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very candid discussion with a man who once had it all. >> im sweating up in here. >> jason williams on his rise, his fall, and why he says prison saved his life. good evening, everyone. im don lemon. thank you so much for joining us. hundreds of thousands of people are spending tonight in oppressive darkness caused bay brutal heatwave and widespread power outages. crews are working overtime trying to restore electricity in ohio, virginia, and several other states. more on the record ...

of their houses. the area is under a red flag warning, which means there is a chance a fast-moving fire could flare up again. some tense moments today after turkey scrambled jets in response to syrian helicopters that approached the border. turkey warned syria not to come close to its air space. im sweating up in here. >> yes, he was. former nba star, jason williams, sweating during my interview with him from his multi-million dollar mansion to his small prison cell, he talked to m...

youre going to look at show the massive damage in the small town of harveyville, kansas. thats destroyed homes and trees uprooted and power lines down as well. take a look at this. a twister captured on film by a storm chaser in kansas in missouri where two people died. joining me now is wendell edwards. hes live from branson, missouri. set the scene for us. how bad is the damage? >> reporter: you know, randi, its pretty bad. take a look at what is going on. this is a vitamin and healt...

Quickly sparked thousands of angry responses and debt threats. no official reaction from the saudi government. u.s. human rights groups asked the state department to intervene. today, parts of the south are dealing with the aftermath of a winter snowstorm. but soon enough, southerners will be dodging spring thunderstorms. and the tornadoes they spawn. tonight, senior national correspondent john roberts takes us to an alabama community government red tape could soon mean the difference between li...

Angry responses and debt threats. no official reaction from the saudi government. u.s. human rights groups asked the state department to intervene. today, parts of the south are dealing with the aftermath of a winter snowstorm. but soon enough, southerners will be dodging spring thunderstorms. and the tornadoes they spawn. tonight, senior national correspondent john roberts takes us to an alabama community government red tape could soon mean the difference between life and death. >> sat down on ...

listen to the roar of the tornado. this is in arkansas. severe weather is now tearing across the southeast today. at least two people have already been killed near birmingham, alabama. dozens of homes are destroyed. another 100 people now injured. >> we made it just in the nick of time. the good lord just blessed us and were just glad were here. weve lost our house but at least we have -- im sorry. we got our family, and thats all that matters right now. >> wow. that is tragic. chad my...

You see the hospital took a direct hit. and this is the last thing you need because this is exactly the kind of building that you need to be operating during a disaster where people are going to go for help. windows blown out, they had to evacuate the hospital as fast as they could. and one of the stranger sit -- striench stranger sights that ive seen, by the emergency room door there was a medivac helicopter on the ground that was destroyed. right there by the emergency room. its stunning. >> u...

but those voices leave no doubt. 20 terrified strangers huddled inside a stores industrial-sized refrigerator. outside a tornado is ripping apart joplin, missouri. and take a listen again -- >> were good. were good. were good. [ screams ] [ wind sounds ] >> jesus. je jesus, jesus. >> i love everyone. i love everyone, man. i love you. >> jesus, jesus, jesus. heavenly father. >> this is joplin this morning. after daylight revealed the devastation, the tornado cut through the center of to...

>> reporter: she has applied for federal assistance and when the money comes in, what is she going to get? things she needs most of all, first and foremost a car, she needs transportation to take her son to the hospital for checkups. another thing she needs is the home, all material possessions are gone. the most important thing she has is her fam pli and son so certainly many blessings no question. >> reynolds, one more thing, youve been down there for awhile essentially since the storms hit, a...

Upset because theres never going to be enough support from the federal government, but he promised everything that they could do. >> right. when the storms hit, relatively speaking almost immediately he started getting e-mails, started getting e-mails from the white house press office announcing the disaster declarations that have been signed by the president, which is legally needed in order for federal resources to be brought to bear on natural disasters like this. so the federal government an...