the book i talked about earlier was called we are one, the battle of volusia. when we were at pointe du hoc on those windswept beaches on that peninsula it was a magical moment. i was with the people live off within volusia, we went back in time to world war ii. let me take you back in time ted june 6, 1944. six:00 a.m. force a, most of the second ranger battalion, d, e and f company, the most important objective of d-day, pointe du hoc, pointe du hoc had six done that could reach omaha and utah beach as well as the naval ships that were out in the english channel. everything was done to neutralize guns in pointe du hoc. there were a thousand men, rangers assigned to that objective, they also send nearly a dozen aerial bombardment missions, a thousand bombers, hundred tons of ordnance was dropped on pointe du hoc. places turned to the surface of the moon, but as the book i am going to talk about today, "dog company," two men accomplished the mention of 1,000 men and 1,000 bombers, an incredible story. at 6:00 a.m. landing craft from force a were headed towards

according to our friends, there was damage to at least 40 homes in volusia, county, and it knocked out power lines and homes were damaged. warnings given to various communities. and here's another one from smds the inside the car from the youtube channel. and the guy's driving along, shooting out the window, gets up close and personal with a funnel cloud just on the right side of this highway here. >> this seems odds. seems really late in the season to have funnel clouds. you usually think of the springtime and maybe early summer. you don't think of december funnel clouds. >> oh, my god, it is. holy cow! >>> at a drive-thru you just want your food or coffee or whatever it is you're after. you don't want some guy to jump in and carjack you like happened to this customer here. the surveillance camera caught a man jumping into the passenger's side of this man's truck. >> did he have a weapon? >> turns out that guy had just rob add nearby bank, and he threatened that there were bombs. so i'm sure he used different threats to get this guy to drive away. >> that's wild. if you look at the dr

disturbing to say the least this chart takes a look at the percentage of birth defects for patients at volusia general hospital between one thousand nine hundred one and two thousand and ten as you can see birth defects skyrocketed between two thousand and four and two thousand and six it was in april of two thousand and four the u.s. marines first bombarded the city and as time goes on the number of babies being born with congenital defects continues to rise significantly and according to the study between two thousand and seven and two thousand and ten nearly sixty percent of all babies recorded had birth defects and it looks like there is a link between the time military assault began and the number of babies that are miscarried at during this time that the number of miscarriage miscarriages rises drastically forty five percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage and the scientists also todd harris ambles from children with birth defects and fifty six flu shot families and what they found is that the toxic chemicals of mercury and lead were found to be five times higher in these children and

this one in volusia county, florida. two others in louisiana and alabama. reports as many as a dozen total. most of the south saw bad weather from rain to heavy winds. alexandra steele tracking weather for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you. 13 reports of tornadoes thus far. over 47 damage reports and you can see here, this was the line of a storm that moved through with the arctic front. the warm, moist air ahead of it. colder drier air behind it, and these are showing where you the tornado reports were. we have had two confirmed thus far, though. let me take you, and show you where one was. in baker, louisiana, an ef-1 tornado. winds, 90 miles per hour. roofs off homes, even commercial buildings for some of you. car wash destroyed. widespread damage to trees and power lines, but also again, tornadoes reported from louisiana, mississippi, east of florida. to volusia county, where this funnel cloud, which john showed you earlier, reported. and you can see, inskredible pictures from florida as well. but how uncommon to see this kin of thin

the twister broke out late yesterday afternoon in volusia county. at least 30-homes were damaged.nder their bathtubs to sheild themselves from the storm described the tornado moving through in less than a minute. despite the significant damage. no deaths or significant injuries have been reported. >>jacqueline: to rainfall is on the way with showers. but this body. behind the storm we're going to see -- spotty = = temperatures in the 30's. and only getting into the mid '50s. for the next several days. as we take a look at the satellite & radar the increasing clouds for the afternoon. the rain is still to the north but it is getting closer. it will press in with moisture associated. spotty showers patterns with it behind the main band of rainfall that we will see tomorrow. here is elected futurecast. some showers north of the golden gate here is a look at futurecast. 1:00 here petaluma, and also the san mateo coast. near south of the golden gate, spotty showers continue by 10:00 p.m. and we could see lingering showers for the afternoon but they will be spotty, at best. no way to pi

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the storm hit volusia county around dinnertime yesterday as tornado warnings popped up over the statered to be a tornado touchdown for 30 seconds, ripped off roofs and smashed windows. >> could be more severe weather in central florida with wind gusts of 70 miles per hour. upstate new york and new england will start the day with rain, snow mix and seattle will see rain. >> temperatures in the upper midwest are rebounding from that extreme cold. minneapolis is warmer than usual at 36. denver is going to be near 60 after a weekend in the 20s. honolulu and miami are the only 80s on our map. the only 80s. >> sounds nice. >>> it's been a rough basketball season so far for the men of appalachian state university. they've won one game, lost seven. >> they beat michigan back in 2007, a game that will go down in infamy. so they have that. which is nice. but this might be the low point in sunday's loss to western carolina. look at what's being called the worst free throw ever. was that tipped? >> a little short there. look at that again. there it goes. wait for it, wait for it again. now, to hi