a vintage helicopter in flight during the shooting of a television show crashes and amazingly no one is killed or even hurt. it happened in coolidge, arizona. oh, my god. a pilot and crew men were on board the vintage military chopper and were able to walk away. the aircraft was being filmed for an episode of top gear korea. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. former republican presidential candidate michele bachmann says rush limbaugh s recent comments don t hurt her party. he used some nasty language to describe a law student who testified for expanded access to birth control. limbaugh has since apologized, but bachmann says the controversy has no effect on the gop. the republican party isn t tarnished at all. the republican party is amplif amplifying the voice that says one person, one health care dictator should not be telling all americans what we can and cannot do in health care. that s the problem with obama care. and that s why it has to be
over on him and her and they say they re going to have to amputate her toes and his leg and he s in critical condition and he s waiting for a flight to the university. we ll have more on the damage from this storm system in a moment. other news we re following, nearly two years after the worst oil spill in the u.s., bp has agreed to pay nearly $8 billion for those affected by the 2010 gulf of mexico disaster. an explosion on the deepwater horizon oil rig killed 11 people, took three months for workers to contain the oil spill. fishermen, hotel owners and gulf coast residents were all impacted by the disaster. the republican presidential candidates hope to build some momentum today that will carry them into super tuesday. washington state is holding the caucuses right now. ron paul is the only candidate still campaigning there. the other three hopefuls have moved on to ohio. it is one of ten states holding primaries or caucuses on tuesday. players from the new orleans sa
cause. i ll ask our weather experts and sam champion on the storm nobody could have predicted. also remembering davy jones. you are a daydream believer and a my exclusive interview with his monkees bandmate micky dolenz. this is piers morgan tonight. a deadly storm killed 12 and injured hundreds in the midwest heading east. two twisters are reported near hodgenville, kentucky and there are fears of more dangerous weather in extreme northern georgia, southern and eastern kentucky, northern mississippi, western north carolina and much of tennessee. at least three people have already died in tennessee and the storm is absolutely massive. 750 miles across, and 670 miles north to south. we ll have much more breaking news from the scene in a moment and later, my exclusive and rather emotional interview with micky dolenz remembering his monkees bandmate, the late, great davy jones. we sort of had a lot in common and over the years, you know, our families and he and i
creating a lot of misery this morning, and the governor has declared a state of emergency in one state. it was indeed a big night, but that was so yesterday. next stop, super tuesday. mitt romney may have had a sweep, but you know what, in one week it is the big show, the biggest night of primary season. and it was a close one in his home state. so what? michigan s a win, right? win s a win. but what s up next? and the accused teenage gunman in the ohio school ram pain facing a judge this morning. he could be tried as an adult. we are hearing also the desperate 911 calls from inside the school. we are going to share those with you this morning. and one cruise ship hits the ground and topples over. another cruise ship loses all power and is set adrift in pirate infested seas. is it a good idea to even embark on a cruise these days? washington may have some help and some answers for you. we ll let you know why that is. and we begin this morning with breaking news. the sea
funnel cloud on video. several tornadoes were reported in kansas, we ll have more on the severe weather from the cnn severe weather center in just a couple minutes. rescuers are scouring the waters of mobile bay in alabama today. they are searching for three members of the u.s. coast guard missing after their helicopter crashed. crews recovered the body of a fourth crew member. this morning rescuers located the helicopter partially submerged in several feet of water. the chopper was on a training mission when it went down last night. terrified school kids calling 911 when a fellow student started shooting this week in ohio. now we hear their voices. police released the phone recordings. just take a listen. 911 what is your emergency. we just had a shooting at our school. we need to get out of here. okay, ma am we got a school shooting what school? chardon high school. chardon high school? yes, ma am. all right. can you get administration? everyone is run