Pelley good evening. ni this is our western edition. It is now four Straight Days of violent weather in the south and the midwest. 65 tornadoes followed today by torrential rain and flooding. nir this is the Florida Panhandle after the biggest rainfall there in decades. Hundreds of people had to beni rescued from cars and houses. In pensacola, where the rain set a record, part of the scenic highway washed away. The flooding is blamed for at least one death in all since sunday. The storm death toll is, at least, 38, and thousands of homes have been damaged. Mark strassmann is in pensacolao reporter more than 20inches of rain fell in pensacola in 24 hours. Flash flooding washed away roads and bridges. This sinkhole was 20feet deep. The driver survived. You could see the currents. Lightning was still popping all over the place and you just kept watching the water rise. Reporter Kristin Fairchild lives in pensacolas cordova park neighborhood. Piedmont road is washed away and broken in piec
Aside from the obvious politics that seattles a pretty liberal town and that the u. S. Senate cant get a single piece of legislation through without a super majority thanks to republicans routine abuse of the filibuster . But another part of the difference is that in seattle there is sufficient pressure from the left. In november of last year kshama suwant, a socialist, an avowed socialist, was elected to seattle city council. She backed efforts to raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour, and she leaves a Grassroots Group called 15 now. A Business Coalition in seattle countered. And while they agreed to the headline figure of 15 an hour, they wanted some key qualifiers like a temporary training wage, a phasein period, for health care, commissions, tips, and bonuses to be counted in total wages. The deal announced by seattle mayor ed murray today was a compromise, and he had this to say about the achievement. Cities have often been the incubators of democracy, and seattle i think will prov
High profile bidders are lining up to bid for the l. A. Clippers. Thanks for joining us. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Acting president admits theres not much kiev can do about separatists seizing control of the east. Masked men with automatic weapons stand guard. Its become one of more than a dozen cities falling under pro russian control. Despite the control, the economy is getting help from the imf fund. Alexander pachinof says combat troops are on full readiness to stop the terrorist threat. Judging from whats going on around the city, that may not be enough. Nick payton walsh has the story. Reporter when they say theyre losing control you can see why. They saw about ten Ukrainian Armored personnel carriers. They pulled back. A week ago a similar assault killed three of them, they say. But the smoke obscured the scene and quickly to their surprise, pretty well armed men say only the soldiers saw the armor turn back. Locals bring them food as they protect them from the poor and joble
Benghazi. My dna, any trace of me is not there. Insistent on her innocence in an exclusive interview, amanda knox reacts to a new Italian Court that says shes guilty of murder. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Im errol barnett. We begin with reports of a large military operation in the eastern ukrainian city of sloviensk. Theres a special military operation there. One pro russian separatist has been killed and another wounded. Cnn confirms at least one military helicopter in this area and people there say theyve heard gunfire and explosions in the distance, but for the moment the town seems mostly quiet. Sloviensk is one of several locations recently seized and occupied by pro russia separatists. We have Nick Payton Walsh on the line now. Hes north of slovavyansk. If you can give us what information you have, especially the death thats been confirmed. Reporter let me tell you what weve seen. To the north of slavyansk, its a pro russian checkpoint. Now in quite reasonable number though not
Primary importance important tomorrow, a tussle that will shape the midterm elections. Meanwhile, his 2012 bid briefly bucked the establishment. Rick santorum said his big problem is to find a way not to push away blue collar voters. And in ukraine, dozens killed as the country cracks down on prorussian rebels. What president putin might do next. Good morning, its cinko demayo. May, may palooza, treat party test, whatever you want to call it kicks into a higher gear tomorrow. There will be a primary or runoff in 14 of the next 19 tuesdays between now and the middle of september. That includes every tuesday in may and august, which will include elections in more than two dozen states. In this first month alone, the big story is going to be the tea party and how they fare in their attempts to take down the gop. It will be a test of not on how the tea party is connecting with the Republican Voters but how its helping its candidates, many of whom are running against much better funded comp