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Further. governor bev purdue touring one of the hardest hit areas. she says folks maybe down but certainly not out. >> it's the spirit of thank god, first of all, i'm alive. and sadness for the destruction of people's lives and property, but the resilience in north carolina is simply there jenna: the red cross says nearly 300 people are staying in shelters across the region today. some of our viewers sent in photos from the seen. a tree marked into a man's uncle's house. wendy sent us this picture this morning. she says the folks living in her rental house have no electricity and the phones ar...

Owners of the vermont power plant are suing the state officials to stop them from closing the official next year. they granted the plant a new lie sense but the state officials want it shut down. radiation levels inside the reactor are too high for repair crews to go inside. pair of robots took the readings today but officials are hopeful they stick to the timetable for cleaning up the radiation leak and stabilizing the plant by year's end. hardline islamists in southern egypt are blocking railway traffic to protest the appointment of a coptic christian governor. egypt security chief traveled ...

Oklahoma, mississippi, arkansas, alabama, and virginia were hit. bringing the death toll to at least 44 nationwide. this april is on track to set a record. with 376 tornadoes reported in the first two weeks. compared to just 16 tornadoes during the same period last year. >> people see these things and say they'll stay home. they better be thinking about getting there instead of sitting there. they better leave. thank god me and my wife were gone. my neighbors, they are not here today. >> the storm claimed 22 lives in north carolina. 11 here. after touring the damage, the north carolina governo...

this means. >> reporter: the white house sees standard & poor's' decision to lower the outlook for the country credit rating as a lack of faith that republicans and democrats will raise the debt ceiling in the next few months. >> we simply believe that the prospects are better. we think that the political process will outperform the s&p expectations. >> reporter: officials say this month down-to-the-wire budget negotiation shows the two party can come together and the treasury department knows moody's credit rating outlook was unchanged. s&p says it's not just raising the 4.3 trillio...

and good morning. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> i'm natalie morales sitting in for meredith vieira today. that ferocious storm system may be gone but it will be a long time for people to recover. >> at least 45 people were killed across six states in the worst twister outbreak in a generation. as many as 35 tornadoes touched down in north carolina alone. that's the hardest hit state. north carolina's governor declared a state of emergency. she says that her tour of the damaged areas nearly left her in tears. we'll speak to her live in a few minutes. >> an...