Murdered officers is saying now. And some are calling it a royal snub. The saudi king not meeting with president obama this week. But whats really behind his decision to skip a summit of arab leaders in the United States . Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom newsroom. Good morning im Carol Costello thank you so much for joining me. We begin with the Severe Weather thats devastating towns across the midwest. Violent storms ripping through texas, oklahoma arkansas, and iowa. First time dont tell me [ bleep ] just been hit. There goes the school. There goes the school. Thats the [ bleep ] school. A tornado blowing the roof off this central iowa school while at least 100 people were inside, incredibly no one was injured. In arkansas possible tornado ripping through a Mobile Home Park killing two people and injuring two others. In texas, a rural town just east of dallas has been left devastated. A possible tornado cutting a path of destruction. Leveling homes, knocking down power lines, and
New court date. And alexandra field has the the latest on all of it including breaking news, yet one more factor that may have helped sweat and matt prepare their escape. Alexandra, what have you learned . Good evening, anderson. Cnn learned that investigators are now looking at whether Prison Guards on the honor block may have been sleeping during ally allowed richard matt and david sweat to prepare for they escape unsupervised. The Inspector Generals Office launched a full investigation. They have been onsite at the prison. Theyre trying to determine whether and what extent any prison protocols may have been breached. At the same time, gene palmer is speaking to constituent police giving them a look at what was really happening behind bars. Reporter an official closer to the investigation tells cnn gene palmer, a prison guard, gave at least one of the now escaped inmates, a screwdriver and needle nosed pliers supposedly to help fix electrical breakers behind their cells alug the two
They describe the young boy, the 10yearold son phillip, as being found on the remains of a mattress remains of a bed where there had been so much burning that the whole bed frame had been consumed by fire so had most of the mattress and even the floor underneath it all. So these are the details we have so far poppy. We just got these documents. Were hoping to learn more in court here. Were hoping to have more details in court. Basically what we have so far is a little bit of a laying out of a few more details of what we already knew. Were waiting right now, hoping any minute now that mr. Wint is actually going to be in front of the judge here in the superior court of the district of columbia. Think about, tom, the other people he was found with. Five other people i understand. One, the Authorities Say, is his brother. What about the other folks . Do we know who he was with and why . Reporter we dont know the details of why he was with them. We dont know who all they are. At the moment
Carter says iraqi troops were not outnumbered or outgunned, they just did not put up a fight. Hear much more from the defense secretary his sell full comments to cnn in a moment. There is some resist taps to isis iran around ramadi now. We are told some tribal fighters and Shiite Militia are joining iraqi troops in trying to slow down the terror groups march toward baghdad. The capital is only 65 miles from ramadi. Also today, a shocking look at what isis fighters are doing in the cities that they conquer. The Reuters News Agency is reporting isis killed 400 people all n civilians in the ancient city of palmyra, a city of 50,000 people that isis took over on wednesday that number of executed people comes from the Syrian State News Agency who heard it they say from survivors. U. S. Defense secretary Ash Carter Says he is very concerned about iraq and clearly not happy with the Iraqi Military which the u. S. Government has trained, equipped and left in charge of the countrys security. Ca
The premise we dont know that they have left the state or the area. We take it just as serious to search in the area around here as we are in the willsboro area or vermont area. Until we have them in custody were not going to discount any of it. As the governor said they could have had a pretty good lead on us. [ inaudible ] we take every step seriously. Were doing two parts of this case. We have an vasive piece thats delves into the aspects before and after and the physical search which is mostly what you see here. Every possible sighting we follow up on every piece of information, i would say that none of them have developed the cause to put them in custody yet, so we are still working hard. Reporter anything about the vehicle or are they still on foot . I have no information on where they are or what theyre doing, ill be honest with you. Prrp what kind of privileging did im sorry. Reporter what kind of privileges did they have . I cant speak on their corrections treatment. Again, ju