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move. the special prosecutor investigating the killing of trayvon martin has decided not to use a grand injury to decide whether his confessed killer, george zimmerman, will face criminal charges. that weighty decision will now be in her hands alone. nbc's jay gray has details. >> reporter: a handful of protesters, most of them students, marched to the sanford police department, blocking the front doors and for a short time actually closing the office down. as the protest over the trayvon martin shooting continued, special prosecutor angela corey announced she alone would determine i...

things are." but first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. mitt romney is campaigning in delaware today after taking a rare weekend off the campaign trail to celebrate easter with his family. the former massachusetts governor is striking increasingly confident tone acknowledging in an interview yesterday his chances of becoming the gop nominee look better than ever. >> it's kind of hard for anybody to get the delegates to pass me at this stage, so it looks pretty good, but i know the other guys are still in there so we're going to keep on campaigning in ...

faris. >> and i'm rob nelson. for more than one part of the country today, today will be a battle with mother nature. the southern plains are bracing for severe storms, in the wake of funnel clouds that blew across western oklahoma. >> two fierce tornadoes touched down there. and along with that threat, hail the size of grapefruit, punching holes in cars and roofs. no serious injuries have been reported. along much of the east coast today, red flag warnings from north carolina all the way up to new england. thousands of acres are already burning. and on new york's long island, seve...

nbc's jay gray has details. >> reporter: a handful of protesters, most of them students, marched to the sanford police department, blocking the front doors and for a short time actually closing the office down. as the protest over the trayvon martin shooting continued, special prosecutor angela corey announced she alone would determine if charges would be filed in the controversial case. she spoke briefly by phone with the protesters. >> she didn't give us much details. but sort of seemed to hint that something will be coming very shortly. so we were very excited by that. >> reporter...

faris. >> and i'm rob nelson. for more than one part of the country today, today will be a battle with mother nature. the southern plains are bracing for severe storms, in the wake of funnel clouds that blew across western oklahoma. >> two fierce tornadoes touched down there. and along with that threat, hail the size of grapefruit, punching holes in cars and roofs. no serious injuries have been reported. along much of the east coast today, red flag warnings from north carolina all the way up to new england. thousands of acres are already burning. and on new york's long island, seve...