and the water is hitting that. we have seen everything from trees to construction debris to it looks like parts of either businesses or homes hitting these bridges. you can feel it just shake as it hits. amazingly so far there have been no confirmed fatalities in all the rain that vermont has had. they have effected over 100 rescues at this point by water. you see rescue teams now everywhere and it is impossible to get through here. i tried to cross state street this morning about a block up that way, so the main street through the capital, couldn t getting across it, it was up to my waist and moving so fast. there was a car stuck in there right now that we ve been watching. you can start to see the top of it. so the water is coming down ever so slightly. but they are afraid in the next hours ahead they may see more water come down this way. as the governor tweeted out, even if the rain stopped that does not mean that the
2018. obviously, a lot of sophisticated electronics. they re not sure what the damage is, but a big blow once again to the russian navy. you pointed out an important detail. as the video is running, you can see those little flashes of water in front, which appears to be someone on board the russian trip trying to take it out before it hits. when the other ship went down last year, drones played a part in the successful missile strike in terms of distracting the defenses. fred pleitgen, good to have you there. keep yourself and your team safe. coming up, with just one week to go until the nation defaults, a group of republicans is making 11th hour demands. what they want added to any potential deal. plus, the newly official presidential candidate ron desantis was just asked if he would pardon january 6th insurrectionists. hear his answer to that. and an 11-year-old boy shot by an officer that he called for
nbc news meteorologist bill karins is here to tell us what we can expect. i know you were on top of this, tweeting about this overnight. just give us the picture of what it is today and what happened overnight? this was just another strong tornado. this wasn t the tornado outbreak from the end of march, early april. this is more isolated, south of oklahoma city, south of norman it could have been a lot worse this was a strong tornado and i know we had three fatalities he said we had, you know, at least dozens of homes that are completely lost. we showed you pictures of businesses, one school that is completely lost. this was a strong tornado, likely somewhere maybe a strong ef-2, maybe low end ef-3 if it went through a city, we could have been talking a mass casualty event it is horrendous as it is, this just happened. if you get a strong tornado, wherever it hits, it is going to devastate that area. let me show you the areas that hit yesterday. we had 15 tornado reports. by the way,
minority ethnic communities in this country in health care longer term? absolutely. this is about learning lessons of how we could be better prepared for the next disease epidemic that hits us. what we do know is that groups that are most vulnerable, most precariously exposed in workplace will end up being impacted. it is important that those lessons have been decided to this current inquiry so that the next pandemic, when it hits, is not impacting minority groups in the same way, it is also about building trust and confidence in our communities. i would argue that may be the most significant reason why we still need to front and centre victims experiences because this is our one last chance to build confidence in minority communities. it is very pure at the moment, and lack of transparency and in the way we listen to communities, notjust in this inquiry within a range of institutions, is still pretty weak. it is still not too late. the panel can incorporate our proposals which was to
putting minnesota on ice. and to the twin cities of minneapolis and st. paul are in its crosshairs. by late afternoon a second round of snow kicked into high gear. falling as much as 2 inches an n hour. we are bracing for what is likely to be one of the largest snow storms and minnesota history. reporter: when chills made it feel like 3 degrees today. gusts up to 45 miles per hour producing wide outs and nearly impossible driving conditions in some parts of the state. the metro area could be buried under nearly 20 inches by the time the storm moves out tomorrow. some residents went running, other sprinted to the grocery store to stock up on supplies. ryan bradley went to church, getting his ash wednesday blessing and before the city shuts down. i did make it to mass. had to make it to mass, looks like it is coming in this afternoon, so i had some time to run over before it hits. reporter: and a few skeptics don t believe the hype.