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Grazed by a bullet that went through his hat. I didnt know he was shot and he went through in front movie and he never retreated. He kept Going Forward toward the threat. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you. We are just learning of a third death now due to this deadly storm that is makingity way across parts of the u. S. Right now. It is causing a big mess. Massive hail, tornadoes, damaging winds. A sheriffs sergeant in another story here has cheated k death. We will show you that. Unhappy returns. If youre not happy with your tax refund check this year, you are not alone. We take a look at the tax laws causing controversy as mondays day away. G deadline is just one Severe Weather threat is stretching from new york to florida. Its affecting 80 Million People. Look at what is out there. Reporter storms hammered east texas on saturday and destroyed neighborhoods and killed at least two people. In Angelina County children killed when a tree fell on the car and police say their parents i in the front car. She said help me, help me. I pulled her in the house and i ran downstairs to see what is going on and i noticed the tree had fallen on their vehicle. When i got down there, i saw the size of the tree and how it was on the car so i knew that it wasnt a good outcome. Reporter there were several reports of injuries in nearby Robertson County with winds up to 140 Miles Per Hour touched down. Trooes were pulled you up and roofs off building and the Cinder Block Foundation was the only thing left of one mobile home. The mobile home fell on one of the girls and her dad jumped in and pushed the wall up and it was horrible. Reporter in alto, texas, the roof was ripped off an Elementary School gym and in another area, a family was trapped in the rubb after their car flipped over. That big board shield he me. I heard my husband jump on a trail. He said where are you . I said im buried up under this stuff. Reporter texas saw the beginning of the dangerous and severe storms forecast so slam these areas over the weekend. Strong tornadoes and large hail, ruffle 80 Million People could be impacted. Georgias Augusta National Golf Tournament is included in. Tee times have been moved up. I dont remember playing in threesome in a final round of a championship so this will be different and with the forecast the way its going to be and its going to be a tricky round of golf. We want to share video we are getting in with you right now from a storm chaser who just sarve arrived in hamilton, mississippi. Homes are flattened. There are large trees that have been snapped and then toppled. There is sheet metal that you saw there wrapped around the top of trees. there are windows of vehicles that have been blown out. We are going to see more of this as the supp. Comes up. Lets go now to meteorologist Allison Chinchar and shes in the Severe Weather center. We are seeing some of the damage in mississippi and texas and louisiana. What more are you seeing . A lot of similar damage in other states. The stretch from texas to alabama the last 24 hours. Some of this damage has been caused by Straight Line winds but the damage you saw in that video is likely caused by a tornado. Same thing with this avoid from alto, texas. Some of more significant damage to structures typically means of it morse likely a tornado and in some cases a strong tornado. Tornadoes were not the only thing we saw. Look at this hail. Numerous baseballsized hail across many areas in texas yesterday but what makes these unique is the weird shape and more like star bursts. We had a lot of storm reports yesterday, over 100 total severe storm reports. 13 of those so far being reported taerneds. That threat is going to continue to push east later on today. Here is a look at the live radar. The system stretches from michigan to florida and the strongest of the storms from tennessee to florida. We still have tornado watches in effect the next several hours. With that said further tornado watches are expected as the storm continues to progress off to east and this is your main threat area for today. Severe storms expected from new york all the way down towards florida. These yellow and orange colors is going to be more of your main bullseye for the storms. We are talking damaging winds, large hail, and the potential for some isolated tornadoes. Here is a look at that storm continues to progress east. Really kind of impacting the afternoon hours for places like raleigh and charlotte. Atlanta would be more likely in the morning. Augusta is looking for the continuation of Severe Weather. The their Severe Threat is the afternoon so if you can push the match earlier and get the guys out in the morning hopefully they can finish up before the storms get in. Allison chinchar, thank you for the headsup and everybody take good care out there. Goodness. Pete but the buttigieg is expected to get into a packed crowd of democratic candidates. Mayor buttigieg is in third place after joe biden and Bernie Sanders in two new polls out in iowa and new hampshire. Eric swawell has a kickoff rally in dublin, california. He announced he is running for president. Julian zeleny is political analyst and historian at Princeton University and siraj hasmi of the Washington Examiner are with us this morning. Julian, you write in your latest piece for cnn, in retrospect, his unexpected viability speak speaking of mayor buttigieg makes a lot of sense. Why . He is the antithesis of President Trump and appeal to that for democrats. He is thoughtful, deliberate and young and seems to think through his problems. Also a moment of crisis in the minds of being democrats and i think they are open to a wider range of candidates than normally you would see, so i think those are two big factors that make this a little like 1976 when carter came from nowhere and 2008 in president obama won the nomination. Buttigieg is new to the National Stage and questions about foreign policy, and many things. He has a lot of serious questions to answer but, at the moment, he seems to be on the come up . Yeah. As juvenile said, obama did not have Many National recognition until he ran for senate in 2004 and ran for president two years late and had fez about foreign policy. His main platform was being against the iraq war in 2002. Buttigieg seems to have a well rounded factor and strives for bipartisanship in an era most voters think that poor leadership, at least according to gallup, the Top Administration gridlock and bipartisanship and poor leadership as we are seeing from many of our elected officials is the top issue on many voters minds at the moment and buttigieg seems to strive for bipartisanship above you will. What is interesting here the president has weighed in, obviously, on the democratic primary with, you know, biden and sanders and orourke and warren and others. But he has not said that i know of anything substantial about mayor buttigieg. Is he someone that maybe the president is concerned about or republicans are concerned about . There are very few things to knock buttigieg for. He served in the military, i believe in afghanistan during the Afghanistan War and, you know, being an occupy on the open gay man who has a husband, as he was married last year, there are very few things that trump can hit him on because he is probably going to get the wrath of Many Democrats if he tries to, you know, drag him through the mud like he has done with Elizabeth Warren and he has done with hillary clinton. You know . He doesnt have the same negatives or unfavorables that many of the other democrats have had. Julian, lets switch over to congressman eric swawell has his first kickoff rally today in his hometown or the first place he was elected. I guess he was born in iowa. Gun violence is one of the top issues of his campaign. We know that as it relates to the issues, health care and the economy are often at the top. What do you think about eric swawell making gun control and gun violence a top issue . Its a tough issue for democrats in that it certainly is not one that win a lot of crossover votes but it is an issue that really resonates with the democratic party. This is a problem that many people in the party face, feel has not been addressed, and i think there will be a lot of interest in having the issue as part of the mix. I dont know if the congressman is going to gain traction as a candidate or just using that issue, but i think its a healthy policy for democrats to debate. There is a lot of support for gun control and its a place they can clearly delineate where the democrats are versus where the republicans are. The big debate this weekend is about immigration and this plan that the president talked about funneling migrants in sanctuary cities. More than just considering it which the president tweeted. And talked about at the white house on friday. Hogan gidley was on fox and seems they are moving forward with this. We are working with dhs. We are working with ice to make sure that happens because, after all its what they want. They should not say this is retribution politically and they should say this is an olive branch. That is the white house. Where are the republicans in large on this . There are some sanctuary cities or cities, blue cities in red states. I think about atlanta where i am right now, the mayor signed an executive order ending the relationship with i. C. E. You have two republican senators, republican governor. Are we hearing from republicans at large on what this could pose for the party . Oh, no. I mean, we havent heard much and, look. There are two parts of it is, one, where are persons going to be relocated . But, second, is this use of president ial power. Its literally the bully pulpit. It is retribution and the president is talking about it that way. It is striving and striking and stunning to see the amount of silence from the Republican Party about this use of authority, in addition to the actual implications of what he wants to do. So the party sits by the president as he exercises his power in unusual and many people feel misuse of power once again. We will see if we hear more from the president today. Thank you both. Thank you. President trump is denying that he offered a pardon to Homeland Security officials for breaking the law. He tweeted this. Senior ghins officials told cnn earlier the president offered to pardon the commission chief. The department of Homeland Security spokesman has denied that allegation. President trump is lashing out ahead of the release of the Mueller Report as the deck shuffles the democratic race for president , who is emerging from the 2020 pact . Join jake tapper on state of the union this morning on cnn at 9 00 a. M. 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House ways and Means Committee chairman richard neal reupped this demand yesterday. He told the commissioner i expect a reply from the irs by 5 00 p. M. On april 32nd. Morris, good morning to you, from there at the white house. Reporter good morning. The chairman of the ways and house and Means Committee richard neal is digging in to get the tax returns of frethe president. He set ena second deadline after the first deadline came and went and he asking tax returns from the president and the president s intbusiness interes neal is alleging his requests are valid and has he right to make this request as the chairman of the house ways and Means Committee. A look at the list of the statement he sent out, he wrote, quote. Of course, that is exactly what the secretary of the Treasury Party Steve Mnuchin is doing. He said this deadline is like the first one and its arbitrary. He wanted to speak to the department of justice before handing over these tax returns. Yesterday he said he had yet to speak to attorney general william barr and sets up a legal fight over the president s tax returns one we have heard from the white house they are prepared to the Supreme Court to protect. Bernie sanders he will release his tax returns tomorrow. Senator sanders has recently been criticizing he is now a millionaire and critics say his growing wealth undermines his political message. Sanders addressed this at an event in indiana yet. I didnt know it was a crime to write a good book. I dont apologize for writing a book that was of the New York Times best seller and to six languages. The Sanders Campaign has stressed his criticism of billionaires and wealthy corporate interests, that has not changed. Well, with all of the talk of taxes, you know that tax day is tomorrow. Sorry. Yes. Sorry. If youve already filed and you are not happy with that refund, youre not alone. Cnns Polo Sandoval explains. Reporter if you havent submitted your taxes yet, heads up. You may be in for a smaller refund. The early filing data has showed the irs has paid a 3 drop over last year. The data shows the average refund paid out by the end of march was 20 dollars less than 2018. Blame the new tax law with irs early holding tables and the result was uncle sam take a little less out of peoples paychecks most of last year. The Brookings Institute represent 80 of the average americans paid 2,100 less of taxes in 2018 and the ruckeduct was it doesnt feel the same. But it works the same ultimately. Its the same dollar amount that you would have gotten back. You got it in smaller pieces so maybe not as noticeable for a lot of people. Reporter getting to keep more of your income throughout the year is a good thing but Financial Experts expect plenty of disappointment as people look at refunds as a forced savings plan and using the extra money to pay for mortgages, bills, or maybe that family getaway. I usually pay my the house insurance in full, Car Insurance in full for the y vacation. Reporter taxpayers like melissa can still do that next year says stevan. Instead of doing it in a lump sum at the end of the year when you get your refund, do it part of a automatic withdrawal out of your paycheck or your Checking Account or Something Like that. Its probably a better way to save any way to do it on a regular month recurring basis than once a year when yo