minneapolis/st. paul where a tornado touched down about two hours ago. you can see quite a bit of damage. this is uncut. so bear with us. some of the pictures are really incredible. lots of trees down all over the place. lots of power lines down. there you can see some roof damage. let s go to some of the aerials that we have as well as those continue to come on in. this is there you can see this is north minneapolis over towards the fridley area. brookdale mall had some damage in it as well. there you can see some of those roofs and trees just snapped off here. quite a bit of damage in that backyard as well. i m getting reports that some of the second stories of some of these homes did sustain quite a bit of damage. we ll have to wait and see as the weather service gets out and had a better analysis of these storms. we could certainly be talking well over 100 mile per hour winds with these tornadoes as they blew on through. let s show you the big picture now and where the watches ar
benjamin netanyahu is scheduled to speak to aipac tomorrow. earlier i spoke with elyse labbott. i asked her if mr. obama s speech today may ease some of netanyahu s concerns. i think president obama went a long way to making the prime minister feel better. he was really looking for a strong statement on hamas and the president did say that the israelis shouldn t be expected to negotiate if hamas does not accept israel s right to exist. he s saying any country can t be expected to negotiate with someone that won t even accept its right to exist. and so i think as the prime minister looks to make his speech tomorrow night at aipac and also a speech before congress on tuesday, i think president obama definitely encouraged him, made him feel a little bit bitter since what he heard on thursday during that speech. president obama is getting ready to put some more miles on air force one. he heads to ireland in a few hours to examine his irish roots. in about ten minutes, we ll h