now we want take you east to the latest tropical depression ana, jonathan live in myrtle beach, south carolina with that jonathan. reporter: the sun s back out, people are taking back to the atlantic ocean, although most of the swimmers seem to be staying very close to shore, that s because the lifeguards have issued a warning that there is still a slight slight possibility of dangerous rip currents. not enough to keep people out of the water, but they do want to keep people apprised of this. also any time a storm system comes through here they worry about again a slight possibility that the storm has pushed jelly fish closer to shore, but so far, no problems. it looks like a typical day at the beach, a far cry from what it looks like here more than 24 hours ago when ana made land fall as a tropical storm. look at this video, although the winds were not particularly my strong the storm system moved slowly that it dumped large amounts of rain over parts of the carolinas, causing local
through the wreckage in the community of van, texas. going door to door searching for the injured and the missing. this as a nasty snowstorm blankets south dakota with more than a foot of snow creating dangerous traveling conditions. in the meantime you have tropical storm ana downgraded to a depression but dumping heavy rain and creating windy conditions along the north and south carolina coasts. millions of americans in 12 states have been suffering through these severe weather conditions. we have fox team coverage with jonathan standing by this myrtle beach, south carolina. but we begin with garrett, who is live in delmont, south dakota where a tornado ripped through weekend, garrett. reporter: yeah jenna, first look at the damage that that tornado left in its path here yesterday morning. winds of 130 miles per hour ripped through this small town of 200 people. and this is what it left behind. not a whole lot here. more than 20 homes and businesses were completely
future of social security if this isn t paid for. they are going to need republican votes. republicans have been willing to support this, even though many of them also had the same doubts about running up the decifit to give a payroll tax cut. jen and parnl not wanting to fight over the payroll tax cut this time around. we ll continue to follow this today. jim, thank you as always. general jon: you know who is not generally fond of running up decifits? the tea party. we ll be talking to one of them, the protests that the tea party launched changed the conversation, but where are they now? a key leader gives us a blueprint for 2012. jenna: they have a plan, and we hear more about health care in this country, but there s an op-ed in the wall street journal that suggests that costs are going down and that has ramifications about how we should approach health care. jon: a skier crashes and loses the use of his leg but that terrible accident was not enough to keep him down.
as a su surrogate or proximate see. would they think they might use them as a hedge against an attack from the west? that s what i went. reporter: this assessment comes as u.s. officials investigate the reported release of five al-qaida members after years of house arrest in iran. the men include a man tapped for a likely replacement of osama bin laden. jon: thank you. jenna: fox news alert the battle over payroll tax cuts and the extension of the tax cuts. the house just passing the measure. it will extend that tax break for 160 million americans. the senate is take being it up right now as we speak. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill watching this all go down. it s been a big week, mike. there is news that changes the
medicare reimbursements are all in this bill, that s what the lawmakers who like it are saying. what about the ones voting no, what is the hold up there? reporter: we ve heard conservative republicans complain about the fact that the payroll tax holiday extension is not paid for with spending cuts. others don t like the ways they are paying for other aspects of the bill. here is dan coats and why he s a no. let s at least be honest with the american people straight out and tell them we are taking the money out of your social security trust fund to give you a tax break. it is a shell game and it will have to be repaid. reporter: assuming it passes in a matter of moments it will be sent to president obama, and he has promised to sign it as soon as possible. jenna: thank you. jon: let s bring in bob cusack,