this is cnn saturday morning. it s march 3rd, and i m david mattingly. tornadoes shred through the midwest and south killing more than 30 people, and there is a new threat of storms today. then in two hours washington state republicans will officially select who they think should go up against barack obama. could ron paul finally win one? bus t we begin with the ferocious killer storms that went through the midwest and southern u.s. at least 32 people are dead. now the frantic search is on for survivors, and there are new threat this morning of more severe weather. the monster storm stretched from the deep south, alabama, across the border into tennessee and all the way north into indiana. one of the hardest hit areas, henryville, indiana. a tornado leveled entire neighborhoods. school buses ended up slamming into buildings. businesses were demolished. lord, take this away from us. take this away from us. these people in kentucky prayed as the monster storm came clo
the hour with cnn saturday morning. it s a big weekend here in florida. baseball civil rights in advance of tomorrow s throe back game between the braves and the philadelphia phillies. exactly what is going on here. jennifer mayerly can tell us, she s in life in atlanta. reporter: this is a big kickoff for the youth here in atlanta for the big civil rights game. this is called wanna play, the name says it all. it s a lot of fun for the mouth and a lot of people have been coming in here since it opened at 8:00. i have seen a lot of good pitches and a lot of good swings out here so far. there s a lot going on here today starting with pitching skills. a lot of these kids are going to be taught by former baseball players. it s a great way to reenergize and reinvigorate the youth in
with grey s anatomy. he told us how he learned to be an all-around better person because of baseball. that s the message they hope to share with these folks who are out here celebrating baseball and what baseball has to offer. of course, so many of these folks out here honor baseball and say that that really gave them the chance that they have today to be successful. so while it is a lot of fun out here, they re also giving people a message of how they can come far and how they can succeed in life. jennifer, thanks so much. and i ll have an opportunity to talk with baseball commissioner bud selig tonight. we ll bring you that interview. if you have any questions that you may want to ask bud selig, tweet me, @fwhitfield. how many teenagers do you know who actually save their money? in a moment, you ll meet one young man who does that and more. some advice that we could all probably use next.
and it all leads up to tomorrow s throwback game between the braves and the philadelphia phillies. let s check in with our jennifer mayerly as she s live in atlanta with a taste at what s happening at centennial olympic park. hi, jennifer. reporter: this morning has been a lot of fun and games with pitching sensations and batting cages. but now we re slowing things down a little bit and getting a little bit more serious. there s a youth summit going on with a lot of former major league baseball players. when the civil rights movement, some baseball players played a pivotal role. hank aaron, jackie robinson. hank aaron will be celebrated later tonight. a lot of these baseball players who are up on stage right now, really commend them for helping them to get to where they got today. those players are going to have a summit with the youth and tell them how they got where they did and how these youth can succeed like they did. we just talked to jesse williams
u.s. army corps of engineers is expected to open the floodgates on the morganza spillway. the plan is to slowly divert floodwaters away from baton rouge and new orleans. the spillway has not been opened in nearly 40 years. the move will flood other areas in south central louisiana. and this map right here you re about to see it, it says it all. areas in yellow could get up to 20 feet of water and green up to 15 feet. we ll have live coverage of a briefing by the u.s. army corps of engineers at 2:00 eastern time. in areas like morgan city, louisiana, could get disastrous flooding. morgan city is protected by flood walls. but those walls could fail. the city s mayor talked about his concerns with her ed lavandera. reporter: are you worried about it flooding? this is the heart of the city. it is. and it s primarily protected by that wall right there. it would take a failure of that wall, i think, before this would really be at risk. what we re really concerned about is tha