with the elitists so him defecting to paris, which is common for syrians to be taken in by the french, really was also one of the leaders of their elite national republic guard. it s actually commanded by the feared brother of assad, who has been responsible for deploying the muscle laying the crackdown. it s interesting how it plays. i don t think it s a game-changer but we could see more what information could we glean from him. there s some intelligence there. intelligence is going to be the main ingredient but psychologically it sets a precedents. this guy defecting i think is going to become a much very much a psychological statement to the rest of the elite community. wait a second, we have generals defecting, maybe it s time to jump ship.
there is one road map and that automatically removes any possibility that gadhafi will step down. these helicopters, because they are quite precision, they are used to lessen collateral damage. the consent is that they will be able to clear the way for a rapid opposition advance in a way that the nato jets haven t been able to and when you add that to what you had mentioned, of these eight libyan generals defecting, then it doesn t really feel like time is on gadhafi s side. so for zuma to leave without any joint statement, it must be very worrying for the administration here, brooke. what kind of message? you mentioned the defaction.
joe johns, have a great rest of the weekend and safe travels. you, too. on this memorial day, i want to begin on cordova, alabama. it hit on the morning of april 27th by a powerful ef-3 tornado, and then the very same day ef-4 tornado hits that same town that night. cordova, alabama, is not the town that you see here in some of the video, some of the aerial pictures here and satellite images. a lot of folks have certainly lost their homes, but as we told you on friday, the cordova mayor jack scott is invoking a ordinance that rejects any trailer which is being offered by the federal government to folks whose homes have been destroyed. and jack scott is saying emergency or not, the law is the law. and as we showed you on friday, none of the folks in cordova are none too thrilled about the 50-year-old ordinance. we will talk to some folks live in a moment, but first, listen to this. what i suggested is putting the fema trailers in my backyard, because of the mayor, we wan