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Cnn correspondent shasta darlington is with us now from brooklyn. this is a horrible situation. i don't know how anybody there is going to be able to recover from this. >> that's right, fredricka. the fire commissioner is saying this is not only a tragedy for the family and the tight-knit jewish community but devastating for the firefighters on the scene. listen to this. >> firefighters forced their way in extinguished fire on the first floor, which started in the kitchen. pushed upstairs and found the children in their bedrooms in the back of the home. this is the largest tragedy by fire that...

Threat to national security however. all right. straight ahead, a horrific fire in brooklyn new york claiming the lives of seven children. cnn's shafta darlington is live for us there. shasta. >> reporter: that's right, fredricka. there were two survivors when this fire swept through a family home here in brooklyn. right now mayor bill de blasio is during the damage. more details after this. mouths are watering, and stomachs are growling. or is that just me? it's lobsterfest... ...red lobster's largest variety of lobster dishes all year. double up with dueling lobster tails. or make lobster ...

>> you're absolutely right. >> rivers didn't seem too pleased with the questions. listen to this. >> oh, shut up, you don't know what the [ bleep ] you're talking about. all the fur i wear has been killed over the years. and those furs would be lying in a cellar, they've gotten to go to the opera. that's number one. number two, if you're wearing -- i totally agree with you, there are also other issues. but i do agree. peta is right, i also work very hard, i have four rescue animals. >> seems to be some discrepancies there. >> anyway. let's look at the next up. it continues to go on. our collea...

Into the midwestern united states, interstate 235, running across iowa and into nebraska, strong thunderstorms in some areas, we've seen three and four inches already. >> karen mcginnis, thank you so much. you've got to see this recording if you haven't seen it already -- a driver in california captures a beating that is shocking to a lot of people on tape. look, the police officer holds the woman down on the ground and just pummels her face over and over again. but the california highway patrol says this tape does not tell the whole story. plus a joan rivers may be a comedienne, but she's...

Iowa state law that allows just that. next hour of the newsroom continues right now. hello again, fredricka wit field. here are the stories we are following. flooding nightmare in colorado. entire towns cut off. more than 200 unaccounted for, and rain won't stop. we'll take you live to one of the hardest-hit areas. diplomatic deal in geneva. they agree on a plan to destroy syria's chemical weapons. will syria follow through and what are the consequences if it doesn't? we'll outline nuts and bolts of the ground breaking agreement. and highway crash in ohio, a passenger bus overturned. dozen...