higher level of the atmosphere the twisting thunderstorm in the way that produce tornadoes and that s what we see coming together. we have very warm air ahead of the system that fired up the thunderstorms already. we have a number of super cell from parts of oklahoma up into portions of iowa and a number of tornado warnings also that happen that currently have tornadoes on the ground. right now one town we have been talking about is sail say lean and in kansas and the thunderstorm basically right over them so they could have that very large confirmed dangerous tornado in their area and we also have a new tornado warning you are issued out for lincoln county in nebraska in the town of north platt. that warning is in effect until 7:30 p.m. local time central daylight savings time and basically that tornado was spotted by trained weather spotters so it s seen by people. reported. we do have the warning out there in effect. now i want to show you some of the tornado watches that do stretch
about his ponzi scheme and turning a blind eye. they ve agreed to pay $162 million to the victims but that s a fraction of what the trustee was seeking in this civil case. weather news this morning. a tornado has plowed through texas damaging dozens of homes there. the twister touched down near san antonio last night sheering off roofs, toppling power poles. it was part of a line of storms that brought not only hail but high winds and flooding as far as missouri. two inches came down in the dallas area and rivers and streams are expected to rise 20 feet. people in north platt, nebraska, have a big cleanup job on their hand after getting pummeled by a tornado on sunday. it was an ef-3 with winds hitting 165 miles an hour. four people were injured. families had to huddle in closets and bathrooms but the most precious things were
promise to prosecute 19 americans. the white house today threatened to cut off billions in u.s. aid if they put 19 u.s. citizens on trial. those citizens include the son of transportation secretary ray lahood. their alleged crime? channeling money and offering support to human rights groups. in colorado this afternoon, the crisis was newt gingrich s first point of attack. this reminds me exactly of jimmy carter and the iranian hostage. we now have the obama hostage crisis to resemble the carter crisis. chris lawrence is working his sources tonight. what are they saying at the pentagon and the white house about threats to cut off funding for egypt? i spoke with a junior defense official who says he thinks the u.s. has to keep sending military aid to egypt. he said look, no matter what sort of government emerges from the upcoming elections, the egyptian military is going to still be a pillar of that country. he thinks the u.s. has to have a relationship with that military
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