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>> 10-4. >> reporter: his job is to get snow and ice off the roads in polk county, wisconsin. a few years ago he had a brilliant classic wisconsin idea. >> why couldnt we use brine water made from a cheese factory. >> reporter: thats what these bricks of mozzarella are floating in. it is basically salt and a little product. he test some product from the local cheese factory and found out that it works great for clearing roads. >> got the green light to go. and now were running it in all of our t...

Local government was almost decimated. theres not been the officials there to distribute the aid. they say they are putting people in place now. another problem has been getting the transporters and trucks to bring in the aid. both into the region and also to distribute it from the airport once it gets there. thats been a bit of a nightmare. clearing roads has been a problem. ports have been a problem. huge bottlenecks, those places. also, security, weve seen this looting. but the government has...

Of just how powerful the storm was. lets show you the scene in downtown dallas, sirens are going off letting people know of the danger. a tornado warning is in effect there until 10:15 local time. all right get the situation now. the sheriff joins us on the phone. thank you so much for joining us at what is obviously a very busy time for you. what can you tell us about the situation in hood county right now? >> well, were trying to make our way in and throughout the subdivision of the area where...

Them all the help we can get them out there. still working on that. clearing roads. lots of law enforcement, fire, ems on the scene right now. >> relocation centers 377, tractor supply up by the high school and first methodist church out on highway 101 and the loop. >> you are confirming there have been fatalities and serious injuries but you cannot confirm a number. how wide an area are we talking about here? >> from what it looks like right now, its about a half mile square area. >> were seein...

Roads. by and large, the brief we have last night at the emergency operations center looked solid in terms of the roads not having people out there. losing their cars and cluttering the streets. they should have a pretty clear shot as far as clearing roads here today, you know, the commodities and stockpiling and all that is ready in case, again, people need to go to shelters, concentrated in the southeastern corner there, eastern long island sound where the winds were really -- reached 50, 60 m...

in on the republican cd candidates who want to be president. >> announcer: from cnn world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. we start now with the devastation across the midwest and the south. these are the scenes people are waking up to today. debris now sits where their homes once stood. at least 31 people are dead. a series of tornados are being blamed for the destruction. ther...

the national and louisville. lets bring in chad myers at the cnn atlanta center. what is the latest? >> it goes all the way from illinois all the way down to georgia, alabama, as far west as louisiana and far north as virginia. on the backside, its snowing up in squad cities. thats not atypical. you need cold air to clash. a couple areas still on the ground, to the north of chattanooga by bradley and north of cleveland in tennessee. and then another couple storms here popping up, not t...

Their first meeting as constructive. the cleanup of the syrian city of rockers on the way just a day after u.s. backed forces said that taken folk and troll of what was once the capital of bias self-styled caliphate the troops made up of syrian kurds and arabs have been clearing roads and land mines small pockets of violence militants a still thought to be holed up in the city. chinese president xi jinping has declared a new era for his country and said it was time for china to take center stage...

Just 24 hours. the main priority now, clearing roads and opening the airport so aid can start to flow. >> first priority is going to be saving of lives. not just puerto rico, u.s. virgin islands. im especially concerned with st. croix. that was also in the path of hurricane maria. >> reporter: on the island of dominica, they are in survival mode, food and water is scarce. looting is widespread. known for it is water falls and rainforests are not bare. thousands of trees snapped. the rainforest v...

In fact, one of the ironies is that even though they chant sayings that are very derogatory to the new york police, its the new york police department thats clearing roads that they can march without getting hit by traffic about ten minutes ago, the police were lined up. to stop the protesters. and, in fact, behind me, there are some police officer cars who are sort of catching up, you know, making sure the protesters are protected as well. but the point of this protest tonight is to command acc...