Did cause parts of interstate 35 to be shut down for parts of the day yesterday. A state of emergency is in effect this midday in three statesesafter a winter tornado outbreak in the southeast us. The massive storm system spawned at least 34 tornadoes across the region. The storms have kilild at least 14 people, and destroyed about onehundred homes. Mississippi was hardest hit, seeing at least a dozen tornadoes in the outbreak. Parts of the community of polly springs are in shambles. I told my wife run, get in the shower, in the tub. I looked up and the roof was blowing off the Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant says he will ask president obama to declare mississippi a disaster. The salvlvion army is used to people dropping coins into their red kettles during the holidays. But this year, one bell ringer in california got a big surprise from an anonymous donor. Donor. Thank you merry xmasin the 4 decades dot it goes back to the early 80s john shepard has been ringing a bell for the Salvat
Morning. I hope your day today is a joyous one what weird weather weve been having lately. I know youre all wondering what today holds. Justin, what are we in for today . Theres no White Christmas for us in the corridor today, but just a couple hours west of us. It is a light snow fell across parts of central and northeast iowa thursday, just in time for christmas. But even though it wasnt a whole lot, it did impact holiday travelers. Parts of interstate 35 near des moines had to be shut down for parts of the day. And yesterday in cedar rapids several areas were in cleanup mode. Thunderstorms wednesday night brought strong winds that knocked trees down at a farm on the north side of town. Nobody was hurt but a nearby home did have some roof damage. In a cbs 2 news follow up. Up. The National Weather touched down near the quad cities. Cities. They were part of that same system that moved through the corridor wednesday. One of the twisters was rated an ef one with winds of about 100 mile
We are here at Grace Community church. They just finished the last of three seseices in north libertrttoday andndll were packed. Packed. For some, coming to church is a way to start their christmas celebration. Celebration. 01 51 14 we are committed to the lord jesus. This is his birthdayayit is all about that. At Grace Community church, staff say christmas is part of what its all about. About. Church executive pastor 20 14 47 we hear the message of the baby jesus and people can think thats all good and cute, but the reality is, when jesus came to earth it was a rescue mission. When he came it was really the start of him coming back to bring us back into right relationship. More thth 1500 pepele attend the Non Denominational Church with locations in North Liberty and downtown iowa city. The church expes more people on holidays and with some regulars out of town, a different t congregation. Church executive pastor 20 07 51 we are so glad theyre here. We just hope that they continue to b
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That is a great mistake after the end of the cold or war or was extending nato eastward. This gave russia a sense of being corner ld, and here we are. My view is more or less exactly the opposite. I think its the greatest achievement of the postcold war years was precisely extending the protection and security of both nato and the e. U. To these nations that had been enslaved within the soviet empire. And i think what were witnessing today is how much tore sight and diplomatic foresight and diplomatic brilliance was shown in achieving that. If lithuania, latvia, estonia to name the most prominent examples and perhaps the most threatened nations by putins vision of a reconstituted soviet space, if they were not within these organizations, they would be eminently at risk. And the if theres any if theres any sense left, sir, of this far but no further, it is precisely in article v of the north atlantic treaty alliance. And i still believe in it, you know . I think i dont believe the Unite