This thursday, everyone, were going to start with the Severe Weather threatening much of the nations heartland. The radar shows a string of storms moving into the area surrounding chicago and detroit. Theyre bringing damaging winds, scattered hail and possibly a new round of tornados. Yeah, one twister thats already hit western wisconsin uprooted trees, damaged homes as well and injured one person who was trying to take cover in a barn when it collapsed. Overnight millions on alert as tornadoes touch down in several states. [ sirens ] reporter these scenes from western iowa, this property heavily damaged, the homes windows shattered to pieces and trees splintered. This woman crawling to a basement with her grandkids. I couldnt shut the door. I looked up and sam goes, grandma, theres a tornado above us. You could see it above us and you could see it. Then i went oh, i was i was just so scared. Reporter another home sitting right in the twisters path this is fury of nature type of stuff.
Well start with Severe Weather threatening much of the nations heartland. The radar shows a string of storms moving into the area surrounding chicago and detroit. Theyre bringing damaging winds, scattered hail and possibly a new round of tornados. One twister thats already hit western wisconsin uprooted trees, damaged homes as well and injured one person trying to take cover in a barn when it collapsed. Overnight millions on alert as tornadoes touch down in several states. [ sirens ] reporter these scenes from western iowa, this damaged property and windows shattered to pieces. This woman crawling to a basement with her grandkids. I couldnt shut the door. I looked up and they said, grandmother, there is a tornado above us. You could see it above us and you could see it. Then i went oh, i was just so scared. Reporter another home sitting right in the twisters path this is fury of nature type of stuff. The roof ripped off railings twisted and the gurters mangled. This is a mess and there
And how you can start to get together with the loved ones that you are celebrating with by zoom today. We will also celebrate some of the heroes of this pandemic who have done so much to help and of course inspire the rest of us. So all of that and more ahead, but first lets get a check of your headlines at the news desk. Good morning, everyone. Im alison kosik. The cdc announcing it will require all passengers from the United Kingdom to prove theyve tested negative for coronavirus before they can fly to the United States. The order is a response to the new covid variant that appears to have originated in the uk. Cnns Salma Abdelaziz is live in london for us. Whats the latest on that . Reporter i can tell you that the uk government is not going to be happy with that. Yesterday a brexit deal was announced and they need important trade relationships with countries like the United States. You can only imagine how this travel restriction when l. Only get that much more difficult for busine
Edward snowden asylum. So are we headed toward a modernday cold war between these two . I was disappointed because, you know, even though we dont have an extradition treaty with them, traditionally we have tried to respect if theres a lawbreaker or an alleged lawbreaker in their country. There have been times where they slipped back into cold war thinking and a cold war mentality. What i consistently say to them and what i say to president putin is thats the past. You know e weve got to think about the future. Mean tiemt, many are expecting more revelations from snowden related to u. S. Surveillance programs. Administration Officials Say those very programs helped uncover this latest Terror Threat, a potential al qaeda plot in the middle east. About a dozen and a half u. S. Embassies and consulates are still closed, a precaution taken in response to that intelligence. Critics of the government secrecy says the reports of this plot say snowdens leaks are adding transparency without unde
What our citizens ought to expect, and they get it. I have been given a two minute warning so i think this will have to be the last. My name is chris taylor. Thank you so much for your service to our nation. Is it time for the National Security act of 2014 . Is it time for us to truly sit down and talk about a National Security budget, true National Security budget . And with that have helped or hindered you in your previous jobs as dni . Bei think you might just running the risk of opening a ofe can of forms can worms if you try to come up with new National Security act legislation, at least from an intelligence perspective i would have thought you might advocate new legislation if you felt the intelligence reform simply wasnt working. And my assessment is that it is working. It is not perfect. Ideal. Ot i would not have even advocated it myself eight or 10 years ago. We took over the Community Management staff functions of and the law presented us with that outcome. I think to reopen