position to come into the acquisition here at fox channel where we bring ph hundreds of satellite feeds from all around the world. take a look at remote 269, still working to get out that man who was trapped in a grain silo. they have sent in a rescue, a medivac helicopter. let s hope they are close to getting him out. these are live pictures from that scene. over here on ra meet 293 tropical storm ophelia regained tropical storm status after crossing some of the islands. it is expected to possibly glance bermuda might affect canada but not expected to hit the united states. on remote 249 that is outside the trial of dr.~conrad murray, michael jackson s physician. he is on trial fo for manslaughter in connection with the death of the king of pop. aur man adam housley is there.
practically firing on top of themselves. ammunition is running low. and it s worse than anyone first thought. as the battle rages, the soldiers find two more americans both wounded. under fire, the soldiers load the injured men on to stretchers. and carry them off the roof. with so many men hurt, loftis moves in. he takes up a machine gun and lays down suppressive fire. [ gunfire ] after 30 minutes, the fighting stops. a medivac helicopter carries away the wounded. the americans have won the day. but why? for nearly a decade there have been fights like this one repeated in iraq s fallujah and sadr city. and countless other iraqi and
you see the hospital took a direct hit. and this is the last thing you need because this is exactly the kind of building that you need to be operating during a disaster where people are going to go for help. windows blown out, they had to evacuate the hospital as fast as they could. and one of the stranger sit striench stranger sights that i ve seen, by the emergency room door there was a medivac helicopter on the ground that was destroyed. right there by the emergency room. it s stunning. unbelievable. thank you. we appreciate it. these image of destruction, i want to show you the woman who took these pictures. she had to take cover to save her own life when those storms hit. you re going to hear from her next. car connection calls the xf, yet an instant classic.
but those voices leave no doubt. 20 terrified strangers huddled inside a store s industrial-sized refrigerator. outside a tornado is ripping apart joplin, missouri. and take a listen again we re good. we re good. we re good. [ screams ] [ wind sounds ] jesus. je jesus, jesus. i love everyone. i love everyone, man. i love you. jesus, jesus, jesus. heavenly father. this is joplin this morning. after daylight revealed the devastation, the tornado cut through the center of town killing at least 89 people, taking out homes, businesses, a hospital, a high school. jaime green is a photographer for a kansas newspaper. just listen. we huddled down. was my friend and i and her 6-year-old daughter. we huddled down over her daughter up against a wall, against an office building. our only other option would have been to throw a bench through the glass window which we actually thought of but we didn t we decided not to. it is unbelievable. authorities in joplin expect to
perhaps a gap in a field, small bridge, gap in a wall and typically the bulk of the attacks in the south of the country n the east of the country, the two most volatile areas, areas where there are many, many u.s. troops deployed and the other way soldiers are being killed in numbers are gunfire attacks, insurgent gun attacks often killing one soldier at a time. this month there have been two helicopter crashes, a medivac helicopter shot down by a rocket, four soldiers kiltd there. another helicopter crash, four killed, the details are under investigation. these are the ways the taliban is fighting. june has been a terrible month for nato forces, nic. are you hearing anything on the ground or what are you hearing in terms of what the reasoning is of this, is the momentum shifting is this an indicator of how tough this summer will be in the fight against the taliban?