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in the country this year. it spread overseas, rumors about it all day didn't happen until after the closing bell. there's the dow, down 2%. the big bank downgrades, including the biggest banks in europe, moody's saying that anybody with a lot of exposure to the credit markets, they were going to downgrade them. the banks one by one saying they disagree with the downgrades and some of the stocks are moving up a little bit. that's the bank part of it. banks are what pumps the oxygen through the financial system. when you have people worried talking about a slowing global economy, it ca...

Good morning, everyone. here is what we're looking at as far as weather. right now there's a storm system brewing in the middle of the country that's going to slide quickly east today and into saturday. it's going to bring some wet weather to areas of the ohio valley and nid atlantic. we had some showers and storms overnight in new england. that's starting to head off the coast. now that rain is mostly confined to cape cod and in the areas of maine. all the bad weather is in the midwest. pretty powerful storms outside of denver this morning. as i mentioned, aulg of this and a halfy weather has...

Also another storm system brewing in the central missouri and mississippi valley. some of these storms in the eastern half of the united states later on today could be on the severe side. there's a possibility for some tornado outbreaks so stay tuned to fox and your local stations. meanwhile, let's take a look at the readings as you head out the door on this first friday in march. >> i thought it was supposed to be hot here. >> are you complaining? >> yes. look at caribou, maine, they only have 3. we have 11 times that. >> they're used to it. >> they are. meanwhile, it's 47 right now in raleig...

Buildings like a huge walmart, damaged or destroyed. also a home depot destroyed. st. john's regional medical center, severely damaged. unusable right now. cnn's brian todd was standing outside the regional medical center. he filed this report moment ago before the rain came down. >> reporter: can see the facade of the building. look, look at these clouds. look at the difference between the sky over there and look at the sky over here. we've got another storm system brewing. and it's amazing how dark the clouds are, turning day into night as we speak. this is what people here are really concer...

>> we're doing to turn around, guys. >> oh, my gosh. all right, well, just pull in next to -- >> there's propane and gas -- >> yeah, i can smell it too. >> i smell gas, mike. >> oh, my gosh. that is freaking ridiculous. >> cnn's brian todd is outside of st. john's regional medical center, that's joplin's main hospital. it also took a direct hit from this tornado. brian, you're in the town, and when we say that it's affected the heart of this community, the tornado seemed to travel right down 20th street, that went right through the heart of the town. is that right? >> reporter: it is, carol. i...