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here's abc's steve osunsami. >> liar! >> reporter: some of reality tv's craziest moments have found their home in the city of atlanta. >> you want to hear me [ bleep ]? i will [ bleep ] you up! >> reporter: weed snatching on "the real housewives of atlanta." the ridiculous insanity that is "love and hip-hop in atlanta." it's not something many residents here are proud of. even as we secretly chuckle that it's entertaining. >> atlanta's off the chain! >> reporter: this newest reality series featuring this fine city and another mostly black cast might seem like more of the same. but leave it to television to make it big and different. all of the characters showing out are men and women of the cloth. >> god is going to heal your heart! >> reporter: "preachers of atlanta." this feels more like "real housewives" than "real preachers." >> people put pastors up on a pedestal like we have the perfect life. i think the show allows people to see that, you know what, we go through the same stuff. and we're going to get through it. a

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we'll get more from abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: the storm everyone is watching on the east coast is frightening those in the south, with tornado watches, across texas, louisiana, and mississippi. >> we have two threats here. the first is the chance of severe weather. >> reporter: on the roads, people are getting hurt. in north carolina, several ambulances responded to this accident on a slippery highway that put at least one driver in the hospital. on the way home in the light snow wednesday night, two drivers died in crashes. and police don't think either of them were speeding. >> awful. almost wrecked. >> reporter: parents are still furious that schools weren't closed after a school bus filled with students nearly slid slew a river. everyone is okay. >> it just kind of started going sideways down the hill. >> i kind of screamed a little bit. my heart was a little in my knees, in my feet. >> reporter: the storms are already forcing airlines to scramble. 945 flights are canceled today. that number could grow to 2,000. at least 200,000 passengers will have to figure it out over th