initiative aimed at ensuring students receive a complete and competitive education. 300,000 people lost power in the ohio valley and in the northeast after getting slammed by a deadly line of overnight storms. a twister actually touched down in elmira, new york. littering the town with trees and power lines. a number of homes and buildings were damaged, losing roofs, windows and siding in some cases. a state of emergency and curfew are in effect. also, one person killed in northern pennsylvania by an apparent tornado. the powerful winds uprooted huge trees and tossed sheds and lawn furniture high into the air. some say they saw a tornado approaching and ran for cover to their basements. the storms could not hit at a worse time for two construction workers in cleveland. the men were working on a building seven stories up when their scaffolding platform started swaying in the wind. they had to break a window to save themselves. the workers were taken to the hospital with some cuts
we re seeing that cars are tossed about. this is somebody s front yard that s completely flooded. lawn furniture everywhere this morning and they re still without power in this area and we re told that could be for quite a while, the worst of all of this is we re expecting more rain so a lot of these folks as they re waking up trying to assess the damage, fearful of what s to come so they re picking up what they can and brace for more rain that s expected possibly this afternoon and tomorrow. that neck of the woods will have rain and wind for quite a while, a couple of days. all right, april kellogg, thank you very much for the live report. as we await the supreme court s ruling, could come as early as today, the latest poll shows 38% want the president s health care initiative overturned. democrats playing the blame game saying it will be republicans fault if the law is declared unconstitutional. is that fair? right now, here to debate are our washington insiders for this morning
the ground. this is a large, violent tornado. this is what it looked like three minutes ago. we are tracking this live. sometimes we get spotty interception from storm chasers as they re live streaming. this tornado was reported first near genessee oh, near little river, and now it is near langley, if you know that area. elf worth, and saline county. violent tornado being tracked and moving quickly to the north and east around 45 miles per hour. this is pretty rural at this point. we haven t heard any reports of damage yellow light. we re going to continue to track this. one of my big concerns is this is moving towards salina. they are not in the warning as we speak, but it is heading your way, you need to be on big time alert for this storm. let s show you the storm chaser network. this is what that tornado wedge, we call it a wedge when you don t see a point on the bottom of the tornado. people say what does that mean. it means it is large and causing a lot of destruction
brand new details from the autopsy painting a very sad picture of the night whitney houston died. snipers, s.w.a.t. teams, the fbi, weapons locked in on an armed bank robber with a female hostage. we ll show you how this one ended. wait until you see the full video on this. these folks were sent home crying. college students pepper sprayed at a school board meeting, some of them hospitalized. they say they did not get a warning that the pepper spray was coming. the school says they were an angry mob. did police overreact? we talk to a tune who the was there. one minute past 5:00. conflicting stories are emerging about the night trayvon martin died in florida and the racially charged shooting tens to spark harsh words and protests. martin s parents were among the many people who gathered in miami to mark the 44th anniversary of dr. martin luther king s assassination as well as to remember the death of the unarmed florida teenager. zimmerman s father is defending his so
hurricane irene is driving to the coast today with 110-mile-an-hour winds. the storm will go on a climb up the east coast impacting, perhaps, one-fifth of the nation s population. north carolina s outer banks will feel irene s winds by nightfall. the full fury will bear down by saturday evening. the window for preparation is quickly closing. if you are in the projected path of the storm, please listen to your state or local officials. please listen to emergency radio or television. if you are told to evacuate, please do so. irene could make a direct hit on new york city. already the mayor has ordered several hospitals and nursing homes to move patients to higher ground. a broader evacuation may come later today. this animation shows irene s surge which could overwhelm manhattan s subway and tunnel systems. what is your biggest concern? the new yorker. why? because they don t listen. you can always tell a new yorker, but you cannot tell them very much. president