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"americas newsroom." >> bill: im bill hemmer. jose gutierrez is an architect from cincinnati. he was in mexico visiting his fiance over the holidays and they went missing christmas day. 300 miles northwest of mexico city, the region known for cartel violence. >> dana: williamlagelage is live in los angeles. >> bill: 40 million americans a year visit mexico. being kidnapped is a small risk, some areas are a lot worse than others especially where cartel checkpoints leave tourists defense...

>> tornado right in front of me. right here. its going to get wild. >> bill: this is in southeast texas. the powerful storm pummeling the state. right around houston unleashing torrential rain widespread flooding and massive tornado. casey stiegel is in pasadena, texas today. how does it look? >> things dont look good. good morning. pasadena and neighboring deer park, texas, are suburbs of houston. were about 20 miles or so southeast of downtown houston and these areas took the brunt of the dama...