nearly a mile wide and stayed on the ground for more than an hour. leaving nothing but destruction in its wake. bill: it touched down near rolling fork, mississippi. a town of 2,000 people. that community is wiped off the map. sandra: houses reduced to rubble. some ripped off their foundations. the storm had winds reaching 170 miles-per-hour. that s strong enough to send cars and power lines flying through the air. bill: satellite images. on the left a picture of rolling before the storm hit. on the right is what happened after ward. an elementary school, trees, homes, cars, all of them are now gone. sandra: leveled. a church left unrecognizable with the steeple blown off. the scope of destruction is hard to fathom even for those who lived through it. it was dark. call for help. it was quiet. to hear those little kids hollering help. it s devastating. i look around town and i m saying i know we can rebuild, but what do you do with the devastation? what do you do w
america this weekend. kasie hunt picks up our coverage right now. good afternoon. i m kasie hunt here in washington. we re going to begin with the scramble for answers after a u.s. fighter jet were scrambled three days in a row this weekend, shooting down three separate aerial objects that were flying over north america. in just moments, the white house is going to take questions on this deepening national security mystery, as president biden faces increasing pressure to address the nation to explain what exactly is going on and who is behind these incursions. we re going to bring you that white house briefing as soon as it gets under way. but we want to get started right now with cnn s kylie atwood and phil mattingly, who are tracking all of this. kylie, let me start with you at the state department. so much of this is going to depend on what the government recovers from what is shot down. what is the status of this? if they haven t determined the origins of these objects,
This situation becomes for the palestinians. The strip under constant bombardment today, a force of 300,000 israeli troops now in position for the ground offensive. We will hear tonight from an Israeli Government spokesmen on when that order might come. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen is in southern israel, he has been in the remains of the be eri kibbutz today, where at least 100 people were killed. We will speak to the un in gaza, the hostage negotiators, and we will keep one eye on that important vote in the us congress tonight, where republicans are trying and so far failing to elect a speaker. Welcome to the programme. It should come as no surprise, after all the death and destruction inflicted by hamas, that the hearts of israelis are hardened to the fate of gaza and its people. The Prime Ministers Office released pictures today of israeli children that had been butchered and burnt. There was no mercy, it seems there will be none in return. The Gaza Blockade will be enforce
From gaza, stranded after the war, are getting help. And well have a Special Report from our security correspondent, explaining, step by step, how hamas planned and carried out their deadly attack. Also on the programme. As the government vows to clamp down on vapes being marketed to children, we speak to a 12 year old who suffered a collapsed lung and spent days in a coma after becoming addicted to vapes. And two weeks after this famous tree was felled, its been removed from sycamore gap in northumberland where it had stood for 300 years. Coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. We will be live in seville, where scotland can become the first team to qualify for next years european championship. They need just point against spain. Good evening. We are live in jerusalem where israel says it will not allowed basic resources or humanitarian aid into gaza until hamas releases the dozens of hostages it abducted last weekend. The group is designated as a Terror Organisation by m
Dana the response is unwavering. Israel unleashing fire and fury on Hamas Terrorists. Smoke is rising from the gaza strip which is on the verge of a blackout. Bill is off today. Bret im bret baier. This is americas newsroom. It has been a tough three days. The increase of the depravity were seeing on the ground has been very tough. You look at what is about ready to happen, it looks like. We could be in for weeks and weeks of this. Dana the complexities increase with every hour. You can rest assured theyre on top of it. We dont know how it will look a few days from now. Bret the Israeli Death toll from saturdays Terror Attack by hamas topping 1200. President biden confirming at least 14 americans are among the dead. At least 20 americans are missing. Possibly taken hostage by the terrorists of hamas. Dana here are four of The Americans confirmed missing. They range in age from 19 to 66. Their families fear the worst and urging President Biden to do everything in his power to bring them