will open in illinois and the outcome of this primary could be critical. total chaos. and a deadly shooting at a jewish school in france triggering fears of a possible copycat attack in this country. police in new york and other cities on high alert. once again, severe weather overnight. this time in texas, a tornado touching down right near san antonio. take a look at that. reports of significant damage this morning. this is part of a slow-moving line of storms stretching from texas all the way to minnesota. those storms also bringing some really heavy rain to oklahoma. take a look at your screen. don t do this at home, folks. don t drive through that stuff. floods in tulsa and other parts of eastern oklahoma. you re lucky, buddy. you re lucky that you could get out of your car and get out of that next one. flash flooding into tomorrow. someone always tries. i guess you underestimate how deep it is. and how much it s moving. one minute past the hour. he was 17 ye
their plan to overcome poverty because they say times have changed and survival isn t just about them any more. george howell, cnn, atlanta. american hikers josh fattal and shawn bower are returning to the united states tonight. they were locked up in iran for two years on charges that they were spies. since wednesday they have been free in oman where they made their first public statement just a short time ago. cnn goes to oman. mohamed, what did they say? reporter: well, it was just a short while ago, a press conference here at the vip lounge at the air temperature. shawn bower spoke first. he said getting off the plane that brought us here three days ago was is most incredible experience of our lives. we ll never forget seeing our loved ones. they went on to thank the leader of man for his work to secure their release. josh fattal spoke right after that. gave another short statement. said just hours after we left prison we were able to swim in the calm waters of the gu
grass pollen affecting people on top of it. so the most common curse of allergy sufferers is the pollen. the counts for which are through the roof across the country, we put together a list of some of the worst places now we want to show you. louisville, kentucky, knoxville, tennessee, charlotte, north carolina, jackson, mississippi, and chattanooga, tennessee. and especially in the northeast this week, we re seeing some really bad situation with the pollen count, although we had the rain which for a lot of people you would think that washes it away, but you re saying it encourages more of it. it will encourage more once the sun comes out in the southern states. they are getting more sun, that s why pollen counts are so extremely high now. even with the rain, we re seeing moderate to severe pollen counts throughout most of the country. other than everybody packing up and moving to california, what are some ways that people
i m going for a million dollars, fredricka. okay. i know you re an allergy sufferer, so you ve gotten used to doing that over and over again. really everybody is suffering from this. particularly this year it seems like a lot of folks who never had to deal with allergies before suddenly are. what s going on? well, you re exactly right. the climatologists have an explanation. we had an extraordinary long, cold, wet winter, trees normally blossom in sequence. but because of that long, cold winter and that sudden burst of warm weather, all the trees are blooming at the same time, so essentially we re having a blizzard of pollen. one out of four people from springtime allergies, it is double that this year. wow. what can we do if you don t go to your doctor and get a prescription what sort of measures can you take? there is two big steps. the first is prevention, limit your expo sure to allergens when you re outdoors. wearing a pair of sunglasses is a great way to reduce the pollen
moisture and some wind across parts of the northern plains. we saw winds gusting at 60 miles per hour in parts of utah and we could see wind ripping across the front range and a chance of seeing severe weather right there. pollen still floating around the area and it s gorgeous outside. maybe you just need to wear a mask. a breathing device. thanks, rob. that pollen is everywhere, that is for sure and much of this country is suffering right now, but as you reach for that tissue, wash your car, maybe you re thinking is there something more serious going on here? like do i have an allergy? our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us with more advice. with the pollen we have around here, i can t imagine not having an allergy. i didn t have allergies until i moved to atlanta. my car was covered in green. i all of a sudden had a green car. it was amazing. let s take a look at the pollen counts around the country. what i want to say first is anything over 120 is conside