Effect. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. At least ten people are missing this morning in texas in the wake of violent and powerful storms that struck near dallas. The greatest damage where onethird of the town is destroyed. In nearby cisco one person was killed. This is the first images coming out of texas after a likely tornado hit the area. Officials say two dozen people are injured. There goes the school. In lake city, iowa, a tornado ripped through a school top sledding shredding it to pieces. I lived in cisco for ten years now, and i havent seen anything like this in a long time. Homes ripped in half. Telephone poles on the ground. The farming town was evacuated on mothers day after a twister demolished this church. We huddled in the basement in the bathroom. We were on our knees and said the lords prayer. We could hear the bricks falling, and we knew it was not good. Golfballsized hail dropped down on wind shields. These people were hoisted to
Hattiesburg. An historic meeting. Raul castro and pope francis have a private conversation at the vatican. Obviously, this comes at a time of dramatically improving relations. What did they discuss . Newsroom starts now. Hello and happy mothers day. Im anna cabrera in for fredricka whitfield. Two oefrs gunned down and killed in a traffic stop in hattiesburg, mississippi. Three suspects in custody after a massive manhunt overnight. They will face a judge tomorrow. Rosa flores is joining us now from new york. Reporter good afternoon. We hear it from Law Enforcement officials all the time. There is no such thing as a routine traffic stop. Thats exactly what we have here. Hattiesburg officials telling cnn they visited the families of these two Police Officers and promised them those suspects would be hunted down and brought to justice. A traffic stop ended in a hail of gun fire saturday night leaving two hattiesburg, mississippi, Police Officers dead and three suspects in custody. Police s
I havent seen anything like this in a long time. Damaging winds, floods even blizzards in the plains. And ana hammering parts of the east coast. Plus two officers shot and killed in the line of duty. Go out every day to make sure were safe and were turned on today. A simple traffic stop turns onto a deadly encounter and rips a community apart. 30 years ago was the last time it happened in hattiesburg. A historic meeting. Raul castro and pope francis have a private conversation at the vatican. Newsroom starts now. Hello again. Thank you for spending part of your mothers day with me. Im ana cabrera in for fredricka whitfield. Lets get to the mississippi tragedy this weekend and a community there ripped apart two. Police officers one a rookie the other an officer of the year are gunned down and killed during a traffic stop in hattiesburg, mississippi. Three suspects are now in custody after a massive manhunt there. They will face a judge tomorrow. Cnns rosa flores has been following this
the likes of which the world has never seen. this is what we do. that s the value of performance. northrop grumman. we are following breaking news out of mississippi. any moment now, the four suspects in the hattiesburg killing of two police officers are expected to make their first appearance in court. 29-year-old marvin banks and 22-year-old joni callaway have been each charged with two counts of capital murder after they allegedly shot and killed two officers during a routine traffic stop on saturday evening. this weekend, curtis s younger brother curtis banks was charged with being an accessory to the crime. the fourth suspect was charged with obstruction of justice.
molly line working the story, what s the latest? a fourth person was arrested of the deaths two of officers. the investigation is far from over. they were taken into custody in different places, that s created multiple crime scenes. we have new information from the public safety department warren strain he confirms that cornelius clark, 28 years old was charged with obstruction of justice in the case also charged and taken into custody early this morning, brothers marvin and curtis banks, who both have criminal records. marvin 29 charged with what counts of capitol murder one count of grand theft auto for taking off in one of the vehicles and one count of felon possession of a firearm. the younger brother, 26, charged with two counts of accessory after the fact. and finally, joni callaway also charged with two counts of capital murder. both officers benjamin deen and the 25-year-old were shot