her extended family was forced to take her off life support today. susan kand ycandiotti is standi in indiana where she s been following the developments and spoke exclusively to the man who found her. she s going to join us moments away. in the meantime, this has been a day of taking stock for victims of that deadly rash of tornadoes that hit 11 states. many of them lost everything. the extreme weather now has claimed at least 39 lives in kentucky, indiana, ohio, and georgia. this is west liberty, kentucky. it seems that no corner of this small town was spared. homes annihilated. trees plucked out of the ground. there are scenes like this all over the midwest and south today. the death toll from friday s storms, it has risen to 21 in kentucky, but despite extensive damage, we re hearing remarkable stories of survival. jim spellman is in the town of west liberty. jim? reporter: on the outskirts of west liberty, kentucky, tornado survivors return home. this was your hous
the white house. hhis takp his take on the ttwo days before the all important super tuesday. the radio host apologizes after calling this woman a proustitut and a slut. is it too little too late? that s tonight s talking point. all that tonight right here on cnn. she survived a tornado that killed her entire family. her tiny body thrown into a field by incredible forces. 14-month-old angel babcock her hold on life was too fragile. angel died a few hours ago after she was taken off life support. the decision rested with her grandfather who spoke with our affiliate. reporter: camouflaged by twisted metal a baby monitor rests. i have never been through nothing like this. it s horrible. reporter: jack knew there was a storm that friday. when it passed he made a quick trip to run errands. we were going to pay the water bill. they told us there were people hurt at a lumber company. reporter: as he approached the mobile home park it hit him. as we got closer i thought
and a helicopter crashes captured on camera. the amazing story of a pilot that walked away. we start with the aftermath of those deadly tornadoes. president obama is offering federal assistance in the areas battered by the storms. the tornadoes left a wide swath of debris from indiana to georgia. at least 37 people are dead. now the focus has changed and survivors, scores of jurtd people are waking up in hospitals this morning. their homes and the homes of their neighbors are gone. people are now picking through the rubble to find anything they can salvage. officials in west liberty, kentucky, say they are thankful the damage wasn t worse, even as the town was devastated by 135-mile-per-hour winds and one reported death. rob marciano getting a look at some of west liberty s hardest hit areas. good morning to you. tell us what you are seeing today. well, gary, finally today they have been able to clear the main roads enough to where larger vehicles can get through, includi
israel, the u.s. and the threat from iran with former u.s. ambassador to israel martin indyk and mark burns. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. well, mitt romney and rick santorum battled it out in arizona and michigan, newt gingrich went south to his old stomping grounds in georgia. he was the congressman from the 6th district there for more than 20 years. 76 convention delegates up for grabs in georgia, more than any other super tuesday state. looking to jump-start a campaign that hasn t won a state since mid-january, gingrich is pressing hard with a plan for $2.50 gallon gasoline, double barrel blasts and superlative predictions. i believe we have a chance, a very real chance to win a historic election of landslide proportions carrying control of the senate, increased votes in the house and decisively defeating the left for the first time since 1932. former speaker newt gingrich joins me now. thank you so much for being here this morning. let me start
escalating wharf words between iran and israel and why one word president obama used today may make all the difference. let s go out front. i m erin burnett. out front tonight we have breaking news. there are powerful tornadoes now ripping apart the midwest and southern states at this hour, and it s a very rapidly changing situation as the storms are touching down. five are dead at this hour in indiana. more than two dozen tornadoes have been reported in six states. we ve got tornado warnings right now in effect for 50 counties through this evening. all right. this is pretty frightening thing. some of these storms have been incredibly powerful. we ve been talking about storms with winds up to 170, 180-mile-per-hour. they could be hitting heavily populated areas. we start with gary tuchman who is in nashville, tennessee, tonight. gary, what have you seen and heard? reporter: earin, this is one of those heavily populated areas. music city, tennessee. 1.7 million people are