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Investigators said they found the origin of the explosion but it wont say where or what triggered it and still arent sure what caused wednesdays initial fire. >> we know there was an initial fire and explosion. >> reporter: local authorities say everyone is accounted for and they dont expect to find any more bodies. 14 people were killed including buck uptmor. >> such a big hole. such a big hole in it now. >> reporter: more residents were allowed back into their homes but the area closest to t...

the united states. we talk about his personal relationship with president obama and even his personal relationship with mitt romney. stand by for that as well. and the man sometimes nicknamed americas supermayor, has made a super gaffe. im wolf blitzer in chicago. youre in the situation room. but first, through my exclusive far reaching interview, i just completed only a few minutes ago with the afghan president hamid karzai, its his only interview while here in the united states...

Vietnam veteran and seen devastation and theyve always been on the other side, and rallying to help people and this is the first time theyre feeling vulnerable. remember, an ef-2 hit the area, about 11 months ago like we know, april 27th, by an ef-5 and this part of the country was feeling vulnerable. the and here is what the home owners told us about being on the receiving end of help this year. >> this doesnt happen to me, happens to everybody else, i always help everybody else out. you know, ...

passengers boarded overload life boats. mitt romney finally tells us how much he pays in tax. just wait until you hear his definition of not very much money. and wick paid yeah is shutting down in protest at midnight. should you share its concerns about new rules for the internet? we begin, though, tonight with the tragedy in italy. today searchers used explosives to blast through the walls of that capsized cruise ship. they found five more bodies but no survivors. the confirmed deat...

immigration. well show you the old clip making new headlines. wolf blitzer is off. im joe johns. youre in "the situation room." we begin with breaking news. american students caught up in the bloody cairo protest are finally on their way out of a nightmare experience in egypt. lets go straight to cnns senior international correspondent, ben wedeman in cairo. earlier today we heard the three american students would be released on saturday. now were hearing its already happened. why? >...

lets get you up to speed on this tuesday, november 22nd. a million man sit-in is taking place on tahrir square as violence erupts around it. security forces are using tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters armed with rocks and molitov cocktails. youre looking at live pictures right now of tahrir square. 24 have been killed, many injured. they have a new demand, this time aimed at egypts military leader. >> we have a crowd here angry, young, furious at the loss of life here over...

republican candidates gather in the shadow of the white house tonight for the big cnn national security debate. it is the first test for newt gingrich as front-runner. cairo bracing for a million-man sit-in. police beating demonstrators on the fourth straight day of violence, and now late word three americans have been arrested. is there anybody out there? nasa relaunching a program to listen for alien life, searching for signs, on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- w...

how would a president romney or gingrich or cain handle a situation like this? that is the kind of topic the republican candidates will debate tonight. its focus will be foreign policy and national security. cnn, the heritage foundation and the american enterprise institute will bring it to you from washington tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. were talking to our deputy political director paul steinhauser, pentagon correspondent chris lawrence and joe johns at constitution hall where the d...

And families across the midwest are salvaging what they can, and the prompt damage is untold, but based on history, the most financially destructive tornado on record slammed topeka, kansas, leaving a 22-mile long path of destruction. 22 miles! the cost is $2.2 billion, and that is followed by the 1970 tornado that hit lubbock, texas, costing $1.6 billion, and the third costliest tornado hit oklahoma city 12 years ago in 1999 and that twister followed a similar path as yesterdays tornado, and de...

Held it down. it was loud and scary. mainly my kids were screaming. so i was praying to god and he kept us all safe. >> reporter: a gentleman came over and pulled her out. she has got some scrapes and bruises and she is pretty sore, but she is a trouper. the devastation, you just cant believe it. >> reporter: the damage out here in joplin, missouri is widespread and its far eaching. the national weather service is predicting the winds were just under 200 miles an hour when the twister roared thr...