Its just slowly snowballing. It was like a punch in the gut reporter sins and secrets im mean im gonna hurtchoo im like, damn what did this lady do . This is just like something youd see in a movie reporter carrollton, texas, just north of dallas, is the kind of place where the upwardly mobile go to buy their dreams. The schools are good. Golf courses dot the landscape. And churches are more ubiquitous than starbucks. Theres not a whole lot of Violent Crime in that area. Great area to raise kids and a family. Reporter but travel east a hundred miles or so and you enter the piney woods of east texas. Jobs are not as plentiful here, dreams are deferred and some keep bail bondsmen on speed dial. All the people were dealing here with are poor. Theres a lot of drugs, lotta methamphetamine out there. Reporter different cultures worlds apart. And yet one summer those two worlds collided in a most unlikely way. This is the story of that summer when money seemed to fall like tickertape on the p
And skyrise buildings transforming the sky and streets below scenes of destruction. I lived in cisco for over 10 years now. I havent seen anything like this in a long time a texas town torn apart by tornado. The roof was off, on the truck, and all of the tree damage and tonight the danger of more Severe Weather there are tornado watches and warnings in effect from south dakota to texas. Threats of weather across the plains putting millions in the crosshairs. Del walters following for us. Dozens of twisters touching down, theres the potential for twisters in seven states texas arkansas to southern minnesota. A short time ago this National Guard helicopter was on the scene over Denton County texas a hardhit area. People are being pulled from cars and homes after being stranded by flood water. In other areas people hit by the twisters are trying to pick up the pieces. That is a tornado. Reporter cisco, texas, 140 miles west of dallas ground zero for a deadly out break of twisters spun off
Gulf arab leaders coming to washington to meet with president obama. What americas gulf allies want from the u. S. And what the u. S. Expects in return. Good evening im del walters. Those powerful storms that have been sweeping across the country tonight not showing any signs of letting up. Were watching a developing story now in the midwest. There is a story of another tornado setting down in lake city iowa. Young man austin jacobs, these are the photos he took of the damage that the tornado was expected to have been responsible for. Awards ceremony when the twister came through luckily everyone paid it to the basement in time. Austin jacobs, joining us from his family farm in iowa, have the skies cleared . Actually im supposed to be heading back to College Tonight and my mom is probably not going to let me. The sky is pretty big pretty black and pretty scary. Austin, this school was a brick high school. It was built to withstand a lot of what iowa sees. Were you surprised when the ro
Killed. The most extreme conditions, the worst are in the midwest. Jonathan martin reports twisters leaving behind a trail of destruction. That is a tornado. Cisco texas, 140 miles west of dallas, ground zero for an outbreak. They were spun off from a system stretching up and down the midwest. Dozens of tornados from lone star state. Gulf ball size hail rained down on windshields across the region. Light thing struck a gas well, sparking flames that could be seen from miles away. Telephone polls, trees, ripped out of the ground. Definitely powerful and destructive. Sunday brought more damage it light. The National Guard was called on sunday in Denton County texas. Several were pulled from their homes after becoming stranded in floodwaters. I lived in texas for 10 years, and havent seen anything like this for a long time. To the north flash flooding in oklahoma. 24 inches is expected in south dakota by the time the storm moves ou. Hundreds of flight were cancel. The incident is still go
Give all three of our speakers a great hand. [applause] now bear with me. Were going to do a photo law. Im going to ask the speaker to come back up and guess what . We got the tshirt and a bag of chips. [laughter] come on up please. No, we dont have the bag of chips. I was just joking. What are we going to do april 9 . [applause] stand up. Okay. We will hear more about transportation infrastructure in our next session. Weve got that mayors transit roundtable starting probably at 10 30 right back in this room. We are adjourned. Thank you for coming. [applause] coming up tonight on cspan2 the Memorial Service for former u. S. Senator Edward Brooke of massachusetts. The first africanamerican popularly elected to the center. Senate chaplain barry black will lead to the service and secretary john kerry and delegate Eleanor Holmes norton are expected to give eulogies. See the ceremony for the Washington National cathedral at 8 p. M. Eastern. This sunday onto a day director of the Georgetown