are forecast to rise 3.4%. stores were helped by warmer weather across the country last month, the early easter holiday, and spring merchandise. back over to you. >> very nice, jackie. we'll see you soon. >> we wer

the tea party is advocating limiting national service. president obama campaigned to expand to 250,000. senator kennedy helped to pass the expansion. i was wondering what role "the nation" can play in helping to support the program. >> we've done a lot of work around expanding doctors into rural community centers. americorps is a good program. all of those should be supported. we have not done as much. there has been controversy at the magazine. i am more of a supporter of teach for america than my colleagues. they are good programs. >> what could we do collectively as the next up for occupy wall street? -- next step for occupy wall street? >> what is your main interest in the issues raised by occupy wall street? if it is money and politics, you should join with those who are occupying the supreme court, fighting in states for clean money reform, and fighting for an amendment strategy to overturn the citizens united decision, and fighting in elections to change the supreme court. >> what would you think of having a national general assembl

the national weather service says a tornado touched down in kansas this afternoon.orecasters are telling people to stay informed, be ready to act. a report from new york. reporter: the plains states are preparing for the worst, a large area from minnesota to texas could be at risk for an outbreak of deadly storms. the storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma says it could be a high-end, life-threatening event, affecting 5 1/2 million americans. >> this is just the beginning of a long duration severe weather outbreak, including the potential for long-track strong tornadoes. reporter: the national weather service says at least three possible tornadoes were reported early saturday in central oklahoma. two barns were destroyed on this property, but it could have been much worse. >> we have the gazebo and the fence right there, otherwise it would have went through the house. >> look at the debris right there. reporter: a twister touched down yesterday near the university of oklahoma. the damage was fairly minimal and only minor injuries were reported. the national wea

the national weather service receive 120 reports of tornadoes there. joins us live from woodward oklahoma, one of the towns hardest hit by this rash of storms. what is the very latest they're now? >> the very latest is that the sun came up and really put this into stark contrast. you have absolute devastation, this was a factory for carpeting and yet just a few feet away in the other direction, nothing was hit. we interviewed a police officer this morning who says he didn't understand there were some blocks that he was unable to get through that is the senior this morning but tragically the news is that also the death toll has risen to 6. >> what happens now? how do people start picking up the pieces? >> is what everyone has to face when they face a natural disaster, particularly tornadoes. in many of the towns here in the oklahoma area and even throughout the state, everyone talks about shelters, when they build homes they ask where you will put the shelter. the warning is so important and in this case, the sirens in this town were knocked out by a li

this is not the national park service part. this is our part. we are occupying it. on sunny days the benches are nearly empty. contrast that with this block parts away pact with once timers. >> this neighborhood used to be different. i think it is time the started cleaning up. >> a ultimately this could end up in court as it appears neither side is going to give in. gail huff, abc 7 news. >> a man charged in the largest shooting since the virginia tech massacred changed his name one decade ago because he thought it sounded like a girl's. he faces murder and attempted murder charges. the 33-year-old south korean native petitioned a fairfax county court to change his name. seven people were killed and three others were wounded monday at oakland university. >>marion barry is not apologizing for his comments about asian merchants. he told supporters that "we have to do something about these asian merchants opening up dirty shops." today he told reporters they need to move the glass from their counters. >> the political activists leading the effort to recall vincent gray

national parks service pushing for construction which is in progress on an unmanned border crossing at the big bend national park in south texas. this is not a department of justice decision, but it is going to affect some of the personnel, and i'm concerned that this is an area where illegal immigrants can walk across. the water is knee deep and you can walk right across the river and into big bend. and having an unmanned border crossing i think is insufficient. so we're going to talk about that at some point to see if we can get fbi, dea, atf, border patrol, somebody to man a place like that where it is so vulnerable. last but not least, general holder, i'm going to ask you some questions about your public integrity unit. i'm going to give you full credit for dismissing the case against senator ted stevens when you learned of the corruption within that division of your department. i'm going to ask you questions because the report will be public within days, and if there is anything that you should take as your major responsibility, it is that the public corruption unit and the depart

of the secret service have had their security service revoked and more members of the military may have been involved than originally thought. the nation's top soldier says he's embarrassed. susan mcginnis is in washington with the very latest. good morning, susan. >> good morning, michelle. this is being called the biggest scandal in the history of the secret service. now nearly a dozen of the military may be involved as well. military leaders are embarrassed about the alleged misconduct in colombia ba, according to the chief of staff martin dempsey. >> we let the boss down. >> the chairman says they're still trying to figure out exactly what unfolded before president obama arrived for last week's summit of the americas. >> what we do know is we distracted -- several members distracted the issue from what was a very important regional engagement for our president. >>> a law enforcement so is says a member got in an argument with a prostitution over a payment at the hotel caribe in cart hay ya. those including two supervisors are being investigated. pentagon officials say at least ten members of the military sent to support that team may

the latter is what the national service urged everyone to do, taking the unusual step of warning regionours in advance saying the upcoming event could in their words be life-threatening. >> i got a big gash. >> reporter: the town's warning siren didn't go off because they were disabled by lightning. the mayor was almost in tears while recounting the destruction. >> it is something i never had to deal with. and i don't want to ever have to deal with it again. really devastating thing to our city. >> reporter: wichita, kansas was also hit hard a roof collapsed at this airplane manufacturing plant a few hundred people were inside, nobody was hurt. they are the lucky ones. and among those who must cleanup and rebill. >> what seemed like an eternity we can rebill the houses, towns, we can't rebuild those lives. >> reporter: there are more than 8,000 without power. trucks are bringing in food, water, cots and other supplies. >>> less than an hour from now, faculty members at all 23 cal-state campuses will begin voting on whether to authorize a strike. the vote a week after mediation between t

the national weather service has issued a tornado emergency for different parts of the state. abc2news.com is your source for everything that happens in tornado alley. there were storms all over the country. many of them stream live video so you can see them as they race to get closer. they could get to some of the most violent storms. just head to our website and click on tornado alley. the link is at the very top of the page. >>> new developments about the suspect in that deadly shooting at a california university. there are reports he was suffering deep financial problems. we learned that his mother and brother had died in the last year. oar loor police believe the -- >> reporter: police believe the suspect was up set after being teased about his english. >> we learned this was a very chaotic and determined gentleman who came there with a specific intent to kill people. >> reporter: the suspect isidentified as 43-year-old one goh and was dispelled because of behavioral problems. he showed new a nursing class and started firing. he walked through the building randomly shooti

the latter is what the national service urged everyone to do, taking the unusual step of warning regionours in advance saying the upcoming event could in their words be life-threatening. >> i got a big gash. >> reporter: the town's warning siren didn't go off because they were disabled by lightning. the mayor was almost in tears while recounting the destruction. >> it is something i never had to deal with. and i don't want to ever have to deal with it again. really devastating thing to our city. >> reporter: wichita, kansas was also hit hard a roof collapsed at this airplane manufacturing plant a few hundred people were inside, nobody was hurt. they are the lucky ones. and among those who must cleanup and rebill. >> what seemed like an eternity we can rebill the houses, towns, we can't rebuild those lives. >> reporter: there are more than 8,000 without power. trucks are bringing in food, water, cots and other supplies. >>> less than an hour from now, faculty members at all 23 cal-state campuses will begin voting on whether to authorize a strike. the vote a week after mediation between t

. >>> the national weather service has issued a red flag warning for all of maryland except for garrett county through k-78 tonight. dry, windy conditions are ideal for fires to start. jeff hager spoke with forest rangers today who are still monitoring one such fire in joplin. >> reporter: rangers and firefighters stopped the fire which scorched 18-acres in joppa but their work is far from over. >> you'll see smoke, things like that. right now it's all interior. our rangers will be back daily checking to make sure there's nothing on the fire line that could stoke up and start the fire again oar are within the last 48 hours this fishings coupled with separate fires in recount recount -- anne arundel and cecil counties, rangers point to a similar fire that broke out in new jersey monday as further evidence people need to heed the national weather service's red flag warning and refrain from outdoor burning of any kind at least for now. fueled by 40-mile-an-hour winds, this fire spread to 1,000 acres. >> right now we're encouraging people not to do age outdoor burning at all. it's too dry a

the national weather service called the two twisters large and extremely dangerous. and just look at their power, bowling over tractor trailers, lifting several clean off the ground and hurling them through the air. take a look at that again, and keep in mind these trucks weigh anywhere from 15,000 to 30,000 pounds. now watch debris fly and power lines go down. residents ran for cover, and roofs were blown right off their homes. check out this from a storm chaser on the scene as a huge funnel cloud touches down in forney, texas, destroying up to 30 homes. and listen to this incredible story of survival. lindsay eknock's mother sherry was babysitting an 18-month-old and two other children when the twister hit. sherry took the kids into the bathtub and saved her grandson by holding on to his feet as he was almost lifted out of her arms. >> she saved his life. she stayed on him and the baby she babysits, she kept -- she had three of them, kept them all alive. >> reporter: both grandma and baby are fine, but the house is completely destroyed. local resident brandy kemp f

the national weather service calls it life threatening weather. storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell has the latest. >> the the tornado count continues to climb, now above 80 reported tornados just today alone. the high risk area for severe weather continues as we go into the late night hours here, big thunderstorms here. lone supercell thunderstorms roaring across southern kansas right now. that's about 600,000 people. the tornado sirens are sounding this is a tornado producing supercell thunderstorm headed up on to the south sides of wichita, kansas. more big thunderstorms here in northern parts of kansas, and that severe weather line goes into parts of iowa, have their hospital take a direct hit from the severe weather out there. all this is marching into the great lakes. we'll tell what you this means for us coming up into the forecast in a few minutes. we head to jay gray in oklahoma city. >> that's a funnel cloud. no doubt about it 37. >> getting intense now. >> reporter: the storms began popping this evening. multiple tornados on the ground in

. >> national weather service is testing a heightened warning system in missouri and kansas going beyond the traditional warnings. >>> how president barack obama distancing himself from mitt romney. you are watching what is new in maryland. >>> students in southern indiana are heading back to school today after a tornado hit their town last month. >> the national weather service is testing a heightened warning system in missouri and kansas. it's pretty serious. the phrases heard something like you could be killed if not underground or in a tornado shelter. they have a warning that says mass devastation is highly likely. those are pretty serious warnings, not meant to scare people but get them to take action. >> i mean, if it works, whatever it takes to save somebody's life. i'm all for it, if it works. satellite and radar, picking up on showers in north carolina right now. the showers working off in to the atlantic for us, basically what we are left with, patchy fog, drizzle, mist, the clouds hovering, but the clouds will wok out as we go through the remainder of the morning. it doesn't

. >> reporter: the national weather service estimates as many as a dozen twisters touched down in north texas. >> that roar of a tornado that i will never forget that. >> the house, the house is gone. >> reporter: this was one of the tornadoes in hard hit forney. >> holy moley, holy moley. >> the fact that everybody that woke up in forney yesterday morning is still alive today in fore, that is a real blessing, zero fatalities. >> twisters cut paths of destruction that are often cruel and indiscriminate. this home was often destroyed while others suffered far less damage. >> that is a piece of one. >> she is walking the streets collecting photos scattered everywhere. >> i am gathering the memories of the people that may not be able to find them. >> many are not allowed to return home because of safety issues but crews are starting to clean up, a process that could take weeks. >> the national weather service says april is typical the worst month for tornadoes and yesterday's suggest this storm system will be baf average. >> more now on a story we brought you as breaking news this time yes

the national weather service will determine if it is a f1 or f2. looks like structures and bending of poles. severe weather continuings. that is from discovery -- continues. that is from discovery bay. show you where it happened. right there. french camp. the cell by french camp. that is the cell that caused this damage. of course, look at stockton. that is where the picture was taken. french camp. that is what you are looking at. as you go to live storm tracker 2, you see the activity in the foot hills. there is more behind this and more unstable cold air that could spawn more funnel clouds and thunderstorms. i have more, i will see you back here. >> we have more videos and pictures. you can see them on www.ktvu.com, click on the slide show tab. >>> the pepper spray incident could and should have been prevented. ktvu's ken pritchett is live at uc davis with where they layed the blame. >> reporter: this is the report, it is shy of 200 pages. butilities conclusion -- but its conclusion, the pepper spray was avoidable and should not have happened. th

we'll tell you why the national park service is waiving the fees at its most popular attraction. but first, the hallowed halls of the u.s. supreme court could soon be filled with the sound of spit balls. really? yeah, really. we'll tell you about it. >>> today is april 20, or 4/20. people all over use this day to celebrate marijuana. students at university of colorado usually hold an annual marijuana smokeout. last year more than 10,000 people showed up, but this year school administrators are trying to crack down on this sort of thing and doing it with fish fertilizer. the school sprayed it all over campus and let's just say it does not smell great. students haven't said if they are calling the event off. >>> spit wads in the supreme court? that could happen if the justices choose to hear a case of a student from spotsylvania county. andrew was suspended from spotsylvania high school for shooting pellets at other students during lunch. school administrators said they constituted violent conduct and possession of a weapon. they disagreed and appealed, that was rejected by virgini

. >> the national weather service estimates as many as a dozen twisters touched down in north texas. >> the roar of a tornado, i will never forget that. >> twisters cut paths of destruction that are often cruel and indiscriminate. this home was largely destroyed while the one right next door and others nearby suffered far less damage. >> in arlington sandi cooper is walking the streets, collecting photographs that are scattered everywhere. >> i am gathering members of the people that may not be able to find them. >> many homeowners are not allowed to return home because of safety issues but crews are beginning to clean up debris, a process that could take weeks. >> officials at the national weather service said that april is typically the worst month in tornado season and that yesterday's outburst suggest that this year's torrid pace will be above average. >> big layoffs in the silicon valley. 2000 employees being laid off at got to. the cuts announced this morning representing 14% of the more than 14,000 workers at the sunnyvale based company. the sixth mass layoffs under three diff

the national weather service recorded at least 750 lightning strikes. rainfall records were also shattered in several bay area cities. this morning people in san mateo county, san francisco and east bay who experienced this were talking about the night they'll always remember. >> this is nerve rattling and i was washing dishes. i had a conversation like dear god. please don't kill me now. >> last night was the first time i was jarred by lightning. >> yes. omg. that was a crazy storm. >> she said of it. o, m, g. cheryl you said the picture everyone is talking about and i'm going to say it again, is one where you can see eight bolts of lightning hitting or falling very close to, the bay bridge. i just want to say that that picture has appeared in just about every news web site in the world. here is a bit of a star. i'm live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> it's understandable. it's credible picture, thank you. if you have pictures or video of damage we invite to you e mail us. or upload your media pictures. >> as spectacular as images of the storms are, a

susan mcginnis, cbs news, forney, texas. >>> officials at the national weather service say that april is typically the worst month in tornado season. yesterday's outburst suggests that this year's tornado pace will be above average. >>> at college -- ed college says it's closing three campuses. it has provided training for students wanting to enter the medical profession for nearly 30 years. authorities say the schools are shutting down because they could not gain recertification to participate in federal financial assistance programs. >>> the university of maryland student accused of making threats against the campus is out of the hospital. 19-year-old alexander song of fullton, maryland is accused of going on websites last month and threatening to go on a shooting rampage. he underwent psychiatric evaluation. when he was released from the hospital yesterday, police arrested him. he was released on his own recognizance but is banned from the maryland campus. >>> today the megamillions lottery drama may calm itself because a prominent baltimore lawyer says that he has been in contact

people to that information and realize that it was somewhat unprecedented into action the national weather service storm addiction center in northern oklahoma not to mince words. did what is the service were key of knows that the road after toppling? >>> adding the job and 200 as well as others that occurred in 2011 willie mays clear that when an event was almost unprecedented in the local area we have to tell folks in is clear language is possible that it is a really high end life- threatening situation as he spoke directly and read as a twister hit court of texas is that the tail end of the same storm system? >>> that is the trail the edge of a frontal system that moved across the planes over the weekend so we have to watch these systems until they move off the east coast lot of liberal of the weekend is when these tornadoes touched down the did so only briefly and often over sparsely populated areas. dean reynolds cbs news norman okla.. it's amazing because the point is the technology now we have satellites we know the storms here have the potential of its midwest to be bad and this storm react

reports on injuries could see if we get more information tonight. >> now, you and i both know national weather serviceem. sounds like people took that warning seriously. do you think that was the case? >> yes this, is a storm we've been talking about two days now. national weather service is emfa sigz the wichita area was under high risk of an unusual situation wex have a lot of tornadoes in kansas being notified of that two days out. it helps to the point that this is a very serious situation. and we talk to people and heeded warnings and that did make a difference. >> so heeding a warning and looking forward to you dont want people to be safe there there. is still severe weather in the area, just like you said. when people do wake up you want them to be careful. there is a lot of debris and downed power lines. sharon watson thanks for joining us. we appreciate your time and wish people there the very best and a speedy recovery from damages. now, back to the manson murders. wire cutters . >> must have been terrified to see people in black climbing over the gate. pulled his car said i won't say anythi

the national weather service will also be back out, trying to survey the damage, trying to figure out exactly how many tornadoes touched down. betty? >> seems like a lot of damage. karen in forney, texas, thank you. >>> three is the magic number for mitt romney. the former massachusetts governor made it a clean sweep winning all three of yesterday's primaries. romney scored a decisive victory in march march where he received nearly half of the vote. he also did well in washington, d.c., where his rival rick santorum was not on the ballot. but his biggest win was in wisconsin, where 42 delegates were at stake. after tuesday's hat trick, cbs news estimates romney now has 630 delegates, more than half of what he needs to capture the gop nomination. we're live in washington with much more on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, betty. last night's victory cemented mitt romney's status as the gop front-runner. his opponents are vowing to fight out but his campaign appears to now be focusing on the general election in november. mitt romney was all smiles after notching wins