i'm brooke baldwin live here in washington, illinois. e just the utter destruction behind me. here in the city of washington, population roughly 15,000, just talking to the mayor about 400 homes absolutely gone. including this entire neighborhood behind me. gone. this is illinois. the story in indiana is similar. the damage, much of it, just as frightening and severe. i want to bring in cnn ireporter chris, who is on the phone with me right now. chris, you were in lebanon, indiana. you're a truck driver, and you ha happened to be parked at this truck stop overnight when you start hearing the alerts on sunday morning. tell me what you saw and heard. >> i got an alert on my cell phone that told me to take cover. and i didn't think much of it until i saw some other drivers jumping out of their trucks take cover. and i look out of my driver's side window, and i see a huge debris cloud. and for whatever reason, i grabbed my camera and started taking pictures. when it got to the point where i said, okay, it's getting way too close, i took cover

he's in washington, illinois, tonight.lking about the devastating scenes that you were witnessing there. >> reporter: yeah, don. tonight it is pitch black here because there's no power here, so you can see out in the distance flashlights and emergency vehicle lights where they are going through the rubble to make sure that there is no one else trapped, and this is going to go on throughout the evening. we're talking about dozens and dozens of homes in this city of washington. it's a small community about 10,000 people in all, and not the entire community was hit. only a few neighborhoods. but those neighborhoods that were hit, and we don't know what kind of a tornado this was in terms of its size, but it was absolutely destructing. it was so intense that these homes -- and you see the video and the pictures coming out of here. it's just astounding what this storm did to these homes. we talked to some of the people that came back to find everything gone. one fatality so far. only one miraculously out of washington. it's ama

you pictures of images from storm chasers to indiana to damage in illinois in a town called washington, illinoiswith the illinois department of emergency management. it does appear as though a tornado touched down there. overall, the storm prediction center is actually reporting that 48 tornado reports have 98 damaging wind reports. six reports of winds in hurricane force in many of these locations. some of the greatest damage we're seeing in illinois. so a great swath of the country being hit by tornadoic activity as well as just simply severe weather activity. hail has been brought to some places, damaging winds, of course. an ominous, dark clouds. you're seeing some of the images from storm chasers on the ground. many of them in illinois. >> so joining us right now out of indiana, he is outside of advance indiana. i'll tell you, give us an idea of who you're seeing. you said earlier, you're not far from lebanon, indiana. >> i am actually in the town of lebanon. they did sustain a hit from that tornado. there was dang to a starbucks, a vehicle, and flipped in the parking lot. we haven't seen a

streets being patroled in a sprawling neighborhood in washington, illinois. the twister ripped through the town wiping out hundreds of homes. >> oh, my god, this thing is huge. >> reporter: the national weather service says dozens of twisters touched down across the midwest sunday leaving behind destruction in at least 12 states. illinois was hit hardest. jeff lehman was outside and barely got to safety. >> in a matter of seconds you turn around and it was right on top of us. we hustled into the house. >> this is incredible! >> reporter: in peoria, illinois, twisters flipped vehicles and ripped through homes. >> i'm really amazed that we made it out. >> reporter: josh cannon and his band were driving to a show when a twister picked up their vehicle and spun it around. >> our car just moved three times and the tires kept coming off and the ground and glass implode and shatters. we catch our breath and we go, none of us are seriously injured. >> reporter: cannon is one of the lucky ones. crews are surveying damage and looking for more victims. the search contin

live in washington, illinois i'm bigad shaban. back to you. >> bigad, what can you tell us about the search and recovery effort this morning? >> reporter: well, i spoke with a state trooper today who says they will certainly continue that effort. with just so much debris and piles of rubble to go through, you had as late as last night firefighters searching for survivors and now law enforcement officials say they will restart back those efforts this morning hoping to find more survivors, although they were humbled to find out that no one has been reported missing here in this city of washington, illinois. so there are hopes that no one else may be found within that rubble. >> just describe the destruction where you're standing right now. you can see all of that debris right behind you. >> reporter: yeah. one of the most stark things you notice when driving around here in washington, illinois is how much of the community now looks the same because it's -- it's this. it's piles of rubble. it's concrete just ripped into pieces. just

we'll speak to the mayor of washington illinois, coming up in "america's newsroom." >>> about 200 miles in to the south in the town of nashville, illinois, at least two people were killed. cars fliped over. homes literally left in ruins. look at these pictures. one survivor literally ran for her life and returned to find her grandmother traped. >> my grandma, my uncle. they're all i had. they're all i had. me and my boys went straight to the creek. we ran as fast as they could. the tornado was right behind us. we went into the creek. i finally got up there after walking without any shoes on that rock road, there she was. it was, she was under so much rubble. and i couldn't help her. i didn't know what to do. martha: oh, my goodness. emergency crews still there, searching this morning for more survivors. >> meanwhile several storm chasers putting their lives in danger to try to capture the massive tornadoes that slamed the midwest. later this hour we'll talk to one of them and hear what it is like to be up and close and personal with a monster of mother nature. scenes like that playing o

indra petersons is in washington, illinois, this morning. what is the situation there, this morning, indra? >> reporter: it really is amazing. after we took a look around yesterday, i mean, this is the staging area we showed you yesterday. we have a lot of wood frame houses in this residential community you can't recognize. yesterday i was able to drive around in the region in the communities nearby. we were talking about two-story homes and some made of brick and leveled down to the ground. very easy tond how powerful the storm was. we know now it was an ef-4 tornado and winds packing 100 to 90 miles per hour. hundreds of thousands are still without power this morning after sunday's deadly tornado outbreak. illinois's governor declaring seven counties disaster areas in the wake of more than 70 reported twisters that tore across the midwest from missouri to wisconsin, killing at least eight people. >> we were hard-hit. we never, ever, in the history of illinois had so many tornadoes in the month of november. >> reporter: from above, you can

i'm literally standing in washington, illinois, which is the community that's been hit hardest by tornadoes this morning and early afternoon. the city has put out an all-call for physicians and nurses in the surrounding communities to come to the fire station. they're needing additional medical help here. literally neighborhoods are completely wiped out. and, obviously, the entire town of washington is devastated. but driving through, you know, very -- you know, large home neighborhoods, homes that are half-million-dollar brick homes that are completely gone, and nothing but the sign of the entrance to the neighborhood. i'm looking at subdivisions of 20 to 30 homes, and there is not a home there. and, you know, many of these people thankfully took shelter in their basements, but some of them didn't, so there are some folks needing medical assistance and they've been finding them through the rubbish, so i'm sure we're going to learn more about the extent of the damage over the next couple of days. but washington, illinois by far has been hit the hardest in central illinois. >> congressman, w

i want to point out what we have heard out of washington county, illinois. not the city of washington. where we just heard mr. monken speak. but there is about an hour outside of st. louis in washington county. an ef-4 tornado. that is the assessment of the damage that occurred there from a tornado earlier in the day. ef-4, the path, three miles long, estimated winds at 166 miles an hour. that's an estimate. but we look at overall damage. they will look at that damage, all the way from peak to suburbs of peoria. don, with you were talking to the gentleman there who said already three fatalities, homes flattened, destroyed. it has been a devastating afternoon. now we look across kentucky. still a number of tornado warnings out for this area. we have severe thunderstorm warnings out extending into ohio and eastern sections of indiana. also, extending into michigan. numerous reports of very high winds, heavy downpours, earlier we had some high wind reports coming out of grand rapids. also near purdue university, at the airport there. i will mention that cape ger

now, the town of washington, illinois, just east of peoria may have been hardest hit. hundreds of homes were destriend bigad shaban is in washington. bigad, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, group to be with you. until this twister touched down this was an ought mottive repair shop. the destruction, in fact, in parts of washington is so extreme it's hard to distinguish one mountain of debris from the next. firefighters in washington, illinois, searched through rubble, lacking for survivors of a massive tornado that leveled the town. spray painted xs signify a home or car has been searched and is clear. this is just one of an estimated 80 twisters reported on sunday. most were in illinois. michael pedune saw a twister headed for his home. >> i grabbed my daughter and ran. everybody is safe. the rest is replaceable. >> reporter: hundreds of homes in washington were destroyed and officials instituted a dust-to-dawn curfew because of gas leaks and downed power lines. it also struck the town of pekin 18 miles away. jeff said he barely escaped. >> my son said there it i

illinois. she gave us new information. three fatalities confirmed in washington county. that's slightly more than we reported earlier. three killed by the massive storm system going through central illinois. now to rebecca with more on the system. it's moving to the north-east. it looks like kentucky as well. >> the large supercell thunder storms - we have been looking at the pictures of them, that same storm, the pictures are coming from - it is in place. it is still moving, bringing the dark ominous clouds across places like kentucky. we are getting the storms stretching to indiana and ohio. these are the places we have got reports of tornado, golf-ball size hails around kentucky. jackson kentucky is bracing for winds moving into your area. in the panbands of rain where y see the bright red. we are getting rain from 1-2 inches coming in rapidly, causing flash flooding. there are a lot of worries with the storms as they move through parts of the central mid-atlantic, tracking to the mid north-east. as we look at one of the sform prediction center graphs, over time that b

in washington, illinois, as many as 500 homes were either damaged or destroyed. bigad shaban is in washington. bigad, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning to you. the kind of tornado that whipped through here only comes about every ten years according to the national weather service. and for those who still may have homes to return to in this community, the power is still out. officials say it could be days before electricity is restored. the recovery is under way for thousands of people who lost their homes. curt and bridget williams walked out of their basement in washington, illinois, sunday, to find just about everything gone. >> now, these are actually the clothes that we're at least able to dig out. >> reporter: the town is doing all it can to help. it even set up a day care so kids can play while their parents look through rubble. leave it to a child to best describe what happened to the homes in his neighborhood. >> they're crushed from the storm. and mommy just cried all the time. >> reporter: the storms killed at least eight people here in

it is resilience here in washington, illinois. thank you so much. "the lead" the jake tapper starts right now. >>> the stock market is reaching heights it's never seen before and my investment banker gordon gekko assures me nothing can go wrong. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the money lead. unemployment still well over 7%. many americans still upside down on their mortgages and yet, the dow keeps breaking records day after day after day. are we sitting on another bubble? is it about to pop? >>> the national lead. she hid with her family in a basement closet. her husband clinging to the door to keep it shut as a tornado roared overhead. when they emerged, nothing was left. one illinois wife and mother brings us her harrowing tale of survival. >>> and the politics lead. it must be that time of year for the traditional airing of grievances. two sisters have a very public falling-out over same sex marriage. one is a lesbian, the other a tea party courting conservative and they both call vice president cheney dad. >>> good afternoon, everyone. wel

washington, illinois, a town two hours south-west of the chicago was one of the neighbourhoods. >> diane easterbrook reports from illinois. >> over here in washington, illinois, it was a clean-up effort underway. the town imposed a curfew at 6 o'clock this evening. they are trying to keep people the streets. there was a lot of debris. we understand there's 100,000 people in the area without power. now, the tornado came through washington at noon. it devastated the area. we talked through a storm chesser. he's been chasing storms for 18 years, benjamin rock. this is one of the worse he's seen, here is what he said. >> the devastation, it looks like a bomb went through, there's nothing on the foundation of some. a lady we helped said her daughter has a friend that was sucked out of the house by the tornado itself. >> one of the issues being faced here is cell service is out. a lot of the cell towers are knocked down. a lot of people who have friends and family in this area have trouble getting a hold of those people. power, cell service will be restored. power will be restored to part of t

i distinguish that from washington illinois. in washington county, a report of a tornado ef-4, winds are estimated about 166 miles an hour. there are reports if michigan through indiana, ohio, through kentucky. kentucky right now, seeing a number of severe weather reports. the latest that we have, nort nortonville, hopkins county, kentucky. reports of damage from a tornado. just within the last half hour to 45 minutes. also a number of tornado warnings issued across central sections of kentucky as well. we move further north, a number of severe thunderstorm warnings issued. there is reduced visibility, large size hail and strong and gusty wind. we had a wind report out of chicago out of oak lawn. wind gusts of 186 miles an hour. soldiers field was evacuated due to severe weather. the weather improved but now we are watching heavy downpours across section of michigan. coming up, we'll have more details, coming up on the breaking weather situation across the midwestern u.s. right after this. seems every hotel has something to love

but washington, illinois, was hardest hit. you can see the devastation in these before and after photos. personal checks and other items from here were found 85 miles away. there's widespread damage in this small town. the governor of illinois says these november tornadoes are the deadliest in the state's history. >> first thing i did was declare seven counts of illinois state disaster areas. >> bill baylor didn't need a former decloration. >> i never dreamed we'd get this much. >> but it's a disaster for which he is already recovering. >> since 1986, there have been 194 tornado warnings in illinois in the month of november. more than half were issued yesterday. >> george zimmerman is in trouble again. he's accused of pointing a shot gown at his new girlfriend. ximmer nan smashed a glass table, then locked her out of the house. zimmerman had several run ins with the law. he is currently jailed without bail. >> things aren't getting any easier for rob ford. today the council decided to strip him of many of his remaining powers

te snow has our report fm washington, illinois. >> reporter: washington community high's varsity football players were supposed to have workouts this ek, but not like this. insteaof running offensive drills, coach darryl crouch was helping his players sift through the devastation of theirown. was just saturday when the panthers tk their recd to 12-0, a ctory that would sen them to the illinois state semifinals. you guys were ring on top of the world. >> very much so. our town, a huge week to get back t finals for the first time sin '85. bi huge day that day. theny 11:00 the next day, that's . >> reporter: one assistant coach d eight of his players have lost their homes. includg his starting quarterbk. casey danly is the startg quarterback. this afternoon he was helping a thankful homeowner recover clothing now you're coming out for them. >> we've got to ce out for them now. it's the right thing to do. >> rorter: this is your house? >> ts was our house, yeah. >> repter: jeff econ on hitting the basement with his wife and childn. >> g the biggest things. ich was my family. we'll ta care of

mayor mannier estimates people in washington, illinois, had about four to five minutes to take cover. washington is a city of about 15,000 people in illinois. it's 150 miles southeast -- southwest of chicago. at least 400 homes were destroyed there, literally wiped off their foundation. stand-alone homes, multifamily homes and apartment buildings were damaged. rescue teams are searching the debris to make sure all the victims are accounted for. several stories have been reported of debris from washington ending up near streeter, illinois, 50 miles away. people in streeter found parts of a plastic recycling bin of the washington city emblem on it and a u.p.s. package addressed to one of washington's hardest-hit neighborhoods. a person in lockport, i will, whicillinois,which is two hours, found a savings bond with a washington, illinois, address. many other illinois communities were struck by the twisters. this photo shows some of the aftermath in brookport, illinois, which is in masik county, the far southern end of my state. several people in brookport said some homes moved as much as

as of right now, ambulances are continuing to race across town, and also traffic around washington illinois is backed up for miles. >> we heard reports earlier of maybe 19 people hurt in washington. are you hearing the same rom reports? are you hearing that? >> one hospital was 24 patients in the emergency room related to the tornado. but, you are right, the number of injuries has certainly varied, but as of right now the latest is about 24 people, at least at one hospital. >> no reports of fatalities - as of right now, the latest that we have is no reports of fatalityies, but, again, there's many, many homes that i think crews are going through. as of right now, no, but with any situation that could change. >> when the photos were seen - they are stunning. homes look like they were wiped from the foundations. have you been able to talk with people in, what they saw, what they heard - were they able to get out in time? >> you know, yes, i was wandering around the neighbourhoods and i was stopping to talk with a few residents. i was talking with one family they were out, being sunday morning

i was hold are her tight. >> in washington, illinois, onee of the hardest hit. the severity only sinking in. >> we need all the help we can democrat. >> six reported deaths were in illinois including one in the town of washington. search-and-rescue teams are looking for anyone who might still be trapped beneath the rubble. >> tv news anchors found themselves potential victims of the fierce tornadoes. >> i hear things right now. we may need to take shelter ourselves right now. >> we do. >> we need to go off air. >> be right back. >> let's go! >> they were pretty calm considering how terrifying that was. this broadcast from whoi in peoria, illinois, theyized though had to stop telling children to take shelter and take shelter and everyone at the tv station did the same the at united states is promising additional aid as the number people left homeless by typhoon haiyan grows. the philippine government says more than four million people have been displaced by the disaster up from 900,000 last week. nationwide the death toll from the typhoon haiyan is at 4,000 with

nbc's kevin tibbles is in washington, illinois, again for us tonight. >> reporter: as the sun rises over devastated washington, illinois, breakfast is hot and ready inside the crossroads united methodist church. it is here where many who have lost everything seek shelter. and others who have also lost everything come to lend a hand. >> they are here to help because they feel like they're better off than others. >> reporter: when this massive series of twisters cut through the midwest sunday, all many could do was run for cover in the basements of their homes. >> we just had a big tornado come through. wiped out the whole neighborhood. >> it happened very fast. >> reporter: jonathan dan and his four young children locked emselves in the bathroom. then all hell broke loose. >> my right foot was pinned. and i was able to hear all my kids, so i knew they were all alive. >> reporter: jonathan had his two youngest ripped from his arms, then the house was torn away. they were trapped but alive. >> probably the loudest i ever sang jesus loves me, though. >> reporter: more than 24 hours later, th

in washington, illinois, homes are flattened and trees and power lines are down. were killed. dozens more were injured. for many survivors, there is simply nothing left to go home to. >> our house was just beyond the deck. this was my business. and we had -- we had bedrooms above the garage, so the car here, here are our bedrooms. a lot of people have a pile of rubble still and i don't have anything! my whole -- it's gone! i don't know where it went! >> it's gone. a lot of people saying that this morning. in gifford, illinois, confirmed three tornadoes touched down at the same time sunday afternoon and damaging or destroying more than 200 homes. six people treated for injuries there. the water system in that village has been knocked out. >>> more than 60,000 homes are without power in indiana this morning. cocoa and lafayette hit the hardest and two people hit in lebanon ferocious winds and -- >> looks like armageddon. >> it threw their semi truck from a parking lot on to nearby i-65. cnn is tracking the latest developments on the storm. keep it here all morning n

captured from a health tell part of a story of an ef-4 tornado that smashed its way through washington, illinois. just unbelievable. entire neighborhoods destroyed. and as you see with a tornado sometimes just half a block away nothing. the tornado packed winds from 170 to 190 miles per hour. the storm ripped open a path five miles long, destroying hundreds of homes. amid the destruction you hear stories of survival like andrea who held her sleeping 3-month-old daughter in her arms in their basement as the storm rumbled overhead. >> i'm very blessed. when the windows blew out we just huddled together and laid on top of our daughter and everything started falling in. >> glad they are safe. the storms are fairly rare this late in the year and this far north but it was unseasonably warm. at least seven counties have been declared disaster areas. >>> there are grim reports out of the philippines where officials believe the death toll will don't rise this week. as of yesterday government officials announced they have confirmed 3,976 deaths related to typhoon haiyan. u.n. officials say rescue workers

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those images were from washington, illinois. where nbc's jay gray is at the latest. >> reporter: an eerie silence settled across the strike zone but that is i len will soon give way to families returning to sift through the splintered remainder of their lives. >> hard to look at. >> reporter: washington, illinois. the community ravaged by a massive twister that opened up a path five miles wide and a tenth of a mile long. >> people not in their homes. >> reporter: not nearly enough. every where you look it's impossible to escape the evidence of the tornado's fury and raw emotions of what some across the region have been through. >> i was waiting for it to bust through that wall at any second. >> and take you with it. >> yep. then just like that it was over. >> reporter: while the storms have passed the tragedy is still far from over. the clean up is only just beginning. >> we will recover. we will prevail over these tornadoes. >> reporter: signs of resilience so many will need as they begin the long and difficult recovery here. j

one of the hardest-hit areas was washington, illinois. a town of about 15,000 people, it's about 150 miles southwest of chicago. that's where cbs reporter ko im is live with the closer look at the devastation and slow recovery. ko. >> reporter: it will be a slow recovery and rebuilding process after strong lines of storms hit small towns like this one. as you can see, there is a lot of damage and people are in shelters tonight because they are without power and homes. >>> reporter: from the sky you can see the massive path of destruction the twister carved through washington, illinois. several driveways now lead to empty foundations where large suburban homes used to stand. joey davidson was in the basement of his new home when it hit. now he is in the hospital with a cracked vertebrae and shoulder damage. >> i could feel everything that was hitting me. i knew it was cinder blocks and trusses. it was surreal. at one point, i thought i was a goner. >> reporter: illinois is one of the 12 states twisters ripped through on sunday. in kokomo,

touchdown in the south suburbs of chicago, and a lot of people looking at what's happening in washington, illinois, where there have been confirmed touchdowns of tornados and lumber and debris being reported strewn about that area. here in chicago, traffic is moving. people still on the streets. possibly unaware of how severe the weather is, but again, as you have been mentioning, the players have left the field about half hour after kickoff. >> uh-huh. >> they were sent inside as well as people in the stands were slowly moving to the lower concourse levels to take shelter and get into those protected areas. right now, it's just sort after wait, watch and see going on here in chicago, richelle. >> sometimes when it comes to things like this, i think people are unaware, sometimes they are in denial. if you follow sports fans on twitter, much of the afternoon, much of the early afternoon coverage in chicago was obviously about the weather, and there were fans tweeting they were upset that they wanted to watch their football, not in weather. and then, of course, it was severe enough that the game, it

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i'm brooke baldwin live here in what remains of washington, illinois.pan in so you can see what reality is like for the 15,000, population 15,000 or so people here in washington, but specifically for this neighborhood, let me tell you, i just walked two miles just to get here. the security, the police, the sheriff's deputies, it's that tight because they want to keep people, those who should be here, here, and those who should not, out. just a short time ago, the national weather service confirmed this tornado here that ripped through the city of washington, as in fact, an ef-4 storm with wind of about 190 miles per hour at those peak wind speeds. but ly

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the middle of it all. >> getting hit with hail, some debris. >> reporter: response teams in washington, illinois, scrambling to create this triage center, preparing for an unknown number of injured storm victims. and launching emergency shelters for all those displaced by this storm. in peoria, illinois, at least 50 homes crushed like cardboard boxes. a local hospital reporting 37 injuries, all related to the storm. in longpoint, illinois, many say the raging storm came in faster than they ever imagined. >> we saw it coming through this way, like, the angle towards our house. the whole shed's gone. >> we get the storm warnings on the tv and we was watching it and we heard a big noise. you can see what it's done here. just everything. >> reporter: in chicago, the dark clouds swallowed the city's iconic skyline. at soldier field, the heavy downpour and violent winds caught 60,000 people in the stands as they waited for the bears/ravens game. with lightning striking nearby, officials make a call on the field. >> referee: due to the inclement weather, the game will be temporarily suspended. >> the g

i'm standing here in washington, illinois. this was one of the hardest hit areas in the path of that tornado. this is residential neighborhood. it was a residential neighborhood behind me as you can see. homes have been flattened and levels and reduced to a pile of rubble. people are able to get back in today to assess the damage and really see if there is anything that salvageable. authorities confirmed six people have been killed. this town of about 10,000 people was almost destroyed as the storms ripped through washington, illinois. >> a lot of people have a pile of rubble still. i don't have anything. my whole -- its gone. i don't know where it went. >> reporter: taken away by this tornado. the man in this video prayers as the tornado engulfs houses. in just two communities the storms destroyed at least 70 homes. rescuers worked sunday to reach people trapped under the rubble. hiding in their basements. >> it did sound like a freight train. i looked over my backwoods and i saw a debris field coming at me. >> reporter: thes

. >> new video of that monster tornado that hit washington, illinois, as a man -- ru >> runs inside to take cover with his daughter. >> hear the terror as the house is ripped apart. >> i'm in shock. i can't believe this happened. >> villages are stumble upon so otto pups. >> so young their eyes were still closed. >> how do you search a million trees for one lost little boy? >> click on the thermal. >> and a chance to win a new tv. and what happens when you put the one-hand method to the test. >> now you got that gross end. >> holy moly. >> as you may know, severe weather across the midwest spawned everly horrific tornadoes. one of those tornadoes captured on camera by mark wells. this tornado in washington, illinois one of the hardest hit areas, baring down on his house right in front of him. you see the tornado literally coming at him. now he bails out and runsin side to take cover with his daughter. the camera goes black and listen to the terror inside this tornado. >> uh-oh. this is going to get severe, honey. >> is this going to save us? >> i hope so, honey. >> sounds look they're

phot photos, mail, receipts, a church bulletin, things that blew 120 miles away from washington, illinoisup in the chicago area. >> they're still finding things in the greater chicago area that have blown in from that part of illinois. like you said, 120 miles away. >> if you see something and recognize it, if you saw the pictures and you recognize your cell phone, reach out to us, we'll find a way to connect everybody. i'm sure the people who found them want to be able to send it back to the people it belongs it. >> no doubt. all right. >>> five men have been arrested in new york in an international hacking scheme that siphoned millions of dollars from atms. prosecutors say the suspects were stuffing suitcases to the brim with stolen cash from two mideast banks. the hackers targeted prepaid debit cards by making simultaneous withdrawals. >>> the justice department and jpmorgan chase are expected to announce a $13 billion settlement over the allegations of the bank's role in the housing crisis. the deal would be the largest ever between the government and a corporation. chase will pay mor

give us this day our daily bread. >> that video captures the terror of the storm as it hit washington, illinois. that town was hardly alone. tony, meteorologist and professional storm chaser found himself chasing three of the storms in two states as captured in this video. tony joins me from desoto, illinois. tell me how this storm is different or series of storms were different than anything you've seen before. >> the fact it was so late in the year was probably the most notable. i've actually never chased in mid november before, especially this part of the country. the other thing that made this system unique was how fast the storms were moving, some moving at 60, 70 miles an hour. even interstate speeds, you could not keep up with them. >> what about the strength of the winds? >> the strength of the winds going into the day were very, very intense. even outside of the storms, the winds were blowing quite strong. that certainly led to a lot of the sheer needed for storms to rotate and produce as many tornadoes as they did. >> what did you see on the ground as you were chasing across these sta

bigad shaban live in washington, illinois, thank you. >>> a deadly weather chased the news anchors out of their studio at a tv station in peoria, illinois yesterday. they were warning viewers to take shelter when they discovered that they had better take cover, too. >> i'm hearing things right now, chuck. i think we, uhm, we may need to take shelter right now. >> yes. >> ourselves. >> we do. >> we need to go off the air. we'll be back when we can. >> right. we'll be right back. >> there you go. the tv station in peoria did make it through the storm okay. but there's still a threat of severe weather. and kind of late in the season for this, isn't it? >> it is. usually we'll get something like this or something terrible like this happening more in spring but this one kind of a secondary round of the tornadoes developing outside and, well, looks like we're not done with the severe weather just yet. you can see that fierce line of thunderstorms on our doppler radar. look at all reds and orange as that line stretches all the way across st. louis down into missouri and, well, making its way

middle of it all. >> we are getting hit with hail some debris. >> reporter: response teams in washington, illinoiso create this triage center, preparing for an unknown number of injured storm victims and launching emergency shelters for those displaced by the storm. in peoria, illinois, at least 50 homes crushed like cardboard boxes. a local hospital reporting 37 injuries, all related to the storm. in longpoint, illinois, many homeowners say the raging storm came in faster than they ever imagined. >> we saw it coming like this way, the angle at our house. the shed is gone. >> we got storm warnings on tv and we was watching it and heard a big noise. you can see what it has done here. just everything. >> reporter: in chicago, the dark clouds swallowed the city's iconic skyline. at soldier field, the heavy downpour and violent winds caught 60,000 people in the stands as they waited for the bears/ravens game. with lightning striking nearby, officials make the call. >> due to inclement weather the game will be temporarily suspended. >> reporter: the game delayed about two hours as fans packed into the

washington. and it looks like we have one death confirmed by illinois emergency management in and around the washington area. then we had several tornado warnings extending up towards northern and central illinois, but again, the storm not done yet. we're going to continue to monitor it throughout the evening hours into the overnight. so parts of ohio, into west virginia, kentucky, tennessee, western carolinas, over the next several hours you need to be monitoring this as well as parts of michigan in towards the northeast. eventually the storm is going to move in towards the northeast overnight tonight. your tornado threat, the highest risk again over portions of

one of the hardest areas hit is washington, illinois and we're going to go back to the ground there. here we find illinois congressman and washington, illinois mayor gary mayner and it's great to have you both with us. i know it's been quite a 24-hour period. congressman, this is an area you've grown up in and you spent your childhood in. tell us a little bit about the last 24 hours. describe for us what you've seen on the ground. >> washington is one of the great communities i have the honor of representing and literally 24 hours before the storm hit saturday night, right in the middle of this devastation was where washington community celebrated its playoff wins for the high school football tournament, state tournament. their state competition is this next weekend now but saturday night this town was victorious in that football win and literally the next morning, much of the community was ripped to shreds by multiple touchdowns of a tornado. gary, you can't ask for a more stand upguy and he's really stepping up to lead. this town has been devastated but thankfully only one loss of l

the mayor of washington, illinois was asked what help the town needed, he said send prayer sneeze the storm system is march -- prayers. >> the new states are under the threat. the tornado threat winds down as we lose the heating of the day. upstate new york, central and eastern pennsylvania may see severe weather tonight. 81 different tornado reports. a couple points of note, that's more tornado today than in an average month of november, but up until today we were on pace to be one of the calmest tornado years in decades. we've been dry for 60 consecutive days. but doppler will be lit up soon. >>> new video showing a terrifying tower of the typhoon that hit the philippines, it was shot by the aid worker that took refuge on the top house of the boardinghouse. >> u.s. and philippine troops are working around the clock the ship out relief supply. 10 days after the storm many communities are fending for themselves and they are running out of time. you are talking about leaving your home. >> yes, there's nothing we can do. there's no problem with us, actually i have lost sleep for nine da

. >> reporter: washington, illinois a community ravaged by a massive twister. rped open a path fi miles ng and a tenth of a mile wide, destroying hundredof homes. >> it happened at church time when we had people not at eir homes. >>eporter: but not nearly enough. evywhere you look it iimpossible to escape the evidencef the tornado's fury and a raw emotions of at so many have beenhrough. >> i w waiting for it to bust through the ll at any second. >> reporter: and te you with it? >> yep. i mean and just like that,t was over. >> reporter: while the storms have passed, the trady is still far from over. the cleanup is only st beginning. >> we will recover. we will prevail over these rnadoes. >> reporter: signs of resilience soany will need as they begin the lo and difficult recovery here. jay ay, nbc news. washington, illinois. >>> people screame the word "shame" overndver as toronto's scandal-scarred mayor was stripped of his powers. mo bizarre behavior from rob fo. he mimed the acte drunk driving that you see there, and then later,harged acrs the crowded chamber,

chris cuomo, doing a great job in washington, illinois.t five minutes after the hour. we have been watching history this morning unfolding before our very eyes. >> right. for the first time ever the dow passed the coveted 16,000 mark. paul, writing the story on cnn money about this milestone. it's pulled back a little. it is a milestone but a good marker for people to remind them what a great year they've had. >> this has been really amazing, the year. dow up more than 20%. they're the larggard. stocks are just really on fire. >> it's just stocks. right? or is it more? is this a sign that everything is rosy out there? >> unfortunately not. i think that what we're seeing with stocks rise to the level they are, a reflection corporate profits of pretty good and people are happy the federal reserve is still buying bonds, pumping money into the system, but the overall economy is still relatively weak. a lot of the earnings are coming from companies keeping expenses down. even if they're not laying off as many people as they used to they're not

perhaps the hardest hit, washington, illinois. andy roesgen is there. d andy, how are residents in washington coping? >> dell, folks are coming back into the neighborhood, car by car, just checking out what is left here. and disaster relief teams have set up in one parking lot handing out things like cleaning supplies. and in another parking lot, insurance companies to help with claims. from the air the damage is easy to see. miles of flattened areas where homes once stood. on the ground a devastating site. >> it's hard to believe. it's almost like a -- can i wake up now? it's almost like a nightmare. >> reporter: on monday stunned survivors of the storms which ravaged communities in at least 12 states returned to hard-hit washington, illinois to scrape up what they could. >> my neighbor found my daughter's journal that she kept as a kid, so we'll be looking through bits and pieces. >> reporter: it was one of dozens of tornados that slammed through dozens of communities like this one where a brother and sister were killed. >> we was planning on a thanksg

this one capred on tape as it cut a fe-mile path a tenth of a mile wide tough washington, illinois, driving those in its th to the knees. >> forgive us our trespasses -- >> isome instances, we fou people far fng from where they arted from. >> reporter: wn the winds stped, entire neighborhoods were completely wipedaway. >> once i got back int town and pulled in thfirst neighborhood, i literally had no idea where i was at. the houses were gone, street signs were go. the peop were in shock. >>eporter: now a day later, understand or believe what's haened. what too just seconds to destroy will nowake years to ing back. >> my neighbor found m daughter's journal that she kept as a ki so, we'll be loong for bits and pieces today. >> reporter: bitsnd pieces of shattered lives tt families search for i the remain of in all, 12 states were affected. and now survivors begin a maive recovery. a week before thanksgivi, many in the wake of storms just thankful they' still here. venounties in iinois have been declared disaster areas by the state. unfortunately, thanumber like soany in the wake of storm coul

perhaps the hardest hit area, washington illinois. ang andy roesgen is there. andy how are residents coping? >> authorities have announced that they are giving people about five hours to get back into the area, get their personal property and then get out. and a facebook page has been established to try to reunite some of these folks with their personal effects and paperwork that in some cases have been scattered hundreds of miles away. from the air the damage is easy to see. on the ground a devastating sight for hundreds of residents. >> it's hard to believe. it's almost like a -- can i wake up now? you know? it's almost like a nightmare? >> reporter: on monday stunned survivors of the heavy storms returned to hard-hit washington, illinois, to scrape up what they could, and figure out what is next. >> my neighborhood found my daughter's journal that she kept as a kid. so we'll be looking for bits and pieces today. >> reporter: the five-mile wide twister was one of dozens tornados reported in illinois, slamming into dozens of communities like this one where an