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Weather. terror ties in a mosque. surveillance push at mosques. >> stores with the best and worst policies. "fox & friends first" continues right now. >> good morning, beautiful people. time to rise and shine. >> lets get right to the knofo news alert. dozens of people are killed when tornadoes and flash floods ravage 12 states. >> we have a look at the widespread destruction with kelly wright. >> lea and abby good morning to you as well. in short it has been a nightmare. ef 4 packing winds at 2...

Area happened in garland. i just got off the phone with the mayor pro tem tells me dozens of people are without power. dozens of people had to spend the night in shelters box theres no places to go. the mayor said they are coping here. the red cross is helping with shelters. theyre getting a lot of help from the emergency management team. like that one resident thats come back, its heartbreaking to see when you have everything thats precious to you lost. many of these people dont have insurance....

Road closures have made it impossible to get to the affected areas after the tornado ripped through on saturday night. the force was so strong, it ripped off the roofs of the apartment homes behind me. a storage facility with cars flipped over. more than 600 structures affected as a result of the storms. when you consider the force of the ef-4 tornado, up to 200 mile per hour. 11 people killed as a result of the storm system that swept through here. texas governor grek abbott declaring a disaste...

From one extreme to the next is becoming just too much to bear. neighbors now coming together tonight to do what they can to help those who have lost so much in these storms. >> it is just sad to see. it is heard to see these peoples livelihoods gone. it is just hard to see, so, its just unbelievable to me. >> right now severe weather alerts are in effect from the south to the midwest as the threat is not over yet. will carr is live on the ground in rowlett, texas. will, how are residents coping...

Through the area and left the region reeling. there is video of the most powerful tornado going through power lines, damaging homes. the national weather service tells me that tornado was an ef-4. it had winds up to 1 880 miles hour. in all, 1500 homes were danmage, and in reality it was only a matter of seconds before the siren went off and the tornado hit. >> we got in the bathtub. we were in the center bathroom in our house, and all of a sudden it was like a train went over the top of us and ...

>> dozens dead as severe storms strike. tornadoes, flooding, snow crippling cities across the country. chicagos mayor calling for changes in the citys police department the day after the officers shoot and kill two people. donald trump striking back at hillary clinton. this time taking shots at her husband. welcome back to "early start." im christine romans. >> im miguel marquez. it is december 28th. up first, deadly christmas weather claiming 43 lives across the country. lets start in texas...

Tornadoes, floods, thunderstorms. a terror warning for several cities across europe preparing for possible attacks before the new year. and donald trump extending his attacks on hillary clinton to her husband. the insults flying in the race for the presidency. welcome back to "early start." im miguel marquez. >> im christine romans. lets start with the deadly christmas weather killing 43 people. thousands of people in texas picking up the pieces this morning. their lives shattered by devasta...

Mexico where snowstorms and plunging temperatures crippled parts of that state sunday. different scene altogether in northern texas. residents there continued to survey this, this damage left behind from the weekends deadly tornadoes near dallas. officials have confirmed nine twisters tore through the area. leaving at least 11 people dead. nbcs charles hadlock is in garland, texas. one of the hard hit areas. charles, how are folking dealing with this so far? >> reporter: well, craig, you saw tha...

Screaming and suddenly the call disconnected. he tracked her iphone and found her suv has plummeted over the cliff. >> when i got there, i look inside the car and i grabbed her hand and i tried to talk to her, and she wasnt responding to me. just felt like something inside of me died. feel like a part of me died with her. >> the national weather service reporting that one of the tornadoes on saturday was an ef-4, the second most powerful kind of twister with winds topping 200 miles-per-hour. the...

Frankly, about how theyre going to rebuild. >> well, we have spoken to some survivors, just really remarkable and courageous stories of survival. i spoke to one man in the middle of his living room, watching his furniture, his sofa, parts of his kitchen just floating around as he held on to a 60-pound pit bull and his mother-in-law. we did catch up with other survivors who say they dont know how they are still alive today. >> nick valencia for us in garland, texas. garland texas taking a direct ...