jackie has the latest details. good evening peter seems like every few minutes a new tornado is confirmed somewhere along th 800-mile long line of storms an it is not over yet. severe weather rolling through illinois for we are monitoring breaking news of the sour. box 32 is reporting one person is dead, 28 people% of the hospital after the roof collapsed on concertgoers in th apollo theater and belvidere. 26 people were inside at the time and officials that all 260 people have been accounted for. it s possible a tornado may hav touched down but that is it to be determined. now this is an extremely dangerous weather event that is threatening 87 million people across 23 states these systems have been barreling across the country at speeds exceeding 65 miles an hour bringing down winds and hail as large as
we re following breaking news out of great britain right now, where crowds have gathered outside. parliament is voting right now on hiking tuition fees. we ve already seen some pretty incredible clashes between demonstrators and police. they are protesting that major hike in tuition fees. we re keeping our eye on the situation in great britain. developing right now in southern california, waiting for firefighters to torch a home chock-full of explosives. weather has delayed the burning, but it is expected to get under way shortly. nbc s kristen welker is in escondido, california. okay. what kind of weather issues are you looking at? reporter: well, contessa, the situation is that right now, there s an inversion layer. that s what officials are concerned about. they say that that could trap in the smoke and tamp down winds and it wouldn t allow the smoke and the flames to blow off. so when that inversion layer lifts, essentially, that s when this burn is expected to begin, they re g