the man hunt for a gunman terrorizing an entire town in canada is finally over. new developments on the arrest made a few hours ago. another shooting on another u.s. college campus. students use pepper spray and they take the gunman down. in ukraine preparations are underway for the swearing in on a new president while preparations continue in the east. if you're just joining us, today marks the 70th anniversary of d-day. the ally invasion of france.

we're there live for the event. and thanks for joining us. you're watching "cnn newsroom" i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm errol barnett. a big welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. it's a special day. a poignant remembrance in france on this, the day that changed the course of world war ii which went on to change the world. >> absolutely, it did. 70 years ago today. 70 years ally forces stormed the bees of normandy. amphibious vehicles came on shore in a reenactment just like in 1944. others happenings include a veterans flag raising ceremony,

a british remembrance service and a french ceremony honoring civilian victims there in france. the people who live there. >> take a look at this. this shows the first few hours of d day. some 156,000 ally troops storming the beaches there. they were part of the largest air, land and sea operations in history. thousands were killed that day though the exact death toll remains unclear. jim bitterman is live where ceremonies started. our senior white house correspondent jim accosta is live as well. you've had quite a morning there. tell us what the mood is right now. >> errol, i think kind of a mood

of celebration like 70 years ago and three hours ago. 150,000 allied troops had landed on the normandy coast. the germans were fighting fierce to regain control. now it's more like a celebration. you can see dozens and dozens of vehicles that have been restored by their owners and brought here. there's also in addition to the road vehicles, there's a number of amphibious vehicles. we saw that tank running around that you were talking about, the floating tank. to give you an idea how it was d-day, we're going to be seeing here that kind of thing going on

today. we'll see a visit by the king and queen. there's a parade and ceremony for them about an hour from now. as you mentioned, natalie, about this moment in the town, president hollande is speaking. there will be rolling ceremonies all day. president hollande is speaking. there were 27,000 civilians killed before and after d-day for the liberation of normandy. natalie, errol. >> jim, as we're looking at people on the shoreline. we saw the amphibious vehicle beforehand. i know this is your 50 year covering commemorative events. who comes out and what happens? >> reporter: it's the fifth

time, errol, going back to the first one that i was here. >> oh, okay. >> reporter: in fact, there are a lot of people coming up here. the french estimate there are nearly 1,000. there as an additional 7,000 invi invitees include the 19 heads of state and a number of other dignitaries, historical figures. just a lot of folks who ought to be here on this particular occasion to remember what went on. then, of course, you have all the tourists. last night we were treated to a huge fireworks display all along the coast mimicking what took place at exactly that moment 70 years ago because the allied invasion here started with a

huge ariel bombardment of the coast. last night's fireworks were a reflection. >> many similarities. and it appears that the weather looks ideal today and it's cooperating like it did 70 years ago. let's go live to our jim accosta. he got the american cemetery on omaha beach. on any day, such a solemn place. i had the opportunity to go there several years ago. there's a scattering of tourists and now today it's being inundated. hello to you, jim. >> reporter: hi, natalie, that's right. it is a striking and stirring site. i just had a chance to walk a among some of the grave sites a few moments ago before joining you here. you see that date, june 6th, 1944, etched in so many of the markers behind me. it really is as inspiring site to behold. we do expect president obama to

land here at omaha beach within the hour. he will be meeting not only with world war ii veterans who were here for d-day 70 years ago but he'll be meeting with veterans from wars after 911 in iraq and afghanistan. when the president makes his remarks here at the cemetery within the next couple of hours, he is expected in those remarks to draw the connection between the world war ii generation and the generation of men and women who answered the call after 911. then after that the president will be attending a heads of state lunch here in normandy with other world leaders including french president hollande. and then vladimir putin. the russian president will be here. as president obama said with his lunch with david cameron, that is very appropriate. the soviet union paid a heavy price in liberating europe.

the president does expect, he said yesterday, to come face to face with vladimir putin. it will be the first time we expect to see these two leaders together since the russian invasion in the intervention in the ukraine. when president obama has a chance to speak to putin, he plans to talk about the situation in the ukraine. he said he hopes russia plans to take the path towards peace and get back into the lane of international laws. he described it yesterday. that will be very interesting and counter as well. then the president will be heading back to washington after what has been a very, very busy week for the u.s. president, natalie. >> absolutely, with also the bowe bergdahl story being on the forefront as well. thank you, jim accosta, covering the president's event there and the other leaders. thank you. now we're going to turn to

some other news now. we're following a tragic story out of canada. the hunt for a man accused of fatally shooting three police officers has come to an end. 24-year-old justin boring was arrested in canada. he opened fire in a neighborhood on wednesday. people were told to stay in their homes. he now is in custody. we can tell you about another shooting, this one though with a different outcome. one person is dead and three others wounded after a gunman opened fire at a college campus in seattle, washington. police say the suspect now being named as aaron ivara is not a student at the university. he has been arrested and is facing murder charges. cnn's anderson cooper spoke with an eye witness last night.

>> reporter: where were you when the shooting began, i should ask. >> i was a couple classrooms down from where the shooting occurred. >> reporter: so what did you hear? >> i heard two loud but muffled shots, what i believed were helium balloons popping. i ran out the door of the classroom because i thought it was another one of my students giving a demonstration. unfortunately i was coming across him. i walked into the hallway and saw a classmate of mine running frantically that someone had been shot and to lock down the building. so i had to go back inside the classroom and tell the rest of the students to conduct this as if it were a test. >> reporter: one individual entered the school with a shotgun, proceeded to fire several rounds. a student monitor who works inside of that facility observed

the suspect reloading the shotgun and was able to stop the individual at that point, pepper sprayed that person, and then got them to the ground where other people inside of the facility were able to subdue him and -- >> so those brave students perhaps saved more lives. police haven't given an indication of his possible motive. will he have have more on the 70th anniversary of d-day ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> we'll look at the staggering toll of the soviet union through the eyes of af man who was there to help bury the dead. plus d-day from the eyes of german soldiers who survived to talk about it.

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welcome back, everyone. the soviet union bore the brunt in 1942 losing more than 20 million people. that's larger than some entire populations of countries. phil black is joining us. what's interesting today, phil, the president, we're all watching to see if he will meet and talk to president putin or president poroshenko? >> reporter: the feeling from president putin is that he has the right to be there. the defining nature of russia's experience through world war ii. it became the bloodiest battleground of the war. russia was invaded. outmanned, out resourced, fought every step of the way. only through sheer determination and a little help through the russian winter russia was able to halt the german advance just

miles from where i'm standing now in central moscow. russians believed they were fighting the war for the very survival of the people and a nation. few people believed that strongly than those who survived the siege of lennongrad. at first this looked similar to many war memorials. this wasn't built just to remember the second world war. the earth here holds a staggering number of its victims. this is a movement, almost incomprehensible. it is hard to think of the suffering. each of those mounds is a mass grave. each of those filled with some of them who did not survive. 490,000 people were buried here. that's thought to be around half the number killed while leningrad, st. petersberg, was cut off by nazi forces.

in 900 days death was everywhere. the city was shelled around the clock and its population stunned. there were so many bodies our army unit was ordered to start burying them here. he says the bodies were piled here and explosives had to be used to break up the frozen ground before his men could dig. he said it was difficult to carry the corpses because his soldiers were starving. most of the soldiers died and several died here. he's the last surviving grave digger. he says at the time he accepted the horror as he focused on surviving and carrying out orders but now when he visits it's different. he says he thinks about how many are buried here, the piles of corpses, the bodies in so many

different positions. this woman remembers the fear, the hunger and her relatives who are buried here. her view on that time is unanimous among russians. she says, the biggest role in fighting the nazis belongs to the people of the soviet union. the ussr lost more than 20 million people during the war, vastly more than any other country. those who lived through it hope the world never forgets russia's sacrifice in defeating an enemy determined to conquer all of europe. >> historians argue, errol, that russia's determination in leningrad and stalingrad turned the tide of the entire war, made it viable for the other allies to open up a new front which led to the d-day operations there. when russia finally got an upper hand here, it pursued germany

all the way back to berlin. russia's contribution was significant. many believe extraordinary. that's why the french president said vladimir putin is very much a welcome guest in france, errol. >> quite a compelling history from all sides when you look into it. phil black joining us live from cnn moscow. speaking of french president francois hollande, we understand he is speaking at this moment in caan, france, at an event honoring the many civilian casualties during d-day and afterwards. you see him there. we do not have an english translation of what he's saying at the moment. as soon as we do, we'll bring that to you. u.s. president barack obama is expected to attend today's events as well as a whole slew of other current and formal world leaders on the 70th anniversary of the d-day invasion which led to the end of world war ii. it created a lot of what we see

today. french president there speaking to an audience of many. we will listen in and bring you any details if anything emerges. certainly a large day ahead on this friday. natalie? well, on the other side of the it, it's remembered quite dierently. how it looked through the eyes of the german soldiers defending hitler's wall. >> reporter: this was the invasion of normandy from the nazi's perspective. in news reels hitler's prop p propaganda showed this. he said the early stages were a bloodbath. because of the anger i was feeling i concentrated on killing the attackers, he said. of course i couldn't feel empathy for them at the time but the german army was caught off

guard. they didn't expect the allies to land at omaha beach. when the landing craft reached the beach they jumped out and we defended ourselves because we wanted to survive and go home. of the first wave, none of them made it to the beach, they all died or were wounded. only a few hundred troops manned the tee fences as wave after wave of soldiers came ashore in what would be the turning point of the war in europe. about 10,000 were killed in the invasion and while americans, britts, the french and canadians showed valor and courage, the germans are far more critical of their own troops who fought on the other side. germans generally don't iet dollize their soldiers who fought world war ii. most of the memorials are for the soviet soldiers who fought adolph hitler. remembering world war ii revolves far more around the crimes of the holocaust than the

events on the battlefield. >> we find appreciation for d-day than those who fought on the german side. >> they originally thought something good trying to defend the things they were standing or fighting for. i guess some people were quite mad that the allies were coming in order to give them the freedom some of them were looking for. >> reporter: all they did was take orders. what else could they have done? i was a little boy back then says this man. i was glad when it was over and hitler was finally gone. he died in 2005. he spent the rest of his life building relationships. i wanted to be part of building a peaceful relationship, and that can only be done through friendship. >> friendship between former foes and a unified europe, is

for so many who faurt so hard and died. cnn will have live coverage of the commemoration ceremonies on this, the 70th anniversary of d-day. christiana amanpour and others will be looking back on this special event as our coverage begins at the top of this hour.

welcome back, everyone. general motors says some of its employees are to blame for the decade late recall of cars with faulty ignition switches. mary before arra have been sacked, five disciplined in the wake of a three-month internal investigation. she said some were dismissed due to misconduct, some due to incompetence while others didn't do enough to fix the problems. >> for those of us who have

dedicated our lives to this company, it is enormously painful to see our shortcomings laid out so vividly. as i read the report i was deeply saddened and disturbed. what voluckas found in this situation was a pattern of incompetence and neglect. repeatedly individuals failed to disclose critical pieces of information that could have fundamentally changed the lives of those impacted by the faulty ignition switch. >> barra says gm will compensate those injured or killed by the defective cars but didn't say how much they will be getting. gm says it is prepared to raise the death toll as well tied to the defect which it had held firm at 13 based on criteria set by independent expert. the remnants of boris are still dumping heavy rain across mexico and central america. >> that's right. meteorologist ivan cabrera has

details on this from the cnn weather center. >> sometimes these storms don't have to become monsters to create problems. with this one before it had heavy rain, this is an incredible loop. it's over mexico and guatemala. it's still going. not an organized system, not a name, still the remnants. nevertheless, dumping heavy rain. incredible totals, 318 in tonaia. that was the remnants of boris which will continue impacting this area. now in the gulf of mexico we'll watch for an elongated area here, a trough essentially. we'll see if we get thunderstorms developing around here. if we do, we could be getting something going in the gulf. hurricane hunters are standing

by but right now it doesn't look too good, which is certainly good for us. we'll keep you posted on that. can you see the storms today? look at this. rolling through from kansas all the way down to atlanta. we call that a derecho which means straight. it's a line of storms that can travel straight. significant damage. not in the form of tornadoes, but straight line winds that come out of the initial line that can roll through. in some cases we're talking hurricane force winds. take a look behind me. yeah, they'll be out there taking care of business over the next couple of days with the trees out there. look at this perfectly aligned here. those were the reports that came in as far as strong winds and hail. take a look at the radar. look at this. all the way down from kansas to georgia. impressive. another storm tomorrow across

the same region. i was out. i believe you -- >> yes. >> i know what you're thinking, filter, no, actually with my phone, it was no filter. i happened to capture it. >> sunny. >> yes, after the storms in atlanta. a beautiful view out there. >> pink, purple and a rainbow. >> i saw a picture as a rainbow as well. >> and lightning as well. my son got a cool picture as well. >> quite a day. >> retweet. good picture. thanks, ivan. you're watching "cnn newsroom." just ahead, more live coverage of d-day anniversary events in france including a live report of the world leaders gathering right now to mark the occasion. bulldog: [yawning]

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hey there, everyone. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm errol barnett. >> i'm natalie allen. we want to welcome our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. we're here for 30 more minutes. in the headlines this hour, canadian authorities have arrested a new brunswick man, this man right here, who they say shot and killed three police officers, for what reason, don't know. he's identified as 24-year-old justin fork. he managed to elude police for more than 24 hours after allegedly killing the officers wednesday. police in seattle washington have identified the man who opened fire on a college campus there. he is being identified as 26-year-old aaron ebarra. one person was killed and three others wounded. police have not discussed a possible motive here either. they say he was not a student at seattle pacific university.

north korea says it has detained another tourist. the state-run news agency says the man has been investigated for acts deemed inappropriate for tourists. they report he left a bible in a hotel. now back to our top story. world leaders are in france right now to mark the 70th anniversary of d-day. french president francois hollande is at a ceremony honoring civilians who died in a battle of normandy. showing you live pictures of the president continuing his remarks. moments ago he said this battle was one of the most decisive in history. later he'll meet up with u.s. president barack obama at the american cemetery where many

soldiers who died that day are buried. jim bitterman joins us again where ceremonies started earlier this morning. the sun has moved. i can barely see you. tell us where you are. a key location along the beach. >> reporter: errol, i wanted to give you a little show and tell here this morning. we've chosen this because it's such a nice picture. guess who else liked this view? that would be the germans. if you come back here just in back of our camera position here, you see this. this is a passive german bunker. it was a machine gun obviously, a little port for a machine gun. the walls two and three feet thick. the germans built these kinds of things all up and down the coast. there's evidence of the german construction program that went on up and down the coast. defenses for the nazi regime

constructed only about 20%. there are these things all up and down the coast. some of them are huge, some of them in the center of towns. the problems for the french are they cannot get rid of these things. they're basically so massive and so solid that it's very difficult to destroy them, particularly if you're in a town. you can't just blow these things up in the middle of the town. out here you could get rid of this. the fact is it's very difficult. can't cut them up. a real problem, but it's also an advantage because it is something that reminds people about what went on here 70 years ago. errol, natalie? >> all of what we see, jim, just amazes me. it makes more impressive what did happen that day and the fact that it was successful. we've talked in the past few hours about -- >> i've lost my contact with you. i can't hear you. i assume you were probably asking about the other ceremonies going on here. we are going to have the king and queen of holland going to be here and we're going to have the

duke and duchess of cambridge paying a visit later on in the afternoon. from here, as far as i can tell, that's about all that's happening right now. there will be a lot more going on. >> ending well even though you can't hear me, jim bitterman, thanks very much. photos and mow men tows from the second world war. we'd love for you to share them with us in honor of the d-day invasion of normandy. his father is standing in front of a b-17 flying fortress. look at that machine. log on to see more historic photos and please share yours as well. well, the crackdown on pro russia separatists continues in eastern ukraine. the military says it's taking

back one city that had fallen into rebel hands. in kiev, preparations are underway for the new president to be sworn in on saturday. our diana magnay is in the hot spot city of donyestk to tell us what the people are feeling there. diana? >> reporter: well, this onslot on the city continues. it started on tuesday. ukrainian forces trying to recapture what is effectively the rebel strong hold here in the east. they have recaptured the town where the ukrainian flag is flying over the town. it seems to have gone without much of a fight around the town and the whole area. there are hundreds of checkpoints it feels like. we were on the road for about 15 hours yesterday. we had to go through at least 20 checkpoints, most of them held by pro russian militants, but

there is a ring around sloveynsk. they won't let you into the city itself as this continues. we went to a hospital which has been pretty much devastated. it was difficult to tell who exactly had done it. it was clearly -- it had clearly by been hit by mortars or shells or a rocket. we believe it was struck by machine gunfire from the air. it is of course only the ukrainians who have an air force, who have military jets that are capable. and the locals were telling us that they thought it was destroyed by mortars from ukrainian positions. the whole thing is very difficult but the fact that a hospital was struck with such an apartment of devastation,

interestingly only four people were injured. it was far more, but striking a hospital is, of course, not going to do anything to win the hearts and minds of people in the east who are already very suspicious of kiev and don't like the fact that the region is here. when you look at the way both sides have dug in around slovyensk, yesterday there was heavy fighting along the border with russia and ukrainians upping the ante. they're trying to control the porous border where weapons and fighters have been coming into ukraine. more and more momentum. you know, it doesn't look as though the fighting or this unrest is going to settle any time soon. >> no, it doesn't, yet the president-elect for ukraine and vladimir putin will come face to face on this day of the

commemorations. anything expected in their meeting one another or what we'll be taking from the video that we see of them if we do, diana? >> reporter: well, who knows if they'll be exchanging anything other than niceties. the russian president said he would not avoid anyone at the meeting, but what we do know is that petra poroshenko who will be inaugurated in kiev, saturday, he said he will go meet the russian president and his first priority is to come to the east and to talk to people in the east about trying to reach some kind of an agreement. from moscow's perspective, this unrest served the buffer between any attempts by kiev to move closer towards nato or the european union. closer ties with nato is

something that russia cannot stand so close to its own border. so the continued unrest in the east serves as a bargaining chip for the russian president in any kind of talks, that those leaders will have that conversation together. i think certainly the only thing is how the body language goes. i didn't think they'll be talking about any kind of settlement in the east. that discussion will be for lating meetings. >> diana magnay there in donestk. errol. meantime, they say there will be more unrest. nic robertson has details from brussels. >> reporter: the message from president obama from the g7 has been very clear to president putin. you have a matter of weeks, not months, weeks to recognize the president-elect in ukraine, to

recognize the sovereignty and territorial integrity in ukraine, to stop weapons passing across the border and to use your influence to convince the militias, the separatist militias to put down their weapons and engage with the government. president obama telling president putin through the g-7 that he must -- president putin must begin talking to the ukrainian government. now if he doesn't do that, the message again very clear, that there will be more sanctions. sec to recall sanctions. president obama says he realizes that may mean paying for some of the european nations, perhaps for the british being concerned about foreign weapons deals and the german's concerns about their energy supplies. their gas. the way that these sanctions would be applied if they are applied if president putin

doesn't do what is expected of him by the g-7 leaders, they would spread the pain a among the european unions here. that message, very, very clear. there is a window of opportunity for president putin and he needs to take it now. he needs to take it in the next few weeks. nic robertson, cnn, brussels, belgium. we are learning more about the mind set of the u.s. army sergeant held by the taliban for nearly five years. bowe bergdahl was exchanged saturday for five guantanamo bay detainees. >> reporter: bowe bergdahl may have tried to escape his taliban captors on two occasions a u.s. official tells cnn, but until the army can talk to bergdahl directly, they won't know for sure. however, a u.s. official says we do have reason to believe there were times he tried to escape.

bergdahl may not have talked about his five years in captivity, but he is recovering after a week under u.s. military care. the pentagon said he is now speaking in english to the medical staff treating him, participating more in his recovery treatment, and is resting better. the administration continues to insist bergdahl's health and safety were at risk and to make the point showed senators a classified video of bergdahl from december 2013. >> he looked terrible and i think that video should be released at some point. he could barely talk. he couldn't focus his eyes. he was downcast. he was thin. he looked like a man -- i looked around the room as that video was shown and i think it was clearly effective. when the video stopped, it wasn't very long, maybe 30

seconds, there was dead silence in the room. >> reporter: afghan security official who was on duty near where bergdahl was captured in 2009 told cnn when local villagers spotted bergdahl, they tried to get him to leave the village telling him the area was dangerous. the officials said bergdahl appeared to be under the influence of hallucinogenic substances. cnn has spoken to several u.s. officials who could not independently confirm those accounts. the pentagon has looked at statements that six u.s. soldiers were killed while looking for bergdahl, allegations that has others quite upset. u.s. officials say they cannot say. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. coming up, a rare gathering of vintage airplanes descend on

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welcome back. dignitaries, world leaders starting to gather now for the commemoration ceremonies there for the 70th anniversary of d-day. just a few moments ago we were seeing secretary of state john kerry meeting with some people, some veterans who have come here for this celebration. we'll continue to see more people arriving and we'll continue to bring you live pictures of what a day it will be. look at these gentlemen there,

just teenagers when they stormed the shores. and the secretary of defense chuck hagel in the shot and there's john kerry speaking with a veteran moving down shaking hands. nice to see. there is another rare d-day gathering in france of war planes that have helped turn the tide against hitler. among them, db 3 dakota. considered the greatest aircraft transport of its time. >> on d-day hundreds were used to drop enemy troops behind the lines. eight of them were flying this week. what a sight they are. >> reporter: a glorious fly past over southern england. lancaster palmer with an escort.

splendidly a solitary dakota. along the sea front in the small town near portsmouth, they simply broke into spontaneous applause. the idea from a local flying club was simple and hugely ambitious, get together a few old dakotas, take part in the d-day commemorative air drop over france. >> nose in the air, they're slightly pompous, and traditionally when we get out we'll go out to the aircraft and pack into one of those and say, well done, old girl. >> this is really a very for giving airplane. if you don't get it completely right it was, yeah, that's okay, you'll do better next time, you know? >> it is a machine that the pilots absolutely feel they can depend on. it gets them home. it gets the job done.

they can push it and push it and it doesn't bite them back. it just helps them through. >> reporter: few vintage aircraft are more revered. the d c3 dakota and its military twin, the c 47, general eisenhower said four things, the at tomorrow bomb and the bazooka, the jeep and the d c3. on d-day over 8 hundred took part in the biggest air droft of the history. the flying association managed to wrestle up a magnificent eight. one came all the way from america and they drew young and veteran admirers. >> for years i've done the regimental christmas kaurd and i always put a dakota on the

front. whatever theme we exchanged, there had to be a dakota. >> i think it's lovely. look at it. even got an eye. >> the face. >> it does. >> can i salute it? marist, age 94, regularly parachuted from dakotas and was supplied by them fighting the japanese in the burmese jungle. >> if we were surrounded by the japanese but we couldn't have done that if they were bringing in ammunition. we couldn't have done it. >> yes, we can. hold on to these old planes. >> reporter: what's it like to see all of these dakotas together? >> wonderful. absolutely wonderful. it really is. >> like to take it home. >> i love my wife, but i love

the dakota more. >> reporter: that famous silhouette, that dolphin nose, those big engines, the aluminum skin. the dakotas were gathered on english soil overnight. 8 of the 150 dakotas still flying. come day break they lined up in dull english weather and departed one by one for normandy. we counted them out. watched them vanish into the clouds. we see a formation of dakotas quite like this ever again. >> oh, man. if we could all be as happy as that elderly couple we just saw there. >> so cute. >> as you know we'll have live coverage of the commemorative stories. they'll all look back at the historic event because special

coverage begins in just over 7 minutes from now. stay with cnn.

the heat continues in eastern europe. >> and in western europe where they're about to begin the commemoration ceremony on d-day, it is looking good. ivan cabrera is here with that for us. >> yeah, we're going to work our way from east to west. absolutely looking better. 32 degrees. look at this in russia, moscow

on thursday. that is the warmest temperature so far in 2014. estonia getting into the low 30s as well. parts of belaruse, a big ridge of high pressure here. that is toasty as well. a prolonged heat event as well. then lurking off shore is an area of low pressure that will eventually bring rain to the very areas we're interested in today. today we're looking good. in fact, the forecast as we take you in today, a few passing clouds but the showers should hold off for the ceremonies today. take a look at the forecast here. temperatures by the time we get into the afternoon and into the mid 20s, not looking too bad. late this evening and into tomorrow that low that i showed you off the atlantic will be coming in with some showers and storms. that is the latest. guys, back to you. >> thanks very much.

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