imagine wake up to that frankfort was spared thankfully but so many other places were not. at least ten people have died in this still menacing storm system. one in tennessee, three in missouri, six in harrisburg alone, survivors there and across the area describing what they saw and what they felt. it s very devastating. we are very lucky compared to the people out that way. very lucky. overwhelmed. just overwhelmed with emotions. i had no idea it was this bad. the lights went out. he came out of the bedroom and all of a sudden it was a freight train, the whole house was shaking, i said, oh, my god, it s a tornado and dalton grabbed me and pulled me in the pantry. the windows were blowing out and the pantry had no windows. harrisburg is under a curfew. the tornado that struck there measuring near the top of the scale, 170 miles an hour winds, upwards of 100 people hurt, up to 300 homes destroyed and a shopping center simply obliterated. the storm that did it measur
funnel cloud on video. several tornadoes were reported in kansas, we ll have more on the severe weather from the cnn severe weather center in just a couple minutes. rescuers are scouring the waters of mobile bay in alabama today. they are searching for three members of the u.s. coast guard missing after their helicopter crashed. crews recovered the body of a fourth crew member. this morning rescuers located the helicopter partially submerged in several feet of water. the chopper was on a training mission when it went down last night. terrified school kids calling 911 when a fellow student started shooting this week in ohio. now we hear their voices. police released the phone recordings. just take a listen. 911 what is your emergency. we just had a shooting at our school. we need to get out of here. okay, ma am we got a school shooting what school? chardon high school. chardon high school? yes, ma am. all right. can you get administration? everyone is run
and the two frontrunners in a bitter duel with a lot to prove and a lot to lose. tonight mitt romney s toughest test since rick santorum s surge. if you want a fiscal conservative, you can t vote for rick santorum because he s not. does the word hypocrisy come to mind? it s a two-state showdown with one frontrunner trying to avoid an embarrassing defeat. governor romney is discovering you cannot take your home state for granted. will romney prove his staying power or will he suffer a crippling setback in michigan or arizona? it s america s choice. santorum climbed his way to the top. now he wants to win a valuable prize. the state where romney was born and raised. it s laughable that governor romney suggests that i am not a conservative. romney is waging a fierce battle, in two states that should have been shoes in. senator santorum hasn t been as carefully viewed by the american public as have the others. the two leaders struggling to erase voters do
able to help others through organ donation. in just about 2 1/2 hours, the high school sophomore accused of shooting five fellow students, three of whom have now died, is due to appear in juvenile court. the state s attorney general says that it is likely that 17-year-old tj lane will be tried as an adult. people who knew him said that lane was a guarded boy, from a troubled family. for more on that and the victims and the fallout from yesterday s terrible attack, i want to bring in my colleague, ted rowlands, who is live from chardon. this young boy is in a lot of trouble, likely adult trouble. and now with a third death in this case, i m hearing that the sheriff is saying, we re moving to another phase. what exactly does the sheriff mean by that? well, clearly, we re talking about a triple homicide and this is a premeditated homicide, actually, and to say that he s in a lot of trouble is an understatement. and yes, he is a juvenile at this point, but we have seen in case
evacuated. students say it was chaotic when the shooting started with people basically running for their lives. parents were frantic to find their kids. i just want you to take a listen to this. she texted me and said there s been a shooting and i m in a closet, but don t worry. i said, well, just keep texting me. so that s what we re doing. my son is over there. i have a daughter here in middle schoo school. more on the shootings throughout the morning as well. they are spending time in tennessee today. that s ahead of next week s big super tuesday contest. and more apparent retaliation for last week s burning of korans by nato troops. a suicide bomber detonated explosives, killing nine civilians. the taliban are claiming responsible for the attack and for poisoning food at another base. we have traces of bleach found in fruit and coffee. no troops were sicked. they re eating now prescreened meals. president obama s apology nor the koran burning has sparked criticism f