it was not the texas rebellion. so it was successful, the texas revolution. and texas becomes a free and independent state. president andrew jackson wanted to annex texas. can't do so because of the slavery question. he does recognize it as a republic on his last day in office. his successor martin van buren won't touch the texas question because of the slavery issue. it's not until the election of 1844 that james knox polk will make the annexation of texas a political issue. and as he is being elected in the fall of 1844, john tyler will actually be responsible for the annexation of texas itself. he had tried to annex texas under a treaty. treaty needed two-thirds of both houses. well, a joint resolution simply needs a majority. pardon me, two-thirds of the senate. joint resolution needs a simple majority in each house. so by december of 1845, december 29th, 1845, texas would become the 28th state. and this 28-star flag would be a valuable flag. it remains in existence for only one year before iowa became the 29th state in december of 1846. now, two days, tw

in theory i was born in old texas. texas and i'll just leave it at that. there's a lot of texas history that still needs saving, okay? and i think the sea of mud is just one great example of a part of the history of the texas revolution that had basically been swept under the blanket from the very beginning. it seems as though even at the time it wasn't realized what a great part of texas history this was. i'm going to give you a very brief description of how in the world a pediatrician in wharton, texas, who had no background in texas history -- i lived in san antonio for three years, but i was a pediatric resident. anybody that know what is pediatric residents do, i had no time to visit the alamo or get into texas history, but like way late in my career in about 1996 i walked into a room one day, an examining room and i started talking with the mothers of one of my patients. she told me they're finding civil war artifacts out on our ranch and, of course, i was all over that. i was already a member of the houston archaeological society and as a young man

this is how texas was really funded. now, once the government faith was pledged, there's a variety of notes which begin to appear. this was gonzales, the 28th of november of 1835. and look at the serial number. serial number 1. the first obligation of texas. three days. please pay to the order of andrew-uponton the sum of $100 to pay expenses incidental on procuring supplies for the volunteer army of texas. signed by matthew caldwell. ponton was the treasurer of the municipality of gonzales. they were diverting money that had been paid in land dues toward the war effort. this is an iou by the provisional government to that municipality to eventually pay them back. look at this receipt. this is just a receipt for a rifle. some of these are very simple. received at san felipe delve austin december the 1st of 1835 of w. joshua fletcher. a rifle gun valued at $22, which i promise to take in the service of the provisional government of texas and return the same upon my return from the army of the people in the government fore

talk about lost texas history. talk about saving texas history. the reason i can, i know the date, this picture was picture is taken december 4th, 18 -- 19 -- 1997, because that's the day my granddaughter was born and i missed the c-section and i'm still in trouble for that. but i did find this bayonet, it's hard to see, and i gave that to my son and daughter-in-law to put that in their baby book for the baby. i thought it was a lot cooler that her grandpa, which by the way my nickname is digger. digger was out there finding a mexican army bayonet on the day of her birth rather than just have me there at the bedside. just an aside, as a grandpa, i love to tell this story. yesterday afternoon we got a tweet that that -- my granddaughter audrey, who will be 4 this december, was thanking god last night, every night they try to decide what to thank god for, last night she thanked god for fingernail polish and big butts.

we're here for the save texas history symposium. why does texas history need saving? so many things flooded through my head at that point, i didn't really know how to answer. all i could think about was how all of us work, the museums, archives, libraries, texas historical commission. we fight for funds to preserve the materials to support scholarship, to make them accessible, to publish them, and then to bring the fruits of that scholarship to the classroom through all the teachers and the educational work that we do. so i really didn't have a good answer for the person at the dinner table but i just said, trust me, it does. this question could represent how well we're doing in our jobs. it also reflects how much work we have to do in the way of making the importance of our work apparent and our needs widely known. that is why this aptly named event is so important. and i want to thank the general land office and jerry patterson for instituting it. commissioner patterson is a well-known figure in texas and much of his biography has not changed in the past year. thoug

in texas. seeing that act, so startled him, that he lurched back and jumped back. the officer behind him, who had been the first one on the scene, but at that moment that he must have seen the gun slinger, the person who is threatening people in the apartment with a gun, so he got into a crouching position and with his gun pointed straight ahead, he maneuvers into the bedroom with the lights go off. he said that he sought john lawrence and tyron gardner on the bed having anal sex, not oral sex. there is a significant difference in what they say they were seen. both of those acts were violated the texas sodomy law. the officers say that they've been told john lawrence and tyron gardner to stop what they were doing until then stand back away from each other. and they would not stop, according to the officers. with guns pointed at them, yelling at them, inside the bedroom finally, one of the officers says that he flipped on the light in the bedroom so that everybody could see everybody very clearl

law in texas. that startled him that she lurched back and he jumped back into the officer behind him who had been first on the scene fought at that moment that he must have seen the gunslinger, the person who was threatening people in the apartment with a gun so he got into a crouching position and with his gun straight ahead she maneuvers into the bedroom with the light still on. he says he saw john lawrence and tyrone garner on the bed having anal sex, not having oral sex, as we have a significant difference in what they say they were seeing. those acts would have violated the texas sodomy law. the officers say that they then told john lawrence and tyrone garner to stop what they were doing and told them to stand back from each other away from each other and they wouldn't stop according to the officers. with guns pointed at them very proud male voices yelling at them inside of the bedroom. finally, one of the officers says he flipped on the light in the bedroom so everybody could see to read ever

a pediatrician in warton, texas. he is a 1974 graduate of texas a & m and 1977 graduate of the university of nebraska medical school. he has practiced pediatrics for 29 years. dr. dimick is an archaeologist and co-authored two reports on excavations of the retreating mexican army. he participated in archaeological digs at several sites. he wrote sea of mud, the retreat of the mexican army after san jocinto. and second edition came out in paperback in 2006. he recently edited a book that was written by a mexican general, in 183. a forgotten 1838 publication by an eyewitness to the texas revolution. in january of 2011, dr. dimmick was inducted, in the sons of the republic of texas. several members i have seen here. dr. dimmick appeared on history channel, discovery channel, involving his work of the mexican army and spoken at several conferences about texas history at the san jocinto conference, at the alamo, and texas philosophical society. gregg is on board of directors of the san jocinto battle field and chair of th

texas revolution." "the alamo 1836: santa ana's texas campaign." and "texian macabrar:p the melancholy tale of a hanging in early houston." additionally he's the editor of the book "lone star: the republic of texas 1836 to 1846." and is the author of more than a dozen scholarly articles enjoyed by readers on both sides of the atlantic. recently "texan iliad" earned the distinction of being a basic texas book by mike cox, who updates that list now. when not teaching in the classroom dr. hardin can be seen on a&e network, the history channel, nbc's "today" show. he's known for his readable style of history. he's an inductee of the texas institute of letters, an admiral in the texas navy, a member of the western writers of america, a fellow of the texas state historical association, and was a historical adviser for the 2004 john lee hancock film "the alamo." the chronicles of higher education examined his work on that film in a feature article. he lives in abilene with his wife debra and children walker an

texas takes the fast track to annexation. the republic of texas exists for one year instead of ten. texans failed to develop a national character. the republic of texas plays little or no role in the emerging texan identity. and the republic of texas plays no role in the evolving myth and mystique. no texas exceptionalism. and modern texans would likely act like those other people. thank you very much. do we have time for questions? or have we run over? >> just one or two questions, please. >> yes, sir. way, way here in the back. >> just a comment. some years ago when i was traveling through colorado, there was an article "the denver post" that said due to the dropping of oil prices in houston and texas areas, texas was in danger of becoming just another state. >> yeah. >> one of my favorite quotes. >> nah. we don't, because we've got a distinct history, which also means we have a distinct culture. if a people think they're different, they are. anybody else? any other questions? way, way here in the back. yes, sir. >> thank you. you mentioned the number of men that houston had in hi

law in texas. and that -- seeing that act so startled him that he lurched back. jumped back. the officer behind him, who had been the first one on the scene, thought at that moment that he must have seen the gun slinger, the person who was threatening people in the apartment with the gun, so he got into a crouching position and with his gun pointed straight ahead, he maneuvers into the bedroom with where the light is still off. he said that he saw john lawrence and tyrone garner on the bed, having anal sex, not having oral sex. so we have a significant difference in what they were saying. both of those acts would have violated the texas sodomy law. the officers say they then told john lawrence and tyrone guardianer to stop what they were doing and told them to stand back from each other, away from each other, and they would not stop. according to the officers. the guck pointed at them, very loud male voices yelling at them inside the bedroom. finally one of the officers says he flipped on the fligh

in theory i was born in old texas. texas and i'll just leave it at that. there's a lot of texas history that still needs saving, okay? and i think the sea of mud is just one great example of a part of the history of the texas revolution that had basically been swept under the blanket from the very beginning. it seems as though even at the

if you live in texas you're in my district. i say, i have the greatest gig in texas government. and i really do. it's an opportunity to look good through no effort of your own. how can you do any better than that? i have people that work for me in archives and records, and you know mark and others that are here who make even me look good. but it's a great opportunity. i'm a big history buff. i'm not a historian. i'm a history buff. i have a history degree. it doesn't mean i have anything other than interest in history. but i think it started when i was very, very small and my grandmother who was the daughter of a confederate veteran used to sit in her rocker. she had a rocking chair and she had -- she dipped garrett snuff. and she had this little brown streak that ran down her cheek and a hairy chin, whiskers and a coffee can here that she would pick up by this manner and in it like that. and when i went to see her, she always wanted to kiss me because she was my grandma. and i was like -- but i loved listening to her story, word of mouth, about my great grandfather and his esca

they wouldn't have pressed the case but in the and the texas prosecutors and the texas courts were not willing to have this case go away. >> host: the gay-rights movement in this case is lucky or blessed one might say. it was also lucky and fortunate in that it had a set of prosecutors and the district attorney's and the judges ultimately who didn't dismiss the prosecutors. the harris county attorney is elected, and he elected partisan person and the county itself is quite conservative and has very traditional views on social issues and once the matter got into the newspapers the men had been arrested and there were going to challenge the constitutionality of the texas law it became very politically difficult for the harris county to back off from the prosecution and in fact they were quoted in the paper saying this sort of equivocating on the case by saying this might be about all but we don't have any choice about what the law to enforce and the best way to get a case of the books is to enforce it so that is exactly what they ended up doing. one of the prosecutors in the lower courts

anyone here from texas? hello. where you from in texas? [inaudible] we are going to talk about the county down in south texas. this is the house map. you don't care about the house map, but i do. look at the orange district in the middle. we call it little nemo. last night district 3360.4% hispanic citizens voting age population. it is next to another hispanic citizens voting age majority district hc 34 and it also shares a portion of the hidalgo county with hc 32 which is an anglo majority district. keep your eye on nemo. it's gone. look what happened in the state now. they showed the latinas suffer into hd 34, as many as they could in the minds disappeared and broken. 30 years. and this was what was done in the map. if anyone needs a definition of retrogression, that is retrogression. here are the outliers. 7778 is the district that is just barely latino majority, that represented unknot the latino candidate of choice. how do you protect that candidate of choice? 80% latino county? you go and get most of his latino precincts behind a lat

because texas, we're no stranger to severe weather in this part of north texas. so every april, i try to do a gathering of state, central and local officials who deal with emergency preparedness. we have some information up on our official website. house.gov.burgess. we do this every year because it is something that people do need to be aware of. they need to have a plan. and again, as i outlined to you, i knew the weather was coming but i had not quite done everything that i had intended to do before it arrived. with the placement of a vehicle, some livestock that i take care of. people do need, preparedness is the key. ? i understand you're also a doctor. so presumably, you would be aware of the kind of impact this would have on people as well as property in that area through your own experience. >> yes, sir. and boy, didn't it hit home last year in joplin when the hospital was one of the hardest hit areas in that town. and just imagine the difficulties that were experienced by the doctors and nurses and the patients and families who were there that day. it is

the file was sent to the appeals court of texas. and there we have so much evidence there is no way that we can. and then we look they struck us as execution for late february or into the first two thousand and two. you know it was a sense of relief you know it's like all up uses and exhausted we have every reference of the supreme court and you know live in different words like. this it's like here. in the beginning of two thousand and two this was the last chance the u.s. supreme court in washington is the highest in the land it is the only one capable of revoking a stiff made decision each year the supreme court receives around one thousand mans from death row inmates and only two or three are accepted for thomas miller's defense a true race against death started so it was about it was less than a week before the execution and the supreme court. announced that it would hear the case that was a huge relief. convinced that there was discrimination during the trial the supreme court demanded that the death row sentence be reexamined

>>> texas tornadoes. a string of powerful twisters pummel north texas. >> i heard this crack. it was like a freight train or something coming through the house. all at once it was gone. >>> mitt romney sweeps trio of primaries. widening his lead in the race for the republican presidential nomination. >> we won them all! >>> and campus tragedy. the alleged gunman who killed seven people at an oakland college tells police he was angry that he was expelled. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, april 4, 2012. >>> good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. recovery efforts are under way in north texas this morning after up to a dozen tornadoes ransacked the dallas area. more than a dozen people were injured, but so far there are no reports that anyone was killed. this remarkable video is not a scene from "the wizard of oz." one twister actually picked up tractor-trailer and threw them around like matchsticks. dozens of homes were damaged. this video was taken by mike napoli of the texas rangers from the dugout at the ballpark in arlington as the

we turn to texas where chip reid discovers a rainbow at the end of a drought. >> pretty. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. a judge in san fort, florida, has ruled that there is enough evidence to hold george zimmerman on charges that he murdered trayvon martin. zimmerman appeared in court today, the first time we've seen his face or heard his voice since the night he called police to say there was a suspicious person in his gated neighborhood. the case started a national debate over race, self-defense, and the fairness of the justice system. mark strassmann has an interview with zimmerman's attorney but his story starts in the courtroom. >> mr. zimmerman. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: zimmerman's procedural hearing lasted less than three minutes. he's being held without bond and spoke only twice. $s are you represented by mr. omara, is that true? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: mark o'mara is an experienced orlando career trial lawyer and former prosecutor. he took zimmerman's case yesterday, free of charge, and m

there's a tornado now on the ground in -- >> euliss, texas, and mesquite. euless, texas. that story was on the ground a long time and it was a bigger storm than this one that you're seeing now. there are new storps to the south that may approach both cities in the next hour or so. >> i'm just reading this banner right along with you. tornado approaching dfw? >> that could be. that's the storm that could be moving through euless. as it comes together on the north side on dfw, on the north side of dallas ft. worth metro plex. they come out to make one interstate to oklahoma city. more people get hurt going outside after a tornado. every board has a nail sticking out. every power line that you think is dead may be alive. everything this you think was okay before the storm is now not okay. things are broken, nails are everywhere. people get -- there's more tetanus after a storm like this. tonight, people are going to get their generators out, and all the generator will do for you other than make electricity is make carbon monoxide. >> look at these people rushing towards this

right now they are tornado from the northeast of texas. northeast of texas to northeast texas. it looks like it should calm down. but sometimes they do not. a line of storms to southern, oklahoma, east of dallas, all the way down. almost to san antonio. line of storm. we only have three tornado warnings at this time. earlier there were several tornado warnings, what appeared to be a huge tornado on the ground. you have can't tell the strength by looking at a tornado. you have to look at the damage later. >> eric: a lot of people in the area, dallas/forth worth. 6-7 million people in the metro plex. are they out of danger or should they stay in hiding and stay out of the way of these things? >> the far eastern section of dallas. far eastern metro, danger. dallas is i think improving. fort worth is no problem at all. shortly it's a small quadrant of northeast texas. >> bob: why is it you can't follow where a tornado is going? hurricane you know where they'll hit. these things jump around, right? >> they don't jump too much. they seem like they do. with the report you think they a

of a clot on dot amazing pictures from north texas. is 5:00 on the dot. >> more than a dozen people injured in texas. they took cover as the tornadoes approached. the car started shaking like this. i started setting jesus! >> some neighborhoods have of a curfew. the storms damaged more than 100 airplanes at dulles airport. >> the weather affected flights there and and other parts of the country including in our region. brianne carter is live at reagan national airport where some passengers were left scrambling out a backup plan. >> yes and some this morning are still feeling that. there's still one flight to dallas. airlines 6:00ican a.m. flight that is cancelled this morning. still scheduled on time for those headed to dallas. but it has caused trouble for medical. haveornadoes in texas plans in thel as 400 flightsl cancelled going to or from dallas. lisa was forced to find a new flight. >> we were on our way to austin. and his flight to corpus was canceled and he had at a hotel. night needed proof to show his employer why he would no

in a funny way texas itself exists because of comanche's. why did texas exist? here's what happened. the mexicans needed to stabilize their northern borders. they owned texas. one way to stabilize the northern border is you settle it. you put people there. the more you settle with the more you stabilize it and if your purpose is to control but that is what you do. there were comanches their buddies not ball redneck from alabama and tennessee, these scotch irish people, guys like davy crockett and those guys had no problem coming in and settling in this land. the grand plan of mexico which backfired on them they wanted independence and after a bump at the alamo they got it. in effect it isn't the only reason texas happened but at least in part a misguided schemes to stop the comanches. pretty good way to tell history to somebody who doesn't know the history of texas. so many other things. the rangers are a product of the comanche. finally the comanches who in the 40 year work in a single line of the frontier just draw a line from san antonio for dallas-fort worth

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>>> twisters hit texas. tremendous damage in dallas, and the threat of more storms hi everybody, kai is off, i'm mary bubala. first warning weather coverage begins. >> reporter: a funnel cloud loomed large over the area, just south of dallas/fort worth. the twisters scattered tractor trailer across a parking lot, and even lodged some of them in trees. >> a large, and potentially dangerous tornado has been confirmed. >> reporter: police say at least two touched down, causing damage. drivers navigated wet roads. ominous clouds hung over the highways and visibility was severely reduced. >> i've got a tornado on the ground. >> reporter: the storm uprooted trees and tore off parts of roofs. the pipes inside this building snapped, and spewed water when part of the structure collapsed. neighbors stood outside in their cul de sac, surveying the damage. schools are holding students until the weather passes. police say there is considerable damage south of fort worth and dallas. wjz eyewitness news. >> first work weat

jay gray has the the very latest now from lancaster, texas. >> reporter: texas under attack. >> hey, guys, it's throwing 18-wheelers. >> reporter: the raw power of a massive tornado playing out on live tell vugs evision today. tractor trailers more than 50 feet long. 60,000 pounds tossed hundreds of feet in the air. >> something i have never seen before. >> this section of tornado alley is no stranger to twisters. few have seen anything like this. multiple tornados, tearing through the dallas fort worth area. tossing everything in their path. >> you see it on television. we saw it, you know, in the midwest. but just, another thing when it comes to hit you personally. >> hours after the storms it is hard to believe. those tractor trailers, twisted and tossed to the side. neighborhoods tattered and torn. survivors who clung to life during the storm, now clinging to each other. >> oh, my god. look at the car. inside of the house. >> the wood from the -- from the back fence was going that way. so, i pulled back in. i heard a thump. turned around. and here was this truck. >> reporter: man

we have a texas storm chaser. david, unusual this time of year or just keeping pace and gets more attention because it is in a populated area? >>guest: well, we are in the normal spring tornado season for the southern plains so this is not that unusual but it is getting the attention because it is in a pop limited area. >>neil: as far as the first reports of a tornado touching down and others being cited, what have you seen and what do you know? >>guest: today i was in texas ten miles southeast of ft. worth and i saw a large tornado, and it crossed highway 287 and when into a neighborhood and damaged several homes and i personally saw several damaged roofs and a lot of trees on the highway because it moved through a wooded area. a lot of trees and shrubs on the highway and a couple of damaged homes and a lot of hail. >>neil: was there ample warning? the condition have been ripe for this for a while. what kind of warning did texas get? >>guest: absolutely the national weather service did an excellent job warning fo

east texas. still certainly damaging wind and hail threat. and we may yet see some more strong tornadoes, dylan. >> last question, carl, what is your ability or anybody's ability to assess the continuation of the cell series east through -- across the path and into oklahoma? >> well, the one thing that's been happening in oklahoma today is that we've seen a lot of cloud cover today, so temperatures have been cooler. one thing storms need to feed on is very warm and very humid air. as you know, it's been very warm across most of the east for quite some time, so there was no shortage of that today in texas. but farther north, a localit ofn coming down in oklahoma, so as those storms have been moving up across north texas, crossing the red river. they've been running into that cooler surface air made so by the cooler rain, so it does bring down the threat. it's not nothing, but it does bring down the threat a little bit. >> so the warm air is effectively fuel for the fire. thank you, carl. i want to

this is -- this is texas, in north texas. if we didn't have crazy weather, we wouldn't have any weather, so you do have to know about what can come your way during the months of the spring months in texas. >> well, congressman, we certainly wish you a lot of luck with the cleanup efforts in that area. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> boy, and isn't that the word of the day, providence playing such a big role. such luck for them as well. >> and, yes, north texas is a tough place to be when those sirens go off, you know it. >> alexandria yesterday was saying they are used to these kind of crazy shifts and swings in weather but i was curious about all the volume of tornadoes that they're seeing is that something that happens. >> when i lived there we used to say the tornado belt was north of us, oklahoma and the like. and i tend to think that now the tornado belt can certainly include north texas. >> it seems that things are shifting. >> certainly. >>> 36 minutes past 6:00 on the east coast, up next, are y

that texas hasn't seen in years. >> pretty! >> reporter: and when the blue bonnets are blooming, texans know exactly what to do. >> that's a good one! >> texans will risk life and limb to get a picture of their baby in the blue bonnet. >> reporter: damon wait is senior botanist at the ladybird johnson wildflower center in austin. >> if there's not a great blue bonnet display, they start to panic because you're going to miss that one-year-old shot of your babies in the blue bonnets, and that would be a real texas tragedy. >> one more minute, christopher. >> reporter: the blue bonnet struggled during the recent texas drought, but last fall's rains and a mild winter have set the state ablaze in blue. for texans, wait says, it's a symbol of hope. >> for a lot of people, it is. it's a renewal and a rebirth, and because this year is so good, i think spirits are lifted. >> reporter: texas owes much of its love affair with wildflowers to ladybird johnson and her campaign for the highway beautification act of 1965. wait says she treated

the outbreak of tornadoes in texas. tonight, how everybody made it out alive and the story behind the unforgettable airborne images. how can a storm do this? >>> too many tests. big health news tonight. the routine medical tests doctors say you don't need and how this news can change the american checkup. >> teed off. will a woman be admitted to the home of the masters? how about a prominent woman who runs one of the best known companies in the world. tonight, the famous golf club responses. >>> and drilling down. the massive construction project going boom in the night, nearly knocking people off their feet. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. it was an incredible sight, in part because we could see it live from a helicopter, we watched as tornadoes swept across a huge metropolitan area. dallas/ft. worth in broad daylight in early april. we now know 13 tornadoes touched down. the wind speeds at times reaching 150 miles per hour. the twister sent many of the area's 6.3 million people into shelter. and it's now

it is a tough day in johnson county, texas. we'll bring you more as that happens. >>> the recovery from the great recession has been slow. but is it the, quote, worst economic recovery in history? that is what former bush adviser ed lazear is calling our current economic situation. in fact, he wrote that in an op-ed in this morning's "wall street journal" saying today's recovery pales in comparison to all other recoveries including the one following the great depression. obviously that's generating a lot of comment and a lot of controversy. let us dig in. edward lazear. good to see you again. >> good to see you. >> if i go back to gdp growth from 1940 to now, you're right. the growth rates out of downturns have generally been north of 4%, 5% or 6%. if i go back to the period following 1930 there was a couple years of decency. from '30 to '40 -- the great recession more comparable to that era. why are you so critical about this recovery? >> well, you know, my view is that if you look back at the depression, we had four very bad

this is forney, texas. it funnels down and hits the ground. now we are learning there are 15 people injured and two injuries that are severe. look at this monster funnel here. this was about, and this is in the african-american area. forney, also. and arlington got hit hard -- the arlington area. and they had a hundred aircraft damaged by the hail. also, there were 400 departing flights canceled. and another incoming flights diverted and american airlines had to ground all the flights. there are up to four, 500 flights still effected and not running this morning. >> james fletcher watching the local weather. and more storms are expected far east today. here is the national map. look at all the areas in orange, red, yellow. that indicates moderate to heavy and severe. and that has triggered several watches and warnings. as a matter of fact for portions right around louisiana. this is the brighter green. we have a flood warning there and in the darker green there, there are flash flood watch. >> high water is a big concern for them as they conti

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this coming in from lancaster, texas. amazingly there were no major injuries or deaths. >> i had 3 infants, 3 kids with me. i layed in the bathtub and we just prayed. it sounded like a train coming. it just hit the house. when i came out, everything was destroyed. >> i just heard wind and it sounded like a train coming through the house. it was like a locomotive. all you could hear was a roaring noise. >> all of a sudden -- i said jesus save me from this storm. martha: they did all the right things to protect themselves thank goodness. adam housley is live on the ground in texas. you are seeing this firsthand. how does it look out there. >> reporter: you will go count street and see three or four houses that are fine. you have two next door to each other. they went through the home and there were no fatalities inside. there are 650 home that look like this. some are totally destroyed. some are partly destroyed. across the freeway here in texas, from where we are in south arlington you will see a couple of homes that were