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>> again, to you, i asked this earlier. what is -- is there any difference between what were watching now and what we would have watched 30 years ago in terms of the climate? the climate aspect? is there a climatic -- without getting, again, into the politics, is there a warming situation were facing that makes it more likely to have tornadoes or any way its influencing these weather conditions? the climate? the heat? >> well, as far as tornadoes are concerned, climate really doesnt pay any atte...

Getting, again, into the politics, is there a warming situation were facing that makes more likely to have tornadoes or any way its influencing these weather conditions? the climate? the heat? >> well, as far as tornadoes are concerned, climate really doesnt pay any attention to tornadoes. i mean, tornadoes are such a small-scale event. now, as far as tornado description, you can make some arguments that maybe tornado description would be shifting aa little further north. the same things that co...

Be safe. >> thanks anna. >> thank you. >> why some folks choose to stay away from the storm there are some out there who like to head right to it. >> storm chaser george has just that. we have him on the phone. he is out in long island. first of all i have to ask you how did you decide to become a storm chaser? what makes you want to do this and put yourself in danger? >> ever since i was a kid i had an interest in science and nature and weather and an interest in photography and adventure. stor...

>> harris: you know, steve, im hoping you can hear this. storm chasing is not to be taken lightly. for those of us who have done it many years, i did in the midwest and youve been all over the world doing this, we often will compare conditions. how does the beginning of this storm compare with what youve seen? >> reporter: well, its still a ways out. im surprise its kicking up so strongly already, were getting heavy gusts and side way winds and already flooding and the storm isnt here yet. were ...

Is absolutely amazing and 25 years of storm chasing, i dont remember encountering one that was like this and stalled for so long. >> are you a tornado chaser? >> i do chase tornadoes. but they are almost impossible to see and you they are 40 miles an hour quicker. with the visibility it is almost impossible to chase a tornado. >> i came up close and personal under a bridge. happenstance. >> warren talk to us about concerns of flooding and where are you right now? how worried are people? >> i don...

drought. we have pictures of tornadoes, storm reports that popped up yesterday. it was a real volatile day for kansas. look at that tornado. incredible pictures coming to us from storm chasing video. its really when you see the light behind it, you really get a nice viewpoint of what the tornado looks like with narrow vortex at the bottom. thats when the tornados strongest winds are at the end of this tornado. looks like this one -- you can hear the hail. >> this is working. >> you can...

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italys prime minister. i want to start with jason carroll. jason, we know todays weekly news conference with the legendary joe paterno canceled. the new york times reporting that he has days, maybe weeks numbers. what are you hearing? >> well, for one thing, let me tell you just literally, we have a comment from joe paterno, caught up with him outside of his house, im reading this for the first time. i know you all have a lot of good questions. i want to answer them. were going to ha...