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does it say about the state of our economy? the fox news extreme weather alert. severe storms slamming the south, gushing water, flooding the streets in birmingham, alabama, hundreds of roads in the state forced to close after a complete washout. if all that rain isn't bad enough the city also facing a massive cleanup after a powerful tornado tore through the area, witnesses saying everything happened really fast. >> i looked up and that's when i was taking my son to our area in the hallway, but if i had stayed in there any longer the glad blew out across the front of the house and...

vittert vittert. >> and i'm uma pemmaraju. live from "america's news headquarters" in d.c. >> we begin this hour in iowa where some of the nation's biggest names in the gone are trying to play lay the ground work for a presidential run in 2016. names like christy, huckabee and bush have already gone before eyewitness this morning taking their questions and try to straight themselves from the rest of the pack. mike' manual is joining us live from des moines. >> reporter: the first ever iowa agriculture summit is obviously focused on a critical issue for people in iowa being agricultur...

signs of continued economic recovery, slighted, it needs to be put in the context of the adverse weather that affected many businesses during the month. we'll get more reaction to these businesses in a short period of time. the europe equity markets, i'm not quite sure what's happening there. obviously, that's not right. but anyway, we'll check that out. we're up around 0.25% for the ftse 100, the smi up around 0.3% at the moment. travel and utilities all slightly stronger. any reaction to that? no, it's not. so i'll hand you over to christine for a look at the reaction to that chine...