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inside one of the biggest manhunts in fbi history. [ bagpipes ] >> reporter: the church bells of saint monica near the harbor in south boston have sounded for generations of irish immigrants. [ bell ringing ] >> reporter: it is a tight-knit community thats always protected its own, a place james "whitey" bulger, one of bostons most notorious gangsters, called home. bulger learned to fight and survive on the mean streets of south boston, known as southy to locals like john shay who woul...

a little girl with a heart of gold instead of asking for birthday presents, she asked that people help children half a world away. tonight her life comes to a tragic end, but her legacy lives on. good evening, everyone. im don lemon in atlanta. we welcome our viewers tonight watching around the world. youre in the "cnn newsroom." >> tmz says this is the last time im i winehouse was on stage, three days ago in north london. she supported her 13-year-old goddaughter, an aspiring singer h...

a little girl with a heart of gold instead of asking for birthday presents, she asked that people help children half a world away. tonight her life comes to a tragic end, but her legacy lives on. good evening, everyone. im don lemon in atlanta. we welcome our viewers tonight watching around the world. youre in the "cnn newsroom." >> tmz says this is the last time amy winehouse was on stage, three days ago in north london. she supported her 13-year-old goddaughter, an aspiring singer he...

It was parked across the street, which now you can see what it looks like now. so thats where she is just so lucky to be alive right now. >> and this is -- she was just getting ready to leave and get in her car and take off. >> yes. she told me she got very scared and she was about to walk out the door until this lady told her not to go outside. shes with going to go home, and a lady grabbed her and told her no. >> the tornado shredded the roof and walls of saint marys catholic church in joplin....

>> reporter: the parishioners that have shown up are leaning heavily on their faith. >> sometimes you think it happens to put life into perspective. >> reporter: and while there is nothing left of the church, the metal cross stands high across miles of devastation. >> i saw the cross standing and i thought how powerful and it gives us hope that god is still with us. >> reporter: father monday hand says that joplin is a faith-based it community but many have been asked why they have been burdened...

relations. are the tensions of recent days any worse? any better? im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." first, breaking news this hour. a large tornado has been spotted on the ground in oklahoma and storm-ravaged missouri is being hit by severe weather and possible in the coming hours, searchers in joplin have been taking advantage of the break in the bad weather for a few hours now. 17 people have been pulled alive from the rubble as of last night. but the death toll is f...

to gather in n great anticipation of -- in great anticipation of this important speech. obviously youre looking at the leadership, democratic as well as republican leadership, beginning to gather. a lot of handshakes as they enter the chamber. and this is really a critical time for both president obama and the israeli prime minister because when we look at this, there are critical ties between the two countries. we are talking about political ties, religious ties, as well as real conce...

Try to bring food and whatever people need. and something else. people here at this church, welcome hill baptist church, something that they wanted to point out to me was that i was showing you at first that cross on the ground that was destroyed by the storms and the tornado. they were pointing to another cross standing right there and what they say is, in spite of what happened, were still standing on our feet. >> all right, we hope they keep the faith. thank you so much, rafael. i want to t...