Bunker. Officials have been able to get merchandi medicine to the boy but they are not saying much more. This started tuesday. The man shot and killed the driver and took the young boy hostage. More details as they emerge. A storm system raked its way across the southeast wednesday and is now making its way north. Two people lost their lives in georgia and tennessee. Many lost their homes. Tens of thousands were left without power. Nbcs kurt gregory has more for us. Reporter wicked winds whipped through charlotte, north carolina, as rain drenched the queen city. Part of a nasty storm system marching across the southeast on wednesday. That same system spawned a massive funnel cloud in georgia leaving dozens of homes and businesses destroyed in its wake. 100 people were at work when the twister took aim on this plant, thankfully all were safe. In tennessee, the National Weather service confirm four tornadoes touched down. One man was killed by a falling tree. And in kentucky, two people
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Nbc meteorologist bill karins coming up in weather in just a bit. The debate over gun control is taking place across the country, and yesterday it was heard from the Nations Capital to newtown, connecticut, the town that lost 26 lives in a mass school shooting. Last night that states task force on guns violence and School Safety heard moving testimony from a parent of one of those victims. We lost our son benjamin the morning of december 14th, to an unstable, suicidal individual who had access to a weapon that has no place in a home. Earlier in the day, president obama met with former arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords, a victim of gun violence herself. Giffords was in town to lend her voice to a hearing on guns on capitol hill. The first since the newtown, massacre. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell has more. Reporter her gift of speech is a distant memory said husband mark kelly, yet Gabby Giffords halting words. Too many children. Reporter here as a survivor of the tucson assassination attempt
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We will talk with jay in just a moment but we want to go to our senior meteorologist with what we can expect right now the good news is that the tornado watch has been cancelled. No threat of tornadoes. But after the rain we had this is a major january storm. Here are the areas that are under a Flash Flood Warning which includes the entire metropolitan area, especially the folks west and north. That is until 4 00 in the morning. This will be extended right through the morning rush hour. You can see the areas of yellow from Montgomery County frederick county, and numerous reports of streams and flooded roadways. St. Marys county has it has yet to see its first drop of rain. Already, we have had 2 inches to 3 inches of rain through much of the metropolitan area. This has been moving slower than i thought. It probably will not be drying out or ending until 3 00 to 5 00 in the morning. That means expect major delays. And really a lot of cancellations also appear the morning rush hour, a lo