of being evaluated. now, when we talk with people, obviously, they are surprised by this, but investigators say they are looking into all angles. take a listen. at this point, we have not yet ruled out anything whatsoever, and we committed to letting the investigation run its course, but we have, again, no indications at this time of any links to terrorist organizations of any type, either national or international. reporter: three people were killed in this shooting, 16 injured. and of the 16, the latest information that we have is that three remain in critical condition this morning. and i know, george, that the gun was not registered on the base, but it was obtained legally, correct? reporter: it was obtained legally. from information that we ve gathered, it was bought at a store called guns galore here in killeen, texas. we know that lopez basically passed all of the standard background checks to get the
blizzards destroying everything in their path. millions of people throughout the country feeling these storms wrath. indra petersons tracking the areas hardest hit for us and where the storms are heading next. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m poppy harlow. it s friday, may 4th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. breaking news in the hunt for flight 370 and a potential turning point as the search moves under water. australian officials who have now taken the lead in this say the subsurface search is under way with the u.s. navy s pinger locator and other acoustic gear, honing in on about a 150-mile stretch of the indian ocean. they are trying, of course, to detect any transmission from the plane s black box. the pinger may only have a day or two of battery life left. meantime, nearly two dozen ships and aircraft again combing the surface, looking for any sign of debris. overnight officials said all of the leads garnered from
illinois. but notice, even all the wind damage and hail as that line or that squall line continues to progress off to the east. so, that s what we ve already seen. now, look at the severe weather threat again today still is out there. the system has pushed a little farther to the east. what are we looking at? we actually still have tornado watches out there this morning. that is the concern. this is the time frame i m most concerned with. most people have tucked themselves into bed. they are not looking or paying attention to their surroundings, and unfortunately, that severe weather is still out there, even from places like tennessee, through eastern portions of texas. that s the danger zone this morning. the other side of it is the heavy rain. look at these amounts about 5 inches towards missouri, even towards indiana. so, that s the second side of this threat. still looking at a system pushing farther to the east today, kind of making its way even into the northeast. the bulk of the
touching down across several states. the storm left parts of indiana under water. some 3 inches of rain falling in hamilton county on thursday. roads were flooded. a number of people and their vehicles, that s right, in need of water rescue. and several missouri communities experienced tornadoes. the st. louis suburb of university city is cleaning up this morning from a twister that struck nearly 24 hours ago. big trees were no match for these really strong winds. a number of homes had their roofs ripped off. the storm knocking out power for thousands of residents there. missouri governor jay nixon declaring a state of emergency as the band of look at those pictures the band of severe weather moving across his state. funnel clouds formed menacingly in the skies over kansas city. torrential rain caused some significant flooding along the missouri/kansas border. also, this weather hitting texas. parts of texas taking a big hit. that included reports of tornadoes and baseball-
worth, saw two rounds of monster hail just about two hours apart. our indra petersons is tracking the storm system. she joins us now. i don t even know where to begin! is this over? i wish i could say the danger was over, but currently right now, i can actually show you where you have the severe thunderstorm watches and even tornado watches. association heads up right now, around tennessee, alabama, mississippi, also looking at places back towards texas. we can see the red boxes, those are tornado watch boxes. the yellows are severe thunderstorm watches. so still, even in the overnight hours, that threat is there. and of course, many people are asleep and unaware. that is the concern. and it s not over with once people wake up today. we re still talking about the system spreading farther to the east. so, really, anywhere from charleston back through naches, we re still talking about the threat for severe weather. not as heightened as we had yesterday, but still, look what the system