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that storm that hit hard and fast, it dumped sheets of water and took down trees and power lines, too. this huge poplar just missed the zion church and just down the street, police actually broke out the chain saws after a tree came down on busy tucker man lane during the height of rush hour. but it was frederick where cars came to a standstill as downtown streets turned in to rivers. the speed at which the water rose caught a lot of people by surprise. darcy spencer spoke with residen...

abc 7 news has learned that former first lady betty ford has died. richard reeve joins us with more and the impact she made in washington and away from the white house as well. >> candor and grace words used to describe any ford. she came to the white house in the wake of watergate but in respect of the nation with her brand of courage. >> president and mrs. gerald ford. >> she was always by his side. the president once said he was indebted to his wife. she exuded grace and candor, bot...

devastating picture. more than 211 twisters touched down across seven states in what is now the second deadliest outbreak in u.s. history. 341 people are now confirmed dead. the death toll, second only to a series of tornadoes that killed more than 700 people back in 1925. by far, the hardest hit area is alabama, where more than 250 people died. 34 people are dead in both tennessee and mississippi and 15 in georgia. closer to home, five people are confirmed dead in virginia. nbcs chris...

>> good evening, im jim vance. >> tonight, police officers responsible for keeping layla alive met her and her parents under an entirely different set of circumstances. darcy spencer was there. >> 16-month-old layla plays pick-a-boo with one of the police officers credited with saving her life. >> it was the scariest moment of my life. >> it was october 30, the home comb coming game at university of maryland. laylas mom was carrying her in a sling into the football game. layla was 10 m...

effort begins, some victims will need help of another kind to cope in the aftermath of the disaster. and kate middleton and all the highlights from londons lavish royal wedding. good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us. im shawn yancy. >> im brian bolter. well begin tonight with the deadly tornado outbreak in the south. more than 300 people are dead, the majority of the victims in alabama. today president obama visited the state to get a firsthand look at the damage. fox 5s la...

yet. >> thats the way it is all across the south, but especially here. >> all of alabama needs help. we need prayer and we need help. >> reporter: with the search continues for keepsakes, valuables, or anything worth salvaging, others fortunate enough to avoid loss are responding, like mississippi real estate agent, marcus mccoy. >> i was just sitting, thinking how blessed i was to still be in the land of the living, and i said, i need to do something. >> reporter: the red cross and re...

woods scorched by wildfires. drivers caught in a downpour of hail. wild weather is sweeping across parts of the midwest and the south. and guess whos next in line. good evening. im aaron gilchrist in for craig melvin. as this storm system moves east, it could have some impact on our weather. chuck is in the weather center with more on what we can expect. hey, chuck. >> hey, aaron. theyve had quite a round of severe weather down across the carolinas, into parts of northern georgia. also...

>> and im maureen umeh. and residents from our area are touching down in japan to assist in the aftermath. >> the search and rescue team was mobilized on friday. they landed at 1:30 this morning. there are 74 team members, including doctors, engineers, firefighters and rescue dogs. the entire world is feeling the effects of the disaster in japan. the aftermath has been intensified by new problems with yet another nuclear facility. here is foxs adam housely with what is happening right ...

day. sky fox overhead just before 8:00 this morning at the mark train station on summit avenue where an 81-year-old gaithersburg man was struck and killed by an inbound train. witnesses told place hed been waiting out in the cold in a nearby coffee shop. >> when he saw the train coming, he hurried across the tracks to be able to board. unfortunately it appears that he misjudged how fast the train was coming, how long it would take him to cross in front of it. this is presenting itself ...

administration, darrell issa. >> if it makes the president miserable because im working 74 igs and general accountability office and others to make sure that we do a better job, well thats what he signed up for. and then elijah cummings, the democrat who will go toe to toe with eye is along with steve israel and jason altmeyer on the tension in the white house. and this is "state of the union" im ed henry. candy crowley is off today. the president returns to washington tuesday. the n...