the station said. lopez leaves behind two children. kansas state representativejo ella hoye was at the parade, and shared her experience with me a little earlier. my heart is racing just hearing the reports coming through for something that i was there and my colleagues and my friends and fellow kansas city residents and kansans and missourians and it doesn t feel real yet. thankfully i was there with my son and we rushed out, we were rushed out before we realised what were going on. we were oblivious to the danger until we were loaded onto our buses and saw people running and getting on the bus in a panicked or hysterical way. it was just a bunch of us getting on phones trying to get in contact with everyone we knew they are to make an event like this, a victory parade, would have a huge number of paramedics and police officers on the scene, what was their response like? the law enforcement was tremendous. throughout the entire time we were there, we saw police, there were s
in a post on facebook the station said. lopez leaves behind two children. kansas state representativejo ella hoye was there. it does not feel real yet. i was there with my son. we were rushed out before we realised what was going on. we were oblivious to the danger until we saw people running and getting on the bus, in a panicked and hysterical way, and it was just a bunch of us getting on phones, trying to getting on phones, trying to get in contact with everyone that we knew, in order to make sure that our friends and loved ones were accounted for. kansas city mayor quinton lucas called the attack another mass shooting statistic in america. we became part of a statistic of too many americans. those who have experienced or been connected to a mass shooting. that is something that i hope we all recognise is highly problematic for all of us. i continue to commend our police officers, firefighters and others who are there to respond instantly. but we also need to figure out a w
fueled in part by this deadly and dangerous heat. and the passengers on board a delta flight sitting for more than an hour on the tarmac amid triple-digit temperatures outside. they had to call in medical teams and oxygen. the stunning images tonight. that powerful tornado in north carolina, tearing through homes and businesses, hitting at lunch hour. multiple people hurt. and the twister slamming into a pfizer plant, sustaining major damage. in kentucky tonight, the governor there declaring a state of emergency. widespread flooding. and we re learning more about the nightmare on board that delta plane. passengers and crews spending more than an hour on the tarmac. the outside temperature reaching 110. rob marciano standing by with the tornado concerns still at this hour and the storms and heat. we also have new reporting tonight in the defection of an american soldier to north korea. his mother making a desperate plea tonight. the new image of that soldier at the dmz jus
but there is no respite. in el paso in texas, temperatures above 38 celsius for more than a month and still no end in sight. at the moment we are expecting 38 cities across the us expected to have record breaking temperatures today. some 100 million americans are under what they call an extreme heat warning. as you can see, people are heeding the advice. i am on the strip of las vegas which is much busier at this time of day. the advice here is very simple and very clear, stay at home. don t come out between the hours of nine and 6pm. and most people seem to be taking that advice. not everybody can of course. not everybody has homes. and authorities say they are doing their best and cooling centres have been set up around las vegas where people can go and have some air conditioning and collect free water. the authorities and policemen are also going around less affluent neighbourhoods and handing out water bottles there. the advice very clear, reduce your exposure to the heat