cynthia bowers is in southwest of raleigh tonight where she has the latest. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, russ. people in this area say they knew dangerous storms were coming. but they had no idea just how devastating and just how deadly they would prove to be. it's still not known just how many tornadoes raked north carolina saturday but the devastation is clear and the death toll is rising. governor beverly perdue who saw homes across the capitol city of raleigh destroyed said it could have been even worse. >> people who say they've lost everything, they're all thankful for their lives. >> reporter: this lowe's home improvement store could have been a disaster in itself if not for quick thinking employees like gail dickens who saw it coming. >> i said we have a tornado, get to the bathrooms now. everybody was standing there quietly until we heard the roof peel back and you heard people scream then because at that time you just heard in the hallway it just went-- . >> reporter: gail says it is a miracle no one in the store was seriously hurt. as f

in the raleigh, north carolina, area, fallen debris and flooding have left tens of thousands without power tonight. there are reports of widespread tornado damage in central north carolina. tornado watches along the mid-atlantic today have extended as far north as pennsylvania. this after two days of violent storms left a trail of death and destruction from oklahoma on through alabama. and tuscaloosa, alabama, is where the weather channel's jim cantore begins our coverage tonight. jim? >> reporter: good evening, lester. so much destruction across much of alabama, scenes like this where trees have been uprooted by the wind, just pushed over, sitting on top of this house right here. amazing, one tree down, another left standing. but you don't have to look too far to see tarps on rooftops and power poles just snapped in half. this same storm system has just shifted to the east and north tonight, continues to cause tornadic destruction. >> that's a tornado, man. >> reporter: as a huge tornado swept through raleigh, north carolina, the storm was captured by an amateur photographer. the de

in raleigh, cbs news. >> and southwest of raleigh it missed all the devastation, there are signs of life. three tiny puppies survived. the owner said she lost everything else. >>> new rules in effect tonight. they give air traffic controllers more time to rest. the nine hour rest rule taking effect a day after another controller was caught sleeping on the job. it happened yesterday in miami. the goal is to increase safety. controllers direct nearly 50,000 fights a day. >> we can't allow controllers to fall asleep in control towers, we aren't going to stand by and let that happen. >> reporter: the secretary said he is going to put a stop to controllers switching schedules. right now they can cluster shifts to get long weekends. >>> a change in policy at match.com. the online dating site said it'll start screening users against a national sex offender database. last week a woman filed suit against them demanding the screening after she was sexually assaulted by a man she met on the website. the company said the database has been unreliable but improvements prompted the policy change. it'll

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, south of raleigh. >> just a massive, thick cloud with debris, all kinds spiraling around it. pieces of all kinds of metal, boards, just a complete spiral. >> reporter: at the lowe's, there were 70 customers in the way. managers moved them to the back of the store and saved their lives. >> everybody kind of was on the ground, crouched, you know, and by that time, as we were running to the back, the

we begin our coverage tonight in raleigh with nbc's kristen dahlgren. kristen, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. you can see the clean-up here really just getting started. searchers spent much of the day in many places making sure that nobody else is trapped under the debris after what has been a massive and deadly three-day tornado outbreak. >> right there. right there. right there, right there, tornado, right there on the ground! on the ground! >> reporter: home video captured the sheer fury of the twister. it's the up-close look that residents like sanford long will never forget. >> it hit all of a sudden. when it hit, it was woom! >> reporter: within minutes his neighbors' houses were gone. their frames snapped and shifted off their foundations. next door joe styles and his family rode it out on the second floor. >> i came and jumped on her. we heard the loud bang and doors and glass and everything flying around. >> reporter: returning today, he could only stare. wondering how they survived and how to put it all back together. >> it's

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 knew how close it had hit. >> reporter: the stony brook mobile home park in raleigh was off limits again today, deemed too dangerous even for residents. three little boys ages nine, eight, and three, died in an instant saturday when a tree

but this is what the one in raleigh looks like right now. it's incredible to see how much damage these twisters did. >> unbelievable. and we have complete coverage of the aftermath of these vicious storms, starting with steve osunsami who is in raleigh, north carolina. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. from the looks of it, this tree weighs thousand of pounds. and the winds were so strong, they knocked this tree over in a second. this was a violent storm. there's just no other way to describe it. and as the sun rises, authorities expect they'll find more deaths. >> i'm getting out of here. >> reporter: late saturday, across the carolinas, they said it felt like hell on earth. an incredibly strong line of spring storms, rained down more than 90 reported tornadoes. parts of the state looked like a war zone. the view from the sky, complete devastation. these homes were obliterated. at raleigh's stoney brook apartments the storm ripped off roofs and ruined lives. >> my bedroom, my granddaughter's room is totally demolished.

in raleigh, two brothers and a cousin died when a tree came down on their trailer. the 9, 8, and 3-year-olds were holding each other huddled in a closet. >> i'm so sorry they heeded all the warnings and did everything they could and still sacrificed. >> reporter: amid the sorrow, there is also inspiration. in sanford, north carolina, the assistant manager at this lowe's hardware store turned hero when he ordered more than 100 panicked customers to the back of the store now. >> if any of the employees had hesitated another 20 seconds, we might have been out in the middle of the store when it hit. >> everybody in that building was a hero. >> reporter: north carolina governor beverly perdue toured the damage in colerain today. >> this is catastrophic. >> reporter: 11 residents in bertie county died, including 90-year-old helen white, her picture salvaged today by her granddaughter, morgan. what does it mean to have to hold onto that? >> comfort, memories, sad. >> reporter: another cherished heirloom, their grandfather's american flag. morgan and her sister madison toda

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.

it is quiet here in this raleigh, north carolina, neighborhood. one of the only sounds is a smoke detector that has been beeping since the tornado went through on saturday. police aren't allowing nonresidents into this neighborhood. and many of the people who do live here cannot now safely stay in their homes. >> all of a sudden, i started hearing -- crack, crack. that's when i said, time to go. >> reporter: governor perdue says the spirit of the state is coming out. one example was at the lowe's in sanford. 100 people huddled together in the store. and all survived. here in raleigh, the city's public works director says he estimates there will be 200,000 cubic yards of debris that has to be cleared. if you do the math, it's about 6,600 of the largest dumpsters available. and across the state, officials say they have no idea how much this tornado will actually cost. rob and peggy? >> emily, thank you. >>> more weather news this morning. in northern new jersey, residents there are begging for relief from flooding. rivers there are still high from t

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 store was ripped to shreds. >>> i said we have a tornado get to the bathrooms now. >> reporter: here in raleigh, the damage is almost hard to believe. this ne

emily schmidt is in hard-hit raleigh. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and peggy, good morning. it is quiet here in this raleigh, north carolina, neighborhood. one of the only sounds is a smoke alarm that has been beeping since the tornado went through on saturday. police aren't allowing nonresidents into the neighborhood and many of the people who do live here cannot now safely stay in their homes. north carolina hasn't seen damage like this in decades. stretching across 26 counties after more than 60 tornados in one case this rare twin tornado. >> and i started to hear shhh, crack, crack and that's when i said, time when i said time to go. >> reporter: a tornado largely skipped over his house in raleigh, but it tore through others just across the street in there goes the roof off the house. >> reporter: more than 800 families across the state now have either a severely damaged home or no home at all. >> don't know actually bh we're going to live. >> reporter: there are stories of survival. in sanford, 100 people hu

right there. >> reporter: back in raleigh, it feels a wedding album that survived. giving hope to a couple who lost just about everything else. >> we got it. we got it. >> reporter: and the governor here in north carolina said she has been in touch with president obama who's pledged federal support, lynn? >> kristen dahlgren, thank you. >>> for the first time, the operator of the japanese nuclear plant is laying out a blueprint. over the next three months it goal will be to control leaking radiation by creating new cooling systems. that could allow evacuees to be at home from six to nine months. measurements from robots show a harsh environment, but not one that will be impossible for humans to work in. meanwhile, in a show of support, secretary of state hillary clinton met with the japanese emperor in japan yesterday, the highest-ranking u.s. official to visit the country since the disaster. >>> according to this morning's "washington post" amid growing unrest in syria, the state department has been secretly financing opponents of the syrian president. the paper re

and two or three minute, it was over. >> mitchell: this lowes hardware store in sanford south of raleigh was destroyed. in salisbury, north of charlotte, one man said he was holding a four-week-old baby when the storm hit. he lay the child on the living room floor and covered it with his body. as the storm blew out windows and tore off part of his roof. 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

manual has the latest from raleigh. >> reporter: in this quiet raleigh neighborhood this is now a road of misfortune. the violent storm hit on saturday with little warning. randy and his family got into the basement just moments before a tornado ripped apart the second floor of their home. >> it is pretty shocking to know that we were in that house when it hit. >> reporter: across the south people are sifting through the debris that used to be their homes. in some areas, entire neighborhoods are leveled. >> we hope by thursday we will know the first real rough estimates on also of life and property to both individuals and to businesses. >> reporter: more than 200 tornadoes were reported in 14 states, a record for a single storm. at least 44 people have been killed. three young children lost their lives when a tree crashed into their mobile home in raleigh. tornadoes are rare in this part of the country so there are no warning sirens here. people had no idea what was coming their way. national ash shame was out natasha was out for dinner when the tornado tore through her home and the se

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 decided to cancel classes. >> ifill: is there anyway to know, we know we have heard the latest numbers of casualties of fatalities is at 44. but is there any way to keep count of how many people have been left homeless by these tornadoes not just in north c

this is time lapse video from raleigh, north carolina, lightning, thunder, dark clouds roll in bringing 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

. >> reporter: here in raleigh, damage is almost hard to believe. this neighbourhood is absolute by devastated. >> i have seen a lot of damage over the years this is the most cat traffic i have seen. >> violent weather -- catastrophic i have seen. >> violent weather beban in oklahoma. more than 240 tornadoes touched down in 14 states a record for a single system. in virginia, tim's home now sits in the water. >> i don't know how you go about salvaging a house laying in the river upside down. >> more severe weather is on tap tomorrow forecasters warn there will be a triple threat of tornadoes, high winds and hail. cbs news, raleigh north carolina. >>> death toll no arkansas, alabama, virginia is at least seven in each state. they crushed school buses and demolished buildings, piles of rubble in virginia used to be people's homes some of the storm victims pick through ruins others look on in total disbelief. >>> amid-devastation there are signs of life. three tiny puppies just weeks old survived the storm in north carolina. the woman they belonged to

most of the dead were from two small rural counties not far from raleigh. this storm barrelled across six states. 62 twitters ripped through north carolina, killing more than 20 people and flattening homes and businesses. >> there was pieces of all kinds of metal, boards, just just a complete spiral. >> reporter: it's the worst spinning storm to hit the state in two decades. north carolina governor beverly purdue said touring portions of the state nearly brought her to tears. >> we have to pitch in. thank god, there were not as many lives lost as could have been when you look at the damage. >> reporter: the manager of this lowe's store in sanford is being called a hero for ushering emply yees and customers to safety as the storm hit. >> everybody was on the floor crouched. the roof was coming off after we were running. >> reporter: after looking at all that was gone and destroyed, many wondering how they survived. >> part of my house there. the other part here. but my family and i are here and that's god's greatest love. >> reporter: many families are thank

>>> 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

>> reporter: here in raleigh, the damage is almost hard to believe. this neighborhood is absolutely devastated. and sadly, it's not the only one. >> i've seen a lot of damage in north carolina over the years, but this is the most catastrophic i've ever seen. >> reporter: the violent weather began thursday in oklahoma before cutting across the deep south. in all, more than 240 tornadoes touched down in 14 states, a record for a single storm system. in virginia, tim ranking's home now sits in the water. >> i don't really know how you go about salvaging a house that's laying in the river upside down. >> reporter: complicating the rebuilding effort even further, more severe weather is on tap for tomorrow. forecasters warn there will be a triple threat of tornadoes, high winds and hail. and several residents that we spoke to said that they were just simply touched yesterday by the amount of workers and volunteers, neighbors that came out to try and clear out some of the debris, but they still have a long way to go. >> a lot of work to do. ines ferre, thank

the weather channel's mike bettis is also in raleigh with the latest. mike, good morning. >> reporter: lester, good morning to you. when you take a look at the devastation, it's hard to believe that there were people in this neighborhood that actually survived. luckily for this home, this used to be a two-story home, it's collapsed and the family was not home at the time, as it was lifted from its foundation and thrown back into the woods in the back yard. there's debris strewn all over the front yard, some from this home, others from the home across the street or down through the neighborhood. i thought one thing that was very interesting about this home that's been pretty much completely destroyed. if you look in the driveway, there's a vehicle right there nearly untouched. the family happened to have been home at the time and gotten in this vehicle, they would have been safe. they don't have a basement. so it's good to know they weren't home at the time. we know now at least 105 tornado reports across the carolinas yesterday, at least 24 people have

. >> 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 budget battle on capitol hill appears to be over raising the country's debt limit. today, timothy geithner talked about the risks of not raiding the debt ceiling. >> we would tip the u.s. economy and the world economy back into recession and depression. it would make the last crisis look like a modest crisis. >> alan: he said house republicans have assured the president they will vote to raise the debt limit. >>> up next,

live in raleigh with the very latest now tell us, how are the people coping down there? >> reporter: oh, some people are still in shock with the amount of damage that is here frank, elizabeth, you can see this neighbourhood is one of the hardest hit and you can see some of the destruction behind me and that car there is actually parked where a garage used to be. and behind it you see another home destroyed, and as you go down this street where we are at you will see home after home destruction varies on each one, some of them completely flat some others have some of the siding that is off we spoke to residents who say they just feel lucky they are alive right now frank elizabeth. >> we heard from one person who said as the twister was coming it felt like her tennis shoes were being pulled off. >>> some people were saying they were looking down the distance and couldn't tell if it was a twister or dark clouds, one gentleman saying that he thought it looked like birds that were -- a bunch of birds flying up and it turned out to be debris and we spoke to one resident here w

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

. >>> these time lapse videos shows clouds descending on raleigh, part of a storm system that spun off more than 240 tornadoes across 14 states. that's a record number in the u.s. for a single storm system. >> all i could do is pray. >> she and her husband live in the worst hit area. tornadoes tore houses from their foundations and left behind yards filled with destruction. >> i when i looked -- when i looked out the front window, i seen this twister coming. i said hit the bathroom. then the whole roof just flew. >>> a tornado killed at least 11 people, a huge toll since only a couple hundred people live there. kim couldn't reach other inlaws right after the storm hit. >> i just had a gut feeling when i couldn't get them on the phone. i knew how close it had hit. >> reporter: that feelings proved tragically correct. the tornado tossed the house into nearby woods killing her inlaws roy and barbara, and barbara's mother. the damage extended to the state a he capital. -- state's capital. this house right here is destroyed. in all, the storms spawned more than five dozen tornadoes across t

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a delta airlines flight made an emergency landing at the airport in raleigh, north carolina. during its flight from jfk to ft. lauderdale, crew members reported an odd board smell believed to be due to an electrical problem. the plane did land safely and none of the 99 people on board was injured. >>> turning overseas where officials in japan have now raised the severity of the nuclear crisis to the highest level. that makes it on par with the chernobyl disaster in 1986. level seven signifies a major accident with wider consequences than the previous level which was five, according to the international scale. now the top u.s. nuclear official says that it could take weeks or even months before the situation at fukushima becomes stable. >>> survivors of the powerful earthquake last month have suffered through another aftershock. the strong quake caused buildings to sway but did not further damage that nuclear plant. a month after the disaster, more than 145,000 people are still living in shelters. more than 240,000 people are still without electricity. >>> and now in libya, re

emily schmidt is now joining us this morning from raleigh. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and peggy, good morning. the numbers are staggering. more than 240 tornados over just the past three days across this country. some the worst damage is here in raleigh, north carolina. roads are closed this morning. hundreds of homes are damaged or gone. >> reporter: from the air the swath of devastation is awe-inspiring. a closer look reveals mobile homes and tractor-trailers tossed on their sides, roofs ripped right off of homes. >> yeah, there goes the roof right off of the house. >> it's like a bomb, literally went off in my backyard. >> reporter: 62 tornados were reported in at least 20 north carolina counties saturday night. it was the worst spring storm in two decades. at least 20 of the more than 40 killed were right here in the tar heel state. >> it was just a massive thick cloud with debris, all kinds of debris spiraling around it. there was pieces of all kinds of metal, boards. just -- just a complete spiral. >> reporter: utility crews

it's moving on a bee line for raleigh. >> reporter: those hit hardest by the storms are still assessing the damage. even as they begin rebuilding their lives. brian mohr, nbc news. >>> students at sacramento state who took over a building to protest tuition increases and budget cuts were forced out today by dozens of police officers in riot gear. nearly 30 students say they were sleeping inside the administration building at 3:30 this morning when campus police in full riot gear forced them out. protesters say they only wanted to get out the message about the impact of tuition increases and many felt sending in riot police in the middle of the night was a bit extreme. >> looked around and saw that there are anywhere i would say probably about 15 maybe even almost 20 police in full riot gear and they were coming toward us from different directions in a very threatening manner. >> students were told they were trespassing on private property. they left the building and no one was arrested. now they are reportedly meeting to come up with a plan for their next protest. >>> uc berkeley held i

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this model here is anticipating a pretty nice raleigh from here through the end of june. what makes you bullish? >> well, you know, the model is called a sharp sell-off. remember this is pub lushed in january, called for a short sell-off, basically it is trends up here into early summer. there is the expression sell may go away n canada they say buy when it snows, sell when it goes. basically this is where we are at and maybe we will run into a swoon in the summer but beyond that i still see a higher market but we are giving a short-term picture. >> tom: how about for gold, we mentioned 1500, pierced that level today finally at the close. look for a slight climb through the summer before a bit of weak in accordance june is that weakness going to stick around? >> no, this is another cyclical swoon, so to speak, a pullback. let's see what kind of volume patterns come in and how high we are by june. if gold is 2,000 in the next two months we are probably due for one heck of a correction. >> are you going to call 2,000, is your call 2,000 by the end of june? >> no, i would sa

. >>> meanwhile at the airport in raleigh, north carolina, a delta airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing. it had been flying from jfk to ft. lauderdale, when crew members smelled something a little strange. they think an electrical problem caused the odor. again, no one was hurt. >>> we got new details overnight about which programs specifically suffered most in the new budget deal. just about $4 billion has been eliminated from defense spending. that cut the jet engine brugt by g.e. and funding for the house of representatives is reduced by $55 million. we'll have more on the $40 billion in cuts, coming up later on "good morning america." >>> the mayor of washington, d.c. and council members were among 40 demonstrators arrested during a protest against the budget cuts last night. under a controversial provision in the budget, d.c. is prohibited to spend its own money on abortions for low-income women. >>> there was serious fallout in pakistan, following the deadly shooting by a cia agent. the pakistani government is now demanding the number of cia operatives in the

as you move inland to raleigh, two-and-a-half hours from the coast, not as much. that many tornadoes, wow. >> talk about what is going on here. much quieter. we have our chance of seeing weather. light showers. eric wants to know if they are real rain. >> are they real rain? can they bench press 400 pounds? that is a real rain. >> it could move a car if it's heavy enough, because it could make it slick outside. we'll see less than a tenth of an inch. you can see the moisture moving in ahead of the system as it is becoming foggy and misty. with drizzle around the bay area this morning as we look at downtown. take a look at live doppler7 h.d. radar returns up across the bay and moving to san pablo bay to ocean beach and up to pacifica. your drizzle may be more like light rain. over the last three hours or so, you can see this moving ever so slightly to the south. the southeast. it is going to move top to bottom across the state today. low to mid-50s, most of us dealing with this morning. mild. upper 50s around antioch, mountain view and san jose. we have low to mid-

moscow provides a unique opportunity for the drivers as well as the spectators to view the sport of raleigh i think it's great to be running it's quite difficult to watch in the forest you know you got to travel a long way away to get to normal stages the beauty of here is this bring relief to the people you know it's a close call it's very simple all the pick the right dates put it on to get the funds up glorious sunshine here in the russian capital. is it unusual racing essentially in the middle of the biggest city in europe yeah it's very different i mean you got the water on so i think it's one of those type of events where you can really throw it away it looks quite easy because you have got a long face just to cope with but it's all about not making a mistake and that's what the here very well you know it's only a champion on the track you're also. the driver behind making behind james holmes and the way he drives us a bit more about yeah we did the quantum of solace which was with the driver actually the body chasing through most of it so that was a different experience for me i mean

. >> reporter: 40 miles south of raleigh, half of this lowe's home improvement store was flattened. the storms also hid virginia. a wyoming and eight-year-old girl are dead after trying to crash this bridge. a second child was put to safety. in south carolina the rescue temple church collapsed while people were inside. they say god was watching out for. the. >> alan: in the bay area, giants fan bryan stow has suffered a set back in his recovery. doctors had to put him back into a medically induced coma yesterday after having several seed ours his surgeon decided to bring him out of his medically induced coma on friday. espn spoke to his parents today. >> bryan's supervisor called and said bryan had been involved in a fight at dodger stadium. a lot of bad -- throwing stuff together making airline regs reservations. we did not know the extent of his injuries. we were talking to his friend that was with him the whole time, and cory shared some information. we couldn't get a flight until 7:00 friday. weyear just praying, hold on bryan, we're coming. did not have any information until we

in moscow provides a unique opportunity for the drivers as well as the spectators to be the sport of raleigh i think it's great to be running it's quite difficult to watch in the forest you know you got to travel a long way away to get the normal stages that you see it here is a screen rallying to the people you know it's close it's very simple it's very different to the water on so i think it's one of the we like the one where you can really throw it away you know so only a champion on the track you're also. the driver behind making behind james holmes and the way he drives us of the most yeah we did the quantum of solace which was with the driver the body. you know spent more likely to crash there's a few occasions we have a crush of that so that was great i have to say after watching them going round this truck around them know me whizzing around so close to the bikes that the most ribbon here breakneck speed so that's the way it looks a as they try to promote the sport of rallying here in russia. now we take you on a trip over five and a half thousand kilometers east of moscow in russia

in moscow provides a unique opportunity for the drivers as well as the spectators to be the sport of raleigh i think it's great to be running it's quite difficult to watch in the forest you know you got to travel a long way away to get the normal stages that you see here is a screen really to the people you know it's close it's very simple it's very different i mean the water on so i think it's one of those type of events where you can really throw it away you know so in the champion of the track you're also. the drugs the behind making behind james holmes and the way he drives us a bit more yeah we did quantum of solace which was the driver the funny thing. to me i mean i spent my life be told not to crash there's a few occasions we have a crush on that so that was great i have to say after watching them going round this truck or rather them not me they're whizzing round so close to the bikes that the most cool ribbon here breakneck speed so that's the way it looks a as they try to promote the sport of rallying here in russia. thank you and now we take you on the trip of a five and a half t

moscow provides a unique opportunity for the drivers as well as the spectators to view the sports of raleigh i think it's great to be running it's quite difficult to watch in the forest you know you got to travel a long way away to get the normal stages that you see here is a screen really to the people you know it's close it's very simple it's very different for me because. it's one of those type of event where you can really throw it away you know so in the champ you know on the track you're also. the driver behind making behind james holmes and the way he drives. yeah we did quantum of solace which was still driver actually the body chasing for most of it so that was a different experience i mean i spent my life being sold the crash there's a few occasions we have a crush on that so that was great but i have to say after watching them going around the track and run them me with the ground so close to the bike with the ribbon here breakneck speed so that's the way it looks a as they try to promote the sport of rallying here in russia. calls around the world tonight in syria the death toll

this is raleigh north carolina. pursuit of a car, the car close through roadblocks, actually it's the jeep. right off the road, they actually opened fire, the driver keeps going. the police are shooting and he keeps going. to people inside described as a modern-day bonnie and clyde, they stole three-four vehicles armed robberies and home invasions. and there the chase came to an end. nobody was hurt. >> mark: south florida after a driver is being pulled from the burning car, this is the aftermath of a car accident. at officer risks his life. the door was jammed, the driver was pinned under the steering column, the driver was treated for injuries alive. >> darya: severe weather slamming west palm beach, winds whipping up debris, dark clouds rolling in, people taking cover. trees were completely uprooted, crews started cleaning up and nobody was hurt. >> mark: we will be right back into minutes as the morning news continues. a pretty morning but we are waiting for the winds to pick up. [ male announcer ] hi lauren and

in raleigh, three deaths and dozens of serious injuries are being report at the stony brook mobile home park. >> some of the trailers are unstable. they may call off their footings. >> reporter: as crews continue to work, residents are returning to see what's left. >> we don't know when we're gonna leave. >> i cleaned up after hurricane katrina and ike and the devastation in this park here is on that same level. >> reporter: in virginia, the governor toured the damage in gloster county and declared a state ofage. whatever disasters -- state of emergency. whatever disasters occur people come together. >> reporter: people in oklahoma try to salvage what they can. this woman says most of her things are completely gone. residents say they feel lucky to be alive. one woman said three of her neighbors were killed by a tornado that spared her home. >>> the landscaping will never, ever be the same. but the loss of lives is the one thing we can never replace. >> and tonights the national transportation safety -- national transportation safety -- some encouraging news out of the silicon valley. t

starting with david kerley in raw raleigh, north carolina. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. a remarkable story of survival. really, it's your worst nightmare. the howling winds, trees are falling, and you can't hold on to a baby in this terrifying tornado. how could that happen? >> there goes a roof off the house. >> reporter: look at what the winds did to these mobile homes. shredded. inside one of these trailers, 3-month-old aiden, being taken care of by a cousin. the baby's mother was napping in another trailer. >> i heard glass shatter. i covered him up to keep stuff from falling on him. the whole side of my trailer came down. >> reporter: completely exposed to the twister. covering and holding baby aiden as tightly as he could. but it wasn't enough. >> the winds took him straight out of my arms. >> reporter: the wind just out of your arms? >> just took him out of my hands. >> reporter: a horrifying moment. robinson now alone, frantic about aiden. >> i thought he was gone. >> reporter: moments later, the tornado was

. >> southeast of raleigh. of this half of this was pulverized. a manager required the customers back to the store and incredibly nobody was injured. >> everybody was on the ground crouched, as that time, the roof was coming off. >> just down the road this factory was demolished. in st. stephens, south carolina the roof of a church collapsed. they say god was watching over and no one was injured. thousands were left without power. the governor declared a state of emergency. >> we've been assured we'll have whatever federal support we need. >> the storms also hit virginia. a woman tried to cross out a washed out bridge. they didn't make it. a 9-year-old girl is still missed. they pulled a 9-year-old boy to safety. >> power companies were out through the night trying to tear through the broken tree limbs and repair the power lines to hopefully restore power to thousands of people that slept in the dark last night. >>> a pacific flight is finally en route to hong kong after being grounded at sfo overnight because of a fuel leak. airport workers were

she's live in raleigh with the latest. good morning. >> hey, goom. yeah, just an incredible three-day tornado outbreak. let me step out of the day to give you an idea of what they are dealing with here. take a look at this house. that car was in the garage. the garage was completely lifted off the house, thrown on to the neighbor's house. that's their daughters play room. had they been home at the time, they would have all been playing there. they feel lucky to be alive. when you consider at least 45 people died in six states from these tornado outbreaks, 22 in north carolina. the national weather service say that is makes this so unique is they saw long track tornadoes, they are one that is stay on the ground between 20 and 80 miles here. it just did so much destruction like this all along the state in one county, 11 people killed just a few miles from here. three children were killed in a mobile home park and an infant left in critical condition. a lot of devastation people are dealing with and a lot of clean up. the governor is going to be touring

here's where the thunder showers will go, from new york city, to raleigh, to columbia. they're somewhere from the carolinas into georgia today. and the possibility is there. we have all of the flooding goin good morning, winds are the big story. there are open bodies of water. and mid-to upper 60s inland and calmer with temperatures warm all that weather was brought to you by amazon. >>> coming up, sit right there in your chair because we're less than 24 hours from the big event. everything you need to know, even things other people won't know, right here on "gma." never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me. i walk with my sister. our relationship has gone to a whole new level because of training together. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. when you accomplish those 60 miles, it's truly life-changing. (man) register today for the... because everyone deserves a lifetime. ♪ >>> the crowds