focus is reopening the airport. according to the mayor, that may not happen until next week. as you know, the airport is closed. it is still closed indefinitely, but we are working around the clock to see we hope to be up to 70% capacity by tomorrow. that will depend on getting the power back as soon as possible and we ll also depend on the airlines themselves. they re going to have to do some things and rearrange some things and move some facilities. many intense storms so far this spring. meteorologist benny schneider the weather center right now. fredicka, we have more information on the tornado in st. louis. it looks like the preliminary reports are tracking this as an ef 3, the gusts at 136 or higher. that means winds 130 or higher. that s the minimum that the first team on the scene is saying. it could be stronger than that. only 30% of tornadoes are e f 2s or higher. as we take a look at what s happening in stant lewis area right now, unfortunately more rain. h
mechanic. plus, does the booef in your fridge contain pesticides, veterinary drugs, even heavy metals? a federal says it might and is blaming the federal government for failing to keep it out of your food supply. also another shake-up in late night. george lopez is getting shaken. this time he s laughing it off. well, maybe. i ll show you what he had to say. but first, don t buy safety risk. those strong and rare words from consumer reports magazine. very trusted source. feeding a public relations nightmare for toyota. carmaker s new luxury suv, the 2010 lexus gx460 is coming under fire for consumer reports which says it may be prone to rollovers in merge handling situations. get into what that means in a bit. testers for the magazine say they does covered the problem during the routine test of the suv. that one right there. don t buy designation is rarely given by consumer reports. last time was 2001 on a mitsubishi montero limited. talk about more of this with lau
rob, thank you. all right, see ya. the thrashers and the hawks, two home teams, two totally different sports, butty see there s just one philips arena where they play. ever wonder how they do that, go from the hardwood to the hard ice? not magic, hard work. eddie cortez shows us the people who makes sure home court is big enough for two in our night shift in focus series. a final score for tonight s game, the tampa bay lightning 2, your atlanta thrashers 1. the games end at 9:30 at night. we re starting at 10:00. we change this building over every night from hockey to basketball, basketball to hockey. this is what we call the third shift, the night shift. when everybody else is asleep, this is when this building can change from one thing to the next.
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cheating death. and as medicine moves forward, more and more of us are going to cheat death as well. i m dr. sanjay gupta, thanks so much for watching. welcome to veteran s in focus here at the marine corps war memorial just outside of washington, d.c. raising the flag overee woe jima 23 million veterans in the united states as captured by the talented and dedicated photo journalists of cnn. i m tom foreman where we start up in massachusetts where a veteran went on board a great ship in 1941, just as world war ii was getting started. photo journalist bob crowley takes us aboard too. it s so important to have ships like this, so people will know what our history was, why we went to war, the sacrifice we made and lives that were lost, we re very fortunate to have somebody like harman with us because he s living his dream. it s not as easy as it use to be. i m 87. when i came on board may 12, 1942, the day they put it in commission. and i got off the ship september 12,