founder of amazon, mackenzie bezos is primed to give millions away to charity. more on that charity pledge. early today starts right now. breaking news this morning, a nearly two week long outbreak of violent weather has reached the northeast. multiple warnings were triggered overnight, including one for staten island and some new jersey counties surrounding new york city. a possible tornado touched down in stanhope, new jersey, where a high school there was damaged. trees uprooted and power lines fell during the storm. as this fast-moving storm swept through pennsylvania, it brought with it powerful wind gusts, heavy rain, and golf well-sized hail in some areas. the national weather service confirming a tornado touched down in morgantown. this video showing debris raining down from the sky afterwards. hours earlier one of the largest tornados of this outbreak was spotted in lawrence, kansas. stunning video shows the twister estimated to be about one mile wide. around 3
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