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>> i was sitting there watching tv. the tv went off. so i got up to go in the kitchen and get a cup of coffee. and all of a sudden, boy, the windows went out just like a big shotgun went off. and i told my wife, hit the floor. she says, im down there already. >> todays most devastating losses are in southern illinois. officials in harrisburg say a tornado with winds of up to 170-mile-per-hour stayed on the ground for several miles killing at least six people, injuring around 100. at on...

At ground level. they just started shooting side ways. they were coming out towards the crowds and towards the people. >> they started going off quickly in all kinds of direction and towards us. >> the crowd begins to panic. >> it happen sod quickly that there was really not time to react or even realize what was going on around us. you could hear the screams and people yelling and crying and everything in total chaos. >> sitting in the open grass to the left, adia and her kids and scores of oth...

Phil is also a truck commander in the 235th who has survived numerous ieds. >> for a split second theres definitely a sense of, oh, god, this is it. this is -- its all over. >> this is good. >> then you realize everythings good and you start hearing everybody again. you know that everybodys okay and, all right. we made it. >> ill zoom in on it. >> while deployed the platoon routinely watches their own videos to assess the attacks and evaluate their reactions. >> the videos were really a time to ...

>> but no one is prepared for what happens next. >> oh, my god. >> fireworks started going off at ground level. they just started shooting side ways. they were coming out towards the crowds and towards the people. >> they started going off quickly in all kinds of direction and towards us. >> the crowd begins to panic. >> it happen sod quickly that there was really not time to react or even realize what was going on around us. you could hear the screams and people yelling and crying and everythin...

were following the breaking news in chardon, ohio. a suspect is in custody. the investigation is unfolding. heres the news conference thats happening right now. >> and rapidly. yesterdays event, as a result of that training and practice, if you would, law enforcement was quickly placed inside the school upon arrival. and we believe that that helped to lessen the tragedy that occurred. unfortunately, much had occurred prior to law enforcements arrival. id like to bring joe bernance, cha...

>> tina is so filled with despair, she keeps driving despite the lights and sirens, completely focused on getting on the bridge. >> i remember pulling up and pulling over to the side of the bridge and thats it. >> the efforts of green bay law enforcement stop tina from taking her own life. >> god reached out of the heavens and kind of said, its not your time yet. sorry. >> if trooper bolt had been one step slower, tina says her life would have been over. >> his whole body is over and hes hanging...

and im richelle carey in for fredricka whitfield. fury in the streets of afghanistan today. this anti-american demonstration started calmly, turned violent. one person killed. several u.s. troops were hurt in an explosion in small arms fire outside of an american base. meanwhile, afghan police are looking for the man who killed two u.s. officers in afghanistan yesterday. investigators know who he is. they say he works at the interior ministry. the syrian government says a referendum ...

more people hurt, more people killed today across syria. >> this is the city of ham ma where nine died in street battles before security forces and anti-government fighters. violence has not let up despite todays nationwide vote on whether to change syrias constitution. much more on that in a minute. an update from michael holmes who is in beirut. nelson mandela, founding father of democracy in south africa, is out of the hospital. he was discharged today after being treated for an a...

tunisia. thats footage from the meeting. they spoke about the violation that claimed 91 lives today. there was a warning for the assad regime. >> assad can still make the choice to end the violation, save lives, and spare his country from descending further into ruin. but if he continues to reject that choice, we and the syrian people will keep pressure on him until his deadly regime cracks and collapses, because it will. im absolutely confident of that. >> earlier today president obam...

Nobodys injured. >> so we recover the vehicle and then we continue on the road. >> finally the group makes it safely to its destination. battered and shaken, but alive. phil is also a truck commander in the 235th who has survived numerous ieds. >> for a split second theres definitely a sense of, oh, god, this is it. this is -- its all over. >> this is good. >> then you realize everythings good and you start hearing everybody again. you know that everybodys okay and, all right. we made it. >> ill...