settlement has been taken from the russians. you the russians not being able to make much progress. what they have been able to do, as you can see here is blow up bridges. it s one of three they have blown up. also they can halt what appears to be a counter offensive by the ukryukraini ukrainians. russia plans to cut electricity to finland. they say it s lack of payment. it comes after the country appear to be on the gentlemen of the jury of joining nato which is what vladmir putin did not want to happen. russia warned both countries if they did join. putin discussed the situation with his national security leaders and an exchange of views took place. there was an exchange of views between russia and the united states. im it koicame in form of a phone cl . the assault of the steel plant continues. i want to show you video released yesterday. it shows a ground level view of fighting at the steel plant. we don t know when the footage was recorded . you traveled to the northeas
took place. there was an exchange of views between russia and the united states. im it koicame in form of a phone cl . the assault of the steel plant continues. i want to show you video released yesterday. it shows a ground level view of fighting at the steel plant. we don t know when the footage was recorded .
tornadoes because there s a big flooding problem in this state. a lot of families think it s very unlikely we re going to get hit by a tornado but very likely we will get flooding. we don t want a flooded basement and we don t have a basement. that s the case here. a lot of people don t have basements. they don t have these shelters. that s why there are so many people in danger if a tornado does indeed strike their home. all right. gary, appreciate that look. thanks. charles gafford was one of the lucky ones to reach a storm shelter in time. when the twister hit he grabbed his camera and recorded some pretty extraordinary video, giving us a ground level view of the tornado. we saw a bit of it at the top of the program. he captured the scene as the twister threw debris and branches past his shelter door. that s the view from the shelter. charles gafford joins me now live on the phone. first of all, how are you doing, charles? i m doing all right. still a little bit shaken up afte
public, if you call their line, that only direct family call. they said they ve been flooded all evening, as you can imagine, with people calling about loved ones, seeing if they re okay, and they re just asking that immediate family call only. that way they can make sure everyone gets through. that is some relatively good news considering the difficulties that we ve gone through tonight. chris, who was at hillcrest baptist tonight, reporting for us. thank you. we appreciate that information. you re welcome. these pictures you re seeing have come to us from the waco tribune. they give you a ground level view of what happened in the few minutes after the explosion took place. some idea of the devastation, people helping people that goes on even at this hour. kelly slater is up in the news room at the social media center. so much going on right now. we understand that perry s office is in full motion. first we want to get to this inside picture. this is from a volunteer
taliban is within the state authority. they had the situation in kwlab and this was no surprise to anybody including me and yet the state department cold them to shut up and keep his mouth shut and take his concerns elsewhere. that s what i think is most damning about what happened here. ambassador, i was hoping you could give us a ground level view of what it s like to be inside the state department and what the protocol is. who are the security requests sent to? what is the procedure for deciding which request is oriented and which are not? what s your guess as to why these particular security requests weren t granted? i think first of all, the way this normally works quickly is that the embassy has a regional security officer and he reports to the security officer of each regional bureau. in this case the near east