coa coast, 7:00 a.m. out west. good morning. i m carol costello. police in new york have arrested two men who were planning to attack a manhattan synagogue. a law enforcement source tells cnn they were arrested in a sting trying to buy guns and a grenade. both men are said to be of north african descent. in libya, nato launches a new attack on the tripoli compound of moammar gadhafi. just hours earlier, gadhafi appeared on state-run television for the first time in two weeks. and right now on capitol hill, oil and gas executives are in the hot seat. they re facing questions over why they deserve billions of dollars in tax breaks while raking in nearly record profits. we ll listen in in a bit. first, the latest developments in the death of osama bin laden. intelligence experts are pouring over a prize discovery in the raid, a personal journal, handwritten by bin laden. according to the washington
a deadly storm system is threatening more violent tornadoes today on the east coa coast. the onslaught of storms have included this tornado in mississippi. a father spoke amidst the rubble at one oklahoma high school. it looks like a war zone. that s what it looks to me like a war design. it s crazy. my kids went to school here and it breaks my heart to see it. two people were killed by the twisters in oklahoma. 14 more across arkansas and alabama. nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking this vicious storm s path. thankfully we re getting a little bit of a break now. first time in 36 hours. later this afternoon we are targeting the carolinas for the worst of it. possible additional tornadoes, damaging wind and hail. this is all from the same storm. it s been a slow mover.