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>> bill: we have gotten a lot of this video in overnight. precision missile strikes blanketing the waters around taiwan, threatening the democratic republic that the u.s. considers to be a strong ally. dana? >> dana: china demonstrating its ability to bombard the island by air and sea. the show of force prompting taiwan to put its military on high alert and cancelled dozens of commercial flights. >> bill: beijing is conducting these drills closer to taiwan than ever before. some of them happening a mere 12 miles away. beijing surrounding the island with helicopters and war ships show...

>> grapefruit sized hail reported. even a level 5 high risk was issued. the expectation was significant for not only large tornadoes but long track tornadoes. fortunately not all of that materialized. the latest number bumped up the tornado count to 19. we have seeing reports of damage related to wind and hail, as large as grapefruit size in diameter. we have lost daytime heating for eight or so hours across the region. conditions beginning to finally quiet down. nearly 20,000 lightning strikes across the region in a 24 hour period. the energy is there shifting farther towards the east. st. lo...

College. i made sure they had their cell phones charge and knew where they are going to go if it hits. >> i'm sure that did some damage but i'm glad you are okay tonight. karen peterson edmond, oklahoma with the pictures of the grapefruit sized hail tonight. thank you very much for sharing that for the coverage tonight. stay safe. >> thank you so much. >> continuing coverage after the break because again millions of people are still in the the path of this this evening and with the heating index late in the day it is still very dangerous. we will be ton for you. plus, "huckabee." stay with us....