oklahoma city and wichita and omaha . big population areas that will look for the possibility for strong storms and severe ingredients in place . the storm in the four corners and going to exit east ward and we are looking in severe weather over night hours. >> it is a dangerous situation indeed. we'll check back with you. >> a new twist to the spending scandal and general services administration. tax dollars blown on lavish trips can fake award ceremonies by the people who controlled government costs. word that people are facing criminal charges and peter doocy is tanding by. >> the gsa inspector general looked at all of the factor necessary the veg veg conference and cent them to the justice department and he thinks there is enough for the jeffrey nealy who planned that four-day 823 thousand dollar in 2010. and they approved contracts that were not lawyer plead the fifth and sending a letter asking if he can stay at home in california and save everyone the hastle that is not going to fly with isa. the committee requires

what is oklahoma's secret? oklahoma's secret is that we're developing our own resources. oklahoma has over 83,000 producing wells and 43,000 producing natural gas wells. oklahoma city university found in 2009 that oklahoma oil and gas industry supports 30,000 -- 300,000 jobs. contributes $51 billion to the state's economy every year. now that's exactly why oklahoma's unemployment rate is consistently much lower than the national average, and we're seeing that in other areas, by the way. i would say in north dakota, their biggest problem up there is finding workers, and it happens. harold hamm who has been a witness twice before this committee from enid, oklahoma is up there right now in those shale deposits. there is no unemployment in that area. and so this is significant. now i really think with the president's campaign going, he wants to take credit today for part of the keystone pipeline that will be constructed from cushing, oklahoma, to port arthur, texas. i'd like to remind everyone -- i don't have to remind everyone. everyone knows. it was the president unilateral

in may of 2001, the theater of oklahoma in oklahoma city, all five of these are in oklahoma city by the way received -- i'm sorry, 2011 rather. oklahoma visual arts coalition was march of 2011 in may of 2011 was lyric theater of oklahoma, they got $45,000. the oklahoma council of the arts which is more of an umbrella organization of that community in june of 2011 got $773,000 from the national endowment of the arts in oklahoma. in july of 2011, the oklahoma visual arts, again, got $25,000. and then the oklahoma historical society in july got $20,000. so i just want to mention that we -- we always find it -- not enjoyable, but ultimately necessary to point out to some of these folks that there are constituents of theirs in their own congressional districts or statewide in the senate who the nea is bringing some wonderful, wonderful arts-related programming and events, shows, what have you. and educational opportunities for young people there under the umbrella of the national endowment for the arts. i want to finish by saying that i -- in my own life, my path with art -- i mean sometimes

in norman, oklahoma. in laughton, oklahoma. that is where a storm chaser got too close to the action and the funnel cloud who hopped over the car. he was to close the video doesn't show well what the cloud looked like but you can see the hail that followed the funnel cloud. the damage in oklahoma tells you the tornadoes weren't that big or powerful. we saw torn up roofs, broken trees, power lines out. there were some people who were injured but the hospitals tell us most of the injuries are bumps and bruises. those people are walking away. these storms are the ones forecasters have been looking at in an unprecedented situation. they've been able to tell us these are producing -- the potential for fatal storms. that's what we're watching. people from oklahoma up into minnesota really need to keep an ear to the weather radios and local newscast and have a plan. everyone told us from the moment they got the warning to the funnel cloud showed up, there wasn't a lot of time. have your plan ready and stay close to something that's go

we are cutting our taxes in oklahoma. so of course he wanted to come down and make a point that he supports that portion of the pipeline. he needs to approve the whole thing t if we really want to jump-start america's economy, quickest way to do that its producing american-made energy, american-made jobs. [ applause ] >> all right. well done. well said. want to open it up to questions and answers. i didn't know we had a q & a. i am relieved to hear that. i'm sishgs morry, i may not rec everybody with these old eyes, yes, go ahead, sir. >> wait for the mike. >> hi, i'm david fenstermaker, with raymond james out of washington, d.c. i have clients who live in tennessee. and we run into something called the hall tax. >> right. >> i think it's fair that the people in the room here should understand how that works. because you have plans for senate -- that? >> we don't have an income tax in tennessee. we do have a tax on income and, interest and dividend, which, obviously chases some folk as way as well. we made the first stret

all eyes from dallas to oklahoma city east from north oklahoma. chances of strong stothundersto. tomorrow storm threats continue much through the deep south. >>> well, if you're watching us on wfla news channel 8 in tampa florida. cyborgs at the tampa museum of earth. that's your "early today" event. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headline. this weekend at the box office, "the hunger games" rolled to its third straight number one finish. $33.5 million also sent the hunger games over the $30 million mark in total earnings. >>> coming in second with a so-so $21.5 million and "tita'1 "titanic 3-d" finished in third. it cost $18 million and already worldwide its's made $61 million. >>> finally off probation for two and a half weeks, lohan has been accused of getting in a fight with a woman at a nightclub. she should have listened to the judge who said, quote, stop the nightclubing and focus on your work. but that's not all. she's report lid so broke last week she sold a truckload of designer clothing to a los angeles recycler for $16,000. what was going on with her hair? wu

but we have, we are, our stories are like oklahomas. we leadment southeast in personal income growth. and rev new growth. unemployment is falling faster than the national average. because i think capital is going to go against the best s return. one of the things we want to address is ten seep is onessee 20-something states that has an estate tax in place. that chases capital away. people have said to my face it is cheaper to die in florida. i an going to move. as they get older. and we want that capital to stay in tennessee. we are on a three year plan to eliminate the estate tax. and then we are out cutting the one tax that everybody in the state pays is sales tax on groceries. we're cutting that. here is the key challenge for states. we all cut our budgets when the recession happened. the stimulus carried states. went to states to paid for medicaid. covered up a lot of budgets. when mary and paul and our class came in. stimulus plan money was gone. we made real cuts. we cut, 2% to 5% of the budgets. ours was 3.5%. now as revenue come

laughton, oklahoma.o of the funnel cloud and got too close for comfort. the tornado hopped over his vehicle. because he was so close, he couldn't get a good look at the funnel cloud. what you could see was the hail that generally follows the funnel clouds, just pummeling his car. the kind of damage we saw in oklahoma shows that the tornadoes were not that strong. we saw parts of roofs torn off, structures were still standing. we saw trees that were knocked over. power lines down. things of that nature. there were some injuries but the hospital said people got away with bumps and bruises. think about those tornadoes like the undercard fight and the event brewing now as the main event. forecasters have looked 24 hours and tell us all the ingredients are coming together to produce these life-threatening storms as they have mentioned. oklahoma all the way to minnesota, you need to be aware. they need not to panic but they need a plan in place. somewhere they're going to go in the event they get a warning a f

touching down in oklahoma. hitting anything and anyone in its path. >> pretty crazy scene there for a little bit. >> tonight a warning to millions of people in the heart land. severe weather system is still active and dangerous. in moments live team fox coverage. >> scan today. surrounding a secret service team sent to columbia to help protect president obama. we are learning the agents now relaevd of duty after an incident reportedly involving a prostitute. >> president has had, does have confidence in the secret service. >> fox report. developing story as dozen secret service agents face questioning. now reaction from the white house. and. >> people are trying to catch a bobcat in the median. >> a bobcat. >>reporter: one woman painful encounter with a bobcat. after she tried to save him. from getting hit by a car. l we begin tonight with fox news. growing scandal over accusations of misconduct involving the secret service on assignment in columbia. the embarrassing headline coming as president obama attends s

at one time, two funnels dropping from the clouds in oklahoma. the violent system blasted through nebraska, iowa and kansas, tearing away anything in its path. >> everything is gone. everything we've worked for all of our lives. >> reporter: the intensity of the storms was evident when it moved into oklahoma, tossing an suv. >> call it like it is. this is now becoming a killer tornado. >> reporter: as the afternoon gave way tonight, the assault continued. tough to see in the dark, sometimes the tornado revealed by a flash of lightning. the damage left behind is clear and overwhelming in the light of day. >> just a devastating, frustrating thing. oh, my. i'm almost at no words over it.

here's tulsa, oklahoma. this pink box showing you a tornado warning where a tornado has been spotted on radar with the potential for a tornado. this storm system moving northeast now at 60 miles per hour. the counties osage, rogers, and northern tulsa county, that's where that is, and that is posted until 6:15 central time this morning. i want to get to the big picture. here's the same scenario, the same exact set-up. it's a little bit farther east, and a little bit farther north. bull's-eye today, believe it or not, oklahoma and texas and kansas. it is not. it's up here. it's wisconsin. it's potentially the minneapolis -- this area. much farther north than we've seen. wisconsin, minnesota, and iowa, more in the bull's-eye for likelihood of tornadoes. this rest of this area, let me show you some of the areas and some of the bigger cities that could be impacted. green bay, chicago, st. louis, little rock, houston. again, isolated tornadoes farther north, but hail and damaging winds the biggest threat at some

. >> it is coming on the heels of a tornado in oklahoma. a super sized storm system is moving in the midwest right now. 5.5 million americans is falling under the threat of the storm that fired tornados. worst weather is expected tonight. people in parts of illinois and iowa and kansas and missouri and oklahoma and texas should be prepared for a life threatening storms. abc is live in norman, oklahoma. >> the wind gusts have picked up over the last hour or so. i want to show you what they are worried about. i am holding a piece of the kinder block that is now completely destroyed. that is a sign of how violent and powerful these storms are and many more are to come. >> workers removed the tree that is left in the home. ryan is stunned that his wife and son is alive. >> i tried to text and call and she was not answering. i saw the trees and i tught she was dead. and i saw her, and i was like thank goderving - god everything is okay. >> his heart is still pounding. he barely got the bathroom door shut and it hit. crash loud, loud noise and so

a twister bearing down in lawton, oklahoma, there the aftermath. twisted trees and destroyed homes. >>> take a look at the areas in the danger zone. areas in the dark red facing the greatest threat. this is a fast-moving storm and tense night ahead for so many. ginger zee starts us off from woodward, oklahoma. ginger. >> we're right in front of a wall cloud. one of the possible tornadoes. storm prediction center says there's a 70% it chance we'll see an ef-5 today. they hit the heartland fast and with fury, twisters touching down in at least kansas and nebraska. a sign of a dangerous night ahead. reports of damaged homes and baseball-sized hail. outside woodward, oklahoma, we saw this. >> here it comes. >> reporter: it's been 24 hours of bracing for the worst. all starting with this twitter that hit norman, oklahoma yesterday. sending terrified university students scrambling for shelter. >> our team was there in norman, at the storm prediction center when the warnings went out. >> power lines are down, power lines are down. >> reporter: the tornado

areas of western portions of oklahoma. this is where we have a moderate risk of severe weather. tornadoes are possible along interstate 40. we won't deal too much with tornadoes in dallas. you had your bout last week. we could see strong storms with damaging winds. that will be the story probably tomorrow morning as to how bad the severe weather was from today. >> definitely a sign of spring. thanks, bill. >>> box office winners and losers, plus reportedly hurting for cash. what lindsey lohan did to raise money and a new accusation that could put her back in hot water. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. a long walk. a walk with you. a walk i smelled squirrels on, but i stayed by your side because i could tell, could feel, that you had a bad day... and me being bad wouldn't make it any better. but being there was already helping a little anyway. and then we found that wonderful thing. waiting there. waiting for you and me. and you s

meanwhile, they're still picking up in norman, oklahoma. unfortunately ten injuries, but nothing serious there. we hope our luck continues. >> dr. greg forbes joins us now from weather channel headquarters. what are you seeing right now? >> we're seeing the storms are getting more and more organized in terms of the supercell thunderstorms with hook echos. we can see that -- look at this one. this storm is coming south. this is headingma towards place like areas just south of selina in central kansas. particularly dangerous tornado watches. could be long-lived violent tornadoes in some of the areas, nebraska, iowa, missouri, kansas down into oklahoma. those will likely bedi expanded later into the night. we have strong thunderstorms all across this area frommer in the northwest oklahoma up into the kansas area. so we're looking for still a dangerous night. and as it gets dark, the death rate, the danger rate goes up. lester? >> thanks. other news tonight. right now, president obama is meeting with orlando leaders in south america is being ov

ginger zee starts us off from woodward, oklahoma. ginger. >> reporter: the storm prediction center says there's a 70% chance today we'll see an ef-5. we have a wall include right in front of us. here's the rest of the story. they hit the heartland fast and with fury, twisters touching down in at least kansas and nebraska. a sign of a dangerous night ahead. reports of damaged homes and baseball-sized hail. outside woodward, oklahoma, we saw this. >> here it comes. >> reporter: it's been 24 hours of bracing for the worst. all starting with this twitter that hit norman, oklahoma yesterday. sending terrified university students scrambling for shelter. our team was there in norman, at the storm prediction center when the warnings went out. >> power lines are down, power lines are down. >> reporter: the tornado cut an eight-mile swath through a town of 100,000, whipping traffic poles, ripping off roofs and injuring 19. and by this morning, another ominous sky in norman, but this one, shoving moisture into the storm. captured by our time la

yesterday, a twister touching down in norman, oklahoma to the south of oklahoma city. the start of what could be a very dangerous weekend across the midwest. i'm jay gray in oklahoma city, now, back to you. >> all right. we have weather around here as well. it sure has changed in the last two days. let's check in with anthony. it's gorgeous today. >> i know, what a difference a day makes. we have seen all kind of weather this past week. not to mention, two tornadoes touched down across central california. this week alone, a rarity. 44 reports with tornadoes across the central plains. very active storm system making its way through. 64 in san jose. sunniville 67. san francisco cooler with the on shore flow. not much happening at home. lots of sunshine. winds blustery along the coast. that was the only concern today. tomorrow, pockets of 70 return across the south bay and north bay as well. monday, a chance for evening shower across the north bay, places like santa rosa and napa, stray showers tomorrow evening. things dry out and warm up. it's part of the jet stream patt

around oklahoma city until 5:00 in the morning.the line of nasty storms and more tomorrow through parts of kansas, oklahoma. some of these leftovers might be coming our way to the north. even that would be only some passing showers. here is our futurecast. we will not be seeing any violent weather but we will see southwesterly winds tomorrow. that will bring in the warmer air. temperatures tomorrow, by the middle part of the day, into the '70s. as we get into the evening, a good chance, for you folks across northern maryland, there could be passing showers. many of those will stay to our north. temperatures tomorrow morning, when you get up and head out for the cherry blossom parade, will be in the mid-forties. rapidly will it raise into the low-seventies. there is a chance late tomorrow afternoon for a shower or thundershower. nothing around here with -- compared to what the people will deal with in kansas and oklahoma to mar. i am afraid we will hear about the violent weather and tornadoes. you can always keep posted about the we

weather in oklahoma. back here though, quiet, 73 tomorrow with a mix of sun and clouds, we will talk about how things will change for sunday. that's coming up. >> as far as the oklahoma prepare for the potential of tornadoes is believed to have touched down already. there is damage left behind as you can see but there are no reports of injuries, however the worst may be still to come. chuck has >> reporter: the skies seemed too close in over normon oklahoma. a tornado partially collapsed this building, tearing roofs off others as it roared through town. trees were toppled, some into homes. one man caught images of it on his cell phone. >> i was scared nervous. flipping out really bad. i decided to go and hide in the bathroom. >> reporter: power lines sizzled and crackled. >> saw the debris going everywhere and we are glad nobody was hurt. >> reporter: the fears that come saturday other places will not get off as lightly. five million americans in the red zone under a tornado alarm so urgent this is only t

oklahoma, is something of a unique case.that voted to ban sharia law back in 2010. last year the oklahoma legislature passed a bill to make cooking hash punishable by life in prison. hash? yes, hash. the oklahoma legislature passed a birther bill last year. they passed it. it passed by a landslide, 77-13 in the oklahoma house on the same day that president obama released his long form birth certificate. nothing is too radical for the oklahoma republicans in the state legislature, really. nothing except it turns out personhood is too radical for them. the ban to personhood and banning birth control defining a fertilized bill has been kicked around the legislature in oklahoma. it was derailed yesterday. the republican house speaker saying the bill will not get a hearing because the majority of the republican caucus privately voted against hearing it. they voiced a variety of concerns saying it would ban invitro forgetly zags and birth control. we know that the whole personhood idea is too radical >> absolutely. >> mitt romney'

>> well, we came from oklahoma earlier today, and it was in the upper 50s.right, it's too stable north of this warm front for tornadoes to happen up there. but anywhere long and south of the warm front is where the tornados exist, and that stretches just south of the red river in oklahoma. there's a chance later on in the evening as a new cluster storm continues to move north that southwest oklahoma, southeast arkansas could be in for a tornado. i wouldn't be surprised if paris and sulphur springs have large damaging tornadoes on the ground already. >> and that acceleration of energy is a function of the warm air that is in that region? >> basically, the storms that happened last night in oklahoma, they shifted all the air south toward texas. it takes a while to lift north, but as that lifted north, the northern edge of that moisture instability is where you have that enhanced wind sheer to make she's storms rotate, and that's why these super cells have been producing prolific tornadoes, because there is that much more energy that makes them spin. >> the big

today's risk, oklahoma city, wichita to oklahoma >> good morning. our power cam overlooking the city this morning. it won't interfere with what is going to turn out to be a nice day. >> and that's your saturday forecast. amy? >> bill, thank you. >>> police in washington state are looking for a man now known as the facebook fugitive. some of his friends are asking him to surrender after he appeared to brag about his escape on line. here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: he's on the run, but apparently not off social media. >> he's just a kid that got tired of being told what to do. >> reporter: a week and a half ago, police say nicholas didn't report to his community corrections office, in violation of a court order in march on a domestic violence case, and when cops saw him on the street, he took off. the 26-year-old has a long rap sheet. according to the port angeles police department, convictions include domestic violence, burglary, and threat of a firearm and he's also accused of assaulting his girlfriend last month. >> i think he should be tr

it kind of goes county by county here in oklahoma as far as what system you want to use and oklahomactricity but they also have backup battery in case that electricity goes out so that you can hear the sirens. in most areas sirens are designed to alert people who are outside. now the third and final round of storms that came through here was, that dropped the tornado came in the middle of the night so even if the sirens went out they'd be difficult to hear so people were relying on media and television stations and radios both weather radios and am/fm radios to get the warning out. it's remarkable, there's 80 homes and 13 businesses that are completely destroyed, it's remarkable there weren't more fatalities here and given the damage. >> the governor said he expected far more fatalities when the storms were coming through. could you tell us about the cleanup efforts that are happening now? >> reporter: well, there was feverish pace yesterday, it was unbelievable to see the community come together, a small town, about 12,000, 13,000 people and although the communities that got hit rea

and right now, oklahoma city is not putting bodies on bonds. a lot of that is because big men are coming across to give help on bryant's one -on-one play. but i don't like the way they're not making any contact. >> mike: that's close. >> jeff: i'm going to say that's off ebanks. i'm not sure. >> mike: i think so. now, they ruled it laker ball. p perkins -- oh, that's ebanks, absolutely. they'll probably overrule it. with 1:18 remaining. so, so close. both teams probably enjoying this little break in the action. they have extended themselves. the same laker team has been on for the entire fourth quarter. first overtime and sof far, the second o.t., with the exception of kobe bryant, who sat out the first couple of minutes of the fourth. the thunder team has been the same, as well. and they are going to reverse the call. that was the right one. >> jeff: again, that's just supremely gifted offense. the one-foot step-back. you can't guard it any better than sefolosha just did. but the ability to create that little extra fade gives him enough to squ

may of 2001 in oklahoma city, all five of these grantees are in oklahoma city, but the way. 2011. oklahoma visual arts coalition was march of 2011. in may was a different theater in oklahoma. the oklahoma council of the arts, which is more of an umbrella organization in the community, gave $773,000 for the national endowment for the arts in oklahoma. july 2011, the oklahoma visual arts again got $25,000. the oklahoma historical society in july got $20,000. i wanted to mention that we always find it -- not enjoyable, but necessary to point out to these folks that these are participants in their own districts, or statewide, in the senate, the nba is bringing some wonderful, wonderful arts related programming and events. shows, what have you, and educational opportunities, what have you, under the umbrella of the national endowment for the arts. i wanted to go on by saying that i, in my own life, my path with art, sometimes people think that when you do what i do for a living, that you live in the art lounge. that you are behind a velvet rope with art people. that is not necessarily

today's risk, oklahoma city, we're talking oklahoma suze falls. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. >> a good saturday morning to you. i'm chuck bell. a beautiful saturday morning in progress. temperatures in the 30s in the western suburbs to mid-40s in and around town. temperature now 48 degrees at national airport. and we're looking for high temperatures today generally speaking in the 70s. nice day. plenty of sunshine early on. clouds on the increase this afternoon and this evening. still a dry day today in the 70s. tomorrow maybe a sprinkle in the morning. tomorrow's highs in the 80s. >> and that's your saturday forecast. amy? >> bill, thank you. >>> police in washington state are looking for a man now known as the facebook fugitive. some of his friends are asking him to surrender after he appeared to brag about his escape on line. here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: he's on the run, but apparently not off social media. >> he's just a kid that got tired of being told what to do. >> reporter: a week and a half ago, polic

and right now, oklahoma city is not putting bodies on bonds. a lot of that is because big men are coming across to give help on bryant's one -on-one play. but i don't like the way they're not making any contact. >> mike: that's close. >> jeff: i'm going to say that's off ebanks. i'm not sure. >> mike: i think so. now, they ruled it laker ball. p perkins -- oh, that's ebanks, absolutely. they'll probably overrule it. with 1:18 remaining. so, so close. both teams probably enjoying this little break in the action. they have extended themselves. the same laker team has been on for the entire fourth quarter. first overtime and sof far, the second o.t., with the exception of kobe bryant, who sat out the first couple of minutes of the fourth. the thunder team has been the same, as well. and they are going to reverse the call. that was the right one. >> jeff: again, that's just supremely gifted offense. the one-foot step-back. you can't guard it any better than sefolosha just did. but the ability to create that little extra fade gives him enough to squ

manuel gallegus has the latest from woodward oklahoma where six people were killed and dozens wounded. >> residents of woodward oklahoma are cleaning up the devastating damage left by a fast-moving destructive tornado. >> we got down into the cellar and as soon as the door was shot and was right there. i could hear it coming as we were heading downstairs. >> utility companies are working to restore power in the town where the tornado destroyed dozens of buildings. there was little morning. a lightning strike disabled 20 outdoor sirens. this is all that is left of a row of small businesses in woodward. this morning we saw our employees come back to salvage some things and survey the damage since there is no where left to work. kyle reynolds lost the dream house he built for his family five years ago. >> where do go from here? >> i do not know. we spent all of yesterday just trying to get what we could out of the house. >> the massive storm system did not just hit oklahoma. it produced dozens of tornadoes from minnesota to kansas. warning sirens sounded in digi- tas and the students fro

in woodward oklahoma. you see a map where the storms ripped through. san doctor endo is live withupdates on how it worked and in a state they used direct language when telling people to take cover and head for safety. sandra. >> reporter: you can see the devastation left behind by more than 1 30 tornadoes that ripped through the country's mid section over the weekend. you can see the trees downed, cars flipped over, and so far the only reported deaths are right here in woodward. from texas to minnesota, it was a weekend for wild and violent weather. the small city of woodward oklahoma suffered the worst. homes and businesses leveled, dozens injured and five people, including three children, were killed. paul was thrown from his home by the storm. >> when i was laying down there on the curb, and i looked up and saw the house gone, i didn't know what to do. >> reporter: mayor hill says parts of the city were just flattened. >> it's something i never had to deal with, and don't want to ever have to deal with

a lot of that large hail was in areas of northern oklahoma and also right along the border of oklahoma into areas of texas. we didn't see much around oklahoma city or dallas so that was good. wichita falls not too much stormy weather. thunderstorm near you to the west side of town this morning. that's it. not much left. all the thunderstorms out here by tonight on interstate 20 have dissipated. those amazing winds in the northeast and huge storm system up here in northern maine still bringing some rain showers up there to northern new england but that's about it. today will not be as windy as yesterday but until breezy. we're fine in southeast and some storms in texas. here's a look at the weather outside your window. chicago today will be a cold start and with that cold air filtering down and northerly northwesterly winds highs in the upper 40s. chicago was much warmer in march than it has been so far in april. not too bad as far as, this is middle of severe weather season we'll take days like yesterday. >> coming up, facebook buys a potential rival. new way to discourage phone theft

personhood in oklahoma. oklahoma is a little bit eye of the personhood storm right now. i'm sure you've all seen the revamping of the personhood bill in their legislature. this did pass the senate overwhelmingly. i think only four people voted against it. and this was during the time of the virginia ultrasound. so it quietly went away, because there was a lot of outrage. and i don't think people in oklahoma wanted that outrage on them too. it's kind of come back. but not only is legislation on march 1st, personhood oklahoma filed a ballot initiative. again, it's personhood classic language, life begins at conception. and they said they will file three. so we're unsure what that looks like yet. we're unsure if this is another nevada situation where they wait until there is a challenge, withdraw, use that challenge to strengthen their language and try again. but they do have a kind of high threshold for oklahoma for signatures to gather. and a fun fact, rick santorum signed the personhood oklahoma initiative in tulsa a couple weeks ago. and it's being used for earned media

begun down here the border of oklahoma and arkansas. none of those did any significant damage either. it's hit and miss with tornadoes. some years like last year they can hit big cities. so far this year, knock on wood, we've been spared at least that devastation. now as far as what we're looking at today, that same storm system that we were just talking about is still lingering here near wisconsin. it's actually causing temperatures to plunge in minnesota, and believe it or not, it is snowing in northern minnesota. i'll show you that radar in a second. heavy rain continues on the southern end of the front. no tornadoes. it looks like that threat is over with. just some strong winds today with any thunderstorms around pittsburgh, detroit, also down there in to buffalo and syracuse. as i mentioned, this white is snow. it's snowing in northern minnesota, and the middle of april. international falls, now it looks like it's starting to turn over to snow in duluth. as far as the southern end goes, heavy rain from victoria, corpus christi to

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that agreement was eventually broken. >>> buildingses in oklahoma have been leveled -- buildings in oklahoma leveled after severe storms and tornadoes tore through the state and three others. today areas are being toured like woodward oklahoma where five people died. oklahoma's governor has declared a state of emergency for 12 counties. >> boy, gary, it's hard to look at those pictures considering what a wonderful weather pattern we've had here. >> makes you almost feel guilty. >> you do. >> they've got continue a bit tonight moved through and we are dry. >> painfully dry. >> we're getting closer to 5 inches below normal for the year and almost 4 inches below normal since the beginning of march, which is probably the more important statistic. >> i can tell when i look at my plants, they're suffering. >> right. those thunderstorms back out to the west tonight, it doesn't look like they'll hold together and bring us any rain. we don't want severe weather, but a little rain would be good and looking at things tonight, i just can't be hopeful about any rain that's going to be able to help us out

des moines, wichita, kc, oklahoma city, abilene. tomorrow, green bay, wisconsin all the way south to houston, texas. five million people impacted today and tomorrow. this is 1000 mile radius. what we will see, severe weather threat, beautiful, randi in the northeast, southeast, very stormy, snow in the mountains west. >>> it does look beautiful except in the midwest. where there is tornadoes heading. >>> thank you very much. >>> there is a salmonella outbreak we want to tell you about. cdc says 116 people in 20 states and the nation's capital have gotten sick. a frozen raw yellow fin tuna product could be the source. it may be used in sushi and similar dishes. >>> mitt romney's advisors say this moment marks the start of his general election campaign. romney addressed the nra convention in st. louis yesterday. he said president obama's attack on economic freedom is the reason the recovery has been slow. >> we need a president who will enforce current laws not create new ones that only serve to burden lawful gun owners. president oba

outside of oklahoma city. initial reports after the first tornado touched down said there were no injuries. but again, this is sadly just the start forecasters are able to say with confidence tonight. it's the start of a bad weekend ahead. dr. greg forbes is the severe weather specialist at the weather channel with us from their atlanta headquarters tonight. dr. forbes, i understand this is the second time since '03 that such an alert has gone out in this region this far in advance. two-part question. what's the situation tonight, and how can you say with such a high degree of confidence what's going to happen this weekend? >> the situation tonight is we still have that same storm that has hit the norman area now producing another tornado. let me show you on radar. norman is in the lower left-hand corner. it's gone about 25 miles to the northeast. we had a report of a tornado near dale and clark heights. and a large tornado in progress there. so we are looking at the possibility of isolated tornadoes tonight.