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Which political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours. managing editor joins us. you have to pause and say what extraordinary courage. she is committed to her political career and they love her in arizona and she is working so hard to get back to washington. >> no question. as a quick transition and i want to make sure people know today and tomorrow president obama lands in australia. this is the third time he attempted to go there. he put it off for the health care vote and put it off ...

you get 60 seconds and you get 30 seconds to respond. would you please wait? are you just going to keep talking. let me finish what im saying. >> boy, you know what it was? it was illegal immigration that sparked that conversation. rick perrys numbers dropped. the governor tried to throw the issue back at mitt romney last night. >> mitt, you lose all of your standing from my perspective because you hired illegals, in your home, and you knew about it for a year. and the idea that you st...

President obama promised the people of joplin, missouried to the federal government would stand by them as they rebuild from last sundays f 5 tornado. cnn white house correspondent dan lothian. >> reporter: well, drew, as you last week the president was overseas building relationships with european partners. during that time white house aides said that he was updated frequently on the situation here in joplin. well,ed to the president got to see the devastation up close. >> reporter: before touc...

demand the release of political prisoners when the bullets rained down. and sarah palin thundering into d.c.ed to. but is she ready to roll into the race for president? im drew griffin. the news starts now. first tonight, is yemen tipping into civil war? take a look at this. troops and anti-government protesters in the southern city of taiz. tear gas and gunfire. all this increasing fear that turmoil will give al qaeda and other slaul islamic militants breathing room to launch atta...

>> before touching down, air force 1 flew over joplin, missouri, giving the president an aerial view of the devastation. what took months and years to build was destroyed in a few moments. homes, businesses, and anything else in the tornados path. on the ground, it was a somber president surveying breathtaking damage up close. meeting with officials, survivors and promising not to abandon this city. >> what ive been telling every family that ive met here is, were going to be here long of a the c...

whats happening. thats ahead. we will have the latest on this developing story in a few minutes from now. president obama is back at the white house of a spending several hours in joplin, missouri. it was exactly a week ago that an f-5 tornado ripped through the city killing people in minutes. 5:41 central time there was a moment of silence marked by the precise instant that tornado hit. our dan traveled with the president to joplin and dan, a tough job for the president to try to li...

That might be playing a role as well. the other cell that came up from the washington area and went up to golds by. once they weaken lift north. that would be north and east of norman the way it looks to me. >> shepard: in fact, we have live pictures of that storm coming from koki, our network news affiliate as that storm is storm forming at 15 after 6:00 as the truck watches it live. at not feerk conditions have changed slightly over the last few minutes. the thing so difficult for those who ar...

Was a combination of factors. first of all, residents here had good warning, advance warning about a week in advance local meteorologists were predicting that a massive storm system was going to move through this area. and can then when the day came the tornadoes were actually touching down, birmingham, nearby birmingham theres a large television market, they were able to see the track of the tornadoes. people were taking cover. in fact, we spoke with one gentleman, the only resident not to leav...

We have businesses that will no longer be able to engage in commerce. >> reporter: those who rode out the storm, like college student justin johnson, realize they are lucky to be alive. >> i went outside, opened the door, and it just -- i just started crying. thats the only thing you could do. >> reporter: it hit in ringold, georgia, without warning. first responders were on the scene quickly, but no one was prepared for this. >> its something like out of a movie. it doesnt seem real. >> reporte...

Watch zain every morning, 5:00 a.m. on "world one" here on cnn. >> bye zain. the royal wedding is around the corner. cnn has you covered. were going to take you behind the scenes of prince william and kate middletons big day. thats on april 29th. you can watch, you can dvr, you can participate. be a part of our global viewing party and theres no rsvp necessary. well see you there. >> just ahead on "american morning," the south just beginning to recover from a string of vicious weather. i know ...