>> we were talking to a reporter there in joplin saying dead bodies are on the street. fears of natural gas explosions. also, this half hour, los angeles police made a major break in the case of a san francisco fan who was attacked, actually left paralyzed after a baseball game. details on that coming up too. also, something we are going to let you know about. a bittersweet battle involving girl scouts and the cookies they sell, why they're fighting over one of the ingredients in the popular cookies. about that time of year. see what happens with that. and explain the link to the orangutan. that you are looking at right there. that is not a new kind of cookie, yeah. we begin with the violent tornado outbreak that flattened neighborhoods from oklahoma to the canadian border. >> the governor of missouri has declared a state of emergency after a mile-wide twister barreled through joplin. dozens are feared dead there this morning. a hospital had to be evacuated after taking a direct hit that completely ripped off the roof