nbc's tracie potts is in waington with thosenumbers. od morning, tracie. what dohe numbers show sinus >> a clinton win if the race were hd today. take a look at our pol this morning. clton would win by ten points, 44%-34% over new jersey governor chris christie. when you break those numbers down and look at particula demographics, she wins among african-americans, amo latinos, she wins among youth also. christieins white voters, and he also wins wealthier voters. anwe also saw a big dference in their geographical support. ile christie's strong inhe northeast, not so much across the country. clinton wins in all geographic areas. no this also has some intereing information abou what's happening inside the gop. christie's got about one-third of his party, one-thd say they'd look at anoer republic. about one-third s they're undecided. so a fractured republican party. t, of course, betty, we've still got three years before this eltion. >> still, though, interesting number, no doubt. tracie, thank you so much. >>> now to some new documents revealing securityarni

you can see the devastationthat took place not only in waington, illinois,s that tornado just ripped throug those neighborhoods, but also in other locions like this across illino, indiana,nd a the way throug kentucky. so this going to be a very slow process for the folks acrosshe nation's heartland. you can see theornado in shington tops wind speeds of 200 miles per ho. mother nature definitely let her wrath be felt across the nation midsection. looking at a f clouds across the bay area right now. in fact, in san francisco, mostly cloudy skies and we've noticed this marine layer. you can see how tall i stands off the coast. at is our fog. th's going to be moving through as we head wards the next couple of hours. then t rain arrives tonight. temperates today, pick out your microclimate zone and the closest ci to your neighborhood. even in the north bay, we're talkg about low to mid-60s for i want to take you ahead to 11:00 tonight. as you prepare for tomorr, the morning rush hour expecd to be ick. even hvier rain moves in tomorrow evening. this'll be our main story through the next 24

the one switching gears here, in waington, the eonomic recovery being cut at the pass. it did not happen despite all of the doom and gloom. more indicatns of really good and and it used to drive the lateral government to a standstill. the way that they ha a disastrous amount of sequestration steps. >> no matter wha. >> clearly the early read on both and is is that they do not do the harm that was feared. >> i hope that is right. is that i like it as a joke, but there's now group of people saying that maybe the shutdown was good for the economy. >> they got more data between august and september, the mbers were very solid. and if that contues, i think that what that would be a very good sign that the economy will recover. >> so so much for shutdown, what you say? >> well, you know, the impact, these numbers hold, these impacts will not be as negative as what people anticipate. we have a major bed of this going here. then they say that that happen despite obama's. neil: i do want to get into that, get inside your head to understand what is inside at is gng on. where is th

. >> in waington, linois, a few hours westf chicago, whole sections of the city were flattened. e strong winds barrelled io apeoria,ilnois, news stati during life broadcast. >> we may need to take shelter right now ourselves. . >> yes, we do. >> we need to go o air. we will be backhen we can. >> right. >> heavy rain and strght line friends damage in missouri. >> there's a whole lot to think about. it you've got to g where you can t dry. >> pictures showed a devastating effect in a matter of minutes. giving people little visual coirmation of the thre before it struck. steve bucher of washgton, illinois, was eating lunch when it h his street. >> witn less than a minute, everythingtarted collapsing inside the house. crking and the next thi we know, it's light i sidehe house. tho are ourwo vehicles sitting across in the over ere. it was in your garage and now 's 100 yards away? >> you can't believe it. you sit rig in the middle of it, you still n't believe it. west virginia and tennesseere a, bracing for the next rnd. >> monty? >> gooevenin most of e delays have beenn a risi and not

waington, illinois was one of the hardest hit. bites 16,000. 0 miles southwest of chicago. and notuch of washington i left, dozens of mes, businesses wiped out. this video youe seeing here is shot by a local man hiding in his basement. you see the tornado. and as you are about to hear, the man is praying f his life. >> give us this day our daily brd and forgive us our trespass as we forgive thoseho lead us not intotemptation. it's hard to hear. he goes on to pray the hail mary. in allite tornados were repord bumore thak 30 to 4 actually touchedown across the dozen states from michigan to western w york. right now fema crewsre onhe grnd surveng the damag this the goverr of illinois has deared seven counties state disaster areas which of course will help reliefnd aid g to the areasquicker. quinn is gng to hold a press iefing to give the latest esmates on damage and then at 11:00 this morning.asngton cong up in my next report, 5:45, we're going to hea from nbc corresponnt jay gr, he is on the ground in washiton so we'll see the damage first-hand. and then il get t latest on lo

in waington, the bay area's jane yeln will face a senate committee as part of her nomition toead theederal reserve. an ear look at her prepared statement shows she is concern the economy is not rovering quickly enough, and is less concerned abt inflation. we're goi to talk a lot more about at that mns later in in the meantime let's get a look ahead to the markets. good morning. is live at cnbc futures higher afterhe dow and s&p 500 hit record hhs dnesday again mostf the gains did come in the final hr of trading. we'll g data on new unemplment filings, trade and costs.d worker productivity walmart reporting earnings before the bel disappointing wall strt on a number o commentary about the upcoming holiday a little more cautious. the dow rising 71 to 15,822, e at's where things ope up. >> i know you are a busywoman. i want toold you f a second and then let you g i saw a piece of videohere you get engaged. right? congratulationsn that. >> yes. >> you want to -- >> thank you verymuch. yes, basically, ts is a piece that actlly never aired uil toy. it wasn't live, it wasn't necessarily meant to

now, in my last report, i mentioned the "uss george waington" was delayed as it makes it way toward the officials weren'taying why the delay. we nownow it is because of more b weather in the reege region. another toh situation to deal with there. i'llalk more about the relief effort coming3w- up in my next report about 6:. jon and laura? >> thank you very much. >> s difficult to wat that. >> isn'tit, though? all the ctures. theyeed so much help. in the meanti, in san jose, vigil held for the vtims of typhoon hi yyan. people will gather to talk about how their filies have been impacted a how to he. for more detls on how you can help as well athe very latest details from overseas, visit our websit andearch haiyan. it is reall tough. they need to get some hp radly to those people. >> always inspiring when you see tragedies like this bring people together and step up to help out in so many ways possible. >>>:07. christa loren is back to tell us about our wednesday forecast. how are we looking out there? >>ooking pretty good to srt the day. good morning, j and laura. good morning to you at h

the sam issue is playi out on the in the stageff the waington redskins football team.e were always very proud to use the mascot as our arab and we have changed it two other tis jo times. >> we do respect the history of the area. we do respect the ties t the regi. >> reporter: no decision was reached st night but compromise seems to be in e air. >> the facthat the name has been taken off the table, we g keep the name. eryone kind of agre, though, th the mascot may need a facelift. >> reporter: any changes could be deced as soon as a news conference on tuesdaynd when officials plan t meet ain. interesting to see what they end up wh. craig,thanks. >>> to toronto's embattled mayor who continues to lose support from h coeagues. theity council voted totrip him of some o his powers but the mayor sd he is not going a anywhere >> reporter: this is a small taste of the ccus in toron these days. >> talk tyou in a bit. >> reporter: doug ford battles just to get tohe office. it not easy being the brother mayor rob ford. but do's support for his brother, along with e belief that he

the tornado that devastated waington, illinois, hawinds up to 190 miles per ur. aneven though it destred pretty mh everything behind me the spirit and tenacity of people all acrosthe midwest is still iact. >> i liv here for at least five to ten years. >> reporter: for scott gundy rebuilding starts th digging out his belongings. >> you he to watch the nails i'm a biker. that's my caondale in there. >> no way. >> it was on that side of the wall. >> reporter: walki through the wreckage of his house he recountshe minute the twister hit. >> right here. is is where i saw it. like 1:00 and itas coming. >> reporter: winds at arly 190 miles per hour. an ef-4. one oft least 59 suspected tornadoes that raved the midwest this weekend. >> i'm going into my house. windows are already bustin boom, boom, boom. >> oh, my god. this thing is hugend it's comingast. >> reporter: dozens of storms causing shr destruction. >> nobody has anything left. it's all gone. it just all gone. >> reporter: icities from indian >> i was in ock, which i think i still am. >> reporter: to illinois. >>

up with al on the weather chann and tn earlier on today, we ran this video fm anthony curry from waingtonlisten to the sound. take a listen. >> our father w are in heaven hallowed be their name. their will be done on earths it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread andforgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that tspass against us and lead us not int temperatu temptation but deliver us from en. >>> it gives you goosebumps loing at that. >> when i heard that this morning -- people tn to their faith because you never see anytng like this. you never had toeal with anything like this. >> you have sring down and look agent the tornado coming right at you. it looke outside the window. >> that was a ef-4 tornado. it was the first time they had anef-4 in november in illinois. after ts outbre, this is the second most active severe weathe event for 2013. >> when i tornado season reall considered over? this seems late? >>his is actually considered the seco tornado season. november is the 4th bigst month for tornado deaths. sohat this actuall haens. ashe atmosphere is setting up for wint