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that s what makes them specifically dangerous. strong storms are likely from texas to tennessee. the primary hazard zone is in southern missouri where there s an elevated risk for tornadoes. tomorrow, that threat then shifts east. communities from kentucky to the mid-atlantic will bree impacted with damaging winds and large hail. meanwhile, the heat continues to plague much of the country, expansive heat alerts from texas to virginia and an extended period of heat in the pacific northwest. many cities reaching the triple digits. in fact, in portland, oregon, they could be looking at 100 degrees or higher for three days in a row. unrelenting, thank you. linsey: tonight, abc news has obtained video of police raising a small town kansas newspaper. the incident raising first amendment questions. at issue, a tip a reporter received about a story the paper never published. authorities are defending the raid. tonight, the newspaper says its 98-year-old co-owner died one day after the raid
reporters received about a local business owner accused of driving illegally. they decided not to publish the story. we notified the police they told us this. they never responded. the person who was the target of this then falsely accused us of illegally obtaining the information. reporter: that prompted a search warrant, though federal laws protect journalists from search and seizure and instead require a subpoena, but the chief of the marion police department says in a statement, there are exceptions like, quote, when there s reason to believe the journalist is taking part in the underlying wrongdoing. the paper denies any wrongdoing and says it won t be deterred. if they think i m going to give up because they made it difficult for us to put out a newspaper for one week, they have another thing coming. reporter: and a statement, the kansas bureau of investigations says it has joined an investigation into allegations of illegal access and dissemination of confidential crimin
reporter: tonight, abc news has obtained video of a small town kansas police force raiding the newsroom of the marion county record. now the heart of a battle over the first amendment. officers reading a reporter her rights, snapping photographs and taking away computers. it s everything you ever heard in the third world. it really is like we re living in stalinist russia or nazi germany or vladimir putin s russia. reporter: eric meyer co-owns the paper with his 98-year-old mother whose home was also raided friday. he tells abc news she died on saturday, one day after the raid, saying she was too stressed to sleep or eat. she had eight hours a week working for us, putting together a column of memories. how dare they take the last day of her life and make her filled with fear and anger. reporter: at issue, meyer says, is a tip one of his