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on this memorial day, i want to begin on cordova, alabama. it hit on the morning of april 27th by a powerful ef-3 tornado, and then the very same day ef-4 tornado hits that same town that night. cordova, alabama, is not the town that you see here in some of the video, some of the aerial pictures here and satellite images. a lot of folks have certainly lost their homes, but as we told you on friday, the cordova mayor jack scott is invoking a ordinance that rejects any trailer which is being offered by the federal government to folks whose homes have been destroyed. and jack scott is s...

first a new wave of spring storms is pounding the midwest. in fact, some of the worst damage is in battle creek, michigan. a storm packing 80-mile-an-hour winds snapped trees, brought down a lot of power lines. in fact, across the state some 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. >> a violent storm hit the chicago area. ferocious winds uprooting trees and sending them on the tops of houses and cars. >> the trees just doubled. it was the strongest wind i've seen in a long time. >> that's the important part. nobody got hurt. houses can be rebuilt, people takes a long time for them to...

targets, and get dangerously close to u.s. military secrets. the rash of online attacks and the threat to internet security and to homeland security. wolf blitzer is off. i'm candy crowley and you're in "the situation room." on this memorial day, sarah palin is doing some of the things she did best, creates suspense and drums up suspension. vice presidential nominee and reality tv star is not saying whether she will added a presidential candidate to her resume but republican contenders on the trail today. jim acosta is in gettysburg, pennsylvania, where palin arrived just moments ago...

rained down, and sarah palin, thundering into d.c. today, but is she ready to roll into the race for president? i'm drew griffin. the news starts now. and first tonight, yemen tipping into civil war? take a look at this. troops and anti-government protesters in the southern city where there's gunfire and tear gas, all this increasing the fear that al qaeda and other islamic militants will be given breathing room to launch attacks against the u.s. i spoke with mohammed jamjoom in abu dhabi about that? >> reporter: earlier today, far more dramatic pictures, also a lot of it posted on...

good evening, everyone. amid one of the most destructive tornado seasons in decades, president obama traveled to joplin, missouri, today to see the devastation for himself, and to honor the lives of those killed there, one week ago tonight. it was an all too familiar journey for the president, who just one month ago made a similar visit to tornado-ravaged tuscaloosa, alabama. in joplin today where at least 139 died and 40 people remain unaccounted for, survivors poured their hearts out to the president. he, in turn, reminded them that what happened to their community is a national tr...