from last week s storm. drenching rain is expected to come down all day long, from the mid-atlantic states here in new york. and new jersey is expected to bare the brunt of it. this is part of the same system that just slammed the deep south with as many as two dozen twisters. more, now, from emily schmidt. reporter: storm chasers knew they were watching something big develop in the southeast. there s the rotation. you can see the swell. that one s nasty. reporter: storm chasers were right. winds whipped into tornadoes near mobile, alabama. tearing off a gas station awning. and hitting the pickup, john young, was stuck inside. all kinds of debris started crashing into my car. tin and stuff. it was ungodly. hail. it was big, old hail. it was the scariest thing i ve seen in my life come through a while ago. reporter: paul reid was in his house when it collapsed. once it settled, it pushed the debris on top of us. got to my daughter. and got out of the house
hosni mubarak step down, they finally hear the words they want to hear. the 82-year-old pledged not to run in the next presidential election. abc news has confirmed that president obama told mubarak he needs to take that action, which would allow for free elections and an orderly transition of power. just one more egyptian people, we hate him. 30 years is enough. reporter: the largest protest this country has ever seen. despite the government shutdown of public roads and transportation. in cairo where mubarak was hung in effigy, more than 250,000 people packed tahrir square. since friday the protests have generally been peaceful. one poster showed the one casualty. t women have been allowed much less freedom than men have found their voice. mubarak leave the country! just leave us alone! we will make it! we are not the first people to get rid of. reporter: repercussions are rippling through the middle east. king abdullah vowed to launch political reforms and obama adm
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you. wow. the icy weather in kansas city is being blamed for a pretty nasty accident involving a fire truck and a school bus. that bus was on the way to school when it slid on the slick streets straight into a utility pole and then the fire truck responding to the crash slid into the bus. two kids on that bus did suffer some minor injuries but everyone else is okay. wow. president obama has hit another major setback in his health occasion overhaul. a federal judge in florida ruled monday that the entire law is unconstitutional. florida is now the 26th state to challenge legislation. karen travers has details from washington. good morning, karen. reporter: good morning. this decision has republicans and tea party activists very happy. but the white house is poking holes in the judge s arguments. this is a blow to the obama administration. the federal judge in florida has ruled the health care reform law signed by president obama last march is unconstitutional. 26 s
a standstill. banks, schools and businesses have been shut down indefinitely. that is sending shock waves around the globe. egypt is a virtual transitil an could be felt at home. we have two things happening. a lot of concern about the movement of oil around the middle east and the potential knock-on effects of egypt seeing a major change in its political system. that s driving the price of oil up significantly around the globe. analysts tell us every time we see the price of oil go up by $10sh $10 you can expect that to translate into prices at the pump. right now gas prices are averaging $3.10 a gallon in the u.s. it wouldn t surprise the analysts i talked to to see really gasoline prices at around $3.25 to $3.40 by the beginning of march. and that is abc business editor dan arnal. an update on that foiled bomb plot at a mosque in detroit. a manager of a nearby sports bar says he tipped off police after the accused bomber roger stockham promised there would be a big exp