it's just unreal. very unreal. luckily we're all here and alive. >> also unreal, richard jones, there are so many people i spoke to on this street had smile on their faces as they dug through their homes. the reason they all survived, their families are all okay and there's a sense of relief amongst all of them that they somehow managed to pull through this. they know the future will be tough but they'll get there eventually. as we've been saying, relief efforts in full force. and the city here is requesting financial donations from people who want to help this town rebuild. there have been requests for flashlights, batteries, even tetanus shots. pamela brown joins you right now. she's been covering this inside the muck and debris for the last two days. nice to see you, pamela. >> good to see you too, john. i've been talking to survivors like you have. it's amazing to see the resilience, the resolve. people have smile on their faces in the midst of all of this. and we talked to one woman who just had a newborn baby

it was unreal. the fireballs were huge.ey didn't make much sound but they were hot, and you could really feel the heat. >> the eruptions put firefighters in serious danger. >> we were operating an aerial ladder at that time so my first concern was to make sure those guys on the ladder were okay. the chief did that. he confirmed that they were safe. >> the fireballs are the result of the chemical canisters melting and the flammable liquid inside exploding. >> the methanol-based product is what provided the entertainment. >> after working into the night to bring the blaze under control, chief fred burrows begins an on-scene interview with andrew about the fire. >> we had portions of the building collapse -- >> the chief thinks the explosions have stopped but right in the middle of the interview, the fire unleashes its biggest blast of the night. >> any injuries or -- >> not at this time. that was a bit warm. >> honestly, i thought we had pretty much ran out of material to burn at that point but apparently there was a couple w

it was unreal. very unreal. >> reporter: how long did it last?nds, and it felt like wherever. >> when you came out, what did you think about what you saw? >> i don't know how we lived. i mean, you can go outside and see the destruction, just unreal. very unreal. luckily we're all here and alive. >> reporter: richard jones, surrounded by his family. we met a lot of families on the street, chris, over the last day. so interesting, they were smiling and it really struck me that these people could still find some joy in just being together. despite everything that's happened here. >> the faith and perspective helping so many people. somebody who had to live this as a leader in a community, lieutenant governor todd lamb. yesterday morning, getting ready to see what was out there, and how people were doing in the community. what hit you? >> the pure devastation and the horrific scenes. we were together yesterday morning, about 5:50 in the morning, 6:00 a.m., still just seeing images on television, i was at the emergency operations center all evening th

i find that is a lot less true in -- i think this is the capital of that unreality, frankly.the people who may be attracted to universities in the d.c. area are people who want to work within the beltway and who have to adapt themselves to some extent the views which are not entirely in my view in accordance with reality about a variety of things. at the middle east is at the top of that unreality list so that maybe the reason. i do know. i find american academia has changed on some of these issues for the better. >> my name is bruce and i was the diplomatic correspondent for "newsweek" throughout the whole beginning of this and for "time" magazine after this. >> i remember your byline. >> i was president of the creation. i went, that was a impressive presentation. you happen to agree with me all the time. [laughter] but aside from that i have 42 questions which have reduced to one tactical question. what did you think of obama's pressuring abbas to drop the precondition on settlements when he was there? the palestinians have nothing else to negotiate. so he takes that out of

. >> it's unreal how somebody at 12 years old can have a mind- set to do something like that. >> what school officials say is the one and only sign of suspicious behavior by the brother of leila fowler. >> people have to be held accountable and it has to be fixed. >> was the irs caught playing politics? the president weighs. who may have the last word. >> i wanted to breast feed. i knew it was the best thing for him. >> how using a little infant formula can actually help with breast feeding. you kids should count yourselves lucky. we didn't have u-verse back in my day. you couldn't just... guys... there you are. you know you couldn't just pause a show in one room, then... where was i... you couldn't pause a show in one room then start playing it in another. and...i'm talking to myself... [ male announcer ] call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles. [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when they're smoked. [ rat squeaking ] they're dangerous long after. cigarette butts are toxic. they release chemicals that poison ou

it's really almost unreal. it's hard to grasp what is going on then you immediately go into a rescue effort and trying to pull people out of piles ch debr debris. >> i have two friends who went to moore high school there. they talked about surviving these storms. you mentioned the area had been hit before 99 being one of the times. were you there when any of the other tornadoes went through? how can you compare the devastation you are seeing today and last night to those storms? 1999, that was an ef-5. >> correct. the difference between that storm and this storm this effects a lot more of our city. it started on the west city limits of the city went through the entire city and never lifted. if you take the city of moore, you take the center 2 and a half miles wide and scrape it clean is pretty much what it did. i haven't seen a tornado the distance between th-- differenc between this and 99 it was a slow moving tornado it looks like it almost stopped and set on our city for 10-15 minutes. that's what did so muc

. >> unreal. staples in her knee and almost lost her here. >>> we want to remind you, you can get the latest information, pictures and videos of the tornadoes on our website. go to www.abc2news.com. >>> now, a weekend stabbing at u nbc. police are saying a fight in a dorm led to a student being stabbed. it happened around 6:00 inside of erickson hall. they arrested cody kradz on- campus. he was a student this spring, but withdrawn a few weeks prior. >>> baltimore city police wanted to know what held to two teens being shot in washington village saturday morning. police arriveed to find the boy with gunshot wounds, one 16 the other 17-year-old. one victim was shot in the head and the other in the leg and face. both were taken to the hospital, they are in stable condition. >>> a man is behind bars this morning accused of starting an apartment on fire. spanler is in jail. firefighters are saying a woman came home to find her home full of smoke. spanler and the woman got into an argument. >>> 44 balti

>> unreal!ngry ostrich decides it's ready for a snack. >> they stole the entire cup of treats. >> see the sofa... desk... you know what? why don't you go get some i got this.rt. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. sofa... desk... you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. >>> for his next stunt, he will do tricks on the pummel bourd. >> looks like a gymnast. wait a second. there's another guy. >> you are seeing two people as part of this performance. first person who looks like the gymnast. >> yeah. >> the second person playing the legs. >> you know, here's -- okay, if you look far away, it looks real. it looks very real. >> they have the whole routine down. the legs, the arms, the whole thing. >> it's impressive. you have two people. you have to know when to move your arms. >> this is from a t

>> well, once again, republicans are taking a real problem and attaching unreal political motives to> okay, but i wanna know. what is this about? you're a man but your name is dana. >> well, al. but there's lots of men named dana. >> well, i don't trust it. >> you know what, i'm going to call you dan a. now dan a., obama, he said he's going to get to the bottom of this irs mess, but republicans won't take yes for an answer. you know what? let's take a look at jimmy fallon show and take a look at a clip featuring senator mcconnell. >> friday night we had sushi on the lawn.

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. >> it's totally unreal to me that -- you know, that i wake up and get a knock on the door and see my nephew lying face down in the grass. you know, it's just unreal. >> reporter: last night there was a family gathering at the aunt's home to celebrate tiara ruffin pratt signing with the washington mystics. there were a lot of people there, including julian dawkins. that family gathering broke up around 9:00. it's unclear as to what julian dawkins did after that. but they say sometime later, here at a place they call rock park, he got into a confrontation with that off-duty sheriff's deputy. words exchanged. a neighbor witnessed it. she asked not to be identified. >> the man ran down the street yelling i'll be back, you best believe i'll be back. and then maybe about three, four minutes later, the next thing you know i heard one pop and i rush outside. and i seen the young man laying in the people's yard. >> reporter: people continue to gather here in lynhaven section of alexandria to pay their respect to julian dawkins. in the meantime, that sheriff's deputy has been placed on adminis

. >> unreal how somebody at 12 years old can have a mind set to do something like that. >> the boy was a 7th grader in valley springs. there are grief counselors and therapy dogs on campus today to help classmates deal with the news. >> our job today is make sure we do the best we can. >> superintendent says after the stabbing, the brother only came back to class one day. and electronic sign outside the middle school says our thoughts and prayers are with the fowler family. leila had siblings here. >> that carries a different twist in the tragedy. going to impact students at a much greater level. >> penny's daughter was friends with the suspect and his girlfriend. she says those in their close circle of friends are in denial. >> they were texting each other back and forth stating that her friends he didn't do it. he was set up. no. >> the past two weeks have been emotionally draining. locking doors waiting for an arrest. this latest development brings mixed emotions. a sense of relief and a great deal of sadness. >> he's so young. so young just to do something like that. what was going

. >> they are kind of unreal at that age. >>> time for a look ahead.sident obama travels to mexico. issues will be immigration and trade. >>> country singer george jones will be laid to rest today. the public funeral for jones who died last week at the age of 81 will be held at grand ole opry. in nashville. former first lady laura bush will speak there along with country stars barbara mandrel and kenny chesney. he was one of the good ones. >>> here's what's coming up later today on the "today" show. a brand-new clue in the search for the multimillion-dollar treasure chest. an exclusive look inside jfk's newly resort yacht. >> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm richard lui along with bill karins. thanks for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day on your nbc station. have a great thursday. >>> happeningxd right now, night trying to get the upper hand on a fast-moving fire east of lost( angeles. the so-called summit fire has burned almost w33,000 acres andt thi/ hour is just 35% qcontaine.

>> well, once again, republicans are taking a real problem and attaching unreal political motives to. what is this about? you're a man but your name is dana. >> well, al. but there's lo

. >> unreal. >> kind of cool. >>> a skier hits the slopes no-holds-barred. >> the ending is the best part of this. >> the final stunt he pulls sounds the sirens. >> whoa! >>> and trick on a plane. >> why can't i ever sit next to a guy like this? >> >>> as far as wild and crazy ski runs go, this one definitely top of the mountain. >> this is from the quick silver youtube channel. he is a french pro skier and his buddy is out there. he has the red pants on. our camera is attached and while they get started they go all over the place. watch this. even weaving between people on the bunny slope cliff. super dangerous, treating the people like they're the slalom poles and continue to fly down the mountain. crazy speeds. going over jumps i don't know if they are jumps or just hills. watch this. guy just does a helicopter spin in the air and he has performed in the x games. this looks like an x games type run. >> is this intentional? it almost feels like i am watching someone that doesn't know how to ski and is out of control going down the hill. >> the speeds look like they're out of contro

i mean, this is unreal. and nothing gets done. so as a result we have pass ups it's happened to me many times where i motion to the drivers and finally they open up the rear doors to let them on i mean i'm not a paid m u.n. i employee but i'm so frustrated i need your help. you have got to lead the way. so please get the signs on. a new design i saw going up on market street downtown where i live i called up i said is there going to be seating for the disabled and the seniors? no. why not? because the platform is too narrow. well, i could totally put seating in there within that shelter even the old shelter could accommodate that so come on. i can figure it out and you guys can't come up with something. if you are spending all that money on new shelters get some seating and even if you have to put one seat on the end of the shelter where the railing is you can do that. but we need it terribly soon. thank you. >> thank you. next? >> joanne, abe rna thy. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon every one i live in the bay view district

i just remodeled a place it's unreal. >> reporter: from clients to owners and dozens of their employees. >> our busiest months are the summer months. the clients are getting their nails done and their hair done and their feet done you know. this is the season when we make most of the money. >> reporter: the contra costa fire captain on scene says because the fire likely started in the attic and the roof collapsed, it'll be very difficult to point to the specific cause. there were no injuries. the building will be demolished on monday. lorraine blanco, ktvu. >>> los angeles county firefighters are getting a handle on a fire burning near the magic mountain theme park. the amusement park shut down one ride to help the fire department get better access to the area. tonight the fire is 85% contained. crews will remain on the scene all night watching for hot spots. >>> fire crews are getting a break from the weather as they battle a raging wildfire northwest of santa barbara tonight. the so called white fire has grown to 270 acres since yesterday afternoon. thousands of people were evacuated

it was absolutely unreal. and there was no place in it for other people. i had a feeling of impunity of my own significance and superiority to absolutely anyone including people nature in society anything. but my environment at the time of the certainly has something to do with it i was julie pretty naive at that age. somebody suggested to me once you're such a genius so why don't you try making drugs. and so i synthesize and fed it means at age fourteen. it was just a matter of knowledge skill and practice i could produce practically any substance and almost no touch with reality in capsulated within a world of my own people meant nothing to me there was just a sense of me. and so it happened that i committed four murders. three of those cases were just junkies. i gave them a lethal injection while they thought that they were getting high. but the fourth one was violent i stab someone. that's how high i was already i mean i thought i was high but in reality i was going down sinking into the abyss i was immersed in madness. and that was a scary scary state

it is unreal. >> there are constant reports out of saudi arabia that many women feel their freedom is not being given to them. what do you think your achievement will do for them? hope it will inspire saudi men to get out of their comfort zone, to dream beyond what is expected of them or the restrictions. i hope it would help them to think beyond being a saudi female and what is expected of you. >> electronic cigarettes are increasingly popular in france. are they the answer to stopping people from lighting up? we have this report from paris. >> smoking is still popular in france despite the will know health risks. like elsewhere in europe, there are fewer places where you are allowed to light up. that is why the idea of electronic cigarettes is catching on fast. cheaper,marketed as a safer alternative to the real thing. it is estimated at least half a million french people are now using them. want toe come here and stop smoking. they have tried with other methods that have not worked or not had enoughe courage to try to stop. they want to be able to smoke inside. they want to lower t

it seems unreal. it does. >> it does seem unreal, chris. and that is the big question that everyone has on their mind. how could these women be hidden relatively in plain sight under the noses of the people looking for them? that is what investigators want to answer. we can tell you during the time these women were missing, police did respond, were called to the home twice, but the calls were not related. one was even the homeowner calling to report a fight on the street. the other was a question to deal with his job. he was a school bus driver. accidentally left one of the kids on the bus. neither of these calls police say they received were in any way related to the disappearance of these three women. >> are the houses -- the house we're talking about like the houses behind you? i mean, i grew up in a neighborhood that looks like that. row houses. are they that close together? this house to other houses? >> they are close together. close enough that you easily could throw a stone and hit your neighbor's home. this is not a remote area. th

so just something catastrophic and really rare and very unreal to see. >> unreal for the people who went1999 as well, to be hit again on a similar path is just unc anny and awful. thank you for being with us today. bill: there is a gentleman who writes for a oklahoma newspaper in oklahoma city. this is what he filed last night. at one point early in the night about 50 workers formed a line and passed rubble down from the school building that had become a twisted heap of bricks, blocks and iron. the smell of gas was thick in the air. later rescue dogs arrived and began sniffing through the debris, then the sound of jackhammers could be heard atop the rubble. near the school sandra knight and her husband dug for two hours in the rubble of their ruined house and found their four-year-old dog clara alive. everyone nearby cheered. hop pat casey survived the tornado, her house is damaged and not liveable, she is with us now. neighbor's homes across the street are to demolished. how are you doing today, and good morning, there. >> i'm doing pretty well, thank you. >> what did you experience, pa

. >> it's unreal how somebody at 12 years old could have a mind set. what was going through his mind? >> investigators will not say what lead to the arrest, but they do say that they have collected a substantial amount of evidence in the house including dna. >>> search teams are trying to find a 9-year-old autistic girl from san francisco who disappeared from a vacation home. her father reported her missing in clear lake yesterday. she is four-feet tall, 70 pounds, and has blue eyes and brown hair. she is unable to speak and has a mental capacity of a 1-year- old. the family says she is attracted to water, so they have been searching nearby water ways byair and on the ground, but so far no sign of her. >>> some people call it street art, others an eyesore. the city of san jose says enough is enough as they started covering up a notorious long standing patch of graffiti on the rail bridge over highway 101. and it is just one of the areas that the city is targeting. kpix 5 shows us what the city hopes will deter the taggers from coming back, kip? >> repo

. >> dole called the gridlock in congress unreal, but was also critical of president obama saying he's very articulate but lacks communication skills with members of both parties. president obama speaking of him yesterday traveling to arlington national cemetery where he thanked members of the armed forces for their service. the president laid a breathe at the tomb of the unknowns. using his remarks to highlight the sacrifices u.s. troops have made in afghanistan. >> that's why on this day we remember our sacred obligation for those who laid down our lives so we could live ours, to finish the job by keeping our promise to those who wear america's uniform to give our troops the resources they need to keep faith with our veterans and their families now and always. it's never stopped searching for those who have gone missing or who are held as prisoners of war. but on a more basic level, every american can do something simpler. as we go about our daily lives, we must remember that our countrymen are still serving, still fighting, still putting their lives on the line for all of us. >> mea

>> unreal. they're running out of digits. john, thank you. >>> we move on now and this evening we're hearing what it was like for passengers on board that plane making an emergency landing on its belly, no landing gear. you can see the pilot bringing the plane down, the sparks as it hits ground, the flashing lights, the waiting fire trucks. that plane spent much of the day sitting right there on the tarmac as investigators explore what happened. and they applaud the pilot for getting that plane down safely. lisa stark on the drama as it unfolded. >> reporter: dramatic emergency landing at 1:00 in the morning at newark national airport, the turbo prop on its belly and sparks flying as the metal scraped the runway. >> the worst was the skidding because you heard everything and felt the skidding. >> reporter: when the flight came to a stop fire crews immediately explained the plane and runway with foam to ensure there was no fire seen here in photos obtained by abc news. 31 passengers on board and three crew, everyone got off sa

bigger seems seems unreal and i think deep inside people start to realize this so. expecting expecting to get a green light for more debt and more deficit from the other european countries will be will be a very tough one to to again for sure really good to talk to you thanks so much for your time live here not. joining us live there from brussels for having me thank you. well on our website for you at the moment a vintage show in madrid in this video shows. the ground in front. of spectators. of secret cash. to. raise questions. about. these are the images. the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the urals killing. has been found nearly a year after it went missing and search teams had. success but it turned out they didn't need to look far afield it was in the swamp just a few kilometers from the airport with more. it was a disaster that looked like it would never be solved this was the devastating scene three men stumbled across this week in the russian urals the remains of a plane that had gone missing nearly a year ago with the loss of thirteen lives normally t

it was unreal. >> reporter: but despite the death toll in granbury, officials credit the early warning system here with saving lives. >> i knew this was going to be one of the worst i've ever seen, and it was. >> reporter: now a massive effort is under way to find those still missing, reunite families. >> it was bad. it was the scariest thing i've ever been in. >> reporter: and clean up the debris. as for the missing, authorities are hopeful that they're not trapped in the rubble but maybe simply haven't told officials exactly where they are. still, emergency responders plan to keep searching, brian. >> gabe gutierrez starting us off from granbury, texas, tonight. gabe, thanks. let's go to weather channel meteorologist mike seidel, also part of our team there. mike, this was a long wind-up. a 26-minute siren blast will get your attention. the problem is, so many structures are no match for an f-4. >> reporter: that's true. and you know, it's been a long time coming. we've had a very quiet spring. this is peak of tornado season, brian. but so far, since march 1st, we've only had 22% of