off the building. >> reporter: as they struggled to pick up the crumbled debris, thousands are forced to cope without power knocked out by those brutal winds, and the cleanup job is still under way in st. louis where a twister left dozens of homes in ruins wednesday night. the weather service has now confirmed that it was an ef-2 packing winds up to 135 miles an hour. and as they brace for more of that wild weather farther east, a dangerous mix of ice and snow continues to menace the great lakes and northern new england. >> accuweather meteorologist jim dickey is tracking it all. >> good morning, john and marci. tracking strong storms once again here. this time as the front continues to push its way towards the coast, we're watching eastern north carolina, southeastern virginia including the richmond area bringing the threat of large hail and damaging wind gusts, perhaps an isolated tornado, as well. this while we're still dealing with wintry weather as this low moves eastward. snow threatening northern new england. some spots 3 to 6 inches including northern maine here as we head through the afternoon into the overnight hours. john and marci, back to you. >> all right, jim, thanks. our extreme weather team is out in force this morning. they will have the very latest on this wicked weather on "good morning america" reporting from the heart of the storm zone. breaking news overnight in arizona. they found a bomb addressed to joe arpaio. it was found the a post office in flagstaff far from the sheriff's office in phoenix. arpaio is well known for his tough policies against prisoners and received numerous threats during his 20 years in office. a second white supremacist is in custody in connection with the murder of colorado's prisons chief. thomas guolee was arrested yesterday afternoon. he's being held without bond for a parole violation. investigators say guolee and another gang member spoke to shooting suspect evan ebel in the days leading up to the murder of tom clements. well, months of debate of gun debate lie ahead now that the senate ended a conservative effort to avoid it. next week lawmakers will address that new bipartisan deal that would expand background checks to virtually all gun sales. other provisions that will be considered include a ban on illicit firearm sales in which a buyer purchases a gun from someone who is not allowed to own it. a small increase in school safety funding is also up for debate. police in los angeles are using a new tactic in the growing problem of celebrity s.w.a.t.'ing. ryan seacrest and justin timberlake are among the most recent victims of phony 911 calls dispatching police to their homes. the lapd now believes that publicity is what's fueling these incidents. so now going forward, the department says it'll no longer publicly release information about them. overseas now to rome where we are hearing dire reports about the deteriorating health of pope emeritus pope benedict. published reports quote the vatican saying that benedict has become weaker over the past two weeks. the 85-year-old former pontiff is set to move within a former convent within the month. a candidate for sainthood has been bestowed the nation's highest military honor. president obama has awarded the medal of honor to father emil kapaun, an army chaplin during the korean war credited with saving hundreds of wounded soldiers. he died in a p.o.w. camp of starvation and pneumonia. father kapaun's remains are still buried in an unmarked grave in north korea. coming up, stocks are on a roll with the dow closing in on 15,000. plus, the little brothers talking about their trip to cuba. kidnapped by their parents but still unaware of the danger they were in. and the out-of-control golf cart. watch this, plowing into a crowd of people at a cowboys stadium there now leading to a major lawsuit. wall street is really on a roll. the dow jones now hitting a new record high every day this week closing in on 15,000. the index is up nearly 13% for the year. so will the run continue today? 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and boston. all right, back to the news. a couple in florida charged with kidnapping their two young sons will remain in custody for at least the next few days. >> joshua and sharyn hakken faced a judge for the first time yesterday. joshua hakken tied up the boys' grandmother who had legal custody of the boys then they sailed off to cuba. well, they were quickly apprehended by cuban authorities and the two little boys made their first appearance in front of cameras yesterday with their grandmother explaining what the boys know about their trip. >> they have been told that everyone heard about their sailboat trip to cuba, another country, as they called it and their airplane ride back to america and that everyone wants to take their picture. we have not asked the boys anything about the journey. they have been briefed and we are telling them as things come out if they feel like talking. >> the hakkens, both trained engineers lost custody last year after they were found in a louisiana hotel room with drugs and guns. texas high school coach is suing after an embarrassing incident with a runaway golf cart at cowboys stadium. take a look at this video. you may have seen this before. amendola was standing at midfield when the cart took off, plowed into him and carried him several yards until he rolled off it. fortunately no one was hurt thanks to the coach's quick reflexes. denny amendola is his son. hollywood's elite turned out to honor the late movie critic roger ebert in chicago. ♪ i will always love you >> there was singing, stories, laughs and a few tears as actors, directors and fellow critics gave a resounding two thumbs up to the man who influenced four decades of modern cinema. roger ebert died last week after a long battle with cancer. he was 70 years old. just four months after the school shooting in newtown, connecticut, the hit tv series "glee" depicted a similar attack on last night's episode called "shooting star" and began with a disclaimer about the 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