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Did netanyahu blow it? israel's prime minister draws a line in the sand and obama walks over it. if your best friend can't tell you you're wrong, who can? and a game of chicken. that's what the republicans and democrats are playing with the budget deficit. what happens if the deadline comes and nobody blinks. fema is a four letter word in new orleans. they're on the ground in joplin already. we talk to the man in charge to ask if they learned from their mistakes. more frightening activity in the area called tornado alley. chad myers is standing by in our severe weather center. what are you...

Emergency room. all of our staff had evacuated the patients and told me that we were going to try to assemble at an alternate site at memorial hall. i went there to try to get that organized. staff started drifting in and patients that had been diverted from our hospital across the street started arriving so for first several hours we had several priority one and priority two patients which we were able to stabilize and ship to hospitals in the area within about a 60-mile radius of joplin. by about 10:00 we had taken care of the first wave of casualties. most of which were crush injuries and p...

Joplin. >> back up! >> i am. it's tearing up the entire city on the south side of joplin right now. this is jeff. it's a massive tornado. massive destruction. it's a mile wide tornado. it's leveling the south side of joplin right now. >> we're good. >> thankfully all of those people survived. i'll talk to the governor of missouri in just a moment but first a look at the other stories we'll be covering tonight.

Within a matter of 20 to 30 minutes, all of the acute care patients of which we have about 200 plus were evacuated out of the hospital. the emergency room patients were evacuated across the street. but i have to tell you that our hospital is ground zero for the tornado and everything around it and access to it was destroyed. >> all right. doctor, thank you so much. not just for taking the time but everything you have done in this trying time and all of the great works you have done. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> up next, e.d. hill talks to fema's man on the scene in joplin. stay tuned.

But also amongst his sons and immediate family. we do keep hearing rumors that his wife and his daughter have left the country and that various sons have defected but the government has been careful to try to respond. last time they responded with an audio broadcast on state tv because they're aware as they say this is as much a propaganda battle as anything else to ensure that his people if nothing else can hear his voice. very much concerned for his safety. >> all right. thank you for that report. you are so right there are reports that members of his family have gone to tunisia. coming up...