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When he spoke to us a few moments ago, one of the additional aggravations and dangers associated with this particular storm series is that the rate at which the overall storm is moving across the ground is below average, and as a result, the tornado, when it does touch down, is staying there longer, and to that end we've asked weather channel meteorologist carl parker to rejoin us. give us a sense of how slow this overall series of storms is moving, carl, whether that is, in fact, still the case, and just how much more damage is possible when you get a slow-moving set like this? >> well, that ...

plinterred and uprooted. the damage is widespread. dallas county sheriff lupe valdez tells cnn her ofrszs are going house to house, checking on casualties until warnings that more severe storms were on the way. the emergency lasted for hours. this call came into cnn over two hours ago. >> if you go north, there's warnings all over the place. it's raining. people are scrambling to try to get out of the offices just to get home, and now it's caused a big problem, a big problem on the streets. the sirens going on. even if you're not even in the tornado warning places. you don't know w...

Right now on "news nation," developing news that announced that penn state's new president will hold a news conference at 4:00 eastern time, the second today as penn state students plan to hold a vigil at 9:30 tonight for the alleged sexual assault victims. the university is also gearing up for the final home game of football season tomorrow against nebraska. i am joined by mark brennan. a fight dedicated to penn state sports. thank you for your time. >> thanks for having me. >> absolutely. let me get an idea of what students are saying on the eve of this big game. as i said earlier, it would ...

wild animal preserve. deputies shot and killed at least two dozen them overnight. >> i had deputies that had to shoot animals with their side arms at close range. that's how volatile this situation was. when we got here, obviously, po public safety way my number one concern bp i gave the order if animals looked like they going out they were going down. we could not have wild animals. also, the man who other thanned the animal preserve, terry thompson, was found dead outside his home. zanesville's mayor tells cnn thompson freed the animals and then shot himself. texas governor ric...

It broke it off right at the shank right out of the propeller hub. this panel is all twisted and bowed in. between the airframe and my body, just everything was right at its maximum absorption capability. >> in a nearby hanger, he watches footage of his crash and footage of a more successful prior flight. >> this was up by san francisco showing how it should look. this is the way it's supposed to work. when i shut the smoke off there is when i'm coming out of reverse pitch and had just enough power right here to make the flare, touch down, now pull it back in reverse and bring it to a stop rea...