at least 23 people are dead, but dozens are missing or injured. the national weather service has confirmed one large tornado caused catastrophic damage across several cities and towns . but there were a dozen reports of tornadoes across alabama and mississippi. now the storms, flattened homes and buildings and knocked out power to more than 100,000 customers across alabama, alabama, mississippi and tennessee. let s go to the ground. there were cnn s isabella isabelle rose salas is live in rolling fork. mississippi look, we spoke with the mayor a couple of hours ago, and he told us that his town is basically gone. is that what you re saying? that is certainly an accurate assessment of what we saw in rolling fork and guys if i can first tell you that i m actually a little bit beyond the city limits three miles away. i want to show something to you right over here. this car. we re told by family members that they were driving last night as the tornado. hit and the strong winds f
decision very, very shortly in that discussion to authorize the strikes against these particular targets. is there anything you can tell us about the u. s contractor killed. i m afraid not. i mean, we re trying to give the family some time and in space here to grieve. they just got devastating news yesterday. we do know that he was an american citizen and a contractor working for us at that particular base. but again , poppy, i think you can understand where we re going to give them a little bit of privacy right now, just to follow to poppy s question there. what are the things that us can the us do anything to help keep the personnel and u s contractsafe tre? well, the actions that we took yesterday are part and parcel that effort, don, i mean we re going to work to protect our people and our facilities as best we can. it s a dangerous environment. you said it at the top were there to defeat isis to ensure the enduring defeat of isis. they are still a threat in syria. they a
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Atlantic council for a Panel Discussion on u. S. Nuclear strategy and the challenges posed by china and russia. Good afternoon and welcome to the Atlantic Council for todays event. Introducing the strategic investment Posture Commission report. Im Vice President at the Atlantic Council and senior president of the center for strategy and security. This event comes at a time of significant deterioration in the International Security environment. For decades, russia was the only nuclear peer competitor to the United States, but in recent years, china has launched a rapid and farreaching Nuclear Buildup and aims to have 1500 Nuclear Weapons by 2035. This means for the first time in its history, the United States will need to contend with two nuclear peer competitors at the same time. To address this unprecedented challenge, congress established the strategic Posture Commission in the 2022 National Defense authorization act. Congress charged the commission to conduct a review of the strateg
Atlantic council for a Panel Discussion on u. S. Nuclear strategy and the challenges posed by china and russia. Good afternoon and welcome to the Atlantic Council for todays event. Introducing the strategic investment Posture Commission report. Im Vice President at the Atlantic Council and senior president of the center for strategy and security. This event comes at a time of significant deterioration in the International Security environment. For decades, russia was the only nuclear peer competitor to the United States, but in recent years, china has launched a rapid and farreaching Nuclear Buildup and aims to have 1500 Nuclear Weapons by 2035. This means for the first time in its history, the United States will need to contend with two nuclear peer competitors at the same time. To address this unprecedented challenge, congress established the strategic Posture Commission in the 2022 National Defense authorization act. Congress charged the commission to conduct a review of the strateg