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relations. are the tensions of recent days any worse? any better? i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." first, breaking news this hour. a large tornado has been spotted on the ground in oklahoma and storm-ravaged missouri is being hit by severe weather and possible in the coming hours, searchers in joplin have been taking advantage of the break in the bad weather for a few hours now. 17 people have been pulled alive from the rubble as of last night. but the death toll is far greater. up to 118 right now and that makes this the deadliest single tornado on record in the ...

That is actually mississippi, however. and tuscaloosa, alabama. when we look at these pictures, what do we see that is actually new here? >> this was a killer tornado as it moved across the road as it went north of philadelphia. it got up into kind of a rural area, and unfortunately three people in that rural area lost their lives. even though it's not going through major town. those flashes are when the tornado tears the power lines from the power poles and you get sparks from the transformer. you see big, bright flashes on the ground. sometimes they're blue or green. when you stee that damag...

Close as you can to that event. and enjoy it, photograph it, video it, but keep your distance and know that if you make one mistake it could kill you. don't run off, everybody stay really close. >> reporter: hill has been chasing storms for a quarter century and was introduced to nature's fury at the tender age of 9. in 1966, a killer tornado decimated his hometown of topeka, kansas, including his family's house. >> some people it probably would have scared away. it's just kind of really piqued my interest. >> reporter: hill invited us along on his final tour of the year. a ten-day, multi-stat...

East of her. that path may increase on this killer tornado in mississippi. monica, back to you. >> pentagon officials tell nbc news defense department is negotiating with senator lieberman in the showdown over documents of the attack at ft. hood. the chair and raining member issued subpoenas to two of president obama's cabinet secretaries. pentagon officials could not say whether the justice department, which was also subpoenaed, was involved in those negotiations. senators lieberman and collins want to find out why the joint terrorism task force knew some 10 to 11 months before the shooting t...

A terrorist group announced the death of the two. they were killed in a joint u.s. operation a week ago. they call their deaths a huge blow. in a creek outside manila destroying about 600 homes. an estimated 17,000 people were left homeless. fire fighters threw everything they had they fire whipped by strong winds. five fire fighters suffered minor injuries but there were no reports of casualties in that. the tornado destruction we have seen this week in mississippi and alabama reminds us of the terrible cost of lives and property these storms can cause. greenburg, kansas was in the cross ...