Strips him of his powers. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America, im stephanie si, its one of the worst lateseason storms to hit americas heart land in decades spreading death and destruction across 12 states, in a few hours on sunday 75 tornados ripped through the midwest with winds approaching 200 miles per hour. Some of the hardest hit areas were in illinois where the governor declared a state of emergency in 7 counties monday. Emergency officials are still assessing the damage. They say its still not safe to go back into the most devastated areas. 8 people were killed, 6 in illinois and two in michigan. Thousands across the region are starting down the long road to recovery now and al jazeera and did has details. Reporter from the air the damage is easy to see, miles of flattened areas where homes once stood. On the ground a devastating sight for hundreds of residents standing in front of debris where they used to live. Its just hard to believe. Its almost like can i wake u
And mental endurance. A rare november tornado out break across the midwest, dozens of deadly twisters ripped through the region unleashing powerful winds that demolished entire neighbors and good morning and welcome to al jazeera, im stephanie s i and this is normally snow season in the midwest but a weather system triggered unseasonable thunderstorms and tornados across 12 state and the worst was felt in illinois, Officials Say six people are dead, most in the central part of the state. The storms later passed just south of chicago before moving into michigan and indiana. When it was over the storm had left an expansive trail of wreckage across the region Al Jazeera Diane Wester brook has more. With a massive tornado bearing down on them they prays to a higher power to keep them safe. Forgive us our trespasses. Reporter a scene that played out sunday with dozens of twisters tearing through the region cars were crushed and homes flattened and in illinois neighborhoods were blown away i
We begin with the ongoing problems with the Affordable Care ariel castro. One of the largest supporters is back on the road saying it will work. Kathleen sebelius is making two stops in florida today. And there was a report out this morning suggesting the white house knew seems this might be damage control on the part of the white house. Yes, good morning. Kathleen sebelius spoke to students about the status of healthcare. Gov. And the secretary was asked what did the government know . What did the administration were they aware that there could be problems with an october 1st roll out. Based on this report that indicated as early as last march that there may have been problems with logistics, and the number of people using the site. The secretary said they were aware of that report, saying the administration knew about theed a assessment and what issues could be in place. They gave a management assessment on what could go wrong, on what some of the issues were, and that was, as you sa
Iraq getting some air power from russia in its fight against the sunniled rebellion. Warplanes arrived last night and Government Forces have been relying on airstrikes during their counter offensive now underway just north of baghdad. The army has advanced within 20 miles of tikrit. Thats a city thats been under rebel control for nearly telex now. Imran khan has the latest from baghdad. In the battle for tick tikrit there seems to be a moment of calm quite possibly before the storm. Iraqi forces are now about 25 kilometers away from the city. They have secured the villages around the city. They are bringing in reinforcements and provided for a battle. About 25 kilohm tore figure comes from independent forces. The iraqi army are saying we are ready to go in. Now, proisil social media accounts are saying that they have also brought in reinforcements, that they are ready to fight and they know the town william and it wont be easy to the west, there is a road that better to the south. The
The calls contacted the ja in an effort to determine whether his welfare was imperilled and did not believe that as a result of that contact, that he required any further care. Im not going to secondguess them at this point. Reporter inaudible . As you are aware in the mapp festo he lays out a plan on what he intended to do. I will, without getting into too much detail say that there are three people that were murdered in the apartment. It appears as though that happened prior to him going on this mobile shooting ram major. The three male victims were stabbed with sharp objects and it was a horrific crime scene. Reporter inaudible . The question is did he shoot himself or was he shot by Sheriff Deputies . It would appear as though he took his own life at this point. Reporter inaudible . We are in the process of determining who those people are and making positive identifications and notifying next of kin. I cant comment to that question now. Reporter [ inaudible ] we are going to look