tornado carved a path of destruction in brookport directly hitting two mobile home parks. i don t have anything. my whole it s gone. reporter: funnel clouds even spotted in chicago. please clear the seating area calmly. reporter: tornado warnings forced officials to evacuate soldier field. delaying the bears game. but once the twisters passed, a new blast of energy. cleanup efforts. waves of people coming to each other s aid looking for survivors, searching for valuables. toppled semis pulled upright, and most importantly, spirits raised. we ll make it through it. we re just so grateful that the lord preserved so many lives here. the voice behind that piece, chris cuomo, right in the middle of this in washington, illinois. chris, give us a sense of what it is like there right now this morning. reporter: well, you can see it behind us, john and christine, but there is something new here. in the homes behind us you see
social security on the a lot of states are thinking of switching over to the 401(k) s. are they going to save or could it cost all those union members? there s no alternative david. the money isn t there. the money isn t there. by the way, the money isn t there. so they have to grapple with this. and they have to do it in a way that steve outlined, where you get reasonable return. today a reasonable return, that is risk-free is no more than 5 or 6%. more than that and you are risk your capital. rich has correctly pointed out, how about a people flight. look at detroit. it is 20% vacant. look at all the people fleeing illinois one of the biggest pension scams we had going in this country. quentin, at least it s a plan! if you ve got a better plan, tell us about it.