again here. at least the reuniting part. we'll give you an incredible story how one dog not only was a survivor once, but twice. that's all coming up in just a moment. it is nice to hear some good news coming out of there. thank you. meantime, chardon high school students heading back to class for the first time since monday's shootings. the day after the accused shooter was charged with murder. the scene of the massacre, we understand, will have a different look as the students enter the school. take a look at this, a plane had to abort a landing and fly in circles because of that. an alleged drunk driver who decided to take a ride on the runway. we'll have much more on that coming up. up first here, back to school in chardon, ohio, has never been like this. classes resume this morning at chardon high, just days after a school shooting that shattered that entire community. three students were killed there. the shooting suspect, 17-year-old t.j. lane, has been charged with three counts of aggravated murder. he is charged in juvenile court but that may change. lane may still be prosecuted as an adult. the school's assistant football coach, the hero that we're all talking about, frank hall, he chased that gunman out of the building. he had this to say yesterday. >> the families of danny, demetrius, and russell, i want you to know i was with them. i prayed with them, i wiped their tears, and i know god was with them. i don't know why this happened, i only wish i could have done more. i'm not a hero, just a football coach and a study hall teacher. the law enforcement, first responders that came to our aid that day, they are the heroes. >> the parents are happy that that man was by their children's side. frank hall says it is important students and staff return to show that, quote, terror and evil do not win out. cnn's ted rowlands is live in chardon, ohio. ted, we understand that they have actually changed the setting as the students come back to the school. can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah. yesterday, zoraida, the students came back for the first time with their parents. they were there for a few hours. and one of the things that we understood talking to the folks that were there, parents and students, is that they changed the cafeteria around. of course, that was the spot where this horrific shooting took place. they rearranged all of the tables so that when the students come back it will be different, a new start is the mentality there. that was something that was very emotional, talking to students and parents, that when they came into the cafeteria and they saw that it was changed, that it really did bring it home that something had happened there but their fear of going back into that room was allayed a little bit with some of these students. clearly this will be a long process. they know that. counselors will be here on site today as the students come back. >> ted, have you had or have you heard anything about the students talking about t.j. lane? because initially some of them said that he was a nice guy. others said he was a loner. the prosecutor said he was not well. are the students talking about him? >> reporter: oh, absolutely. they're talking about the fact that he had changed in years past. the last three to four years he had become withdrawn. one student said he used to be part of the gang but he just sort of drifted away to himself. the one thing, zoraida, they said he was a nice kid. when he was engaged with other kids, he was a pleasant, nice kid. >> and i want to end on a positive note here. i heard that they had their first sporting event last night since the shooting. how did that go? >> reporter: well, i think we have some videos. just unbelievable. >> there it is. >> both teams showed up wearing the chardon red colors, even the opposing team who was blue had red on during the warmups. the fans all wore red. it was really a fabulous night of unity. this was a playoff sectional game. chardon ended up winning by about 20 points. it was really the theme there a community coming together on both sides. and as one person said, letting these kids be kids for the first time since the shooting. >> that is a spectacular moment to see. i'm sure it's going to help with their healing. ted rowlands live for us. thank you very much for that. now let's send it out to ashleigh. she is live in harrisburg, illinois, with the latest there. i was reading, ashleigh, that they are hiring an expert to track the severe storms that are headed in your direction kind of adding insult to injury here. >> yeah, because they want a coordinator to be able to be on hand for all hands on deck but on hand specifically for the weather story. if there's just one piece of video or at least an image i can draw your attention to, look behind me at that mess. i'm sure that it's pretty hard to recognize. if you look at the little white dot at the back, it's a license plate. that tells you that's a flatbed truck up on its end. this is the reality. i have been walking through this community for 48 hours. all i hear are buzz saws, front end loaders, tractors just trying to scoop up these disaster areas and get rid of it. get rid of it as soon as possible because there's more to come. we're expecting more severe weather through here. in fact, there is a broad swath of several states that's expecting severe weather. we had thought there would be a second set of tornadoes coming through here. you can see people picking through all of their belongings trying to get whatever they could as quickly as possible to salvage it from the come willing rains. we're expecting a heavy downpour possibly in the next couple of hours. some hail has already been in the forecast. we're not expecting tornadoes again. that fear really did pass. there are other areas though without question to our east and to our south that may not have as good news as we're having here though in harrisburg. and, you know, there were so many people that i met that were so hopeful even though they were picking through complete wreckage of their homes that they were alive and that their family members were okay. i came across these two girls yesterday who were picking through their grandmother's and their grandfather's home. lid yeah and khloe lie on told me the story of their elderly grandparents who were in bed. they're in their 70s. their grandmother has a broken femur and their grandfather has kidney problems. the only warning that they had that there was a tornado coming was when the ceiling of their bedroom fell in on them in bed and the roof blew right off. take a look at how they told me they got to safety regardless. >> well, they were actually in bed at the time. my grandma was on this side of the bed on her side and my grandpa was on his back over there. they didn't even know there was a storm until their ceiling caved in on top of them. >> the roof is gone. >> the ceiling fell on top of them. >> your grandmother has a broke jen leg. your grandfather's in his 70s. he's not well. what did they do? >> she rolled. >> she rolled out on the floor. she braced herself on this, pulled herself up. that's all she could do. she was screaming for my grandpa to get out of bed. he got out of the debris, comes around, grabs her, walks like, this more of like a dragging like step, step, pull, then once they grabbed a sheet, he had a sheet because he saw all the glass on the floor. >> they were barefoot. >> oh, totally barefoot. yeah. and then they ran into here, went into the bathroom. that's basically all they could do. >> this is where they rode the storm out. >> the last two or three minutes before someone in the family came. >> reporter: of course, that's always the critical story. if there's a threat coming, get to an inner room, get to a closet, bathroom, mattress over you. that's how they rode out the storm and happily we can report they're okay. the house is a goner. let me tell you something else. as we continue to look at the damage here, we're also looking ahead to the weather systems. rob marciano has been tracking this for us. i don't think you've been sleeping much. these things change all the time. we have three states, right, that are in possible direct path? >> yeah. more than that, ashleigh. this will affect a wide swath. the bull's eye is in a core of three states. we're already starting to see storms fire ahead of this system. severe thunderstorm watch has been in effect for parts of missouri and a warning just in effect a few minutes ago for jefferson city. so these storms will continue to fire. just thunderstorms that create some hail and high winds. the realtor nadeau threat will come later in the day as we get the main system. this low will intensify. a little different situation than the last go around. unfortunately affecting the same people. this will move off towards the north and east. tap the gulf of mexico moisture. winds coming in different directions. that's the key to forecasting long tractor nad does. we expect to see a fair amount of those. it does include parts of southern indiana, ohio. the timing for this will be 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon until 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 or later at night as the storm progresses rapidly. these storms will be moving very, very quickly powered by a strong jet stream. looking at 60 to 70 miles an hour in transport. some could be as strong as it hit in southern illinois. back to you. >> reporter: all right, rob. thanks very much for that. i want to mention as well that am coulding up a little bit later in the program we'll have those lion granddaughters to give us an update. i have good news for you. also coming up you'll meet roxie. what a survivor. roxie, a dog. two times being orphaned essentially in a tornado. and she has been reunited with her owner. you won't believe the path it took and, more importantly, what does happen with pets when this kind of thing rolls through your community? got a great story about that coming up. if you want to help, reach out, i can't stress it enough, there is a lot you can be doing. there are a lot of different ways you can help. go to cnn.com/impact. you'll find a whole array of different organizations that you can reach out to. the red cross volunteers always say we need your money, we need your blood, we need your work. lots of things you can do even if you're far away. volunteers come from everywhere after a disaster like this. the cleanup is only beginning. zoraida, back to you. >> we're looking forward to the good stories and great news. minding your business this morning. u.s. markets are making some gains here. positive economic news pushing the dow, nasdaq, s&p 500 all higher yesterday. let's bring in miss christine romans now. she is talking at&t changing its unpopular data throttling policy for smartphone users. i was reading this and i said, i'll let christine explain it. >> people were so angry because they said when is unlimited not unlimited? why is at&t slowing down my usage when i hit a certain vague level? people were very, very upset about this. now at&t is reacting to those very angered customers. it's a clarifying its policy for you unlimited policy users. it's called throttling. when it takes longer to download something, surf the web because at&t has slowed down your usage on your smartphone. for unlimited plans when you hit 3 gigabytes during a cycle, that's when the throttling will begin. 17 million users are affected. until now it had been something very vague. when people in your neighborhood reach 5% of data usage for the networks, suddenly you could be slowed down. consumers are angry. we don't like it. it's an unlimited plan. let me tell you how much that is, 3 gigs. 10 hours of high definition video. so when you hit that level, now you have kind ever gobbled up as much as you can before you're tlot ld. your smartphone is like a mini computer. we're doing so many more things. >> family plans also. so you have a lot of users on that one plan. >> yeah. i'll tell you something. what they're trying to did, all of the carriers, is they're trying to pushing you into these tiered plans so you're paying more for what you use. they're trying to move into a new way of doing it. these unlimited plans have been problematic for the companies because you're using so much of this stuff in new ways every day. there's only so much spectrum. >> so this makes me as mad as those bank fees. >> i know. >> there are a lot of banks out there. what about this, do we have other options? >> when you look at the cell phone stories and you look the at bank stories you can see a consumer tapped out, maxed out, angry. you can see a consumer fighting back on unfair nickel and diming. we found out yesterday that the credit unions last year got a record number of new -- there were a record number of people every day, thousands of people are leaving their banks and going to credit unions because of fees. i think both of those are tied together because they are the story of the maxed out consumer who's not going to take it anymore. >> shop around and see if somebody else has something better to offer. thank you very much. it is 14 minutes past the hour. here time to check the stories that are making news this morning. counselors will keep a very close watch on the students at chardon high school as they return to class just days after that fatal shooting. one student says being together will give them strength. and more dangerous weather on the way, and many of the same areas hit earlier this week are in the bull's eye again. there are high winds, hail, more large and powerful tornadoes possible from new orleans all the way up through the ohio valley today. be wear of that. and the coast guard has recovered the bodies of two more crew members lost in a helicopter crash into alabama's mobile bay this week. the rescuers have now found three of the four people on board that coast guard chopper. and a group of nongovernmental workers from the united states, europe and israel have left egypt after posting bail. the workers are facing fraud charges. the son of u.s. transportation secretary ray lahood is among those allowed to leave. and this just in, folks, the national average for gas rising another fraction of a cent to $3.74 a gallon. it's inching closer and closer to that $4 mark. high oil prices continue to drive gas prices up and the cost of gas is up more than 14% since the start of the year. i am sorry to be the bearer of bad news there. still ahead on "early start", a run away jeep on a runway. look at that. causing a huge scare in the air, on the ground, a huge scramble. we'll bring you some details on that crazy and bizarre story. president obama gets the last laugh after firing back at a heckler during a fundraiser in new york. if you missed it, we've got it. you're watching "early start." in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ i like yoplait. it is yoplait. but you said it was greek. mmhmm. so is it greek or is it yoplait? exactly. okay... [ female announcer ] yoplait. it is so greek. ♪ that is eltonon, "philadelphia freedom." on that note we say, good morning, philadelphia. it is 39 degrees there. little later, it will be nice and sunny and 52 degrees. let's stay in philadelphia, shall we? it was a security scare at philadelphia international airport. a plane was just seconds from landing when a man, take a look at this, drove his jeep through a fence and onto the runway. >> we've got a rogue vehicle driving around on the airport. we're not talking to him. hold short. we're not moving anybody until we find this guy. >> police quickly caught up with the jeep. they surrounded the suspect after he hit a couple of runway lights. police say that suspect, 24-year-old kenneth mazik, appeared to be intoxicated. he is now facing a number of charges including reckless endangerment and criminal mischief. we have a security person on the phone. i want to get right into this. i want to mention that you are the former director of security at tel aviv ben gur onairport because that is one of the safest airports i've ever traveled through. you have been concerned about security, safety -- perimeter security for years. you even testified about this. this actually happened in broad daylight. how is it possible that something like this happens? >> i think it's the natural result of the fact that our security -- national security policy has not been balanced from the point of view that we've been investing for the last ten years almost all of our efforts in the passenger's bags and the cargo. other terms, everything that goes on the aircraft. we've paid relatively very little attention and resources to securing the airport itself and its perimeter. this has been exhibited more than once. actually, every week you hear about an incident somewhere across the country where the perimeter has been breached mostly by pedestrians or in extreme cases like this one, by a vehicle. >> well, here in this case allegedly this man was intoxicated, but you really worry about this being a terrorist threat, don't you? >> yes, of course. even on the level of the incident that occurred yesterday, i think the public should be concerned because this is not the first time that a drunk person has driven a car across the perimeter of an airport and ended up either on the runway or near the runway. as you can see from the video, the proximity of the car to the aircraft on the runway, 70% is a public safety issue which is rather extreme. >> right. it was actually 15 seconds before landing. they had to abort that landing. we're taking a look at the airplane coming in now. let me ask you about this because a homeland security expert told one of our affiliates that you could bankrupt an airport, municipality, even a country if you tried to secure the perimeter of every airport so how do you do this? >> well, every airport is a single airport. there is certain responsibilities for public safety and for security. these responsibilities are shared between the government, the federal government, and the local airport authority. it has bp for years that faa has been regulating public safety issues and dictating standards for the perimeter security even prior to 9/11 on safety basis. but i have to say that since 9/11 when tsa took over the security at airports, perimeter has not received the tremendous amount of attention and you can see that -- >> it's definitely a concern. i have one more question because i'm going to lose you here in a moment. we do know that there was some fast action that happened here, and i'm curious, they say that the ground radar kicked in. the tower was alerted immediately. they made sure to divert the flights that were coming in. they quickly shut down the airport. is that something that's training that's provided to every airport or was that just somebody's quick thinking? >> well, it certainly worries me in every airport. i would assume that most larnl airpor large airports this is the case. again, a lot of it depends on the ability to detect the breach at the time when it occurs. sometimes it's very difficult to detect these breaches, especially when they occur at night and not necessarily by a vehicle but by pedestrians. we don't even know that the breemp has occurred before we realize that we have a disaster on our hand. >> very scary moments. we appreciate you coming in and sharing your experience. thank you. still to come on "early start," a tense hostage situation at a bank in california. we're going