as bride-to-be kate middleton gets set to surpass princess diana as the most talked about woman of the royal family. april 18, 2011. welcome to the early show on a monday morning. tax day. good morning everyone. i m chris wragge. i m erica hill. not only monday but a tax day. a lot of people focused on that. so much to talk about. all eyes on the cleanup in the south after a weekend of wild weather down there. president obama pledging federal aid for north carolina after 62 tornados on saturday alone. the numbers are incredible. and one of the most frightening is this one, at least 46 people have been killed by the tornados and by the severe storms since thursday. more than 240 tornados were reported across 14 states, hardest hit, north carolina. hundreds of thousands are without power this morning. cbs correspondent cynthia bowers joins us. good morning. reporter: good morning. behind me you see one of the neighborhoods that was hit hard by saturday s storm. the
and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. i m natalie morales sitting in for meredith vieira today. that ferocious storm system may be gone but it will be a long time for people to recover. at least 45 people were killed across six states in the worst twister outbreak in a generation. as many as 35 tornadoes touched down in north carolina alone. that s the hardest hit state. north carolina s governor declared a state of emergency. she says that her tour of the damaged areas nearly left her in tears. we ll speak to her live in a few minutes. and the tragedy could have been worse because a twister slammed into a lowe s home improvement store in sanford, north carolina, but more than 100 employees and customers raced to the back of the store just in the nick of time. we ll meet three of them including an assistant manager who risked his life to save others. also ahead, an interview with lane garrison. he starred on prison break and then