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Orleans east. we also heard from an emergency worker -- or several emergency workers at the top of the hour about some of the difficulties they are having getting responders to people who are trapped either in vehicles or trapped in their homes as a result of these storms. michael, i know its early and i know a lot of this requires you to actually get into these neighborhoods to assess the damage. but based on some of the preliminary sxikts early reporting, any idea how strong these tornadoes we...

>> well try to get that fixed. at least three tornadoes have touched down in and around new orleans proper. you are looking at the aftereffects here. several homes destroyed in this particular neighborhood. were still trying to get a good read on precisely where this neighborhood is. we know its in the eastern part of new orleans. we heard from a number of emergency workers a short time ago on our air who said at this point, no fatalities to report, but there are reports of a number of injuries....

Personnel on hand to secure the area. as we hurt last week from the director of homeland security, the secretary, theres no credible threat, but theyre not taking chances. something like 10,000 officers from homeland security, 3,200 police officers from all over the country as well as metro d.c. police officers, capitol hill police and 7,500 national guardsmen. so 28 a right here to keep everything safe and sound. >> shepard: a busy and rainy day ahead. ill be there hosting coverage not here but...

>> midwest. this multi-vehicle pile-up in wichita, kansas, just one of hundreds of accidents emergency workers have been dealing with caused by that storm, which will continue throughout the weekend. the first of a series of protests leading up to donald trumps inauguration took place in washington d.c. today. thousands attended the march organized by the reverend al sharptons national action network, and 16 other civil rights groups. now back to "dateline extra." welcome back to "dateline ext...

That they are still trying to sort out now. we are going to be following this very closely. as soon as we get more information, were going to bring this to you as we can. again, an incident at a nightclub in istanbul, turkey, and emergency workers, as you see, escorting people away from that nightclub. were going to bring you more as soon as we learn more details.

Searching waters near sochi for victims of the crash. that crash happening on christmas day. 92 people were on board the flight, including members of the beloved military choir. nbcs lucy kafanov has been following all the latest developments from london. >> reporter: craik, a christmas day tragedy. divers found several piece of the plane this morning at the bottom of the black sea. russian officials say the investigation at this appoint is focusing on pilot error or technical problems, not terr...

From london. lucy, what more do we know at this point about the investigation? >> reporter: hey, craig. good morning. well, as you say, the divers found several pieces of that tu-154 plane this morning at the bottom of the black sea. they were able to drag those parts onto land. russian officials saying today that the investigation is focusing on pilot error or technical problems, not on terrorism. this has developed now over the past 24 hours. authorities scrambling to figure out why this plane...

What killed countless women and children with poison gas. emergency workers began evacuating people in aleppo. among the survivors, hundreded wounds, including children. volunteers claim they came under fire today while clearing a path for evac -- evacuation. ewan clear who was shooting at them. the fall of aleppo was part of a russian-backed cease fire. russia is a long-time support ore of bashar al-assad and provided air strikes to assist in murder of 400,000 people pie assads forces of state ...

Volunteer emergency workers report a mass exodus of terrified civilians in aleppo where syrian government forces are making major gains in the citys rebel-controlled eastern neighborhoods. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is working the story for us. barbara, what does this all mean for the actual people who live there? >> it is terrifying for them, wlf. the fighting in syria stepping up on several fronts. first up over the weekend, the pentagon announced 200 additional special operation...

Overnight. look, one of the things we know is after the fire was out, it was not safe enough for emergency workers to enter. does that in and of itself tell you something about the structure they were dealing with? >> quell, theres no question that the fire will always damage structural supports. so whether the building is sound is something we have to make sure that investigators know before we make entry. because we certainly wouldnt want a building to collapse that had a fire on the workers t...