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>> you need to take shelter immediately. this is a large tornado which is continuing to grow in size. >> south of oklahoma city the hardest hit, lightning flashing through a wall of clouds as tornadoes rip roofs off buildings including the side of this hotel. >> i'm in the middle of tornado damage right now. >> at least three residents in critical condition avenue a tornado flattened a mobile home park. the tornado emergency including the city of moore. >> the entire thing is a tornado, folks. >> where just two years ago a massive ef-5 tornado killed dozens of people and demolished over 1,000 ...

>> this one for baseball. >> reporter: after-school activity, boy scouts. favorite tv show, "avatar: the last airbender." >> i really like this. so i told my mom to make my hair like that. >> reporter: adhd. it's the last data point about 9-year-old matthew that would likely end up in a data base his school started using this year. and that worries his mother. >> beware. >> reporter: a few public school systems across the country are partnering with a non-profit called enbloom. the company's technology stores all the information collected about students in one place. from their test scores to ...

Potential to spread a cold. with the flu sometimes it is harder to tell. the cold kind of comes on slowly with a sore throat and you're feeling bad. the best way to tell the difference between a cold and flu i tell patients if you have symptoms from the neck up, sneezing, coughing, sore throat, that is definitely more cold. symptoms from the neck down, body aches, fever, tired, feeling miserable, that is usually the flu. harris: i want to turn quickly just to small children. as jon is saying when you have symptoms yourself you know how you're feeling but a little child can't always tell you. h...

In a densely-populated area. what can you tell us about your expectations as to when power might get back on and if it will be spotty or the whole island coming back at once? >> just so folks understand, basically manhattan south of 31st street is without power. some parts of manhattan were turned off in a preventive sense by con edison because they are fuelled by steam. the fear was there would be flooding when the cold water hits the hot steam, the machines would be ruined. so some of the systems we powered down. there was also a con ed facility on 14th street yesterday on avenue a that floo...

Available seats left so you one to get on that flight if there's anything available and that's what i mean by getting on your smartphone, seeing if you can reback that -- rebook that way, while you're in line at the customer service, whatever you get to first is going to be the best option for you. twitter is also pretty effective. i know last year, airlines like delta were really effective, if you could send them a message via twitter, they were actually helping people rebook that way. when you're desperate, it's worth giving much any avenue a try at that point. alisyn: i love your session su...