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Tonight we're hearing calls for tsa officers to carry weapons at airport checkpoints. this comes after a man with a machete rushed the checkpoint at the new orleans airport. the tsa officers weren't armed. a nearby sheriff's deputy shot the man who later died. what happened? >> reporter: just into "the situation room," the frantic calls for help the moment a man attacks inside a new orleans airport. you can hear the fear in the travelers' voices. >> i'm on concourse b. there is shooting. please send someone to the airport. >> we were like three away in the line. something sprayed. everybody st...

Devastated. the tornado cut through several communities, 750 homes damaged, many of them destroyed. at this point, crews are still assessing the damage trying to clean up the roads, trying to get this area passable so utility crews can get in there and get the power back. but right now they're dealing with a number of things. there are a number of people dislodged. the red cross of course has set up several shelters, so that's the situation we're dealing with right now. still a bit tenuous and crews still trying to assess the damage. >> i know that airport, i lived there for a while. you're st...