this is the anatomy of the tornado near wilson, north carolina -- an ef-2, 150 yards wide, with wind speeds of 120 miles an hour. 25 families lost their homes. >> i crawled out in shorts, bare feet and a t-shirt. >> reporter: steve hoyg, a state construction worker, was behind the lens and dangerously close. >> yep, there goes the roof of the house. >> reporter: he could see bushes, trees, and 2x4s swirling violently in the wind. >> the last thing before it disappeared around the corner of the building was probably about a 30-foot piece of roofing tin. it wrapped from one side of my truck around to the other side. >> reporter: it was heading northeast. first scott church road. then cranberry ridge. hop-scotching through neighborhoods. flattening some homes and leaving others. then it moved onto businesses, and destroyed more than a hundred cars at this dealership. it was moving almost a mile a minute. we asked the national weather service to look through the incredible videos, first, wilson, north carolina. >> it hits the building. all of a sudden, the amount of debris that's picked

who screwed residents of wilson north carolina and for that matter all of us in two thousand and eight the city of wilson created its own broadband internet company named green light to lead wire for all of its citizens to have access to high speed internet cheap price was essentially a public option for broadband and the residents scooped it up because green light was offering internet at twice the speed as the for profit corporation time warner that otherwise held a monopoly in the state it didn't last long though as time warner dumps six hundred thousand dollars last year in the north carolina state elections by an lawmakers left and right and then last week that investment paid off as every single republican and some of the board of democrats asked a bill that makes it illegal for cities like wilson to operate their own broadband networks meaning the bill make sure the corporations and not consumers are protected in the marketplace so is this the way the free market should work just to serve corporate monopolies here to offer their takes reporter a blogger at think progress and kel

. >> reporter: saturday wilson, north carolina, a walgreens store is ripped to shreds. >> that's a walgreens right there just explodes. fiberglass, 2 x 4s, everything. >> reporter: it's the deadliest outbreak in the u.s. in three years. at least 44 deaths in six states. >> all the ingredients come together to create the perfect storm. in this case a big upper air disturbance in the jet steam. it came charging east-southeast, and it met up with moist air in the gulf of mexico. >> in gloucester, virginia, rashard barely escaped. >> it sounded like a train was coming to hit the house. >> wow. >> reporter: in raleigh, north carolina this car still has its lights on, and it's beeping. >> this person must have got out of the car fast. you can hear it. >> one of the things about the tornadoes is they were moving very fast in this case. you had very little time to really be seeking shelter. >> reporter: in boones chapel, alabama the tornado that hit this small town packed 150-mile-per-hour winds. in hard-hit north carolina at least five tornadoes reached similar wind speeds, and that tornado that hi

first, wilson, north carolina. >> it hits the building.unt of debris that's picked up in the vortex increases. >> reporter: this was leakesville, mississippi, so much larger. 250 yards wide. wind speeds of 150 miles an hour, an ef-3 that struck at night. one person was killed. >> this just illustrates how dangerous nighttime tornados are to the public. >> reporter: there were more dramatic pictures from dunn, north carolina. this ef-3 was a mile wide and the damage stretched for 65 miles. >> you can see this tornado pick up debris with top wind speeds of 140 miles an hour it will pick up pretty much anything in its path. >> reporter: the storm ruined lives and took lives across several states. steve osunsami, abc news, wilson, north carolina. >> all right, and take a look now at your current forecast for the day. possible tornados, 80-mile-an-hour winds and also golf ball-sized hail from dallas to cleveland. the worst of it all in st. louis, louisville and also indianapolis. up to six inches of snow from the dakotas to the western great la

. >> this is wilson, north carolina. and you can see this is probably a little bit closer than you want to be. that's a walgreens right there. look at that. boom. just exploding as that tornado moves right over the top of it. fiberglass, 2x4s, everything. i think what stands out to me the most was the tornado that i saw move there raleigh, north carolina, yesterday, you could have seen that storm move through kansas. that's the way it looked structurally from a radar perspective. >> the weather channel's jim cantori. jim points out these tornadoes can move at ground speeds up to 50 miles an hour. we're talking about their forward momentum. that makes them awfully hard to outrun. >>> now to safety in the skies and the faa's hope that an extra hour between shifts might keep air traffic controllers awake on the job. the move comes after yet another controller was caught nodding off this weekend. here's nbc's michelle franzen. >> reporter: changes overhead. the federal aviation administration outlined new rules following a h

this deadly twister developing here you can see the spirit this is than wilson north carolina. is flying, and several twister's killing 21 people in north carolina alone. hundreds of homes damaged or destroyed they have pledged support. some of the damage from north carolina have be winds knocked walls off of buildings, an elementary school suffering so much damage, they will have to find another place to have class is for the school year. a tornado in virginia, 70 mi. east of richmond. these used to be homes. in some cases whole homes were yanked from their foundations. >> reporter: coming up we want to get you updated on the weather forecast for today. the golden gate bridge it is rather foggy. james is up next with navigating today's real estate market is complicated. you've seen the signs. that's why having the right real estate agent is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find experts in short sales or bank-owned properties or commercial real estate, agents who can help speed up the process, no matter how intricate. and that's good news, whether you're trying t

shot down by the media giant time warner our politics and greed are screwing the people of wilson north carolina. you need to know this today is judgment day in congress a lawmaker is hoping to prevent a government shutdown on friday given procedural rules a compromise deal of the budget needs to be reached by tonight run a government shutdown at the end of the week unfortunately the prospects of a deal aren't too good earlier today the white house rejected a one week funny proposal by republicans calling the proposal not serious enough president obama face the press to talk about where negotiations stand take a look. as i said before we have now matched the number of the speaker originally sought. the only question is whether politics or the ideology or going to get in the way of preventing a government shutdown senate and senate majority leader harry reid had some harsher words for republicans is what he had to say. for the republicans refused to recognize a guy didn't simply. record compromise he dirty word and since on a budget hurt america rather than helping republican has another very big

in wilson, north carolina. >> you hear the rain? >> reporter: his camera rolls. as debris flies through the air. it's not a safe place to be, but steve is strangely calm. >> yep, there goes the roof off a house. i was just trying to keep the camera on it and watch what was going on. at the same time, trying to calm my sister down on the phone. i love you. i was surprised how close it was to me. it passed about 100 yards beside of me. i guess i wasn't afraid. because it happened to fast and was gone. >> reporter: it's taken days to get a clearer picture. take a look from the air. destruction as far as the eye can see. countless homes and businesses destroyed. millions of dollars in damage. in sanford, the lowe's was torn apart by a massive ef-3 tornado. with winds up to 60 miles per hour. 100 people were inside when the storm hit. it's about 3:20 when a giant black wall comes over this parking lot. glass is shattered. cars are tossed together. pieces of the building throne around. in that building, people lived to talk about it. >> i saw customers, i ran to the do

. >> reporter: steven hogue captured this tornado bearing down on him in wilson, north carolina while he was on the phone with his sister. >> there goes the roof off of the house. >> reporter: he narrowly escaped as the tornado rolled right over him. >> yeah. i love you. >> reporter: he, too, was one of the lucky ones. and the feeling among many here is one of perseverance including the family that owns the house right behind me. they were in the basement during the storm. on the second floor, you can see where the children's bedroom used to be. the family says they will rebuild right here in the same spot, erica? >> that ines ferre in raleigh. thanks. >> just the pictures, you see the storm chasers, what they do and how they put their lives on the line like that. i just want to yell into the camera, get away. >> go somewhere safer, please. >> jeff glor has a check of the headlines for us. hey, jeff. >> chris, erica, good morning to you. good morning to you at home. we have told you about the air traffic controllers accused of falling asleep on the job. this morning, a different case

my hometown of wilson, north carolina, was supposed to have been the visit of dr. king on this day in 1968 but because of the events in memphis, tennessee, he went to memphis to aid with the garbage strike and help those who could not help themselves. we celebrate this great legacy tinism thank the gentlelady and i yield back. ms. edwards: thank you, congressman butterfield, for your leadership as vice chair of the congressional black caucus but also for your reminder of our so important history that is linked both to the struggle of african-americans in this country to the struggle of labor and for a reminder also, historically, after oh the act that dr. king was supposed to have had a next place to be. when his life was ended on april 4, 43 years ago today. thank you, congressman butterfield. i'd like to take just this moment, if i could, to recount for us the history of the 1968 american federation of state, county, and municipal employees sanitation workers strike, the chronology. beginning on sunday, january 31 of that year, rain sent workers home. then beginn

wilson north carolina on saturday. this tornado video looks like it's going over a house. that's actually a walgreens exploding with fiberglass and 2 x 4s as the tornado moves over it. the bad news is tomorrow we'll be look at another outbreak, hopefully not as bad as this one, matt, but we are going to see a large area of the country under the gun for severe weather. matt? >> al roker, thank you very much. we'll get the nationwide forecast in a moment. now back to north carolina. governor bev purdue. good morning. >> good morning. >> i know you have been touring the state looking at the devastation. how many fatalities are you looking at, how many people unaccounted for? >> this morning we have 21 known fatalities, hundreds in the hospital here with injuries. there are still search and rescue teams working all over the east where the hit was the worst, but the tornadoes have left and things are brighter today in north carolina. >> what images do you have after touring? what sights did you see? >> i'm going back today. so i will have another day of images. it was devastati

north carolina's governor will tour more areas devastated by those violent storms and tornadoes. the video that we're showing here. look at that. there's a funnel cloud touching down in the city of wilson. you can see debris flying everywhere. now a north carolina alone storms claimed at least 21 lives and damaged hundreds of homes. survivors describe some terrifying moments. >> when i looked out the front window, i seen this twister coming. it was just twisting. i told my wife hit the bathroom. soon we hit the bathroom the whole roof just flew off. >> i was just so sure that we were at death's door. i was scared. >> tornadoes and high winds have killed at least 45 people across six states between last thursday and saturday. >>> well, we are following overnight news from afghanistan. an afghan soldier opened fire inside the defense ministry building in kabul. soldier killed several people before being shot and killed in return fire. the taliban is now claiming responsibility for that attack. it's believed that the afghan soldier may have been targeting a french government official who was scheduled to be in the building at the time of the attack. >>> this morning's attack comes after a

north carolina. also, numerous tornadoes down toward the dunn area and wilson area as well, lester. a lot of cleanup ahead here. >> jeff morrow in raleigh, thank you. >>> news tonight of yet another air traffic controller falling asleep on the job. this time in miami. the faa quickly announced it's going to be changing the work schedules in towers and radar centers as soon as this weekend in an effort to end this problem. nbc's michelle franzen reports. >> reporter: here we go again. another air traffic controller asleep on the job. this time during the midnight shift saturday at the miami air route traffic control center. and now the federal aviation administration is planning to make changes to air traffic controllers' work schedules to combat fatigue, long overdue says one former faa administrator. >> the fatigue we're seeing in the control tower is the result of too few qualified controllers in the nation that can fill in. so they're working double shifts, four or five nights in a row. >> reporter: the reports started coming in last month when two passenger planes landed on thei

several twisters and north carolina alone. karen wilsonhundreds of homes destroyed. the governor has been in contact pledging support, 45 people have been killed across six states to murder and 41 tornadoes. here's some of the damage, some of the hardest-hit areas. you can see people going to their neighborhood to see what's left as the cleanup continues. here's video of a twister leaving damage behind in doubt the bill. piles of rubble used to be people's homes. as surcharges are ride again. looking for anyone who has survived. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. we'll leave you with a live look from mount tam. louisa is tracking the weather. >> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. will street is getting him over the dow over 2000 points with reports that there downgrading the outlook for u.s. debt, to-the u.s. is maintaining its triple a credit rating. there's no one in three chance that they could use the rating in the next several years. he may have a little more time to fini

wilson. you can actually see all of that debris flying every place. in north carolina alone the storms killed at least 21 people, damaged hundreds of homes. survivors talked about some of those terrifying moments. >> when i look out the front window i seen this twister coming. it was just twisting. and i told my wife hit the bathroom. as soon as we hit the bathroom floor the whole roof just flew off. >> i just so sure that we were at death's door. i was scared. >> tornadoes and high winds have killed at least 45 people across six states between last thursday and saturday. >>> well, sleeping on the job. the brand new schedule change design today keep air traffic controllers awake. >>> also president obama will be right here in the bay area this wednesday and thursday. he's visiting a silicon valley hot spot and appearing at several fundraisers in san francisco. >>> good morning to you. welcome back. time now 6:15. the federal aviation administration is scrambling now to impose new rules for air traffic controllers after some pretty scary cases of controllers falling asl