polls. economic conditions vary greatly from state to state. let s take a look at a few. vermont s unemployment rate is at 5.1%. that is much lower than the 8.3% national average. in january, only one in about 21,000 homes in vermont were in the foreclosure process. a very different picture in ohio. unemployment much higher there, 8.1%, though lower than the national average. 1 in 616 homes is in foreclosure in ohio. in georgia, it s seen some of the worst numbers. unemployment there, 9.7%. higher than the national average. 1 in 328 homes are in the foreclosure process in georgia. cnn s chief national correspondent john king joins us now. as if john king needs an introduction to anybody who watches tv. john, as we just pointed out, we just pointed out three states. every state has a different economy. so what economic issues are going to be the most important both in super tuesday and in the election? ali, you make a very critical point going state by state because we often
surveys with a team of people. the military has also moved in with search and rescue vehicles. in the south side of town in my live stream you can see there s four to five homes farms that had heavy damage and are gone. the tornado here was about 200 yards wide and it tracked through the city on the southeast side. everybody has been accounted for. most people are we do not have any injuries, just a couple injuries, no fatalities but marked damage on the south side of town. you re talking to us at the same time you re live streaming these images for us and in these images we are seeing people walking around. are these residents that are surveying the damage or are these first responders who are there to help, volunteers? reporter: both. we have a lot of local people here that are people walking down the streets that are local residents and family members. a lot of these people s farms have been here for a while, many generations. one family here on the south side of t
this morning from the atlanta area. we will have the latest on the search for survivors and victims. and on the campaign trail. today it s washington state s turn to way in on the republican candidates who want to be president. we re watching all the angle of this developing story of the severe weather that just continues to move across our country. susan candle yoty is in henryville right now where daylight has brought a stunning new look. our bonnie schneider is in the weather center keeping an eye on the new watches and warnings in effect right now. but before we get to them, i want to show you an amazing piece of video. it comes from west liberty, kentucky. listen. take it away from us, lord. take it, lord, take it, lord. take it away from us, jesus. what we re watching is this funnel cloud is swirling, getting ready to hit the earth. you hear a woman praying to god to have the storm move away, while her prayers were achbsed, her home was spared but the town that
let s talk about what concentrated areas are kind of in the bull s-eye, so to speak right now. florida among them. north florida and southern parts of georgia. it s really this squall line we are looking at right here that has the most potential for producing tornadic storms. right now there are no tornado warnings that are in effect. some of those thunderstorms could produce wind damage in excess of 60 miles per hour. sometimes those real down burst winds can cause as much damage as a tornado. you still need to stay indoors. another place that we are watching that s included in this tornado threat is jacksonville, florida. there you can see a live picture from jacksonville at this time. it s extremely windy. that s why you see all that crazy shaking going on on the camera there. 86 degrees. it s a very warm, very moist, ripe atmosphere. as that cold front starts to come on down and move into the region, that s when we are going to start to see that severe weather threat in