the highway. i would like to get it back to him and he can in turn pay it forward later in life. patti ann: he doesn t know their names but is hoping the owner will see the story and contact him, doug benedetti, about claiming this ring. gregg: i hope so. the world sadly is a different place now than it was a week ago. the people of newtown, connecticut, that includes christmas, one act of kindness though from a little boy in texas, could not think of a better way to spend the holiday than honoring those who, whose lives were lost at sandy hook. one by one, all by himself cooper carlisle put down cards for the children of newtown, connecticut, at this churchside memorial. it is how the fifth grader wanted to spend his christmas. when i heard about sandy hook i felt really bad for all the kids who had died. reporter: cooper, coming all the way from houston,
powerful winter storm bringing deadly weather. oh, wow. that is a tornado. jesus, look at that tornado. it is like two tornados. it is two funnels on the frowned. oh, lord. look at there. wow! look at that. gregg: the storm system that produced those tornados in parts of the south not done yet. now posing a potentially major roadblock for countless holiday travelers. hello, i m gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. i m patti ann browne in for martha maccallum patti ann: local crews said there is only one thing that could have accused the damage. one thing they saw damage indicative of tornado damage. we had homes 90% destroyed. that doesn t happen with straight line winds. you have a lot of damage. people hurt and i went out with the skid steer. we rounded up equipment. we started opening the road for emergency vehicles and get ambulances in. it s a mess. gregg: we are live from america s newsroom to elizabeth prann. elizabeth? reporter: hi, gregg. yeah, very unusual