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Going into the summer. >> you talk about who they want, and i just wonder if they want someone who can win. do they want someone who can win? >> and govern. wouldnt that be nice? parties never focus on that. they never do. coming up next, the supercommittees deadline to reach a deal is just over two weeks away. well talk to one of the groups 12 members. and a little later, senator chuck schumer will be here onset. but first, lets go to bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> delivering ...

Brought snow to the high country, is going to be going through the middle of the country. as far as the wet weather goes, interstate 44 going from tulsa through springfield, joplin, st. louis, thats probably one of the worst highways to be on as far as today. fort smith has wet weather outside oklahoma city. as we go throughout this afternoon towards tonight, cold air moves in behind the storm. were talking more snow in colorado. this is the third storm already. this is out in the plains. pueblo...

good morning to you. it is thursday, september 1st. can you believe it? this is your a.m. "wake-up call." this is carol costello joining you live from new york. its a big day. the presidents big speech on economy will be a week from tonight. he wanted to speak a day earlier but house speaker john boehner said there wouldnt be enough time to do a security sweep of the house chamber. others complained it was on the very night of the republican presidential debate. he could go head to hea...

>> im christine romans. a warning from the 9/11 commission. america is not properly prepared for another terrorist attack because nine of the commissions security recommendations made back in 2004, nine of them, have been ignored by the government. >> im carol costello. the stand-off is over. the president agreeing to reschedule his big jobs speech next week. backing down from john boehner on this "american morning." >> good morning. good morning, good morning. thursday, september 1. w...

Characteristics of a tornado, where it weaves in and out. these were flattened areas entirely. now that was during the day yesterday. then last night, we expected bad weather to roll in and suddenly late last night, after a little bit of rain started to show up, we started to hear the tornado sirens. we were here in this position, this is pretty high ground. we decided to seek cover. before we did that we went to the last place we had seen people. it was a warle hou -- warle hou the highway here...

>> we went two, three hours with no tornado warnings. now new tornado warnings for missouri, they are coming out of the ozarks. pretty much an unpopulated rural area, but now going up through interstate 44, going to salem. sullivan, union, and then st. louis. in about an hour to two hours from now, we could have serious storms going through st. louis towards the morning rush hour. lets hope these weaken. todays threat area, over the top of st. louis. we dont have a high risk like yesterday. late...

What we know now is mostly what happened during the daylight hours, thats the oklahoma stuff. thats where we have the amazing pictures from. we had one of the worst storms to go through the dalls/ft. worth in the last four, five years. and we have not seen the pictures from there yet because we dont have the sun up. also overnight, arkansas was hit hard. im afraid of what the pictures will look like from arkansas. we are talking small towns. we dont have another joplin or another tuscaloosa, but...

thanks so much for being with us on this wednesday. good to see everybody this morning. you know the pictures are coming in, new pictures, and the devastation, continues for the midwest. >> thats right. ali velshi in joplin, missouri, where they had a harrowing night. hi, ali. >> good morning, christine, kiran, it is a better morning here. people counting their blessings. a near miss last night in joplin, missouri. everyone taking shelter and bracing for another twister that thanchgful...

Being roar ific. there are reports, as you mentioned, the hospital, st. johns medical center there, theres a gas leak in the area. theyre concerned there could potentially be an explosion. there have been a number of life flight helicopters trying to get in and out of there to protect these people as well. a large scale search and rescue is going on. neighbors are trying to help each other. people are missing. theyre trying to get through that rubble and help anybody who might be trapped in this...

>> is there any specific area that suffered the most fatalities like any apartment building or any neighborhoods? >> i dont think you can single out any one area. the entire path of the tornado it took through town has just basically devastated the central portion of joplin. i dont think i can pick one area thats more devastated than the other. >> [ inaudible ]. >> yes. its my understanding there were about ten semis overturned in the area of about the 11 mile-marker of interstate 44 with minima...