and welcome to a special edition of today on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. it is nice to finally be here in london. the gang has landed. but, meredith, what is going to happen over the next 24 hours pales in comparison to what s happened in the united states over the past 24 hours. the incredible amount of tornadoes throughout the south. we ooh going to have extensive coverage of the stoifrmt while we sit here, we turn it back to lester holt in new york city. back to you. good morning. the death toll from the twisters is growing. moments ago it jumped significantly. at least 173 people killed in five states. the state of alabama where an emergency has been declared. jim cantore in tuscaloosa. good morning. reporter: a long track mile-wild tornado. that death toll will certainly climb as we go through the day. 128 oh o officially here in alabama. that could be one of the wofrt if not the worst in alabama history. this youtube video cap
we ll have continuing coverage here as we move forward this morning to cover the severe storms. and right now we continue to have a tornado warning in effect for northern montgomery county. this does include extreme montgomery county. clarksburg to damascus. it s in effect for 15 minutes. we re right at 7:00. this is in effect until 7:15. we can see the latest villages and towns affected by this storm. it will be new market around 7:15, mt. airy 7:20. union bridge and carroll county. those areas may be impacted a little later by the storm at 7:30. the areas being impacted right now are the heaviest rains and the strongest winds are in northern montgomery county. right near damascus. right along ridge road, route 27, between 270 and da mas kast, just to the west of there. this is a rural area just to the west of damascus between there and centerville and between there and frederick where you see the dark reds, that s where they re getting the heaviest rains and potentially the
many fashion insiders, anderson, hoping that kate goes for sara burton. me too. reporter: she s the successor to alexander mcqueen. i know. you re at home at night biting your nails. burton, however, i should say would be a daring choice. she s edgy. she dressed the likes of lady gaga. do you remember that slinky cat suit lady gaga wore? sure. who can forget? reporter: who can? probably not the right look for the abbey behind me, though, i m thinking. so we ll see. all right. we ll see. all right. i ll be there wednesday night. i m looking forward to joining us. and you can see more of our royal wedding coverage on our new and improved website at ac360.com. do we have a picture of it? there it is in all its glory, all prettied up. we also teamed one get glue, the leading social network for entertainment where users can check in and share where they re watching, listening to, and reading with friends. go to ac360 for all of that. still ahead, a 360 follow-up, incredible vi
color, clothes that discreetly reveal her wonderful body. wallis was probably the bride whose choice most closely reflected her general wardrobe sense and taste. the duchess of windsor was high fashion, but diana was fairy tale romance. i think from catherine middleton we could probably expect something very streamlined modernity. something unfussy and modern. unfussy. i don t know what that means. not a lot of frills? is that not a lot of frills? reporter: not a lot of frills. are you wearing something fussy right now? it doesn t look is that fussy? reporter: no. this is understated glamour. that s what they call this. so is there a front-runner in terms of designer for this dress? reporter: funny you should ask. many fashion insiders, anderson, hoping that kate goes for sara burton. me too. reporter: she s the successor to alexander mcqueen. i know.
you re at home at night biting your nails. burton, however, i should say would be a daring choice. she s edgy. she dressed the likes of lady gaga. do you remember that slinky cat suit lady gaga wore? sure. who can forget? reporter: who can? probably not the right look for the abbey behind me, though, i m thinking. so we ll see. all right. we ll see. all right. i ll be there wednesday night. i m looking forward to joining us. and you can see more of our royal wedding coverage on our new and improved website at ac360.com. do we have a picture of it? there it is in all its glory, all prettied up. we also teamed one get glue, the leading social network for entertainment where users can check in and share where they re watching, listening to, and reading with friends. go to ac360 for all of that. still ahead, a 360 follow-up, incredible video of the tornado ripping through the st. louis airport was captured on security cameras. the damage just incredible we ll show it to you ahead