the storm was on the ground for approximately 40 minutes. it traveled along a 17-mile path of densely populated oklahoma in the suburbs of oklahoma city. but beyond the metrics of its power and its duration and its course, what was really unusual about the moore tornado, almost shocking at the time, even in oklahoma, where tornadoes happen a lot, what was most amazing about that storm and unusual about it was how wide it was. we think of tornadoes as twisters, right? as narrow columns of swirling wind that, sure, pack a punch, but that pack a very, very, very narrowly targeted punch. we think of tornadoes as the pinpoint strike of the storm world. but that tornado in moore, oklahoma, was huge. it was 1.3 miles wide on the ground. it was not a pinpoint strike. it was as wide as 23 football fields laid end to end, while it was on the ground. tornado-force winds more than a mile across. that was moore, oklahoma, may 20th.
united states is the center of animusty towards the animosity towards the islamic republic. israel doesn t matter, the ayatollah said, it s the united states that does. what does that mean? well, look, i think you hear this theme in his remarks quite a bit, that you know, remember, the united states is considered the great satan by iran s clerical leaders even though, frankly, the iranian people have a higher regard for the united states. and you hear frequently that israel s really just doing the bidding of the united states. that s how the regime sees it. and so the notioning that we sometimes have that while israel might attack alone, you know, iran will regard that sort of attack as a u.s. attack as well. you know, i do want to point out here, jenna, it s instructive to see the contrasts between our president s words and the supreme leader of rapp s words. you know iran s words. we re talking about diplomacy, about giving diplomacy a chance, and if we exercise a military op
caught hamas by great surprise. not only the intelligence required to carry out such a pinpoint strike but also the fact that israel has begun its targeted killings once again a number of militants met their end today. hamas and islamic jihad. weapons storng facilities were attacked including some the very key long range missiles that has the israelis very worried. those are missiles that could fly here from israel up to tel aviv that they tried to destroy in the very beginning of these long-range air strikes. however, there was still massive retaliation, about 80 rockets flying out of the gaza strip into an area about 30 miles around gaza. that s where 1 million people live. 80 rockets, 25 of which were intercepted by israel s iron dome defense system. the middle east has changed a lot in the past couple of years. egypt has pulled its ambassador out of israel in protest. they have said they want this to end right now. cutter has came out in a very
he visited a l pos precinct near orlando on the eve of the primary. he pledged to stay in the race. we ll beat a big lie campaign with a big truth campaign, beat money power with people power. we are going to go all the way to the convention and we are going to win in tampa, and we are going to be the nominee with your help of the republican party soinchts but if the polls are right mitt romney is likely to be the big winner, his healthy lead hasn t topped him from taking a few final shots. romney and his supporters have pounded gingrich the past week, a barrage of negative ads. he describes the campaign as desperate. i know the speaker is not real happy, speaker gingrich. i know, it s sad. he s been flailing around a bit you just watch it and shake your head. it s been painfully revealing to watch. a poll released what survey after survey has shown. mitt romney has a healthy lead in florida. in the american research group poll, romney is at 343% compared to 31%. rick s
forgiveness is a beautiful thing. we re going to steak suggestions for our free for all friday music so you can tweet me at soledad, underscore, o brien and we ll get that on the air. i guess i could introduce the panel. will cain is back with us and maria cardona is back as well and the congressman joins us here. polls are just opening in the state of florida. florida you remember is a 50-delegate winner take allstate. 600,000 ballots have already been cast in the two candidates at the very toprolly have literally been ripping into each other right to the bitter end. listen. i don t believe the republican party is going to nominate a liberal who is pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase, pro-gay rights. the republican party base does not want to nominate somebody who represents the establishment of wall street in new york. romney refused to allow catholic hospitals to have conscience in their dealing with certain circumstances. romney cut off kosher food for elder