Orders to try to capture this man. But apparently a firefight broke out. Handtohand combat he resisted. He was killed in the firefight along with other isis fighters there. His wife captured and taken back to iraq. The big question why this guy, why was it worth risking so much u. S. Military lives to go after him . What we are being told is he was an isis leader if you will in their oil and gas operations. So thats very key. Because of the Financial Impact the financial benefit to isis. But perhaps more serious even there had been a sense by the u. S. That he was increasingly involved in isis command and control. And isis operations. And u. S. Officials are beginning to indicate there may have been a reason to believe he might have been in contact at some point with abu bakr albaghdadi, the very reclusive leader of isis. The guy the u. S. Of course wants to get. All right. Lets talk more about this Senior International correspondent Nick Paton Walsh is with us from beirut. Nick you ha
Homes were just absolutely as you can see, obliterated. All these buildings, facilities some schools as well. Schools, businesses destroyed here. Across much of this region as much as four inches of rain turned roads into rivers. There were harrowing rescue scenes from the raging waters cars totally submerged, people just stuck in their homes. The mayor of van, texas, praised the way the community pulled together and jumped in to action. We were here all night, and were still here. A bunch of them still are. We lost a lot of Good Properties but its just something that you never expect but well be working on it diligently. These gentlemen have already told you some of the things thats going to come to pass but we just have to stick together and do what weve been doing so far. Theres no place else id rather be at this time than right here where everybody sticks together and does their job. Ive got cnn meteorologist Jennifer Gray. Shes live there in van. Jennifer ive covered stories like
Happening in van. 54 Million People in line for Severe Weather. 30 Million People dealing with Severe Weather. The same line of active weather will migrate off to the east. Take a look. 24 reports of tornadoes on sunday. I want to zoom in areas south of dallas. You talked about van with the 26 injuries. A gas leak across the area. The line of storms moved through at 9 45 local time. From turnersville to abbott and van. We have severe thunderstorms. The storm now clearing the area. Now the next area of interest is shreveport and little rock. A tornado watch has been issued. In fact incredible to think we had 800 to 1,000 lightning strikes in a onehour period. Some rotation is possible. This will continue until 5 00 a. M. Local time. Up to little rock. This has had a cold side to it. We will touch on shortly. Look at the tremendous rainfall that has come down over dallas and north in the last couple days. Gainesville has 10 inches of rainfall. We have south of dallas as well picking up i
This point. There are injuries. Tell us what we know. The town of 2,600 people. They were going doortodoor. Everyone is accounted for. The First Baptist church one area where people rushed when the Tornado Warning was issued at 8 55. We go in for a closer perspective perspective. The storm is Still Producing Severe Weather east of the region. As you exit from van to areas of laneville and marshall texas, we have storms over the line in the region. It has a history of producing tornadoes in little rock to shreveport. Tornado watch in effect until 5 00 a. M. Local time. Notice the active line of thunderstorms. Upwards of 1,000 lightning strikes every hour over the past several hours. Talk about a challenging night to get any sort of sleep here. As we head to sunrise, the storms rocking and rolling over the region. A broad perspective. We are watching the storm as it migrates off to the east. 57 Million People in line for Severe Weather. The threat on a scale of 1 to 5 was a 4 on sunday.
The nfl tonight. New England Patriots star Quarterback Tom Brady is suspended for his role in deflategate. Thats using purposely deflated footballs in the championship game. The nfl suspending brady for four games. He will not be paid. Thats nearly 2 million brady wont get. The patriots are getting a record 1 million fine for the team. They are also forfeiting two future draft picks. The decision may be even more costly to brady down the road tarnishing his legacy as one of the games alltime greatest players. Making this decision, the nfl pointed to two crucial things. They say brady refused to turn over his cell phone texts and emails, and they say he was not in their words fully candid during the investigation. Rachel nichols begins our coverage on this latebreaking story outfront tonight. Rachel, people have thought there might be a punishment. I dont think many people thought that it would be this severe across the board. A record fine against the patriots. Four games for tom brady