damage. it is heartbreaking. horror and heartbreak gripping much of mississippi after deadly tornadoes ripped through the state will speak to a disaster relief organization about what s being done on the ground to help plus vladimir putin planning to put nuclear weapons closer to ukraine and right next door to a close u. s ally in the region for live in moscow and kiev with the latest and march madness like we ve never seen before massive upsets in both men s and women s matches. cnn sports ploy wire joining me live to break down the tournament. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hooper. we begin in the deep south of the us, where another round of severe storms could be heading their way in the coming hours. hopefully they won t be as destructive as the ones that pummeled mississippi and nearby states friday night into saturday, leaving images like these have a look. these used to be homes now mangled mass of crumbled buildings, vehicles scattered like
human america. he is convicted of being a member of an illegal armed group and participating in terror activities. clooney foundation for justice called it a show trial, saying it lacked guarantees of fairness. his family has since made several appeals for his release, frankly , there are days when i cry a lot. i can t sleep. i don t eat at all. just knowing that my father is sitting in a room with no windows, no light and no one to talk to no one he can trust in this country on friday that was a new twist to his saga. the rwandan government said it has committed to begin his sentence after a request for clemency recently, president paul kagame s signaled he was willing to move forward on the issue. we are not people who want to get stuck. mhm in one place. they have been many high profile efforts to release rusesabagina , the united states and qatar,
goal, which is counter terrorism. those 50 al qaeda operatives that are believed to be in the country. and that number could grow if afghanistan spirals back into a greater state of violence and lawlessness if the united states and its allies aren t successful there. it s an effort aimed at trying to deny the terrorists by trying to focus on good governance. trying to go and root out corruption. trying to train civil servants. trying to engage in reconstruction and development. it s a very broad based, very laborious effort. and one that s moving in fits and starts. it s not going as well as senior u.s. administration officials, senior military officials would hope. certainly some of the high profile efforts this year in southern afghanistan have been taking much longer to generate traction than officials had been wanting. peter, what do you think
counter insurgency campaign that s aimed at a fairly narrow goal, which is counter terrorism. those 50 al qaeda operate ibs that are believed to be in the country. and that number could grow if afghanistan spirals back into a greater state of violence and lawlessness if the united states and its allies aren t successful there. it s an effort aimed at trying to deny the terrorists by trying to focus on good governance. trying to go and root out corruption. trying to train civil servants. it s a very broad based, very laborious effort. and one that s moving in fits and starts. it s not going as well as senior military officials would hope. certainly some of the high profile efforts this year in southern afghanistan have been
to deny the terrorists by trying to focus on good governance. trying to go and root out corruption. trying to train civil servants. it s a very broad based, very laborious effort. and one that s moving in fits and starts. it s not going as well as senior military officials would hope. certainly some of the high profile efforts this year in southern afghanistan have been taking much longer to generate traction than officials had been wanting. peter, what do you think victory is going to look like. pennetta said he thinks the u.s. is winning when you look at undermining al qaeda leadership. he says he thinks we may be losing when you take a look at increased violence. so what s the victory look like? well, you know, one version