justification for not answering questions from democratic committee members. it earned him a warning about being held in contempt, it drew a string of frustrated responses from democrats and attacks by republicans on the proceedings themselves. the president tweeted praise for him. he tweeted back, thanks. in short, corey lewandowski was the central figure today in a messy, very messy political drama or circus or witch hunt, depending on how you see it. there s a small sample, including a key moment including democratic committee member hank johnson, during which he conf m confirmed the president to order jeff sessions to curtail the investigation. the white house has directed i not disclose the substance of any discussions with the president or his advisers to protect executive branch confidentiali confidentiality. i recognize this is not my privilege, but i am respecting the white house s decision. as for actual collusion or conspiracy, there was none. what there has been, however,
fox news alert. flash flooding a serious threat in the southern plains. the region still reeling from a string of intense storms and damaging tornados over the weekend. incredible video. matt flynn joins us live from tulsa. reporter: we re sick miles west of the international airport in tulsa, where the national weather service conf m confirmed a tornado touched down. this area hit by a powerful storm that several neighbors tell us appear to be a twister. there are downed power lines, road blocks, crushed homes. we spoke to a young girl who said she helped rescue some of her neighbors from this house. we heard people screaming, which was the mom and the older sister. they were screaming, help. it was terrifying. the man was yelling help. he wanted to get taken out. he sounded terrified in there.
in december, we had 16, 17, patients admitted on the conf m confirmed ward, and 14 of the 17 will go home soon. hello, baby. are you all right? how are you doing today? so with time we got better. no sick or anything? no, you re ready to go today. how are you feeling? any vomiting? nothing. go home tomorrow. it s like a miracle, you see a patient and the patient is dying sick, and then two or three days onwards, the patient starts to regain strength, trying to grow and get stronger each day.
is a free man, but are they also secretly pumping him for information? and one of the leads on the leaker that came up empty. stand by for a first hand account of a rather bizarre flight to cuba that snowden never got on. i m wolf blitzer. this is a situation room special report. nsa leaker on the run. there are only so many places inside the moscow airport that the nsa leaker can hide. as we ve told you, the russian president vladimir putin conf m confirmed today snowden is somewhere in the transit area between the arrival gates and the passport control check points. but his exact location right now remains a mystery. let s go back to john defeterios. john, you went inside the place where snoeden may be sleeping. there s a little hotel there.
pacific, into the tallest building in los angeles and other plots. yes, i m proud that we kept the world safer than it was by the use of these techniques. they are appropriate, in conf m conformity with our international requirements and u.s. law. then rove was challenged. waterboarding is torture, isn t it? no, it s not. people need to read the memos that outline what was permissible and what was not before they make a judgment about these things. the purpose of the memos was to delineate what met our legal obligations and what was appropriate not under the geneva convention though. rove aloud that reasonable people can disagree but insists it was not torture because every one of the people waterboarded had a doctor that ascertained there would be no long-lasting physical or mental damage to the individual and each was told, you are not going to drown. let s bring in the former chief of staff to secretary of state