mississippi is. we also have the university of southern mississippi. the reports that we have now after talking to the director, we have several subdivisions with significant damage. some areas they're not able to get to because they're still trying to cut through the debris. they're trying to account for everyone that's in the subdivision. we've got reports of significant damage in the city of hattiesburg on highway 98 which is also hardy street that runs through the middle of hattiesburg and right by the university of southern mississippi. obviously significant damage in those areas. the governor, just talked with him and briefed him, he's in the process of executing a state of emergency. we're preparing to deploy state assets including a forward command center as well as search and rescue teams to assist local governments in accounting for individuals that are missing or may be trapped because we think there are some. also getting prepared to send state assets from the very state agencies, set up shelters. right now the most important thing is we ac

most of the damage was done inside of the city limits of hattiesburg and university of southern mississippittiesburg. >> sheriff, we've spoken with some people in tremendously damaged areas just a couple blocks from the university who say they checked on their neighbor, things appear to be fine. you're saying 10 to 15 people to the hospital, but nothing serious, and considering that this tornado hit the university on a long weekend while a lot of students are away, that it hit the high school and it's a sunday evening, so you didn't have students there. this is pretty fortuitous that it happened at this time, isn't it? >> we've been mighty lucky. we feel we've been blessed. >> how is this going to affect things in hattiesburg tomorrow? how lasting do you think the damage is with power lines down, trees down? >> well, it's continued to rain throughout the night. we've got prediction for rain tomorrow and tuesday. except for emergency situations, i don't look for the power companies to be doing a lot with the rain as hard as it is until it breaks. i'm sure they'll try to make some connections

mississippi. a tornado has caused significant damage in hattiesburg, including the campus of the university of southerni. video is coming in. there's still no word on

amateur video captured the funnel in hattiesburgburg, the home of southern mississippi university.was damage on the campus, plenty of it but most of the students were on break. statewide, 200 homes were damaged. 60 people were hurt but no one was killed. the northeast is digging out after that weekend blizzard. heavy rain today added to the mess. this is hartford, connecticut where nearly two and a half feet of snow fell. the people on this block saw a plow for the first time this morning-- two days after the storm. the nor'easter is blamed for at least 17 deaths. more than 128,000 homes and businesses are still without power, most of them in massachusetts. in texas today, so many people wanted to attend a memorial service for ex-navy seal chris kyle that it was held at the dallas cowboys football stadium. his casket was placed on the 50-yard line. kyle was a sniper and was said to have killed more than 150 of the enemy in iraq-- a record. he was shot to death last week at a shooting range in texas allegedly by another iraq veteran whom kyle was trying to help through his struggles

little bit early. >> reporter: the mississippi governor is expected to survey the storm damage on sunday. he will also make a stop at his alma mater, the university of southernsissippi. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. >>> good morning to you. live look outside right now. if you are going to wake up any time soon, you are heading out, you will be dealing with a little bit of rain. wet roads, rain falling into the sky and a little bit chilly as well ads we start this monday, february 11th. good morning to you. i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news actually little bit of rain out there. >> just a tad bit. >> probably more than a tad bit. >> pretty soggy out there, no doubt about it. it is not pouring out but the roadways are wet and that will slow things down. temperatures in the mid-30s. it is not a terribly beautiful start to the day. >> no, it is not. >> let's be honest. and it's monday morning. reagan national is still in the 30s, 38 degrees. here is the good news. at least we are not worried about a slippery commute as temperatures are well above freezing. 37 at dulles and bwi marshall. we'll warm up into the 50s

southern mississippi this evening. joining us now by phone is jobe bass, a geography professor at the university of southern mississippi. his home and cars were damaged by the tornado. you told me earlier that the porches were literally peeled from houses in hattiesburg, including yours. tell me what you did when the storm hit. >> well, i was trying to watch it because i really wanted to see it but i realized it was going to be bad so i went inside and got into a small closet and huddled and waited it out. >> you were in an interior closet obviously so you were on the inside of your house. >> right. >> you had kpaen ocompanions in. tell me about that. >> me and my dogs. i found the cat just in time. we were huddled in there. >> how many dogs, two? >> i have two dogs. >> two dogs and a cat and professor bass all huddled in a closet. you came out, we talked shortly after you had come out of your house. you were amazingly, remarkably calm. i'm wondering at this point have you had a chance to venture out your neighborhood and see the other damage around hattiesburg? >> no, unfortunately not. it got dark right after we asse

jonathan, much of the damage occurred at southern mississippi university. what it like there? reporter: on the southern miss campus right now. behind me, this building houses the alumni association. you can see the heavy damage, especially to the top floor. based on what the national weather service has observed, based on their preliminary findings, the statement this was on ef3 tornado, packing winds around 140-miles-an-hour. but there are no reports of anyone being injured on campus, and, progress, that may have a lot to do with the fact that a lot of the students were away for mardi gras. as far as the state of mississippi, a total of 63 people treated at area hospitals. many of them have already been released. and, again, officials are saying it was that advance warning that most likely saved lives in this particular tornado. >> thank good nose for the radar picture and the warning systems. >>> a huge manhunt across three states and a $1 million reward. but still no sign of the accused kill are, chris dorner. the latest on that search coming up next. >>> welcome back. offi

it mangled hundreds of homes and businesses in its path and damaged buildings at southern mississippi universities. business will not return to normal in parts of the northeast after this weekend's mega storm dumped up to three feet of snow in some locations. believe it or not, are you looking at the path of a street in milford, connecticut. the city saw a record 38 inches of snowfall during the storm. it overwhelmed milford's snowplow fleet. >> i would say it is one of the biggest i have ever seen. >> this is a situation where we can't pile the snow. this is an event unlike we have ever had before. >> more than a third of all of the snow removal equipment in new york state zeroed in on the county. abandoned cars remain scattered along the highways and the local streets. dozens of plows combine forces to clear the usually busy long island expressway for thousands of commuters who will attempt to drive into the city tomorrow. check this out. they set up a camera to capture every second of the blizzard. as you can see in the time lapse video it quickly rose from being ankle high to standing more tha

it mangled hundreds of homes and businesses in its path and damaged buildings at southern mississippi universities. business will not return to normal in parts of the northeast after this weekend's mega storm dumped up to three feet of snow in some locations. believe it or not, are you looking at the path of a street in milford, connecticut. the city saw a record 38 inches of snowfall during the storm. it overwhelmed milford's snowplow fleet. >> i would say it is one of the biggest i have ever seen. >> this is a situation where we can't pile the snow. this is an event unlike we have ever had before. >> more than a third of all of the snow removal equipment in new york state zeroed in on the county. abandoned cars remain scattered along the highways and the local streets. dozens of plows combine forces to clear the usually busy long island expressway for thousands of commuters who will attempt to drive into the city tomorrow. check this out. they set up a camera to capture every second of the blizzard. as you can see in the time lapse video it quickly rose from being ankle high to standing more tha

there are reports of damage on the campus of the university of southern mississippi but no injuries. >>> parts of the northeast are working to get things ready for the morning commute following this weekend's blizzard. subways and buses will be pretty much back to normal in new york city today and transportation officials in boston are working to get service back on a regular schedule. most airlines say they are running on close to normal schedules. thousands of homes and businesses are still in the dark mostly in massachusetts. the storm is blamed for at least 15 deaths across the northeast and in canada. canad >>> there is tucker barnes. good morning to you. >> we couldn't wait to get to you. >> talk about a surprise. that could have been awkward. let's go right to the hd radar.

university of southern mississippi, i need to be very careful when i said university of mississippi. this is university of southern mississippi. victor blackwell, thank you you. and i want to mention this has been such a big weather story for the last four days, that monster nor'easter that we were talking about up until this tornado, that was a nor'easter that dumped more than three feet of snow on parts of the northeast. it may have come and gone, but here are the pictures and the proof. the hardest hit state, connecticut, believe it or not still bracing for more. and freezing rain now expected in parts of that state. george howell joins me live from hamden, connecticut. a whopping 40 inches of snow. that's a record for a lot of people in that area. the national weather service weighing in on that, as well. tell me about those drifts. and i think i saw you on like a 20 foot tall snow bank earlier morning. >> reporter: yeah, we're on one of those snow mounds right now in fact. this one may be five feet high. and you find these everywhere. just so much snow out here. you mentioned car

mississippi 5:00 central time. it's an enormous tornado that struck the town. and also the campus of the university of southern mississippi. the building is completely damaged. very good luck. the campus is virtually desserted this weekend because the students are off for a school holiday. sat least three people were injured by this huge tornado. joining me now on the phone the mayor of hattiesburg. give us a sense of the situation and just how lucky you're hoping you are at this point with no fatalities reported. >> it's a major thunderstorm, and we just lost our power. we really are blessed because we don't have fatalities that we know of right now. we have a number of damages to our structures around town. >> have you been able to determine where all the potential victims who may have injuries are? are you pretty sure you've identified people or is there a lot more work to be done going house to house? >> we've identified the area where the tornado hit. that was to the east -- pretty easy to identify, you follow the pattern of the storm well. if there's anything about this, it happened on a sunday when most

touchdown and a twister and now we know the situation is playing out in haties berg, mississippi near the university of southernard now from the emergency officials in the area that the students were out on school break. there are some injuries and we're trying to learn exactly the extent of those injuries, but the good news is that campus would not have been full at this point. now, i want to jump to marion county. the emergency director there, aaron grier, is saying that there have been three injuries, at least one minor reported in the community of pickwick about seven miles south of columbia mississippi and one person has been taken to the hospital by ambulance and told to the associated press. another by triple-a and a third person did not have the injury examined. so we've got at least one child, one minor that's been hurt. and the same person, the emergency director for marion county in columbia, mississippi says one mobile home has been destroyed. other structures, major damage. some minor damage, emergency workers are checking as several roads were damaged were reported as well on motorists who might h

mississippi. more than a dozen people were hurt. >> the university of southern mississippi suffered massive damage a matter of if. it's a matter of when, and i want christopher dorner to know that. >> a cyber war that china is attacking the united states and is trying to steal military secrets and others, correct? >> way past trying. >> a lot of music fans at last night's grammys. there were plenty of winners. did you watch? >> watch the "eye opener." >> this is for charlie rose. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah or don't. it's been nearly 600 years since a pope resigned but this morning pope benedict xvi say his e'll step down in february. >> the pope is 85. he says he ee no longer strong enough in mind and body to lead the roman catholic church. his announcement set off a scramble inside the vatican today. allen pizzey is in vatican city with the latest. allen, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, gayle and charlie. they said it was an incredible announcement. the pope in a statement said he had examined his conscience before god and he said, quote, i have come to the cert

mississippi, it appears a single tornado caused damage in three counties in the southern part of the state. more than a dozen people injured in sunday's twister. ait damaged parts of the campus of university of southern mississippi. the governor plans to check out the damage later today. >> people still digging out in the northeast from all the record snowfall. things are slowly getting back to normal. >> amtrak service especially. brianne carter is live at union station with a look at how things are moving. >> between here and new york things should be fine for travelers. between new york and boston, a service will still be limited to day as crews continue cleaning up from the blizzard. picking it is a day of digging out and cleaning up for hundreds of thousands across the northeast. >> its 40. the initial hogan drive way, the snowplows put the snow back on your yard. >> in the hardest-hit massachusetts, schools are closed today. utility crews are working around the clock to get power back on to 200,000 still left in the dark. >> no heat, no electricity. >> considering the severity of the storm, the amount of snow, and the wind, we have come through this pretty well. >> travel is startin

first we have heard of and so far still the worst seems to be in hattiesburg, mississippi home to the university of southern mississippi. on the right of your screen you see what used to be this little music building. pile of bricks mostly twisted metal now. school officials reporting several campus buildings were hit. early indications it is a pretty bad scene. this video showing explosion after explosion as power transformers crump el into a fierce storm. the wind strong enough to blow those brick buildings. another view of the same twister with audio. some of you have tweeted me so i am going to lower my voice so you can hear the wind. witnesses say it skirted along the main road. listen to the funnel cloud scream go by. >> meteorologist also call that, i have heard them call that the call or the scream of the actual storm itself. it is mainly just wind. again you see more than transformers going out. our viewers wanted to be able to hear the natural sound of that. so we got that audio up for you. many more of the dramatic images are coming out. continue to send those but please do it quickly. and my twi

mississippi tonight after a possible tornado swept through the city of hattiesburg. the storm causing major damage to several homes and businesses, including the campus of the university of southern mississippi. parts of louisiana, alabama, and mississippi remain under tornado or flash flood watches at this hour. >>> vice president obama -- as president obama polishes the final draft of his state of the union address he used his saturday address to call on congress. >> at a time when economists and business leaders have said that our economy is poised for progress we shouldn't allow self-inflicted wounds to put that progress in jeopardy. so my message to congress is this. let's keep working together to solve this problem. >> it will be part of the president's state of the union address on tuesday. plus, one senator threatens to derail two key cabinet nominations. fox 5's melanie alnwick has the roundup. >> reporter: whether it comes to the sequester, $85 billion in budget cut, members of congress agreed on one point night. think that sequestration is a bad idea all around. >> we've got to avoid it, we've got stop. >> i think all of us understand if it goes forward in less than th

mississippi. i asked people to hit me with their photos. the university of southern mississippi is within that twister path as it was moving across hattiesburg. this is the music building. one of our viewers says her daughter asthevendz inside her apartment building as the twister went by she went outside safely after it moved through and took this picture of the music building. thankfully the university of southern miss is out. it's out on break because of mardi gras. the governor phil bryant signed a state of emergency he's also an alum of southern miss and is watching this closely. reports of extensive damage to homes in that area. another viewer also her name is kimberly sent us this in. she was inside her apartment hit me on twitter said yes i am doing fine now it went right by me. look at this again hattiesburg. there have been other places where there have been reports up to 12 reports of touchdowns. that doesn't mean necessarily that was a twister. >> hi harris. a situation going on across portions of alabama and across mississippi and unfortunately we contin

the university of southern mississippi's campus was also hit. hat's the story here there? >> reporter: this is the ogle tree house on the university of southern mississippi campus, this building is still falling apart. not more than an hour ago, cop nearby says a four-foot chunk fell off of the building. i want to show you another building. right over here, this brick building is one of the female dormitories on campus where students were at the time of this tornado passing through. we're told that classes are out today and tomorrow for mardi gras, but still you can see the damage here and nothing there. power still on. there we are told by mississippi power, at the height there were 13,000 customers without power. now that's more like 4,500. we'll get an update later today. the video popped up on youtube of this storm dragging through this tournament we're told about eight miles away at a high school, if there's significant damage as well. it stayed on the ground for some time. the governor of mississippi, phil bryant, will be here on campus at

traveled down the city's main street it mangled homes and businesses across the campus of university of southern mississippi. >> i saw it as it was crossing interstate 59. it was coming pretty fast. my heart was racing. i have lived here my whole life. this is surreal. hard to take it in right now. >> the powerful winds flipped cars and tossed a trampoline on top of a damaged red cross relief truck. the red cross center was complete dlis troyed. phil bryant plans to check out all of the damage. >>> thank you so much. i was watching last night. >> all clear now? >> we are still looking at more isolated severe weather across places of alabama and also expecting to see isolated severe weather possible through areas of southern georgia heavy rain across storms. we are talking locally anywhere from 3-6 inches of rain. they will continue to be a story across the next several days as well. the next storm system will stall out across the southeast. that's when we will see the flooding threat continue over the next several days. we had multiple reports of tornadoes about 15 reported. they were through eastern sectio

mississippi. that's home to the university of southern mississippi where the storm mangled some of the campus buildings. here's what we know right now. the storm caused what's being called major damage. but there are no reports of any deaths. once the sun does come up, crews from the national weather service plan to be out and about to survey the damage. at the live desk, angie goff, news 4. >>> right now, thousands in the northeast still have no power after this weekend's blizzard. overnight the number of homes and businesses in the dark dropped to 150,000. many of those are in hard hit massachusetts. that is less than a quarter of the outages from saturday. people from pennsylvania all the way up to maine got as much as 3 feet of snow. the storm is being blamed for ten deaths. >>> transportation leaders hope air and train service will finally be back to normal by the end of the day. airports in new york, boston and connecticut are slowly restoring flight service. the flight schedules are close to normal. amtrak trains are running limited service between new york and boston while the t system is set t

we're located at the southeast corner of southern mississippi university.building here is the ogeltree house. it is an alumni association building. as you can see it suffered heavy damage especially on the second floor. a few other buildings were damaged on campus as well as multiple vehicles. as we pan over to the right, you can see there are multiple trees down on campus. but no reports of injuries here at this university. many students in fact were on break for mardi gras. statewide there are no reports of fatalities however at least 63 people were treated for injuries at local hospitals. many of them have already been released. during the peak of the storm more than 13,000 customers lost power. crews were able to restore electricity to about 2/3 of them. and as we look across the street at our live location you can see the extent of the damage. all of this debris here in front of me and then across the street you can see a church that suffered heavy damage. now what's delaying officials in assessing the full extent of the damage, as you can see, there i

and the university of southern mississippi campus sustained heavy damage. right now, we're hearing more than a dozen people were injured, but officials say they are not aware of any deaths. john, just some wild weather? another disruption for service at b-w-i -- this one non weather-related. anne arundel county fire officials say an airport shuttle was involved in an accident. we're told the driver and two passengers were on the bus around 6-30 this morning... when it got stuck on the light rail tracks. the driver was trapped for about 30 minutes... and had to be taken to baltimore washington medical center, along with one of the passengers. both suffered non lie- threatening injuries. the tracks were also damaged. [a26]towson fire-transition in baltimore county, fire crews are investigating an afternoon house fire. shortly after 12-30, firefighters responded to the 15-hundred block of providence road in towson. once on the scene, crews say they encountered heavy fire on the second floor... but firefighters were able to bring the scene under control in abou

mississippi, causing significant damage. take a look at this video posted to youtube. you can see the twister slowly moving across the city. buildings on the university of southernssissippi campus were damaged. the school had declared a state of emergency. officials say there were no deaths reported, but three people were injured. >> we are keeping and i on our area. >> over the next seven days or so you are going to hear a lot about computer models about storms shifting or developing the potential for this or that. >> busy week for you. >> we make our forecast based on these models. right now they are indicating we could be looking at winds -- winter weather, wednesday, thursday, and again on saturday. >> these are models we have relied on in the past. >> something to keep in the back of your mind. we talk about the present time it is cool outside. some rate is about to move in. i am 100% confident that tomorrow morning all you will see following -- falling from the sky will be raindrops. temperatures will rise as we move through the morning hours. it is 39 degrees at reagan national airport. in the middle 40's. high today made it up to 46 degrees. that is wher

the tornado left a trail of damage through the university of southern mississippi campus. the alumni house had windows missing. a school spokesman said no one at the university was injured >> the blizzard that buried the northeastern u.s. has blown out to sea. hundreds of thousands still without power and as much as 3 ft. of snow covering some areas. >> mounds of snow... >> there's no where to put the snow >> the president has announced a state of emergency and connecticutin conn... close to 40 in. in some places. early preparation in incorporation of residents is keeping the efforts that dayat bay... >> some people are spending the day cleaning up and digging out ... others are sledding... >> a large group in connecticut ... snow ball fight >> gun violence on bourbon street, last weekend of the mardi gras celebration. someone opened fire and as a crowd of people in costumes went down the famous party street in new orleans last night. one of the victims was reported in critical condition >> $1 million reward is being offered for information leading to the capture and convic

. >>> in the south a tornado rips through mississippi hitting the university of southern mississippi campus. they ask all students not on the campus to stay away from the university. the twister was par -- part of a string of severe storms. more than a dozen people are hurt because of it. >>> back here in anne arundel county three people are recovering after an airport shuttle bus crashes into a pole. it happened yesterday near the airport. investigators say the bus took the corner too sharply and ran into a pole, one that supports the power lines for the right rail system. two people were taken to the hospital. a third person refused medical treatment. >>> speaking of the airport there could be another way to pass the time while waiting for a flight. wjz and mike schuh is live with what a maryland lawmaker is proposing. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the idea is to put the slots on the other side of security and have all those out of state passengers pay for maryland bills. >> head to the airport. one delay or a canceled flight and fliers get stuck waiting with nothing to d

mississippi, where a long-track tornado ripped across part of the state. the twister traveled down one of the main streets, winding through the university of southern mississippi campus. the governor declared a state of emergency in seven counties reporting damage including downed trees, mangled buildings, and injuries to more than a dozen people. fortunately no deaths have been reported. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins will have the details on the threat of more severe weather and potential flash floods coming up in a few minutes. >>> residents in southern california remain on edge this morning. day five in the manhunt for a former lapd officer suspected in three cold-blooded killings. l.a. authorities have upped the stakes in the search offering a record $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of christopher dorner. >> reporter: law enforcement sources say this is christopher dorner dumping a gun belt, a helmet, lapd uniform, and ammunition the morning after his first two murders. the surveillance video captured across the street from a san diego police station. >> the helmet was sitting right up top, and the magazine and the belt was hidde

the storm also damaged several buildings at the university of southern mississippi and a high school. many of the homes were left without power. the university and the high school will be closed today. one other thing i was reading, the red cross is completely destroyed in that community. so that's going to be a big hassle for people there because that's who they rely on at times like this. >> right now we have severe weather to the south. major snow storms to the north book ending us. what do we have? >>> we have the rain right now. this is the second storm bringing the severe weather to the south. the far north you go, we have more snow across the plains and also wisconsin and all this is sliding off toward the east. but what we're also dealing with is the old blizzard that's bringing on top of it bringing some more snow, sleet across that area. but then we're also going to be dealing with the rain across our area for today. so we have a little bit of everything going on in different areas this morning. you heard me talk about the rain but we also have some sleet mixing in with the

my office is about an hour and a half, almost two hours away from where the university of southern, mississippi is located in hattiesburg but we have a number of our own personnel on the ground who have su surveyed it first handd the damages are quite extensive and they will have their work cut out for them in the next 48 hours as they really try to get a handle on this and do the damage surveys not only on the campus but in all of the affected counties. >> we will be watching and talking to you again. thank you so much for being with us. the tornado watches and warnings have all expired in hattiesburg, mississippi war tornado tore through the town earlier on sunday evening. there are reports of major damage. also, at least 20 people are injured at this point. but this is an ongoing situation and we will certainly keep you informed as to what is going on there throughout the night. for now, back to "the five" already in progress. ideas? >> i thought it was disgraceful performance -- >> why disgraceful? >> people come together to honor the god as they know him. this is a prayer breakfast. it is

mississippi towns. look at this video from the hattiesburg last night. the national weather service will head there today to survey damage at the campus of the university of southern mississippi. the police report that several buildings are damaged. as many as ten are hurt and thousands are without power. >>> to the north now, there is still a lot of cleaning up to do this morning after a blizzard this weekend from pennsylvania all the way to maine. people saw as much as 3 feet of snow. 134,000 customers still without power. almost all of them in hard-mitt massachusetts. along the coast, high wind and storm surges damaged several homes. the waves are still causing problems for homeowners trying to clean up. >> sunrise in the morning, big waves. but every once in a while you get hit. >> people in the northeast are not out of the woods yet. ice and freezing rain could move in over the next few days. >>> we have breaking news at 6:05. news 4's angie goff at the live desk. >>> breaking news out of vatican city. the vatican confirms that pope benedict will resign on february 28th. the vatican confirming this information. he made a statement in latin during a small even

mississippi. the ominous twister was captured on cell phone video as it descended on the town, as well as the university of southern mississippi. >> it touched down around 6:00 in the evening. it damaged hundreds of homes and ripped the roof off a building on campus. many trees were snapped in half and scattered around the streets. more than a dozen people were injured. but good news here. no reports of any fatalities. >>> and hundreds of miles to the north, drivers across the upper midwest are facing a treacherous morning commute after getting clobbered by a foot of snow and freezing rain. hundreds of cars crashed on slick highways yesterday. blowing snow created near-whiteout conditions in duluth. and several cities declared know emergencies, including minneapolis and st. paul. >>> also snowplows and shovels are still working nonstop this morning to clean up from that monster blizzard that pummeled the northeast over the weekend. >> hamden, connecticut, is buried under 40 inches of snow. take a look at this incredible photo from nearby trumbull, what one woman saw as she opened her front door. abc's tahman bradle