weeks, corn flour, and wedding. look one direction, so many children in need. look the other way, a pick-up game, kids happy to talk about this favorite soccer club. that was nbc s kate snow reporting from dadaab, kenya. rare tornado hit in eastern russia to tell you about today, killing one person and injuring 28. as you can see, it was all caught on tape. you can see that debris swirling inside the tornado as it tore off roofs and flipped over cars. the town that was hit is near russia s border with china, about 5,000 miles from moscow. be right back. [ clicking ] what happened? power went out, want a hot dog? [ female announcer ] oscar mayer selects are made with 100% beef and have no artificial preservatives.
pole. i remember saying to him, what is this? we thought perhaps it was a tidal wave. we had no idea. and he said, but it s over now, it s over now. and as soon as he said that, the water changed direction again and that was the last time i saw him. reporter: as for petra, she clung to that tree for eight long hours, her pelvis shattered. eventually she was rescued, hospitalized for weeks. sadly, she was never able to find her boyfriend either. petra feels a deep kinship with the victims in japan right now. my heart goes to everyone in japan. reporter: she hopes to help survivors after the 2004 tsunami, she created the happy hearts fund which builds schools for children after natural disasters strike. if children can go back to school, which is safe, they can go back to normalcy, they can start the healing process. that was kate snow reporting. that does it for this edition of news nation. i m tamron hall. we ll be back tomorrow at 2:00.
and he was standing on top of it. and that was once in beautiful condition. reporter: how old is that? it s 3,300 years old. reporter: two mummies were damaged. there were reports they may have been beheaded. this was on the mummy of tutankhamen s great-grandmother. reporter: there are reports of looting including one of egypt s ancient burial grounds. at the famous pyramids, closed now to tourists. experts are hopeful egypt has enough security forces to protect most of its history, literally millions of ancient artifacts. it s crucial to protect all the sites, but it s a very difficult job. and that was kate snow reporting for us. and we have other news developing now. mayor michael bloomberg in new york making an announcement about an undercover gun investigation. officials found that at an arizona gun show, private sellers didn t always require background checks of buyers. this is part of the bloomberg administration s efforts to make a dent in illegal gun sales
the fact that i had to work that day instead of going to the science fair, like i wanted to, that i feel guilty for, too. that was nbc s kate snow reporting. remembering the boss, george steinbrenner. a moment of silence for the bigger than life owner of the new york yankees was observed at last night s all-star game in anaheim. before the game, yankee players paid tribute. he expected perfection and that rubbed off on the organization, whether it was the players, the front office, people working at the stadium. it didn t make a difference. he expected perfection. his legacy will live forever and i think that stadium is just one big sign of how great this man was. steinbrenner died of a heart attack yesterday morning. he was 80 years old. mike taibbi has more on the man who demanded nothing less than perfection. yes, the yankees won again, seven rings and 11 pennants in his time, but in one losing
i don t think i can comment on that because it s part of the investigation. but there was just something in my gut that just didn t feel good. reporter: on thursday, cane horman also asked a court to evict terry so that he could move back into the family home they once shared with kyron and their 19-month-old daughter. kyron will be home at some point, and he should be able to come home and walk into his room and feel like he s back where he belongs. reporter: they still have plans for summer vacation with kyron. we have a houseboat reserved for august, and he s going to be home before then. that was nbc s kate snow reporting. and in a news conference just yesterday, kyron s father said that terry fail two polygraph tests. an all-out manhunt is under way in the bahamas after a new surveillance video captured a fugitive teenager who evaded authorities in the united states. the so-called barefoot bandit