this is up in tulsa. and i think this is what i'm looking at right now. >> don't we have a tower cam from tulsa? >> yes, we do have a tower cam out of tulsa. let's go to the one out of tulsa. and what we're looking at is, don, can you see it? >> this is live from tulsa. >> okay. i'm having a hard time seeing it. it looks like what we're dealing with now is another tornado developing there. you can see that rain, the downdraft coming down. it makes it hard to see at times. it looks like we're potentially seeing a tornadoes across the region and i think it is being confirmed there is a tornado there. as we go back over to our graphic and talk about the two that we have, here's manford, again, this tornado here as we track this for you and tell you, it looks like this is going to be in place to about 6:50. and we show you some of the communities that are in the path of this storm. you can kind of see the signatures. they're looking pretty food goo the radar. very classic hook echo. as we time this for you, i

east and southeast of tulsa, in the suburb of tulsa, is the town of broken arrow. tulsa has its streets layer, first street, second street all the way to 91st or 93rd street. this is most likely the largest of the day. we do have reports that it's an extremely dangerous tornado. a multivortex tornado, which means it's more than one circulating around a larger one. it moves east. we are waiting word from officials there of confirmed damage and/or injuries, but this is the largest of the day. >> cnn will bring us the latest information throughout the night. that's all for us tonight, anderson cooper starts right now. >> anderson will be back in a moment. we want to tell you about breaking news in oklahoma. a tornado has touched down in the tulsa suburb of broken arrow. tornado warnings and watches have been in effect all evening through much of the southern plains and much of mid mississippi river valley. chad is on the phone now. you're storm chasing, chad, in oklahoma. you've been there for a day. now, what have you seen and what are you seeing now? >> you know, al

so not toward the city of tulsa, but to the east of tulsa through the eastern suburbs and then out toward east of that area into a much less populated area. but this is a large, extremely dangerous tornado on the ground right now that has moved through broken arrow and part of the suburb and now moved over the turnpike and points east. >> chad, i understand you used to work in that area, from your perspective, how bad is this and how close are you to that tornado? >> reporter: we are still, even if we started, we are two hours south of this area near oklahoma city. oklahoma takes a long time to travel through. we left oklahoma yesterday and traveled 480 miles chasing other tornadoes across the state. so that area will eventually move into the area. this is a large tornado on the ground. probably the storm chasers had a good look at it right now. the national weather service knows where it is. if you are east of broken arrow, you need to be taking cover right now. this is extremely dangerous situation for you. in your home, away from the windows, the closet, something small. stay in your b

tulsa, you're in the clear. from the east of you and moving away, this is towards broken arrow. >> all right, chad, standby here, i'm going to go to tom sader who's going to tell us about tom saider and where it's going now. >> susan, just as chad mentioned, tulsa is in the clear and moving east a good 25 miles per hour. it's mainly for eastern tulsa county and for wagner county. however, those who live in cherokee county, where it is a little less populated, that is a concern if they live in that area. the tornado warning for just about another ten minutes, but visual reports say multiple explosions of the transformers, typically, yes, they could be in that creek turnpike which dives downright through this area. and you'll be able to see that through tulsa, it's i-44. but we have reports that it's a cone-shaped tornado. it's not a wedge. but it is a multiple vortex, which means there could be more than one. again, we're watching as it moves east at a good 25, even 30 miles an hour. and, as chad mentioned, those

east and southeast of tulsa, in the suburb of tulsa, is the town of broken arrow. layer, first street, second street all the way to 91st or 93rd street. this is most likely the largest of the day. we do have reports that it's an extremely dangerous tornado. a multivortex tornado, which means it's more than one circulating around a larger one.

. >>> the national weather service confirms at least one tornado touched down after dark in the tulsa, oklahoma, suburb. no reports of injuries and the damage is primarily to roofs. 1800 people are without power in the tulsa area. >>> in arkansas at least nine are injured and one was trapped inside a car after two tornadoes touched down there. bill karins will have our full forecast in just a few minutes. >>> emotions are still raw in moore, oklahoma, less than two weeks after a massive ef-5 tornado. crews demolished what was left of the plaza towers elementary school where seven third graders lost her lives because of that storm. >> i look at my daughter's school and i just can't, i can't imagine the babies that were in there and what they went through. >> school officials plan to rebuild plaza towers and another damaged school, brooir briarwood elementary, at an estimated cost of $20 million. some parents aren't sure whether it's a good idea to rebuild on the same land where the seven young students lost their lives. >>> what investigators are calling the dark side of the gun contro

a tornado tearing through tulsa last night.ls and the latest from accuweather coming up. >>> a fast-moving wildfire in southern california now burned 1,000 acres. dozens of homes have been evacuated as the fire came close to high voltage electric transmission lines. that fire has been burning in the angeles national forest. >>> fbi questioning a texas man in connection with a poison letter sent to president obama and new york mayor michael bloomberg. the man's wife reported something suspicious in the refrigerator and noticed computer searches for ricin. >>> a 13-year-old from queens, new york, the champion of the scripps national spelling bee. 8th grader arvind mahankali clinched the victory last night on his fourth trip to the competition. those are some of the top stories on this friday, may 31st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. all right. did you see any of the spelling bee last night? >> unfortunately didn't. you can't stop talking about it. >> turned on the last 15 m

tulsa might have meant a fresh start. but the fighting continued.just a couple of weeks after they had moved into the university club high-rise, josh's bags were packed and he was waiting for a ride. that's when he fell to his death. and now detectives started focusing their attention on that 25th floor apartment. >> i made sure that the upstairs was secure and went and applied for a search warrant so that we could go inside. >> once he entered josh and amber's apartment, felton looked for evidence that maybe there had been a fight that had gone terribly wrong. but he couldn't find anything to suggest the couple had been in the throes of a violent struggle just before the fatal push. >> the furniture was all in place, the -- other than the broken window, there was nothing that would indicate that any kind of struggle had taken place. >> when you think about a pregnant woman, 5'5" pushing her husband who is 6'4" out a window like that, is it surprising that she would be able to do that? >> no, ma'am. if you catch somebody off guard and i mean, a big

i would rather do it by bringing up the have nots. >> reporter: kaiser gives in tulsa because tulsa gaveis parents a fresh start after they fled nazi, germany. his father co-founded kaiser- francis oil company which he took over in 1969. "forbes" magazine estimates his wealth at $10 billion. educare centers are located near public schools, something jennifer sotelo appreciates. as a teenage mother she had to drop out of school but when her son jaden got a spot in educare, she was able to go back right across the street. >> i'm doing this because my child inspires me. he is my motivation to continue pursuing my dream. >> reporter: jennifer is set to graduate next month as her high school valedictorian. how do you talk to other business people to get them on the bandwagon with you? >> we have strong evidence that it works, it pays, and it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: with state funding for pre-k flat or declining in most states, it may take more philanthropists like george case tore fill the gaps outside of oklahoma. >> what's that number? >> reporter: magalie laguerre- wilkinson,

a second larger storm is moving to stillwater and eventually towards tulsa. they're talking reports of hail the size of baseballs with these complex storms. so far, 32 tornadoes have been confirmed as it continues to move to the north and east. and willmpacts kansas eventually make its way towards missouri. that area is under a tornado watch until midnight. for us, a much different situation. the temperature right now is 75 at reagan national airport. we will see our temperatures in the 60's tonight. in a few minutes, we will take a look at the extended outlook. are you ready for temperatures near 90? it is coming. >> two fbi agents are dead, killed during a training exercise off of the virginia coast. the accident happened friday near virginia beach. the agents have been identified. both men were part of the critical incident responds group. they're both based at the quantico marine base. they are investigating what happened. >> it will be days before train service is restored queen -- between new york and boston. investigators are still examining the site o

i'm actually approaching the west side of tulsa.metropolitan area, a potential tornado could be headed there shortly. >> so as you were chasing this, jason, and you, starting with wellston, and we saw what happened there, describe what you were seeing, as were you going through, from wellston to carney? i believe wellston was hit first, right, and then carney? >> i didn't head in that direction. i faded out of that damage path to try to reposition myself, but you could see the destruction. it was moving across, there was debris being thrown up in the air nap was wrapping around the entire circulation. which was very large. i mean it was at least half mile wide, and it could have been larger. it was just, what's the word, embodied environment that was around it. >> and you are out of harm's way now, we certainly hope. because you put yourself in this danger so we can get an idea of what happens with these storms and really for research as well. pts not just the thrill of being a storm chaser. this helps every single time at getting p

and she joins us from outside tulsa in broken arrow, oklahoma.ood morning, ginger. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the reported tornado that shredded this roof and a few others and threw pieces of a gas station way over here and through this field, it was one of 16 reported tornadoes more than 280 severe weather reports. >> there it is! right there, a tornado on the ground. >> reporter: overnight, new images as twisters take aim at tulsa. as people scramble to safety. >> get on the ground! >> reporter: this tornado's winds whipping east of tulsa, just one of 16 tornadoes reported in just 24 hours. >> mom, has it come back this way? >> reporter: five people were injured by storms tearing across arkansas. two men were sent to the hospital after being struck by lightning. >> this is the wall cloud. we've seen it lower right here. we will get going and stay with the storm. in oklahoma, helicopters chasing the storms from above. we were right underneath them. right here on the north side just trying to lower, we are very close, you can hear the torn

jeff, you're in tulsa, i think, north of oklahoma city. tell me what you're seeing there, jeff. >> i tell you what, piers, early this afternoon we had thunderstorms with tornadoes and tornado warnings from just northeast of oklahoma city. we tried -- a couple tornadic storms, we got film of six very small tornadoes, no damage. the storms are producing tornadoes as well. did have a report earlier, about an hour ago, hail 3 1/2 to 4 inches diameter south of oklahoma city. we now have a tornado warning with tornado reported on the ground east of tulsa. if you look at the live feed, got a severe thunderstorm in tulsa metro, with golf ball size hail with a tornado warning in effect for a tornado [ inaudible ] confirmed tornado on the ground. >> jeff, thank you very much indeed. let me go to amy now, who is with me here in new york. when i was walking around earlier, it was unbelievably hot, like in the 90s, yet a few days ago, it was pretty chilly. what is going on with the east coast weather? >> reporter: just four days ago we were talking abo

another tornado ripping through the community of broken arrow near tulsa, today, sending debris flying, creating a dark mess. before that tornadoes touched down elsewhere in oklahoma as well. as in arkansas, leaving nine people hurt while significant, these tornadoes appear to be left dangerous than the ef-5 that hit moore, oklahoma. moore did see some strong winds today, but not enough to cause any new problems. >>> meanwhile, the national weather service says there's quote, considerable damage from the tulsa area twister. you can see some power lines are down, several roofs also left mangled. >>> tonight, mandatory evacuations are in effect as a fast growing wild fire burns to the angeles national forest. power lines and homes are in the danger zone. you can see huge plumes of smoke where billowing earlier as winds sped up to more than 20 miles per hour. crews on the ground as well as in the air spent hours dousing the flames. the fire appears to dwarf the chopper. now this is all happening near santa clarita. the l.a. county sheriff's department helped evacuate green valley. there a

well, mike is with us live now, having reached a point outside of tulsa, oklahoma. mike, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. another active day of storms right here in tornado alley, and multiple tornado touchdowns. we know large tornadoes have touched down in arkansas and brief tornado touchdowns right here in oklahoma. to say the least, these storms have been menacing. some of these storms that we chased formed these wall clouds that reached almost all the way to the ground. the sky has gone midnight black in some instances. large hail, wind and brief funnel clouds with many of these storms, and the threat is still ongoing this evening and likely will go on for at least the next 24 hours. we think we have a risk that extends now from the central plains, including oklahoma city yet again. it's been an ongoing event for two weeks now. this event tomorrow could extend all the way into the upper midwest. that could include the twin cities, minneapolis and maybe all the way to cleveland, ohio. tornadoes likely in many states tomorrow as we wrap up th

minneapolis to kansas city, right on down towards tulsa and oklahoma city. tornadoes are likely. they could be large and long-lived, that means lasting for miles on the ground. and then tomorrow still more severe weather from oklahoma city on up towards chicago. so even more people will be included in those warnings. back to you. >> it's going to be a long night. kelly cass, thanks. remind folks the weather channel is covering this online and on cable. now for the train derail that snarled traffic into the northeast corridor. the ntsb continued its investigation today as tense of thousands of passengers brace for a difficult commute tomorrow. nbc's michelle franzen is in bridgeport, connecticut for us tonight. >> reporter: a new video posted on youtube captures the frantic moments after friday's train collision in bridgeport, connecticut. >> step over this. >> reporter: shocked passengers making their way to safety just moments after impact. nbc news has not authenticated the video. today crews separated more than a dozen rail cars at the collision site and heavily damaged train

a severe weather outbreak possible from oklahoma city, tulsa. springfield, missouri.derstorms heading chicago's way as well. john, diana. >> thank you, andrew. the rest of today's weather. east coast can expect some scattered showers today. nothing like the storm pounding the midwest. the gulf coast, and most of the west are warm and dry. >> west texas, hot, humid. temperatures possibly topping 100 degrees. mid 60s in the northwest. most ly seasonable readings everywhere else. >>> crews in southwest connecticut will be working around the clock to rebuild 2,000 feet of broken track that crippled the busiest rail line in the country. friday evening a commuter train crashed into a train that derailed leaving 72 injured. investigators are focusing on a piece of track with an unusual fracture as the possible cause. that's raising new concerns about the rail system. >> we need a thorough thoughtful evaluation of how our tracks and other key infrastructure in the rail system are working. >> connecticut's governor warns the line will be shut down indefinitely. affecting tens

a bit of damage to. >> the tulsa suburb of broken arrow took a direct hit. a tornado damaged some buildings, but no one was injured. thursday's storms were far weaker than the powerful ef-5 twister that ravaged moor, oklahoma, last week. >> i talked to my wife, and she said the house had been hit. thus far, all we know my next-door neighbors to my parents lost part of their roof, and we lost a couple of windows, got some branches down, and that kind of thing. >> in iowa that made it the wettest spring in history. that's caused worries about the rise of the river. volunteers loaded up sandbags in the eastern part of the state while some homes had to be evacuated. >> i've been out here for about an hour and i plan on staying out until we can't sandbag no more tonight. >> cbs weather consultant david bernard has a look at what's ahead for today. >> look at all the severe weather reports we had in. lots of hail and severe wind reports, those indicated in blue. but a number of tornadoes as well. those were primarily in oklahoma and also in arkansas. so what lies

nobody was hurt tonight in tulsa. that's good news.torms ripped off roofs and here's a peak at the damage. as for the calm before the storm. take a listen. when you hear that siren in oklahoma it means get to shelter, basement, bathroom, tub. the warning sirens went off. a guy shot this video as the twister passed over his house. his family got into the bathtub. i counted up the tornadoes. there have been 360. that's about 40 percent below average for a year through the month of may. >> all right thank you paul. >>> breaking news out of southern california. a wildfire devastated a thousand acres and forced a thousand people out of their homes tonight. normally we'd show you live pictures. news helicopters can't fly because it's too smoky this evening. it's north of los angeles near santa clarita. people in the community of green valley were ordered to evacuate. one structure has all ready burned. these flames were unbelievable. walls of billowing smoke overhead. >> reporter: tonight our cameras captured a fire that burned in the forest

nearly 1,800 people are without power in the tulsa area. >>> in arkansas at least nine are injured and one was trapped inside a car after two tornadoes touched down there. bill karins will have our full forecast in three minutes. >>> turning now to moore, oklahoma where emotions are raw less than two weeks after a massive ef-5 turn tor through that community. crews demolished what was left of the plaza towers elementary school thursday. it's where seven third graders lost their lives during that devastating storm. >> i look at my daughter's school and i just can't, i can't imagine the babies that were in there and what they went through. >> school officials plan to rebuild plaza towers and another damaged school at an estimated cost of $20 million. some parents aren't sure whether it's a good idea to rebuild on the same land where the seven young students lost their lives. >>> it's what investigators are calling the dark side of the gun control debate. a letter addressed to president obama threatening advocates of gun control was intercepted thursday at a washington, d.c. screening cen

the heart of it there right around tulsa.orm front is hundreds of miles long. could interfere with travel today. >> coverage continues with meteorologist andrew baglini at accuweather. good morning, andrew. >> thank you, good morning, john, diana. unfortunately, a destructive weekend. major damage from oklahoma city through wichita, kansas city, des moines, indianapolis. hundreds of reports. damaging wind. large hail. dozens of tornados. unfortunately more on the way here. later in the afternoon and evening hours here for monday. a severe weather outbreak possible from oklahoma city, tulsa. springfield, missouri. strong thunderstorms heading chicago's way as well. john, diana. >> thank you, andrew. the rest of today's weather. east coast can expect some scattered showers today. north like the storm pounding the midwest. the gulf coast, and most of the west are warm and dry. >> west texas, hot, humid. temperatures possibly topping 100 degrees. mid 60s in the midwest. mid 60s in the northwest. most ly seasonable readings everyw

louis into tulsa. the main concern, hail and damaging winds, but tornadoes on the table once again, and widespread flooding likely across the midwest here too. john and diana, back to you. >> okay, thanks, jim. >>> and we turn our attention now to a different kind of storm, the atlantic hurricane season officially begins tomorrow. forecasters are predicting an active season with 13 to 20 named storms. >>> well, new this morning, mitt romney is stepping out six months after losing to president obama. romney tells "the wall street journal" he plans to rejoin the national dialogue next week. he will host a 3-day summit of 200 friends and supporters at a utah resort. romney also says he's planning to campaign for republican candidates in the 2014 midterm elections. >>> the state department is investigating reports that an american woman has died in syria. syrian state tv reported that nicole lynn mansfield, a michigan native, was killed by government troops while fighting with opposition forces. family mem

this program in tulsa goes further serving kids under four. >> apple. >> good job!eporter: it's called cap, community action practical and it targes low-income families. powell, who is working at a wendy's, iseration three of her grandchildren. this is not just a day care center. >> no, this is school. they learn. they learn a lot. >> reporter: that's because in oklahoma, everyone pre-k teacher must have a college degree and training in early childhood education. the kid-to-teicher ratio is it never more than 10-1. a decade-long study of oklahoma prek, found their kid enter indgarthen ahead of kids compared to kids who don't go to pre-k. the cap preschools are funded by a mix of state money plus $15 million ray year from billionaire oil man george kaiser. >> initiallying people were concerned that we were ripping children out of the cradle from their loving parents and putting them into an institution. 88% of them are in daycare already and all we were trying to do was make that daycare construct and i have educational. >> reporter: the program is also designed to b

this time from a tulsa suburb. take a look at this. cell phone camera captured this video of a tornado that sliced across the suburb of broken arrow last night. it was one of five that touched down in oklahoma. violent weather has been raging across the central u.s. for three days now. no one was injured in last night's tornado near tulsa but the storm was powerful enough to take down power lines and rip off roofs. for a look at some of the damage, you can see that. as for the calm before the storm, just listen. [ siren ] >> that's what it sounded like when the sirens went off. a man shot this video of the twister passing over his house. the family huddled in the bathtub to ride out the storm. the sound of the alarms is eerie. >> they have been listening to that for weeks. >>> our weather is terrific. it's going to be h-o-t today and guess where lawrence karnow is. >> what ride is this? >> reporter: yes. we got the lights on, the rides aren't quite running yet at this time of the morning. >> it's going to be a great time at the contra

"tulsa world" says "moore again," referencing the deadly tornado in 1999 in the same place that recorded the strongest winds on record at over 300 miles per hour. same with "the oklahoman" which has "worst than may 3rd," the date of that 1999 storm. the extent of loss of life and damage remains to be determined. here's what we know. the death toll stands at 51. that number is expected to rise significantly. at least 20 of those victims as you saw in that open are children. more than 145 others are hurt. 70 of those are children. the tornado was on the ground for 40 minutes and traveled about 10 miles in a populated area. it is right now being classified as an ef-4 tornado. that's the second most powerful classification with wind speeds from 166 to 200 miles per hour. but that could get upgraded once they get more analysis. we want to go to the scene where chris jansing is standing by live in moore, oklahoma. chris, we have a time issue here. more weather coming in and the recovery effort has to get a lot done before that happens, right? >> reporter: brian, literally seconds ago i got an

tulsa, tornado last night. things fairly quiet for now. but as chad said you have breaks in the clouds. you get the solar radiation heating. that adds more lift, more con x convection to the atmosphere and we can see things explode here. right now the oklahoma city radar looking fairly benign but it'll change and change very quickly, wolf, once that cap in the atmosphere breaks. we could see a lot of rapid fire development with some very intense tornadoes. >> we'll stay in close touch obviously with you as well. thank you. let's go to the phones right now. greg carbon is joining us. he is a warning coordinating meteorologist with noaa's storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma. is that right? >> that's correct, wolf. >> so tell us about these latest threats that are out there. where are they most severe? >> well, i think samantha and chad have summarized the situation quite well. this afternoon we're seeing a very volatile air mass across central oklahoma. very hot conditions. but the cap as samantha just said is suppressing development

tulsa is nearly escaping a large tornado, heavy rainfall right in their area. and today again, that threat sets up the same. we still have the moist air up against the dry air. a little bit of a difference, the jet stream is not lining up perfectly today, but regardless, look at the swath. once again, bull's-eyeing near oklahoma city and moore with the swath today sending even farther to the east. so the great lakes region down through the texas panhandle will be affected. so what are we dealing with once again? here we are looking at temperatures in the east. definitely not as big of a story in the country. it is so hot and humid, what a change from a few days ago. there is a little bit of relief in sight, that's the good news. with the heat wave in the east, not temperatures in the upper 80s and 90s. to the west, look at the difference with the 70s and 60s. the cold air will eventually move in. what does that mean? we'll see a little bit of a chill going to the weekend and thunderstorms to the northeast by the end of the week. so a little bit of good news wit

that's that top after rrrow to west of tulsa. it is moving east. an area of concern. the other storm that is south of oklahoma city, there is still a tornado warning in effect until 4:00 central time. that does not include the town of moore, oklahoma. it also does not include the town of norman, oklahoma, two towns that certainly do not want to be included in a tornado warning by any means. those storms, again, south of oklahoma city have not yet seen a reported confirmed tornado, but there is indication looking at the radar that there could be some rotation. so the spotters are on the ground. they're looking for those clouds to drop and to see the funnel reach the ground making a tornado. that's what they'll be watching for several hours from now through the evening. >> dylan, thank you so much for being with us this hour. we appreciate it. keep awatch on those storms. >>> let's turn now to politics and ted cruz may now claim to have brought hundreds of thousands of dollars to new york state. well, to its republican party. his speech at an annual

but honestly, -- was in tulsa oklahoma. let's go to the maps and talk about what is happening around here today. i think we will mostly see a few showers later on. 67, mild to start us out with today. 66 at dulles. xd six in gaithersburg. 59 in winchester. that is where some of that fog has been developing. mostly here into central parts of maryland. a few showers will be pulling in. he had a weak disturbance pushing in from west virginia in southern virginia. that is going to be triggering a few showers later today. here is that big system across the plains that produced all the tornadoes ripped unfortunately, it is part of an upper-level system that will be a small -- a slow mover. some of the same spot will be hit again today in the nation's midsection. our futurecast shows a couple of spotty showers possible midday and into the afternoon. as we head into the evening and overnight, we will dry out. our forecast lots of morning clouds fog, giving way to mostly cloudy skies and some peaks of sunshine. it will be humid with

pounding rains smothering tulsa, oklahoma. at the rangers and diamondbacks game in arlington, the game was postponed and strong winds made it difficult for the crew as they struggled to cover the field. storms tracking across the northeast too, winds and rain so severe drivers had to pull over and wait out the storm in troy, new york. and just look at the torrential rain in syracuse, dark storm clouds captured by this rooftop camera. >> this is the cover of the oklahoman. eyes on the heartland. let's laser focus on the tornado threat, the enhanced one here in parts of oklahoma from lawton through tulsa and south eastern kansas. severe weather and isolated tornados, damaging wind, even hail could happen as far north as southern minnesota, down through iowa, missouri and as far south as north texas. that is a look at the severe weather. of course i'm going to be back with your nation's weather. for now back to robin. >> ginger thank you very much. still a raw scene there in moore, oklahoma. >> sure is. let's turn to josh. >> one

you're from tulsa. let me begin with you. you're from tulsa. you know tornadoes. anything like this? >> no, this is pretty crazy. we drove past it yesterday, just seeing everything was pretty unreal. being here, it is a different story. >> so here you are, you're just here and thinking you're going to play baseball. and then suddenly this thing hits and it levels so much of where we're standing right now. whose idea was it to help? >> well, actually, we were all sitting around watching everything unfold live on television like everybody was, but we were so close, i think at one point it was four or five miles from us. we were watching it on television and look out the window and television and window and just to make sure it wasn't coming our direction. and as soon as it ended, brady actually texted me and said, coach, is there anything we can do? we tried to round the whole team up and get the bus into moore to just, you know, help, any way we could. they wouldn't let us in. and just watching on tv, you see the funnel cloud and you can't see the bottom hundred fe

there's a great man here in tulsa by the name of ron howell.nd said, dan, i've got a lot. i'd like to donate it to the foundation. on top of that i'm going to put together a group and we're going to build beautiful cottage to be used by the recipients of the foundation. we did a ribbon cutting out there. there were probably 500 patriots out there. it is an opportunity for these families who have gone through so much to build new memories, to bring hope back into their lives. another amazing chapter in the folds of honor and a great demonstration of how people unite around that 1% serving us. >>clayton: major dan, you're going to be joining us all morning long. we're going to be talking with families of the fallen. if you want more information to go to folds of honor.org. i'm on the website. beautiful website. you can donate, become a wing man and help other families. let's see if we can crash the website right now. so many people donate and help out. >>anna: thanks, major dan. >> sounds great. god bless. >>anna: former fighter pilot. he's a bad

>> we worked closely with the national weather service out norman and tulsa. they are a great partner to us and provide a last information. >> gregg: i know you have fixed location systems, do you also have fixed doplar systems on trucks and they are familiar and you can see them? >> guest: that would come from the national weather system not something that comes physically out of our office. >> gregg: how can people keep abreast of what emergency management is telling them? is there a particular radio frequency to tune in to? >> guest: no. no. the best way to do it, really, is to work with local media closely and provide information through local media. we post things online. if you don't have access to tv make a friend nearby, call your family members, be somewhere you can get that information. we always recommend people have access to a weather radio, smartphones are a great tool now, to use. >> heather: kelly, do you find people in your area are becoming complacent with the storms because they occur regularly in your area regularly? do you have a difficult

tulsa will be in there, too. the red area, the cold front. the dry line that's where all of the storms are going to pop up. watch out for that. watch your local abc stations. we'll be storm chasing here. coming up in the next weathercast, i'll be talking about the rainfall. some flooding rains possible. for now, we'll head back into the studio. >> busy 24-48 hours for ginger zee, as she said on in the broadcast yesterday, i don't chase sunshine. >> that's incredible video. of the tornado. as our producer just said in our ears, it was off the hook. technical terms. >>> all right. now, let's turn to ron claiborne for a look at the developing stories making headlines this morning. hey, ron. >> good morning to you, bianna, and dan. and good morning, everyone. an annual parade in virginia celebrating the appalachian trail suddenly turned into a scene of horror on saturday when an out-of-control car plowed into dozens of marchers. abc's tai hernandez has the details. >> reporter: this morning, some 60 people are recovering from their injuries, afte

i live in tulsa. i know how organized the state is. they have their stuff together and they have it organized and i think by morning we'll have a better idea what is going on in the ground there. >> kim fuller, former fema spokesperson, thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> tornado season remains in full swing. we'll talk to a man chasing down the next big one. >>> first, some of the reactions to today's disaster as it happened on our nbc affiliate in oklahoma. all right. we will be back with live coverage of the continuing aftermath of destruction in moore, oklahoma, right after this break. with centurylink as r trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable - secure - agile. and with responsive, dedicated support, we help you shine every day of the week. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 impr

the tulsa world says statewide oklahoma has 77 of these big safe rooms like tushka's scattered around state. community safe rooms. most funded by fema grants and they are incredibly valuable resources for those communities. that tornado in 2011, the one that nearly everybody survived because of those safe rooms, that tornado wiped out tushka's school entirely so the town had to build a whole new school from the ground up. the superintendent of the school district there told us today the very first question the town asked when they realized they needed to build a new school, first question they ask are where are the safe rooms going to go? where are the safe rooms going to go for the next time a big storm happens because we are pretty sure it might happen here. for the rebuilt school this time around they settled on three big safe rooms. one for each wing of the school so the students in any part of the building can get to the shelter with one-minute's notice. each of the rooms can hold 150 people. the three safe rooms double as classrooms so they're not sitting empty all the time. the

tulsa and by the time the storms get to arkansas and southern missouri, we'll watch for widespread wind damage. again, we could have more big strong tornadoes on the ground live on tv later on this afternoon into the evening. that's your national forecast. here's a look at the weather outside your window. so today we're also seeing thunderstorms in other areas even on the eastern seaboard but those shouldn't be too severe. notice how warm the temperatures are. a lot of humidity available and this storm is very slow moving. more storms today. and typically these systems head east as they go. this is painfully slow. areas hit today are the same areas that dodged tornadoes yesterday. >> they thought they were out of the woods when all of a sudden they're back in it. unfortunate. thank you, bill. we do appreciate it. we'll stay on top of that. >>> just ahead, strategy strikes during an fbi training exercise and code orange as a remote alaskan volcano roars to life and a restaurant that puts into its beneficiaridishes what mostt to keep out. we're back in two. >>> good morning. welcome back

more powerful storms meanwhile residents are still picking through the rubble of their homes near tulsa, oklahoma. a big tornado tore through broken arrow destroying a number of houses ripping the roofs off woman soft businesses. a storm chaser caught a massive funnel crowd on camera. it caught residents by surprise. >> i got out of the gym and looked in the side. immediately called my wife. >>> forecasters say flood willing be a concern. >>> can you say winner? the 13-year-old new spelling bee champion and his word. >>> it will really take my mind off a lot about what was going on. >> easing the pain for breast cancer patients. the social support factors that doctors consider when treating that disease. >>> i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow high pressure sends those temperatures way up today. we're in the middle of a heat we've. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a live look at the big board >>> stocks move between small gains and losses on the months. final day of trading. we're down 82 points. stock index started the day lower after the government reported that americans cut back on their spending. >>

the state of oklahoma had five alone touch down including one that sliced through the tulsa suburb ofken arrow. nobody was hurt. that happened overnight. we are now getting our first pictures of the damage in broke arrow. live aerials from the area, roofs of homes have been destroyed. you can see where it sliced through. we are also seeing cars and rvs tossed around. a lot of folks waking up this morning getting their first look at the damage once again in oklahoma. >>> back here an astronomer says get your telescopes ready. an asteroid is about to go by earth. if you have a decent telescope you should see it in the next few nights. the mile and a half long asteroid named 1998-qe 2 will be more than 3 million miles away but should be visible with a telescope that has a 4 to 6" mirror. the chabot observatory in the east bay will be tracking it. >> 1998-qe 2. >> it's a long name. >> just rolls off the tongue, huh? >>> it is a mixed bag of news this morning regarding our nation's economy. live from new york, it's ashley morrison of cbsmoneywatch.com. with more on a friday. good morning.

the storms are producing large hail and right now, tulsa is on high alert despite heavy damage, there is no word of any injuries. >> and roberta joins us now. you are tracking the storms? >> yes. we started tracking them yesterday. severe outbreak. we have a lot of graduation parties going on outside and weddings and at this time when we are reporting no injuries it is because people are taking h eed of the warning. trying to detect the super cells touching down. let's take a look at the radar. you can see right there, some of the warnings are issued. you see, while we have the super storm there, we have another one in development right now outside of oklahoma. kansas city, effecting millions of people all of the way into missouri as well and possibly even iowa. now, transferring back to the west coast. it is like with our kpix weather camera. a chop on the bay. the breeze is increasing as well. 65 degrees at this hour in san francisco. 84 degrees in santa rose a. much warmer today than yesterday. but, not as warm as it will be on monday. this is our camera looking out towards the exp

again, it's cherokee county northwest of tulsa. we have had numerous tornadoes, preliminary count is about 12. but if you go back to monday, we've had 14 on monday, we had 29 on tuesday, 26 on wednesday, and again tonight, and of course, the week hasn't even come to an end, as chad mentioned. we will be watching this. >> chad, has the number and strength of tornadoes we've seen lately, has it been more intense than other years, other tornado seasons? >> reporter: we just got a very late start, anderson, because up to about two weeks ago, we had 250 tornadoes on the ground. in a time period or spring that we should have had 500 tornadoes on the ground already. so that was the tornado drought that we call it, because it was a very cool spring. you remember what it was like three weeks ago in new york. it felt like it was never going to warm up. finally it did. when that warmup occurred, the moisture came in from the gulf of mexico, the cold and the dry air comes in from the west from the mountains and also from canada and all of a su

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. >> incredible video of a tornado that sliced across the tulsa suburb. >> from across the bay to aroundorld, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> good morning, it's friday, may 31. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 6:30. breaking news we have been following it all morning long. an overnight accident has damaged nearly 400 feet of bart track in the transbay tube. they are down to a single- tracking now and we have team coverage on this. elizabeth wenger is in the traffic center with alternate routes. but first, let's get the very latest on the backup from kpix 5 reporter anne makovec. >> reporter: bart is only able to run about half of the trains it normally does right now between san francisco and oakland. this is because of this accident overnight in the transbay tube. it happened at about 2 a.m. two maintenance vehicles collided overnight. there was damage to the third rail in four places. and as you mentioned about 400 feet

begs is a suburbs in southwestern tulsa. it's going to head from creek county and then southern tulsa county and then one more this storm down here to the south which is in love county and jefferson county trying to head in to carter county for you folks in ardmore. you can clearly see the little notch there and hook. that came out of the corner and it's heading for ardmore and we would want to express to you that these are organized super cells down here, very, very large. we want to give you a head's up in lone grove with the conditions that are over us, obviously a lot of destruction is certainly possible with these storms. you need to pay attention very carefully and go to your safe spot because this storm is -- >> we are watching live coverage there in moore, oklahoma, our affiliate of kfor, plaza towers where students have taken refuge in the hallways. they were able to confirm that the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students were taken to a local church. the biggest concern is for the k through 3. sobbing parents have