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Surfline.com, lists todays conditions as, quote, good to epic, with some waves topping 40 feet. this comes just two days after huge ocean swells slammed hawaii at oahus northern show, and in half moon bay, 40 minutes south of san francisco. the size of the wave is is not the only thing dangerous. right now the water is cold. temperatures in the low 50s. and what is more the spot is located inside the so-called red triangle, an area in the pacific ocean packed with great white sharks. >> if youre...

For a look at your national weather, we turn to msnbc meteorologist bill karins who no longer has an excuse not to hit the gym. maybe just one mile? >> maybe walking -- >> walking to work? that doesnt count. >> good morning everyone. we saw the pictures of the incredible tornado in oklahoma. many storm chasers captured this tornado. it appears one or two others. this was out in a wind turbine field which was an interesting battle. this storm system stayed most in rural areas. no fatalities and w...

unexpected, no question about it. but this has to be startling. >> i have to say that things dont shock me. i was shocked by this. >> reporter: did your heart skip a beat? could you -- what happened? >> i dont know. i think i called home and said, im coming home. im stopping my errands for saturday and first i thought that she should come get me, my wife should come get me, and i said, no, the cars drivable, but no back window. >> reporter: you were out here for about 36 hours or so wi...

economy came out just minutes ago. christine roman has those and then zain verjee looking at reaction to a deal made on the debt crisis and alison kosik at the new york stock exchange where your 401(k) could enjoy a big day. christine, lets go ahead and start with you. before we focus on the big debt deal, if you dont mind, lets talk about what this means. tell us about the economy and the good news were getting. >> all right, first of all, gdp. how the economy grew in the most recent ...

Everyone. very impressive pictures coming out of minnesota and north dakota from last night. we had some of the worst tornadoes weve had all season long. a tornado outbreak. look at that huge twister on the ground. we had some other pictures where weven had two tornadoes on the ground at the same time. unfortunately, there were two fa fal fatalities in minnesota and a lot more damage pictures coming in today. that is nasty. in all, 59 tornadoes. everywhere you see the red triangle is where they ...

Path. >> i heard it turn and i said i have to go. jumped in my car. just -- i dont know. first thing i -- you out of my mouth, lord, protect me. that was all i could do. all i could say. >> bill karins has been tracking the storms. bill? >> reporter: good saturday morning, alex. severe weather struck last night. we have already seen the pictures there in arkansas. the devastation. this is the biggest month. may is the number one month for tornadoes. wore going to see more severe weather today an...

Red triangle where all the tornado reports were, there was mostly two areas of tornadoes. one was in the ozarks there and right through the st. louis area with large hail, damaging winds and, of course, the damage were going to continue to get that in during the day. those storms have since weakened. we have a line of storms through kentucky into west virginia. we have all that miserable rain through new york state, pennsylvania and new england. as far as the severe weather threat goes, it doesn...