one north carolina county is especially hard hit. with more than 20 deaths and miles of devastation. an economic speed bump, as the price of gas soars above $4 in more and more states, fears that the economic recovery could stall. and open for business, a year after the bp oil spill, deepwater drilling is back in the gulf with few new regulations or oversight. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. residents across a huge part of the country are counting their dead and cleaning up the rubble after a brutal weekend of tornadoes and severe storms. let's take a look at the latest. at least 45 people are reported dead and hundreds of homes and businesses have been destroyed. more than 240 tornadoes in all touchdown across 14 states. that's a record number for a single storm system. the twister struck over a three day period from the great plains east to north carolina, which was the hardest hit state with at least 22 deaths. this time lapse video shows the size and in

kerry sanders in colerain, north carolina to start us off tonight. that path barrelled and rolled across the country from the plain states to the deep south. it spread a lot of disaster. there were a number of close calls, weather channel meteorologist jeff morrow is also with us tonight from north carolina. jeff, i watched your coverage all weekend long. an incredible intensity of weather. >> reporter: yeah, brian. reports of 240 tornadoes have investigators scrambling. they've already confirmed 150 tornadoes. to put that into context, we typically see 163 tornadoes for the entire month of april. the rampage went on for days, terrifying tornadoes touched down in 15 states. the harrowing moments caught on tape. >> we got two, three. oh. >> reporter: thursday tushka, oklahoma, not one but several twisters violently spin around each other. >> oh, my god. this is not good, guys. >> reporter: friday, clinton, mississippi, a tornado works across an overpass and blue power flashes light up the sky. >> there goes the roof off the house. >> reporter: saturda

in caldwell county, north carolina. check out where a rescue team had to wade through waters to rescue two men caught on an island at a camp site. here's a look at the squall line that pushed through north carolina, causing a highly unusual amount of large tornadoes. and we do have a fire danger in the southern plains, about 30 fires burning right now and continuation, very gusty conditions and dry air. we're going to be watching the mountain weather system developing for the potential >>> this weather report has been brought to you by preventer. dan and bianna. >> thank you, jackie. >>> coming up here on "good morning america" on this sunday morning, the real life running man. he's running two marathons every day. in a race across america. the question is, why? >> i feel so lazy. >>> also, later this morning, will and kate's honeymoon. where they can be spending the first days as man and wife. and wife. first days as man and wife. here' to my pants not eaving marks on m waist. achieve small wins with a healthy lifestyl

we'll begin with nbc's kristen dahlgren, live in raleigh, north carolina for us. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, lester. while we were standing here getting ready, we noticed that this house is actually smoking now. so we've got a call into the fire department. just take a look at this. this isn't the driveway. this was actually the garage of this home. this was where the door was.

in north carolina yesterday, 94 tornadoes were reported. the governor toured the hardest-hit areas and has already declared a state of emergency. >> i'm not shocked at all. but i was truly -- i was truly sad. >> reporter: 11 people died in bertie county alone. while in raleigh, three children died in a mobile home park. >> they're loving kids. they're beautiful kids. and the world is a sadder place today. >> reporter: in all of the despair, stories of survival. a lowe's home improvement store in sanford, north carolina, peeled apart just after a manager pushed customers to safety in the rear of the store. in gloucester county, virginia, 14-year-old rashad matthews made his own harrowing escape. >> it was about right over there near the drain. i was, like, right there. my sister was right next to me. >> reporter: while at this church in south carolina, all six people inside walked out from beneath the debris. back in raleigh, it was a wedding album that survived. >> we found it. >> reporter: giving hope to a couple who lost just about everyt

hardest hit, north carolina. some classes are canceled, and the state dmv is closed after taking a direct hit. >>> today will be another day of high wind gusts fueling the wild fires. winds of up to 40 miles an hour are expected across texas. so far, more than 700,000 acres have burned. >>> it's tax day. you have until midnight to file your federal tax return. if you owe the government money. the deadline is a couple of days late this year. >>> well, "spider man: turn off the dark goes dark today. it's on a three-week hiatus. the new version of the show debuts on may 12th. >> so they say. >>> thousands of runners are getting revved up for the 115th annual boston marathon. 500,000 people are expected to turn out to watch. >>> coming up on "good morning america," we have all heard about downsizing. what about living in an apartment that is 90 square feet. for new york, it's all about location, location, location. i think i have lived there. >> yes. ohhhhh, who says ogres can't surf? nice moves fiona! ha, ha, ha, i

one man recorded this tornado as it ripped through a home in north carolina. across the south today, people are searching through rubble of homes, a record number of tornadoes destroyed neighborhood after neighborhood. >> reporter: all that's left of this home are the front steps. the remnants are now scattered around this neighborhood along with dozens of other homes. there was little warning for the people who live here. >> i seen this twister come, it was just twisting, the whole roof flew off. >> reporter: 240 tornadoes ripped across 14 states from oklahoma to north carolina, a record for a single storm. 45 people were killed. in north carolina alone, at least 22 people are dead, including cam lafferty's inlas vegas. >> -- in-laws. three young children were killed when a tornado hit this mobile home park but there are also stories of survival. more than 100 people walked out of this lowe's store without any serious injuries. just to give you an idea of the erratic nature of a tornado, take a look at this home. its mostly intact down below but look at the s

today was north carolina's turn. as a big tornado developed to the southwest of raleigh, it skipped along and moved to the northeast and moved right over the downtown area, which is where i'm at. you can see some of the damage here behind me, a lot of tree damage across the city, down on cars, blocking roadways. nearby shaw university also sustaining some major damage, parts of roofs coming off, some windows shattered. it's just a real mess here, a lot of emergency vehicles moving about. but from what we understand so far, there hasn't been any fatalities. now, this was not the only tornado to occur across 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 p

in north carolina, a lowe's store reduced to a heap of twisted steel. and in virginia tonight, just one of the homes lifted and blown apart. and the map tonight tells the story of how widespread the tornadoes have been, carving through north carolina and virginia at the end of their line. and that's where we begin tonight in raleigh, north carolina, and steve osunsami. steve? >> reporter: good evening, david. this is what's left of an auto dealership here in raleigh. the high winds were so strong, they destroyed the office, knocked over this tree on top of what was left of the office and then pushed this car into the hole left by the tree. these were deadly storms. at least 24 people were killed in this state alone. across the carolinas, this was a storm that showed little mercy. >> first tornado i've ever seen. >> reporter: it was one tornado after another. >> there goes the roof off a house. >> reporter: in the middle of the day. as many as 62 twisters tearing through homes and lives -- >> holy [ bleep ]. >> reporter: this one rolling through sanford,

at least 60 tornadoes swept across north carolina alone yesterday. 21 people died in north carolina. that includes 11 in one county. some folks lost their homes but lived to talk about the storm's fury. >> when i looked out the front window, i seen this twister coming. it was just twisting. i told my wife, hit the boardroom. -- bathroom. the whole roof flew off. >> she was in the shower. they found her under the shelves. >> alan: the north carolina governor declared a state of emergency after visiting downtown raleigh and other areas today. >>> in japan, the company that runs the fukushima nuclear power plant has a plan to contain the plant in six to nine months. the first stage would focus on the cooling of reactors, then reducing the level of leaking radiation. the company would then attempt to decontaminate radioactive water and lower radiation levels in evacuation areas, and the final stage is a cold shut down of the reactors, and the company would cover the buildings, possibly with an industrial cloth. there's no word on when evacees might be allowed back in. >> the next big bud

nearly half of them in north carolina where steve was. sam champion also there, telling us about a store in north carolina that led the race to survive. he's in sanford, north carolina, tonight, sam. >> reporter: good evening, diane. there is still a lot to clean up here in the southeast after this weekend's outbreak. there are damaged cars, there are damaged buildings. but there's also some incredible heroic stories. it's 3:20 sunday afternoon in sanford, north carolina. 100 people are wandering the aisles and parking lot of lowe's hardware store, unaware that a massive tornado was barreling towards them at 160 miles an hour. >> we looked across the street over here and saw a tornado coming to the store. >> and i looked at it and i'm, like, cloud, and then, oh, heck no, that's not a cloud, that's -- you could see the debris around it. >> i ran to the door and i just said, get in the house! and that was crazy, i know, but that's what i said. >> reporter: the team at the huge hardware store sprang into action. they had just seconds to gath

. >> one man recorded this twister as it ripped through a home no north carolina. the storm killed at least 21 people in that state alone. annette is live in raleigh with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning frank and elizabeth. i am in one of the neighbourhoods hit the hardest you can see some destruction behind me in fact that car there, that car is parked in what used to be a garage the garage is completely gone. many people in this area saying they are just lucky to be alive. residents in green county north carolina are sifting through what is left of their devastated community. >> i don't know at this point. >> reporter: a line of violent storms spawned more than 60 tornadoes, killing at least 21 people three of them young children who died at this mobile home park in stoney brook. in other parts of the state, harrowing stories of survival >> right now just a state of shock you know, just glad i got out alive. >> reporter: connie owens hid in her closet as one twister ripped through her home. >> it sucked my ten nit shoes off my feet. >> this lowes st

with at least 24 killed in north carolina alone. the scene, utter devastation. weaver live with the latest on the deadly weather. >>> today, sunday, april 17th, 2011. >>> good morning, everyone, welcome to "today" on a sunday, i'm lester holt. >> and i'm jenna wolf. we want to get to the deadly tornado outbreak. that began in the midwest. it has now ravaged north carolina and virginia, with dozens killed in seven states since thursday. >> we know it's spring and tornado season, but i can't recall seeing anything like this in quite a while. these are the images from north carolina we're getting. an eye witness called it a hell of a storm. as we said, 24 people have reportedly been killed in north carolina, another four in virginia. you look past wednesday, a total of 45 lives lost in seven states. in what they call the supercells that have been going through. we've got complete coverage of the storm's path and devastation. we'll begin with nbc's kristen dahlgren, live in raleigh, north carolina for us. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you,

in north carolina. >>> target london. the royal wedding in the cross hairs of an extreme any splinter faction? how terrorists could target this celebration. >>> and new clues on the kidnapping of holly bobo. her cousin speaks out in an emotional "good morning america" exclusive. >> we're a close family. we're just trying to hold it together. >>> and funny money on this tax day. the outrageous deductions on tax returns. body oil? a bikini? a blinged out amish buggy? >>> and good morning, everyone. we know that this has been a difficult weekend for many. the historic outbreak of twisters. so many caught on tape. look at this incredible scene. two tornadoes on the ground, side by side in oklahoma. >> the damage left is almost incomprehensible. hundreds and hundreds of homes destroyed in 14 states. this is the worst destruction from a spring storm in over 20 years. >> at least 45 people killed, 241 tornadoes. our abc news team has been on the ground all weekend. >> up to 62 tornadoes touch down in north carolina. the most dra

we have we have more now about the aftermath and the recovery in north carolina. it comes from david schrader of the american red cross. he joins us from raleigh. mr. shall schrader, how extensive is the damage that you've seen? >> extensive. we arrived last night. and we took a tour driving around throughout raleigh all day today. and what's remarkable and what's striking is the fact that you go house to house, neighborhood to neighborhood and one house is pretty much intact but the house across the street or right next door is leveled. that happens throughout the entire downtown area. this is not out in the, you know, rural areas with wide open spaces. this is in residential vabds right in the city. it's everywhere you drive. everywhere we drove coming in, in the neighborhoods. there was no place we went. we didn't see some sort of remnants of the disaster. >> ifill: including at shaw university that we just saw in that piece, right? >> we drove by shaw university. you can see all the windows were shattered. there were trees everywhere. i could see why they deci

the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: i continue to reserve, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: here we go again, a closed rule, put this one includes martial law authority. this means the republican leadership can bring any spending bill to the floor any time they want, so much for read the bill. this is not how the house republicans said they'd run the house. their record, mr. speaker, is abysmal. this bill is a perfect exasm of how they're doing things they said hay wouldn't do. a closed bill with martial law authority, i'm not surprised. yesterday a group of tea partyiers were -- partiers were protesting on the step of the -- steps of the capitol. that's a wonderful thing to be able to do but it's important to point out their protesting keeping the government open. they want to shut the government down. look at the front page of " c.q." today, a sign that says shut it down. it's time to act like adults and negotiate in good faith. it's time to come

north carolina was hit the hardest. as many as 62 tornadoes let homes in flattened piles and 21 people in that state alone were killed. >> the sadness for this destruction people's lives and property. then the resilience is there. i told the national president the incidents were saturday and we were all devastated. we did an assessment yesterday. even yesterday, mr. congressman, there was the beginning of a rebirth. >> 240 tornadoes were recorded in the storm. >>> nobody knows for sure how many slave laborers are brought in each year. but bay area is among the first to crack down on the crime. it's where people come from all over the world to come and combat slavery in their countries. >> for me, it's fascinating work. >> they're furiously scribbling down notes while an expert in field of slavery and the labor exploitation explained what his job is all about. >> we find victims and we have to help them through the survival process. >> the san jose police lieutenant runs human trafficking task force with officers from hi

at least 43 people have died with 21 deaths in north carolina alone. survivors are trying to cope with the overwhelming destruction. rick writmooth explains. >> reporter: tornadoes bringing death and destruction. nearly 14 tornadoes came through. >> it's still ain't real. it hasn't hit me that all our stuff is gone. >> reporter: in stanford, lowe's officials moved customers into the more fortified part of the building. the destruction would have been larger if it weren't for their quick action. >> we started moving people to the back of the store. >> to me that's more than anything. >> reporter: north carolina governor beth perdue holding a news conference after surveying the damage. >> i did talk to president obama earlier today and he sends to north carolina, both he and the first lady prayers and support. he pledged to me to do legally all that can be done. >> reporter: neighboring virginia is also devastated by the storm. the storms created tornadoes and flash flooding. before hitting virginia and north carolina, the same system tore through missis

hit north carolina, 24 people were killed. mike smith, a meteorologist who wrote a book about weather disasters says people in both states had ample warning. >> the warnings were excellent. there was plenty of time for people to get to shelter provided they got the warning. >> reporter: but people have been known to ignore dire forecasts or miss them entirely. gail dickens cashier at the lowe's store in sanford that had its roof ripped off said she had no idea tornado was coming until it was in the parking lot. >> start seeing debris in the air and i said this is a tornado. we got to head for the bathrooms now. >> reporter: in dangerous weather st. louis residents have an advantage over north carlonians. blairing sirens like these that warn tornadoes are imminent. >> the heeding of that warning by the citizens once again has saved countless lives. >> reporter: north carolina's insurance commissioner is urging all county officials to install tornado sirens. >> the siren can get your attention even if you are not tuned in to the

first, wilson, north carolina. >> it hits the building. all of a sudden the amount 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

north carolina was hit the hardest. as many as 62 tornadoes let homes in flattened piles and 21 people in that state alone were killed. >> the sadness for this destruction people's lives and property. then the resilience is there. i told the national president the incidents were saturday and we were all devastated. we did an assessment yesterday. even yesterday, mr. congressman, there was the beginning of a rebirth. >> 240 tornadoes were recorded in the storm. >>> nobody knows for sure how many slave laborers are brought in each year. but bay area is among the first to crack down on the crime. it's where people come from all over the world to come and combat slavery in their countries. >> for me, it's fascinating work. >> they're furiously scribbling down notes while an expert in field of slavery and the labor exploitation explained what his job is all about. >> we find victims and we have to help them through the survival process. >> the san jose police lieutenant runs human trafficking task force with officers from hi

this is damage from sanford, north carolina. part of the roof was ripped right off of this lowe's hardware store and the front was flattened yesterday. the store manager is being credited with saving more than 100 employees and customers when he told them to go to the back of the store. no serious injuries were reported at that lowe's. >>> san bruno police are asking for your help in finding a missing woman. leonie scott left the house on foot. she was last seen wearing a light blue pajama top, blue pajama pants and gray shoes. anyone with information is asked to call san bruno police. the search also continues for a union city teenager missing since wednesday. police say michael santos left home for james morgan high school. he is 5'2", and ways about 110 pounds. >>> a bay area landlord with a history of problems in oakland is ordered to clean up a da lap tated house from fremont. saying part of the property is unlivable because of major toilet and sewage problems. a fremont judge ordered the landlord to do the repairs. she was

heavy rain, more than 60 tornadoes touched down in north carolina alone yesterday. since thursday, more than 3 dozen people have been killed in tornadoes that tore through much of the midwest and south. tara lynn with the damage in north carolina. >> this time lapse video shows storm clouds tee sending on raleigh, part of the system that killed more than 20 people across the state. one of the hardest hit areas was in the tiny town of cold rain, where a couple hundred people live, tore houses from the foundations, through cars and left behind yards of destruction. >> i saw this twister coming i said twisting, we hit the bathroom, we hit the bathroom floor the roof flu. >> reporter: kim lafferty had prayers of her own when she couldn't reach her in-laws. >> i had a gut feeling when i couldn't get them on the phone and new how close it could hit. >> reporter: when she arrived at their home she found stairs leading to nothing, the door, the entire home were gone. the tornado killed her in-laws, roy and barbara lafferty and barbara's mother. the storm picked up the home

and joining us is reporter bo mennic of wral tv, in bethel hill, north carolina. bo, what is the damage like where you are? >> reporter: we're in the parking lot right now in the school, the bethel hill charter school. you can see there off in distance, the gymnasium of the school has had its roof literally just torn off and all the area this is what you're going to see. you're going to see a lot of tree limbs and twigs out, just blown all over the place. we've seen some power lines very low hanging right now. it's certainly an active and dangerous situation out here. crews are working on restoring power to several hundred homes and, really, it's just a very frightening experience but thankfully, no one up here was hurt. russ. >> mitchell: that's good news. >> bo minnic of wral-tv joining us tonight. let's turn let's turn to alabama where seven people have tied in tornadoes, including three members of a single family. don teague has that part of the story. >> reporter: just one look at what used to be a home in vinegar bend alabama is enough to see the power of th

less than an hour's drive north, raleigh, north carolina, and the amazing story of 3-month-old hayden robinson. >> i heard nothing but glass shatter so i grabbed him and i hold him for -- you know what i'm saying, i cover him up, and next thing you know, the whole back side of my trailer came down. >> reporter: his older cousin held on to him tightly, as tightly as he could, but it wasn't enough. >> and the wind just took him, took him straight out my arms. >> reporter: and the wind just pulled him right out your arms? >> took him out my hands. i thought he was gone, thought he was lost. >> reporter: yet when the tornado passed, somehow just several feet away laying on a pile of wood was baby aidan, crying but unharmed. >> i don't know what to call it. >> a miracle. >> i mean, this little baby, 3 months old, fine, you know what i'm saying? >> reporter: the severe weather that caused all this damage was almost a perfect combination of three factors. warm air and moisture spreading across the south and southeast, plus a strong cold front moving through the region. add to that, a strong

three tiny puppies just weeks old survived the storm in north carolina. the woman they belonged to said she lost everything else. two of them are named lucky and miracle. >>> in 30 minutes people will gather in san francisco to mark the moment, 105 years ago when that earthquake hit here in san francisco. the quake in 1906 triggered a catastrophic fire that destroyed much of the city the mountain, there thereby a wreath laying dedicated to the recent victims in japan. this is live. since the quake, bay area residents have donated millions for relief efforts. >>> after the ceremony, the crowd moves to the top of dolores park in mission district they will repaint the gold colored fire hydrant, crucial in saving parts of the mission district that will be followed by breakfast. one of the only three earthquake survivors still living showed up at a luncheon he is 105 years old what he knows of the quake is stories he heard growing up in north beach. >> nothing of the fire, that's for sure. i was only 3 months old. so i heard plenty of it after. >> looks good a

north carolina was especially hard. particularly in birdie county were more than 10 people were killed. emergency crews are assessing the damage and residents are talking about a moment of impact. >> a told everybody to get down, cover up, getting to a tight space and get away from the windows. >>reporter: both north carolina and virginia have declared states of emergency. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>vicki: people flock to san francisco as annual cherry blossom festival. it will show you how the devastation in japan is on everyone's mind this year. we will visit a family from japan who moved here because of radiation concerns. today more than to madrid thousand people crowded downtown to see the annual cherry blossom festival parade. cherry blossom trees around the route, they symbolize nature and the changes of life. people of japan have seen massive changes to the life since the earthquake, tsunami in nuclear power plant crisis. many showed support it to the people of japan. >> i think when something bad happens it

that's the beauty of north carolina. we understand how to face adversity and how to suck it up and move forward with rebuilding our communities and our lives. thoughts and prayers to the folks who lost loved ones. >> i know you spoke to the president. you have 12 fema teams on the way to north carolina. what's their top priority? >> i met last night with the fema director who came to have the meeting. today and tomorrow they will do an expedited assessment of what property and life damages there are. they have agreed to start quickly withal building people's lives back and secondly focusing on the business community. i believe thursday or friday, north carolina will have the expedited authorization. we'll be a national emergency and can put federal dollars to match our state dollars into these communities and these families' lives. that's a start. money helps. >> one of the rural counties in bladen and birdie county, they are big agricultural counties that rely on crops for their economy. it's early in the spring. have y

>>> all right, ines ferre in raleigh, north carolina. thank you, ines. >>> it's slow going this morning for rescuers at a idaho silver mine where a miner has been trapped since it caved in on friday. ironically, the mine is lucky friday located in the town of mullan in the idaho panhandle. rescuers say it will take two days to drill through the rock just to determine if the miner is still alive. fellow miners are worried. >> i was scheduled to work together. but i'm not working today because of the situation. miners, you know, want to see the -- they're just like brothers. they want to see them, you know, come out. >> there's been no contact with the miner since the mine tunnel collapsed. >>> the controversial birther bill passed by the arizona state lenlgts lay legislature will not become law. it was driven by disproven claims that president obama isn't a u.s. citizen. it would have forced candidates to submit proof of citizenship to arizona officials to be on the state ballot. governor jan brewer vetoed today saying, quote, designating

north carolina governor said portions of the tornadoes across the state nearly brought her to tears. >> it's a hard time. thank god there weren't as many lives lost. >> emergency workers are still looking for victims. >> the manager of this store in stanford is called a hero to ushering employees and customers to safety as the storm hit. >> everyone was on the ground crouched. by that time, running to the back, the roof was coming off. >> after looking at all that was gone and destroyed homes splintered in piles of wood. many wondered how they survived. >> the part is here, the other part is here. but my family and i are here. that is god's greatest lesson. >> many families across the region are thankful this morning because it could have been much worse. >> i look at that. yes, we lost the property. but just property. >> peggy bunker, abc7 news. >> you never failed to be impressed by the power of mother nature and the power of the tornadoes. they rip things apart. >> tornadoes like that, you need to get underground. carolina don't have basement. building code in the carolina are les

mississippi, alabama, to north carolina and even virginia. over one half of the 45 deaths were in the last of the state's. last of the couple listed states--between 5:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. saturday night. >> i was scared! i was so scared! the roof went, the walls went. >> i told everyone to get down. >> you can see that part of this is on the side of the church. the destruction of the tornado came through. >> i lost count of the number of flooded homes. >> 167 homes in this county. >> with any personal items that we have, family mementos try to save something. you can see that these houses have been totally destroyed it is a very sad situation right now. >>catherine: this also forced a virginia power co. to shut down one nuclear reactor near north fork. no damage but they say that it is a sign to sustain hurricane strength wind and tornadoes. near no-faul north se for kennorth fork virginia more fa ñÑ [ woman ] everybody's looking for deals these days, and i'm not talking about saving a dollar off shampoo or two-for-one tacos or something. i'm

nowhere was hit harder than north carolina. at least 21 people died in the state's deadliest weather day in decades. communities large and small are devastated. the governor asked for federal help in assessing the damage and helping residents get back on their feet. inez is live in raleigh with the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. i'm in one of the neighborhoods hit hardest and you can see the house behind me simply destroyed. many residents around here just feel lucky to be alive. residents in greene county, north carolina, are sifting through what's left of their devastating community. >> hopefully, we'll rebuild, you know. i don't know at this point. >> reporter: over the weekend, a line of violent storms spawned more than 60 tornadoes in the state, killing at least 21 people, three of them young children who died at this mobile home park in stony brook. in other parts of the state, harrowing stories of survival. >> right now, it's just a state of shock, you know. just glad i got out alive. >> reporter

it's an amazing three-day stretch. 94 reports of tornadoes here in north carolina alone. many of them thought to be the same twister, they may have been the long tract tornados that say on the ground a long time. and can be devastating. >> it just hit all of a sudden. when it hit, it was this wham. >> reporter: it took ten minutes to change the face of a neighborhood from a spring day to a struggle to survive. this is what is left of joe styles' house. he and his family rode it out on the second floor. >> she came and dove on the two kids. i came and dove on her, and we heard the loud bang and the doors and the glass and everything flying around. >> reporter: the deadly track started in oklahoma on thursday. but as it headed east, the destruction and death toll only grew. in north carolina saturday, 62 tornadoes were reported, 22 people were killed, five more in virginia. the three-day total, now more than 40 lives across six states making it one of the worst spring storms in decades. in raleigh, three children die in a mobile home park. >> they're loving kids, they're be

the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: mr. speaker, we're prepared to close and i'll reserve the balance of my time. mr. hastings: i'd say to the gentlelady that i'll be the last speaker so she can be prepared. i do ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment that mr. murphy spoke to in the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. . mr. hastings: mr. speaker, no prevention or public health funds are or can be used to pay for abortions and this bill has absolutely nothing to do with that. what it will stop, this bill as offered by the ruling republican house, is immunization for kids and seniors. programs to stop childhood obesity and to prevent heart disease and diabetes. that's what they are stopping. so please don't be misled. no dollars from this fund will be used for abortion. if we as legislators are to be about the business of helping americans live healthy, productive lives we must change our fundamental approa

tornados like this one caught on tape in north carolina on saturday. in all, at least 45 people were killed, about 250 tornados were reported across 14 states, starting in oklahoma on thursday and growing deadlier as the storm moved east into virginia and the carolinas. cynthia bowers is in raleigh tonight. cynthia, there are so many people there who have lost everything. >> reporter: you know, that's true, katie. because behind all those big numbers you just gave out are lots of little ones-- countless personal stories of loss. in relatively well-to-do neighborhoods like this one and in parts of the state where people didn't have a lot to begin with and now have nothing. in the tiny town of micro, north carolina, population 537, nicole johnson is living a nightmare. >> i just started crying because everything we have is gone. >> that's the tornado. >> reporter: 11 of the 22 people who died in north carolina were from the rural northeast county, linda rafferty's in-laws were among them. >> i had a gut feeling when i couldn't get them on the phone and i

carolina over the years this is the most catastrophic i have seen. >>> today north carolina's governor plans to tour more areas devastated by tornadoes. >> in texas gusty winds, extremely dry conditions hampering efforts to raging wild fires flames damaged 18 homes torched dozens more, 700- acres as well all been torched one firefighter killed a homeless man is under arrest suspected of igniting one of those wild fires in austin when he lit up a camp fire. >>> with shoddy record keeping a factor in san bruno pipeline disaster. they will have to answer about the record keeping practices over many decades they face millions in fines, but doesn't produce the records -- if it doesn't produce the records they demanded. it had a seam along its length contrary to pg&es records. >>> new information about brian stowe the giants fan, attacked at dodgers stadium, doctors put him back in a medically induced coma because he kept having seizures, doctors removed his neck brace for the first time he still remains under heavy sedation last month he suffered a skull fracture when beaten by two people.

north carolina was particularly hard hit. at least 21 people there were killed. >> i've seen a lot of damage in north carolina over the years, but this is the most catastrophic i've ever seen. the destruction is nasive. >> today, people are still cleaning up in the area. president obama has pledged his support in the recovery effort. >>> pg&e faces a key deadline today that could lead to more fines. state regulators want to hear by the utility today about its it's -- about it's recordkeeping practices. according to the paper, it's part a broader ongoing investigation as to whether pg&e is missing record, breaks the law, an investigation was lunched after the superexplosion -- after the sub -- after the san bruno location. their documents did not contain the pipe information. >>> 8:37. as we've been telling you all morning, today is the deadline for file your taxes. if you plan --ed on mailing your tax rush, be prepared you may have to pay a little more. the post office says larger envelopes containing more than four pieces pa

these two at west charlotte high in north carolina are high achievers. but like many of their peers, they had no strategy for how to excel beyond high school, until they got help from a unique program that puts young people from low income families on a college track. >> we're going to make sure we get those filled out correctly. >> reporter: portia newman is part of the national college advising corps. less than a year out of the university of north carolina, she's back in high school, now working as a college counselor. >> i'm trying to figure out a new way to connect to these young people and it's been -- it's been a journey, but i've loved every bit of it. >> reporter: the need for more full-time counselors in high schools is enormous. according to the department of education, nationwide there is one guidance counselor for every 457 students, which means on average, kids get 20 minutes of counseling a year. newman is giving kids a lot more than that, pulling them aside in the courtyard or the library, helping kids fill out applications, answering que

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

north carolina was particularly hard hit. 22 people were killed there. yesterday the governor towards some of the counties. >> i've seen a lot of damage but this is the most catastrophic. the destruction is massive. i've been in six counties i will do more tomorrow. we have 23 counties that were hurt badly. lots of property damage, schools lost. >> reporter: cleanup crews will have the work cut out for them today. estimates continue as they now try to put a financial number on the amount of damage scattered across six states. >> reporter: just crossing wires the last few moments a standard reform critter rating from stable to negative. break now this government that is triple a but the all look going for it taking that rating down to-. the dow was off 173 right now. all three industries are down over 1 percent. any change to the credit rating would be more expensive to borrow money. it is staying at tripoli now, but they are revising the a lot. it is hitting stocks. >> reporter: today marks the benchmark 105 years since the 1906 earthquake that left san

at least 46 people were killed. 22 in north carolina alone. more than 450 homes were destroyed or damaged. it is reported this morning the u.s. has secretly funded anti-government groups in syria for the past five years. "the washington post" cites documents from wikileaks, saying up to $6 million was funneled to syrian opposition groups since 2006. >>> in mexico a violent drug kingpin known as el kilo has been captured. martin estrada was allegedly behind the massacre of more than 200 people in a mexican border >>> it's been five days since 20-year-old holly bobo went missing from her family home in darton, tennessee. 1,000 volunteers are taking part in the search for the nursing student and authorities are asking the public for help in the investigation. cbs news correspondent don teague now has the latest. >> reporter: in the close-knit community of parsons, tennessee, friends and family of holly bobo gathered to pray for the return of the 20-year-old who went missing five days ago. >> some wicked, evil person has come into our community an

. >>> in north carolina where a record number of tornadoes hit this weekend. people there are now trying to comprehend all of the destruction. the severe weather system began in oklahoma three days ago, cutting southeast, kill mortgage than 40 people. nbc's kristen dahlgren has a look. >> reporter: from the air, a first look at the massive scars cut into the north carolina landscape. but it's on the ground you get the best picture of just how powerful this massive storm system was. >> you know, you see pictures like this. and you know, we've seen them all spring of towns devastated by tornadoes. and you never kind of imagine the scope of the damage. >> reporter: the storm's deadly trek started in oklahoma on thursday. but as it spread east, the destruction and death toll only grew. making it one of the worst spring storms in decades. these are homes that have literally been peeled away, some missing entire floors. and yet people here say what they found is much greater. a sense that even in all of this, they're the lucky ones. >> material things we can replace

see lighten marching off to the east, one tornado so far today, it's been in the southeastern part of north carolina but it is causing flight delays all up and down the eastern seaboard. where you see yellow, that is slight risk for more severe weather. so it's not over yet. more damage reports will be coming in. >>> if you want to find out how you can help, we have a link to the american red cross bay area chapter on our website at abc7news.com and click on see it on tv. >> we have breaking news from

north carolina's governor has declared a state of emergency and expects federal assistance. it's just a sad to see all that going on there. here in the bay area, lisa argen is along with talk about our weather forecast. >> fog is the show impacting sfo where we had delays. you can see the golden gate bridge and low clouds but almost a summertime pattern. it's beginning to clear in some spots. we do have a cold front that is going to bring some more clouds. here is a look outside of our studios. you'll notice the bay bridge. some lower clouds, temperatures with that stratus overnight didn't fall too much. we're in the 50s. 60 in mountain view, a little sun coming in. 61 in concord. you are looking at a nice afternoon in concord. 56 in napa and clouds will be entering the north bay later on this afternoon. partly cloudy skies this morning. light rain arriving later on tonight and showers linger for much of monday. that means cooler temperatures. here is visible picture, stratus along the shoreline, beginning to pull back on the peninsula and south bay. but we do have that fron