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times of tragedy in times of crisis, they stand up and they show up. mississippis governor visits a town flattened by a powerful tornado for the neighborhoods that were leveled . the recovery is only just beginning. political turmoil in israel, benjamin netanyahu is under pressure from his own government to halt plans on judicial reform. now were hearing an announcement on that could be imminent. we alive in televisa and jerusalem. with the latest and the manhattan grand jury is expect...

Wicked weather this week between heat and rain storms and winds in excess of 100 mile per hour in texas, houston, where at least seven are confirmed dead. And hundreds are still without power. Katie, how do things look there now . A new shift of workers have arrived this morning and their work is underway after some cleanup crews worked through the night and theyre trying to board up a lot of the shattered windows in some of the Downtown High Rise Office Buildings and hotels. And you can see the...

People have been evacuating. i visited some of the shelters already. and one is full, one just re-opened, and were prepared to open others if need be. as yall have been reiterating over and over, do not take this storm lightly. evacuate, prepare your homes, be mindful of your family and your loved ones. julie: the governor has been doing such an excellent job providing updates to its residents every three hours and sticking to the plan that people need to heed the warnings. by -- >> the governor...

What happened is we had a storm system producing winds of 50 miles per hour sustained. even reports of 70 to 80 miles per hour. there were already fires in the area. when those winds hit, this thing took off in a hurry. it really spread rapidly. this video by michael, he put this up on facebook. last night. he went through these flames, had very little -- look at the house burning. a beautiful house. this is going through his neighborhood, trying to escape. its about a four-minute-long video, an...

Of strong win. >> reporter: winds hit at 5:00 in the morning and the surge came later and destroying the first four houses and he lives in number five. >> no. in a matter of seconds the water was this high. >> because of the two or throw waves. >> and we prayed the whole time. >> did you think you were going to do i? yes, yes. >> they braced themselves inside a small bedroom. >> because of the tronning wind. i have plastic and recovery. and we loy downhere. and then the roof is gone and the ceil...

Station. there, she hid inside a freezer with 50 other strangers who had found that same gas station, all afraid they were going to die. joining us on the phone, that woman, beverly allen. good morning, beverly. thanks for being with us today. >> caller: good morning to you all. >> tell us about your in credibe journey last night, your incredible rescue. you and 50 other people huddling together at a gas station freezer. >> caller: well, we had actually waited too late to leave and it became thi...

thwart a potentially catastrophic event, the likes of which the city of tampa has not seen and hopefully never will. >> i want to bring in david mattingly who has been covering this for us all day long. i want to begin with the fact that im glad were sitting here telling this version of the story. this could have gone a different direction. a lot of this is all in thanks to this unsung hero who we may never know who this individual is who tipped police off. what did the police ultimate...

Close, hes a joplin resident and lived through the storm. he joins us on the phone to talk about that. so when the storm was coming in, where were you? >> hi, carol. we had just got through grocery shopping and ive got a nephew who has a nice basement, so we drove over there and, you know, when the sirens went off, we knew that it was coming, because we could see the hail, and when the straight-line winds hit, you know, i worked in tv for ten years, so i knew what i was witnessing. what i was wi...

for us, as we pine away for john kings 300th home run. >> carol, can you believe that? he caught that thing, right place, right time, a little bit of talent. >> i got hit in the head with a foul ball once, but never caught one. >> so that explains it! >> exactly! >> im kidding, carol, good to see you. >> have a great day, thank you so much. good morning to you. its the heart of tornado alley. you know what im talking about this morning. the devastation in joplin, missouri, is shockin...