reporter: and most certainly many others on that train would have too. when asked how it felt to know that their son was an international hero, the parents of one of americans said he just knew what he had do. incredible story and we can t wait to hear also more of the firsthand accounts from those young men. that was press conference earlier and now we re expecting at any moment now they, too, will be going live and we ll of course take that. can t wait to listen. nick, thanks so much. you referred to the parents talking about these young men. earlier we heard from the father of one of the incredible heros, tony sadler. father of anthony sadler. listen. he called me very early on either from the site, the train site or from the police station. and the initial response was surprise and shock.
hospital. they took down a suspected terrorist on a train headed to paris. we have on the phone with us, tony sadler. anthony sadler is his son. mr. sadler, can you hear us? yes, we can hear you fine. okay. good. you had a conversation with your son yesterday. i first want to know can you tell us about that conversation and your general reaction to what happened on this train? well, the initial conversation, he called me very early on either from the site, the train site or from the police station, and the initial response was surprise and shock. and after that, disbelief and gratitude that y our son was ok, that he wasn t killed or hurt. in terms of the conversation that you had with him last night, is he doing okay?
tornados confirmed, 10 twisters tore through maryland. a look at the danger damage that was done. the good news is this week is starting out nicer than the last week ended. you may find some dampness on your drive. this is tim williams in for marty bass. we did have some severe thunderstorm warnings roll through yesterday. we did have them trigger the warnings in baltimore, carroll and hartford counties yesterday evening. it s the same system that pushed tornados through here on friday night. let s talk about the tornados and get you up to speed on what the national weather service confirmed. 10 tornados ranging on the low early morning of the lower edge of the scale. ef-1 tornados two of them, one in pleasant hills, one in watersville. all the rest ef-0s from spring dale and centerville and queen ann counties, two in montgomery county, one near bwi and one in gam ber in carroll county. that ef-0 to ef-1 means the scale of winds was from 65 up to 110 miles per hour. cou