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Whose parents sought help, but this study sponsored by "autism speaks" focused on 50,000 of the 7 to 12-year-olds in that suburb, those in regular schools as well as those in special education classes. >> we knew we would find more kids in this population. >> reporter: judith thought her daughter amy was doing fine until the third grade when amy started having problems with other children. eventually, she was diagnosed with aspergers, a mild form of autism, and therapy has gotten her back on tra...

Putting that rivalry aside in this time of great need. nbcs thanh truong on how they are making a difference. >> reporter: help is rolling into tornado-ravaged alabama. sporting a university of alabama cap and an auburn university shirt, many would say warren tidwell has an identity issue. but theres no confusion in his mission today. >> going to be a lot of sorting today. >> its -- its bad here. its bad all over the place. >> reporter: through facebook the 32-year-old auburn diehard started too...

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Florida democratic congresswoman debra wasserman schultz, who we saw right toward the end of kellys reporting there, was named the new head of the democratic national committee today. and she will keep her day job in congress at the same time. last night into this morning as a violent weather front moved to the northeast across parts of the american south, nine americans lost their lives. they had no time to run as the fierce embedded storms that dropped down in the form of tornadoes took hold...

Monday was a mess, as a powerful storm system churned across the midwest and south, destroying property and claiming lives. among those killed, the driver of this car in atlanta. and an hour south of the city, a 28-year-old man and his 3-year-old son, who died when a tree crashed into the bedroom where they slept. >> it dont feel real. >> reporter: his fiancee, the childs mother, escaped unharmed with the couples other toddler. >> i was in my pajamas. i just had to run, to get there. when i got ...

>> what was that? >> reporter: it was startling and deadly, with trees crashing onto trapped cars, killing one woman and just missing alan. >> i was just about to leave and the next thing you know, the tree fell right on top of my head. >> reporter: this morning the digout began. thousands of abandoned cars and power lines down across the region, with 400,000 homes in the dark. >> worried about the house getting cold and pipes freezing. >> reporter: local utilities under fire for poor service in...

Floods and a mass of power outages to the washington, d.c., area. nbcs tom costello is in washington tonight. >> reporter: ann, good evening. its going to take some time to clean this region up. weve got power lines down, trees uprooted. the governor of maryland wants an investigation. why is it the region loses power for prolonged periods of time after virtually every storm? but across much of the country, its been a week of heat, humidity, and bugs. the morning rush hour had just begun in wash...

When it comes to marijuana and california, many people think of san francisco and the northern part of the state, perhaps harking back to the days of the counterculture. but today, southern california has become a hub for marijuana growth and distribution. nbcs kristin welker has our story. >> reporter: less than a half hour drive from downtown los angeles, the 650,000 acre ang las angeles national forest is as beautiful as it is dense. but hidden among the trees, elaborate and illegal marijuana...

Another was wounded, and a fourth was shot at, but escaped injury in that. the other big vote in the senate today besides health care, raised the nations debt ceiling to $12.4 trillion. thats a $290 billion increase. and the house passed a similar bill last week, raising the debt ceiling allows the government now to issue new bonds to pay for its operations through midfebruary. all right, giving in focus, were looking at people helping others during the special time of the year. today, a gro...

His motto is no man left behind and this cnn hero lives it out every day as he tries to help homeless veterans. he knows their plight well, he used to be one. >> camouflage, to see camouflage used as a covering for a place to dwell, veterans should never, ever end up in a position such