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Vilonia. rescue crews are searching right now for more victims. storm chaser brett adair joins us from arkansas. we were able to make a connection with you. we know you witnessed the tornado touchdown yesterday in mayflower. tell us what you saw and experienced. >> yesterday was a very somber day. we witnessed a tornado go through mayflower yesterday and unfortunately it did significant damage and caused injuries and fatalities in some of the areas we actually did search and rescue in. >> what w...

>> well, typically we are at full capacity during the week just because were a corporate hotel. but most of our corporate guests have canceled reservations so we were expecting to be slower, but we just got slammed with these people coming in from all different directions who cant make it home. >> and what are they telling you about their experience on the road? >> theyre saying its terrible. one guy said it took him about two hours just to get about ten miles, and thats when he finally gave up ...

Round two. >> no! >> its true. i know. theres a lot to tell you about. its still evolving. we were mentioning this yesterday, because the computer models were not very specific about what was happening. we knew something was going to, but now, were kind of pinning it down. things could change. all the way from springfield to oklahoma city to tulsa, to little rock, into russellville, extending into memphis. ice, freezing rain, sleet, and snow. where you see these watches and warnings. thats where...

>> outside of the city, a white male is speeding east in a stolen school bus, straight toward the city line. >> it is kind of hanging off. >> the bus is stolen from this albuquerque bus yard. the suspect drives 80 miles west on i-40 to the city of grant before turning around and heading back to albuquerque. >> are there any kids in the bus. >> just the driver. >> as of now we just know it is one mael male driver. thats all we have. >> now state, city and county law enforcement are in hot pursuit...

Wrongdoing and returned to duty. shipman gives no explanation for his wild ride, which snarls traffic in both directions on i-40 for seven hours. >> thats it. coming up -- a drunk and disorderly diner puts mayhem on the menu at this subway. and -- >> dont even think about it. >> a base jumper on the edge. find out if he lands behind bars when "caught on camera, they fought the law" continues. like what if you didnt know to get coverage for uninsured drivers? [robot] uh oh. [prof. burke] talk t...

Its only after its all over that randy realizes how close he came to losing his life. >> when i saw the video, it kind of brought things back into perspective. and realized how lucky i was. in all actuality i should have gone over that bridge or burned up in the truck. >> the weight of 40,000 pounds of frozen chicken is most likely what stopped the truck from going over the edge. randy pierce survives his brush with death, but not every driver is quite so lucky. a tanker truck explosion brings a...

Of interstate 40, the bridge and things, was covered up with flames. in my 30-year career ive had now, ive never seen anything of that magnitude of flames. >> large flames could be seen from miles away. flame length 68 feet. and a large area around the bridge. extreme heat. totally unsafe area. and volatile. >> some kind of chemical is burning down there, and you can smell it up here in the helicopter. fire and rescue personnel are on the scene. no traffic is moving on the interchange. we have n...

Route. >> a few minutes after the collapse, the remaining gasoline burns off and the flames begin to diminish. once the blaze is under control, firefighters can assess the damage in terms of material and lives. >> there was only one fatality which was the driver of the gas tanker that lost his life. i thought there would be worse. that time of day on the interstate, 12:30 on a friday afternoon, july, vacation to the mountains, i figured there would be three or four cars underneath it. >> the int...

Morton the only suspect in the crime. he was convicted, and sentenced to a life in prison but he did not do it. dna evidence exonerated michael but it took 25 years, and he was in prison the whole time. this incredible story has become a new cnn documentary "unreal dream" tonight 9:00 eastern time. highly recommend you check out that story. checking other stories, the wife of an ohio judge is in jail, accused of trying to poison her husband. reports say carla hague is held on charge of attempted...

Car she was riding in slid off the road. in texas, five people were killed on the road, three of them in this pile-up on interstate 40, including one man who got out of his car to try to help and was hit by another vehicle. in eastern texas, country star willy nelsons tour bus plowed into a bridge sending three of his band members to the hospital. the storm caused hundreds of crashes throughout the country, including this driver in oklahoma, whose car skidded off the road and then flipped. amazi...