good evening. i m bret baier. middle east powder keg as iran seizes control of a tanker in the gulf of imam and iranian backed proxy groups have launched 130 attacks on u.s. troops in the region as the world awaits a response. senior national correspondent hitch edson has the latest from the pentagon, good evening, rich. good evening, bret. this is the same ship that last year the u.s. justice department seized for violating sanctions. it was carrying iranian oil then and iranian state media outlet says bordering the ship today is retaliation for the u.s. seize it s a year ago example of iranian maligned activity threatening security and stability in the reasonable. we call on iran to release the tanker and the crew immediately. the pentagon says the tanker flagged to the marshall islands. for weeks iran backed houthi rebels have been attacking commercial shipping on the red sea. on tuesday they launched their largest, most complex attack yet. the pentagon says f-1s fro
him minutes ago. okay. we re going to stand by for that. and chad myers, tell me where the storm is now. ashleigh and jeff were on the same road. they were on the same road together? going different directions. ashleigh is going toward st. louis, jeff is to the west driving toward the tornado. they crossed each other, obviously didn t see each other because it s raining so hard. but they went the opposite direction. jeff is following that storm it did some damage near bird s eye, it had to, indiana. but there is an even larger tornado that i m very worried about it. it s to the northwest of louisville by maybe 30 miles but it is on the ground doing damage. new peak in indiana is in the way of this tornado. if you know anybody in that area, they just need to take cover. and these now are so big that you don t have to wait. if you see a dark cloud literally, you know a storm is coming your way, don t wait for the weather service to put out a warning. just take your torn
but those voices leave no doubt. 20 terrified strangers huddled inside a store s industrial-sized refrigerator. outside a tornado is ripping apart joplin, missouri. and take a listen again we re good. we re good. we re good. [ screams ] [ wind sounds ] jesus. je jesus, jesus. i love everyone. i love everyone, man. i love you. jesus, jesus, jesus. heavenly father. this is joplin this morning. after daylight revealed the devastation, the tornado cut through the center of town killing at least 89 people, taking out homes, businesses, a hospital, a high school. jaime green is a photographer for a kansas newspaper. just listen. we huddled down. was my friend and i and her 6-year-old daughter. we huddled down over her daughter up against a wall, against an office building. our only other option would have been to throw a bench through the glass window which we actually thought of but we didn t we decided not to. it is unbelievable. authorities in joplin expect to