An offer for secretary of state on the table . Mitt romney now praising the man he once called a fraud. He did something i tried to do and was unsuccessful in accomplishing, he won the general election. As Donald Trump Tweets this morning, hes drawing up legal documents to officially hand over his businesses to his children. And happening right now, House Democrats in a closed door meeting set to vote any minute. Will nancy pelosi keep her job as their leader . Were going to begin this morning with the breaking news and intense outbreak of deadly weather overnight slamming parts of the south. Several new details are pouring in. First to alabama where a powerful tornado struck as many people were fast asleep. At least five people are dead in alabama and tennessee and four others critically injured. Thousands remain without any power. Msnbcs march Rihanna Atencio joins me. Marianna, you have been in touch with emergency officials. What do you know so far . Reporter im only hearing msnbc.
all right. i m afraid we ve lost marianna. now we re going to turn to the devastating wildfires still burning in tennessee. while the worst appears to be over for the hardest hit towns, the damage and heart ache is widespread. look at these images. at least three people we know are dead, more than a dozen hurt and thousands have been chased from their homes. nbc s kerry sanders is live in pidgeon forge, tennessee. kerry, i understand the evacuation order has been lifted, but what s the situation now? reporter: well, evacuation in certain areas has been lifted in certain areas of the pidgeon hill area. i m in spring hill where they have lifted, indeed, the evacuation order. you can see the damage behind me. people want to come back and see what s happened to their homes, some crossing their fingers hoping that maybe their homes was missed. this was a firestorm that came through, moved very ferociously and quickly and as you can see took out homes. on this one street nine homes