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four-mile-long path of destruction. at one point it may have been three quarters of a mile wide. cnn's tom foreman is joining wuss a closer look at this monster. share with us some of these images. >> reporter: wolf, tough look at it in the air to get a sense of the size. zoom in the path, stop it, close enough. we measured in here, we got a little more than five miles overall. atlantic overall layout of joplin and look how big this swath is that was cut through it. we will zoom it all the way in now, i will take you to that hospital brian was talking about so much there because that is a good place to start, big complex here, employs about 1700 people. you saw the damage. they had more than 180 patients in the hospital at that time. come in and show details of this picture. you can see what happened there and you can also see how many people were evacuated, more than 200 there. they did not have all the workers there at that time, obviously, 1700, but still several hundred. let's move on to take a look at one of these shot we was seen on the air numerous times, well
they are. and those kids probably don't know what's a in store for them either n a separate poll of children 12 to 17 john don by junior achievement and the allstate foundation only 7% think they will be worse off than their parents a whopping 89% think they will be the same or better off. the eternal optimism of youth. here's the question. does the next generation have a shot at the american dream? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. post a comment on my blog. >> jack, thank you. president obama getting a raucous rock star welcome in dublin today before he headed to london. ireland was the first stop on his whirlwind six-day four-nation european tour. mr. obama's great, great, great, great grandfather. got? great, great, great, great grandfather left the tiny -- left the tiny irish village for the united states back in 18 50 during the great famine. before a cheering crowd of
a starting point and land swaps should be part of a plan in order to be fair to both sides. president obama has said that he's trying to jump-start in order to slow growing momentum for a declaration of a palestinian state hood at the united stations. he hopes to convince his european counterparts to vote against that idea while he's on a trip to europe. the tensions between the two long-time allies remain high and the rhetoric coming out of israel has suddenly got inquite a bit sharper. here's the question. is president obama making it worse? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. president obama has just departed ireland where he was welcomed with open arms by thousands. some of them potentially disstabt, very, very distant relatives, i should say. ed henry is traveling with the
check it out, if you want to follow me on twitter @wolf blitzer cnn, you can also follow me on facebook, cnn situation room. here's a closer look at some of this hour's hot shots. in tokyo, a group of buddhist mon monks demonstrated against nuclear power plants. in paris, the tennis spectators take a break from the french open to have lunch on the grass. and young people eagerly await president obama while showing off their obama shirts. hot shots, pictures coming in from around the world. the preacher who predicted last weekend's rapture says he's stunned it didn't come to pass. but everyone wants to know, what's his message now. >> reporter: what was good news for most of us -- >> the world did not come to an
obama rallying in front of thousands and on the other side, tim pawlenty. joining us now to talk about it is our national correspondent john king, chief national correspondent, anchor of john king, usa. and david gergen. let me get to this new poll. this new cnn university of new hampshire poll. gop primary voters. look at this. romney, 33%. ron paul, 9%. gingrich, 7. everybody else really down, giuliani is not running. palin, 5%. john, first to you. you're from new england. is he like a native son, mitt romney, in new hampshire right now? >> yes. i was in new hampshire on friday. i spent a lot of time talking to republicans. governor huntsman, he was up
>> i love you. i love everyone, man. >> we are going to be okay. >> i love you. >> jesus. jesus. jesus. heavenly father. thank you, jesus. >> fortunately, those people survived in that refrigerator inside that convenience store. to find out how you can help, help those devastated by the tornadoes in missouri, go to cnn.com/impact. there, you will find all the organization s and the ways you can help those in des vat spralt need right now. cnn.com/impact. interrupting volcano changes president obama's travel plans. he arrived in london much sooner than expected. you will find out if the fast-spreading ash plume will ground other travelers' flights over europe. is the taliban taking deadly revenge for the killing of bin laden? a key naval base in pakistan comes under attack. stay with us. you are in "the situation room." losing weight clicked for me
an understatement. >> reporter: fema says that they will be working through the night because they think since they found the seven people, that there are more survivors out there. they hope that they will be able to get to those people as the rain comes down and more severe weather is in the forecast as well, wolf. in fact, a moderate risk of severe storms, including the threat of tornadoes, is in the forecast for southwestern missouri, including joplin, and the storm prediction center saying that they may have to increase that risk to what they call a high risk and we only get a handful of those each year. wolf? >> jacqui jeras on the scene there. the last thing that people need there is more bad weather. to find out how you can help those devastated by the tornadoes, go to cnn.com/impact. you'll find all of the organizations and the way that you can help those in need. that's at cnn.com/impact. stand by for more coverage of this tornado disaster.
cnn.com/caffertyfile. >> thanks for watching, i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. john king usa starts right now. thanks, wolf, good evening, tonight its rail re -- israel reacts to the speech for new israeli palestinian peace talks. the crackling tension is overshadowed what the president had hospital to be a lofty speech but u.s. goals in the fast-changing middle east. >> the status quo is not sustainable. society is hold together by fear and repression may offer the illusion of stability for a time. but they are built upon fault line that's will eventually tear us under. >> tonight we'll tap cnn's unrivaled global reach to the speech or impact or lack of impact in the hot spots of the
right here at home. high unemployment, mounting debt, the inability of congress to agree on anything there are people here in the united states who could use some help. and we're broke. flat broke. here's the question. is now the time to increase aid to the middle east? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog. >> i think a lot of people would like to see some of the oil-rich arab states, whether the saudis, uae,calitier, kuwait, come in and help with aid for egypt and tunisia, other countries as well. >> how much money do you think mubarak got out of town with? >> he is some place under house arrest some place. >> billions and billions of u.s. taxpayer dollars. >> oh, yeah. >> in his pocket. >> over the years, a lot of money. >> yes, ma'am yes. >> fair point. >> so i mean, come on. >> thank you. we heard president obama's new warning to syria's president but how long is the u.s. willing to wait for bashar al assad to get out of the way? i will ask the united states ambassador to the united nations, susan rice.