in maine a rare tornado knocking out power to more than 11,000 people, all together 40,000 are without power in the northeast. more heart ache in the suburbs of oklahoma city. the death toll in el reno, oklahoma, is up to 13, governor marry falin said it could rise as they search for missing residents. it s been hard to handle this magnitude of disaster throughout the state but we ll recover. among the dead in oklahoma are three veteran storm chasers. tim samaras, his son paul and colleague carl young were conducting scientific research. their deaths are believed to be the first of their kind. he told the weather channel last year that he didn t look at it as a job. you know you ve succeeded in life if you go out and do the things you love to do and collect a paycheck. that is so very true. now let s take you to southern california where the so-called powerhouse fire is burning out of control. more than 22,000 acres have been scorched since thursday and only 20% conta
get ready to party with pitbull, he is taking over central park this morning in our huge live gma concert event this morning. i can t, i won t, i never will get enough of gma. big crowd out in central park this morning. good morning, america. everybody down there for pitbull. he is going to be live, he is going to be playing, he is going to be singing, we will have fun this morning. anyone here in the new york area get down there right away. it s going to be a beautiful morning in central park. i cannot wait. we have a lot of news to get to, including the breaking news on the american mother of seven, set free hours ago. it has been a dramatic and emotional morning for the arizona mom and her family walking out of prison and into her husband s arms. she is getting into the car with her husband, gary, getting ready to go across the border. abc s gio benitez has just spoken to her in nogales, arizona. good morning. good morning, gio. reporter: good morning to yo
that s what it is. oh, my. that s unbelievable. do you think that you would like to try this, titus. should we do the tram po line shot. here we go. he s been brought up his whole live. will he hit this. one more. good job. he s not a show-point. anybody have any thoughts about the kid? i challenge that kid. i challenge him to game of horse. really,. did you ever play that? no, what is it dana. . i played it with my mom, horse. you don t know what it is? i like to play in my back yard. it s nice to see titus. good luck when you get to the nba. we know a lost you are caught in a snowstorm and are locked in
responders in the area to continue the search and rescue operations makes it more challenging. additionally you can see on the radar there is still heavy rainfall falling throughout the area and very strong thunderstorms we are watching right now is moving through maryan into lamar county and expected to move towards or are to the south of the hattiesburg area. they are not over yet. flash flooding still a concern because of the storms falling over the same areas over and over and over for the past several hours. we go to get through this and we will get on with surveying the damages tomorrow. we heard earlier there were search and rescue operations underway and now talking about the other weather moving in in addition to so much power being knocked out. are firefighters and rescuers still out trying to see if it there is any one in need of help? absolutely. these are dedicated men and women who do this job every day and making sure that everybody out there who needs assi
oh, my! that s unbelievable! would you like to try this? what s this, a trampoline? should we do the trampoline shot? titus, he s been brought up his whole life has been dominated by basketball. will he w hit this? one more. yeah! good job! oh, my gosh. that s unbelievable. he s not a show pony. anybody have any thoughtsod about this little kid? i challenge that kid to a c game of one on one. seriously, i think i could beato him. i challenge thome a game of horse. really? you ever play that? no. what is that? actually that was my mom ss game. i know what it is. on another note, that s nice to see titus. good luck when you get to the nba. we have know a lot of you are caught in snow storm and are locked in the home, millions of you in the northeast.