>> same one in kansas? exactly. everything's connected here. it is funny how we're seeing more of this stuff than we ever have before. doesn't mean there's a greater frequency, everyone has a camera able to capture, document and share with others so we're seeing more of this. >> is that really what it is? we know we get bad springs sometimes. is it really not that? are we outside of the norm, if you will, for what we would get for a springtime? >> it's very active but we still have a long way before we're really done with the season. could come to an abrupt end but i don't think so. the thing is with our technology world, we can really hone in on some of these spots and detect more severe weather. certainly numbers are increasing as far as that's concerned but in terms of are we having just an outrageous year, it sure seems like it. numbers are still high but it is not over just yet. this morning we're seeing a large number of storms, some moving to the northeast of st. louis, east of peoria. some of these are beginning to fade apart. but in ar

the small town of reading, kansas, taking a direct hit. the local newspaper there saying not a single inch was spared. 200 buildings were destroyed. even a lunch spot that had been called, before this all the miracle cafe, tonight, is destroyed. millions of americans now on alert. tornado watches are posted from texas to michigan. and clayton sandell leads us off. >> reporter: spring has been a season for the record books. >> go that way! go that way! go that way! >> reporter: one twister tore apart the small town of reading, kansas. one man was killed. >> other than that, all the medical issues we've dealt with to this point have been stress-related from the aftermath. >> reporter: the stress and shock of seeing more than a dozen homes destroyed and hundreds of others damaged. reporters given a tour of the destruction today came across the battered but still standing miracle cafe. >> we'll get it cleaned up. we'll get it back. if the building's gone then i'll rebuild. >> reporter: today, in minneapolis, a tornado blew through nads neighbo

and kansas. the reason we see this, we see the school system pushing toward the midwest, combine that with it clashes with the warmer air coming off of the gulf of alaska, that is what this looks like. take a closer look, you can recognize the shape. we see very severe thunderstorms all along that shape. especially down an oklahoma, take a look right now oklahoma city is in a tornado warning as we speak. this particular sale is moving over oklahoma city at this time, there are a number of tornado watches through the area as well, take a look. notice, lots of oklahoma, central oklahoma sector, all under the tornado watch. we see a tornado watch up to the north in kansas. this will continue all the way through the evening. again, very severe weather continuing through oklahoma and then this would jump up through kansas. look at that, or the return on the radar, the pink, the magenta, the show's intense rainfall. very large hail expect from the systems. it means that there's a possibility of tornado

kansas, down to oklahoma city, down to dallas, over to shreveport, little rock, joplin, kansas city, we expect a significant wide scale tornado outbreak with very long track and damaging tornadoes so tomorrow they have to be extremely on guard because computer models show there could be significant tornadoes. this is concerning for everyone in the weather business and everyone here needs to be on full alert especially tomorrow evening as the storms come out of central oklahoma and central kansas and move toward southwest missouri later early evening and late afternoon and be on guard because tomorrow will be long track tornadoes and maybe significant tornadoes as well. >> jeff, what we're hearing is that this is already statistically the 11th worst tornado season that america has seen in recorded history. obviously it's not over yet and it could rise up that ladder quite sharply and quite quickly. in all your time, how bad would you say what you've been seeing is by comparison to other seasons? >> this is definitely one of the more intense seasons we're seeing more ef-4s and ef-5 tha

the small eastern town of kansas, redding, was hardest hit. one person was killed there and nearly two dozen homes were destroyed. r >>> president obama leaves on a week-long trip to europe looking for support for his policies. >>> could be more delays and cancellations at the minneapolis/st. paul airport because of a power outage. delta canceled 250 flights saturday because of that outage. one concourse is still without power. and a little trouble for the astronauts aboard the space station today. doing repair work on the space walk, a bolt floated away. it should not cause any problems, we think. time for the weather and jackie meretsky. >> good morning, again, ron. we had over 200 reports of hail with yesterday's severe weather outbreak. take a look at some of the tennis ball-size hail that fell in st. joseph, missouri, and more severe weather is expected particularly in the southern plains, we've got all of the meteorological elements in place including tropical moisture, a surface and upper level low and as far as tornadic activity is con

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louis, now moving northeast of kansas city, northwest of st. louis, a lot of the heavy rainfall will fall in places inundated by floodwaters. this is the game changer in terms of the flooding story? probably not. it will add more rainfall to what we possibly need. atmosphere dynamics are interesting. this area of low pressure near the arrow head of pennsylvania and all through parts of the central plains. second component is the other area of low pressure. double barrel low driving eastward, interacting with the moisture streaming in from the gulf of mexico and later into the afternoon with the temperatures warming up makes for an unstable air mass. if you happen to be flying into o'hare later on this afternoon you have a bumpy ride flying over in this part of the world. heavy rain, small hail, damaging winds and the possibility of isolated tornadoes so we're not out of the woods yet. as we wrap things up, temperatures for the day going up to 83 degrees in chicago, 87 in st. louis, 92 in atlanta, 83 in washington, back out west, denver 73, snow

also a deadly tornado in kansas saturday. of course our friends in minneapolis we're thinking of you, several injured with one fatality from a tornado yesterday. one of the 48 here. here's where the action is today. this is not severe at the moment but rolling through parts of the ohio and tennessee river valleys. later on today we expect to see a threat for some severe weather if you are doing travel, there will be be spots in new york where you have to deal with drizzle, but the highlight of the area there is where we expect to see some thunderstorms. i think tomorrow, guys, we're going to re-set the atmosphere and the same areas that got hit over the weekend are going to be the bull's eye again tomorrow unfortunately. we'll have to watch out for that. >> rob marciano. >>> next up, 2012 republican race, who's in, who's out, we'll talk to susan mully narey of her analysis next. losing weight clicked for me when i realized that weight watchers online was for guys, too. i'm like, it's not rainbows and lollipops. after i read t

, a line of tornadoes in several midwestern states including oklahoma, kansas and arkansas. here is video of a tornado in just outside of oklahoma city. >>: 1/2 mile wide, a killer tornado. >>: several killed, dozens heard, this series of storms is unprecedented >>: i have been in office for 20 years, i have been through a lot of natural disasters, i have never seen this many in this short period of time. >>: in joplin, a tornado warnings were recently. fortunately, the worst of the weather passed to the north of the town. rescuers are still picking to rubble from sunday's historic storms. survivors in joplin are sharing their experiences. >>: what i remember is like armageddon. it is like everything you think is real and solid is deadly weapon, everything is blowing up. there have been some incredible stories of survival. this catholic priest survived by taking a shelter in an open a bathtub. >>: i lay there, i prayed and said, let thy will be done. >>: 5:37 a.m. is the time, we are back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a programming note about tonight. the giants

violent thunderstorms pounded rural kansas and texas, evacuating the upper deck of a rangers game. in joplin, missouri, another somber day. as residents continued to pull sur sfriefrts rubble. at least 122 people were killed there in the deadliest twister in the u.s. in nearly 60 years. >> seeing this right now, i'm in shock. it doesn't even look the same. >> reporter: the search continues for some 1,500 still missing. stephen campbell is looking for his wife, tammy. she was lying next to him when the tornado hit. >> i heard her scream and after she screamed that's when the whole thing collapsed on us. that's the end of it. >> reporter: the family looks for a 12-year-old boy. his parents are in the hospital. >> last seen in a bathtub. we've not been able to locate the bathtub, so we're out here trying to see if we can find out information on where he might be at or find him in the debris. >> reporter: rescue workers are looking for survivors before turning the rescue mission into a recovery mission. john hendren, abc news. >>> our matt gutman spent the day with the discovery channe

everyone watching in kansas city right now, a potential tornado. in johnson city, kan., a tornado warning under effect for this major city as well as we are following the latest was severe weather moving through the area. more severe storms right now in the aftermath of tornadoes yesterday. here is the view from oklahoma. we have a video to show you of a tornado during to homes and overturning cars. eight people killed in oklahoma yesterday. and kansas, to peak fertility and when a tree slammed into a van and car 2 people died in arkansas. tornadoes touched down in dallas and several other northern texas counties. family is out of the joplin, missouri, the death toll continues to rise if as crews look for survivors. they found nine more of people alive today, the death toll is now at 122 from a single a tornado or that struck on sunday and it tore through downtown. repeat thousand buildings and destroyed, the deadliest single to a little since 1950. here is a video as the tornado hit in chocolate. people are hunkering down and they ducked behind th

mÁs de 20 tornados se reportaron, 5 en oklahoma, 14 en kansas, uno en missouri. esta era la escena hoy por la maÑana, las nubes se volvieron una manta para bajar en forma de torbellino, poco a poco los escombros comenzaron a volar por el aire. a sÓlo kilómetros tornados arrasaron con todo, los residentes quedaron asombrados con la destrucciÓn. >> mi trailer se comenzÓ a sacudir... >> recordaba el habitante del lugar. p no se reportaron daÑos . las sirenas alertaron a los residentes de kansas, el tornado vino acompaÑado por granizo de un tamaÑo inmenso. >> la parte central de tejas, el norte de mississippi y el oeste de tennesee tambiÉn sufrieron un gran temporal. >> gracias lucÍa. >> cientos de mujeres inmigrantes con sus hijos a cuestas marcharon hoy en atlanta georgia en contra de la ley antiinmigrante. estas mujeres se encuentran asustadas, vicente es - dicen que el programa de comunidades seguras volverÁ a muchos compatriotas a su paÍs de origen. >> es difÍcil extinguir entre los legÍtimos maleantes y los que no lo son. >> armas de grueso calibr

the storms have left at least one person dead in kansas. a live report of the aftermath and find out what we can expect from mother nature today. >>> also breaking political newses a indiana governor mitch daniels says he's staying out of the 2012 presidential race. a lot of fellow republicans urged him to run. what does this now mean for the rest of the gop contenders? more on that and another candidate who could be jumping into the fray as early as tomorrow. >>> plus, the countdown clock is ticking for oprah winfrey. just three shows left for the queen of daytime as she turns her attention to her own network. after 25 years of stars and screaming fans, what does oprah do for a finale? we'll preview the final shows with longtime friend of hers. >> maybe we'll win a car. maybe. or she'll win a car. >> give one to the awed yebs yens, i don't think so. >>> i got a ride with lester one day to work, i've been in a taxicab, nothing could prepare me for this. imagine being strapped in a car traveling at 190 miles per hour. that is my head in the

south of topeka kansas. emergency officials say the storm also brought calls ball size hail, heavy rain and powerful winds. the shelter has been set up for evacuees. authorities say other serious injuries were reported as storms rolled across the state. since 1995 may has recorded the most tornados and kansas it's in the area called tornado alley which encompasses the plant between achalasia in the rocky mountains. how its water not win but that has some louisiana resident in the waiting game with the mississippi river. army engineers partially open the organza floodway this month. they hope to save new orleans and at rouge from flooding. people long the mississippi river are still there, most residents in the path have already picked up and left. in one parish in mandatory evacuation was pushed back after officials predicted a lower crust. one local woman said waiting for the rising river in some ways is tougher thing going through a hurricane. still ahead, were going to talk to american family expert about

. >> reporter: it comes one day after a similar siege in kansas. ominous clouds and piercing sirens warned of trouble. but even for a state in tornado alley's path, this was a hard hit. the tiny town of redding, kansas, population just over 200, was the bull's eye for a powerful twister saturday night. an ef-3 with winds of up to 165 miles an hour. 20 homes were flattened. many more were damaged. and the community is littered with the evidence. one man died in the storm. the governor has declared a state of emergency for 16 counties. it had been one of the lightest tornado seasons in decades for kansas. this was the first tornado in may. >> everything's come together for an outbreak of severe weather. a strong low has come off the rocky mountains, and that's forced into some moisture in from the gulf of mexico. the two together are a recipe for disaster. >> reporter: bettes and a team from the weather channel were out in the path of a missouri storm this weekend. as a twister formed right in front of them. >> there's a funnel! >> there's a funnel u

are right it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight it goes to a state lawmaker from kansas republican pete digraph is coming under fire today for comments that he made. during a debate over abortion rights in the final days of the kansas legislative session lawmakers were discussing a bill that would ban insurance companies from offering abortion coverage in their general health plans except when a woman's life is at risk so the builder actually passed but during the debate a fellow republican female lawmaker questioned whether women would really buy abortion only policies and that's when the graph said that we all need to plan ahead to which his female counterpart asked so you mean women need to plan ahead for issues that they have absolutely no control over with pregnancy and listen to graphs reply he said i have a spare tire on my car now that caused a few people in the chamber to gas and he went on to say i also have life insurance i have a lot of things that i plan ahead for. so apparently peter graf feels that all women should plan ahead for rate but how does one plan

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she barely lived in kansas. she's an american from the heartland, grows up bumping from one place to another with her parents, finds herself on the far western fringe of the united states at a young age, and her life changes completely. she meets this man whose experience could not be more different from hers, a student from kenya, the first student on the campus from kenya. she moves to indonesia, has a great passion for the things that are made by hand in indonesia and nuttle work and baskets and rice paddy hats and fascinated with the texture of these art objects, objects of every day life that rise to the level of art. they are on the cusp between useful and or artistic. she becomes fascinated by those things, and through that is interested in the lives of the people who are producing them and immerses herself in tiny villages doing field work and spends years interviewing uneducated peasants, women, who work in the little industries to keep their families going. she goes from there to the ford foundation an

>> guest: he was a person who had been born in kansas. this is the greatest during a tie with a white woman from kansas which of course is so much more misleading than it is helpful because she barely lived in kansas. but anyway, an american from the heartland she grows up going from one place to another with her parents, and then she finds herself on the far western fringe of the united states as a young age and her life changes completely. she meets this man whose experience could not be more different from hers, a student from kenya, the first african student from the campus. later on she discovers she is a great passion for the things made by hand in indonesia, but he can't metalwork and baskets and rice paddy hats and just a fascinating texture of these art objects of everyday lives that rise to the level of art, so they are on the cusp between useful and artistic she becomes fascinating fascinated and through the people producing then she emerges herself in tiny villages where she does her field work, spends years interviewing unedu

barely lived in kansas. an american from the heartland, grows up bumping from one place to another then finds herself on the far western fringe of the united states and her life changes completely. she meets a man whose experience could not be more different, the first african student at the campus and later she moves to indonesia, discovered she has a great passion for the things that are made by hand. metalwork, baskets, rice paddy hats, fascinated with the texture of these art objects of everyday life that rises to the level of art. there on the cusp between useful and artistic. she becomes fascinated and interested in the lives of those who produce them. immerses herself in tiny villages since been years interviewing uneducated peasants, o'quinn, who work to keep the family is going. from their 21 foundation and microfinance. she went from a prosaic american background to discover these worlds. indonesia itself is extraordinary complex where many cultures and religions have mixed but yet to it is there o

in kansas and oklahoma city. the radar is lit up right now, the saudi tornado in here a short while ago. --we saw a tornado in here a short while ago. rent this is the boundary between the dry air in the warm moist air. these are severe thunderstorms that is exactly what we saw over oklahoma city in western oklahoma right now. the visibility is pushing into eastern oklahoma through the evening. we see some severe weather warnings in kansas. these red boxes that just popped up on the screen are tornado watches. we will look in those tornadoes in the west. here locally we have a warm weather another storm will be pushing in, it very well defined end of the system. moving towards northern california, overnight tonight into tomorrow morning, grab your umbrella before you get out of the door tomorrow you will need it. now as the rain pushes in, it will start to break up, we will look at the broken rain through the morning. if notice that in the north bay, spotty showers, still on the lighter side, the rainfall totals

mike seidel is in wellington, kansas, with one of the mobile units. i understand winds are getting a little sporty out there where you are. >> reporter: they are. so far we have dodged the worst of the storms. let's take you and show you some of that video in el reno out to the west of oklahoma city. tornadic super cells. we have storms producing lightning. wind gusts to 40 miles per hour. so far no warnings in this area. we just got word from canadian county, oklahoma, sheriff's dispatch that they are reporting injuries and now two reports of fatalities. that's the large wedge tornado we have been watching with our jaws dropping throughout the afternoon. we're going to follow it here. we are under a p.d.s., a particularly dangerous situation tornado watch until 11:00 tonight. we have a long way to go. the worst of the weather is south of us on i-35 by about 90 minutes. mike bettes is there. we will keep you updated. this is all headed your way, brian. be on the lookout this evening. >> that's what we are worried about. mike seidel from the weather ch

across seven mid western states from the canadian border to kansas. ripping every branch off acres of trees. tilting signs. turning homes into what looks like match sticks. it's not over. >> many areas will get hit with severe weather repeatedly for days. >> reporter: that's after 875 tornados in april. killing 361 people. in joplin, a massive twister swept in with no warning, killing dozens. >> one minute, it was barely sprinkling. the next minute, boy, the whole world just upside down. >> reporter: blocks of homes and businesses were flattened. some left in flames. st. john's hospital was left in tatters. this walmart collapsed with hundreds left inside. >> i cried and i cried and i cried. >> reporter: redding, kansas, was hit hard. at least one man was killed. but the miracle cafe lived up to its name. battered but still standing. >> we'll get it cleaned up. we'll get it back. if the building's gone, then i'll rebuild. >> reporter: a deadly cyclone killed one in minneapolis and injured 30. christa's home is gone. >> the huge tree fell. it just crum

in kansas, two people died when high winds knocked a huge tree onto their van. two more were killed in arkansas and around dallas, severe thunderstorms dropped baseball sized hail and left 70,000 people without power. terrell brown has more. >> reporter: this was one of several tornadoes that roared through the suburbs of oklahoma city right after rush hour tuesday. the twisters turned over tanker trucks, tore down trees and leveled homes. >> i was expecting trees gone, maybe roof, but obviously totally, totally gone. had the house here, we had a three-car garage, two-story garage apartment, silo, another house. >> reporter: the car tim's wife just bought is now leaning against a tree but he's looking at what he didn't lose. >> the family is all safe and that's what matters. >> reporter: within hours of the tornado's hitting, homeowners started searching for anything they could salvage. this devastating twister carved out a distinct path in the land below a news shop from oklahoma city cbs affiliate. >> look at that guys, that's just unbelievable. this is just o

city, kansas. the first responders that have come to joplin have been just amazing. the tier 1s have just been doing it phase line by phase line. initially what you're going to have is you're going to have a lot of debris clearing, you're going to be pulling people out of houses. it's all just basic search and rescue, which is not really galvanized or organized. but here, you know, they've really been on their toes and they've been really organized. so after that, once they establish a structure, you know, it's going to be day by day, phase by phase, and they're going to go down grid lines, down individual blocks and individual houses, they're going to have cadaver dogs, they're going to have fiber optic cameras, they're going to be in there and searching for these people and it's just been incredible right here. >> from what you've seen, ford, has the operation been as fast as it could have been. are you impressed by the speed of the response? >> yeah. i am absolutely impressed here. i think with

and 70 in kansas city. 70s from dallas to atlanta. miami climbs to 83. 65 here in the big apple. >>> and coming up, think you're paying a lot for gas? we're going to show you where drivers are paying more than 6 bucks a gallon. >> people need to move. >>> and the suspects that we have seen the worst of the gas prices. is a decrease on the horizon? >>> and the race to find a >>> well, there is some good news this morning about gas prices. analysts predict they will peak later this month, and then begin to level off and perhaps decline slightly in june. that's because u.s. refining capacity is increasing and oil speculation is decreasing. crude oil prices are already down $5 from their peak last week. >>> of course, all of that is little relief to drivers on the hawaii island of maui. take a look at this. in one remote town they are paying $6.03 for regular. $6.25 for premium. the price for paradise. right? >> makes $4 seem like a bargain. >>> overseas investors are showing signs of concern this morning. tokyo's nikkei is closed today.

there is potential for more violent storms today in oklahoma, southern kansas, and north texas. terrell? >> joel, the difference between life and death in a situation like this is how early residents get warning. did anyone know this storm was coming? number could have been much larger had there been no warning at all. >> all right. joel brown in washington with the latest for us this morning. joel, thank you so much. >>> meanwhile some of the worst damage by the tornado in joplin was to the city's main hospital. hundreds of windows were blown out of st. john's regional medical center. the staff had just a few moments to move patients away from the windows into sheltered hallways. the storm was so powerful that medical records from the hospital were found 60 miles away. >>> recovery operations are also under way in eastern kansas where a deadly tornado hit late saturday. the twister struck the small town of reading. one person was killed and four others injured. about 20 homes and the post office and the elementary school were damaged or destroyed. >> we're all just going to dig

this is near kansas city--we have one more tornado to show you, it is near kansas city. the building is destroyed, but the security camera survived that capped the images of the twisters power. the force was strong enough to list the shop--lift the shot off its foundation. it destroyed 20 homes. >> most of the thunderstorms have been in oklahoma. we see quite a few thunderstorm activity through oklahoma and now through dallas. he is forming in the suburbs of dallas near fort worth. how this is calling for a tornado warning capable of producing soft " signs-- softball size hail. in other a tornado warning and available this hour. >> tomorrow, kron will air nbc programming and then a special airing of kron4 news at 10:00. our phil will be at 3:00 p.m. and burn notice we will be right back. sizzler's fall-off-the-bone ribs are slow-cooked with cattlemen's barbecue sauce. get a half-rack with sweet potato fries and corn bread. plus, add our incredible endless salad bar. sizzler. hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yea

>> no, i'm actually from the kansas city area. >> do you know the area fairly well? >> yes, i know it fairly well, yes. >> so, one of our affiliates is reporting, again, it was a multivortex tornado, several reports of numerous buildings along range line road, highways 37 and 96 were demolished. st. john's hospital, of course, took a direct hit a long with walgreens, a home depot, several other locations. tell us about this area. what does it look like if you're driving through there? >> really -- you know, when you come up onto it and different points -- parts of it, it's unrecognizable. there are different parts of town that have taken less -- you know, had less of an impact of the damage path. like i say, we pulled into what was a flying j truck stop. you could tell it was a truck stop but there was significant damage there. they also had propane leaking. pretty intense damage at that point. looked like there was multiple injuries on the interstate as we were trying to get out of the way of some emergency vehicles and things like that coming in. we saw, you know,

louis or kansas city or anywhere. >> what kind of help have you had searching? >> lots of people on facebook, churches and stuff like that, everyone. >> you just had your 14th birthday. how are you holding up? >> very good. >> when did you realize that she was missing? >> she went for pizza and never came back. it was three, four hours and we knew. >> and her car was found in this area, wasn't it? >> yeah. real close to here. it's pretty banged up, so we're kind of scared. >> of course. you've checked the local hospitals? >> yeah. i mean, the morgues haven't been real friendly, either. it's kind of hard to say the morgues, but they wouldn't let us in to look at the bodies. >> we were just talking to the governor asking him why can't people at least go in and it's not an easy task, but people would rather know one way or the other. he said they're going to start bringing in some more people from the state and they're going to start changing the rules. he said they hope to get things -- has it been disorganized? >> the first two days have been really disorganized

dishonors night school time award and tonight it goes to a state lawmaker from kansas republican pete the graph is coming under fire today for comments. but he made during a debate over abortion rights in the final days of the kansas legislative session lawmakers were discussing a bill that would ban insurance companies from offering abortion coverage in their general health plans except when a woman's life is at risk so the bill eventually passed but during the debate a fellow republican female lawmaker questioned whether women would really buy abortion only policies and that's when the graph said that we all need to plan ahead to which his female counterpart asked so you mean women need to plan ahead for issues that they have absolutely no control over with the pregnancy and listen to graphs reply he said i have a spare tire on my car now i caused a few people in the chamber to gas and he went on to say i also have life insurance i have a lot of things that i plan ahead for. so apparently peta crowd feels that all women should plan ahead for rape but how does one plan ahead for such

at least 13 people were killed in oklahoma, kansas and arkansas. the latest storms hit days after massive tornado tore up joplin, missouri, killing 122 people. and the search for the missing continues today. abc's john hendren has the latest. >> reporter: the new spate of twisters swept in, ravaging the landscape outside oklahoma city, killing nearly a dozen. >> this was a large tornado that come through here. >> in chicesay, some homes were turned to rubble. as others were nearly untouched. >> the house here, we had a three-car garage. two-story, garage apartment. silo, another house. my wife's car, new car was in the garage. it's in the tree. >> the storm system continued to form twisters taking the lives of at least two people in the tiny town of denning, arkansas. violent thunderstorms and high winds pounded rural kansas and texas, evacuating the upper deck at a rangers game. in joplin, moss, it was another somber day, as the residents continued to pull survivors from the rubble. at least 122 people were killed there in the deadliest twister in

a photo snapped at the kansas city international airport has gone viral. the photo shows tsa agents patting down an 8-month-old after an infant stroller set off an explosives alarm. the tsa issued a statement saying, given the situation, protocol was followed. >>> a man impaled with a pole through his mouth has made a full recovery and he's thanking the las vegas doctors who saved him. x-rays taken on the day of his car accident show 4 to 6 inches of the pole sticking through the man's mouth and out the back of his neck. tune into the "today" show this morning and get the full story on his miraculous survival stories. >>> three masked men turned an apple store in ohio into a crime scene when it became the latest outlet to be hit by the latest wave of smash and grab robberies. the thieves ran up and down the aisle scooping up 24 laptops and one ipod touch valued at $34,000. >>> in connecticut, prom night was canceled for one teen after his creative but unsanctioned way of asking a girl out got him into hot water. the girl said yes after seen this student's

. >>> in 2007 greensburg, kansas, was devastated by a tornado. just take a look at these pictures of the damage. do you know how strong this twister was? was it an ef-1, 2, 3, 4, perhaps even 5? the answer right after this. >>> a deadly ef-5 tornado, the strongest on the scale wiped out greensburg, kansas, back in 2007. when you see the tornado destruction, it is difficult to imagine how any family, a business or a town, for that matter, can possibly rebuild. greensburg is still rebuilding. and mayor bob dixon joins us live with more on how you've been able to recover after 2007. how far along are you now the rebuilding process? >> first of all, it's an honor and pleasure to be with you today. thank you for having me on. we're probably about 65% in the completion process four years out from the tornado. >> that's pretty impressive, 65%. so what kind of recommendation are you going to have for towns that have just been devastated by tornadoes who are looking to greensburg as real inspiration of bouncing back? >> well, the first thing you have to d

you can see in the last hurt or so, hugging the kansas border. that is kansas and oklahoma you see there. then it is moving to missouri, joplin right now. severe weather is possible across a lot of the country from the high plain to ohio river valley. take a look outside. we feel for those folks. breezy from mount tamalpais. kicking up clouds. no rain in the forecast today. talk about the temperatures as you step out. we will get to the rain in the forecast. all right, in the upper 40s, north bay valley to livermore. low to mid-50 for rest of us. inland, 41 at gilroy. 54 at salinas. breezy today. cooler than average. the coolest day is wednesday. the extended for now looks dry. cooler than average again over the weekend. for today, one degree cooler in oakland. san francisco is two. napa six. san jose, eight. livermore, redwood city, 9 degrees cooler than average. sun will set at 8:19. it will be breezy all day with the upper 60s to low 70s in east bay. it could be windy at times along the east bay shore. gusts could get up to 30 miles per hour.

. >> the radar is lit up through oklahoma and kansas. as you can see plenty of thunderstorms in kansas and central oklahoma. the tornado that just ripped through oklahoma city is right here. we have an area of porn addicts thunderstorms. there is a very heavy rainfall--this is a tornado area with a very heavy rainfall. this just pushed through oklahoma city. a tornado runnin--tornado warning in the south. and a look to the tornado watch through the whole state. you have this east of dodge city in north of the wichita area. >> we have been telling you about all the storms of course yesterday there was a major tornado that hit drop the missouri. no. 1500 people remain missing. 122 people have been killed in joplin alone. here's the devastated area. >> two days after the single deadliest order that hit the united states in more than 60 years. the people that lived through this twister in joplin missouri are still emotional. one woman said that her grandmother was headed for the car right before the tornado drop. >> she was actually walking

kansas city cut it to 3-2. then kurt suzuki adds to that. his fourth home run of the year. 5-2 is the final today no. team in nba history has ever come back to win the series after losing the first three games, but kobe bryant was confident the lakers would end that streak. >> i might be sick in the head, you know, or crazy, because i still think we're going to win this series. >> so much for kobe's bold prediction. dallas plays the best game of the series. jason terry, who the warriors could have had, had 86 bench points. 4th quarter, lakers down 30. andrew bynum, automatic ejection. the mavs blow out the lakers to sweep the series. will phil jackson sign with the warriors? maybe not. >> this has been a wonderful run. i go out with a sour note after being fined $35,000 this morning by the league, so that's not fun, and having -- feeling like i've been chased on the freeway by them, but as richard nixon says, you won't be able to kick this guy around anymore. >> quoting nixon, i like it. >> this is not pretty. >> ballballballesteros passed a

. >> mother's out in kansas city and a's want to take a series from the royals. he grounds one to the middle. ellis, gets past pennington. he dives to make the tag. now, the sixth and cuzman rips a rocket to center. third home of the year. then in the ninth, kurt suzuki a blast to the left. his fourth on the year. they take two out of three from kansas city, 5-2 the final. >>> it was mother's day at the tank where sharks were hoping to close out the red wings. in anticipation of a series victory. off the rebound. he is there for the unbelievable glove save. he can't believe it. and dan boyle fires one and right now in the second period, sharks lead 1-0. we'll have more highlights at 11:00. >>> well, there will be no three-pete in the playoffs as the lakers were swept by the mavericks. this may have been phil jackson's last game as lakers head coach. kobe driving, a little fadeaway, just 17 and mavs got really hot. 32 points and n.b.a. playoff record with 9-3-dallas up 24 at the half. dirk nowitzki, bynumodom was also ejected. they are swept. dallas advances to th

louis or kansas city or anywhere. >> what kind of help have you had searching? >> lots of people on facebook, churches and stuff like that, friends and family, i mean, everyone. >> you just had your 14th birthday. how are you holding up? >> very good. >> it's not easy, though. >> no. >> when did you realize that she was missing? >> a few hours. she went for pizza and never came back. it was three, four hours and we knew. >> and her car was found in this area, wasn't it? >> yeah. real close to here. it's pretty banged up, so we're kind of scared. >> of course. you've checked the local hospitals? >> yeah. i mean, the morgues haven't been real friendly, either. it's kind of hard to say the morgues, but they wouldn't let us in to look at the bodies. >> we were just talking to the governor asking him why can't people at least go in and it's not an easy task, but people would rather know one way or the other. he said they're going to start bringing in some more people from the state and they're going to start changing the rules. he said in the next day or so, they hop

>> i will go to springfield and then kansas city, and then to wichita. we will go anywhere there is a report that has a kid that looks like lance. hospitals may say it may or may not be him, or you know, some of the reports are that the bruising is so bad that they can't tell, well, i can tell whether it is my son. i can tell, and i will tell. >> and you were asked to give dna? >> i was asked to give dna today at missouri southern and a while ago, and that right there just said it in me that, it can't be no stopping. until lance is found dead or alive, i have to keep pushing. i have to find him. >> is it important to hold on to hope? >> oh, my god, yeah. if you don't have hope, what are you going to do? look at all of this. if every family out here didn't have hope it would be better, and i heard on the radio they will rebuild st. john's and that is hope. you have to have hope. you have to have god, and friends and family and you have to have all of it combined to get you through this. >> thanks for talking to us. appreciate it. stay strong. mike hare, a

so the as take two out of three in kansas city. no team in nba history had ever come back to win a series after losing the first three games, but kobe bryant was confident the lakers would end that streak. >> i may be sick in the head or crazy or something like that because i still think we're going to win this series. >> so much for kobe's bold prediction. jason terry, the warriors would have had, scores 82 of the mavs' bench points. lakers down 30. andrew bynum had seen enough. he gets ejected and the lakers get blown out and swept. could phil sign with the warriors? maybe not. >> you know, this has been a wonderful run. you know, i go out with a sour note after being fined $35,000 this morning by the league, so that's not fun. and feeling like i've been chased on the freeway by them, but as richard nixon said, you won't be able to kick this guy around anymore. >> a moment of silence for five- time major champion ballesteros who passed away on friday. glover on the fringe. he finished with 18 under. on the first playoff, bird wit

. >> at least 13 people are dead from storms in arkansas, kansas and oklahoma overnight. eight of those deaths were in oakland the towns of canton and chickasha were hit hard. several tornadoes hit oklahoma city area during tuesday afternoon commute hours. dozens of people were hurt including three children who are ininn critical condition at this hour -- who are in critical condition at this hour. entire neighborhoods are wiped out. the violent weather continued into the early-morning hours. a tv news crew was in the air as a tornado formed over oklahoma. >>> funnel is really starting to grow. you have vortex there on the ground. you have vortexes spinning around on the ground. it's got to be. whoa. we just had a big cg right out the window real close to us. >> why those guys are up in the air we didn't know but some unbelievable pictures there. the severe weather continues today with flood warnings in some of the areas that were hit by those tornadoes. we have some amazing video this is from oklahoma once again a at any time crossing a highway and it will rip a tractor-

>> reporter: one twister tore apart the small town of reading, kansas. one man was killed. >> other than that, all of the medical issues we have dealt with to this point have been stress related from the aftermath. >> reporter: the stress and shock of seeing more than a dozen homes destroyed and hundreds of others damaged. reporters given a tour of destruction came across a battered but still standing miracle cafe. >> we'll get it cleaned up. we'll get it back. if the building is gone, then i'll rebuild. >> reporter: in minneapolis, a tornado blew through this neighborhood. other funnel clouds were spotted in missouri and nebraska adding to an already unprecedented twisr lly.o cf1 o 5 toos in ap windows. >> many areas will get hit with to an already unprecedented twister tally. 875 tornados in april alone have killed 361 people. in topeka, kansas, hail the size of golf balls pounded the pavement and shattered car windows. >> many areas will get hit with severe weather repeatedly for the next several days. >> reporter: while out west there is growing conc

kansas city, dr. gill made news again. an independent second autopsy revealed that a man dr. gill said committed suicide actually died from an injury sustained in a car accident. >> deputy medical examiner gill told kctv 5 in march, "mistakes happen." >> at times, even though we do our best, new information arises which necessitates an amendment being made. >> bergman: eventually, dr. gill left kansas city, and that's when he made the most surprising move of his career. ( phone ringing ) >> good morning, dr. gill. how are you today? >> bergman: we found dr. gill back in northern california, performing autopsies for the same company he was working for before-- the forensic medical group, or f.m.g. >> he may have had problems in the past-- i know he had a problem with drinking-- but it... he doesn't have that problem anymore. >> bergman: dr. arnold josselson is one of the owners of f.m.g. you think dr. gill is a competent fonsic phologist? >> i do, yes. >> bergman: and you believe he performed well in sonoma county? >> yes, i do. >> bergman: records show that trial fell apart b

no. 10 is in wichita kansas -- wichita, kansas. no. 17 is in provo, utah. no. 23 is in ohio. and number 29, which is i think the same school as 30, is in devereaux, florida. my question to you is they are very far away. are these the only places in the united states where these services can be provided? certainly, when we take into account that they are boarding schools, that there are transportation costs, one must question this. the union has urged san francisco unified school district to provide access to these services through the school district for many years. we hope that we can begin to reduce this huge outlay of money and provide these services to our students internally, within the san francisco unified school district. thank you. president mendoza: thank you. >> commissioners of the board of education, superintendent carlos garcia in the pink shirt -- [laughter] i rise to speak to you about two items. they are on page 32, item 3k. the item there is remarkable and commendable because the school district, through the decision not to modernize one campus and to have t

an emergency has been declared in 16 kansas counties. a camera was rolling when this funnel cloud touched down in oklahoma yesterday. it was part of a series of storms that swept through parts of oklahoma, missouri, and kansas. >>> the mississippi river is slowly receding, the water continues to back up into tributaries. neighborhoods have been swamped with water. most people living there say it is a waiting game where the flood waters will go next. >> probably the most devastating. for me, it's not just an inconvenience. >> the evacuation in some areas have been pushed back after officials predicted a lower crest than previously expected. some meteorologists expect the flood water will completely recede by mid-june. the flood water is causing an unexpected problem at a cemetery. three caskets were seen floating in mississippi. officials say something like this has never happened before. a medical examiner says the caskets are being stored in a refrigerated truck until the water goes down, and they can determine where they are supposed t