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>> thank you. this is fabulous. a wonderful morning. im fredricka whitfield. today, a pretty dangerous storm across the south. large tornado hit early this afternoon in west central mississippi. and emergency crews say damage is extensive. were told that some people are actually trapped in collapsed homes in yazoo city, mississippi. this was south of memphis earlier today. take a look. yes, hail, mixed with rain. ireporter kathy cozad said she grabbed her camera as soon as the hail s...

But a friend of hers says she is in stable but serious condition. height, who turned 98 this past wednesday, worked alongside such civil rights pioneers as the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. and just last month she attended president obamas summit on race and the economy. more top stories in 20 minutes. all right, i think it is time for a little legal segment with our legal guys. talk about health care and the challenges now. the president signed this health care bill and already, gentlem...

introduced the gold act, pushing it for more stringent regulation of the industry on a national scale. >> basically, you put that gold in that envelope, youre sending it off to the wile west. there is no sense whether it is going to come back, whether youll get your moneys worth and whether youll be protected at all. >> when they slap you in the face with an absurd amount as 15 cents, then it becomes a matter of dignity. >> there never has been a day since i started this company where ...

i am in for kyra phillips. $657 million a judge could okay a settlement for ground zero workers who got sick. terrorism is terrorism. violence is violence. it has no place inni islamic teaching. the education crisis, a nationwide problem. what can be done for our kids? and our correspondents are working on these stories. targeting troops but mostly they killed civilians. suzanne malveaux with news of a voting deadline. deathses from pregnancies are on the rise. elizabeth cohe...

12-year-old jordan brown. so, richard, what is the charge thats being considered? is it first-degree murder? >> its two counts of homicide, fred, for not only the woman but for the 8-month-old fetus. he got a shotgun for christmas. it was the gun that was in the house. the ballistics matched the gun. the 7-year-old daughter of the dead woman said this boy did it. thats the testimony they have. the prosecutor said i had no choice. i either charge him as an adult or not. i have no choice. the supr...

Youve got connections. find out and tell us. avery, richard, thank you so much. glad we had your audio, richard. you all have a great weekend, rest of the weekend. happy valentines day. >> happy valentines day to you. >> thanks so much. valentines is a good time to think about your heart, mine the vital organ that you weve got to take care of. im going to introduce you to an organization that wants to make women more aware of their heart health. es about schools. wind power. girl power. the he...

Its called the haeroin breadbasket of opium. a police official says that he believes a bomb caused a blast, but that hasnt been confirmed. the bakery is popular with tourists. they will work with them to make sure funds to haiti will not stop the flow of funds to other aids around the world. theyre ask lawmakers for more money to deal with haiti over the next few days, and well get another check of our top stories 20 minutes from now. all right. weve got a lot of legal stories on tap. with...

Stronghold is under way in southern afghanistan. two coalition troops, a u.s. marine and a british soldier have been killed. a british spokesman said so far so good when reporters asked how the over fencive overall is going. in tampa, florida, a 53-year-old man was the trigger man in three separate shootings on friday. one person was killed, two are in critical condition. one was arrested at a gas station when he was filling up his car. police think he knew all three victims. were going to c...

>> reporter: but the rhythm of daily life isnt taken for granted when youve had to wait a lifetime to get it. thei theirs is a love afay that waited for more than half a century but that allowed peter and elise to save the last dance for each other. >> the best years of our lives are the ones we spent together, i think. >> im in awe. that is the sweetest story. >> take it. i cant. >> even fred, you were yelling out -- >> i have a toothache that was so sweet. >> so sweet. >> thats like ...

ravaged haiti. diminishing hopes of findy more survivors with the rubble ever the haitian capital. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and a team of relief workers are en route to port-au-prince. and as president obama enlists the help of former presidents george bush and bill clinton to raise money for the haitian relief effort. much more on that in a moment. first, food supplies are beginning to trickle in for survivors who have gone without food for four days now. but in one i...