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Death and destruction across the countrys midsection. One town in complete ruins. The race to close in on a hostage deal. Secretary of state Antony Blinken arrives in the middle east, his seventh Diplomatic Mission to the region since the start of the israelhamas war. Where things stand. And campus crackdowns. Fights and arrests mark a weekend of unrest as colleges nationwide struggle to quell antiwar demonstrations. Good morning, and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning people in the plains are assessing the damage and vowing to rebuild after a weekend of violent weather, tornadoes roaring across more than a dozen states. The hardest hit, oklahoma. It took rather, take a look at this devastation. Businesses and homes reduced to rubble. At least four deaths confirmed in the state including an infant. The small city of sulphur, home to 5,000 and 85 miles southeast of oklahoma city, took a direct hit. That is where cbs Omar Villafranca is with a look at the destruction. Large tornado confirmed on the ground. Moving north just south of sulphur. Reporter violent storms ravaged oklahoma. The small city of sulphur devastated after taking a direct hit. Downtown sulphur is destroyed. Reporter at sunrise the widespread damage revealed. The tornado shredding buildings, turning them into piles of metal and brick. 19yearold addy gordon was helping out at the local steakhouse when she heard sirens and ran for cover. As we were running to get to the basement, the glass is shattering out of the windows, and its just like a bomb went off. Reporter at any point were you scared . I screamed. I thought i was going to pee myself. Its so much worse in person. Just so hard to wrap your mind around. Reporter dana vanderver and donna lewis business was wiped out one day after the stores grand opening. Too soon to even think about it really. Dont know what well do. Reporter dozens of tornadoes ripped through the plains this weekend impacting millions. In the city of marietta near the texasoklahoma border, a tornado carved a canyon through this dollar tree warehouse. The preliminary report from the National Weather service says this was an ef3 tornado, meaning wind speed of at least 136 miles per hour. 12 counties in oklahoma are under a state of emergency, and residents say cleanup here could take weeks. Omar villafranca, cbs news, sulphur, oklahoma. Well now to the middle east. There has been a flurry of activity aimed at reaching an agreement on a ceasefire in gaza and securing the release of hostages being held by hamas. Secretary of state Antony Blinken arrived in saudi arabia this morning before his stop in israel on tuesday. President biden spoke with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, warning once again about an israeli assault on the city of rafah. Cbs tina kraus joins us now from london with the latest on all of this. Good morning, tina. Reporter annemarie, good morning. Secretary of state Antony Blinken arrived in saudi arabias capital city of riyadh this morning at the start of a new crisis tour aimed at securing an elusive israelhamas ceasefire. The push is part of a plan to get hostages out of gaza and more humanitarian aid in to Palestinian Civilians caught in the crossfire. Anger over israels failure to bring hostages home is spilling onto the streets with israelis stepping up protests to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cut a ceasefire deal with hamas. My heart breaks for us, for the hostages and their families, and also for gaza. Reporter antiwar clashes are also continuing to break out on College Campuses across the u. S. With israeli and palestinian supporters shouting slogans and insults. Secretary of state Antony Blinken flew into saudi arabia this morning on his seventh visit to the region since the war began nearly seven months ago. Arriving hours after President Biden had a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about israels possible ground assault on rafah. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says an Israeli Attack on the southen city where more than a million civilians are taking refuge would be the biggest catastrophe in the history of the palestinian people. Hes urging the u. S. To convince israel to call it off. The Biden Administration is pushing israel to boost humanitarian aid. Israel says its a top priority. Food, water, medical supplies, shelter equipment, and other aid, more of it is going into gaza than ever before. Reporter but with the clock kicking on a ceasefire theres concern getting hostages out of the hands of hamas could be an even tougher battle. A hamas delegation will be in egypt today to respond to israels latest proposal for a longsought hostage release deal. Diplomats in the region say talks toward an urgency spire are progressing. Thank you so much. Over the weekend hamas released new updated propaganda video of two hostages being held in gaza. It shows 64yearold american keith siegel and 47yearold israeli omari moron. They spoke about not being able to celebrate passover. A u. S. Official tells cbs news the fbi is reviewing the proofoflife video. This comes after hamas released another hostage video just last week. Siegels niece appeared yesterday on face the nation. I do think that these two videos are a signal from hamas deal and a reminder that there are american citizens being held including including keith. Reporter more than 130 people are believed to be held hostage in gaza including five u. S. Citizens. And the antiwar protests on College Campuses show no signs of slowing down with more arrests over the weekend. At ucla fights broke out yesterday between proisraeli and propalestinian demonstrators when a barrier meant to keep both sides apart was breached. There was some pushing and shoving until Campus Police armed with batons separated the groups. Cbs Mark Strassmann has the story. Reporter the clamor on campus keeps spreading. A clash of more than ideas. Riot gear at ohio state. Tasers at Emory University in atlanta. Mostly propalestinian protesters at times scuffling with police waved on by School Administrators with hundreds of arrests. Communities like the university of texas turning on each other. Israels war on hamas has another frontline [ chants ] reporter a free speech and hate speech campus debate thats anything but academic. If you want to protect free speech, you dont break up peaceful protests. People didnt seem to be aware of how bad the situation for free speech and Academic Freedom already was on campus until october 7th. Reporter the foundation for individual rights and expression is a group defending the right to free speech. Do you have a sense that any of this is moving the ball forward . Some of the ways the protests have gone going on College Campuses has been alienating more of the public. Reporter on columbia universitys west lawn, civil disobedience. This ongoing tent city galvanized national protests. They want the university to divest investments in israel and companies they say profit off repression of palestinians. Dueling protests at columbia, proisrael, propalestinian, reflect a larger welter of opinion and emotion, passion and perceived prejudice. People would be up in arms and protesting that right away, but because its the jews, i feel like nobody cares. Reporter all this coasttocoast commotion is well into its second week. What began here at columbia has now rippled overseas. From paris to london, University Students occupied buildings and marched in the streets. Theyre echoing this u. S. Student movement, at times a moment thats been unflattering, even dark, from intolerant protesters to stumbling universities. A lot of campuses are teaching young people to think like activists and less like scholars. When youre reduced to just shouting at each another, that is a failure of some of the things that makes Higher Education so special. Reporter Mark Strassmann, cbs news, new york. Propalestinian protesters were also out in force saturday night in washington, d. C. , outside the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner. Hundreds of demonstrators greeted guests in tuxes and gowns as they made their way into the washington hilton. Inside President Biden roasted the presumptive president ial nominee donald trump. 2024 election is in full swing. And yes, age is an issue. Im a grown man running against a 6yearold. [ laughter ] but donald has had a few tough days lately. You might call it stormy weather. Trump responded on his truth social platform writing the dinner was, quote, really bad and calling biden an absolute disaster. Yesterday in that trump met in florida trump met privately for several hours with his onetime rival for the republican nomination, governor ron desantis. Coming up, nfl star shot. What we know about texas wide receiver tank dell who was caught in a mass shooting. And escapees in stripes. Police in Washington State do some wildlife wrangling. H n state do some wildlife rang elderly. Elderly. vo you might be used to liv l. I. M. G. N. G. Wran. Is supported by asthma experts. Finally, theres a modern way to treat symptoms and asthma attacks. Airsupra is the first ever dualaction rescue inhaler that treats your asthma symptoms and helps prevent attacks. Airsupra is the only rescue fdaapproved to do both. Airsupra is an asneeded rescue inhaler and should not be used as a maintenance treatment for asthma. Get medical help right away if your breathing does not improve, continues to worsen, or for serious allergic reactions. Using airsupra more than prescribed could be life threatening. 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Svr left channelnew crackdowns and clashes on campuses over the israel hamas war. Police in los angeles move in to make arrests. Just as talks on a potential hostage deal. Ceasefire resume overseas svr right channelagain cant svr left channelbrutal weather and destruction in the midwest after a deadly tornadoes sweep the heart of the country. What to expect there today