. >> my name is ron lee. i am here in favor of the cell phone antenna going up on the hospital. i want to stress that verizon, our disaster system is connected to this. it is important we have the system up in a more efficient manner. they by day, month by month, we have more demands than ever before because of the data packets. they are going to come up with 5g. it will demand more and more transmission. we have to be able to supply the transmission. i worked in telecommunications for 30 years. i am very familiar with antennas. i worked around and, as for many, many years. i am living proof that working on all of these cell sites, putting on these lines -- i never got sick. nothing ever happened to me. today, the new antennas are not ionizing. there are very low amounts of radiation. it is so nominal, sometimes even a microwave will limit -- emit more radiation than 8 cell phone antenna. let me tell you about batteries. all telecommunications systems have a backup battery. they have been around for many, many years. they are proven to be safe. they are necessary, especially in

reporter ron lee of wbtv is in rockhill, south carolina, with the latest on this this morning. >> reporter: residents tell me when this happened, the sky turned absolutely black. it was a very eerie feeling. they say they could hear this thing coming from miles away and then, suddenly, it was literally right on top of them! they tell me this tornado was so big and so massive, it overturned cars and leveled buildings! a strong deadly storm system with more than a dozen reported tornadoes tore across the southeast wednesday from the carolinas to the gulf coast. three people were killed and five others injured when a twister swept through a rural community mere rockhill, south carolina. a mobile home was scooped up and thrown 300 yards. >> maybe another two minutes went by and it touched down. it may have been on the ground. maybe two minutes. three minutes at the most. >> as soon as i see it coming toward the house, we went to the back closet to try to avoid it and started praying to the lord. >> reporter: in north georgia another suspected tornado uprooted a tree that came crashing down on

ron lee has more. >> a strong, deadly storm system, with more than a dozen reported tornadoes tore acrossednesday, from the carolinas to the gulf coast. >> reporter: three people were killed and five others injured, when a twister swept through a rural community. a mobile home was scooped up and thrown 300 yards. >> maybe another two minutes went by. and it touched down. it may have been on the ground. maybe two minutes, three minutes at the most. >> as soon as i seen it coming toward the house, we went to the back closet to try to avoid it. and started praying to the lord. >> and another uprooted a tree that came crashing down on an suv, killing the owner inside. >> this is just a freak accident. we had a very dry season up here in north georgia. and quite possibly could have been the heavy rains we got. might have loosened the earth, along with the really heavy winds we took during the storm. it could have been the precipitating factors that caused this to come down. >> louisiana and southern mississippi were also hit hard. >> you heard wind and lightning. just lit up the whole sky. and

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ron. we have some elected officials here today. i appreciate all of you being here today. we are going to start with mayor lee.ou for joining us this morning. >> thank you. good morning everyone. it is my personal pleasure to be here in the bayview. as i watched these kids danced this morning, i know all of you felt as i did, this is for them. they inherit the earth, this community, and everything we do today, everything we believe in is all for them. so we want our neighborhood improved. we want our whole community improved. i want to thank the people here coming with us. senator leno is here with us this morning. i have been here all morning with malia cohen looking at the projects that we have in this area. she is part of that young talent and i get to work with, as well as scott wiener. the board of supervisors have been working with me these past seven months, and we are trying to get a lot of things delivered. not a lot of political stance. getting stuff done. fulfiling old promises. promises that you heard decades ago. you saw me smiling this morning as i embraced this man, freddie carter. he is part of

. >>> coming up in our next hour, hoda and kathie lee catch up with ron howard. >> and the newest membergood morning. it's 9:57 on this monday, november 14th. let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein to get a look at the monday forecast. good morning, tom. >> good morning, pat. even with the clouds we're warming up. temperatures with a southwesterly breeze now have climbed to around 60 or so. pax river now 66. it will easy hit 70 there later today. else where around the region, upper 60s to near 70 will be common. we'll have clouds in and out. cloudy tonight and tomorrow i understand wednesday. might get a late afternoon evening shower. then a likelihood of passing showers wednesday. clearing and chilly into the weekend. >>> if you're traveling 66 eastbound, a disabled vehicle is blocking the left center lane here as you make your way across. but volume is decreasing in our area which is a good sign. if you're traveling on let's ring you up. mary? what are you doing here? it's megan. i'm getting new insurance. marjorie, you've had a policy with us for three years. it's been five yea

. >>> coming up in our next hour, hoda and kathie lee catch up with ron howard. >> and the newest membercider is the perfect choice for holiday gatherings. martinelli's is non-alcoholic, festive like champagne, and tastes great! martinelli's: since 1868. >>> very good morning to everyone. the time is 9:56. i'm jon kelley. the iraq war veteran seriously injured during a police raid on the occupy oakland encampment is makes his first statement. scott olsen says, quote, i'm feeling a lot better with a long road in front of me. thank you for your support. it has meant the world to me. you'll be hearing more from me in the near future and soon enough we'll see you in the streets. he suffered a fractured skull during the clash with police and demonstrators. this shows him being carried away with that gash in his head. he had been hospitalized. since then, olsen has been released from the hospital. that took place last week. >>> for a check on your monday forecast, let's say good morning to meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you, jon. good morning to you at home. co

gillibrand, grassley, hagan, harkin, heller, hoeven, inhofe, inouye, johanns, ron johnson, tim johnson, klobuchar, landrieu, lautenberg, lee, lug lugar, manchin, mccaskill, menendez, merkley, mikulski, moran, murray, ben nelson, pryor, risch, sanders, schumer, shaheen, snowe, stabenow, test tester, toomey, mark udall, vitter, warner, whitehouse, and wyden. and it's been called up. i ask consent to have it set aside so we can go on and continue with the pending matter. the presiding officer: without objection. without objection, the foregoing request from the senator from arizona is granted. mr. levin: well, reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: and i don't object because that is the way we should proceed, going back and forth. i just -- usually we do that informally and i don't know whether or not if the senator -- whether there may be implications because i don't know who's -- mr. levin: i have no objection. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mccain: i thank my friend from michigan. i do that for the convenience of my colleagues because i know th

ron paul, the texas congressman pulling third place in the latest des moines register poll of likely caucus goers. those are the polls you want to pay attention to of likely caucus goers or sraoeubg lee voters. finishing in first place in the hawk eye state straw poll. he joins us now. thank you for being back on the program, all the best. >> thank you, good to be with you. megyn: in iowa you win first place in the straw poll and come in third in the des moines register poll at 12% of the vote and you are put in at third in new hampshire as well with 11%. what is the path to victory for you sure. >> to continue to do what weir doing and make sure our people get to the polls. i think these where we excel, our organization, getting people out i think we are in good position, we have a ways to go, we have a couple months. we will continue doing what we have been doing and spend some money my supporters have spent. megyn: you have the right trajectory in those two states but you have a significant lag behind cain and romney who are in the 20 percentiles. how do you close the gap. >> maybe they'll help do that. a lot of people that have been in the lead have fallen. that hasn't happened w

lee leads the s.e.c. in passing efficiency. we have a ferocious defense led by lineman sam montgomery and defensive backs tie ron matthew and mo clayburn. tyron, by the way, is much better known as honey badger. this is a prelude to the b.c.s. championship, which, by the way, is going to be in january in new orleans in the superdome. so we feel great going into this game, and that's why i was very eager to get with both senators from alabama and have a friendly wager, which the senator from alabama will explain. the loser is going to treat the winners to some great gulf shrimp and other seafood. we feel great about it, so we look forward to it, and senator sessions, as i turn the floor over to you, i would just summarize our feelings in louisiana in a simple way. you all have a great team, maybe one of the best alabama teams ever, but it really doesn't matter who l.s.u.'s opponent is, because as we say in louisiana, the honey badger takes what he wants, and we're looking forward to doing that on saturday night. mr. sessions: well, senator vitter, i thank you for those confident comments. we're going to look forward to being ve