that cut through some of these highways. it s a beautiful land scape, but it enhances the wind speeds. i want to zoom into the second largest city in the state of oregon, the city of eugene. a report of a tornado over the past couple of hours. cell spotting potential tornado in the region. look at the footage. because this touching down right over lane community college, which is here in the city of eugene, a pretty impressive sight when you consider the rarity of the event. when you see cars flipped of, you would typically look at wind speeds over 1000, 102 miles per hour. officials will go out there and survey the damage, but pretty impressive to see a tornado that was capable of doing such things in the pacific northwest. since the year 1950, only 104 tornados have touched down in the state of oregon. no fatalities and 4 injuries to go along with that. calculate the days, that s
tyson for comment. officials here, though, note that the white house hired a company of professional drivers that they have used in past years to shuttle the press around on this trip in hawaii. alex? i want to ask you about one more thing. we have to talk a little politics here. the president should be living it up out there in this serene, beautiful landscape. he s coming home to a republican-controlled house and senate. no day at the beach there. what do we expect in his first week back at washington? reporter: you re right. he s trying to relax here in hawaii. played a number of rounds of golf. that will probably continue. when he heads home, he and republicans who are set to take control of congress, as you point out, have said they want to try to find some common ground on a few issues, things like corporate tax reform, trade and infrastructure projects. but there will be big battles ahead, alex, some that we ve already seen like health care, for example. republicans vowing t