hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 7:00 p.m. in paris. 9:30 p.m. in kabul. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. we are watching major stories unfolding this hour. hillary clinton here in the united states making it official. cnn's learned she'll formally announce she's running for president of the united states this sunday. and the south carolina police shooting, there's dashcam video that's been resembled. funeral preparations under way right now for walter scott. but we begin with a huge story in the midwest here in the united states. clean-up under way right now after as many as 14 tornadoes

ripped through the region yesterday killing at least one person. tornadoes were reported in iowa and missouri. but hardest hit was illinois where storm chasers captured some amazing video. >> look. there goes cars! >> what? >> i saw headlights go flying. >> [ bleep ]. >> he's over, he's over! >> oh, [ bleep ]. >> go, go, go! >> in illinois 80 miles northwest of chicago, a 67-year-old woman was found dead in the rubble of her home. every single home there was damaged and another 17 buildings destroyed. in kirkland illinois fire officials said responders searched for trapped residents. we're having a hard time sasz the assessing the damage because the trees were all over the roads and in rochelle -- >> the back wall of the building blew down and fell right on top of the two doors. had to be lifted up to get out. we couldn't get out.

>> our car is over there demolished. >> it's in bad shape, huh? >> it's wiped out. >> those two people among 12 trapped inside the storm cellar of a local favorite restaurant. they remained inside for about two hours before help arrived. the county sheriff there also lost his home in this tornado. right now we're awaiting a live news conference. the illinois governor bruce rauner has been taking a damage survey of the areas of illinois hit hardest but these tornadoes. we'll have coverage and get an update from the illinois governor once this news conference starts. here in the united states the justice department has arrested a man they say was plotting to carry out a suicide bomb attack on fort riley in kansas. our justice reporter evan perez, is joining us now with details. what do we know about this alleged plot?

>> wolf his name is john t. booker 20 years old from topeka, kansas. the fbi arrested him this morning as he was attempting to carry out a suicide car bombing attempting to kill u.s. military personnel at fort riley in kansas. he came on the radar of the fbi last year. he apparently attempted to join the u.s. army in kansas city. he was recruited and was scheduled to arrive for basic training in april of last year. but some time in march, he publicly posted on facebook the following, i will soon be leaving you forever, so good-bye, i'm going to go wage jihad in hopes that i die. this got the fbi very concerned and they introduced him to some undercover informants over the next period of months. he discussed carrying out an attack here in this country on u.s. military on the streets or on the base. wanted to carry out something

like nidal hasan at fort hood. >> major nidal hasan. >> yes. this tells you about the type of people that are being attracted to isis. this kid, 20 years old, attempted to do this on behalf of isis. and clearly he was talked to by the fbi when he posted these things on facebook. and he still manages over the period of months to attempt to carry out this thing. either something was not completely right up here or he's just not the smartest one out there. >> because this charge says he wanted to work on behalf of jihad and he specifically wanted to work on behalf of isis, right? >> right. this makes 21 isis arrests since the year started. 21 since january. >> here in the united states? >> in the united states. some of these people who were trying to travel, they're charged with material support.

in this case, this young man 21 years old, john t. booker is charged with a whole host of other -- >> is he a convert to islam? do they say in that charge sheet how he was recruited, if you will? what inspired him to join this jihad -- >> yeah as a teenager he started referring to himself as muhammad abdullah hassan so he was a convert and was apparently inspired by looking at things online from various terrorist groups. that's typically where we see this behavior a lot with a lot of young people. it's not certainly very common for the fbi to come and talk to you and for you still a year later to be trying to plot this even when you know the fbi is watching. >> another disturbing story. this is 20 arrests so far -- >> 21. >> 21 arrests in the united states individuals accused of working or at least inspired to try to help these terror organizations in this particular

case john t. booker jr., of topeka, kansas. evan, thanks very much. there's new video of that deadly police shooting in north charleston south carolina. and it's raising a lot of new questions. why did walter scott run after a routine traffic stop? who was the passenger in the car with scott? what happened in the crucial moments between the dashcam video and the video of the police officer, now former police officer, he's been fired, michael slager, shooting scott in the back. the dashcam video shows the officer approaching scott's car. moments later after the officer returns to his patrol car, scott gets out and takes off running. dash camera video also shows an officer patting down and searching the passenger who was in walter scott's car. a family attorney says the man was a co-worker and a friend of scott's but did not identify him by name. the passenger was detained, placed in the back of a patrol car.

cnn spoke exclusively to a new witness in the case. she says she saw a scuffle between walter scott and the police officer, michael slager. brian todd spoke with gwen nichols about what happened from her vantage point. >> reporter: nichols says she was in the neighborhood when she heard the police cars speeding by. curious, she followed them to the advanced auto parts parking lot where officer michael slager pulled walter scott over. at that point, she said there was chaos. she said she saw the two men at the entrance of a vacant lot. >> i didn't hear anyone say stop or halt. >> reporter: that's when she said she saw a physical confrontation? >> there was a little tussle over there, like at the end of that gate down there. >> reporter: were they on the ground rolling? >> no it wasn't on the ground rolling. it was like a tussle type of thing like what do you want or what did i do type of thing? >> reporter: she says she has yet to speak with police.

>> that was brian todd reporting for us. let's break down the latest developments and some of the serious questions raised by this just-released dashcam video. cedric alexander is joining us the president of the national organization of black law enforcement executives here in the united states. he's joining us from the cnn center in atlanta. here with me in washington is tom fuentes, our cnn law enforcement analyst, former fbi assistant director. tom, let's start with this dashcam video. it seems to be pretty routine, the initial decision to go ahead and stop the car, stop the vehicle and go to the car and ask the driver for some information. >> right, everything the officer does during that traffic stop is completely professional completely what you would normally do in that type of traffic stop. asks for the driver's license, asks for vehicle registration. and then go back to your car -- he's not doing paperwork in his car. he's checking on the license. has the car been reported stolen? checking on the driver's license. are there warrants outstanding for mr. scott? and before all that is completed and he returns to the car, mr. scott takes off running.

>> do you see anything cedric anything wrong with the way the police officer -- the initial decision to go ahead and stop the vehicle because there was a faulty brake light, taillight? do you see anything wrong in this initial encounter before walter scott gets out of that car and starts running away? >> no, absolutely not. it appears to be a pretty normal traffic stop under the conditions in which we are able to see. but i think it's important to realize, too, it's becoming very evident that every day more and more information is beginning to evolve even as it relates to witness statements. so i think as the days and weeks go along, we are going to continue to see a number of -- hopefully, maybe, possibly people who may come forth and say, here's what i saw, here's what i witnessed. but to your point and being more specific to your question it

appears to be just a typical traffic stop in which the officer is engaging mr. scott. >> and yesterday when i spoke with the scott family attorneys, two of them say they believe he started to run -- to get out of that vehicle despite the order from the police officer to remain in the vehicle, started to run because he was wanted for a couple of years on back payments for child support and didn't want to go back to jail. cedric let's take a look at part of the video where walter scott gets out of the car, starts running. once he's out of frame, he's running away and there's a chase under way, we do hear the police officer shouting out "taser, taser, taser." listen to this. >> taser, taser, taser. >> what do you think, cedric?

the police officer shouting "taser taser, taser" at that moment? appropriate, not appropriate, to take out a stun gun and start using a taser? >> well at that point, certainly an officer not knowing exactly what he was being confronted with and obviously he had someone who was running from him and did not know where he was coming from or where he was going to so he's probably just announcing the fact that he was going to taser. what is going to be interesting to note is in that small frame now where you have a witness who has come into play she's somewhat putting some of that piece together as to what has occurred between the time he ran from the vehicle up until the time we saw him shot in the back. what's going to be very difficult here wolf in this case regardless of what happened prior to that shooting it is going to be very very difficult unless some real dramatic information comes forth

tlas that is going to be able to state, how does someone who is not a threat to you, doesn't appear to be a threat from the video that we're all looking at runs away and you still shoot them in the wac the number of times that we saw? that is still very disturbing. and that's the question that is still yet to be answered. however, we have to note that the state of south carolina found probable cause in order to arrest that officer. so there's your starting point right there. >> and that officer has been charged with murder. >> absolutely yes. >> let me get tom fuentes to respond. the fact that he was going to use a taser or a stun gun against this individual who has run out of the vehicle was running away, appropriate, not appropriate? >> it's appropriate to yell that because if there are any other officers or citizens in the area you want them to realize it's not a firearm you're about to shoot, which is a taser, which is a completely different weapon. only has a range of about 20 feet. it's not going to kill a person, at least not deliberately.

the second witness -- we have now a grand total of two eyewitnesses who are in complete conflict. the male witness, santana, with the video -- who takes the video says they're on the ground tussling which i tend to believe because the taser cord gets tangled in the arm of the officer and one of the cords go with scott as he runs away. and the female says, no, they weren't on the ground, they were just tussling. that conflicts. >> maybe others will show up. gentlemen, thank you very much. we'll stay on top of this story as our viewers know. police in north charleston, south carolina will all soon every one of them supposedly will have to wear body cameras. we'll have from a state legislator in south carolina who'd like to see those cameras issued to police statewide. and hillary clinton is getting ready to make her huge announcement this sunday. she's running for president of the united states. she'll make the announcement supposedly on facebook. we're talking with our analysts and our reporters about what's

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let's get back to the police shooting in south carolina. if a bystander had not been using his phone to capture the shooting of walter scott on video, the incident may have gone undetected. while the dash camera video from the officer, mike slager has been released. it only tells part of the story. the shooting happened out of frame of that dash camera. let's bring in the south

carolina state senator marlin kimpson, co-sponsor of a bill that would require all police in the state to wear body cameras. he's a democrat whose district includes north charleston, where the shooting occurred. senator, thanks very much for joining us. tell us why you believe every police officer on duty all the time in south carolina should be wearing a body camera? >> thank you so much for having me, wolf. i authored this bill along with senator darryl malloy back in december of last year. and this was in the aftermath of the ferguson incident and also the incident in new york with eric garner. but in particular in south carolina we've had several instances, most recently with the shooting of an unarmed african-american male in richland county who was pulled over by a seat belt violation.

and so the dashcam camera on the highway patrolman's vehicle caught that. and the south carolina law enforcement division certainly arrested, issued a warrant for an arrest and he's behind bars today. so we know that video evidence is the best form of evidence. we know as one of your prior guests testified that already in this case there appears to be -- this case being the scott case -- there appears to be some disputed eyewitness testimony. and historically eyewitness testimony hasn't been proven to be the most reliable. so the state of south carolina if we can invest in glocks and semiautomatic weapons and tasers and other artillery, i'm going to urge my colleagues to invest in this equipment, body camera equipment so that we can save lives. >> anybody oppose what you're

trying to do? you getting any resistance? >> well we've had three subcommittee meetings on the senate version of the bill and up to now, law enforcement has come to the table and they've endorsed the concept. but we are now figuring out the nuts and bolts of paying for the funding. there are smart people in the room. and we can figure this out. let me just say this, wolf. this is going to be a bipartisan effort. late last night, the only female senator in the south carolina senate has agreed to sign on as a co-sponsor in addition, senator paul they areurman, and senator larry grooms as well. so we want to send the message that mr. scott did not die in vain and his legacy will live on through some improvements in the way we go about in law

enforcement and getting some transparency and accountability in the way that they perform their jobs. >> we did hear from the mayor of north charleston and the police chief, they are buying 150 body cameras to make sure all the police officers there are wearing body cameras. north charleston correct me if i'm wrong, we did some research back in 2007 was cited as one of the most dangerous cities in the united states. has it improved since then? >> well it's interesting you note that the mayor noted he is purchasing body cameras. back in may i authored a proviso to purchase those body cameras. he's now issued an executive order to do more. and the thing is is this -- north charleston recognized the need to attack this problem. and that's why we got the proviso funded. but, yes, there was an

escalating homicide rate in north charleston. and quite frankly, as a senator, i received an increased number of citizen complaints about how law enforcement treated the people there. and so we worked together the city and myself and a number of legislators in a bipartisan way, to fund the purchase of 115 body cameras back may of last year that proviso passed in january of this year. we held a press conference daetding that we were going to purchase body cameras in addition -- and here's the critical point, to creating programs for this law enforcement agency to work with the community to foster better relations. and so, yes, we're aware of a troubled history with the number of incidents. but we are trying to address that. and the legislature in a large way blessed the funding of the anti-crime community policing

effort that i authored last year. >> north charleston a separate city from charleston, south carolina. smaller city about 100,000 people living in north charleston. but it does have a history of a lot of violence, a dangerous place. but things, i take it, have gotten better. thanks, senator, for joining us. marlon kimpson, from charlotte. appreciate it very much. just ahead, what role did race play if any, in the fatal police shooting in south carolina? what will it take for the community and the country to move forward? bernice king the daughter of dr. martin luther king jr., there she is, she's standing by live. we'll discuss with her when we come back. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you.

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certainly not clear what role race if any played in the deadly police shooting in south carolina. but some residents in north charleston have complained that african-americans are unfairly targeted by police. the referendum dr. bernice king is the daughter of the late civil rights leader dr. martin luther king jr. she is the ceo of the king center in atlanta and joins us from the cnn center. dr. king thanks so much for joining us. let's talk about your reaction to this fatal shooting in north charleston. you wrote this and i'll put it up on the screen. "if we don't respond to the death of walter scott and similar incidents with the fierce urgency of now, the moral fabric of this nation will continue to be torn to pieces." tell us what you mean by that, bernice. >> well wolf, i don't think it's a secret that we still have a very serious racial issues in our nation. and it permeates probably every

arena of american life. and we've got to rapidly begin the process of facing this consistently and in an urgent manner and talking about how race factors into incidences like law enforcement with unarmed black citizens. we can't ignore that. it's certainly not the only thing. but it has become so pervasive, at least recently that it's something if we don't -- if we ignore it i think we're going to pay a very dear and high cost in our society. >> because we do know that the federal government the justice department here in washington the fbi, they're investigating to see if civil rights violations occurred if race in fact was a factor. is it too early -- because we don't know all the evidence. we've all seen the horrific video of the police officer shooting walter scott in the back several times. we've all seen that horrific video. but do you believe that there is

an element of race that played into that? >> oh, no doubt. i do think there is an element of race obviously. i don't think it's the only element. but i certainly think it is an element. and i think the fact is -- i've raised this issue -- i don't know if there's research on it. but many people who practice law enforcement on targets, those targets are typically black figures. i'm wondering how that factors into the way others see african-americans when they're in danger because you're training on a black target. but the second thing is let's just say it was race. then we need to begin the process of looking at how we can restore or create a sense of community between law enforcement and the rest of the communities -- >> how do we do that, bernice? i know president obama has formed the commission, a policing commission. everybody is studying it. but are there any short-term

things we can do to fix this? >> well i'm calling for a meeting with some of our chiefs here in the metropolitan area. i think we have to sit down and talk about what are the changes that we can make? the first thing is i believe our nonviolence 365 education and training which is my father's philosophy and method methodology of nonviolence, we have to see ourselves as part of a greater human family and rid ourselves of these hireerarchical structures. when the badge is no longer on them when they go home at night, they are human beings as well. and the people they are encountering are human beings and a part of their family. so how do we change the mindset as we approach -- it's ironic to me because i've looked at certain incidences where every time there is an encounter, it seems this way, that with a

non-black citizen, that there's hesitation to fire. and it seems with african-americans, there's always not just one shot but multiple shots. that's disturbing. and that is indicative of a deeper problem that we must begin to sit down talk about, be honest about and make some of the changes that were suggested in the task force report the 21st century task policing report that came out of washington. >> reverend dr. bernice king the daughter of the late dr. martin luther king jr., president of the king center in atlanta, thank you so much. and thank you for inviting me to co-emcee your king center dinner dinner. it was a great honor to participate in that event. >> thank you very much. still ahead, hillary clinton jumped into the presidential race in 2008 with a weekend announcement on her website. now word coming that the former senator, the former secretary of

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presidential race on sunday. and she'll do it in a videotaped message. list bring in brianna keilar and gloria borger. they're both joining us from new york today. brianna, what do we know about this expected announcement? >> she's going to do it wolf on a video that she has already taped. and this is going to be released by social media. and after the announcement she is off for some early state travel that we are going to see in the days following this announcement on sunday. first we understand she will go to iowa. and this is key because she did not fare well in iowa in 2008. she came in third, behind barack obama, but also john edwards. so this is a way for her to go to iowa, try to show some humility and also according to some of her advisers show that she's trying to campaign aggressively for this nomination even though at this point he is far and wide the front-runner and will be the only declared democratic candidate.

les the also there's the question of, what's her message? we know that "the huffington post" got their hands on the epilogue to the paperback of her book. that gives us a glimpse of things. she talks in there about becoming a grandmother and how that affected her rationale for whether she wanted to run or not. she basically says she wants kids to have equal opportunities. and she certainly wants all children not just her granddaughter to be able to fulfill their god-given potential. that's her message looking to the future which is so key in an election. what is forward looking about what the candidate thinks? >> she's got to learn from the mistakes she made back in 2007-2008 in iowa the first contest, the iowa caucuses. gloria back in 2007 she declared she was running for president on a saturday. i guess just before president bush's state of the union address. that was also in a taped message.

so why is she doing it this sunday? what's the story behind the timing of this? >> well i was just on the phone with a senior clinton adviser who said look why not sunday? sunday is a day that you kind of have to yourself mid afternoon, social media traffic is quite heavy on sunday evenings. they believe that barring any large news events, she could own the news cycle. we know that marco rubio is going to declare on monday. as brianna points out, she'll already be on her way to iowa. so there was sort of a sense of kind of why not, when are people going to be able to have some time to take a look at this video? everybody knows who hillary clinton is. she's got to reintroduce herself not only to iowa but to the american people. and as brianna points out, that's got to be with a message. but it's also got to be as a candidate who believes that even

though she's largely unopposed, she's got to earn this nomination. and her advisers tell me she'll do it one-on-one, voter by voter. what better place to start than iowa. and having people eyeball you in a very personal way at home on their devices? >> both of you guys will be really busy in the coming weeks and months watching what hillary clinton is up to. other democratic candidates assuming some serious ones do emerge to challenge her and a lot of republican presidential candidates as well. gloria, thanks very much. brianna, thanks to you as well. up next we're going to take a little bit more of a close look at hillary clinton's positions in the polls, what her kickoff means for the campaign. and florida senator marco rubio is getting ready to make his big announcement on monday. will his timing put him in a little bit of a hole before he even gets off the ground? stay with us.

let's get back to our reporting about hillary clinton's upcoming campaign announcement. she's now expected to make it official with a videotaped message on sunday. here are the latest cnn/orc poll numbers from last month. you can see hillary clinton holds a substantial lead over the field of potential democratic challengers nationwide. she also comes out ahead in theoretically match-ups against the likely republican challengers declared and undeclared nationwide.

joining us now from new york our senior washington correspondent, jeff zeleny. here with me in washington our cnn senior political reporter nia malika henderson. tell us about why she's releasing a video online instead of having a huge rally. >> the biggest reason is control. an online, taped message which she has already recorded this week really allows her to give a very controlled message. and by social media, it allows a lot of people to read it. so they break through the mainstream media and allow her supporters across the country on facebook and other forms of social media to read it. but what really is more important is what's happening after that. she's going to be traveling to iowa and to new hampshire. and she's going to begin that conversation. but i think that the message, what she says is more important.

and even more important is how she sort of deals with some of those democrats who aren't sure where she stands on wall street aren't sure if she's progressive enough. her message is important. but it's the questions from voters that will be the most important moment of her travel next week. >> as we were talking in 2007 she announced in january 2007 exactly one year before the iowa caucuses the new hampshire primary. now it's already april. so a little less time that she'll be an announced presidential candidate. >> similar format because she announced in january 2007 with a video, talked about wanting to start a conversation. and when she starts those conversations, this will be the first version of this hillary clinton that we'll see interacting with voters. this sunday's announcement will allow her traffic on social media and also will allow her to set the table for the week no, ma'am -- dominate the sunday

shows. she's not excited to campaign for president. who would be? it's a grueling thing. so it's a bit of a shorter time frame, i think, if you look back at 2007. and also i think allows them -- if you look at some of the polls, some of her numbers are softening. some voters have issues about her in terms of whether or not she's trustworthy. >> she's already put together a huge huge staff, a lot of pros out there. jeff we know there are two republicans formally announced. ted cruz, rand paul. marco rubio, the senator from florida, is supposed to announce on monday. does hillary clinton's announcement on sunday sort of take some of the momentum, some of the air out of his big announcement? >> sure it takes a little bit of his thunder away. but he is not preparing to announce until monday evening actually in miami. i was talking to one of his advisers and supporters earlier today. they said they like this match-up just fine. he's an image of the future. and they say she's an image of the past.

but this is not going to be a split-screen event. we've been expecting this for a long time. we knew that the former secretary of state was going to jump in. so she's kind of operating in her own universe here in terms of time and attention she's getting. but she'll be traveling to iowa and new hampshire next week. so it's more than just this social media message on sunday. but, sure she sucks a bit of oxygen from senator rubio. but we have jeb bush that we are expecting in may. and hillary clinton will have some competitors on the democratic side. martin o'malley is in iowa this evening getting a bit of a head start. she'll have some competition on this. they say that's how she prefers. we'll see. >> he's the former governor of maryland martin o'malley. and bernie sanders is thinking about running, the senator from vermont. jeff zeleny, thank you for joining us.

knee ya nia malika henderson, thank you as well. after the break, a very different story we're covering. many afghanis provided help to u.s. troops at the height of the military action in afghanistan. so what happens to them now, now that so many -- almost all u.s. troops about 10,000 there, they've left? what's going on? we'll have an update. most of the products we all buy are transported on container ships. before a truck delivers it to your store, a container ship delivered it to that truck. here in san diego, we're building the first one ever to run on natural gas. ships this big running this clean will be much better for the environment. we're proud to be a part of that.

a suicide attack in afghanistan today. the car bomber attacked the convoy in north eastern afghanistan. that's the same area that saw the killing of an american soldier earlier this week. no american troops were hurt in today's attack. at least three afghan civilians were killed. right now there are around 10,000 u.s. troops left many afghanistan down from 100,000 just a few years ago. nick paton walsh looks at the challenges for people left behind after backing up the u.s. military mission in afghanistan. >> reporter: caught in the wake

men that let america be underunderstood here. men that say they were blacklisted and unable to get new jobs. they wait for the casual day's labor you might be offered if you join the crowd. the skill that made them rich yesterday, today after the draw down makes them fear appriseles from the taliban. >> i cannot go back there. >> it's not clear why they blacklisted me. >> my family gave up on me. they were too nervous. >> this is a city holding its breath as the void left behind by nato opens up. to learn if it's new government will last if taliban are tire offhand fighting if isis are next. now, it has five times more people than when the u.s.

invaded. swells still as many flee the violence swirling around it. its streets reclaimed from a war economy that made these now empty houses expensive for foreigners and left roads until now littered with potholes. picking at the bones of an occupation past who's remnants find the streets now too unsafe. here this is the street where foreigners would bustle over trinkets and dodge beggars. after america's billions of infrastructure sometimes generators provide power. >> don't go to the street. maybe it's not good. >> the road out east tells a story of how war brought a brief reprieve from poverty for so many. lined with the machines america used as it tried to move

mountains to meet goals now abandoned. their supply convoy too idle. these trucks were once the pinnacle of a billion circuit baring everything they needed. now the drivers would sell them for almost nothing just to save on bribes and fuel needed to keep them running. >> translator: the contracts were big business men. giving as have little and made themselves rich and now living comfortable lives in dubai. >> the days of endless u.s. money is ending. the commitment to the future dream, symbols are leaving. the lights are copying the dubai landmark. the city's lights are held up as a sign of transformation. behind the costly voltage, the

story of billions spent on power stations barely switched on. elsewhere the failure provide the most basic of services. above all, after decades of war, people are worried if violence has truly come to an end. a glow that hides a wider uncertainty and fear. cnn, kabul. >> thank you very much. up next the update on deadly tornados that tore through a large part of the midwest here in the united states overnight.

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last night. the illinois governor says two people lost their lives many the hard hit rural community of fairdale. one was a 67-year-old woman found in the rubble of her home n. one county 49 homes were damaged, 30 completely destroyed. at a news conference the governor commended the sheriff who lost his own home in the tornado. >> thank you again for public servants first responders who are here. at this point i'd like to turn over to the sheriff. unfortunately he lost his home. fortunately for him his family is safe. he lost his home. it was completely destroyed yesterday. despite that, he's been serving around the clock along with his entire team with no sleep. thank you for your service. >> we want do thank that service. in all 20 people in the area went to hospitals following the storm, one with severe injuries. that's it for me.

thanks very much for atching. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in the situation room. for international viewers, amanpour is coming up next. for viewers in north america, "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. all right. here we go. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me on this friday afternoon. huge developments out of south carolina today. the former police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of walter scott has been placed in isolation and being monitored for his mental health. all of this now as the second video has emerged. dash cam video taken from inside officer mic -- michael slager's car. it shows the moment scott runs. it's a deadly chain of events beginning in