Even more Severe Weather could be headed that way today from texas all the way to the atlantic ocean. Mississippi is under a state of emergency this morning. The city of tupelo under curfew after this tornado ripped through at least 100 homes, leaving at least eight people dead, many others hurt. Take a look at this. The winds so powerful, the winds picked up this suv wow. Stacked it on top of a car. About 100 miles south in lewisville, mississippi, another tornado was caught on camera. Youve got to listen to this. Stay here. Oh, my god. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Stop. Stop. Shh, shh. Everyone listen. Everyone listen. The roar of that storm. Fierce, fierce winds there. Damage also in alabama, where three people are dead. That near tuscaloosa and west of huntsville, where homes and businesses were hit by what the National WeatherService Called a large, violent tornado. Look at that. Another major twister also touched down just across the state line in tennessee. Two people reported dead there. And check out this video from southwest of atlanta. Severe storms, possible tornado on the ground. Theres damage, but luckily, no fatalities. 15 georgia counties, 15 counties are under a tornado watch this morning. In arkansas this morning, many still trying to make sense and clean up from a monster tornado there that left at least 14 people dead west of little rock. Some of those killed were children. Others simply couldnt make it to shelters in time, and those who witnessed this tornado called it unbelievable. It was huge. It was by far the biggest one ive ever seen, and not that ive seen that many, but yeah, it was just a huge, black cloud. And it just popped back up real quick. And then i ran inside. In about a minute, it was over. I come outside, and what you see is what we have. In kansas, extensive damage, but amazingly, no deaths reported in baxter springs. Thats in the southeastern part of that state. A twoblockwide tornado responsible for ripping the roofs off of homes there, knocking down the walls, doing all that damage youre seeing right now. The governor promising quick help for all those affected. I could have been in that. Could have been dead. That from iowa, where a tornado obliterated that minivan minutes before she would have been inside. One person died nearby. Damage there said to be extensive. Indra petersons has the latest on these storms. Indra, not over yet. A lot of people need to be very, very careful this morning. I mean, its not even close to being over. We were hoping at this point we would see the risk go down, but again today, still a moderate risk. In fact, right now, another Tornado Warning has been issued, really heading out towards alabama, in through georgia, right around smith station. Now is the time to take cover. Again, we are still talking about so many of you affected by the Severe Weather. Today it has spread even farther. 73 million of you under the slight risk. Were talking detroit all the way through virginia beach, down through tallahassee. And notice where, again, we have an enhanced risk. A moderate risk is out there, that includes birmingham to north of mobile. Of course, we still have the threat through the afternoon that we could see this heightened. Where are we looking at . Just in the morning hours, were still talking about tornado watch boxes, including atlanta, also out towards asheville. This is going to be the concern, especially through the afternoon. Well see these storms fire up. Yesterday from about 2 00 p. M. , once the sunlight came in, we saw this kick in. Tornado reports, 80 reports of damage from just the last 24 hours, same thing the day before. Why do we keep seeing this . Well, theres a low off the coastline in the northeast thats just staying put, pretty much blocking this system right behind it. So, with that, you have that cold front. Look at all this energy with the warm, moist air coming up out of the gulf. It is just firing these systems up as it pretty much stays in place. Now, by tomorrow, it moves again very slowly off to the east. Were still talking about storms from d. C. All the way down through jackson. We had that enhanced threat again for Severe Weather as we go in through tomorrow. We still have enhanced rainfall rates, 3 to 5 inches of rain under thunderstorms. So, flood watches, thats going to be the second concern here. Were talking about even including new york city, down through the southeast, heavy rain, which of course, means its very difficult to see these storms as they are firing up. So, that will be the concern again right now. Smith station currently under a Tornado Warning. Gosh, some of the pictures are unbelievable, indra. When you look at pictures from lewisville in mississippi, just unbelievable how wide that storm is and the roar inside of it. I mean, whats actually terrifying is we saw a number of these yesterday, i mean, over and over again and some of them are longtrack tornadoes, meaning theyre on the ground for a long period of time, cycling up and going back down again. Absolutely terrifying. The weather system just sitting there. Just sitting there. Wish we could change it. Indra petersons, a lot of hard work today. Thanks. This morning, more Companies Backing away from the Los Angeles Clippers. At least 12 companies have pulled their sponsorships amid an nba investigation into racist comments allegedly made by the teams owner, Donald Sterling. The league is set to make an announcement today about the next steps. Stephanie elam has the latest for us this morning from los angeles. Reporter john and christine, the fallout from this alleged racist rant by the owner of the clippers, Donald Sterling, continues to be felt. Several sponsors have now said that they are severing their relationship with the team. We know that red bull has pulled out, Virgin America no longer is associated, and state farm is saying that theyre taking a pause to evaluate the situation. Several others also following that train of movement there. Also hearing that the nba should know by 2 00 eastern time what their decisions going to be and how theyre going to handle this issue with the owner here. That should be maybe some comfort heading into the game. Game five will be here in los angeles tonight. That game between the warriors and the clippers. What Everyone Wants to know is how clippers fans will act when the players take the court, whether or not they will protest or if they will turn out to support the players, even though they may not like what the owner has said. John and christine, back to you. Thanks to Stephanie Elam for that. Seven minutes after the hour. Now the flight 370 search. The weather keeping the bluefin21 out of the water, this as the air search has officially ended. They are done searching from the skies. Miguel marquez live in perth, australia. And miguel, this is, you know, for a lot of people, a sad milestone. Reporter it is sad and frustrating for those crews specifically who were out there every day and staring out at that ocean in the long flights that they had to do every single day for the last 40 or 50 days. Some of them, it has just been very, very tough going. Some of them have been searching in all three areas across, you know, the area, the wide area where the plane was meant to go down. It was all done in a commemoration today, sort of a commemoration and farewell, where 650 Service Members from seven Different Countries got together on the tarmac to take a group photo. Pretty amazing to see chinese pilots chatting with american pilots, chatting with australian pilots, chatting with japanese pilots. Really a global effort that you do not see in this case ever, but they are sad to see this one go without coming up with any piece of that plane. That said, officials here believe that theyre very much searching in the right place. The bluefin21 will continue to search. Its now searched 100 of the area that it was most interested in, but now theyre searching north of that, toward the area of the first ping. They will also look for other areas that are promising, if they have to go to those. At the same time, they will bring in new gear and they will begin the process of laying down the process for how they are going to search a very, very wide area, some 21,600 square miles. If it all goes to plan, if they have to search all that, it could take eight months at the least. Its going to be a long time before they find this plane, if that is the case. Yeah, miguel, eight months if it all goes well. Miguel marquez in perth, australia, for us. Thanks so much. Wow, thats some perspective. 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Thats on top of 16 killed in arkansas, oklahoma and iowa. Officials warn the death toll is likely to rise as rescuers get a closer look at the damage. Stay with us here. No, i should say, we do have news now of a tornado on the ground in alabama. Indra, give us the latest. We have a tornado emergency. We have a confirmed tornado for that Tornado Warning around the smith station location. Were talking about seven miles south of smith there in towards alabama, moving in through georgia. Keep in mind, this is a very fastmoving system, talking about it moving at 50 miles per hour. It is dark outside. If you know anyone in the region, call them, wake them up and tell them to take shelter, lowest, most interior level of the house. And if you have a helmet, put that on to protect your head from injury. Really . Very important. Its a dangerous time for these storms to be hitting, as people just waking up. All right, indra, thanks so much. All right, this morning, Eastern Ukraine teetering closer to the breaking point after a rally turned violent in donetsk. Demonstrators calling the country to stay together. They were set upon by separatist can clubs and whips, reportedly declaring this place is russia. And it came just hours after the u. S. Put in place new sanctions against some of Vladimir Putins closest allies in an effort to deescalate the crisis. But moscow says this will only make things worse. Senior International CorrespondentNick Paton Walsh live for us in ukraine this morning. Nick, bring us up to speed. Whats happening now . Reporter well, European Union has unleashed the names of people to be sanctioned, this list of names of people to be sanctioned, and frankly, its weaker than that which we saw from the white house yesterday. There are key figures here, part of what kiev calls the sort of prorussian separatist movement here. The chairman of the selfdeclared government and a man whos said to run the Russian Special forces units, kiev claims pushing the prorussian militancy in this particular area. It doesnt contain some of the key Kremlin Putin aides who were sanctioned by the white house. But today, no real sign that these sanctions have changed things on the ground. Troubling reports confirmed by police that yesterday another body was found by the river in slovyansk. Thats the sort of hot bed of the unrest here, near where im standing. Were also hearing that the mayor of the second largest city in ukraine, he was shot out while exercising in the town. He was shot and very badly injured, has, in fact, now been moved to israel, airlifted there for further treatment. And at the same time, too, were also, of course, letting people in donetsk, the troubling scene they saw last night in the center of that city, where a proukrainian protest was broken up, many say by prorussian protesters armed with sticks, clubs, other types of weapons. A number of people injured there. And i think, really, above all, that troubling scene of the unrest weve seen in the towns outlying the donetsk region, right in the city center of donetsk, which for now, really, have been going about its business quite normal. But instead, last night, saw those troubling scenes. Christine . All right, nick. Thanks for that report, Nick Paton Walsh for us. The Obama Administration will not have to reveal just how many people have been killed or injured in drone strikes. The senate has stripped a provision from an intelligence bill requiring those details be made public. The administration had said revealing that information could undermine operations overseas. President obama is on his way back home to washington this morning after wrapping up a fournation, weeklong asia trip. His last stop in the philippines. The president placed a wreath at an American Cemetery. Mr. Obama is returning to some of the worst approval numbers of his presidency. A new abc News Washington post poll puts his approval at just 41 , the lowest since he came to office, and 53 of voters say theyd like to see republicans in charge of congress. Its the economy, not obamacare. It is. Its the economy thats a big driver of the negative numbers right now. The economy is improving, but not for a big chunk of people who are either underemployed or have been unemployed too long. Other political news to tell you about. New york congressman Michael Grimm has pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges after being slammed with a 20count indictment claiming he underreported employee wages at a restaurant he once owned, concealed more that be 1 million in earnings, also charged with lying under oath. The former fbi agent and former marine faces up to 20 years, if convicted. Right now he says he plans to run for reelection. The socalled kissing congressman wont run for another term. Louisiana representative Vance Mcallister announcing hell give up the job early next year, a year after voters chose him in a special election. A few weeks ago, mcallister was caught on camera kissing an aide. He apologized again, saying hes now reconciled with his wife and his family after letting them down. New guidelines set to be formally unveiled today for colleges to deal with Sexual Assault on campus. A White House Task force is recommending Schools Survey their students to get a better sense of how often assaults happen there and review their own Sexual Misconduct policies. The administration plans to launch a new website to inform students about Sexual Assault. Happening today, the Supreme Court takes up the question of when police can search your cell phone if they dont have a warrant. The justices will explore two cases involving suspects who were arrested and then had their phones examined by police. The government says a quick search is necessary to secure the contents of the phone, but opponents argue, once the phone is in police possession, there is plenty of time to get a warrant. Boring and safe. No, not john berman. Thats how investors on wall street are playing it this week. Dow futures point to a higher open today after closing higher yesterday. European stocks up as well. The big winners, these socalled safe stocks, consumer staple companies, telecoms. Financial stocks