tennessee, kentucky and mississippi yesterday. the red cross is on the ground offering shelter to residents. nicole valdes is on the ground in nashville, tennessee with the latest. nicole what do you see. honestly unspeakable damage as we mourn the lives of six people across tennessee who lost their lives one of those a child in montgomery county and let me show you what were seen it is so horrific, you can take a look at this home, look to the left of it, that is somebody s bed completely in the open the sheer force of the tornado that moved through madison tennessee that ripped up the wall surrounding the bedroom. i will take a walk to show you it s not just isolated to one home, this entire street, each house has significant severe damage, roofs, unimaginably torn to pieces, using the power lines that are just laying on the driveway. take a look further that is another home, the second story most eviscerated in the force of the storm and were waiting for a lot more i
the town is planning a larger celebration at the end of the month, renaming the annual bring bowe back event to reflect his release. it will now be called bowe is back, and thousands are expected to gather on june 28th to honor his release. this morning, acting head of the va is promising major changes at the scandal-plagued agency. sloan gibson says his top priority is to get every veteran off waiting lists and into clinics. he blamed leadership and ethical lapses for the issues that forced the resignation of va secretary eric shinseki. the inspector general at the va is now looking into 42 separate facilities amid claims that wait times were manipulated for thousands of veterans. all right, you can smell it today. it is primary day in eight states. one state in particular is capturing the nation s attention. i am talking about mississippi. 36-year senate veteran thad cochran is defending his seat in what s really been a very close race with tea party-backed
that extended into months at some facilities. at least 42 va hospitals and clinics are now being investigated by the va s inspector general. voters in eight states heading to the polls today. primaries being held in alabama, california, iowa, montana, new jersey, new mexico, south dakota and mississippi. that is where 36-year senate veteran thad cochran is trying to fend off a pretty serious tea party challenge from chris mcdaniels. the race is tight and has been notable for how nasty it has become. dirty, downright dirty. it s beyond nasty to dirty, you are correct. on the spectrum, it is on the dirty side of the nasty spectrum. cnn will be keeping an eye on all of these contests today and we ll bring you results as they come in tonight. john berman loves primary day. it s great. you love it. all right, i love money day and it s one of those. an early start on your money this morning. here s what stocks around the world are doing at the moment. futures in the u.s. near
captivity. right now we just want to celebrate the fact that he s alive and well, or as well as he can be, and show support for the family and let them know that we re behind them for whatever they need to do to make sure bowe on his uphill battle has what he needs. so, the community s kind of bonded together to show support. and you know, and the unified thing, we can deal with all the other stuff later. right now we re just so happy and thrilled to have him back that that s really our focus here. in just a few weeks, thousands are expected to gather to honor bergdahl. they had been holding an annual event dedicated to bringing bergdahl home, but this year s event will reflect really the new reality. it will be called bowe is back. new promises this morning that changes will be coming to the va. acting chief sloan gibson saying now his top priority is to get every veteran, every veteran off waiting lists and into clinics in the wake of a scandal that cost va secretary eric shinsek
bergdahl home. this year, it s going to be a new reality, it s going to be called bowe is back. it used to be called bring bowe back. now it s bowe is back. 38 minutes after the hour. more news this morning. new promises that changes will be coming to the va. acting chief sloan gibson is saying now that his top priority is to get every veteran off waiting lists and into clinics. this in the wake of a scandal that cost va secretary eric shinseki his job. gibson blamed leadership and ethical lapses for wait times that extended into months at some facilities. at least 42 va hospitals and clinics are now being investigated by the va s inspector general. time for an early start on your money this morning. here s what stocks around the world are doing right now. futures in the u.s. hovering near record highs. the dow and the s&p closed at their highest levels ever yesterday. ever. today on cnn money, 4.7 million people, that s how many americans made more than $200,000 in 2011. t