we re following the breaking news this hour, a tornado outbreak that scraped parts of the midwest this morning, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100. hardest hit, harrisburg, illinois, where at least six people died, including two children. within the last half hour, we learned the tornado was a category ef-4, with winds, get this, up to 170 miles an hour, and as wide as two football fields. in the last hour, the mayor spoke at a grief-stricken news conference. we have suffered the loss of lives. we ve suffered many injures, and millions of dollars worth of is it damage, but first and foremost the loss of lives breaks my heart today. in neighboring missouri, the governor puts the damage in the tens of millions. there s also damage in kansas and kentucky, where the national guard has been called out. let s get the latest, chad myers is watching what s going on. the heartbreaking to see it, not a whole lot of warning. what s going on now? i think the mo
sale rather than foreclose. it will benefit the banks. it will benefit the home sellers. it will benefit the buyers. and it will benefit the court systems. bright spots to look at. washington, d.c., vermont and new york with foreclosure rates 10 to 20 times lower than the nation. a nation with more than a quarter of its homes under water, according to zilo. when will you be able to look down the street without seeing a foreclosed home? some experts are saying as long as 40 months. wow, that is discouraging. thank you so much. jon huntsman has been continuing to look for a big campaign boost, but it has not yet materialized. he did stop short of attacking romney directly at last night s debate. after romney criticized chinese trade practices and currency manipulation, moderator john harwood asked huntsman to respond. are you saying governor romney is pandering? i m saying that you can throw
hopeful joe miller is getting palin s help. she ll appear at a gop rally tomorrow. today, though, in california first lady michelle obama gives a campaign boost to senator barbara boxer. and this evening president obama appears on jon stewart s the daily show to continue to spread his message. polls have shown that the economy and jobs are top priorities for voters. another campaign issue, immigration, has both parties making wildly different claims. here s jake tapper. reporter: on univision radio this week president obama told the largely hispanic audience of listeners this. i m going to keep my promise on immigration reform. reporter: activists say the president s only explicit immigration promise was made when he was running for president. we will have in the first year an immigration bill that i strongly support and that i m promoting. reporter: did the president keep that promise? no. there has not been an immigration bill that he strongly supported and promoted. on
welcome back, everybody, we want to begin this half hour with a fox news alert for you. because you re about to look at live pictures from the san jose mine in chile and right now, friends and family members of the 13, i m sorry, 33 miners are gathering and are celebrating the success of wednesday s riveting rescue and we ll bring you those life as soon as we have them. meanwhile, we re learning another wife of that chicago man charged in the deadly mumbai attack, also came forward to warn officials. david hedley s second wife told officials in islamabad that he was involved with a group, the fbi says the information from the wives was generic and did not provide specifics and the 2008 attack left almost 200 people dead. jerry brown is getting a campaign boost from a former enemy. in 1992 he and bill clinton