global airline market officials order amtrak to take immediate action to make the north-west corridor safe. that s part of our special report derailed - how safe are american trains. at this hour there s a threat of more severe weather in the country s mid section. now you are looking at elk city, oklahoma, where we are told there may be an unconfirmed touchdown tornado. kevin corriveau is here with more. if you look at the video now, you can see how much rain is in the area. it s difficult to see if there s a tornado behind the rain cloud. all the indications are suggesting that we are looking at basically a tornado in that particular area. we do have tornado warnings in that area as we speak, right now. take a look at the radar, we are looking at a lot of activity pushing through oklahoma. closer in what you can see is the showers developing and intensifying over the last hour. and where you see the line of red in western oklahoma that s what we ll watch carefully.
the united states we begin with breaking news. tornados touching down in oklahoma and other states. a swath of severe weather has been moving through the plains churning up stwisters, and dump twisters and dumping heavy rain. there s reports damage and the storms are not over. for the latest on the weather let s go to kevin corriveau. that s right. we knew that today would be a bad day, and they upgraded to this morning to what is called a moderate risk, almost as high as you can go to this area. let s look at what it happening. the big focus is across the central plains if you look between the last 2-4 hours, the thunder storms in red popped up. in this area as well as to the north, we have seen 14 preliminary tornados across that particular region. i want to go closer to oklahoma. it s this line here that just went through elk city. look at the video that came through in this area. this is out of region. there s dark rain showers coming though, as well as - we are loo
education classes and what is being left out. that s a subject of tonight s a deeper look . we have funnel forming to the north dramatic footage from storm chases as they capture a tornado forming, one of several forming throughout the nation for more on the weather let s go to kevin corriveau. how much longer before the folks are out of danger? there s another few hours tonight and a big problem tomorrow. this is the big picture we are looking at now. if we look across the mountain stakes, notice the area of circulation. ahead of that that is the area where we are looking at weather. i ll show you the storms anywhere from texas, oklahoma nebraska and minnesota. they saw one tornado. it has been down here across oklahoma, and texas, that we have seen some of the major city of the tornado, and some of the worst ones. look at the video here as the tornado makes its way to the ground. it did make its way and caused damage along the ground. we saw debris associated with th
pope francis canonizes two nuns showing support for the middle east and great success in the diagnosis of breast cancer we begin with braking news in waco texas. nine are dead. the incident involving rival biker gangs. it started in a fist face but escalated. the police department was aware of the gathering, several officers were there when the shooting took place, and returned fire on the bikers. pait ropes were caught patrons were caught in the middle of crossfire and had to dive for cover. no word on whether bystanders were among the victims. we ll continue to bring you updates. ramadi has fallen. i.s.i.l. fighters overran anbar province, and seized control when the iraqi military withdrew from the city after days of fighting. the u.s.-led coalition launched a series of strikes against forces but was unable to stop them. the loss of ramadi is seen as a defeat for the government. the city lies 70 meals west of baghdad in a sunni province. i.s.i.l. controls many main
between washington d.c. and new york. the greatest threat to the world nuclear weapons, according to a c.i.a. operative. we speak live. and left to the voters in our look at the week ahead , we are the first country where same-sex marriages are at the poll. we follow a breaking story, nine are dead in waco texas following a shooting. police had been alerted to the presence of at least three gangs at a restaurant and were on the scene before fighting escalated to a shoot out. 18 members were taken to hospitals. no officers were hurt. police say they have recovered 100 weapons from those at the scene, including guns and knives. and another story - a military helicopter makes a hard landing. 12 marines taken to the hospital after the incident. it s unclear how severe the injuries are. it happened in bellos air force station near honolulu and residents reported plaque smoke rising from the scene. we ll bring you updates on both stories as they develop. turning to iraq i.s.i.