Evening News Online, 08.05.09

As part of our continuing series "On the Road," Steve Hartman reports on three siblings who survived the Okla. tornado that destroyed their home and elementary school. But what they were most worried about was finding their dog.

A turning point in the Civil Rights movement came 50 years ago when the Ku Klux Klan bombed a black Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. -- killing four girls. On Friday, President Obama signed a law to honor the victims' memories by giving them Congressional Gold Medals. Bill Plante speaks with a survivor of the deadly day.

Governor Chris Christie cut a symbolic ribbon to officially open the beach season in New Jersey after the area suffered massive damage from superstorm Sandy. He said that around 80 percent of the beaches have been restored. Michelle Miller reports.

Chief forecaster David Andra for the National Weather Service in Norman, Okla., was tracking the storm as it approached Moore, Okla. -- where his daughter's family lives. Andra sent the warning for people to get to shelter. Mark Strassman shares his story.

Michael Adebowale, a 22-year-old Nigerian-born naturalized British citizen, was identified as the second suspect in the hacking death of a British soldier in a London street.

Similar to the Boston Marathon bombings, the two London terror suspects were on a U.K. government watch list. But investigators said there was no way to predict they would commit a crime. Bob Orr reports on how the watch list system maybe be getting overwhelmed..