eric: breaking news tonight in the midwest. extremely bad news. six people are reported dead in indiana after tornadoes swept through southeastern part of the state leaving widespread devastation in one town. of 1900 people were said to be completely gone. that is the town of marysville. they destroyed houses and hospitals and tore off the roof of a prison in alabama. storm damage reported in tennessee. this is two days after the storms killed 13 people in the midwest and the south. this is a massive storm. bob: i was out many years ago in a campaign in indiana, and a tornado hit. we were under an underpass. the thing that hit me about it was how loud it is. it literally is like a fast
alabama, at the church. we hate warm weather in february. we like it in the 40s. when it gets in the 70s, in february, and january, we pay for it. with violent tornadoes. bret: what can we expect the rest of the night? people have to be aware. there are more storms, off and on severe weather across the eastern part of kentucky and tennessee. and moving eastbound. the storms are rotating. we re getting baseball-size hail. this happened in munfordville, kentucky, a few minutes ago. we suspect there are several tornadoes on the ground. we re checking with the storm spotters and working with the emergency management, the local media. we re working at team here. bret: we had major chuck adams and sheriff department on the phone. and the phone died. but he said earlier the town of marysville in indiana is completely gone. when you see some of the
over on him and her and they say they re going to have to amputate her toes and his leg and he s in critical condition and he s waiting for a flight to the university. we ll have more on the damage from this storm system in a moment. other news we re following, nearly two years after the worst oil spill in the u.s., bp has agreed to pay nearly $8 billion for those affected by the 2010 gulf of mexico disaster. an explosion on the deepwater horizon oil rig killed 11 people, took three months for workers to contain the oil spill. fishermen, hotel owners and gulf coast residents were all impacted by the disaster. the republican presidential candidates hope to build some momentum today that will carry them into super tuesday. washington state is holding the caucuses right now. ron paul is the only candidate still campaigning there. the other three hopefuls have moved on to ohio. it is one of ten states holding primaries or caucuses on tuesday. players from the new orleans sa
eric: breaking news tonight in the midwest. extremely bad news. six people are reported dead in indiana after tornadoes swept through southeastern part of the state leaving widespread devastation in one town. of 1900 people were said to be completely gone. that is the town of marysville. they destroyed houses and hospitals and tore off the roof of a prison in alabama. storm damage reported in tennessee. this is two days after the storms killed 13 people in the midwest and the south. this is a massive storm. bob: i was out many years ago in a campaign in indiana, and a tornado hit. we were under an underpass. the thing that hit me about it was how loud it is. it literally is like a fast
condemnation from fellow republicans. rick santorum says the comments are absurd. the white house is also being drawn into the uproar. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to the breaking news, a huge tornado outbreak stretches from alabama to indiana and beyond. millions of americans are under tornado watches. tornado warnings as well. professional storm chasers have been following these twisters all afternoon, providing dramatic images of an unfolding disaster. new tornado reports are coming in literally by the minute. with indiana, kentucky, tennessee and other states all seeing multiple touchdowns only in the last hour. we also have this video from evansville, indiana. it s far from over. storms are on the move. the destruction could go on for hours. let s bring mayor jim coppinger of hamilton county in tennessee, where chattanooga is located. mayor, set the scene. tell us what s going on inur county. well, we did have a ouchdown of a torn