good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm jenna wolfe. we want to get right to that deadly tornado outbreak that began in the midwest and has now ravaged north carolina and virginia with dozens killed in seven states since thursday. >> we know it's spring, it's tornado season, but i can't recall seeing anything like this in quite a while. an eyewitness called it a hell of a storm, an understatement as the pictures show total devastation from the twisters. 24 people have been killed in north carolina. another four in virginia. you look at this past wednesday, a total of 45 lives lost in seven states and what they are calling these super cells going through. we have complete coverage of the storm's path and devastation. we'll begin with kristen dahlgren live in raleigh, north carolina, are for us. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, lester. while we were standing here getting ready we noticed this hill is actually smoking now so we have a call into the fire department. just take a look at this. this isn't the driveway. this is actually the garage of this home. this is where the door was so that shows you just how far this house moved and how powerful these storms were. they came fast, furious and without warning. >> tornado right on the ground in front of me. >> reporter: the violent rash of tornadoes and flash floods tearing off roofs, toppling trees and pushing the three-day death toll to over three dozen. >> very scary. very scary. i've never been in nothing like th this. >> reporter: by saturday afternoon lewis, north carolina, was directly in the bull's eye. more than 60 twisters reported across the state as the ferocious storm system started in oklahoma thursday, barrels east with unforgettable fury. governor beverly purdue declared a state of emergency after fatalities in at least four of the state's counties. >> we are beginning to recover from what we believe is the most widespread tornadoes we've seen since the mid-'80s. >> reporter: at least 24 will dead in north carolina and the toll could rise again as searchers probe through shattered homes and businesses. this is all that's left of a lowe's home improvement store in sanford, north carolina. the front of the massive building flattened in the middle of a busy saturday. incredibly no one was injured. catastrophe prevented by employees who pushed customers to the back of the store after seeing what they described as a wall of churning debris baring down. while in south carolina this church collapsed with six people inside and all walked away. their church torn to pieces but this morning their faith stronger than ever. now there are thousands who are without power this morning. the red cross has opened up shelters for those who have been displaced from their homes. lester, this is the worst spring storm to hit north carolina in more than two decades. >> kristen dahlgren for us, thanks. as we said, the deadliest storm of the year so far. the weather channel's mike bettis is in raleigh. mike, good morning. >> reporter: lester, good morning to you, when you take a look at the devastation it's hard to believe there were people in this neighborhood that actually survived, luckily for this home this used to be a two-story home it's collapsed and the family was not home at the time it was lifted from its foundation and into the backyard. there's debris strewn all over the front yard from this home. other homes that are across the street in the neighborhood. one thing very interesting about this home that's been pretty much completely destroyed is if you look in the driveway, there's a vehicle right there nearly untouched. this family had to have been home at the time and got their vehicles, they don't have a basement so it's good to know they weren't home at the time. we know now 105 tornado reports across the carolinas yesterday at least 24 people have lost their lives. damage like this indicative of ef-2 ef-3 damage. they tell us it's the worst tornado they've seen. they've gone through multiple tornadoes in the raleigh area over the past couple of years. >> mike bettes, thanks very much. let's take a look at this tornado outbreak. this all started thursday and has moved its way east and even north. let's go to janice huff. dare i ask could we see more? >> not today, lester. the severe outbreak has died down for today. what's left of the storm has been producing some heavy rain across northern new england but yesterday and last night the heavy rain extended from new york city all the way down the coastline. you can see where that line developed across north carolina, virginia with some severe storms that produce add tornado. that's all offshore now. we still have residual warnings for flooding and for wind across parts of the northeast, from new england all the way down to washington, d.c. we have flood warnings and high-wind warnings that includes areas around new york city, pittsburgh, syracuse. the weather is dry now and the sun is out in new york city and parts of the northeast. however, there could be another severe weather outbreak coming up by wednesday. we'll be tracking that for you. jenna, back to you. all right, janice, thanks. we're going to switch gears and head to politics thousand with president obama gearing up for the next budget battle with republicans. he gets an earful from two possible white house candidates, donald trump and sarah palin. david gregory is moderator of "meet the press" joins us this morning. >> how are you? >> we haven't had a gop candidate to talk about about yet and now a couple names floating out there. i guess the flashiest at this point would be donald trump. he was the headline speaker at a tea party event in boca where he talked recently that he's going to make an announcement about whether he'll run or not in june. in the meantime, he's really racking up a lot of support. a poll shows donald trump as the favorite among other republican potential candidates so i guess the question would be how electable is donald trump at this point? >> i don't think he's being viewed very seriously at this point, but he is making some headway in the polls as you point out. he has name recognition, he has money, and he's talking in a way that is attention seeking and attention grabbing. whether he's talking about the president's birth certificate which is a settled issue or talking about him being the worst president in the united states. so he's going to reach some of those extremists who don't like the president and will be able to grab some of that attention. i think that puts him in a separate category than a mitt romney who is also getting closer to getting in the race, who is being taken more seriously within the white house as the republican front-runner. >> i want to ask you about mitt romney but first let me throw sarah palin's name out there. she is also making the rounds. she was at a tea party rally in wisconsin on saturday. any word yet on what her potential presidential plans might be? >> you know, jenna, a couple of things. one, she seems to be fading a little bit both in terms of her popularity and her relevancy. again, she can also make a headline and she can get plenty of attention. she has that grassroots support. but you see it even in that poll that she's falling down a little bit. she is still not doing the kinds of things you would expect if she was positioning herself for an actual run. a lot of work that you're doing in the grassroots, a lot of favorites that you're doling out that you can call back during the course of a campaign, fund-raising and all the rest. you have these two tracks. who are the people who are equipped for the long haul of a primary process and those like a sarah palin who will -- whose voice will be heard, whose impact will be felt because she can garner that kind of attention. >> you look at number two and three on the poll we just put up, that graphic, mitt romney and mike huckabee, how do they wage a successful campaign while still at the same time competing with other gop members, with tea party candidates? >> well, there's always going to be two tracks here. you're going to have what you might call a front-runner track, a management track within the republican field. a mitt romney, a tim pawlenty. hawk huckabee may not get in in the end. does he back somebody like haley barbour but you'll have those two finalists, in effect, who go into a crowded field and will get the closest scrutiny and romney is poxing himself to be able to draw this out and to win kind of through somewhat a default as he goes deeper and deep earp in the primary process. >> david gregory, thanks for your insights. >> thanks. melissa francis has the top stories for us. good morning. good morning, jenna and lester. good morning, everyone. we begin in miami where another air traffic controller fell asleep on the be job. nbc's michelle franzen has more. >> reporter: another air traffic controller asleep on the job. this time during the midnight shift saturday at the miami air route traffic control center. and now the federal aviation administration is planning to make changes to air traffic controllers' work schedules to combat fatigue. >> the fatigue we're seeing in the control tower is the result of too few qualified controllers in the nation that can fill in so they're working double shifts, four and five nights in a row. >> reporter: the reports started coming in late last month when two passenger planes landed on their own at washington's reagan national after a controller fell asleep. then a string of more reports of sleeping controllers in knoxville, lubbock, then outside seattle. in miami there were is 12 controllers on duty at the time and the controller who fell asleep did not miss any calls from pilots. for "today," michelle franzen, nbc news. overseas now to japan where the tokyo power company has released new pictures showing the enormous damage to the fukushima daiichi plant. the company says it could now take six to nine months to bring the crisis under control. this as secretary of state hillary clinton is visiting with japanese officials in a show of support. pope benedict celebrating palm sunday mass a day after his birthday. a crowd packed the square and the start of the christian holy week. and finally a new commercial puts the comedic spin on what the royal wedding might look like. t-mobile unveiled this with actors portraying prince william and kate middle ton dancing their way down the aisle. queen elizabeth, prince philip, charles and ka mcamilla also da down the aisle as well. the cardinal there could use a few dance lessons. he has everything but the overbite, i think. that's the news. back to you. >> you have a good shot of it looking exactly like that. >> how do you know they won't do that? >> you're absolutely right. janice is back with a check of the weather. >> hi, good morning. it's a lot quieter today across most of the country in terms of the weather after such a devastating last two or three days with severe weather. however, there will be a small outbreak of thunderstorms across the northern and high plains and the central rockies today around salt lake city and parts of wyoming, into montana. there will be some thunderstorms on the north side of that, snowing across the northern rockies, rain in the pacific nortin >> good morning, everyone. it is going to be a windy day, but we don't expect precipitation. our forecast may gust over 40 miles per hour. northern new england. now here is jenna. >> janice, thanks. authorities in tennessee continue their search for 20-year-old holly bobo, a college student abducted from outside her home. good morning, tom. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is the church holly attended since she was a little girl and services will be dedicated to her and her family. it's been five days and still no sign of her. sunday may be considered a sign of rest but there's no time to stop. back into the brush for a fifth day search parties will sweep for any trace of holly bobo. >> the county has pulled together. we just are hoping, believing for something good. >> reporter: tim is part of the army of volunteers looking for holly and wants her family to know this. >> we've got your back. we're going to find her. that's what we do. we just want them to know we are out here. we're for them. we're going to be out here until we fall. >> reporter: authorities say a man dressed in camouflage kidnapped holly outside her home as she was leaving for nursing school. several of holly's belongings have been recovered including her lunch box. one volunteer says it it was found near this creek. >> we've also getting a tremendous amount of leads from all over the country, throughout the united states. >> reporter: there is no person of interest at this time. holly's brother, who called 911 after witnessing part of the abduction, has been ruled out at a suspect. so has holly's boyfriend. >> we're continuing to ask people to call in, give us information on this case because we want to bring holly back. >> reporter: with each day the search for holly is expanding. john, a marine reserve from cincinnati, came to help a family he doesn't even know. >> this girl is out there somewhere and she doesn't have her family. she is all alone. so we really want to try to bring her back to her family. >> reporter: and the service here starts in a little over an hour. once they're done praying, jenna, they'll put their boots back on and head into the woods. >> it tranh, what's the mindset about how this investigation is goi going? >> reporter: you ask anyone and they say they're hopeful. we did ask the question to the investigators whether this is still a rescue operation or a recovery operation and they said bluntly this is a rescue operation still. >> all right. thank you so much. up next on "today," nicolas cage arrested in new orleans. we'll tell you what happened right after this. 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"nominated for two academy awards he nabbed a best actor for a suicidal alcoholic in "leaving las vegas." >> i think you know i'm serious. >> reporter: but his latest film "drive angry" flopped. >> i am going to get her back. >> reporter: grossing just $10 million at a time when he needs the money more than ever. last year the actor revealed he owes the irs approximately $14 million in back taxes, just one of many problems for a star who has certainly seen brighter days. >> nicolas cage has had money troubles, legal troubles now, and a lot of perm troubsonal tr and it's piling up and is very bad for him. >> reporter: cage's first case is may 21st. for "today," mara, schiavo. the dog tried to get cage released from jail. kate middleton joins us live in the studio. really. yeah, there's a twist. but i wasn't winning any ribbons managing my diabetes. it was so complicated. there was a lot of information out there. but it was frustrating trying to get the answers i needed. then my company partnered with unitedhealthcare. they provided onsite screenings, healthy cooking tips. that's a recipe i'm keeping. 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"11 news sunday morning" starts in 25 minutes. we're back on this sunday morning, april 17th, 2011. the rain is gone, the sun is coming out. it is a gorgeous time to come visit us here on the plaza. we thank this lovely crowd for spending the early part of the day with us. we'll say hello to everyone. i'm jenna wolfe along with lester holt. still to come, this is interesting talking about a woman's addiction to food. >> a woman's addiction to food and something that 15 million americans may suffer from. we're going to talk to the man involved in the intervention for this woman as the family staged an intervention. will it work? we're there to watch it all unfold. and we're less than two weeks from the big wedding. where do you think kate middleton is right now? >> she is not in our studio but, hark -- >> she is in our studio. this is america's kate middleton. what's in a name? a lot when you have that particular name and a lot of interesting things happen in your life. we'll find out from this young woman. >> she had the wave. >> she did have the wave. it's true. >> and then we have an update on a young snowboarder that we first told you about a couple months ago. we first met this little kid wes covering the winter olympics in vancouver. they call him the next shaun white. he's 5 years old and competing in the national championships. we'll check on wesley in our next half hour. >> remember the first story on him what a cutie. >> he could barely pronounce certain words but put a snowboard on him and he was doing things i couldn't imagine doing. >> looking forward to seeing where he is these days. a special guest joining us here on the plaza, actor bruce campbell, plays ex-navy seal -- >> former navy seal. never ex. >> good point. >> pooh his kasinto his charact. >> you have a new movie. >> it's a prequel, i had to lose weight and dye my hair. normally you would fill nm burbank but we went where it was set. >> no expense spared on this film. >> of course. >> if you haven't been a fan, can you still get into this? >> oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. the prequel is a fully developed story written by matt nicks. and directed by jesse donovan. mr. fancy pants. >> who is in "burn notice." >> lots of women? >> lots of women, lots of beer. >> we'll find out how you got there. >> it's the last mission as an actual soldier. so it's a whole different side of the character. hopefully it will function like a regular action, seat of your pants, what's going to happen. >> i know you like doing leading men action stuff. >> i used to. now i got stuck being a character actor. i like the kascharacter stuff better. >> i think i'd go with him. >> great to have you here. we want to let folks know the fall of sam axe tonight at 9:00 on usa network. >> thank you for being here. enjoy the rest of your day. we're going to get another check of the weather. a nice round of applause for bruce. janice? i had to come over here. whenever i see my name on a sign, i come over. my ladies from south carolina, good morning. do you know the people from greenville? >> we met them. >> there are some folks down here from greenville, south carolina as well and then we have sabres, go sabres, all sorts of people visiting the tod "today" show and we continue our spring break season. we have sunshine in the northeast finally after a very, very, very rainy day yesterday. still a little bit of rain across parts of northern new england. still windy in parts of the east. nice and sunny and dry, thank goodness, over most of the southern tier of states. i want to show everybody in the background here who have been visiting "today." thanks for coming down. >> good morning, everyone. it is going to be a windy day, but we don't expect precipitation. our forecast may gust over 40 miles per hour. 87 in miami. 84 in tampa. and whenever we're not around, you can always check your weather online at weather.com. now here's lester. janice, thanks. from hoarders to drug addicts and now overeaters, tv shows about family and friends trying to intervene have become popular re reality tv. recently we went to an intervention for a young woman who has been struggling with her weight most of her life. at nearly 300 pounds, 23-year-old allison hertz knows she has a problem. >> i think i can be healthier and thinner. >> what she doesn't know is just like a drug addict or gambler she, too, is an addict, a food addict. >> my fear is her health. my fear has always been her health. >> she says she was always chunky and after a traumatic experience at 8 years old, fast food became her comfort. >> two cheeseburgers and fries, chicken nuggets. chinese i would eat, you know, a combination of stuff and it got out of hand. >> like a drug addict, my daughter was an alcoholic, if she was anorexic or bulimic, there's help for her. to me it's the same addiction. >> they sent me to weight loss camp, to duke university, i did gener jenny craig, weight watchers, all different diet programs. i had no willpower. after a while i gave up. i feel like, i don't know, if i was thinner, i would have more friends. >> brad is an addiction expert. the family believes he is their last hope. >> well, thanks for everybody making time to be here today. i know that not every day you sit down and have an intervention. we're going to have a conversation about what has happened up until this point and talk about some solutions. >> she wept for therapy, she went for nutritional counseling, she even went to weight loss camp two or three times as a child. >> my wife and i, as she says, the best we could, through the years trying to intervene with her problem but we didn't really want to let her know because we didn't want to hurt her feelings, knock her esteem down. >> we went to starbucks last night and she wanted to drink it in the car and she happened to see somebody that she knew in high school and she didn't want him to -- she didn't want him to see her. >> when i look at you i think 23 what this disease has already done to you. >> what are your fears for your daughter? >> diabetes, heart disease, and possibly something more drastic that that. >> death? >> exactly. not a long life. a very unhealthy life is a short life. >> the fact that she's 23 years old and she came to me and all she could really talk about was the lap band surgery, and i just really wasn't comfortable with that. >> i think if she put her mind to it, she could do it but it's tough. >> i know she wants to lose the weight, it's just -- we feel like we hit a roadblock. we've tried everything. >> this is our hope for you and this is the gift that we want to share with you and your family is an invitation to "today" to pack your bags and without negotiation or delay to go to shades of hope treatment center in texas for 42 days. will you accept that? >> yes. >> there's nobody who loves you more than i do in this world. this is your life. >> brad lamm now joins us. he's the creator and producer of the new reality show addicted to food and author of "just 10 pounds. "brad, great to see you. >> good morning. >> after the cameras stopped rolling i understand things changed. what happened? >> indeed. what happened is what happens a lot. when a family gets together and has a conversation on change and as the dad said, we don't want to bring it up because we don't want to embarrass her but in this case after the cameras left and after i left she pulled the plug. she didn't get on the plane and so the family sits back and says, oh, my god, we made it worse. or now she said, no, what do we do? in fact, this is the beginning of change for this family. it's taken a long time to get here. they've grown larger together. you've seen that allison isn't the only one struggling with food. she really is addicted to food and so that wasn't the end of the story. >> you're talking about they, as you're doing this, are you noting some family dynamics here that are sending up red flags? >> absolutely. when a family calls and wants to do an intervention, i do a family map. i learn what has happened with this family and do an invitational intervention so it's never a surprise. we get the people together and say, hey, we love you. we're going to sit down and talk about change. but, look, food addiction is real and it's killing millions of americans. >> let me ask about food addiction. you don't have to have alcohol. you have to eat. when you talk about addicted to food, explain to me. >> all of us have to eat. i agree, lester, but most people are not addicted to food and for so many people that don't struggle with food, they say why don't you just move away from the buffet? stop eating. slim down. get yourself together. in truth, a food addict has the cravings and the obsession, they're an emotional eater oftentimes. they don't have that off button that so many people have with food. look, more than 12 million are addicted to food and it's killing us. it's not just about willpower. it's actually a loss of control altogether. >> you've been down this road yourself in terms of food issues. >> i was bulimic and a compulsive over eater and a crystal meth addict. that's why i wrote my book to help people change and, in fact, most of the folks that are sitting at home today will wonder, you know, we tried every diet. we've tried every scheme and we don't think there's hope for me. >> back to allison, you did ultimately, i understand, get her to go to some type of treatment. >> indeed. tomorrow morning i will meet allison here in manhattan at a wonderful intensive outpatient treatment center called balance. eating disorder treatment center right here in manhattan. we will start a change plan for her. the whole family signed a recovery contract are where we're in it together to win it and we're going to work together for six months to help her break this pattern of behavior. >> we're glad she is getting help and appreciate you coming on and sharing the story. >> and my hope for folks at home is they can start change today, too. i set up something for all the viewers of the "today" show. just10challenge.com and get help from me it to break food addiction in your own life today. >> brad lamm, good to have you here. thanks very much. up next, we'll meet the 7-year-old girl invited to the royal wedding and will the real kate middleton please stand up. ♪ [ female announcer ] smooth. like you've never felt before. touch of smoothness body wash with new hydra iq provides moisture throughout the day with no greasy feel. now available in a variety of scents. nivea. touch and be touched. when you've lost interest in everything. when you've had one too many days feeling sad or anxious... aches and pains, fatigue. when it becomes hard to ignore that you need help. that's the day you do something. depression hurts. cymbalta can help with many symptoms of depression. tell your doctor right away if your depression worsens, you have unusual changes in behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase bleeding risk. severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported. signs include abdominal pain and yellowing of the skin or eyes. talk with your doctor about your medicines, including those for migraine, or if you have high fever, confusion and stiff muscles, to address a possible life-threatening condition. tell your doctor about alcohol use, liver disease, and before you reduce or stop taking cymbalta. dizziness or fainting may occur upon standing. side effects include nausea, dry mouth, and constipation. is today your day? 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>> atia, thank you so much. we all know kate middleton is a princess bride but did you know she also sells bicycles and spends her time teaching spin classes in massachusetts? >> we are talking about the other kate middleton sharing the same name as the queen-to-be and our kate middleton joins us. great to see you. this has been quite a ride you've been on. this started when we first heard kate middleton as a potential member of the royal family and your phone starts ringing. >> the phone started ringing after a thup article came out about having the same name as prince william's fiancee, and my co-worker started playing around with it a little bit, oh, she's not here yet. she's having tea with the queen. >> so reporters are beginning to call? >> yes. >> and then you're getting facebook messages as well? >> i'm getting a lot of facebook messages. facebook actually deactivated my account which was kind of disappointing because i am actually older than the kate middleton in england and been around longer and thought i should keep my account. >> what's it like now? you walked through grocery stores, you see your name in magazines, you hear your name all over tv reports. do you like it? is it annoying? where do you stand with all of this? >> it's pretty funny, and people around me have always called me a princess anyway so i guess it's fitting. >> this goes back even before the engagement. the first time you heard, you were applying for a job. >> that's right. i was applying for a job and i got a call back and the person said, well, i didn't know you were dating prince william. and i said, well, what are you talking about? i didn't know i was dating prince william either. i googled your name and found that you, in fact, are dating prince william. >> he didn't say, you got the job. he said, so you're dating prince william. are you dating someone named will because that would be interesting? >> no, i'm not. >> are you looking for a prince? >> i am look iing for a prince t not william. >> but not that william. >> kate middleton, it's great to have you on. are you going to be watching the wedding, by the way? 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