don lemon here top of the hour. thanks for joining us. tonight much of the midwest bracing once again for an onslaught of dangerous weather less than 24 hours after a deadly series of tornadoes ripped through the region. in a second, the whole house was gone. we were looking up at blue sky. terror from the skies. we ve gotten so many ireports from you out there. please stay safe tonight. we want you to be safe. this is the exact same weather system that could hammer millions more people as darkness begins to fall, so stay tuned, we ll keep you updated. the threat of tornadoes through much of the central time zone. for many the damage is already done. 122 reports of possible tornado touchdowns yesterday and overnight. most of them hit kansas, but parts of nebraska, oklahoma and iowa are in rubble today, too. the most impacted communities has impacted community has to be woodward, oklahoma. five deaths are blamed on the storm outbreak, all of them in woodward. they includ
and destroyed. some houses were turned into rubble in just a matter of seconds. that piece of iron had to come from a building. it was you know, it was no straight wind, it was a regular twister. the wind was just blasting out and out and out. the bathroom, like they always say, and while we got here, the roof went here. the good lord was with us. he sure was. it s about more than you can bear. four states were hit by the tornadoes. oklahoma, iowa, nebraska and kansas. but all of the fatalities were in one community. the community of woodward, oklahoma. cnn meteorologist rob marciano is in woodward. rob, describe the devastation there. reporter: well, you know, we weren t allowed into this community until just a little bit ago. now the activity is really happening. look behind me. this is a home that was completely crushed by the storm. family, friends and neighbors coming together to sift through the debris, try to pile it up. so the folks who live here can save what
theblaze.com. happy friday let s get to our starting point. protests happening right now in afghanistan, protesting the decision of some nato trops to burn korans. hundreds of people to surround the embassy. five people have been hurt. nick paton walsh is live for news kabul. what s the latest? well, what we re hearing is that the west of the country, hurat, one of the main city there s. u.s. consulate in kabul, the u.s. consulate out there have a very angry crowd outside. hundreds of people, i had actually from an eyewitness could hear the sirens, the panic from that particular area. we understand that to the hospital in hurat, one dead body has been brought fr presumably from this protest. one injured and one lost their life. they are apparently close to the u.s. consulate, setting fire to police cars, clashes now breaking out police police and proteste protesters. in kabul, we have heard of shots being fired in the air to try and move the crowd that we re heading towar
mistakes made in the pardon process were in so many words, no big deal. harmless error is salegal term. but for the families of the men s victims, and these are the four convicted killers, the words harmless error, may seem like a slap in the face. all four of these pardoned murders worked in the mansion before getting they re release. the governor says they committed crimes of passion, that s what he calls them, making them highly unlikely, he says nchg to reoffend. experts say that s simply not true. and in any events, these were no crimes of passion in some cases. one killer stuck up a convenient store, shooting the clerk dead as he begged for mercy. another stalked then murdered his wife, shooting her while she held their baby in her arms. he also badly wounded her friend. although claims he was holding the gun in his hand when it went off accidentally. he went out earlier, got the gun, and shot a woman in the back. another man got a pardon for his third dui, and while he
harmless error is the legal term but for the families of the men s victims and the four convicted killers, the words harmless error must feel like a slap in the face. all four of the freed murderers, pardoned murderers, worked in the governor s mansion before winning release. critics say they got the release befriending or sucking up to then governor haley barbour. the governor said he committed them crimes of passion. experts that s not true and these are no crimes of passion. one killer stuck up a convenience store, shooting the clerk dead as he begged for mercy. another stalked and then murdered his wife, shooting her while she held their baby in her arms and badly founded a dprend. another claims he was just wrestling with his gun, tusling in his words when the gun went off accidentally. in fact, he had gone out earlier and shot a woman in the back. and another got a third dui and pardon came threw on the third one. during the fourth incident, we the way, the fourth dui,