power. we are all united in the fact that north korea will not be accepted as a nuclear power. reporter: kerry said that president obama has deliberately cancelled some military exercises to try to lower the rhetoric. he said whether or not there is a diplomatic way out is now up to one person, kim jong un. andrea mitchell, thank you so much, as always chblgs a new threat of severe weather in the south this morning after another day of powerful tornados that were deadly. tamron hall has more on that. a lot going on there. residents are picking up the pieces after the storms turned deadly on thursday. nbc s gabe gutierrez is in south huntsville, alabama with the latest. reporter: the severe storms left thousands without power and damaged building throughout the south. today residents are clearing out. a monster twister caught on tape. it s coming toward us. reporter: one of three to hit the south. part of a storm system ta cut a path of destruction from texas to
that may remain. rescue workers are set up in that parking lot. they re keeping water on the fire all night. a smoke plume mushroomed carrying the smell of burning tires for miles. witnesses stood by staring and stunned. i was at the gas station waiting on my bus when i heard an explosion. people running out, scared for their lives. it was burning smoke. when you put more water on that there will be more smoke. it is a pretty big thing. it has spread to three alarms. the concern was the station. the owner cut power and moved fire officials to continue the blaze. it also cut off business. a financial loss which the owner says will be hard to make up although he is grateful. we have a lot of pipes. part of the collapse makes it too dangerous. we do not want to put them in a situation where they could suffer damage or the building could collapse. we evacuated from the sector. officials say everyone made it out safely with the exception of one man who suffered sec
rolling up. one person had suffered burns to the hands. we re not sure who this is for. this scene is constantly developing. this fire in the last several minutes has finally shown some signs of being under control. opening statements will begin tomorrow morning in the bribery case of ulysses currie. he is accused of taking bribes for legislative favors. we re getting a look at the witness list. we have the latest. jury selection began with a long list of potential witnesses and the list includes gov. martin o malley, congressman cummings and a former baltimore mayor and former gov. bob ehrlich. this case is not about break but an ethical lapse of judgment. federal prosecutors contend in november 2002 after he became chair of the budget and taxation committee he reached at 2 shoppers offering to help the grocery chain in exchange for monthly payments. that is characterized as a consulting fee by defense. during jury selection, he wears a headset so he can hear the individ