thank you for spending your weekend with us. reports of a new fierce offensive against a rebel held town in libya. they're also sparking outrage. we will explain why. also, deadly tornadoes ripping through parts of the u.s. some of these pictures are just unreal. we will show this to you in about 30 seconds. also, thieves are using technology to steal your credit card information right through your purse and your pocket and they can do this from as far as ten feet away from you. don't even have to be close. you can find out how they're doing this and you can find out exactly how you can protect yourself. kind of an easy fix. we need to begin this hour with the latest on a powerful storm system that has left a trail of destruction across the south. a death toll has climbed this morning to at least 17. parts of the east coast now are on alert. there's threat of tornadoes, heavy rain and the carolinas through virginia. the system started in the plains sparking tornadoes in oklahoma and made its way east to arkansas and then mississippi, alabama and georgia. >> holy crap. >> transformers exploding, cars tossed, trees toppled. all made for a wild spring night in parts of the southeast. in alabama, there are reports of tornadoes touching down in at least six counties. this woman in tuscaloosa ran into her hallway as the storm hit. >> we got in the hallway and i could hear this, i don't know what kind of noise it was. it was a whizzing and crackling and it scared me. >> reporter: in nearby birmingham heavy winds knocked down power lines and tore off roofs. further south in washington county, alabama, a large tornado reported on the ground. this house was flattened tossed yards from its foundation. a twister ripped through interstate 20 in clinton. >> the funnel cloud dropped right there atand it just crossed and went behind us and across i-20 and in like five minutes it was over. >> reporter: even blew over an 18-wheeler. it also ripped through local businesses and homes. >> at first we heard a lot of wind blowing and sounded like a train and a whistle and all of a sudden we'd seen a black funnel cloud. >> we decided to go out there and see, too. and we saw all this damage out here. >> reporter: in the atlanta area, tornado watch in effect for most of the night. hail and wind blasted several counties and pummeled homes and this woman came to check on her parents after a large tree uprooted and fell through their roof. >> i thought the wind because my daddy was right there next to that window and the tree barely missed him. >> all right, we need to turn now to our meteorologist karen maginnis keeping an eye on what happened today and you and i went through this yesterday. i turned to you and saw that map and thought, wow. >> yes, that was an interesting reaction. here is the additional wow factor of this. this is google earth image of the tornadoes that really pounded, especially the southeast yesterday. but so far this year, 442 reports of tornadoes. last night, almost 100 of those 442 tornadoes reported in just one night. kind of ground zero for this area is right along the mississippi and alabama border. here is alabama, here is mississippi and then you see that cluster of tornadoes right along the border. the area that was hit the hardest. the death toll continues to go up. already 17. earlier this morning, 10. then it went to 13 and now 17. we have lots to tell you about. i'll be back in just about 30 minutes to bring you another update and show you more images of what happened across the southeast. t.j. >> karen maginnimaginnis, we'll with you here again shortly. want to turn to long island, new york, where at least eight sets of remains have been recovered since december. police say it could be the work of a serial killer. cnn's susan candiotti is at oak beach this morning and has been on this story for us. one of the strange new details that came out is that the center of one of the victims may have gotten a taunting phone call from the killer. >> several of them, t.j., as a matter of fact. the suspected killer used his alleged victim's own cell phone to make those calls. talk about creepy. making taunting phone calls to victim melissa barthelemy's little sister, amanda, who was 15 years old at the time. seven phone calls in all after melissa disappeared between july and august of 2000 nine and in one of the calls he described in graphic detail what he did in detail to melissa. in the seventh call melissa's mother is revealing for the first time now that this man allegedly confessed. >> he was, basically, torturing her. she, you know, she kept asking where her sister was and he just wouldn't tell her. she would ask if she was alive and he wouldn't answer her. i mean, we always had hope until that last call when he told amanda that he killed her. >> now, what he said specifically was to this little dwu girl, you think you'll see her again? you won't. i killed her. now, the family's attorney said police tried to trace some of the remaining phone calls. it took them a while to get on to the case, but, evidently, this caller was able to stay one step ahead of the law. listen. >> so, the caller seemed to have an understanding of how long it took to triangialate and the caller made sure that he called from very busy areas, madison square garden, times square, the port authority. so that the cameras and the web cams that are out there widjaou look down into a crowded field and at any given time, there were at least dozens of people who were talking on the cell phone. >> now, melissa bartholemey is one whose remains were identified by police. her family says on thursday of this week she would have turned 26 years old. in their honor they baked her a birthday cake, t.j. >> all right. hard details to hear there and the possibility of a taunting phone call. you also mentioned four of those remains. four bodies have been identified. what is the word on the others? >> right, the other four sets of remains have yet to be. they're under examination by the medical examiner's office. we're still waiting for word on that and, of course, also in the past week, they found a skull and some other remains, but they don't know whether they have anything to do with the others that have been recovered. in fact, they're not even sure the ones who have been identified may be linked to the four that have not yet been identified. so, a lot of questions certainly remain during this long-running investigation, t.j. >> susan candiotti has been on it for us. susan, we appreciate it. thank you so much. to our viewers we have a cnn special on the suspected long island serial killer and includes a closer look at the timeline, what leads the police have. this airs for you tonight at 7:00 eastern time right here on cnn. want to turn to some politics now. headlining a big tea party rally in florida. donald trump's first political event since announcing he may run for president. sh it's weird to say he has announced that he might announce that he is running. but he's courting the tea party at least, why? >> t.j., who knew that the man who has fired so many people, at least on his tv show, would be such a big party. we're waiting for donald trump to head this tea party rally in boca raton. american flags and it sure looks like a campaign-style event. but as you mentioned, donald trump hasn't said anything about his presidential intentions yet. he said he'll announce it on his show, "the apprentice" some time in june. donald trump has been rising in the polls with a lot of tea party activists. he's been saying a lot of things that they like. he's brought up the birther issue that a lot of people like, as well. but, last night we caught up with donald trump at his estate here in south florida and he said some things about the former president that some people may not like. take a listen, t.j. >> george bush gave us barack obama. if it weren't for george bush, we wouldn't have barack obama. i'm not thrilled with george bush. because he didn't have a great presidency, especially at the end and because of his actions and because of his aura, it was very tough for a republican to win. and in all fairness to john mccain and to sarah palin, i think it would have been very, very tough for anybody, for abraham lincoln to win after having followed george bush. >> so, it's anybody's guess how that kind of talk against the former president, as he criticizes president obama will play with this crowd. one other thing to note, t.j. donald trump supported the bank bailout that a lot of tea party activists hate. so, it's unclear if a lot of activists know that or if they're just overlooking that. so, we'll see the reaction to trump in a few hours. >> when is he showing up there? >> he's supposed to be showing up around 2:00, 2:00, 2:30 somewhere in that time frame they're telling us. >> all right shannon travis on it for us. good to see you, as always. good to see you back here on "cnn saturday morning." thanks so much. well, a lot of folks are busy this weekend trying to get their taxes done. some of you might have been confused and thought the deadline was supposed to be, you know, the 15th, like it usually is. but you have a few extra days. do you know why, though? we'll explain. 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businesses in arkansas, oklahoma, mississippi, alabama and georgia. the death toll is now at at least 17 people. our meteorologist karen maginnis, this certainly is not over. but as we look back, it is amazing the past 48 hours we just saw. >> exactly. we saw this rake across the south central united states and then across the southeast. want to show you this google earth image of the tornado reports. also wind and hail reports. you can see where the tornadoes have been located. just to tell you or give you some perspective. here's alabama and here is mississippi. look at where this cluster of tornadoes is located. down here, vinegar bend and also yarbo, they had a number of fatalities there. the estimate at least right now is about five. but also just in the vicinity of montgomery, alabama, just to the south, prattville three reported fatalities last night. also into west central, mississippi. i know you're from there, t.j. we did have reports of very frequent lightning. about three tornadoes reported across that region. we've got some images out of clinton, mississippi. clinton is one of those areas we've been talking about all morning long. they sustained very heavy damage. this is just to the west of jackson, mississippi. downed trees, downed powerlines and even at one point, this tornado, which looks to be, now, they'll have surveyors out there and national weather service and storm surveyors looking at this. if you look closely, there are dots of rainfall on the camera lens here, but that tornado moves across homes or businesses and the sky just lights up because the electricity is blown. there you see a car just kind of up ended. the tornado moved across interstate 20, toppled an 18-wheeler, toppled cars. did damage to structures like that hotel, banks, fast food restaurants and it was a ferocious night. well, we see what happened. what's happening right now. this storm system is making its way towards the east. as it does in its wake, we are seeing pretty good storms. there have been several tornado watches and now there is one that goes until later on this morning until the early afternoon hours. the storms don't seem to be quite as severe as we were looking at last night. i don't want you to be complacent about it because it certainly has that potential, but as this winds its way across the eastern seaboard in addition to that. on the back side of this low, we could see numerous reports of wind damage because the winds are expected to be today and tomorrow 50 to 60 miles per hour. storm system in the northwest and fire danger, still, across west texas and new mexico. got a lot to talk about today. >> it's a little bit of everything, karen. we appreciate you being here with us this weekend. thank you so much. karen is here, of course, she is in for our reynolds wolf. right now, i want to let you know why reynolds is not here this weekend. we have sad news to pass along about our dear friend and cnn saturday morning, reynolds' father passed away at 7:10 yesterday morning. according to reynolds, he passed quietly and in reynolds' words, he left the world gracefully. he was the happiest sob on the planet. his father was someone i had the pleasure of spending time with. being around him certainly understandable why reynolds became the dear friend and man he is today. our hearts, thoughts and prayers are with reynolds and his family today. well, this month, one year ago this month, the sea food business really took a hit and hasn't quite yet recovered. the bp oil disaster in the gulf of mexico, horrific on countless levels, but right now we're talking about how it hurt the restaurant business. you better believe it's still hurting pretty badly. sarah was with one seafood business owner yesterday. >> this is the freezer. >> i normally would have 500 to 1,000 pounds of shrimp in here. there is 10, 20, 15, we have 35 pounds of shrimp in here. >> there's none out there. especially from louisiana. >> i prefer louisiana, i just can't get it. from last year at this time, it's gone up about $5 a pound. >> we first visited cautler's in maryland where crab prices soared because of the spill. now it's the shrimp. >> increasing prices just a little bit so we can keep our people employed and everybody happy. >> this is the jumbo size shrimp. size matters. >> yes, size matters. that's what customers want. >> this is the jumbo shrimp boiled with seasoning and red potatoes and onions. >> this is your best seller. >> huge seller. >> not only is it still hurting and feeling the effects of the oil spill, but now the crisis in japan could be another factor which could drive seafood prices up. >> if they are leaking any radio activity into the water, everybody is going to be looking at that. that is a volatile area right now. >> at canon's fish market in washgton, a coveted delivery from the gulf. >> from louisiana. >> a lot of fisherman stopped fishing because they took payouts from bp and there's not as many fishermen so it's driving the price up. >> although gulf waters are open now for fishing and shrimping, they were closed for months after the spill taking a toll on inventory. >> less product now, so, supply and demand. we're paying probably double in price right now. >> a necessary pain for these businesses to stay alive. >> last thing you ever want to do is take something popular and not have it. that's like me not having crabs. it's unheard of. you can't do that. i have to scratch and claw to find this product and i've been able to, but i'm paying for it. >> and consumers may have to pay for it, too, because the price of gulf coast shrimp has doubled since last year and shrimp is actually the most popular seafood here in the united states, but it seems like whatever the cost, there will always be a demand. so, it will have to balance out somehow. >> sandra, talk about concerns about the seafood that was coming out of the gulf for a while, now there are concerns, as well, about seafood being affected by the radiation, possibly, from the japanese disaster? >> yeah, absolutely. there's really no hard and fast data yet, but talking to seafood industry experts, they say that fear alone could really alter the supply and also drive up costs. so, that is a big area of concern right now. they're watching and waiting for any news out of that area, but, obviously, with shipments coming from japan, as well, it could alter really what goes on here in the states and perhaps drive those prices up. >> all right. sandra endo, always good to see you. thank you so much. >> sure. a group of market vendors in the nation's capital considers themselves extremely fortunate after surviving a powerful economic blow. that had the potential to destroy their businesses. cnn's tom foreman reports on their remarkable recovery. >> reporter: melvin is back at washington's historic eastern market. selling fresh fryers and handing out smiles. four years ago he almost lost it all. >> it was devastating. truthfully, i thought i was done for. >> reporter: four years ago a devastating predawn fire ripped through the market, a popular spot since shortly after the civil war for wash tonians to buy meat, fruit, flowers and more. gone in an instant were dozens of jobs and hundreds more were affected by the loss of this economic main stay of the capitol hill neighborhood. vendors, including mary who had been here 50 years were heart sick. >> you thought it was done for good. >> we thought it was done forever. >> reporter: but a $22 million rebuilding effort was launched almost immediately. funded by the d.c. government with some federal and business contributions, too. a temporary market was erected so vendors could keep selling while the reconstruction went on. >> our goal was to maintain, to continue with the exact same merchants who were at eastern market when the fire happened. and the only way, really, to do that was to keep them in business. >> reporter: it worked. two years after the fire and despite the recession, the market reopened. today, business has almost fully recovered. >> the community did not want to lose it. >> reporter: for many here, it is just that simple. >> i'm telling you the truth, when you work hard, you accomplish everything. >> reporter: even rising from the ashes to build up, again. tom foreman, cnn, washington. well, what a treat for us here at cnn when one of our own ends up on "tonight" show with jay leno as very much a prominent guest. but the thing is, our cnner who ended up on cnn didn't even know they were on jay leno. it's all about the man on the phone in the background. it's kind of ridiculous, but we'll show it to you anyway. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the 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be ready to go. but i've got to tell you right now, i still have this day job. >> that's pretty much mr. obama's strategy. president by day and fund-raiser by night with official trips taken to battleground states. most recently president george w. bush and bill clinton used the same strategy when they were running for re-election. this is nothing new. t.j.? >> something else to show you about paul. i'll bring in deb feyerick. for our viewers who may not know so much about paul, paul is in our d.c. bureau, we take a lot of shots from different people in front of the microphone. his desk is in the back. jay len no noticed. check this out. >> there's this guy on cnn, i see this guy every day, every time the camera is on him, he pretends to be on the phone. this is annoying to me. he's not good at pretending. sees a camera, look, look. who has that kind of conversation? there he is in the background, hello, look, camera on him again. this goes on all day -- oh, i'm on camera, how are you doing? that's stupid. i'm not falling for it. >> jay leno is annoyed. >> the ultimate talking head, right. >> we had paul on earlier, had him on live. he said what is happening there, people see him on tv and they call him just to say, hey you're on tv and that's why he picks up, yeah, i know and hangs up the phone. >> this way he doesn't do anything embarrassing, i'll give it to him. >> are you buying that excuse? >> i'll take it. >> you have the legal guys today? legal guys and really interesting topics. first of all, we've all been irritated when we have to wait too long for something. it turns out lebron james' mom got into an argument with a valet, parking attendant at the hotel and slapped him. now he's turning around and he's suing her, saying basically he is now lost his ability to enjoy life and seeking $15,000. >> what does that mean, loss of enjoyment of life? >> it must have been some slap. that's the case he's bringing against the basketball great's mom. we're going to look at the sandwich generation. a lot of people in their 30s and 40s and 50s, they have children and aging parents on the other. you can actually claim both of them as dependents, even if they don't live with you. we'll have something on that. that should be good for a number of folks out there. >> you call it the sandwich generation. >> it's the people in the middle with the kids and aging parents and there you are trying to make a life. >> okay, so the legal question is a fascinating one here about the slap. we had sunny hostinon. you claim you were slapped, okay? >> he will have to prove after the slap happened, he'll have to prove that everything went downhill. he became depressed and he was humiliated or embarrassed. a lawyer may be able to argue that. the question is, what will they put on the table as proof and is the judge going to buy this argument, especially since the video shows he wasn't completely, let's say -- >> what is the right word? >> that he may have gotten into it as much as she did. >> he defended himself a little bit. are you done -- we were discussing the royal wedding. you'll be more excited when we get there? >> i'm really excited. i watched the wedding of diana, it was still a fairytale now i think we're wiser and more savory about what it entails. she's probably got a jump on what diana had. nobody knew what diana was going to experience, t.j. >> we do have a special at 2:30 eastern time, going to be talking about the royals. deb feyerick. >> we'll look at the most eligible royals. there are some out there, folks. some ladies, actually on the market. charlotte of monaco. she's fourth in line, the granddaughter of princess kelly. there's princess madeleine of sweden. there are royal princes out there as well and they are the most eligible bachelors on the planet. you'll hear from them after the break. 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[ male announcer ] get zyrtec®'s proven allergy relief and love the air®. the british royal wedding less than two weeks away. don't cry, ladies, prince william is off the market but you have a few other prince options out there. they are on most eligible royal bachelor list. let's start with prince carl phillip of sweden. how about prince albert of germany. he's 28 years old. he was once the youngest person on forbes list of billionaires. where is he? there's my guy with the side burns, he was on the list of youngest billionaires. you could probably get over the side burn fz you had to. it's no surprise that prince harry is the top of the royal bachelor list now. his brother's wedding is coming up. he has moved to the top of the list of the world's most eligible bachelors. can't wait until that music goes away. april 29th, it's a big day for prince william and kate middleton but if you live in england it's a big day for you too. schools around the country closed and nine out of ten businesses giving their employees the day off. i talked to katie, our entertainment editor at cnn.com. she weighed in on all of this hoopla. >> so the country is shutting down? >> it's like a national skip day basically. it's a bank holiday which means it's not mandatory for companies to let their employees stay home but schools are closed and they are enjoying it. >> will people have options, most people aren't invited. do they have options to go down there and get a view? >> a lot of people trying to camp out along the parade route. you won't believe it, days ahead of time people will be camping out. >> my goodness gracious. is it two weeks from yesterday? >> excited? >> i'm excited to get this thing done. i was going to ask you about it, jerry seinfeld made controversial comments saying, i don't know how funfy he was trying to be. we'll let them play pretend and dress up and pretend they are special people. for some people i talked to around it struck a cord we're giving all this attention and paying attention to these two people who are just born into the right families quite frankly. >> there's a lot of that. people who are really excited about it and people like jerry seinfeld who said, it's just a circus. at the end of the day, i think there's a lot of discussion of how many people are talking about it and covering it. at the end of the day it's a wedding. >> it is. it's fun. i love weddings, by the way. what is the deal with the jelly bean? >> there's a jelly bean that looks like kate middleton. there's a couple in somerset who found a jelly bean from the factory and they think it looks