one massive tornado pummeled a town in western iowa. twisters were also reported in tennessee, wisconsin, and minnesota. powerful storms thought to include a tornado hit southeastern minnesota sunday. it tore a farm apart. the wind so powerful that parts of the barn blew through another building. last evening two twisters slammed down in wisconsin. at least 50 homes were severely destroyed. >> there was rotation, came out that way, and then the other one, as i was getting in the house for the two of us to go to the basement, there was rotation here. and that's the one that came through here and did all this damage. >> many of the damaged homes are vacation properties and were unoccupied. no injuries are reported. >>> it was more of the same in tennessee. they're picking up the pieces this morning after at least three twisters struck on saturday. several homes were destroyed, power was out for thousands. one person was killed by a downed power line. but the weekend's worst damage was in a town in western iowa. a massive tornado witnesses

brought to >> alan: the home video shows a tornado as it barreled toward the town of napeletop in western iowa. the twister damaged halve -- half of the town. the tornado either severe he dammed or destroyed homes. over a dozen people were hurt. the most serious injury was a broken leg. the mayor estimates one-fifth of the town is flat and the century old maple trees are gone. >> trees everywhere in metal and lines, just destroyed. pretty bad. >> alan: the national weather service believes the tornado reached a wid of three-quarters of a mile and winds reached speech -- speed between 135 and 165-miles-an-hour. >>> in texas, a very different problem. firefighters say this is the single worst fire day the state has ever seen. more than 60,000 acres are burning in west texas. flames have destroyed 20 homes in fort davis, 200 miles southwest of el paso. firefighters from 25 states are helping out but can't use air tankers to drop water because of wind gusts as high as 50 miles-per-hour. >>> another reminder high fortunate to be in the bay area. another beautiful day. but there's chance of rain in

>> reporter: a quarter mile wide twister tore through western iowa this weekend. storm chaser andy gabrielson was right in its path. >> it happened so fast. we were about 50 yards away from it. we actually blew out the back window in my xterra. we had a dust swirl. before we knew it we had a full-blown large tornado on the ground. >> reporter: with winds up to 165 miles an hour, the tornado plowed through the small town of mapleton, injuring 14 people, uprooting 100-year-old trees and virtually flattening 12 city blocks. the violent storm comes after days of summerlike heat in some parts of the country, while many others saw unusual cold. >> this time of year we often see huge temperature swings driven by a jet stream moving from the winter mode into the summer mode. and the battle between the warm and the cold is what's helping to fuel these severe storms. >> reporter: a separate system tore through the southeast bringing golf-ball-size hail to south carolina. >> i had a movers tarp i threw over the top of my son's car. it still got damaged. >> reporter: eight pe

. >>> in western iowa residents are facing the task of rebuilding after a tornado leveled much of their community. this home video shows a tornado barreling toward maple ton, iowa. last night's twister damaged more than half of the town and destroyed many of its name sake century's old maple trees. more than a dozen people were hurt, but the most serious injury was a broken leg. maple ton's mayor says one/5 of his town is almost flat. the tornado drove at least 500 people from their homes. >> trees are everywhere and metal and lines and everything is just destroyed. it is pretty bad. >> the national weather service believes the tornado reached a width of three quarters of a mile at one point. the winds reached between 135 and 165 miles per hour. several other twisters also touched down in other parts of iowa. >> and in texas a very -- >>> in texas a very different problem. this is the worst single fire day this date has ever seen. more than 60,000 acres are burning in west texas. the flames have destroyed 20 homes in fort davis, 200 miles east of el paso. firefighters from 25 states are

and in western iowa, the governor has declared a state of emergency after tornadoes touched down. a hug there, their home gone. the one next door, still standing. barbara pinto leads us off, beginning with the dramatic pictures in iowa. >> reporter: terror rained from the skies in iowa. >> get back! >> reporter: at least 11 twisters were spotted. one took direct aim at mapleton, iowa. >> we kind of hid out up in the house, but we had blankets and stuff over our head, over our body and stuff so we didn't get glass. >> reporter: the tornado, a quarter of a mile wide, ripped through this small town, flattening more than 100 homes. leaving more than half of mapleton in ruins. >> i think that we should have had fatalities and didn't. so, i guess, i believe in the good lord and he saved this town. >> reporter: in west texas, it's wind whipping grass fires. this one burned out of control for the fourth straight day. 2,500 acres now scorched along with at least 20 homes. >> it could be one of the worst grass fires in the state for a number of years. >> reporter: in north dakota, the probl

destroyed a lot of buildings and houses in mapleton, western iowa.that continues to move to the east and the ohio valley is going to get a lot of severe weathered to perhaps as well. no airport delays. good news there. sfo, oakland looking good. same for san jose if you have any travel plans. whole country looking pretty good this sunday. take a look at the forecast for today. again, a few low clouds here and there. but otherwise looking pretty good. sunshine should peek out by midday. looking good. 10:00 in thein the morning. as we go through the evening the front begins to push through. overnight and monday morning a few sprinkles possible, mainly northern california and oregon. that's where we will see a few showers. nothing like we had last week, that's for sure. so temperatures for your sunday looking pretty good. a couple degrees warmer from yesterday. mid-60s in san jose, about 64 kuiper tino. as we head to the north we will so about 58 degrees in pacific kau. and 68 milbrae. and downtown about 61. yesterday we were kind of in the mid-to upper

>>isabel: this video was in pocahontas county in western iowa. wreckage that left behind no word on injuries. the governor by what has issued a disaster proclamation tornadoes were estimated in about 11 to 12 cities. here are taking a live look inside it san jose where it's still overcast, certainly not any rough weather predicted if like and i what. if the check in with brian. >>brian: good morning we have clouds and sunshine this morning, not a bad day but it's going to be on the mild side. a little bit cooler than average. upper 50s and low 60's this afternoon, the winds picking up it shouldn't be as strong as what we had yesterday. perhaps some gusts 15 to 25 mi. per hour. partly to mostly cloudy skies this evening with just a slight chance of a couple sprinkles into the north bay. nothing more than that. for monday there's a weather system pushing through that's going to increase clouds and bring a slight chance for a light rain for the north bay. amounts look to be light. a few hundredths of an inch. tuesday were in between systems, sunny b

. >> eric: in western iowa they are facing the task of rebuilding after a tornado held much of the communityoday than it was three weeks ago. national average is $3.76 a gallon. that would be a bargain in san francisco where the surprise highest in the country 4.13 a gallon. lowest is tucson arizona at 3.41. now for the bad news experts say they see nothing to indicate a price drop anytime soon. nationwide record high average was set in july 2008 when gasoline hit 4.11 a gallon. >> if you have a young child you likely sick. they eat more calories compared to women that don't have kids. it forces them to choose quick over healthy. doctors worry the unhealthy eating habits could be passed on to the kids. a higher percentage of moms in the study were black and had lower next compared to women in the study without kids. the study is in the journal of pediatrics. >> eric: recapping stop stories dodgers are in town for the first time since a giants fan was brutally beaten. we'll get to that story in just a second. >> let's check in with amy hollyfield that has been looking at the latest aftershock

game during this convincing win at the pepsi center then that remains fifth in the western conference minnesota and iowa on a. losing streak. look elsewhere the san antonio spurs notched up their league leading sixty first victory of the season washington who seemed to move also one on the night but none of them will be paid into the belief. let's turn to one of the most famous horse races in the world ballard briggs when yesterday's grand national in england which saw his trainer dawn on the campaign continue his family's winning tradition adding sherry his father ginger trained three time winner red rum in the nineteen seventy said plenty of pedigree of courting to run ballad parades was among the front runners at the halfway point his jockey jason wise started to write in clay over the final stages just ahead of oscar time to win by a couple of lengths last year when it don't push it was the state of play for ahead of me market out of forty courses and nineteen finish while chase suffered fatal injuries leading animal rights campaigners to again call for the race to be appalled. by only an unusual ch

>> reporter: in western iowa a quarter mile wide twister tore through the town of maple ton. storm chaser andy gabrielson was there as a tornado roared through. >> it happened so fast. we were 50 yards away from it. we blew out the back window. we had a dust swirl and before we knew it, we had a full blown large tornado. >> reporter: winds up to 165 miles per hour hit mapleton, injuring 14 people and damaging block after block. in north dakota, heavy flooding with the red river cresting at nearly 38 feet the coast guard and nationalle guard were called to rescue people. in the southeast, a separate system brought golf ball-sized hail to south carolina damaging david cosk's backyard. >> it was going right through it. run right through it, putting holes in it. it was that bad. >> reporter: in virginia, two tornadoes injured eight people and damaged hundreds of homes. >> it's hard to look at this and think that this is where i grew up. my house is completely gone. >> reporter: we are seeing scenes like that here in merrill, wisconsin. residents have to work to put the pieces bac

if the october battleground is iowa, republicans have a good chance of winning. then the three westerntates have a rising hispanic population, and that is sort of the trump card here for the president. if republicans don't get their act together with hispanics and those states aren't in play in october 2012, they've got serious problems, too. so, that's sort of, you know, the geographical way of breaking it down. the economy is driving everything in those middle three states. the president lost huge ground in 2010 there. he's trying to get it back. >> tim, part of the issue is you have the president making an argument, look, i'm for cutting the budget, i'm for dealing with the deficit, but i'm not as extreme as those other guys. i'll be much more of a centrist guy than those republicans. that's the argument. >> and i think he has a claim there. i think the question really, you know, that i think we have to answer in 2012 is what were we so angry about in 2010? what really is the root of that anger? i think most people would answer a lack of jobs, lack of a strong middle class, lack of