funnel cloud on video. several tornadoes were reported in kansas, we'll have more on the severe weather from the cnn severe weather center in just a couple minutes. rescuers are scouring the waters of mobile bay in alabama today. they are searching for three members of the u.s. coast guard missing after their helicopter crashed. crews recovered the body of a fourth crew member. this morning rescuers located the helicopter partially submerged in several feet of water. the chopper was on a training mission when it went down last night. terrified school kids calling 911 when a fellow student started shooting this week in ohio. now we hear their voices. police released the phone recordings. just take a listen. >> 911 what is your emergency. >> we just had a shooting at our school. we need to get out of here. >> okay, ma'am -- we got a school shooting what school? >> chardon high school. >> chardon high school? >> yes, ma'am. >> all right. can you get administration? >> everyone is running away, so -- >> where is the shooter with the gun? >> i don't know. he was in the cafeteria and everyone just started running. >> it is hard to hear. that was monday morning. three teens were killed two other people wounded. the local prosecutor says tenth grader t.j. lane has confessed to bringing the gun to school and shooting ten times. we will go live to chardon, ohio in just a couple of minutes. mitt romney finding his mojo. the super tuesday race is just six days away. romney coming off wins in arizona and michigan, clobbering rick santorum by 20 points in arizona, but just squeaked by santorum in his homestate of michigan. today, romney reflected. >> i was kidding. it was a big night last night for me. i was very pleased. very good news. arizona and michigan. interestingly the people who said that the economy and jobs were their number one issue, they voted for me overwhelmingly. that's one of the reasons i'm running. i'm concerned as anne said about jobs, getting our economy going again. and i'm concerned about kids, making sure kids are not burdened with extraordinary debts and a weak economy. this president has made some promises that he hasn't been able to keep. >> santorum made the most of his close second place finish in michigan. he said it was better than expected and shows it is still a two-person race with romney. romney has 165 delegates, santorum 44. newt gingrich at 38, ron paul at 27. >> the "costa allegra" is slowly making its way back to land. the cruise ship which lost power two days ago is being towed to the seychelles islands. more than 1,000 people are on that ship. they are using mineral water to bathe, they're eating cheese, fruit, cold cuts. the allegra is the sister ship of the "costa concordia" which ran aground last month. developing story in the british tabloid phone hacking scandal. james murdoch has resigned as executive chairman of news corp. news international. news corp. says murdoch will focus on expanding the firm's international tv business. film director james cameron wants to dominate the deepest part of the planet. he has invited cnn along for the ride. we are going to talk about the spot t is the marianas trench in the south pacific. it's very deep. cameron planning to go almost that far in an attempt to be just the third living person to go seven miles deep and live to tell about it we'll have a reporter team with him in the south pacific. we'll check in with them later in the program. want to go to jacqui jeras on the deadly storms slamming into is the country's midsection. i know we've been reporting five people are dead in illinois and missouri. at least 13 others are hurt as well. what do we know about what's happening in. >> we still have a very dangerous situation going on as we speak. in fact, there's a confirmed tornado in kentucky now, which is just west of hopkinsville. this is a dangerous storm heading into a populated area. you need to get to the lowest level of your home away from doors and windows. seek shelter immediately. this is a tornado on the ground that is causing damage, moving into hopkinsville. we also have some public reports of possible damage this is just south of elizabethtown, kentucky. let's go to the video and show you what's been happening over the past 12, 15 hours. extensive damage. this is from harveyville, kansas. the governor there declared a state of emergency. there you can see homes have been demolished. a church has been destroyed. there are multiple injuries with the storm that moved through there last night. let's go to indiana now. this is newburg, along the ohio river east of evansville. a tornado likely moved through here damaging homes and moving through the downtown area. we'll take to you a place you probably heard of, branson, missouri. big tourist area. especially in the summer time. a likely tornado moved through here damaging a restaurant, a hotel and gas station. multiple injuries with this as well. this is a very large system this is a high-tornado day we are expecting. lots more damage and more fatalities will be possible if people don't seek shelter. here is the storm and where it's headed off to the east. we have tornado watches which remain in effect from ohio stretching down into tennessee. it's going to be a long afternoon. make sure your noaa weather radio is on and we'll break in and keep you up to date with that tornado near hopkinsville. suzanne? 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this is big news. want you to listen to these voices. it's a 911 dispatcher hearing from a high school student that another teenager was shooting up the school. >> did you see the shooter? are you a student? >> yes. yes. i'm a student. i was right by the shooter when he pulled the gun. >> okay. who was the shooter? >> his name is thomas lane. >> you seen him shoot how many? >> i saw him take out two. then i was gone. i was out of there. >> okay. were the students still alive? >> i don't know, ma'am. i didn't even check. i got out there as fast as i could. >> but they went down, right? >> yeah. they were laying on the ground in blood. it's amazing when you hear the calm in that young man's voice as he is describing his classmates shot and lying in blood. ted rolawlands is live in ohio with more on the story what do we know about the victims? >> well, the victims there are three now, obviously. they have passed. we do have some funeral news to pass along. one of the victims, the first to die, 16-year-old daniel parmertor, will be laid to rest this weekend. his family has announced funeral plans for saturday. we are still waiting on the funeral plans for the other two, demetrius hewlin and russell king. both have donated their organs and their family say they are proud of that fact and they are using that fact as a way to heal through the process. another way this community is healing through the process is a vigil last night. thousands of people came out to be together in the downtown area and they had a candlelight vigil. they spent time together. people there said really just being together made them feel better and helping each other, this community is extraordinary, the way they've reacted to what has happened. one of the things that happened right off the bat, we heard all about this teacher who was at the school when it happened. he witnessed the shooting. he chased away the shooter, t.j. lane. his name is frank hall. he's a part-time football coach and full-time teacher here at the school. and we haven't heard much from him. but our affiliate caught up with him. he didn't say much but listen to what he had to say. >> i just want to say i'm sorry to the families, to the victims. i wish i could have done more. >> that's it. that's frank hall, the part-time football coach and teacher who is being credited, suzanne, with saving lives because he was able to react and chase t.j. lane out of the school cafeteria while he was being shot at by the youngster. today at school, teachers are back in the school with counselors. tomorrow students will be back with their parents. they want to bring parents into the process, too. friday will be the first day of regularly scheduled school. >> ted, it's amazing when you listen to that coach and he says i wish i could have done more. talk about being modest. the fact that he was so brave and courageous and saved lives there. what do we know more about the shooter here? what prosecutors have planned for him. >> well, he had his first court appearance yesterday. this was an initial appearance. the first thing they had to deal with is whether he would be held in custody. clearly that was an easy decision for the judge, not only for the safety of the community but the safety of this 17-year-old. what will happen next, we are expecting the prosecution will ask that he be bumped up to adult court. the judge reserved a court date for that. the 6th of next month or the 6th of march. we expect that to be a formality. given his age and the seriousness of this crime, he will be considered an adult, even though he's 17. that will happen at the next hearing. >> all right. ted, thank you very much for the latest. the latest information there. obviously our condolences to the families who lost their children in that shooting. some of the affiliates covering across the country, here in new orleans, police arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the shooting of a good samaritan last month. they arrested him at his high school after getting several tips. the victim, you might recall, mike ainsworth shot for trying to stop a woman from being carjacked. he died in front of his two young sons. unbelievable video from out of oklahoma look at the left side of your screen. a teen working at a car wash, hit by a car, flew into the air. he is recovering from his injuries. he is now back at school. turns out that this is his second brush with death. he found out just a few months ago he had a rare heart condition and had a defibrillator put in. and workers imploded three old smokestacks at a power plant in florida they were replaced with a natural gas-burning system. big primary wins for mitt romney. but are they enough for super tuesday? 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