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Pound them. i mean actually get in there and pound them. get some special forces in there from the uk, from france, that could do laser on those tanks, kill those tanks, and give the opposition those -- those thousand men who have put their lives on the line. the opportunity to take back misrata. and france and britain need to come up with a couple of regiments to put on the ground to kill this gadhafi army. >> general russel honore, thanks so much for your insight. i appreciate that. all righ...

Sosa. welcome back, everyone. im cnn meteorologist karen maginnis. were watching tornadic activity across the southeastern united states. a number of severe thunderstorm warnings as well as tornado warnings, which have been issues. were looking at georgia and alabama here with lots of activity to report. where you see these dark red and purple cells, thats where were looking at the potential for tornadic activity. as of the last several hours, most of what we have seen have been gusty winds, h...

Thunderstorms. lots of tornado warnings and several tornado watches have been issued. wait until you see this red box across a good portion of alabama into western and southwestern georgia. that one was issued, set to expire at 9:00 local time. this other one, you dont see a lot of activity, but thats because the atmosphere is just getting warmed up there. when i say warmed up, i literally mean warmed up. just to give you an example, for atlanta, temperatures in the 50s. in magcon, temperatures ...

These areas in purple. a lot of these have just popped up in the last couple of minutes. if youre wondering where this is, this is the border between georgia and alabama. and as a consequence over across east central sections of alabama, west central sections of georgia, this is where were looking at the potential for tornadic activity. what we have seen as of late have mostly been reports of hail. that is not to say were not going to see a tornado. with this much activity, i dare say that befor...

Popping up as we take a look across the southeast. it has become increasingly volatile. right around atlanta to macon, in between, thats where were seeing a sharp contrast of temperatures and a sharp contrast of wind direction. right around atlanta, temperatures only in the 50s. in macon, georgia, the temperatures are in the 70s. so theres a very big temperature gap here. dew point temperatures are running pretty high as well. we have a complex weather system that right along this boundary, that...

Where there are tornadoes that pop-up annually. the main thing to note is this area does see tornadic activity pretty much around the same time of year into the early summer. and we also tend to see a lot less tornadoes in canada generally speaking. only an average of eight a year, compared to the u.s. where you have over 1,200 on average a year. lets talk about severe weather. were seeing it pop-up across upstate new york. its only going to get worse. we are watching an area of severe weather f...

Meaning, we have a greater than 15, possibly 30% chance of tornadoes within a 25-mile square radius. that is high. right now, we have severe weather hitting memphis, nashville, louisville. wet weather at churchill downs. tornado watches continuing right now. 9:00 a.m. central time. this one expires in kentucky and tennessee. we have alabama clipped in this one and mostly tennessee and mississippi. remember the tornadoes in yazoo city, last weekend? same places under the gun for more tornadic act...

Tornado warning. at least for the next 15 to 20 minutes. part of a widespread area of severe weather thats breaking out. this is one the first reports that we have of a confirmed tornado on the ground by national weather service officials. remember, mississippi is part of an area that we are tracking today for severe weather throughout the day and into the evening as it tennessee and alabama. and even into parts of georgia seeing severe weather right now. mississippi in particular is part of a r...

Where tornadic activity is a problem. how concerning is that as the storm pushes in? >> well, the thing is hurricane florence has traveled across the entire atlantic ocean. so think about all the energy that its had and gained over that long stretch. it is pushed up the wall of water along the atlantic ocean because of the strong winds that it had and still has. remember, it was only two days ago, three days ago when this was a category 4 hurricane, so all that momentum, all that buildup is comi...

Some of the florida keys with wind gusts in the 60s and 70s. this is all once we get that turn you will expect to see these winds begin to climb through the overnight hours. a tornado threat has also been in place. we have seen several tornado warning cells. especially on the east side of florida its all that front fright quadrant where you see the tornadic activity. landfall early tomorrow and you are looking at a cat cat 4 when that happens. we continue to track this system as it moves up, slo...