that he can win the white house. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. the taliban warn that this will not be the only death. they are claiming back to back suicide bombings at a pakistani training facility in northwest pakistan. at least 80 people were killed, most of them pakistani army recruits. reza is joining us live from islamabad with pretty horrendous crime. what are they saying where you are, reza? reporter: well, wolf, this was a coordinated attack designed to kill a lot of people and indeed it did just that. twin suicide attacks targeting hundreds of army recruits that had just finished an extended training session, about nine months. they were celebrating the night before. they came out of this facility early this morning, ready to go home, about to board some vans and that s when police say a suicide attacker came on the scene, and people were there to help and that s when police said another suicide attacker, and the aftermath was an awful see
mississippi. smithville, we understand. there the governor, hayley barbour speaking now. let s listen in. craig fugate who runs the federal emergency management administration, fema. the secretary of agriculture, tom vilsack, former governor, as is secretary napolitano. secretary shaun donovan of hoood. and karen mills, administrator of the small business association. i want to turn this over to mayor kennedy, mayor of smithville. mayor? thank you. again, governor, welcome to smithville. twice this week the governor has been with us. we welcome him back every time. on behalf of the town of the smithville i would like to just take this opportunity to welcome you, madam secretary and to
we re in the hallways. we lost power, as i said, around 9:00 a.m. and it was just i mean, the heat was unbearable. you know, 330 kids, about 20 teachers, walking up and down the hallways trying to make sure everyone is safe and calm. one of my students with autism, i noticed, second grader, was actually comforting one of her nondisabled peers which i thought was amazing. very sweet. yes. we re looking at the damage here of these photographs you took, correct? yes. we are seeing that significant damage took place at the school. yes. the proximity of that damage to where you and many of the kids were, how far apart? i m pretty sure that that the initial tornado touched down in front of the school. because after the storm, you know, i braved the weather to go outside, i went out to survey the area, and you could see where the tornado had obviously touched down and had run straight through the the valley. the school is lookout valley elementary in chattanoog
was the way out for the u.s.? a former administration insider weighs in. plus, we re live from the vatican, as pope john paul ii gets one step closer to sainthood. is the fast track too fast? announcer: live from the newseum in washington, this week with christiane amanpour starts right now. z welcome to our viewers here and around the world. there is a lot happening this sunday and we begin with unfolding news in the libyan capital, tripoli. the libyan government is condemning what it called, quote, a direct operation to assassinate moammar gadhafi, this, after a nato bomb hit gadhafi s compound. it spared him but killed three of his grandchildren and his youngest son. could this be a game-changer in the war which is dragged into a state mate in recent weeks? we go live to libya. abc s miguel marquez in benghazi and bbc s christian fraser is in tripoli where the attack took place. let s start with you, christian. is there a phase that they are entering tripoli? r
a former administration insider weighs in. plus, we re live from the vatican, as pope john paul ii gets one step closer to sainthood. is the fast track too fast? announcer: live from the newseum in washington, this week with christiane amanpour starts right now. z welcome to our viewers here and around the world. there is a lot happening this sunday and we begin with unfolding news in the libyan capital, tripoli. the libyan government is condemning what it called, quote, a direct operation to assassinate moammar gadhafi, this, after a nato bomb hit gadhafi s compound. it spared him but killed three of his grandchildren and his youngest son. could this be a game-changer in the war which is dragged into a state mate in recent weeks? we go live to libya. abc s miguel marquez in benghazi and bbc s christian fraser is in tripoli where the attack took place. let s start with you, christian. is there a phase that they are entering tripoli? reporter: that s a possible. the