When that gets here in a few minutes. Checkout the roadways with jen dalton. Reporter we are accidentfree right now, as john said, were going to watch bridges and overpasses very carefully this morning, particularly south of cincinnati. So i am watching some areas that we saw problems yesterday, theres 275 at 471, and it looks good so far this morning, 275 at the u. S. 27 over pass, no problems right now. I know yesterday we had lots of problems there along 275, and 32, another spot where we saw slick conditions yesterday late morning, and 275 near taylor mill another area where we had major issues yesterday for the morning commute. Right now no problems. So as we look around at our interstates, ive seen salt trucks going up and down the interstates, snore treating things out there, so hopefully we wont look like we did john. Kentucky republicans head to the president ial nominee. First ever caucus in kentucky and theres a lost confusion who can vote and where. And perry is here to bre
from texas to tennessee in just the last 24 hours. and as this line of storms now moves east, more of the same is expected for today. emily schmidt has been tracking the weather throughout the night. and joins us, now, with the very latest. good morning, emily. reporter: peggy and rob, good morning. the hardest-hit state overnight appears to be arkansas, where tornadoes and flash flooding turned deadly. it s become a common theme. the country is now averaging more than 200 severe weather reports a day this month. there are signs of severe weather problems stretching across the country. winds toppling a baptist church steeple in tennessee. hail the size of baseballs pounding a texas neighborhood. we ran when it hit the car. reporter: more than 300 tornados have hit the u.s. this month. the latest damaged an area in arkansas three miles wide. we ended up in the closet. and then, you could hear crashes and stuff being knocked around and blowed around. and it just it
for at least five deaths. at least three dozen tornadoes have been reported from texas to tennessee in just the last 24 hours. and as this line of storms now moves east, more of the same is expected for today. emily schmidt has been tracking the weather throughout the night. and joins us, now, with the very latest. good morning, emily. reporter: peggy and rob, good morning. the hardest-hit state overnight appears to be arkansas, where tornadoes and flash flooding turned deadly. it s become a common theme. the country is now averaging more than 200 severe weather reports a day this month. there are signs of severe weather problems stretching across the country. winds toppling a baptist church steeple in tennessee. hail the size of baseballs pounding a texas neighborhood. we ran when it hit the car. reporter: more than 300 tornados have hit the u.s. this month. the latest damaged an area in arkansas three miles wide. we ended up in the closet. and then, you could he
what is the latest here. is this confirmation on the stat discu us and claims. according to u.s. military officials, no. all of this is coming from afghan officials. some of the has proven reliable. some not. the first order of business as you mentioned is the intensive search for the two missing sailors. in that area of logar province, 80 miles south of kabul, where this apparently occurred, the u.s. military has set up checkpoints, passing out leaflets with photos of both sailors, offering a $20,000 reward for their safe return. that is the first order of business for the u.s. military. second, they are trying to sort through the confusing information coming from some who are reported to being taliban leaders, others afghan officials, who say these two sailors showed up in a smoul town 80 miles south of kabul, driving their up armored suv and shortly thereafter ambushed by taliban fighters. that is when apparently there was a gun fight, and one sailor reportedly killed. t
shut down efforts to permanently plug bp s ruptured well. good afternoon. i m savannah guthrie in for andrea mitchell today. we re going to begin with that still evolving controversy surrounding former usda employee shirley sherrod. in a dramatic turn of events that has taken her from termination to vindication in a matter of 72 hours. sherrod was forced out over remarks she made at an naacp dinner back in march but now the agriculture secretary who forced her to resign is reconsidering that move. the whole thing began when a conservative columnist posted portions of sherrod s speech in which she describes her initial reluctance to help a white farmer. on monday sherrod was placed on administrative leave and then forced to submit her resignation. the agriculture secretary, himself, issued a statement strongly condemning her remarks, standing by his decision. the naacp went further calling her actions shameful and intolerable. but by tuesday a different side of the story sta