occupant if anyone was in it. this is the reason we don t want people in vehicles when a large tornado strikes. they will smash the vehicle. the roof has no chance to stay up. and no place left for you in the car when the tornado s done. those are the wheels pointing up. white pickup pointing down. that was in the parking lot when this tornado hit. we knew it was coming across i-40. showed you earlier a couple of the tractor-trailers tipped over. irony with the tractor-trailers, if this happened six hours ago, they re tipped on the side. and their lights are still on. not just the flashers. the headlights are still working. on its side. i would think that the lead acid battery would have leaked out. or the battery would have drained. it s a strange sight. and now, the marshals and all of the guys that are picking the pieces up now, are waiting for daylight. everything s on hold until daylight because it s hard to get around. it s hard to see whether there are nails or power lines down.
but again the concern is real. ricin, if ground up and made inhaleable could be deadly by anyone who opens a letter of that kind. jonathan dienst, great work, sir. thanks for joining us. take a look at this. we talk about a lot of weather issues going on but flash flooding like you ve never seen. 4 inches of rain fell in less than an hour and that sent a five-foot torrent of water blowing through the lobby doors of a student services building, straight into the foyer, destroying thousands of dollars in computers and furniture. fortunately, no students were inside. classes have been cancelled until friday. even luckies able to escape yesterday s 23 tornado strikes down south felt the power of mother nature. after last night s game between the rangers and diamondbacks, ground crews tried to cover the field. some of them got knocked down
look at that barge going over the duck boat. and folks in eastern japan cleaning up after a rare tornado strikes near tokyo. at least one person was killed, 30 more for injured. were injured. well, the administration has taken questions over the last 48 hours about the president s big campaign kickoff in ohio and two different views of that event. this is the picture from the associated press that many in the mainstream media have been circulating. it looks like a large, enthusiastic crowd behind the president. but then look at this picture, tweeted out by a romney campaign staffer at the same event. many empty seats suggesting a lukewarm reception for the president. we re told the stadium was only 70% full, a very different story from the overflow crowds of 2008. but what does that tell us? joining me now, david webb, host of the david webb show on sirius xm s patriot channel and
again here. at least the reuniting part. we ll give you an incredible story how one dog not only was a survivor once, but twice. that s all coming up in just a moment. it is nice to hear some good news coming out of there. thank you. meantime, chardon high school students heading back to class for the first time since monday s shootings. the day after the accused shooter was charged with murder. the scene of the massacre, we understand, will have a different look as the students enter the school. take a look at this, a plane had to abort a landing and fly in circles because of that. an alleged drunk driver who decided to take a ride on the runway. we ll have much more on that coming up. up first here, back to school in chardon, ohio, has never been like this. classes resume this morning at chardon high, just days after a school shooting that shattered that entire community. three students were killed there. the shooting suspect, 17-year-old t.j. lane, has been charged w
good morning to you. it is thursday, november 17. ali velshi has the day off. i m carol costello along with christine romans. happy one last day until friday. welcome to american morning. up first this morning, new developments in the penn state child sex scandal. jerry sandusky s tv sbrir this week where he said his behavior with young boys was not sexual abuse, just horse play, may have been the last straw for some of his alleged victims. sandusky s words led new people to come forward. sandusky charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse involving eight boys he met through the charity, on 360 last night, anderson cooper spoke to the mother of one alleged victim, victim number one in the indictment. she says it was hard for they are son to watch the sandusky interview. he was very upset about it. he said i watched it after that. he said he cried. i said, why with s he crying? he said because i m afraid he might go free. he is afraid sandusky might go free? yes. the