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its 5:00 a.m. in the east. this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin this morning with breaking news. we have learned that president obama is holding a big event at the white house rose garden later today to resurrect the battle over the bush tax cuts. he will be surrounded by working class americans while he calls on congress to extend tax cuts for everyone, making $250,000 a year or less. republicans want the tax cuts extended for everyone, the wealthy included. the white house will b...

To the side, and as i did that, i saw a man that was standing by a fence, and he was waving his arms as me, trying to get my attention. and as i looked over at him, i dont even think i got a sense of relief. the only thing i really got from seeing him was that i wasnt going to die alone. >> officer clint mahlberg is a veteran member of the metropolitan police departments search and rescue squad. >> my sergeant called me. they were expecting heavy flooding from a storm cell that was coming into t...

It was a pretty fast realization that this could be it. >> the water is rising quickly now, washing over the roof of her car and tugging angela into the torrent. >> i just kind of laid my head to the side, and as i did that, i saw a man that was standing by a fence, and he was waving his arms as me, trying to get my attention. and as i looked over at him, i dont even think i got a sense of relief. the only thing i really got from seeing him was that i wasnt going to die alone. >> officer clint m...

and that heat can cause and create another thunderstorm ind -- behind it. wichita, texas, was hit by two large and deadly tornadoes just hours apart. right down the exact same line. heres what we have. lets do a reset. about two hours ago, we had a severe thunderstorm watch. we had hail coming down, the size almost of tennis balls. then all of a sudden that watch was upgraded to a tornado watch because the storms are beagaining to rotate. then we had two storms out by themselves. those...

were following the breaking news this hour, a tornado outbreak that scraped parts of the midwest this morning, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100. hardest hit, harrisburg, illinois, where at least six people died, including two children. within the last half hour, we learned the tornado was a category ef-4, with winds, get this, up to 170 miles an hour, and as wide as two football fields. in the last hour, the mayor spoke at a grief-stricken news conference. >> we ...

youre going to look at show the massive damage in the small town of harveyville, kansas. thats destroyed homes and trees uprooted and power lines down as well. take a look at this. a twister captured on film by a storm chaser in kansas in missouri where two people died. joining me now is wendell edwards. hes live from branson, missouri. set the scene for us. how bad is the damage? >> reporter: you know, randi, its pretty bad. take a look at what is going on. this is a vitamin and healt...

Well have more oscar coverage live from hollywood. you need a little levity, right? everybody is so primped up at those events fortunately you liked it. >> not have a dictator pour an urn on you. ive said it over and over again. for the first time in history, daytona 500 canceled for bad weather. anna is here with the latest. going to be bad again today, right? >> yep. theyve got a noontime start on fox on all the affiliates. we have seen a few fans playing in the puddles and throughout the rain...

Now, washing over the roof of her car and tugging angela into the torrent. >> i just kind of laid my head to the side, and as i did that, i saw a man that was standing by a fence, and he was waving his arms as me, trying to get my attention. and as i looked over at him, i dont even think i got a sense of relief. the only thing i really got from seeing him was that i wasnt going to die alone. >> officer clint mahlberg is a veteran member of the metropolitan police departments search and rescue sq...

Her car and tugging angela into the torrent. >> i just kind of laid my head to the side and as i did that, i saw a man that was standing by a fence and he was waving his arms at me, trying to get my attention. and as i looked over at him, i dont even think i got a sense of relief. the only thing i really got from seeing him was that i wasnt going to die alone. >> officer clint mahlberg is a veteran member of the metropolitan police departments search and rescue squad. >> my sergeant called me, t...

Very, very specific identifying physical information such as description of a tattoo, and the wait goes on as officials try to establish identification to a 100% certainty, and also to establish the cause of death. drew? >> casey, is this family allowed to go into the morgue today? h. >> we dont know that. they have not received word as of yet that they will be allowed into the morgue. they are just waiting. they are getting some help they say though from the military to try to speed up the proc...