winds spawned several possible tornadoes, blamed for at least four deaths, including one in northern georgia where fallen trees struck and killed the driver of an suv. thousands are still without power from louisiana to the carolinas. in eastern alabama, the fierce weather tore into a pair of mobile home parks, leaving a trail of debris scattered across the nearby auburn university campus. >>> well, now here's a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america. awe heat exchange erupted between student protesters and police on the campus of cal state long beach university. the rally against a $500 tuition increase turned violent after demonstrators shattered a glass door. police used pepper spray to push back the crowd. four people were arrested. >>> heavy winds in alaska could have turned a bathroom break into a bad break. a dash cam captured 50-mile-an-hour winds whipping around a port-a-potty. fortunately, no one was inside. >>> surf's up for hundreds of dogs at one bizarre california casting call. rose bowl organizers went looking for a cool canine who could catch a wave.

band of showers and storms that are now affecting the tennessee area down through alabama and northern georgia, that will come in, and will also push out the mild air, bringing in cooler air time night into thanksgiving day, but i think with the clearing we're going to so a, one is going to mind a drop in temperature of 10 or 15 degrees. this will not be a major blast of cold air. though tomorrow night we'll be back down into the 30s. could there be some delaysny think so. and also mainly just getting to the airport, give yourself some extra time, because of the commute and all of the travelers hitting the road early. this entire line should begin to clear, should clear the eastern shore by noon. beautiful sunshine on tap for thanksgiving day, and it will set the stage for great football game thursday night. your two-degree guarantee tomorrow will be 62 with rain. and we check the outlook, and the bottom line is we have good weather on tap friday and saturday right into the weekend there. so just have to get through tonight and the morning. >>> bob seger is coming to town on friday night. and

northern georgia, all affected by the tornadoes. and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that.

in northern georgia the storm caused extensive damage to the emergency operations center and in one county over a man was killed when a tree fell on his suv. >> dozens of trailers have been delivered that will be put together to form a modular campus. the trailers will be used while local leaders work with fema to get a permanent school in place. until now the high school has been sharing space with the middle school. >> two opposing groups were on virginia tech's campus this afternoon. it was about guns. about 35 gun rights advocates gathered to support conceal/carry rights on college campus. another group included survivors and family victims from the 2007 mass shooting there congregated to promote a gun-free school. today's protest come as virginia tech officials are considering a state regulation to implement a ban on guns in campus buildings. >> the secret service is now protecting republican presidential candidate herman cain. he is the only current republican candidate to get that protection. homeland security and leaders in congress approved the request from cain's campaign toy. th

northern georgia, all affected by the tornadoes. and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying

northern georgia, all affected by the tornadoes. and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side

strong winds possibled several possible tornadoes, one death in northern georgia, where falling treestruck and killed the driver of an suv. thousands are still without power from louisiana to the carolinas. in eastern alabama, the fierce weather tore into a pair of mobile home parks, leaving a trail of debris scattered across the nearby auburn university campus. >>> here's your "first look" at other news going on today. a heated exchange erupted between student protesters and police on the campus of cal state long beach university. the rally, against a $500 tuition increase turned violent after demonstrators shattered a glass door. police used pepper spray to push back the crowd, four people were arrested. >>> heavy winds in alaska could have turned a bathroom break into a bad break. a very bad one. this dash cam captured 50-mile-per-hour winds whipping around a port-a-potty, fortunately no one was inside at the time. >>> in massachusetts, a woman and her husband were forced to sift through piles of garbage after she accidentally threw her great aunt's diamond ring in the trash. the c

northern georgia, all affected by the tornadoes. and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that. later i went and talked to the mayor and governor and police, fire, e.m.s. folks and chiefs and command staffs and a lot of people that had been working on fighting the flood in north dakota for literally -- much longer, but this part of it for two weeks. and sometimes i think we miss things and we forget things. but for total devastation, they did not lose one life. that is incredible. if you can view the damage that happened there. and the reason that is, is because they prepared. they took the time. they were exhausted. but they saved lives. devastating, it will take years to rebuild

one person died in northern georgia when a tree fell on a car. funnel clouds were reported in the states of louisiana mississippi, and alabama. thousands of people are still without power. >>> students at james madison university are mourning the loss of a student killed by a bus. they held a vigil last night to remember and jane hwang who was killed when she was walking to dance practice. the driver will not face charges. students are having a hard time coping. >>> police in state college said penn state assistant coach mike mcqueary never reported the sexual abuse. he said he went to police after he reportedly said jerry sandusky abusing a boy. meanwhile, a pennsylvania lawyer says he is representing another one of the alleged victims. his client will testify against the former coach. sandusky is free on bond while he awaits a preliminary hearing scheduled next month. >> 6:06 is your time and 43 degrees. >> baby crazy british tabloid -- is the royal couple expecting a new arrival? we'll talk about what it could be too late to buy a turkey. >> f

southeast where we're focusing in on some of the rain getting heavy and flash flood watches from northern georgia through central kentucky where as much as 2 to 5 inches could be expected between now and tuesday afternoon. so watch out for ponding on the roadways. good news in the northeast, that rain will not get there. well, at least not until tomorrow. enjoy that lasts. much colder air coming in on the back side. might be snow. talk about that and the travel forecast coming up. >> thanks, jacqui. nice to see you. >>> we begin with the developing story. syracuse university associate head basketball coach bernie fine has been fired after abusing two former ball boys allegedly. a statement was issued. "the allegations that have come forth today are troubling. i have never witnessed any of the activities alleged. what is most important is that this matter be fully investigated and that anyone with information be supported to come forward so that the truth can be found. i beeply regret any statements i have that may have inhibited that from occurring or been insensitive to the abuse." espn released

federal agents arrested them in their homes in rural northern georgia. they range in able from 65 to 73 and they are accused of terrible are wrist particular plots -- terrorist plots. >>> a former san leandro police sergeant said the department must change its procedures or face more discrimination lawsuits. he said he settled with the city for $300,000. before getting fired last year, he was the department's only african-american sergeant. they accused him of sexual harassment and filed a lawsuit against the city. he admits making inappropriate jokes but said he was discriminated against because of his race. he said other officers called him names after his promotion. >> had i not filed a complaint i would have been more miserable staying there having to endure that every day then coming forward -- >> i understand there has been discrimination and allegations in the past and even lawsuits associated with it and what i have found since january, we are focusing on diversity and sexual harassment training. >> city leaders cannot discuss the specifics but t

maybe northern georgia could get a little bit of accumulating snow out of the system. a big soaker to the north and east. we are wet tomorrow morning. a lot of wet tomorrow afternoon. heaviest rain for the afternoon. it should be moving out for the late evening. for wednesday, much cooler and breeziest as the storm system blows out of here. for the evening, you are not going to need the umbrella at all. partly cloudy. 62 to 57 degrees. good evening to be out. we are wet tomorrow with the rain developing. 53 to 58. not that chilly. in fact, the overnight temperatures, tomorrow morning, closer to the highs next week. the high temperature tomorrow, right around 63 degrees. with rain very likely across the area. 52 is the high for wednesday. 52 for thursday. sunshine back. lots of sunshine for the week. 52 to 55 degrees. during the overnight, much, much colder readings, too. simply amazed, it's upside down weather. >> we'll get our turn. thanks. >>> coming up, a child got so fat he was taken away from his mother. >>> fall out from the firing of a syracuse basketball coach

western tennessee and northern georgia, alabama. but it's moving to our west. not directly going to impact us with the heaviest rain. but rain down here across the carolinas, will be sliding up toward our region. right now, south of us, it's really clear in virginia. but with clear skies and that moisture coming in. that sets up the possibility of those low clouds and fog overnight. so the rain will be with us during the day tomorrow. probably ending by maybe 8:00, 9:00 in the evening. and then once it passes, dryer, northwest winds come in. we'll start cooling down tomorrow night. and significantly cooler, compared to what we've seen on wednesday, with partly cloudy skies. looks like a lot of sun. and temperatures pretty close to normal for the end of the week. really, one day of rain this week. southeast winds, 10 to 15 on the bay. bay temp around 52 degrees. so tonight, becoming cloudy overnight. maybe a little fog and drizzle during the early morning hours. 52 for our low. 63. still mild at least early in the day. with rain developing by before noon and con

of this, in the way of snowfall, throughout kentucky, tennessee, north carolina, also in to northern georgia, just north of atlanta it looks like that rainfall will be heaviest but central tennessee high volume of traffic there, pacific northwest also, ted, a little unsettled the next 24 hours. >> hopefully people have been watching your weather and the wef reports out there and have been able to avoid the weather on their way home. thank you, karen. >>> well, black friday sales numbers are in. was it a boom or a bust for retailers? and what can it say for the economy in the year ahead? we are talking about that coming up in two minutes. stay with us. killer audio, and lids that switch to start every semester fresh. but mostly it helps me try new moves on and off the court. ♪ [ male announcer ] powered by the 2nd gen intel core i5 processor: not just smart, visibly smart. nobody does black friday like dell.com. visit dell.com starting at midnight and all weekend for instant savings on some of our most popular products. or creates another laptop bag, or hires another employee, it's not just g

on >>mark: a homegrown terrorist plot, federal agents arrested four members of a militia in northern georgia. the suspect allegedly planned attacks with biological toxins including ricin which is a lethal in small doses. one of the plans was to disperse lights and--ricin of the skies of washington d.c.. residents in the small town of toccoa, ga. do not believe what was happening. >> i feel upset. if they are coming as close to home, there are a lot of people that are going to get on an easy and played. >> a small town like this, to have someone like that going on, it is scary. >>mark: at least to the suspect's are former federal of police. >>darya: we will be back with more in a couple of minutes. if >>darya: the big stories we're working on right now, fire crews are battling a wildfire in napa county. it started last night and destroyed one homes so far. >>darya: occupy oakland protesters are launching a general strike today. 9:00 a.m., noon and 5:00 p.m. are when they have marches planned. it will try to shut down the port of oakland. >>darya: wikileaks daughter julian assange was trying t

snow reported as far south as alabama and northern portions of georgia. very unusual for this time of year. fortunately, it is just a rain event. you can see the cold air coming in behind the storm system. currently, 38 in atlanta. 38 in st. louis as well. these temperatures will be dropping down as this storm system moves in. here is your forecast. steady rain through the afternoon. scattered showers this evening. that is about it. drying out mainly after 4:00 p.m. this entire storm system will lift up to the north and east. most of us know tomorrow will be in west virginia, but the tail end of garrett county could seize note tomorrow morning, clearing up as the storm heads north and east. the forecast tonight? a chance for showers, especially in the mountains. much cooler tomorrow. back to where we should be. breezy conditions as we take you into the seven day forecast. what a difference. low 50's for the end of the week. >> just months ago, javier colon won the first season of the nbc competition show, "the voice." he is headed for the big time, set to

we start to see the twisters start firing up in parts of northern georgia on into south carolina and then on into north carolina as well. the good news is the worst is over but we are looking at the potential of 19 actual tornadoes with another ten that may be added on top of that. matt? >> all right. al, thanks very much. we'll get your local forecast in a moment. now the latest on a story that's generated so many headlines over the last couple weeks. that child sexual abuse scandal at penn state university. nbc's peter alexander is on the state college campus again this morning. peter, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning to you. according to multiple lawyers jerry sandusky's tv interview has led several potential alleged victims of child abuse to come forward and consider sharing their stories. sandusky's voice and refusal to admit any wrongdoing has triggered past memories some dating back reportedly to the 1970s. at jerry sandusky's home wednesday delivery of a new elliptical machine for the man o has been largely in seclusion since the child sexual abuse scandal broke. it

this is a high school in northern portions of georgia that was damaged heavily by a tornado. fortunately, none of the students in the area were hurt. now, north carolina, where a house was destroyed. this is an area where 1,000 people were without power to the south of high point in north carolina. then down to the south, take a look at this video. these are actually workers and firemen looking for survivors after a tornado made its way through york county, south carolina. outside of charlotte. in this area, they were looking for survivors from six houses. six houses were destroyed. yesterday, 19 tornado reports in all. over the last 48 hours, 25 to 30 tornado reports. that storm system moves well out. we are not going to be dealing with this anytime soon. >> scary couple days, thank you, doug. >>> a thanksgiving travel forecast is available. how many people will be hitting the roads next week. >>> why a passenger is suing southwest airlines over dozens >>> aaa is expecting a few more people on the road this is holiday season despite the rising gas prices. 40% of travelers ar

attorney for the northern district of georgia announced the arrests yesterday. >> many of us are reallyused on international violent extremists but i think this case really points out that we have to be vigilant and to stay on top of those of us within our own borders here who will r attempting to do harm to their own governments and their own >> warner: for more on this we are joined now by greg bluestein, who covers legal affairs for the associated press in atlanta. he was in the courtroom today. greg, welcome and thank you for joining us. tell us what it was like in court today. >> in a word, it was bizarre. imagine seeing four men between the ages of 65 and 73 shuffle into the courtroom. some of them had white, gray hair. one had a big bushy white beard. they stooped forward, some of them, and they craned their necks to try to hear the judge. at one point the judge stopped the proceedings and said to one of the men "if you can't hear me please raise your hand, this is a very important proceeding." they seemed very out of place. >> warner: well, the court documents make it sound like

also flight delays from just in the southern georgia into northern florida. then later today perhaps central and southern florida could have some flight delays as that front does move that way from jacksonville all the way down to miami there could be flight delays. the only other travel problem may be out here on the west coast. if you're traveling to seattle or portland, it does look like a strong pacific storm coming in there would be affecting flights in and out of seattle to portland with rain and some snow farther to the east of there. that's the way it looks now for your thanksgiving travel. >> thanks so much. we have a developing story this morning. police say drunk driver is responsible for injuring 20 people in a three-vehicle crash involving a school bus in st. mary's county. a pickup truck and car hit the bus around 9:30 last night in chaptico, maryland. the bus was carrying the girls basketball team. >> our bus driver was very heroic. he navigated the situation. we were very thankful the bus did not tip over and once he -- the bus was settled, he

and possible tornadoes to alabama, georgia, and the carolinas. in the northernins, they will get snow showers and temperatures in the 20s and 30s. >>> here is another look at this morning's top stories. >>> mike mcqueary, the witness at the heart of the penn state sexual abuse case, has spoken publicly since the scandal first broke but still questions on what he saw and what he did. >>> president obama is in australia renewing ties with one of the america's closest allies. he opened the visit by announcing an expansion of the u.s. military presence down under. a counterway to china. >>> some long lost tapes recorded the day president john kennedy was assassinated have surfaced. it includes tapes of his death in 1963. what you're about to hear is the white house situation room informing members of kennedy's cabinet about the tragedy as they and white house press secretary pierre sallinger were flying to japan. sallinger's name was wayside. >> wayside, wayside, a situation. i read from the ap bullet. kennedy apparently shot in head. he fell face down in back seat

look at the radar where you can see the most intense storms in eastern alabama now headed for georgia. northernanta is under a tornado warning. these are major metropolitan areas, so we are watching this very carefully. it's been nearly a decade since the tas has first started asking travelers to open up their bags and take off their shoes at airports around the nation. the u.s. travel association is issuing a report card on the agency's progress. how are they doing? chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in arlington, virginia. >> reporter: this is really the time of year as we head into the holidays that all of these groups release various surveys and the usta released theirs this morning. what is striking about that survey is that in almost every case the problems come down to the security on bags, that everyone tries to avoid the checked baggage fees. let's take a look at the run down of the number one complaint over 70% said their top frustration was the amount of carry on baggage people were taking to the check-point followed by the long lines at the screening check p

northern plains. if you're watching us on wmgt tv's in macon, georgia see a collection of different animals at mini zoo tours at museum arts and sciences. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. brad pitt is backtracking from saying he'll retire from film roles at 50. he says it's not an exact deadline and was stressing his interest in producing. when it comes to aging, pitt added, given the choice he would take the wisdom that comes with age over youth. >>> she tells allure she's not a diva and says, quote, i'm half italian. i can eat some under the table. >>> he says he's deeply proud of his james bond films, pierce brosnan refuses to watch them, ever, even when his sons ask him to. brosnan says, quote, i find no nourishment in them. >>> and finally, here's a "jersey shore" update. the situation sued abercrombie & fitch tuesday over what he claims was a publicity stunt in which the company offered to pay cast members not to wear abercrombie & fitch. the scandal ensues. meanwhile, on the recent claim he hooked up with cast mate snooki, she told wendy williams she

georgia. i-40 in tennessee. wet on i-95 from the carolinas into the northern half of florida. >> if you're flying today, airport delays possible in detroit, cincinnati, raleigh, nashville, atlanta. >>> there are a lot of questions being asked this morning about whether a killer is posting wand ads on craigs list. >> a couple of people are in custody already. clayton sandell lays out the facts for us. >> reporter: three murders, possibly connected by the click of a mouse. the victims were lured by a craigs list ad offering work at an ohio cattle ranch. >> they're looking for someone to watch it. >> reporter: it was a fake. it was a setup to robbery and worse. scott davis said he was confronted. >> as he was running from the gentlem gentlemen, he was shot in the arm. >> reporter: police investigated. three bodies were found on the property. timothy kern was identified. a third body was not. >> the only connection was answering ads for employment on craigs list. >> reporter: police have two people in custody. one, a 16-year-old boy. another man, 51-year-old richard beasley is being held on related charges. >> he's

the big northeastern corridor cities to the mid atlantic and impacting some of the northern florida airports and georgia. and you can also see that pacific coast storm moving through all the way from puget sound down through northern portions of california. >> my college roommate is in town today here in new york going back to jefferson city, missouri, will she get back today, steven? >> she's leaving from laguardia? >> newark. >> could be a travel delay. >> she's getting on my nerves. good to see her at first. i have to make sure she's on a plane. >> that's not true. she wasn't even staying with me. >> she's been here since saturday. >> you're sick of her! >> totally sick of her! fed up! you want your freedom back. i get it. >> she's starting to bug you. >> i love you. >> what's wrong with you? >> who knows? >> she hit me harder than she did you. >> i don't know. >> now to the rest of your headlines. come to your tv screen this moment. you got to see this video. >> the chopper pilot somehow walked away from the crash with minor scrapes. he was helping put up a christmas tree in new zealand when the cho

heavy rain ending in d.c., already ending in much of georgia and even areas in the mountainousç regions of the appalachians. but definitely northernengland, it is a full-fledged snowstorm for you from maine, new hampshire, vermont, that's where it's extremely difficult to travel early today. and that will continue actually through about the daylight hours today ending by this evening. now, the heavy rain as i mentioned, notice d.c., it's already clearing out. that's great. you still have a chance of shower as the front comes through, but the heavy rain is done. still heavy rain across the chesapeake and moving back intoer as like new york city and philly. philly, only about another hour of the heavier rains answ s and you'll be finished. already improving around columbia. i-95 the worst drive, but the heavy rain starting to clear out there have. charleston, give it another hour or two. florida will see more showery weather during the day. storms have dropped down along i-10. that snow forecast for northern new england, 6 to 12 inches, so it will be shovel time and the plows will be out there during the day today. so the bottom lin

georgia. that's the northern suburbs. a small area of rotation. people get freaked out about it because it's such a populated area. a lot of damage can be done with the tree coming down or any kind of building, especially into schools. you have to be ready now. cobb county, this rotation has been to the north and east of dallas. eventually moving up across i-75 to the northeast. and eventually into northern roswell, that's the storm right there we've been watching. and it came across from dallas, right along dallas highway and going over the i-75 corridor, this would be right there through and along to the north toward roswell. especially northern roswell. not a major tornado on the ground. just slight issues here with some rotation. we'll keep watching it for you as we continue. the next story is that auburn university and the city of auburn now reporting damage from the possible tornado that we told you about ten minutes ago. and there are trees down, power lines are down, and some structures have been compromised. that's all we know at this poi

the state of tennessee, northern parts of mississippi, alabama and georgia could even start to see some as we head into monday and also tuesday. not a lot of it but still none theless kind of a shocker to see snowfall out there. here is a look at the cities where we have bigger airport hubs and the possibility of travel delays. >> shannon: thank you very much for the update. new developments in the case of missing momma shell parker. last night police raided a home in their search for parker who went missing after an appearance on the people's court. there is also new word about the reward being offered. julie banderas joins live with the latest. >> first to the house raid. according to property records the house belongs to dale smith senior the father of michelle parker's ex-fiancee. police aren't saying what led them to search there. between 10 to 16 detectives showed up with a search warrant and neighbors saw police lead dale senior out of the home in handcuffs although he wasn't arrested. two other adults and children were home at the time and they were asked to wait outside on the