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nbc meteorologist bill karins coming up in weather in just a bit. the debate over gun control is taking place across the country, and yesterday it was heard from the nation s capital to newtown, connecticut, the town that lost 26 lives in a mass school shooting. last night that state s task force on guns violence and school safety heard moving testimony from a parent of one of those victims. we lost our son benjamin the morning of december 14th, to an unstable, suicidal individual who had access to a weapon that has no place in a home. earlier in the day, president obama met with former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords, a victim of gun violence herself. giffords was in town to lend her voice to a hearing on guns on capitol hill. the first since the newtown, massacre. nbc s kelly o donnell has more. reporter: her gift of speech is a distant memory said husband mark kelly, yet gabby giffords halting words. too many children. reporter: here as a survivor o ....
by and a sneak peek at 30 rock. we say good-bye, kind of an end of an era around here. major guest star on that program tonight, we ll save that for later. starting with the powerful storms, al roker is strtracking them. good morning. good morning, matt and savannah. massive tornado, may be rated an ef-4 when all is said and done. you can see how huge it looks on the ground. let s look live right now in adairsville, georgia. you can see some of the destruction that was left behind, at least one fatality in this system. we look at some of the aftermath now that went on as rescue workers got to the scene. there was one area where 100 people were trapped inside of a factory, causing big problems there. you can see cars tossed around like toys, and more damage throughout the rest of the south, as well. in fact, we had heavy rain, a lot of flooding from the carolinas, all the way into the southeast, where it was a real mess. now, as we go to the maps and show you exact ....
we have a couple dozen reports of tornadoes where we had a damaging tornado particularly in northern georgia during the day on wednesday. but the good news is the bad weather has moved out and the cooler and dryer weather is moving in today. 50 for a high in atlanta. we re expecting 60 in new orleans as we prepare for the super bowl. in the northeast we re going to see temperatures generally in the 40s and 50s but turning colder by this evening. lake-effect snow through cleveland, buffalo, toronto. snow showers around pittsburgh and a high of 29 as well. and look at the cold in the midwest. only 15 today for chicago. minneapolis, a high of 4. pretty quiet in the west with a little bit of rain in seattle where today we re expecting high temperatures around 49 degrees. i m david bernard for cbs news miami. well this morning police in alabama are still negotiating with a gunman who has taken a 5-year-old boy hostage. officials say they have no reason to believe the boy i ....
they are not saying where they will sit during the game but they expect to spend more time with the son who loses rather than the son who wins. but they re proud of both. one 49ers team member is apologizing for some comments he made earlier this week in new orleans. the team is also apologizing and with more on that is cbs 5 s cate caugiran. reporter: the question this morning though is, will fans be forgiving? this aof controversial comments cornerback chris culliver made earlier this week. take a listen. i don t do the gay guys, man. i don t do that. are there any on the 49ers? nah, we don t got no gay people on the team. they gotta get up out of here if they do,. can t be with that sweet stuff. is that true? yes. reporter: yesterday the football player issued an apology saying, quote, it has taken me seeing them in print to realize that they are hurtful and ugly. those discriminating feelings are truly not in my heart. but the backlash is continuing ....
and on sunday night, we re going to experience both of those great emotions. who has it better than us? no-body! no-body! on cbs this morning. nearly three in ten americans say god plays a role in the outcome of sporting events. of course god cares about football. he created a girlfriend for manti te o out of nothing. captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. we re in super bowl park at jackson square new orleans, our broadcast home for the next three days and we are thrilled to be in new orleans. it s a beautiful set and we have lots of news ahead in this broadcast. and a great game coming up on sunday. great game. we begin in alabama where a hostage drama has been going on for more than 36 hours. a man took a child captive after shooting and killing a school bus driver and manuel bo or jorques is in midland, alabama. reporter: so far authorities are tight-lipped they ve not released the name of the suspect or the child who is beli ....