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Here on the east coast. weve got two unbelievable pieces of video out of atlanta and louisville. first up, this video from atlanta. it shows the scary moment when a freight train hit a city bus. this was on wednesday. can you imagine? one passenger was seriously injured. according to transportation officials six people were taken to the hospital, including that driver. watch it again here. east point police are looking for the driver of a red pickup who stopped in front of the bus before the cra...

Extrication on the two victims in the car. >> reporter: a scene that shut down i-64 east, causing standstill traffic just before simpsonvilles exit. >> that was scott adkins with cnn affiliate wave. the storm hit chicago just in time for todays nfl game at soldier field. it made for some tense moments at our george howell explains now. >> reporter: we watched here in chicago as the storm cells brought with it the heavy rain, the strong winds. and thats what were left with right now. in fact, the...

Randi. >> stephanie elam, thank you very much. stay safe out there as well. today is the kentucky derby, we want to show you some live aerials of churchill downs from our affiliate wave, were expecting big crowds and lots of media coverage and in the wake of the boston bombings were also seeing extra security, plenty of it. pamela brown takes a closer look at the precautions. >> reporter: kentucky derby weekend is usually ball the big hats and the mint juleps. and of course the horse races. bu...

were following the breaking news this hour, a tornado outbreak that scraped parts of the midwest this morning, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100. hardest hit, harrisburg, illinois, where at least six people died, including two children. within the last half hour, we learned the tornado was a category ef-4, with winds, get this, up to 170 miles an hour, and as wide as two football fields. in the last hour, the mayor spoke at a grief-stricken news conference. >> we ...