this videojust into the abc2 newsroom out of southwest missouri. n and around buffalo, lebanon, branson all in south central part of the state. possible tornadoes on the ground in missouri, kansas and nebraska. at least one person confirmed dead and more than a dozen injured at a trailer park in southwest missouri. this just outside springfield. >> the national weather service says the tornado hit the branson missouri area that is huge tourist destination. police are there and at least a dozen injuries have been reported. we will keep you updated and it's something we mentioned earlier about an hour away from joplin missouri an areadevastated a year ago. >> that's back in may. we will have more throughout the morning here at abc2 newsch good morning maryland on a -- news good morning maryland on abc to news -- 2 news i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. >> we are talking about severe weather back into portions of indiana and also illinois tornado warnings there and even. >> portions of tennessee as of now. and arkansas tornado warnings. for

it was 40 years ago this year. 50 fraternity guys from southwest missouri -- it was called southwest ed up a bus and went down to baton rouge first. and invaded a smaller fraternity house. they only had ten guys. so, we kind of took over there. we had touch football and gladiator games on the front lawn. we wore out our welcome. and then, we went down to new orleans for 24 hours. there was no place to sleep. i had about 5 bucks. and i ran through that on boone's farm real quick. >> jimmy: where did you sleep? >> i slept on a street, in front of al hertz bar on bourbon street. it was back when you could still have glass bottles and stuff. i was ankle-deep in broken glass and booze and whatever. and i said, i'm home. >> jimmy: yeah. really. that's when your love affair with the city began. your kids don't have to go through that sort of thing. they have a nice house to be in. >> they can fill my house with glass shards. >> jimmy: that experience of -- >> oh, hell no. >> jimmy: of almost homeless. impoverished, gladiators. >> i killed a guy with a nut and a spear. >> jimmy: what? >> that

meanwhile, extensive damage is being reported in southwest missouri, including the tourist city of branson. bill karins will have much more coming up in weather. stick around for that. >>> now to tuesday's republican presidential primary. two big wins for mitt romney restoring h momentum heading into super tuesday next week. in arizona, he beat rick santorum by 20 points and wins all 29g delegates. in michigan, they will each get some of the state's 30 delegates. nbc' steve handelsman has details from detroit. >> reporter: hi, richard. thanks. good morning from detroit. here in the state where he's from, mitt romney, last night, tried to hold his head high, but what he had accomplished was to avoid disaster. mitt romney had to win michigan or face the collapse of his campaign and he did win. after losing the lead and then gaining it back. >> we didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough and that's all that counts. i'm going to deliver on more jobs, less debt, and smaller government. we have to hear that day in and day out. >> reporter: he went two for two. romney gets all 29 of arizona's de

we have new information now for you on the storm in southwest missouri. one confirmed dead in the town of buffalo that's near springfield. and a dozen injured in buffalo and a dozen injured in branson and lebanon. also near springfield, along interstate 44 severe damage across the area. >>> lynette is watching the situation and working on it in the news roo. as more information comes -- room. as more information comes available we will give it to you. >> many parents are wonder if their children are safe at school. >> trying to prevent something like this from happening. >>> do you wonder about the safety of the full body scanners. what a new government study reveals. >>> live picture of harveyville, kanza, the site of another possible tornado touching down. this is roughly 3 hours -- kansas, the site of another possible tornado touching down. this is a live look across kansas." good morning maryland" continues with what's new now and next coming up in a few moments. >>> are's watching the station that works for -- your he's watching the station that pork

other hard-hit areas in southwest missouri include bran son and lebanon. in bran son there were at least a dozen injury, including people trapped inside their home. this morning rescue teams are going door to door, searching for any people that might still be trapped or hurt inside. the city's famous theaters were also heavily damaged when the apparent tornado moved through downtown and three people are believed to be dead in harrisburg, illinois after a suspected tornado ripped through the area, destroying 35-40 homes there. so i imagine that these numbers unfortunately will be rising as these rescue teams try to find survivors. martha: we've had so much crazy weather on this weird, weird winter we've been having, and kansas also got hit hard. julie, what happened there? >> >> reporter: they really did. across the midwest in kansas, the governor of kansas has declared a state of emergency after a tornado appears to have struck harveyville, kansas, residents just going -- rattling residents going about their daily lives. listen. >> i was watching tv, tv we

killed and more than a dozen were injur >>> rescue workers are searching a trailer park in southwest missouri where at least one person was killed and more than a dozen injured in an apparent tornado overnight. also clean-up under way this in kansas. damage by tornadoes as you saw there. what you are seeing was that video of the funnel cloud. because of that there were several trailers flipped over, a house also damaged yesterday. now, the hardest hit area was a small town called harveyville. two people were seriously injured. >>> in the bay area, we have rain down here, but that means snow in the sierra. >> and lots of it. it's much-needed, too. if you are a skier. melissa cabral is in placer county and our audio man paco has you up to two snow angels so far. [ laughter ] >> reporter: that is accurate. i love coming up here and doing the snow angels. this is how i get my snow fix. you know what, guys? this is the first time that i have actually come up to the snow this season because there hasn't been any especially compared to years past. but as you can see on dutch flat off i-80 it has bee

. >>> we begin with the sejers who, right now, are going house to house in parts of southwest missouris of reported tornadoes that hsam has been following. reports of people trapped in their homes. >>> further south in kansas, state of emergency is declared in southwest topeka. sam will have more in moments. >>> the other developing story this hour. off the coast of alabama. fog is hampering the search for three crew members missing after a coast guard helicopter crashed in mobile bay. the chopper, like the one you see there, crashed during a training exercise. one crew member was found unresponsive. he was later pronounced dead. >>> mitt romney back on top of the republican race. narrow win in michigan and a big win in arizona. he averted disaster in michigan with a three-point lead. he celebrated if a victory rally. rick santorum could win as many or more delegates when the final tally is complete. then on to super tuesday. romney trails in several of them. >>> a former maryland resident accused of plotting with the master mind of the 9/11 attacks to blow up gas stations across the u

as of right now, one person reported dead in southwest missouri. here in branson, thankfully, only minor injuries. as you can see, entire buildings completed gutted, power outages and lots and lots of debris. bringing you more details throughout this morning. for now, reporting in branson, i'm mike corcoran, "cbs this morning." >>> that line of storms is now pushing into western kentucky, tennessee and arkansas. it is expected to bring heavy downpours, hail and severe winds throughout the day. now, the upper midwest, where a major blizzard warning is causing big trouble. freezing temperatures and up to a foot of snow are expected from the dakotas to wisconsin. now, the storm is said to head east after that. jamie yuccas of wcco tv is watching the storm in brainerd, minnesota. >> good morning, erica and charlie. this is the worst snowstorm of the season, which is really saying something this late in the year in brainerd, minnesota. it's lightly snowing right now as you can see. but later today, we could get 3 inches to a foot of snow. the snowstorm

person has died and more than a den injured after a possible tornado touched down in the southwest part of missouri. we are also getting reports of damage, including to one of the historic theaters in the city of branson. >>> a state of emergency has been declared in kansas after a tornado touched down there due to the same storm system. >>> the death of a maryland national guardsman in afghanistan is causing some tension on capitol hill. major robert marchanti was murdered inside a ministry building there, as part of a spike in violence after old copies of the koran were mistakenly burned. yesterday a senator questioned secretary of state clinton but the deaths and the u.s. role in afghanistan. >> my question is what do i tell his family. what do i tell his family today? was it worth it? because they are angry. people in maryland are angry. >> -- presence in afghanistan. we have been able to -- >> clinton says she can't justify anyone's death but insists they are making afghanistan safer. >>> a pentagon report reveals unidentified remains from those killed on 9/11 were disposed of in a landfill. t

from hurricane irene, along the east coast, to fires in the southwest, from flooding along the mississippi and missouri rivers to the devastating tornadoes that hit the midwest and the south. the tornado that strk joplin, missouri, last may leveled countless houses and businesses, destroyed most of the schools and killed more people than any tornado since 1953. yet within days, the school sprint -- superintendent announced school would start on time this fall and it did. local health officials announced the hospital would be rebuilt, and it will be. and the city manager was already drawing up plans to rebuild the city's downtown, currently underway. i can relate similar stories from alabama to connecticut, from new england to north dakota, as we have seen time and again americans are by nature a resilient people. our role is to be part of the team that fosters that resilience and strive to continue doing our jobs better and more efficiently. our experience over the past several years has made us smarter about the terrorist threats we face and how best to deal with them. we've learned that we can apply

southwest at 10 miles per hour. a little disturbance yesterday off to our north. clear skies now. giving you the wide picture, western missourianother one in california. looks like tuesday and thursdays could be the days we see precipitation around here. generally looks wet, not icy or white. 16 in may that's sac and culpepper per. a milder afternoon with upper 40s south of town. monika samtani stepping in. nice and light on monday morning so far. >> reporter: it is. we have a little bit of construction, but otherwise, we are good to go, all around the washington metropolitan area. here's the construction on-ramp 123. and the outer loop between route 7 and route 50 you want to watch out right around nutley street and the beltway as well. a live look at 66. again it doesn't matter that they are there. i think you are going to be just fine if you are just now heading out the door. over to springfield. looking great from the river right up the line to 395 and the 14th street bridge. back to the maps and this time maryland. no problems to report if you are traveling or planning to on the beltway between college park and bethesda.

southwest at 5. pressure falling a little bit at 30.35 inches of mercury which is understandable as the storm system begins to approach. let's zoom in. big time thunderstorms through eastern kansas and western missouri. and i point these out because we're probably going to deal with a couple of thunderstorms again tomorrow. probably late morning, early afternoon one round. and then probably another roundabout maybe 9:00, 10:00 tomorrow night. in the meantime, we have clouds rolling in. these echos are not reaching the ground. the air mass is too dry. but it is moistening up a little bit. it looks like the rain will get in here towards the end of the morning commute. if you get into work early, you'll be okay. if you get into work 8:00 or 9:00, pro blly wet. so do -- probably wet. so do not leave home without your umbrella. the evening commute probably wet and then thunderstorms likely also. as i mentioned, not one but maybe two rounds of storm late morning, early afternoon and then again about 9:00, 10:00 tonight. eerily in the morning if you're -- early in the morning in you're south of gaithersburg and southern maryland, you're fine. but notice light showers hagerstown and frederick. by noon a bat

we saw wild fires in the southwest, a blizzard in chicago, floods along the red river, mississippi and missouririver and tornadoes across the country. based on recent weather patterns we should expect as many severe defense in 2012. complex catastrophes are something we need to pay very serious attention to and the assistant secretary defense for homeland defense in america's security affairs dr. paul stockton recently traveled to texas and met with of the congressman on the number of southwest border initiatives and we know those are said that can challenge is also. with the severity of the natural disasters becoming likely more responses will include the national guard members from multiple states. when hurricane irene retek along the east coast last year the guardsmen from the 27 states responded. these multistate responses have highlighted in area where members of the national governors' association working with the respective state legislators can help me difference for national guard men and women. that area is stayed active duty allowances. today many of our states have standards that mi

southwest the last lee votes. last night's trifecta suggests that his popularity is growing. his biggest win, colorado. a state that mitt romney easily won just four years ago. in minnesota and missouri won even more decisi decisively. and the money followed. a quarter million dollars in online donations poured in last night and santorum says his campaign is building some mojo. >> even as we were pot doing particularly well in florida and nevada, we saw our contributions online just continue to go up. this last couple weeks have been frankly the best two weeks we've had of the campaign fund-raising wise. so it's not just those three states, but i believe conservatives are beginning to get it that we provide the best opportunity to beat president obama. >> mark preston with me. i'm going to give you major kudos. you said yesterday do not forget rick santorum. this is the wild card. he may pull off some surprises. did you have some insight? >> you know, here's the thing about santorum. i covered him in congress and he is somebody who is a fighter. you might not necessarily agree with his politics and you fight not like how he acts sometimes. but he is a fighter and you wouldn't want so