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so i want people to understand that this is not over. response and recovery efforts will be an ongoing operation. and i urge americans in affected areas to continue to listen for the guidance and direction of their state and local officials. before the storm made landfall, the department of homeland security and fema worked very closely with our state and local partners as well as volunteer organizations to preposition supplies and teams of first responders along the hurricanes project...

in american history is almost treason in my opinion. because he never served. perry told a military gathering, quote, i want to make sure that every young man and woman who puts on the uniform of the united states respects highly the president of the united states. in fact, perry even seems to question obamas patriotism. listen to this. >> you need to ask him. [ inaudible question ] >> im saying a good reporter. go ask hm. >> cnns shannon travis is in iowa. governor perry had a gem f...

>> thats the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now its a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say theyll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says hell veto it. in other words, its d...

reconsiders laying on the table. >> thats the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now its a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say theyll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says he...

This morning? >> well, good morning, guys. folks who live in the south, south of the mason dixon, you should be okay, but north of that, we have trouble. over 170 reports mostly of wind, damaging winds yesterday, across the stationary boundary and the bigger cities including chicago and detroit, got hit pretty hard. guess what? the bigger cities now off to the east will get hit hard too. a piece of that energy is rolling across the allegheny and the appalachians down through across delaware into...

joe johns, have a great rest of the weekend and safe travels. >> you, too. on this memorial day, i want to begin on cordova, alabama. it hit on the morning of april 27th by a powerful ef-3 tornado, and then the very same day ef-4 tornado hits that same town that night. cordova, alabama, is not the town that you see here in some of the video, some of the aerial pictures here and satellite images. a lot of folks have certainly lost their homes, but as we told you on friday, the cordova...

>> on this holiday morning. >> and weve got a lot of news. we begin with the weather. first a new wave of spring storms is pounding the midwest. in fact, some of the worst damage is in battle creek, michigan. a storm packing 80-mile-an-hour winds snapped trees, brought down a lot of power lines. in fact, across the state some 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. >> a violent storm hit the chicago area. ferocious winds uprooting trees and sending them on the tops of houses and cars....

Weather, we turn to bill for the forecast. wouldnt want to watch first look on that. that close up. its cool for the raceway. >> we dont need a huge giant you and me, do we? >> no. >> only five tornados yesterday. the devastation in louisiana. the fatalities were from falling trees in and around the atlanta area. three fatalities. we cant win. yesterday, damaging winds. we also had hail. one day after another, we cant catch a break. it was at the spine of atlanta. charlotte got hit. the interior...

The president couldnt have been more gung ho and happy. >> about you and loyd blankfein. >> making a difference and really doing something rather than just talking about it. >> absolutely. >> one sad thing, the marine visiting us yesterday got with us yfts. got hit by a car last night. we havent released his name. i just wanted to say our prayers are with him and he was -- we have fleet weekend. a lot of ships here coming back late at night across the road. unfortunately got hit by a car. >> may...

As usual. they may not take as many precautions if theyre given that extra warning, that prove tobs bs to be beneficial. in 1999, the most powerful touched down in this same area. so have there been any measures taken since that storm to make oklahoma city safer, more prepared for these kinds of events? >> just general advances in the technology and the severe storms laboratory for the united states is located very near that corridor. also, a lot of the new construction, a lot of the homes built...