cost big rigs around like toys, flat and trucks, destroyed homes and businesses. 85 year-old robert simmons grandson had to be wheeled out of the home on a stretcher. >> he helped me get in the bathtub and put some pillows on may and by the time he did that it sounded like a freight train >> house after house was damaged, the roof of the elementary school was torn off with the children inside. one mother had just gone in to pick up her child when her car was cost hundreds of feet. no one was injured. >> i'm just glad to be here >> per home was destroyed. she was babysitting infants when the sirens sounded >> i jumped in the bathtub and put a comforter over us and that was it >> bond survive in the bathroom of her business >> if this had gone the other direction it would have crushed us >> loss of property everywhere but so far, no reports of loss of life. >> that is the sound of pale hitting the outside of an airplane. a passenger recorded this from inside. the flight was eventually canceled. i think they were still on the tarmac but unfortunately they canceled the flight. we showed video o

. >> reporter: 85-year-old robert simmons' grandson had to be wheeled out of their home on a stretcher. he was injured protecting him. >> he helped me get in the bathtub and put pillows on me. by the time he got pillows over me, i heard this crack like a freight train. >> reporter: here in foreign y house after house was damaged. the roof of the elementary school was torn off with the children inside. one mom had just gone in to pick up her child when her car was tossed hundreds of feet. no one was injured. >> i'm just glad to be here. >> reporter: cheri's home was destroyed. she was babysitting three infants when the tornado sirens sounded in forney. >> i went and jumped in the bathtub, put a comforter over us and that was it. >> reporter: dawn henderson survived in the bathroom of her business. >> if this concrete wall had gone the other direction, it would have crushed us. >> reporter: loss of property everywhere, but so far no reports of loss of life. several hundred people remain in shelters this morning. many will be back out here at daylight, trying to salvage what they can. the

. >> reporter: 85-year-old robert simmons grandson had to be wheeled out of their home on a stretcher. he was injured protecting him. >> he helped me get in the bathtub and put pillows over me. by that time i heard this cracking something like a freight train or -- >> here in forney house after house was damaged. the roof of the school was torn off. one mom had just gone in to pick up her child when her car was tossed hundreds of feet. no one was injured. >> i am just glad to be here. >> she was uninjured, babysitting when it hit. >> i was here and went in the bathroom and put pillows over us, that was it. >> she was trying to recover. >> if this wall would have gone the other way it would have crushed us. >> lots of loss of property but no reports of loss of life. >> karen brown, wjz news. >> there are reports of injuries there. >>> today a student held in shootings will be arraigned out there. police say he killed seven people and wounded three others at the university there. police say he was targeting a school administrator and his classmates who had teased him about his poor engl

. >> reporter: 85-year-old robert simmons' grandson had to be wheeled out of their home on a stretcher. he was injured protecting him. >> he helped me get in the bathtub and put some pillows on him. by the time he got the pillows on me, i heard this cracking. sounded like a freight train. >> reporter: here in forney, house after house was damaged. the roof ofle elementary school was torn off with the children inside. one mom had just gone in to pick up her child when her car was tossed hundreds of feet. no one was injured. >> i'm just glad to be here. >> reporter: sherry's home was destroyed. she was baby-sitting three infants when the tornado siren sounded in forney. >> i went and jumped in the bathtub, put a comforter over us and that was it. >> reporter: dawn henderson survived in the bathroom of her business. >> if this concrete wall had gone in the other direction, it would have crashed into me. >> reporter: loss of property everywhere. but so far no reports of loss of life. karen brown, cbs news, forney, texas. >>> new findings from researchers in norway may further muddy the deb

reporter: this man being carried out on a stretcher was taking care of his grandfather, 85-year-old robert simmons>> he helped me get in the bathtub and put some pillows over me. by the time he got the pillows over me i heard this cracking and it sounded like a freight train or something coming through the house and it was gone. >> reporter: firestorm warnings gave people time to react and that meant despite widespread damage, there were no reported deaths. >> amazing that we're still living. >> reporter: as the storm approached, staff at st. barn bus church took immediate action to keep the kids safe. >> we went and ducked and covered and we knew it was coming and about to hit us. we >>> the i >>> the number is truly stunning. student debt in this country has topped $1 trillion. think about that. that's more than we owe on our credit cards or our car loans. >> some economists say it could derail the fragile economic recovery. economics correspondent rebecca jarvis is here, and also with us is former labor secretary robert reich who teaches public policy in the university of california. his latest

: this man, being carried out on i stretcher, was taking care of his grandfather, 85-year-old robert simmonsdebris. >> and he helped me get in the bathtub and put some pillows over me. by the time he got the pillows over me, i heard this cracking. like a freight train or something coming through the house, and all at once it was gone. >> reporter: prior storm warnings gave people time to react. that meant despite widespread damage, there were no reported deaths. >> amazing we're still living. >> reporter: as the storm approached, this man at st. barn bus church took immediate action to get kids save. >> we duck and cover when we knew it was coming, about to hit us, we actually put some kids under some choir robes up against the wall and closets and bathroo bathrooms. we can rebuild, replace but thankful nobody was injured or hurt. >> reporter: simply amazing. well, the tornadoes knocked out power to some 40,000 homes yesterday. but power crews have been working through the night. and that number stands now at 7,000. erica, gayle, charlie? >> michelle, thank >>> the number is truly stunning.

robert griffin iii. rg3 coming, and fans couldn't be more expected. >> i'm sarah simmons,. >> good morning. i think he will be great for the team. we will get to rg3 and all the top stories but first weather. good morning, tucker. >> good morning, will. cooler air on the way, and more sunshine for your friday. good looking forecast as we kick off the start to the weekend. nothing to show you if you looked on the lower right hand corner of your screen. the blue is what is coming through. if you're in ocean city, you have not gotten through with it. as soon as it's south and east of the area, we should be ready for a generally nice looking day. temperature at regan international, down. winds up at 10. it will be a breezy day today. the winds will gust at times to 25. otherwise, a lot of sunshine, cool. high temperatures in the low to mid-60s, but on the way for a dry friday. sarah and will, back to you at desk. >> thank you. >>> a warning for people in the dc-petworth neighborhood. a suspect or suspects are on the loose accused of attacking three people in the last 24 hours. all three victims

robert griffin iii. >> from the mouth from roger gudel, rg3 is headed to dc, and fans could not be more expected. good morning i'm sarah simmons. >> and i'm will thomas, welcome to fox 5 morning news. we will talk about him in a moment, but first weather. cool and breezy weather or brezy as we said a short time ago,. >> yes, brezy! [ laughter ] we have breezes out of the north and west, gusts up to 20 to 25 miles an hour. dried out from yesterday. >> yeah, but should be a nice looking friday. a little on the cool side. we will kick it off with the radar it will not show you anything other than the cold front there down to the south and east, down to ocean city, and in washington, we are done with the leftover rain showers. one or two last night, and we should clear things out with a nice sunrise this morning. in for a quiet friday, but on the windy side behind the front. the temperature has been falling, 54 degrees. it's cool. humidity, 43%. the winds out of the north and west at 10. gusting to 20. the pressure 2.897. the winds will be breezy as mentioned. [ laughter ] temperatures, 62 degrees at 4:00 p.m. the weekend forecast

simmons. big news for the redskins that everyone is talking about this morning. >> with the second pick in the 2012 nfl draft, the washington red skins select robert griffin iii, quarterback. >> expected but still exciting. the heisman trophy winner headed to dc. the official announcement made in new york last night. he will be formally introduced tomorrow afternoon at a press conference at fedex field. we are live at redskins' park with the excitement in a few minutes. first we will talk to tucker with the latest on the weather. >>> did we ever see his socks yesterday? >> i don't think we did during the draft. the camera was up on them. some real estate brokers going like this to get their hands on them. he will not be shopping in my neighborhood, i guarantee that. the temp your whichs -- the temperatures, 53 degrees, cooling off with the cold front moving through. north and west, 15, gusting to 20. it will be a breezy day, otherwise, a lot of sunshine, highs expected to be in the low to mid-60s. looking at the radar. we are very quiet. cold front coming through to bring a few loads of showers during the evening hours last night. pushing off to the east. we a