> the incredible warmth will see thunderstorms this afternoon and our friends in florida and southeast georgia through the carolinas, you have been in the 80s. >> it looks like today is probably the last peak day of all the record heat and we will slowly try to get back to normal soon. >> what is normal? >> i don't even know anymore. >>> data on china rattles the streets, and the ultimate in intrusive technology. >>> plus, kermit it's his and miss piggy thinks it's hers. >>> coming up, peyton is introduced, and you are watching "early today." . . . >>> very g >>> very good morning to you. welcome back to "early today." i am veronica de la cruz. a powerful earthquake hit mexico yesterday damaging many buildings. the 7.4 magnitude earthquake caused disruptions in cell phones but no fatalities. >>> a gunman suspected of killing four people at a jewish school, and the suspect may have trained in pakistan. >>> syrian troops are battling forces in several cities, and russia says its ready to support a new u.n. effort to force assad to help in the crackdown against the opposition. and then a painting

. >>> more severe weather several small twisters reported southeast georgia they took down a slew of trees at this point no reports of injuries parts of northern florida were under a tornado watch most of the day. it appear it is region may have just been hit with high windheavy rain this comes just one day after severe weather blasted the deep south and midwest. the storms killed 38 people alabama, georgia, indiana, kentucky ohio it is an extreme case of deja vu in northern alabama, 240 people were killed last april residents have spent the last 11 months recovering some homes rebuilt are in pieces again. >>> in indiana rescue teams are going door to door looking for survivors some towns have been completely wiped off the map. tucker barnes shows us the damage in the town of marysville. >> reporter: there is a new reality here in marysville indiana a town ravaged by friday's violent tornado outbreak. concrete slabs were homes used to be some just splintered shells. stunned homeowners are digging through what remains. >> you can't believe it until you see it with your eyes. it is hea

this is southeast georgia. i have good news to report as we speak. was a tornado warning but luckily it's expired and now judging by the orange box you see here, it is now a severe thunderstorm warning not to be taken lightly as well because we'll be seeing damaging winds and light hail at present now. also we're looking at some very heavy rain working its way across georgia at this time. this storm system is part of a big tornado watch. this goes until 2:00 today. so we're looking at the risk area much further south and east than what we saw yesterday. cities like panama city, tallahassee are all under this watch. abbany, georgia, valdosta, and straight into north carolina. we could see a tornado touch down, possibly one exists later on throughout the day. just to let you know, storms impacting louisiana and alabama have diminished in intensity, but we could still see more. i it's going to be a volatile day but not as bad as yesterday. >> thanks, bonnie. the word is to stay vigilant on all of these pass out of the area. we go to rob marciano. he's b

southeast georgia. you could still see isolated tornadoes, more importantly hail and damaging winds. we'll have more coverage throughout the program on what happened here and across the region. for now, back to you. >> we'll talk to people who were right where you are standing right now. >>> now to western kentucky. which has never seen anything like this. 14 people dead. the area's most lethal outbreak every. kendall harold rode out the storm there. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. the pictures and what we're seeing here in piner are devastating. three people in piner alone were killed last night. i spoke with an official. he tells me that as of right now, everyone is accounted for. no one is missing. as the sun is rising this morning, he said that could all change. now that same official tells me, in his 25 years of work, he has seen nothing like this. it's the worst damage he's ever seen. he compared it to a war zone. the tornadoes came barreling through this part of kentucky. lea

southeast of them feeling it. more severe weather from the carolinas, southern virginia, into georgia.ll keep an eye on that for you and keep you updated. more weather coming up. dan? >> thanks, ginger. >>> a lot more headlines overnight. for more on that, let's bring in ron claiborne. >> good morning, america. the soldier accused of killing civilians during a rampage in afghanistan could face the death penalty if convicted. staff sergeant robert bales was officially charged friday with 17 counts of premedicated murder. abc's martha raddatz has more. >> reporter: we have seen the images of the bodies in trucks. but the nearly three-page list of how the afghans were killed is stunning. 17 dead and 6 horribly wounded, all of them shot. the majority, women and young children. bullets ripping through the head, the chest, the groin. >> the government is alleging that this was a premeditated act. that sergeant bales thought about it for at least an instant, that he didn't make a mistake, that it wasn't an accident. it was something he intended to do. >> reporter: the maximum penalty is death

this cold front, is finally getting out into the atlantic, rain still in northern florida and southeast georgialook from west to east of what you can expect as far as the big picture -- the warm-up for southern california, the extreme cold here in the north and minneapolis, northern plains and then, of course in the east, a little bit above average. that's the big picture. >> let's head straight back into the studio to bianna. >> all right, ginger, thank you. >>> last night, lindsay lohan mocked herself and her infamous brushes with the law while hosting saturday night live. will it help to resurrect her career? abc's john mueller has the story. >> the new old lindsay lohan is back. >> reporter: hosting saturday night live, lindsay lohan herd something that has been missing, cheers. >> this studio feels like a home to me. wait, so the alarm goes off if i leave the stage, i thought it was only if i left the studio? i thought you guys trusted me. >> hay, how it's going? >> hey kenan. >> it's so good to see you again. >> i forgot how beautiful your eyes are. >> thanks, kenan. >> can i see them? >>

incredible warmth will meet thunderstorms and even our friends in florida all through the southeast and georgia through the carolinas you've been unusually warm with highs in the 80s. temperatures today, more records through ohio. >>> and looks like today is probably the last real peak day of all this record heat. we're going to slowly try to get back to normal soon. >> weather is normal? >> i don't even know anymore. >> you and me both. >>> data on china rattles the streets. the ultimate in intrusive technology. your technology headlines are straight ahead. >>> kermit thinks it's his. miss piggy thinks it's hers. either way the muppets get a star on hollywood's walk of fame. >>> peyton is introduced. the penguins are flying high and brittney griner slams the gators. you're watching "early today." . . . >>> very good morning to you. welcome back to early today. here are some of your top headlines. a powerful earthquake hit southern mexico yesterday. the 7.2 magnitude quake caused interruptions but no fatalities. police in france have changed gunfire today with a gunman expected of killing four

tornado warnings have another 15 minutes to go, but, still, if you're in morvin or georgia, southeast georgia, take cover. this is to the north of valdosta. we're seeing very strong thunderstorms, supercell thunderstorms that show rotation that could produce a tornado at any time. we're watching for a tornado watch. this is important to note because it will continue throughout the day today. right now it's until 2:00 today. this includes areas into florida, tallahassee. i mentioned valdosta. you can see off to the west, we still have heavy bands of rain along i-10 to the south and east of mobile, alabama. some of those southeastern parishes of louisiana getting clipped with severe weather as well. but i think the worst of it is into florida and southern alabama and certainly in the carolinas. the big picture shows you that we're not only watching this tornado wedge but you can see heavy lines of severe weather working their way into south carolina at this hour. you can also see heavy rain starting to come into north carolina and virginia. as far as the northeast goes, we haven't seen too much

we still have one tornado warning in southeast georgia that we're monitoring as well. you can see it just down in this region north of the florida border. this is really part of the same storm system that was working its way across thomasville so it will impact communities like waycross. it doesn't necessarily mean a tornado was confirmed, but when you have that rotation in the thunderstorm, remember, that can turn into a funnel cloud. if it touches down on anything, then we'll see it become a tornado. so take cover now. now, the risk for tornados continues through the afternoon. this tornado watch box you see that includes parts of florida, including panama city, valdosta, georgia, this goes until 2:00 today so we have time for the threat to continue. it's possible it may get extended because these thunderstorms are holding up as they travel very rapidly to the northeast. we're also tracking more severe weather into south carolina. we had a tornado warning earlier just for the southeastern south carolina. that has expired. but we're still seeing some strong thundersto

eastern time for wayne county, prce county and brantley county these are in southeast georgia.these storms are continuing to move eastward, and we're looking at more precipitation and again, severe weather risks and these are in the region that's been highlighted by the last watch issued in effect until 8 p.m. ooeastern time. and southeastern georgia and florida, gainsville, tallahassee. and everyone is alert and knowing what to do when there is a tornado warning issued for your area. seek shelter. if you don't have a basement. stay away from the windows and see them heading towards the northeast and right now, we have the tornado warnings in effect around waycross area and aside from tornados, our other big concern are the damaging wind gusts, and those are highlighted. the thunderstorms that could produce the wind gusts are highlighted in yellow, which are severe thunderstorm warnings and we'll continue to track the storms as they keep racing eastward. >> jamie: i hope everyone will keep it here on the fox news channel. foxnews.com, thank you, maria. >> super tuesday, now jus

a tornado watch is in effect for southeast, georgia.eteorologist maria molina is in the weather center with the latest. >> good to see you. unfortunately we're looking at tornado watch that is still in effect in southeastern georgia and northern florida until 8:00 p.m. this evening across the eastern time zone. that threat for more storms to develop that could produce some severe weather along that area. i do want to update, we did receive a new update, 108 tornadoes have been reported between yesterday and today. that is all associated with a very same storm system. record right now for the month of march, most tornadoes report out of a severe weather event is 74. so most of those tornadoes get confirmed, we're looking at a record setting tornado outbreak, that occurred during the 2012 and peak of the season isn't until may or basically the springtime from very early. unfortunately this has occurred. hopefully this doesn't mean we're going to be looking more severe weather as we head through the upcoming months. northern florida, north

the worst are still to the southeast, out pressing into georgia.ppler radar around washington the rumble of thunder. this is nothing like the severe storms. a bit of lightning. also, the temperatures, into the 40's. as the ferocious storms came over the mountains of west virginia they ran into the colder air which has really diminished the power. nonetheless, local rain and flood watches. so far a quarter inch, half- inch of rain, the wind gusts at the elementary school, every education center only 20 miles per hour. the big factor has been the temperatures, into the 40's. showers and rumbles of thunder overnight, but nothing compared to the weather that has been happening all the way from ohio into alabama. i will show dramatic pictures of what the tornados have done an incredible hail, as well as new things we are learning with the doppler and what has really been able to track these tornadoes. >> let's get the latest, bought a firsthand account. it would continue our coverage with abc news and smith hill, tennessee. what is the situation like th

. >> parts of the state of georgia, southeast weather will be rough. eastern seaboard seeing scattered showers in eastern great lakes, philadelphia, washington, d.c. in parts of georgia and southward into the carolinas, even florida, we see a couple of severe thunderstorm watches in effect until the early evening hours. what we're seeing to the west, something different. rain in the valleys, up in the mountains and snowfall. across the nation's midsection a beautiful day in

keeping an eye on the weather throughout across the southeast today, southern georgia into the panhandleof florida. this is where wind shear will be the strongest. maybe a few rotating storms here. t as you look back out towards the midwest, lake-effect snow there heading into chicago and around the rockies west, pretty calm. high pressure builds back across california. actually impacts most of the west coast. the storm track is moving off to the north and underneath this ridge of high pressure we're seeing sinking warming air aloft, which is drying things out. it should warm us up today, at least mostly 60s today. some of the warmest spots, especially south of san jose out to the trivalley should see sun today. i do think the numbers will warm up even more come tomorrow. today looks pretty nice. we're almost going to warm 30 to 40 degrees by the afternoon. 60s to low 70s around san jose. santa cruz looking nice at the offshore breezes in the 70s. trivalle trivalley, pleasanton. near 70 in oakland, santa rosa 73 degrees. low 70s up around the north bay valleys and warmer for tomorrow. th

atlanta, georgia, game for you. the southeast has a chilly morning.emperatures below average for many areas of the east will you this will be hit. tuesday through thursday, the warm-up begins. what a nice warm-up it's going to be, lynn. you know. you already peaked at the forecast. >> did you see my big smile? the last cold day of winter which is not even that cold. we'll take it. >>> coming up, china wants to slow down. yahoo! waves layoffs and rush limbaugh continues to feel the heat. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> last week, you heard the baby rumors. wait until you hear the latest. >>> coming up, sweet revenge for the bulls and a try owe of teams punch their tickets to the big dance. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back. i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> u.s. attorney general eric holder pointed to the circumstances behind the killing of american born al qaeda anwar awlaki. holder said the cleric who was killed five months ago in yemen was planning to kill

mlk and howard roads southeast, benning road in east capitol, georgia avenue and kennedy northwest, just a few danger zones. 14th street in northwest also had several spots, three in the heart of columbia heights and columbia -- at columbia, irving and park. it didn't take long for our cameras to capture the problem. >> pedestrians are not entirely sure where cars will be coming from. >> reporter: it's not just careless drivers. pedestrians share some of the blame with reckless behavior. >> people do run red lights. they don't pay no attention to the light and the people will be j walking all the time. >> reporter: this woman chairs the pedestrian council and says pedestrians need to do more for their safety. >> 650 crashes a year is about two a day. it's way too high. we got to get that number down. that's imperative. >> reporter: cross says enforcement of current laws is one way to help solve the problem. pedestrians say anything that helps improve their safety is more than welcome in their daily battle against cars on d.c. streets. ddot officials plan to make improvements to some inte

intersections for pedestrian crashes over the past three years mlk and howard road southeast, bening road east capital georgia avenue, kennedy northwest, are just a few of the danger zones, 14th street northwest also had several spots three in the heart of columbia heights at columbia, irving and park. it didn't take long for our cameras to capture the problem. >> yeah, as a pedestrian i am not sure entirely where cars are going to come from. >>> not just drivers being careless pedestrians also share some blame for crashes with wreckless behaviour. >> people are walking jay walking all the time. >> she shares the pedestrian advisory council she says the district needs to do more to promote safety. >> 650 on average, a year crashes between cars and pedestrians is way too high, about two a day, we've got to get that number down that is absolutely imperative. >> she said enforcement of current laws is one way of helping solve the problem pee dustry januarys say anything that helps improve their safety is more than welcome in their daily battle against cars on dc streets. >>> officials say they plan to make impro

intersections for pedestrian crashes over the last three years mlk and howard road southeast, banning road east capital, georgiakennedy northwest, are just a few danger zones. 14th street northwest also had several spots, three of them are in the heart of columbia heights at columbia, irving and park it didn't take long for our cameras to capture the problem. >> pedestrian i am not sure where cars will come from. >> it is not just drivers being careless. they choose some of the blame to have crashes for wreckless behaviour. >> people walking and jay walking all the time. >> he shares the pedes -- she shares the pedestrian advisory council. >>> 650 on average a year, crashes between cars and pedestrians is way too high about two a day, we've got to get that number down that is imperative. >> enforcement of current laws is one way of helping solve the problem. anything that helps improve their safety is more than welcome in the daily battle against cars on dc streets. >>> now another solution that she offers is what is calmed a leading industrial signal and sidewalk where cars can easily see there are pedestrians

and take it nonetheless and move forward and we're talking about severe threat and southeast, coastal georgia small tornado and certainly see the strong winds and heavy hail and big downpours as well. take a look at the forecast around the northeast and all of that rain will move there later this afternoon, and we'll see the rain showers move in and be that way again tomorrow and temps above average, down to the southeast, we'll see the showers and warm and sunny, a nice day in austin. to the northern plains, another warm one, plenty of sunshine and across the west. the rain and snow moving in to northern, california. and southern california tonight. so, it's so nice out and there's pollen everywhere and clayton morris-- >> i want to do some gardening and who better than dave white. it's that time of year, time to get your garden or back yard setup. i love what they've done. one way to add a path, a walking path. >> it's amazing how much it really, really adds to the texture of your yard. i mean, it makes a huge difference so i'm going to show you the path to a nicer back yard. >> i was for a

if you're on the south, southeast side of georgia, you're under a tornado warning.strong storm. this is in between putny and sylvester. if you're in between putny and sylvester, you need to take your family and get to a safe room now. that storm is going to be heading over you. you're in a tornado watch until 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. it will continue into this afternoon. especially app alachicolapalach. a very strong storm. not as bad as yesterday but the thrill still continues. back to you. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. time now for a check of the morning's other tom stories. for your that we turn to tom llamas at the news desk. >>> much of the presidential focus is on super tuesday, but washington state holds its caucuses today. mitt romney has been shorts in the caucus states so far but more than 2,400 people packed a building in bellevue which was packed with enthusiasm to hear stump speech. >> if i'm lucky enough to get in the white house, i won't be playing -- i won't be playing 90 rounds of golf in my first term, that's for sure. getting good jobs for

mlk and howard road southeast, benning road and east capital. georgiavenue and kennedy northwest are just a few of the danger zones. 14th street in northwest also had several spots. three of them are in the heart of columbia heights. at columbia, irving and park. it didn't take long for our cameras to capture the problem. >> i'm not sure entirely where cars are going to be coming from at any given time. >> reporter: it is not just drivers being careless. pedestrians also share some of the blame for the crashes with reckless behavior. >> people be running red lights up here. they don't pay no attention to the lights and the people be walk, jaywalking all the time. >> reporter: some say the district needs to do more to promote pedestrian safety. >> 650 on average a year crashes between cars and pedestrians is way too high. that is about two a day. we got to get that number down. that is absolutely imperative. >> reporter: she says enforcement of current laws is one way of helping to solve the problem. pedestrians say anything that helps improve their safe

happening now in the southeast, that's where the severe weather transitionedoday as the wind sheer was highest over southern georgia today and the florida panhandle. you can see a lot of intense thunderstorms there. and now it continues to throttle back after ten more confirmed tornadoes today in the southeast. you saw indiana. we have some cold air dropping onon down. we have some lake-effect snow off to chicago and the great lakes and cold a follows thatld strong system. looks like the severe weather threat in terms of tornado producing super cells is starting to wind down. but look what happened as we head out to west. things are quite dry today. look at the high press chur started to build in. upper 60s to low 70s today. look at santa cruz. up to 75 degrees. right now, still 50s outside. it's still 68 in gilroy. off shore winds really started to dry things out and warm things up. tomorrow should be the warmest day through the next seven days and then things start to cool down come monday. a chance of showers rolling in on tuesday. again, the high pressure clearing out our skies. everywhere really west of the ro

georgia. based upon his geographic strength in the southeast, he could win alabama. i guess he could win potentially another one. who do you see winning of those three? >> it's really tight. i think mitt romney's going very well down in alabama from the polling i've seen and from the people i've talked to. newt gingrich and santorum -- it's a three-way race in those states right now. i think it's going to be very, very close next week. when i've run if contested primaries, i would have loved in 2008 if everybody would have dropped out and mike huckabee would have been the nominee. >> that's a stupid comment. anybody can say that. santorum said that. >> why should newt get out so somebody else can have a one-on-one race? >> shouldn't there be an effective runoff? there's eventually a battle between the two top teams or the two top candidates. that's what people like. wouldn't it be good for the republican party where the two top candidates duke it out? >> i think we start it out, we had 12 candidates running. they've all dropped out for other reasons. until somebody g

for our free guide and tips on planning >> at this hour severe storms in the southeast with tornado warnings in effect for georgia and the carorina the. they are trying to pick up the pieces and peter doocy is live with the top story. 34 people have been killed in the string of strong storms over several states. 300 people were injured in kentucky alone. rescue crews are trying to get to stranded victims. a funeral held for one of the three victims killed in the ohio school shooting. the 16 year old was shot by the class mate monday . funerals will be held next week. >> caucaus goers in washington state will decide which of the four remaining candidates will win their state. ron paul is spending time there and they are spending time in ohio . and the pain at the pump is getting worse. right now national average for a gallon of gasoline is 30 cents more than this time last year. those are the top stories, uma, back to you. >> thank you, peter very much. word now that the deadly storms killed one person in alabama. state no stranger to deadly storms. elizabeth is standing by in alabama where people say they had fin

southeast. with powerful storms in the atlanta, georgia, area and also in the carolinas as well.lit off to the cold side, and right now, new england is punched with a heavy hit of snow. we're going to wake up with some cities north of boston, we're going to have a live shot in the morning showing a good, heavy hit of snow in new england. >> it seems to me based on this time last year, it's been an unseasonably warm winter in many places in america, and we haven't seen the kind of natural devastation that was around this time last year. would you agree with that? am i right? >> i would totally agree with you that we have want had the winter weather and the big punch of heavy snow storms we had last year. last year, we were pounded with these big snowstorms. there's plenty of cold air on the planet around the arctic, pushes over to northern europe and central and southern europe for a while, but it wasn't able to make it past, down into the middle of the u.s. this year or the southern part of the u.s., and to be honest, it hasn't made it into much of the northern parts of the u.s.

intersections for pedestrian crashes over the past three years, mlk and howard road southeast, bening in east capital, georgiaand kennedy northwest are just a few danger zones. 14th street northwest also has several spots, three of them are in the heart of columbia heights, at columbia, irving and park. it didn't take long for our cameras to capture the problem. >> yeah, i am not sure entirely where cars are going to come from at any given direction at any given time. >> reporter: not just drivers being careless pedestrians shared some blame for crashes with wreckless behaviour. >>> people run the red lights, and people jay walking all the time. >> reporter: she says the district needs to do more to promote pedestrian safety. >> 650 on average per year crashes between cars and pedestrian is way too high that is about two a day we have to get that number down. >> reporter: enforcement of current laws is one way of helping solve the problem. pedestrians say anything that helps improve their safety is more than welcome in their daily battle against cars on dc streets in northwest, maureen ume fox 5 news. >>> all

southeast late today. let's get right to the radar this hour. the system still over southern georgia and northern florida where in some parts they are still warning there could be more. the newest threat comes after those images out of the nation's heartland. indiana heartland shredded in henryville. a school hurled across the street and a father carrying their 9-month-old for what is left of the neighborhood. their home is gone and a survivor hugging his dog, grateful they both survived. the toll is going up. 38 people killed, hundreds injured. we're at 108 reported tornados from this system alone. millions of americans across 11 states from the gulf coast to ohio valley. hit by twisters and for so many, frightening sounds they will never forget. the sirens and wind. our team tonight reports in from across the disaster zone. we begin with meteorologist ginger zee in henryville, indiana tonight. ginger, good evening. >> david, just moments ago. the national weather service gave us an update. they've rated this tornado that demolished henryville an ef-4. that means winds up to 200 mil