according to the reports on cnn international that i read, he was actually in a different building, in an annex, a safe place somewhere else across town when he and his colleagues there heard that the consulate was under attack, and they went there. they didn t h u.n. ker down were in safety, they rushed there to go help. this is the american way. we go where there is trouble. phraus. we go where we are needed. [applause] alisyn: we are watching that hearing. more of the testimony in a moment with kt mcfarland and general jack keane. major developments to tell you about in the nationwide meningitis outbreak, the death toll rising to 12 across ten different states. jonathan serrie is live in atlanta, give us an update. the death toll rising because of a new case confirmation. officials in florida have confirmed that a 70-year-old man who died back in july was indeed
screen you can see the storm track which shows that obviously there are severe storms in that area, some of which are turning into tornadoes, at least one touched down in the kansas city area in the past hour. we want to bring in janice dean right now to tell us what we are looking at, janice, what do you see when you look at these skies. reporter: obviously the recipe for severe weather across the midwest, like we saw yesterday. the storm prediction center saying in the kansas city area do not get your guard down. you want to be listening for those sirens if they go out and to go to your basement or the lowest portion of your home, and away from the windows, and h u.n. ker down. unfortunately we will see more of the cells moving through the kansas city area. i want to take a look at the one tornadic cell we saw move through. it looks like kansas city you will be in the clear but we have more storms here to the north and west of this system. so, again, you might see clear skies for a