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And as well, 13 lives gone from smithville. there were still at last report a couple of people missing and unaccounted for. the governor is due here today to talk about the damage not only in smithville but around mississippi. hes declared an emergency in about 39 to 40 counties here in this state hard hit on wednesday afternoon. after taking a look at the damage again, the national weather service upgraded the strength of this tornado to a rare ef-5. thats the strongest possible classification....

Close and personal with a monster deadly twister? we have video when a storm chaser drove toward the deadly tornado. check this out. thats obviously a huge funnel cloud destroying everything in its path. the storm chaser who shot that video is andy gabriel. you study tornado for a living. you say in your life you have seen 150 of them basically close up. what was different about this one when you saw it? >> this one was extremely powerful. it started rotating extremely fast immediately after it ...

Mississippi. most of the city has been destroyed including the police station, post office and city hall. ron joins us live as you can see here. whats the latest there? >> reporter: good morning. well, this monster storm is only the best way to describe this was upgraded to a rare ef-5 tornado and this was a hurricane masquerading as a tornado that blew through smithville wednesday afternoon. i dont know what kind of ride this pickup truck was on but clearly completely destroyed and for blocks a...

128 people now confirmed dead in alabama from yesterdays savage storms. could take days to account for hundreds more right now who are trapped or missing. >> in tuscaloosa 15 people were killed by some of the most violent weather ever seen there. the citys mayor assessed the damage and said, pray for us. block after block flattened. this is the mile-wide funnel cloud that tore apart so many homes, so many lives. alabamas governor asked the president for help, he got it. 1400 national guard troop...

Georgia. first to mike tobin in smithville, mississippi tonight. mike? >> shepard, everywhere you look in this little town of smithville is a remarkable tale of survival, a markable tale of sorrow. in this little house here, the miller couple lived. they got the warning moments before the tornado touched down. they fled their house, saw the funnel cloud, went into that white diner you see behind here. they hid inside of the refrigerator. actually judy made it in the refrigerator. danny did not. ...

Verify the debt, location or authenticity to it. the governments response has killed 400 people so far. u.s. officials condemn the bloody crackdown calling it deplorable and outrageous. its never happened before in the history of our nation. americas top banker answering questions from reporters. a first for a fed chairman. so what did we learn about how the economy is doing? were live in d.c. with the top story at the bottom of the hour. plus, floodwaters threatening hundreds of homes in the so...

>> welcome aboard, folks, to studio e in the heart of midtown manhattan. gretchen is off today and shell be back tomorrow with royal coverage live from london. >> were going to tell you the latest of whats happening in afghanistan. colonel tony schaefer is here and also, ron paul in about 12 minutes. >> i just talked to him in the hall. >> and he answered you? >> i did. hes selling his house on the internet, one of his houses in texas. brian will sit down with him shortly but right now, we start...

A long-term extension and i wont do it now unless we have a plan to deal with this debt because at the end of the day, this represents a fundamental threat to the economic security>> you are a democrat. >> so thats big. by the way, a lot of pressure on the gang of six that theyre going to be releasing when they get into session, what they say their bipartisan plan is going forward and at the same time, the debt ceiling is going to be raised or not raised so a lot of people will be looking at tho...

Jenna: we are owe talking about what is happening in the center of the country and missouri, but there are several states really bracing for a lot more tough weather to come. we are go glad you are with us on this monday morning im jenna lee. jon: good to see you, jenna, im jon scott. a warning of another day of severe storms as tornadoes tear through the u.s. leaving all kinds of destruction. storm chasers catching this funnel cloud that you see in the lower right there plowing through a texas ...

... >> look at this, this is a twister in the making, it could be literally seconds or minutes from the formation of a nasty tornado. what you are looking at is a live shot over a state park in texas near lone willow, a funnel cloud forming into a nasty twister happening right now. right there in texas. look at that. tornadoes ripping through missouri. and now the floods. 1,000 fleeing along the black river in the southern part of the state. and now risk in missouri where residents are digging o...