demand change one step at a time. today s mayday rally is expected to draw about 100,000 people. this city is no stranger to big, huge demonstrations. in 2006, the mayday demonstration attracted 500,000 people. alex, back to you. okay, thank you very much. christina brown, check in good enwith you. tornadoes are ripping through arkansas and they killed at least one person and injured more than two dozen others. the twisters damaged several homes, trees, brought down power lines as well. search crews are still looking for victims in other areas. reported statement damage. crews in central arkansas clean up and assess the damage, more severe weather could be on the way. coming up, charlie crist is swapping parties. will the voters follow him? nbc s lester holt reporting live from the disaster zone in louisiana with a look at the lives being devastated by the oil spill and what s being done to stop the flow into the gulf. [ male announcer ] dear user of mayo,
this has been going on this has been going on for an hour and we learned in the last 20 minutes or so it could take another 30 minutes. we could see this happen immediately or in the next few minutes. you talked about her sister, sophia, holding a stuffed bear. they re ready to talk with the her. they did have word via cell phones, the parents, with nadia, but so far we haven t seen her face emerge from the thick woods. by the way, paramedics are said to be fatigued so they re having to row teat crews in and out, which speaks to the conditions that they re working in. very warm out there. jane good news, as you mentioned, as we heard from the police chief, the child is doing well, as soon as we see her and get the pictures of her being brought out of that wooded area, we ll take you there. harris, let us know, thanks. reporter: you got it. jon: now to a story of safety for you, your kids, your grandkids, the danger of nuclear terrorism tops the agenda at president obama s nuclear s
in the coal mine. reporter: and they ve now decided to sink a third hole into that same location to ventilate the mine, put some high pressure fans in there, and once they start eventlating, they can take some readings, see how fast it s going and then determine when they send those crews in. jon: thank you, steve. jane: it s a major change coming to how the obama administration refers to terrorism. the associated press is reporting at this hour that religious terms such as islamic radicalism will be removed from a document that outlines this country s national security strategy. melanie wilkes is at the white house. the question really is why and what exactly are the questions we re talking about here? reporter: this is an attempt to move away from equating muslim countries with terrorism that began some time ago, really about a year ago when president obama spoke in cairo promising a new beginning for u.s. relations
that karzai s erratic behave could be caused by drug use. president obama today heads to prague. the president s already facing criticism at home. will he will able to get that treaty ratified by the senate? this hour, new york times david sanger and nuclear expert. good day. i m andrea mitchell live in washington. crews in west virginia today still drilling at this hour, trying to reduce poisonous gas levels enough to make it safe for search teams to go in. moments ago, i talked to west virginia s governor, joe manchin. thank you so much, governor, for joining us. we know what an enormous strain this is on you and all of the people of west virginia. tell us the latest about the efforts to rescue these presumably still surviving four miners, missing miners. yeah. andrea, as you know, we ve been drilling all night trying to get an air hole down into the area that we know that three miners,
magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked the island of sumatra. crews in west virginia have begun drilling operations to create ventilation holes down to intact sections of that damaged coal mine. four miners are still missing after that explosion that killed 25 people. some congressional republicans are criticizing the obama administration s decision to limit american nuclear response. the top republican on the house armed services committee says it sends the wrong signal to rogue states. the white house says a recent spike in violence in iraq should not affect plans to withdrawal combat forces this year. at least 49 people were killed tuesday in the latest in a string of deadly attacks. the shuttle discovery has a tricky docking procedure ahead. an antenna has not worked properly since yesterday s launch. back to hardball.