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survivors. don benson is one of those who made it through the storm in tennessee. his house did not. >> definitely i thank the lord for sparing as many people as he had. and i know these things can all be replaced. but like everyone else here, it's going to take a while. it's going to take a lot of construction to help out. >> it's important to note that this destruction storm system is not over yet. hitting parts of the deep south right now. more on that in a moment. all right. meantime, bp will pay about $7.8 billion to federal lawsuit with victims of the 2010 oil spill in the gu...

i couldn't move. it was really rough. >> what was going through your mind? >> i swore we were going to die. all i could do was pray. >> half of the death toll centers in one small town. 9,000 people live in harrisburg, illinois, six people died there. don lemon is there. the national weather service says the tornado was the second most powerful on the rating scale. how widespread is the damage this morning? >> reporter: ef-4. it's huge. pan around here and look. this is a neighborhood, a fairly new neighborhood. go left here to show. if this had happened in the afternoon when it was ...

kentucky, tore up several buildings. >> at least 12 people are dead in the wake of the storms, hundreds are hurt and people in the hard-hit areas are counting their blessings today. >> after i rolled five times, i can remember everything about it. i was -- once it hit the ground on the fifth time, everything -- i saw daylight and i was sitting up against the stove down there just leaned up with my back against it like i was sitting in a chair. i don't know how i'm here. >> someone from above, huh? >> no doubt. good lord didn't call me. wasn't my time. >> wasn't his time. parts of sou...

Let's start with number one, legal ways, legal ways, number one, max'ing out your right. >> lots of ways of putting away money and saving taxes now and for the future. so, 401(k), put $16,500 into it and cut your taxes, right away. per year and you can have it grow tax deferred until you take it out. >> clayton: even if it is above and beyond the employer match. >> match may be up to 5,000, different employers, different amounts, take the match, it is free money. >> mike: people make the mistake and say they want to keep to it buy groceries or something. no. >> 70% of the people with 401(k) op...

One, max'ing out your right. >> lots of ways of putting away money and saving taxes now and for the future. so, 401(k), put $16,500 into it and cut your taxes, right away. per year and you can have it grow tax deferred until you take it out. >> clayton: even if it is above and beyond the employer match. >> match may be up to 5,000, different employers, different amounts, take the match, it is free money. >> mike: people make the mistake and say they want to keep to it buy groceries or something. no. >> 70% of the people with 401(k) options take advantage of it, 30% do not and self-employed, do...