so we re back to tide. they re cuter in clean clothes. that s my tide. what s yours? hey, paula, happy anniversary. i m a little busy right now. i m talking about the 20th anniversary. can t you see i m busy? we ve got a newscast to do in a little bit. oh, come on now. 20 years live overnight news, fun, smart, little bit of attitude. now i know what you re talking about. the 20th anniversary of world news now. and we should do a promo. now you re seeing the whole picture. and that s a great line to use in the promo. we need a promo. we do need a promo. hey, promo! this has been the abc world news now 20th anniversary promo. sleep is overrated. be your own personal jesus got to get into it, girl. if you didn t know it, that song is called personal jesus by depeche mode, and it really is.
can this week s momentum carry romney all the way? also later this half hour, a surprise served to a new mexico man on ash wednesday. it was a homemade tortilla. and he noticed it right away. there was an image of jesus right there on the dinner table. i can see that. but first, that powerful storm system hit parts of the south last night killing at least three people in tennessee. it left behind destruction from nebraska all the way to tennessee. experts say the winds hit 170 miles an hour as tornadoes touched down. abc s chris bury reports now from kansas. reporter: the twisters tore through, leaving behind a terrible toll. at least one deadly tornado slammed into harrisburg, illinois just before 5:00 a.m., shredding homes into toothpicks, flattening this strip mall like a pancake, lifting entire buildings off their foundations. this car had been parked in its garage. it s unbelievable. i can t believe the measure of damage it did to this building. reporter: hurricane-f
the reason why this is our, boom, favorite story of the day. are you a big depeche mode fan? i like some of their stuff. i m pretty eclectic musically. yeah. so you ve got to love a story about a guy who found jesus right there at the kitchen table. todd unger of k.o.a.t. tells us about him. reporter: if he saw this image, what would jesus do? he might just say, hey, that looks an awful lot like me. that made it even more astonishing, that it was, you know, the first day of lent. reporter: david sandoval was about to chow down on an ash wednesday supper last week passed it to my mom. same response from her. oh, my god. reporter: when he noticed one of his mom s hand-baked tortillas featuring a likeness unlike any other. mashed potatoes, gravy, chicken, and fresh tortillas. and jesus. out jesus came. an exact match? no. but david posted a photo to facebook, and as so often
investigators say sarah barnes admitted torching the tree because she needed more light to prepare her meth pipe. they say she posted pictures of the fire online with the caption i can t believe i burned down a tree older than jesus. that is the saddest story i ve heard on this show in a long time. for her meth pipe? really? yeah. oh, what is going on in the world? let s go to happier things, i guess. politics. just five days until super tuesday now, and the republican candidates are looking for votes today from the south up to the pacific northwest. both mitt romney and rick santorum are claiming the momentum, though, after the michigan primary. abc s david kerley is following the intense campaign. reporter: fresh off his close win in michigan, mitt romney wants to turn the conversation back to what he sees as his strength. the people who said the economy and jobs were the number one issue, they voted for me overwhelmingly. reporter: campaigning in toledo, he ignored h
it. and, the resurrection happened and, that is why life after death is not a theory anymore. lauren: the apostleal paul aways this first to write about jesus, and his writings date 20 years after the crucifixion. lauren: you have written a lot of books about paul, st. paul. what does paul tell us about jesus. paul knew an awful lot about the historical jesus. he spent two weeks with peter. and, paul reasoned that jesus was the messiah and chose the way he died and he chose crucifixion and why would anyone choose such pain and, for paul the only answer was, he loved me, he gave himself for me. if jesus didn t rise from the dead, our faith is worthless. lauren: he speaks of a kingdom of god in heaven. if christ did not rise from