the hospital gates as palestinians tried to walk the coffin out. the police fired stun grenades and pushed the crowd back. many rush for cover inside. we ve had complete chaos with people trying to get inside. i saw a woman with a very young baby, a patient, who was here at the hospital, caught in the middle of a huge crowd, trying to get inside. and even the pallbearers had to retreat. as police kicked and beat them with batons. and the coffin slipped to the ground. the force says it acted to stop what it called incitement and stone throwing. shireen abu akleh was shot in the head covering an arrest raid by israel s army. reporters on the scene said the gunfire came from the soldiers
in the head while covering a raid by israeli forces in the occupied west bank on wednesday. earlier today, an israeli officer was shot dead and several palestinians injured during a police raid nearjenin in the west bank. it follows several weeks of mounting violence with dozens killed on both sides. our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. shireen abu akleh was one of the best known voices to palestinians. now in death, a national symbol. but grief for a revered reporter was to turn to fear and panic for the mourners. israel s security forces had entered the hospital gates as palestinians tried to walk the coffin out. the police fired stun grenades and pushed the crowd back. many rush for cover inside. we ve had complete chaos with people
and a helicopter crashes captured on camera. the amazing story of a pilot that walked away. we start with the aftermath of those deadly tornadoes. president obama is offering federal assistance in the areas battered by the storms. the tornadoes left a wide swath of debris from indiana to georgia. at least 37 people are dead. now the focus has changed and survivors, scores of jurtd people are waking up in hospitals this morning. their homes and the homes of their neighbors are gone. people are now picking through the rubble to find anything they can salvage. officials in west liberty, kentucky, say they are thankful the damage wasn t worse, even as the town was devastated by 135-mile-per-hour winds and one reported death. rob marciano getting a look at some of west liberty s hardest hit areas. good morning to you. tell us what you are seeing today. well, gary, finally today they have been able to clear the main roads enough to where larger vehicles can get through, includi
and then you could tell it hit the school with all the turbulence. i want you to look at this video shot by an i reporter. let s just listen to some of it. [ bleep ] i have friends over there. [ bleep ]. we got to get in the house. [ bleep ]. look at it. holy. my god my friend lives right over there too. oh, my god. come on, nick. that is nuts. [ bleep ]. this is unbelievable. can you imagine if that were you. you have friends over there and family members as well. this video like the first one shot in henryville, indiana. all told at least 37 people are dead. the number of missing are impossible to know right now. i m don lemon thank you for joining us in the cnn newsroom. i want to bring in meteorologist jackie jarris. first the video from the gas station. you can see the debris within that funnel. it s amazing to think how close they must have been to that tornado and feeling the impact and that sucking in as air rushes into the tornado. there you can see in