congress today. cnn will be covering the prime minister s speech on the middle east speech process. join in the conversation through i-report and twitter as well. nato launching more than a dozen air strikes on the libyan capital this morning. heavy smoke blanketing tripoli. the air strikes targeted a compound for forces loyal to moammar gadhafi. officials say the attack is one of the heaviest they ve seen of the nato missions since it began more than two months ago. right now reports are at least three people dead and more than 150 others injured. new revelations this morning in the case against the former head of the imf. it s being reported that dna from dominique strauss-kahn matches that of the clothing on the clothing of a hotel maid and police are testing more dna found at the scene. strauss-kahn is accused of sexually assaulting the woman at a swanky new york hotel last weekend. right now he s released on bail. go back now to joplin, missouri, where ali is following our big
it is tuesday, may 24th. we re getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that we re talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. good morning. what are you seeing there? good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you it s a good morning in joplin. it simply isn t. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. let s begin this morning with some breaking news, however. president obama in london this morning, is announcing that he will be coming here. he will be visiting joplin this sunday as soon as he gets back from his european trip. the president says he wants the folks here to know the government will do absolutely everything they can to make sure that there s recovery here. 30% of joplin is gone. it s decimated. right now hundreds of police, fire fighters, national guardsmen, other volunteers are searching for survi