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Witnesses say a huge tornado tore through a town south of tulsa, oklahoma. there is a severe weather threat going on right now. violent storms and twisters possible in parts of at least seven states this morning. rob marciano saying arkansas needs to be on the lookout right now, mississippi, alabama. hes covering all of this for us and check in with him in a couple minutes. the man in charge of operating the nations air traffic control system is out. hank krakowskis resignation after the lates...

>> good friday morning. april 15th. welcome to "american morning." >> new this hour, outraged parents posting pictures and videos of their kids getting airport pat-downs. the tsa rethinking whether its necessary to screen a 6-year-old little girl like that. >> rethinking it. okay. maybe your diploma will pay off this year. more jobs for college graduates are opening up. jobs that they actually studied for. >> and he threw the immaculate reception and won four super bowls but terry bradshaw says ...

Major, seven out of the ten are in engineering. topping the list, number one, chemical engineering over $66,000 starting pay. computer science number two, five computer engineering around 60,000 starting pay. the salary survey showed the average offer for this years grad is up almost 6% from last year to over $50,000. >> good. >> which is i think a little high but pretty amazing. >> one thing about all the engineering things, people not interested in engineering oh, great, but there are companie...

So we have to have, first we have to go back to risk management system. >> its interesting, ill say, and i think you will agree, seems like what we do is what has already happened. we dont do things that havent happened yet. thats the other thing. we -- theyre very smart, theyre going to exploit holes in the system. and then well come up with something with it after its been -- >> thats the way as it feels as a traveling public. >> thats not quite correct. we think in the system and have for yea...

Accounting for that risk in the price. thats what were seeing. and what we have to do is find ways to address the longer term picture for oil and other types of energy so that we can be sure we meet demand. that will bring it back to a normal price. >> addressing that, is that relying less on foreign oil, is that energy efficiency? is that new kinds of technologies? how do you address that? >> well, its yes, yes, yes, and yes. i mean in the near term, meaning when i say near term, i have to defi...

In aviation, you do the profiles by a computerized process. you do not collect race, you do not collect religion. therefore, you cannot apply a racial profile in aviation. >> what is the profile made up of then? >> one-way tickets, paid in cash, that kind of stuff, right? >> its made up of about 15 or 20 different elements and they work. they work. >> are any of the elements racially based? >> no. >> not even one? >> i dont think any of the elements are 6-year-old children either. >> but the fac...

Prom queen, maybe. i dont know. >> such posture, kiran. >> its easy to balance an ipad on your head. ali goes dont do the ipad. >> dont rec my ipad. >> dont mess up my hair. >> hopefully those girls wont have to kiss too many frogs before they find their prince. >> i like how many of the girls didnt know if they wants to be a princess. >> little girl beauty queen situation. its mothers who want their kids. >> as you know the royal wedding is around the corner. if you didnt get your invitation, d...

Big, important numbers and understanding them. what is the difference between a debt and deficit. when you spend more money than you make you run a deficit. you borrow to cover the difference. uncle sam does the same thing. all those deficits year after year add to a huge pile of national debt. how big, 14,000 billion. deficits are spending more money than you make and debt is something owed. how much money you owe. the u.s. currently has $14.296 trillion of debt. if we continue to spend money a...

Hudson river in upstate new york, killing herself and taking three of her four children with her. details of their final horrifying moments coming from the sole survivor. the boy you see there, 10-year-old leshaun. a good samaritan stopped to help him as he stood at the side of the road shivering crying to call for help. deb feyerick joins us with the latest. its such a tragedy but this amazing aspect of it that this boy was able to save his own life and actually tried to save his siblings. >> h...