the new york times. and comedian and actor, the outspoken bill cosby on politics and the man who killed trayvon martin. doesn t make a difference if he is racist or not racist. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union . first two break stories we are following, a series of attacks across afghanistan and a deadly tornado outbreak here in the u.s. let s start with those tornados slammed the midwest and the plains overnight. the national weather service says there were 121 reports of possible tornado touchdowns across four states. in the northwestern oklahoma town of woodward, five people were killed two children. in kansas, 100 tornadoes between last night and this morning causing extensive damage there were no reports of any death he is. twisters also caused massive damage in twist iowa in the town of thurman. three out of every four homes were damaged or destroyed. more severe weather expected across the midwest with dangerous conditions affecting wisconsin