, paul samaras and carl young. cut short by a ferocious predictabl. >> he had a level of expertise, years of doing this. if i had to have a way for my brother to die, it would be doing what he did. chasing tornadoes. >> so the question everyone keeps asking is why. now, typically tornadoes move at a northeasterly direction. so atypical this one went down to the south, so they tried to get south of it and it turned right back at them. very erratic behavior. >> and deadly. indra, thank you so much. the surprising death of tim, paul and carl has left the world of storm chasers stunned. many wondering how this could have happened. we'll bring in someone who knew tim and carl well. tyler has been chasing storms since 1998, full-time since 2004. thank you for being here this morning. this can't be an easy thing to talk about. >> no, i mean, it's just a shock. and like everybody keeps saying, tim samaras was the -- safety was his thing. he was the safest, he knew storms well. they had really good plans. they weren't out t

, paul samaras and carl young. their lifelong passion cut short by a ferocious twister's unpredictable force. >> i just could never think it would ever happen to him because of his level of expertise, years of doing this. if i had to have a way for my brother to die, it would be doing what he did, chasing tornadoes. >> that same storm system now has made its way all the way to the east and it's producing heavy rain and even lightning all the way from the northeast straight down to the south, and they're going to be dealing with strong winds out there, even a threat for hail. the next thing we're actually going to be watching is a low that's currently really starting to bring in some showers, starting to exit out of the rockies. we do have a slight risk for us today, but as this exits the rockies, we'll see that enhanced a little bit for us tomorrow. currently today, the slight risk is extending really all the way from the dakotas kind of down through texas, and we'll be monitoring that and enhance it through the ne

tornado made a sudden turn, demolishing their car. >> this tornado was no exception. >> reporter: samaras dedicated his life to researching and understanding tornadoes, even designing probes to measure them. >> tim has given us some of the only measurements of pressure and winds right inside tornadoes right down at the ground level. >> reporter: the weather channel crew and samaras teams were two of dozens of storm chase teams, both professional and amateur, some providing urgent updates to radio and tv audiences, others in it for the thrill. >> there is serious inflow. >> reporter: every year hundreds of chasers converge on tornado alley. >> the chaser convergence is crazy. we have a funnel. >> reporter: many hope to capture dramatic video they can post online or sell to tv. some even offering tornado tourism. >> got another lightning bolt. >> i see more inexperienced chaser, people going on chase vacations for bachelor parties and birthdays. that's really a concern. tornadoes are still dangerous storms. >> we don't know if we have much hail in the storm. >> reporter: tonight, many of th

jim samaras is tim's brother. >> his goal was actually saving lives through the technology that he's been able to develop. >> reporter: meteorologists tracking the tornado's path say it appears the three men may have been unable to escape when friday's twister after cutting a fairly straight path made a sudden turn north. kwtv meteorologist and storm chaser david payne was out following the same tornado friday from the opposite side. >> that tornado made a swing to the north, and when that happens sometimes, it can strengthen and become a bigger, more violent tornado. you don't have any time. and if the roads are all jammed up, then there's nowhere to go. >> reporter: and if you're in the wrong spot at this time, you can't escape. >> you can't escape. you become part of the tornado. and if that happens, it's a bad, bad deal. >> reporter: samaras tracked tornadoes for 30 years and was considered highly experienced and careful. his brother says it gives everyone an eye for pause. >> it's an eye opener for veterans out there. it doesn't matter how many you've seen or how many you've cha

samaras dedicated his life to researching and understanding tornadoes, even designing his own probes. >> tim has given some of the only measurements of pressure and winds inside tornadoes right down at the ground level. >> reporter: but the samaras and weather channel crew were two of dozens of teams professional and amateur, some providing urgent updates to radio and tv audiences, others in it for the thrill. every year hundreds of chaser converge tornado alley. >> we have a funnel. >> reporter: many hope to capture dramatic video to post online or sell to tv. >> woo! >> reporter: some even offering tornado tourism. >> got another lightning bulb. >> reporter: see more people going on chase vacations, or for bachelor parties. that's a concern. these are dangerous storms. >> don't know if we have much hail. >> reporter: tonight, many like mike bettes are rethinking strategies. >> i saw my wife's face, and i thought, you know, that's, you know, that's my life. i don't want to give that up just yet. thankfully i don't have to. >> reporter: how close is too close? tom costello, nbc news,

jim samaras is tim's brother. >> his goal was actually saving lives, through the technology that he's been able to develop. >> reporter: meteorologists tracking the tornado's path says it appears the three men may have been unable to escape when friday's twister, after cutting a fairly straight path, made a sudden turn north. kwtv meteorologist and storm chaser david payne was out following the same tornado friday from the opposite side. >> that tornado made a swing to the north and when that happens, sometimes, it can strengthen, it can become a bigger, more violent tornado you don't have any time. and if the roads are all jammed up, there is no where to go. >> reporter: and if are you in the wrong spot at that time, you can't escape. >> you can't escape. and you basically become part of the tornado. and if that happens, it is a bad, bad deal. >> reporter: samaras tracked tornadoes for 30 years and was considered highly experienced and careful. payne says his death gives everyone pause. >> i think it's kind of an eye opener even to the veterans, you know, like myself, the guys out th

samaras wants to found a new broadcasting while the leftist want ert to go back on the air. the government is now left with just a thin majority in parliament. >> following the eurozone financial meltdown in 2008, the du spent nearly 1/numeral three of its economic output on saving banks -- the eu spent nearly will 1/3 of its economic output on saving banks, but a few years on, finance ministers are still struggling to deliver on those ledges and restore trust in eurozone banks and the block as a whole. today, they been trying to figure out how to let flailing winters go bust without burdening taxpayers. >> on the longest day of the year, eu finance ministers are gearing up for marathon talks. they are debating how to shut failed banks without panicking the markets, but some members worry strict eu-wide rules would threaten their sovereignty. >> certain countries want more national flexibility, and other countries want a more centralized system. that is probably the main point of disagreement. >> the ministers agree on one thing -- the air of bailing out banks on the expense

in its wake 18 dead among them six children and three scientists, tim samaras, his son paul and their the meteorologist community. before they set out on friday night, tim spoke with msnbc and gave this premonition. >> the ingredients are coming together for a volatile day. >> reporter: in the aftermath of the storm, samaras was found dead in his car and the rest of the team sucked into the tornado's 165-mile-an-hour winds. storm chasers are a special breed of scientists. when everyone else is driving in the other direction they hurl themselves into the heart of the storm. they say their mission is to better understand nature's destructive and deadly force. but this tragedy has staken the storm chasing community to its core and left many wondering how it could have happened to this meteorological hero. >> waking up to that news is horrifying. >> reporter: reed timer was in oklahoma and knew tim and paul well. they worked together on the show "storm chasers". >> there is something that doesn't make sense. he is always in control and safe and it doesn't make sense. >> reporter: tim was

another team, led by veteran storm chaser tim samaras, did not. samaras, along with his 24-year-old son paul and long-time chase partner carl young, were killed. >> whoa! it's getting bigger! okay. we better leave. >> samaras was a legend in the chasing community, featured on the discovery channel's "storm chasers" he was known for not only being one of the best but one of the safest. so how could this have happened? >> this tornado was a very large tornado and a very strong tornado, and it had an erratic path so this tornado was going east, then it went north, so i think that took people by surprise. >> this was the path the tornado was expected to take, continuing southeast. instead, it took a deadly turn to the north and headed straight for samaras and his team. just hours before he was killed, samaras gave what would be his last interview to msnbc. >> we are looking for the very special type of storm called a super cell. a super cell is a very violent storm that is very capable of large hail and pretty destructive tornadoes. right now, especia

samaras wants to found a new broadcasting while the leftist want ert to go back on the air. the government is now left with just a thin majority in parliament. >> following the eurozone financial meltdown in 2008, the du spent nearly 1/numeral three of its economic output on saving banks -- the eu spent nearly will 1/3 of its economic output on saving banks, but a few years on, finance ministers are still struggling to deliver on those ledges and restore trust in eurozone banks and the block as a whole. today, they been trying to figure out how to let flailing winters go bust without burdening taxpayers. >> on the longest day of the year, eu finance ministers are gearing up for marathon talks. they are debating how to shut failed banks without panicking the markets, but some members worry strict eu-wide rules would threaten their sovereignty. >> certain countries want more national flexibility, and other countries want a more centralized system. that is probably the main point of disagreement. >> the ministers agree on one thing -- the air of bailing out banks on the expense

they were carl samaras, his son and photographer paul samaras and meteorologist carl young. samaras was famous for placing sensors inside tornadoes and featured on cable tv shows. this weather channel interview was shot last year. >> i don't look at it as a job. to me a job means work. to me, this is actually very enjoyable. of course, you know you've succeeded in life if you go out and do the things you love to do and collect a paycheck. >> reporter: today in el reno, oklahoma, for which the ef-3 tornado was named, continued in neighborhoods by the storm. kelly's home was severely damaged and she's now trying to salvage as much as possible. when the tornado passed close by, she took this photo. when it turned toward her, she and her family raced into the storm shelter. later thinking the storm had passed, she went back outside but had a very close call in the still swirling winds. >> as i got right here, i lifted up into the air and started kind of floating in the air. >> how high up were you lifted? >> i was about this high off the ground. i felt like i was floating in the

>> storm chaser tim samaras seen on discovery channel's storm chasers show along with his son

just, you know, when you list off a few of the best chasers that we know of, tim samaras is always on a lot of people said, look, were these people just -- they have the image of storm chasers as well it's amateur people do it for fun. they court this danger and it's awful these things happen. but why are these people doing this to begin with. tim was not that kind of person, right? he was out there trying to find a way to predict these things and save lives, right? >> right. the fact that people think of storm chasers as all just adrenaline junkies is definitely a misnomer. tim was one of the people throughout that was trying to collect the scientific data that enables us to really learn more about tornadoes as they're really hard to understand just by perspective. of course he had to get somewhat close to them to get data from them, to get the probes in the path. unfortunately, that, you know, it's just -- it kind of goes along with the whole business and nature of trying to get data from these incredibly druktive tornadoes. >> and, tim, dave, i know you're a professional as tip was

the storm chaser community went out and lined themselves up to form initials of tim samaras, paul samaras, carl young. formed the initials great tribute for tight-knit community of storm chasers. they all know each other in the oklahoma area. >> really a touching tribute. ginger knew them. ginger worked with them. talked about how special they were. tim's brother jim gave a statement. he essentially said they all unfortunately passed away doing what they loved. chasing tornados. now he says he looks at that as the big tornado in the sky when he thinks of his brother, nephew and colleague that they worked so tightly with trying to do this research. >> he was a real pro. wasn't some guy, half cocked running out after tornados a real authority. >> meteorologists, scientists, engineer, knew what they were doing really did. when you think of the dangers they put themselves in. they were passionate. wanted to bring the research back home so we could learn. >> no doubt. >>> moving on to this now. a story getting plenty of attention this week. a watch dog report about spending by the irs. it says

samaras.he other two, one was located about a quarter of a mile west of the location, which he easily could have came from the vehicle where he was ejected or sucked out has yet to be known. >> bill: a quarter of a mile away. that's a lot. >> yes. and the other victim was located about a quarter of a mile east of where the vehicle came to rest. now, obviously joe is there with you. he is a meteorology gist. he can explain the forces from these storms and how it could have taken somebody a quarter of a mile further east and. it was going end over end, bill. as a matter of fact, this vehicle when it was finished and where it came to rest it was in the bar ditch along tenth street and it really -- i mean you know it's a vehicle. it didn't look anything like a chevy colbalt. >> we have a picture of it right here. we appreciate it very much. let's go to joe bastardi who knows about these vehicles. 150 miles per hour in this one. how are you piecing it together, joe? >> i think they were doing exact

again, to you, my sincere condolences on the loss of your great friend, tim samaras. what is your reaction to what happened? it's so unusual to hear about the death of storm chasers. >> well, tim was probably the most brilliant and most cautious storm chaser out there. that's what makes this particularly unusual, because within the storm chasing community, especially after the movie "twister" came out and the recent "storm chaser" series there have been a lot of people who went out deciding they wanted to become storm chasers. tim has been doing this long before it was popular and he has extremely cautious. he looked at every storm, called off chases if he determined that it was too dangerous, and i think in this case, this was just a very unusual storm that caught them in a spot that could have been any other chaser out there. this thing just made a turn and a hook on it and dropped a tornado where they probably only had a matter of a few seconds if the thing came down upon them. they earlier had mentioned that they had deployed these special probes so even to the la

samara's will face a lot of pressure to roll back. if he is unable to reach an agreement with partners, we could see the government collapse and a slide into fresh elections. >> thanks very much. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come, a spanish town that rented its tramway to australia to get its budget back on track. i want to show you our new video upload or. it is so much easier for you to give us things you have seen or questions or comments about today's news. some of you are using it already. >> i am from pakistan. >> i am an american, but i live in canada. >> i am from northern australia. .> i recorded this on my phone i came to this page and clicked .n upload, and that was that >> you can use a webcam to any computer. go to the same page. click record, say what you have to say, then pressed up and submit and we will do the rest. the new bbc video upload or. i am interested to see what you sent in. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines. within the past few minutes, president obama has said peace beaconhern ireland

tim samaras and carl young were following a twister in el reno. samaras' son, paul, was also with them. discovery channel shared these pictures with us. three were on its show "storm chasers." many people in the worst hit areas in oklahoma are busy cleaning up this weekend but some took a little break this morning to go to church. nick valencia got the chance to go to one of those services. nick, how emotional was it? >> reporter: there were some tears. there were some dry eyes. there were some people who were still very -- those emotions were very raw in there. i don't know if you can tell from those pictures, but the church was without power. it was a very small church. it felt more like a home than anything else. they invited us in. very generous of them to invite us in there. we spoke with one resident whose storm didn't get damaged by the storm but she herself was still very shaken up by what happened. >> i did fine friday night and yesterday but when i got here, the tears just started flowing. this is where i want to be. the tornado hit just

friends say samaras, his son paul and chasing partner carl young died friday when the tornado took an turn. >> he wasn't in to see how close he could get. he was there scientific purposes. always had an escape involvement he had one that day but it got closed off. >> reporter: his passion was studying storms. >> if i had to have a way for my brother to die, it would be doing what he did, chasing tornadoes. >> reporter: officials say the death toll from friday's violent weather could rise. they're searching for missing people in the areas that flooded. five twisters touched down around oklahoma city during the outbreak. people are still assessing the damage. a church group traded in their sunday service for community service to find items blown away in the latest round of tornadoes. >> we can worship god anywhere. we love to go to church and have services here, but today we're having services here. >> what is that? >> we found angela's wedding bell. >> we're out trying to gather pictures and any kind of personal items that we can find out in the field for them. >> reporter: oklahoma's

samara's will face a lot of pressure to roll back. if he is unable to reach an agreement with partners, we could see the government collapse and a slide into fresh elections. >> thanks very much. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come, a spanish town that rented its tramway to australia to get its budget back on track. i want to show you our new video upload or. it is so much easier for you to give us things you have seen or questions or comments about today's news. some of you are using it already. >> i am from pakistan. >> i am an american, but i live in canada. >> i am from northern australia. .> i recorded this on my phone i came to this page and clicked .n upload, and that was that >> you can use a webcam to any computer. go to the same page. click record, say what you have to say, then pressed up and submit and we will do the rest. the new bbc video upload or. i am interested to see what you sent in. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines. within the past few minutes, president obama has said peace beaconhern ireland

. >> prime minister antonis samaras is facing what is being described as a political revolt within his own coalition. the unions have called a 24-hour strike in protest. >> protesters angry over the shutdown that ert held a vigil outside the broadcaster's headquarters. the news took employees and the public completely by surprise. >> resisting this decision is the only way forward for us until it is overturned. the state broadcaster and new programs cannot be driven into the ground. >> some employees spend the night inside the building. others defied the shutdown and streamed programs online. the government of prime minister antonis samaras is defending the move, saying it had to put an end to "incredible waste" at the state-run broadcaster. >> we are going to reopen it weekly -- quickly. it's going to be a much more efficient organization now. >> opposition parties condemn the closure and say they will take action in parliament. >> we are dealing with a curb -. >> trade unions will hold a general strike thursday. journalists elsewhere have >> in germany, now is the north of the countr

. >> prime minister antonis samaras is facing what is being described as a political revolt within his own coalition. the unions have called a 24-hour strike in protest. >> protesters angry over the shutdown that ert held a vigil outside the broadcaster's headquarters. the news took employees and the public completely by surprise. >> resisting this decision is the only way forward for us until it is overturned. the state broadcaster and new programs cannot be driven into the ground. >> some employees spend the night inside the building. others defied the shutdown and streamed programs online. the government of prime minister antonis samaras is defending the move, saying it had to put an end to "incredible waste" at the state-run broadcaster. >> we are going to reopen it weekly -- quickly. it's going to be a much more efficient organization now. >> opposition parties condemn the closure and say they will take action in parliament. >> we are dealing with a curb -. >> trade unions will hold a general strike thursday. journalists elsewhere have walked off the job in solidarity. >> in germa

samar samaras, a renowned weather scientist, his 24-year-old son and photographer, paul samaras, andim samaras' brother says as they were tracking the tornado it turned toward them. >> because of the circumstances on a two-lane road it appears he could not get out of the way, and basically the tornado picked up his vehicle. >> reporter: the canadian county undersheriff says that small car was found upright but badly mangled in the ditch. one body was inside. the two others were a quarter mile away in opposite directions. tim samaras and his team were regarded as courageous scientists who tried to help save lives gathering storm data. samaras placed conical shaped sensors in the tornado path and he was a star on cable tv. his friend, weather channel storm expert greg forbes says samaras was a weather pioneer. >> an amazing scientist, extremely highly respected by the meteorological scientific community as well as the chaser community. >> reporter: on a youtube site samaras reflected on storm chasing. >> on one hand they're incredibly beautiful. on the other hand these powerful storms

among those killed, three veteran storm chasers, tim samaras, his son paul, and colleague carl young. in hard hit el reno, residents spent the weekend salvaging what they could. >> our neighbor across the highway, we found a checkbook in the field back there. >> reporter: but it wasn't just tornadoes. heavy rain gave way to widespread flooding, sending water gushing around homes, vehicles, and even cattle. along one road, a giant sinkhole opened up creating a makeshift waterfall. >> i've been in the area 12 years and this is the worst i've ever seen. >> reporter: oklahoma governor mary fallin toured the area and talked to this owner. his barn was ripped to shreds. >> we never expect anything like this. we have had tornadoes around here, that's not new, but nothing that came close to us before. >> reporter: barnhardt was talking about recovering. >> you just can'tgive that up. we're going to rebuild, and we'll be back. >> reporter: forly this time the town of moore that appearanced the ef-5 back on may 20th, they avoided a direct hit. but they still had flooding. as we said rescue work

tim samaras, and his son, paul, and samaras' partner, carl young, killed the other day when they wereree were known for their work on storm chasers, as well as samaras' research to better inform people in the paths of tornadoes, better warn them it was coming. hopefully help them to safety. now, samaras had been doing this about 30 years. people know him as a guy who took calculated risks, but not high risks. he was smart about what he did. and his brother today saying that all three died doing what they loved, and will be very, very missed by the community. >> okay. in fact, sarah, i want to read what the weather channel put out, this statement regarding the passing of these storm chasers. and it reads, it was with great sadness that the weather channel learned of the passing of tim and paul samaras and carl young as a result of the el reno tornado. many of us were fortunate to have worked with them and have great admiration for their work. they went in the field focused on collecting data to enabling meteorologists to further the science behind tornadoes, which we know has and will

. >> reporter: first and foremost, tim samaras was a family man.e was also a passionate scientist and engineer. he knew and respected the power of the atmosphere. >> tornadoes are such a random, fleeting event, it's very difficult to forecast exactly where they are going to form. >> reporter: friday tim, his son paul, and colleague carl young were chasing and among those killed in the violent el reno tornado. tim was found seat-belted in the car. the others were apparently pulled from the car by the twister. the irony, tim was known as one of the most cautious in the business. a published scientist who had been chasing storms for at least three decades. to say the work that tim was doing helped us understand tornadoes is an understatement. he would deploy his creation, called the turtle probe. in 2007, storm chaser reed timmer captured this stunning video in ellis county, oklahoma, and right there, those are essentially smaller tornadoes inside the bigger tornado, called suction vortices. before this video, scientists had suspected they exist but h

samaras' son paul was also with them. this is from the discovery channel. they were on the show "storm chasers." >>> chad meyers was in oklahoma after a monster storm hit two weeks ago. he shows us how dangerous it is to be in a car. >> reporter: just piles and piles of debris here in moore. ef-4, ef-5 damage. somewhere around 200 miles an hour. it is unimaginable what could cause a house to turn into that. if you think about a fender-bender at highway speeds of 30, 40, 50, 60 miles an hour, it gets bent up. i get it, it is fixable. we came across this car. i can't tell what you kind of car this is without looking at the blue oval that says ford. if you were in this car at 200-mile-per-hour wind speeds twlb's no place left for you inside. then we came across the front just to get even more crazy. there's no engine left. the transmission is gone. the engine is completely somewhere else. probably blocks away. we talk to some tow truck drivers. they said they get addresses where to go pick up cars and take them to the junkyard. they're finding cars three or fo

ed grub is a storm tracker who was part of tam im samaras' cre. he was not with him on this trip. lanny dean was also a close friend. lanny, i want to start with you. you knew him for more than 20 years. what was he like? >> i've got to tell you tim was a very passionate individual, probably one much the most passionate individuals that i had ever met personally. he was certainly very scientific and probably more importantly tim had a care about other people that i had never met in my life. i'd never seen that type of a caring individual. he was truly, truly caring more about other people than he did himself. >> ed, i want to play a clip from friday, an interview that tim did about the storm. >> we are looking for the very special type of storm called a supercell. a supercell is a very violent storm that is very capable of large hail and pretty destructive tornadoes. >> pretty destructive tornadoes. ed, explain to us, what is the data that you all get when you go on these missions? why is it so important? >> well, from our standpoint, it's extremely important because we can utiliz

they are tim samaras who worked with "storm chasers" and paul samaras and carl young. very sad news. joining us now to talk about the risk of covering extreme weather in oklahoma by phone and here in washington. chad myers, you face these questions all the time when extreme weather comes up. how much risk does a journalist take in order to get close to a storm that could be deadly? >> we all know this is difficult and dangerous and sometimes things go wrong, but i think people portray tim as a chaser out for thrills. it's just the wrong thing. you weren't. i just want people to know that tim was a scientist and he was out there to put probes out there and he was out there to learn and understand and to make science more understandable with this storm and a tornado itself and to get more data so that people could -- so the national weather service, noaa, could get better warnings. we all go out there and try to protect the public. but tim had a very hard morning. you can hear it in my voice, i'm sure. >> since samaras has an engineering background. what a tragedy he was

val castor is one of samaras' fellow storm chasers. >> he was a very experienced chaser. he knew what he was doing and he knew how to stay safe and so that's why i think he probably got surprised by the turn on this tornado. >> reporter: castor and others we spoke with said it now common to see dozens of amateur storm chasers racing down highways or tornado tourists pulled to the side of the road. many are inspired in part by the 1996 movie "twister." >> after that movie "twister," that's when it started and they think "i want to do that, it looks fun. it looks exciting. it's dangerous." people want to do that kind of thing. will the death of these three storm chasers make people think twice about going out there? absolutely. i think it will. >> reporter: for how long? >> i don't know. until the next storm comes, i guess. >> reporter: the three men killed friday were recording scientific data to help better understand tornados. scott, storm chasers such as val castor are credited with helping forecasters to track and to warn others about the precise location of these dang

tim samaras and carl young and paul samaras are great friends of mine and pioneers in the science and meteorology. it does not make sense to me. i don't understand. when we were doing "storm chasers," tim was always concerned about my safety and everybody else around him, everybody in the path of the storms. nicest guy i've ever met. somehow, there's got to be more to this story, because he knows storm chasing better than anybody that i know. and would never put his crew or anybody else in danger. his data already has saved countless lives and will save countless lives in the future, and feels like i'm living a nightmare. and i just don't know how that happened. and it shouldn't have. i lost a friend. every random roadside storm we have, i'm going to miss the rest of my life. he's someone i've looked up to my whole life. he's a great father. great chaser. i mean, i can't say enough. it's so sad. >> yeah, i can imagine, because you knew him personally, and the shot just before that was the car -- if we can get that loaded back up. that was his car, what's left of the vehicle. there it

one of them was 55-year-old tim samaras. the star of "storm chasers." a colleague were also killed. the three chased storms hoping to warn people ahead of the tornadoes. the samaras family said he the three -- said the three died doing what they love. and three people from the bay area flew there to help out and joined seven other people from the bay area who were already there volunteering. >>> we're continuing to following news in oakland where two women and a security guard have been shot outside of a nightclub at 1:00 outside of the shadow ultralounge, four blocks from city hall. witnesses say the shots were fired after a confrontation inside the club. the victims were rushed to the hospital with injuries. >> i was having a conversation with a good friend of mine and i saw people running and at that point, i ran, too. >> this morning, police are reviewing surveillance video to try to identify the suspects. meantime, oakland police are investigating at least seven other shootings over the weekend that killed a 17-year- old boy and left 11 injured. th

tim samaras was founder of the project and was featured in "storm chasers."oned into the cycle friday afternoon shortly before that tornado hit. >> tornado alley is famous for these types of weather systems coming through. it only happens maybe two, once, twice or three times in an entire year. we get days like this where the systems and the ingreend yets come together just right. that generate these incredible powerful storms and today is no exception. >> joining us right now, storm chaser and meteorologist, reed timmer. first of all, we're so sorry about the loss of your friends and these colleagues about the storm. the news has shaken up the storm chasing community was tim was someone who was not wreckless, had a lot of experience in doing this. for you in your perspective, has their loss, has that made you rethink what you're doing in the field? >> i'll keep on storm chasing, de definitely, but you know, tim has always been safe. never reckless. always in control of the situation. and just a freak accident. now, when i first heard about it, i thought this

tim samaras, paul is, his son, and carl young, killed. these are professionals.e else should stop and think. >> i hope they do. this has sparked some discussion within the meteorological community and now on television shows, which i think is healthy. tim samar was and his colleagues were -- he was a meteorologist, researchers. he went out and studied tornadoes for the greater good, to save people's lives, and i have only heard good things about his work. >> neil: these are the videos from his prior work. do we now -- was he caught -- >> from what i hear, this tornado was a messy one. it was a large tornado that had multiple -- sort of like a merry-go-round. very wide, and this one apparently was rain-wrapped so they didn't see it coming and also made very sudden southeast turn. >> you were wondering where it was. >> this fellow has been storm chasing for decades couldn't outrun mother nature so that should tell you something, and for every one tim samar was there seems to be dozens of these thrill chasers. they have tornado tours they set up. >> neil: really? >>

tim samaras, son paul, and carl young were following a twister in el reno. his brother wrote they died doing what they love. they said they gave vital information to the public. >> a lot of these individuals have dedicated many years of their lives to going out and assisting and tracking storms and getting footage and putting themselves in harm's way so they can educate the public to the destructive power of these storms. so we want to honor them and their loss and we want to think about their families who are going to be dealing with this. it's more than a news story to them. they lost loved ones. >> those storm chasers may have ended up like other victims, stuck in their cars right in the path of the storm. see this line of lights? that's traffic on the highway on friday night. we are also seeing the damage the twisters left behind. governor mary fallin toured the destruction in el reno this morning. the severe weather threat now moves to the east coast. karen mcginnis joins us in the weather center. what's the good news out there? >> well, we've got some

tim samaras, 54; his son paul, 24; and carl young, who was 45. they were working for discovery channel. this was all that remained of their truck after it was caught in the open. a colleague says escape was all but impossible. >> it was really wild tornado. it was rapidly evolving. multiple tornados turned into one larger tornado and the larger tornado went one way and switched directions or quickly went another way. it was a really hard storm to track. >> suarez: indeed, this weather channel vehicle was picked up by the same storm and hurled 200 yards. only one of its chase team of three was seriously hurt. it was all testimony to how inherently dangerous this profession is. but another colleague says tim samaras was known for his caution. >> he knew what he was doing. he didn't chase for notoriety or television or selling video. he chased because he genuinely wanted to learn more about severe weather. >> suarez: the storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma, said the men killed friday appear to be the first scientific researchers to die in pu