Arrived there. can you give us a sense of how the community is reacting? we a sense of how the community is reactinu ? ~ . , a sense of how the community is reactin: ? ~ . , ., , ., reacting? we arrived ust as a viuil reacting? we arrived ust as a viail had reacting? we arrived ust as a vigil had been h reacting? we arrived ust as a vigil had been taking reacting? we arrived just as a vigil had been taking place . vigil had been taking place just up the road from here in a kind of parking area and dozens and dozens of people from the local community were there. and you could really tell what a tightknit community this is. it is a small town here in rural alabama and lots of people were talking to each other, hugging each other. we did see young people very visibly upset. obviously a lot of people will have known the victims of last night s shooting. and that is the dance studio we understand the dance studio we understand the shooting took place last night. they don t know quite
Are, steve? john, just a mess here. signs of destruction, some houses are gone, roofs missing as well. selma, alabama, one tornado touched down in selma, went for about 20 miles, including through the center of town. uproot oak trees and knocked down brick buildings as well. 20 miles on the ground and enough to throw debris up in the air 10,000 feet. when you talk to people who lived through it, they say it was just an afternoon and a night of real terror. you could hear the roar, and you could hear the wind, and right over our head. we had to go back into a glass front building and hope the pressure did not take the glass out. you could feel the pressure of what was happening but no damage, thank god, for where we were. one of the hardest hit areas, rural alabama around montgomery,
absolutely. like i said, i all the people i know, we are doing fair, honest, true investigations protecting americans, and we need to rest assured there are good people holding the line. sandra: good to have you here. nicole parker, thank you for joining us. john. john: interesting background, too. one of those people called to serve in the wake of 9/11, she was working at merrill lynch in the financial world prior to this and said i m going to join the fbi and help get the bad guys. sandra: fascinating transition and the fbi was lucky to have her. john: turning to weather and the devastating tornadoes ripping through the southeast, first responders scrambling to rescue people under trapped trees and buildings, both the governors of georgia and alabama have declared states of emergencies to the areas affected. steve is life in griffin, georgia, an hour south of atlanta. what s it looking like where you
Feel lucky just to have survived. you can t cry over spilt milk. you pick up the best you can and drive on down the road. the lord was good to me, giving me sense to get out, because there s a good chance i d have lost my lai. the death toll stands at nine. it s going been going up the last few hours. most of those killed in rural alabama, outside of montgomery, in mobile homes, crushed by trees and debris. neil, back to you. neil: steve, thank you very much. steve harrigan. meanwhile the back-and-forth on these documents, and who it hurts more. what if i told you both presidents that are being investigated, the former one and the present one, they could be damaged from this. that s after this.
Growing businesses injected nearly $1.7 billion in new capital investment into Alabama’s rural counties last year in a sign of continuing vitality, according to data released by the Alabama Department