There is more of the same in the forecast today. The biggest threat is the big question. Indra petersons is tracking it for us. What do we see out there, my friend . Notice, 13 reports of tornados in illinois overnight. Look at all the damaging winds. 235 reports of winds as this storm made it way across. Hunker down nashville. Overnight, severe storms wreaked havoc across the midwest and southeast. Multiple tornados touching down in illinois. It was very loud. Just couldnt hear anything. Thunderstorms, damaging winds, funnel clouds threatening millions of people. In illinois thursday night, the severe storm knocking out power to tens of thousands. Dense fog causing this 20car pileup near chicago. One car pinned underneath a semi. You couldnt see your hand in fronts of your face. And in mississippi a day care caught on fire after an apparent Lightning Strike. I looked back and a bolt of lightning went straight down. Treacherous ice blankets the road. This mega bus went careening into a
You can see the smoke there. You can see the Water Cannons in the background. This is a scene, independent square, set ablaze, by protesters trying to keep police out after one of the Bloodiest Days in recent memory. At least 25 people are now dead. At least 25, and the number could be much, much higher than that. The protests camp all but surrounded. And ukraines president is resisting calls to pull back. Youll see it from the pictures here. A chaotic situation. That city very much teetering on the brink. Nick paton walsh is live in kiev. He joins us live on the phone. Nick, give us a sense what youre seeing. Reporter just from that central square, its fair to say overnight the protesters pushed back in terms of the amount of area controlled there. But theres still a tense standoff. About ten meters between both sides. And theyve thrown missiles at police. Have things thrown back at them but i think the real question now both sides look perhaps a little tired, perhaps a little bewilde
Where a truce appears to clearly be falling apart. Youre looking at live pictures from Independence Square in kiev, where protesters and police are clashing once again at this hour. There are reports of more deaths, more injuries after some of the worst violence in that nations modern history, drawing International Calls for both sides to stop. Our Nick Paton Walsh was just down in Independence Square. He has been covering this throughout the night. You were down there, nick, as the violence escalated. What are you seeing . What is happening . Were just seeing some reports of, apparently, what appear to be dead bodies found in the hotel right where you are . Reporter well, let me give you some context. The hotel is used by many media and has now become the bottom floor a kind of triage Medical Center for those protesters who have been injured. My colleague, todd baxter, has been down there and to his count, 11 dead bodies under sheets, presumably that are dead, beyond any help at all.
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Reporter sources tell cnn that rnc chairman Reince Priebus denied he was considering shifting funds from trumps president ial bid to down ballot races, but he did speak to trump about his tone. This after trump spent an entire day repeating a false claim that president obama literally is the founder of isis. I meant hes the founder of isis. I do. He was the most valuable player. I give him the most valuable player award. Reporter back in february during a cnn town hall, trump placed the blame for the rise of isis squarely on the iraq war. The war in iraq started the whole destabilization of the middle east. It started isis. It started libya. It started syria. In all fairness, bush made the decision. Reporter the republican candidate also making waves this morning for saying he would allow american terror suspects to be tried at the military tribunal in guantanamo bay. Well, i know that they want to try them in our regular court systems, and i dont like that at all. I would say they cou