devastate bid those historic tornadoes. tell us what you re seeing around you. reporter: it s really stunning here in mayfield. no matter how many places you have seen that have been hit by a tornado, it s just this really stretches out this entire town, you come over a hill from the highway, as i did early this morning, and it s shocking. when you first see it, just the level of devastation, the department of homeland security, and fema chiefs are in western kentucky, also assessing the damage. the storm moved from several states. more than 300 national guard troops searching for survivors there. in kentucky, the death toll is 65. the governor told me last hour, he unfortunately expects that number to climb. officials believe that the tornado that touchdown down here in mayfield was on the ground in the state continuously for at least 128 miles. here s the governor s last hour. we are used to tornadoes that rip off the roofs of our houses, and this one exploded every hou
fragile planet. we begin this hour in arkansas where a national debate over religion and same-sex marriage has taken a remarkable twist. there are calls to hutchenson appears determined to avoid the controversy this week that s hounded a fellow republican governor in indiana. here s more on that story. the governor has been under intense pressure to veto this legislation in the fallout of a similar bill in indiana that just turned into law this week. it sailed through the arkansas legislature but today the governor said he will not sign it into law. instead, he told state law makers to change it and make it more like the federal legislation signed by president clinton in 1993. supporters say it protects religious freedom by allowing businesses to turn people away not in line with the owner s own beliefs. but the bill opponents say opens up the chance for discrimination. wal-mart, the ceo, urging the governor not to sign it saying diversity benefits business. now hutch
controlling almost all of the yarmouk refugee camp and have trapped thousands inside in tonight s a deeper look , from the rising sea level to fracking - we talk about the issues concerning this fragile planet planet. we shall employ all means at our disposal to bring the perpetrators to justice. we are also in active pursuit of the mastermind of the attack and placed the reward for the information leading to his capture we begin with a promise from kenya s leader who says he ll employ harsh members to bring to justice the al-shabab gunmen who killed at the university. al-shabab promises to rage a long war against kenyans. al-shabab released a statement saying it will make kenya s streets full of blood and will continue until they pull ot of somali. the president of kenya today declared three days of national mourning for the victims. many have been taken to the capital of nairobi, where grieving family members gathered to view the remains. the innocent children. the
criminal justice center. that s something the taxpayers have overwhelmingly adopted a tax to help us expand the criminal justice center which is something that we re very glad to have. i invite you guys to come out and cover that event later today as well. with that i ll turn it over to the sheriff and if i can let you know we have a very busy day planned ahead of us so we ll go until about 9:30. thank you. thank you. let me welcome everybody. the last time i had a news conference that was this well attended is when i was chief of detectives at the tulsa police department and we had a businessman, roger wheeler, killed in tulsa out at southern hills golf club and just this past year whitey bulger was convicted of that crime. thank you for coming. i want to thank shannon for the job he s done under these circumstances and the undersheriff and the officers of the tulsa county sheriff s office. you know i had a public meeting on tuesday, april 6th, at the courthouse and no one