Much. A dangerous pipeline explosion in the kansas city area. And the long awaiting return of tying woods. Early today starts right now. We begin this wednesday morning with breaking news on a deadly and destructive weather in the south. There are at least three confirmed fatalities after a tornado tore through alabama. Bill, talk about the threat. Is it still over . No, its not over yet. Were still dealing with a tornado watch. We have at least one active tornado warning. The worst of it overnight had been earlier in areas of mississippi and then shifted to alabama overnight. We rrer still dealing with the line of strong storms. As of now we have about 85 reports of eeth wind damage or tornados. So far 27 reports and the deadliest was in jackson county. The extreme Northeast Corner of alabama. Thats where the three fatalities are reported. These numbers of injuries and deaths will probably fluctuate throughout the morning. Very little warning for the people in the way of these. Theyre typically the deadliest and when day break comes well see a lot more destruction. Well continue to watch it. Also overnight firefighters are still battling wild fires that have forced the evacuation of over 14,000 people in tennessee. The fire storm exploded in seconds. They thought they were safe until they looked out their windows. Panic. Thats all we had was panic. We could feel the heat coming off of it was nothing but red. This whole place was on fire. How would you describe this. The gates of hell. So scary to see. This is a resort town about an hour from knoxville. The flames threatened several popular tourist destinations, the great smokey mountains, the most visited National Park in the country and an aquarium and dollywood was spared but parten says she is heart broken and praying for all the families. Three people have died so far in these wild fires, some of the biggest the state has ever seen. This is the largest fire in the last 100 years of the state of tennessee. And tonight with the fire still burning theyre beginning to assess the damage. Entire neighborhoods destroyed. Theyre investigating the cause of the fire and have not ruled out arson. Were learning more about the plane crash in columbia that killed 71 people. Investigators have retrieved two black boxes from the aircraft. On the flight water Brazilian Soccer Team on their way to a championship. They didnt say how long it would take to analyze the black box data. A surviving Flight Attendant told rescuer es the plane ran o of fuel. The death toll was lowered from 75 after it was learned four people didnt board the floo it. Only six people survived. Thousands of fans packed the home stadium in brazil to remember the players. Brazils president has declared three days of national mourning. This morning we are one step closer in finding out who will be the countrys top diplomat. President elect donald trump held a second meeting with mitt romney and priebus. Here is romney shortly after that dinner. I had a wonderful evening with president elect trump. We had another discussion about affairs throughout the world and he continues, with a message of inclusion and bringing people together. All of those things combined give me increasing hope that president elect trump is the very man who can lead us to that better future. But remember during the campaign, there was this message from romney that was very different. Donald trump is a phoneyx a fraud, the bullying. The greed. The showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third grade theatrics. And were getting word former hollywood producer will be touted for treasury secretary. While former laborer secretary and wife of Mitch Mcconnell will get the nod to head up it department of transportation. They join ross and price as commerce secretary and hhs. Dnc said so much for draining the swamp. There is news one pledge trump made will come to fruition. Carrier, with a plant indiana. Initially the company made the decision to move to mexico, something trump had been strongly against. And trump will travel to indiana to celebrate carriers decision. And overnight several activists took to one of trumps new york hotels to burn twofoot long u. S. Flags in an angry response that flag burners should be jailed. An investigation is underway this morning in missouri into what caused a pipeline to burst into flames. Crews were called to the scene. The pipeline was transporting propain. The flames, which could be seen from miles away didnt effect any flights to and from the international airport. No one was hurt in the incident. Police in Manchester England have released new video of a terrifying road rage incident in the hope it will lead them to this angry driver. They were seen arguing along a busy highway. Th they say the truck driver turned vienlt when asked to share his insurance information. The man repeatedly slammed his truck into the victims vehicle. He took a shovel, smashed their wind shield. The two victims were not hurt but very shaken up. There is a whole lot to celebrate this Holiday Season for 20 co workers from a tennessee manufacturing plant. They the group claimed a 420 million powerball prize. Its worth 240 million. So, a whole lot to celebrate this holiday. Just ahead, details on the return of tiger ewoods, but firt bill karins on a whole lot to watch when it comes to severe weather. I think when we wake up its going to be a lot we dont want to see. The tornado threat will be ending throughout the rest of the morning. We will see the line of storms had heading to the east. We have a slight risk pensacola and new orleans. And wind damage will be the biggest threat, but it shouldnt look like anything we dealt with last night in the deep south. Watch out in the northeast a lot of heavy rain and big travel delays. Thats a look at the big weather story. Now a closer look at your day ahead. Well track those storms as wie continue to push through alabama and new orleans and again in the northeast it will be a period of heavy rain, very warm temperatures, could be windy as we go throughout the day. And of course well give you any updates on new developments from the tornados overnight. Certainly watching it here at nbc news and passing it on to our viewers. Just ahead, youll meet the last person in the world born in the 1800s. A year ago he couldnt get out of bed. Tiger explains. Bed. Tiger explains. Thats next. Per roll more doing chores for dad per roll more earning something you love per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50 longer than the leading ordinary brand. So you get more life per roll. Bounty, the quicker picker upper eucerin has been solving dry skin problems for over 100 years. 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