ancestor, they would be so pleased this has occurred. finally, finally, a reversal of fortune, if you will, for the indian people. reporter: there are hundreds of thousands of other bison in the country, but they are bred with battle and treated as livestock, raised for their meat, bill. bill: so dan, the ranchers, they re not all happy about this. why would that be? reporter: no, in fact, they re almost all against it, opponents are mainly the ranchers and wheat farmers of northeastern montana, instead of viewing of bison as an icon they see them as a nuisance that breaks down fences and competes with battle for with cattle for prime grazing land. over the years there have been conflicts with livestock bison escaping and doing damage. we interviewed one cattleman who shot five on day on his property, causing problems with his cattle and last year they cost him $20,000. he s afraid this is just the beginning and that when conservation what conserve aces really want is to create
help, the claims their government is out to kill them. cnn s nic robertson with an exclusive story. what does this now mean now? i ll able to pay my mortgage every month on time. solving the mortgage crisis from a very unlikely savior. could he help save your home? we find out this hour. that and more right here, right now on cnn. this is cnn breaking news. i m don lemon. thank you so much for joining us. we re going to begin this newscast with breaking news tonight. a major shake-up in the republican battle for president. he said he had a ticket to ride after finishing third in new hampshire butt trip is now over for jon huntsman. huntsman is dropping out of the race for president. and he plans to endorse mitt romney. cnn pleas political reporter peter hamby broke this news for us. when is the official announcement? the official announcement will be tomorrow they sheraton hotel where there s a big debate sponsored by the republican party. the official endorsement
neither has been publicly identified. a rare tornado struck a family ranch in northeastern montana, leaving two people dead and one seriously injured. officials there say the deaths will have a devastating effect on the community of about 4,000 people. and take a look at these gators gathered in southeast georgia. a feeding frenzy. look at this. that s crazy. 300 alligators caught on tape at steven c. foster state park. they ve also made a splash on facebook and youtube, nearly 75,000 page views. i don t know what they were feeding on, anderson. i didn t know they used facebook or youtube. i didn t either. flash crowd. flash crowd of gators. that s right. i feel like they were having a secret meeting about us and we discovered them. you think? i think they were plotting about us. staffers for a photo that we put on the blog.
american sailor who disappeared last week have been found in eastern afghanistan. the search continues for a second sailor. neither has been publicly identified. a rare tornado struck a family ranch in northeastern montana, leaving two people dead and one seriously injured. officials there say the deaths will have a devastating effect on the community of about 4,000 people. and take a look at these gators gathered in southeast georgia. a feeding frenzy. look at this. that s crazy. 300 alligators caught on tape at steven c. foster state park. they ve also made a splash on facebook and youtube, nearly 75,000 page views. i don t know what they were feeding on, anderson. i didn t know they used facebook or youtube. i didn t either. flash crowd. flash crowd of gators. that s right. i feel like they were having a secret meeting about us and we discovered them.
arwa damon. thanks so much. hot and stormy in the midwest. not a good combination, jacqui jeras. not so much. unfortunately that s the rule. rather than the exception. there is a storm system which is on the move across the midwest today. earlier this week, that same system spawned this tornado in montana. take a look at those pictures caught by storm chasers. an incredible tornado and rare to happen in this part of the country. it was an ef-3 tornado with estimated winds around 150 miles per hour. it is one of only three ef-3s ever recorded in the state of montana. and the deadliest tornadoes since 1923. it did kill two people and damaged several homes across northeastern montana. a very rural area. now we have had storms this morning across the midwest. there you can see them rumbling through. this light has fallen apart over the last couple of hours. i know you are so happy about it