And now, regardless of how we got there, being the team player and knowing i have his back and hes got mine, thats what i reflect thats what i thats what motivates me. President obama will award the medal of honor to Clint Romesha on monday at the white house. He will be honored at the pentagon on tuesday, after which he will come back here to minot, north dakota and continue with his new job. Meanwhile, the war in afghanistan continues, more than 60,000 American Service members are right now in that country fighting that war. Im jake tapper for cnn in minot, north dakota. You are in the cnn newsroom, im Brianna Keilar in for don lemon. We have breaking news tonight, powerful devastating weather in the southern states. This is new video just in to cnn, it was reported by a storm chaser in hattiesburg, mississippi late this afternoon, when an enormous tornado touched the ground and started tearing up the town. We have extensive damage to show you tonight. There are some people hurt, and
These are reallife troops, people. This was a video shot on a real air base in south korea and posted on the official air force youtube channel, a korean officer says they produced the video to lift the spirits of the men stationed at air force bases. You may find this interesting, they shot the whole thing in three days. Im Brianna Keilar at the cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Hope you have a great night and a great week. Path of destruction. A powerful tornado strikes mississippi. They are still assessing the damage right now. Bracing for more, people still digging out from the northeast blizzard. Now they face another potential Weather Threat today. Stranded at sea. Thousands of Cruise Ship Passengers right now waiting for help after a fire leaves them adrift in the gulf of mexico. Were arguing whether thats a good thing or a bad thing. Nothing but fun. The band grabs two trophies including song of the year at the grammys. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im Zoraida Sambolin
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Tank outside. Are you sure of that . I wouldnt want you in a tank. Were not talking about bringing in gun control. Were talking about extending it. What makes you think the 51st law will stop this slaughter. I dont believe it will not. I believe an Armed Society is a polite society. I respect your opinion and respect you coming down to talk to me. Back at you. You are in the cnn newsroom. Im Brianna Keilar in for don lemon. Powerful, devastating weather in the southern states, thats our breaking news tonight. This is new video thats just in to cnn. It was recorded by a storm chaser in hattiesburg, mississippi, late this afternoon. When an enormous tornado touched the ground and started tearing up the town. We have extensive damage to show you tonight. There are some people hurt and i will talk with the man who shot this amazing video footage in just a few minutes. But first this breaking news to tell you about. Thousands of people are stranded after a cruise ship lost power in the gulf
Morning. Im matt lauer. And im savannah guthrie. Cant say that this is unprecedented for a pope to just step down, but you have to go back 1600 years to find another example of it. Pope benedict xvi announcing he is stepping down as leader of the Catholic Church. Huge news for the worlds 1 billion catholics. And noncatholics as well. The 85yearold pope made the announcement moments ago, saying his strength is no longer adequate to carry on his duties. In a moment well talk about the decision with Timothy Cardinal dolan, the highest ranking catholic here in the united states. Claudeio is in rome. This morning, would you say this is total surprise . Reporter matt, this was total surprise. Always clear that Pope Benedict xvi was getting weaker by the month. Every time we saw him coming out on official celebration, he did look weaker and weaker, but then he again he is an 85yearold man. John paul ii before him was even in worse shape and he did not resign. Nobody was really expecting him t