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Linda? >> well, spa has its -- main disaster relief office in the dallas-ft. worth area. 900 people there permanently. 600 people in the surge. theyre already coming in. i actually did get a note on the plane from corpus that we have made the first home loan approval from this disaster. so i was glad that were already up and running. we will be making home loans, business loans. well be making loans for those folks who have lost income, and also the opportunity to replace plant, property and equ...

Because she is known to be involved in high-profile political cases and even anti-violence campaigns? >> right. you know, and thats the difficult part of this case. you know, we covered extensively a couple of years ago outside of the dallas-ft. worth area, a d.a. and another prosecutor shot and killed by someone who had been a disgruntled person involved in past cases and past work, as well. and we know from those situations that one of the things that investigators had to do was pore over exte...

and d.c., is this rick santorums last stand? can he convince republicans that the race isnt already over? im wolf blitzer. youre "in the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> lets begin with the breaking news. tornado emergencies right now in the dallas-ft. worth area. look at these pictures that have been coming in. this was the scene in the dallas-ft. worth area just a little while ago as the sky turns dark. we see a massive funnel cloud draw closer and then this ...

Again, they didnt have a problem when bush was the president there, but certainly now, because you have president obama, they decide to circumvent the department of justice which they have a right to do that, it just hasnt been done this way and theyre trying to go with the washington panel up there in washington, d.c. >> with your office, congressman, what has been the response of the hispanic community in texas on this? >> you know, one of the things, people feel a little frustrated. for examp...

Again, they didnt have a problem when bush was the president there, but certainly now, because you have president obama, they decide to circumvent the department of justice which they have a right to do that, it just hasnt been done this way and theyre trying to go with the washington panel up there in washington, d.c. >> with your office, congressman, what has been the response of the hispanic community in texas on this? >> you know, one of the things, people feel a little frustrated. for examp...

Topping the headlines now on "andrea mitchell reports," there is a new tornado threat for several midwestern states today. there could be severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes, hail and heavy winds in illinois and indiana. a texas wildfire is raging within 100 miles of the dallas/ft. worth area. 32 homes have been destroyed by the blaze in the last 24 hours and has spread to 120,000 acres. hot temperatures, strong winds are expected to complicate firefighting efforts there today. and a...