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it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin this morning with breaking news. we have learned that president obama is holding a big event at the white house rose garden later today to resurrect the battle over the bush tax cuts. he will be surrounded by working class americans while he calls on congress to extend tax cuts for everyone, making $250,000 a year or less. republicans want the tax cuts extended for everyone, the wealthy included. the white house will be very busy framing the tax cut debate this week with events planned in new hampshire, nevada, colo...

To the side, and as i did that, i saw a man that was standing by a fence, and he was waving his arms as me, trying to get my attention. and as i looked over at him, i don't even think i got a sense of relief. the only thing i really got from seeing him was that i wasn't going to die alone. >> officer clint mahlberg is a veteran member of the metropolitan police department's search and rescue squad. >> my sergeant called me. they were expecting heavy flooding from a storm cell that was coming into the valley and asked if i could come in for a couple of hours and fly around in a helicopter in ca...

It was a pretty fast realization that this could be it. >> the water is rising quickly now, washing over the roof of her car and tugging angela into the torrent. >> i just kind of laid my head to the side, and as i did that, i saw a man that was standing by a fence, and he was waving his arms as me, trying to get my attention. and as i looked over at him, i don't even think i got a sense of relief. the only thing i really got from seeing him was that i wasn't going to die alone. >> officer clint mahlberg is a veteran member of the metropolitan police department's search and rescue squad. >> my...

and that heat can cause and create another thunderstorm ind -- behind it. wichita, texas, was hit by two large and deadly tornadoes just hours apart. right down the exact same line. here's what we have. let's do a reset. about two hours ago, we had a severe thunderstorm watch. we had hail coming down, the size almost of tennis balls. then all of a sudden that watch was upgraded to a tornado watch because the storms are beagaining to rotate. then we had two storms out by themselves. those two storms were right in the dallas and the ft. worth area. this is a picture of it earlier. this...

we're following the breaking news this hour, a tornado outbreak that scraped parts of the midwest this morning, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100. hardest hit, harrisburg, illinois, where at least six people died, including two children. within the last half hour, we learned the tornado was a category ef-4, with winds, get this, up to 170 miles an hour, and as wide as two football fields. in the last hour, the mayor spoke at a grief-stricken news conference. >> we have suffered the loss of lives. we've suffered many injures, and millions of dollars worth of is i...