Place they know the church. This was the scene throughout alabama and mississippi over the last 24 hours. Its coming right at us. Reporter in collinsville, mississippi, Vicky Hartley took shelter with her neighbor in a basement right before her roof was blown off. It was shocking. You know, you dont really know what to feel, but i was thankful that we were all okay. Reporter the tornado continued threequarters of a mile, approaching the First Baptist church of collinsville. Pastor wade ricks heard it coming took off running, and my son was right over here. And i said, get inside. We went inside and got underneath the desk. And as soon as we got under the desk, it hit. Reporter pastor ricks says it took less than 20 seconds to do this to the 85yearold church, which had been damaged during hurricane katrina. Its hard to believe that something could do this much damage, so quick. Reporter north of mississippi in tennessee, the same system that fueled those tornadoes caused flooding. Were
Communities amid an epidemic thats risen to the number one concern for voters in the nation owes first primary. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Facing a primary showdown in New Hampshire just six days from now, donald trump is talking about a doover in iowa where he came in second place behind ted cruz. In a twitter tirade, hes accusing cruz of playing dirty tricks to pull off mondays win, but trumps not the only candidate sounding off about cruz who is busy barnstorming through New Hampshire with a wind at his back and apparently a target on his back. Nbcs Hallie Jackson tells us more. Republicans push ahead in New Hampshire, Donald Trumps looking back to iowa, sparking a new feud with the there. Ted cruz didnt win he stole it. Adding either a new election should take place or cruz results nullified. Its one of trumps harshest attacks, less than 48 hours after one of his mos
Outages. What youre seeing now would be the 11th tornado so far, from the major storm system that is crossing into the east. For more on the damage from last night, were going to turn to David Begnaud in collinsville, mississippi. David . Reporter scott, good evening. The community of collins knows exactly what the people of georgia are dealing with right now. It was 24 hours ago at this very moment that a tornado came from this direction and ripped through the First Baptist church where we are tonight. And the only people here were the pastor, his wife and their son, and they hid in the safest place they know the church. This was the scene throughout alabama and mississippi over the last 24 hours. Its coming right at us. Reporter in collinsville, mississippi, Vicky Hartley took shelter with her neighbor in a basement right before her roof was blown off. It was shocking. You know, you dont really know what to feel, but i was thankful that we were all okay. Reporter the tornado continue
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