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they will radically change the battlefield. >> back here at home several homes damaged after a rare suspected tornado ripped through a town just miles from the city of chicago. i'm sara sidner, with kate bolduan, this is cnn "news central." happening now, a pivotal summit in finland with leaders as president biden wraps up a high stakes trip. he is ending with a strong e nato and long-term promises to ukraine in its war effort. next hour biden is expected to speak but more trillion talks are taking place fresh off the ga gathering. the nation shares an 800 mile border with russia. biden moments ago meeting one on one with his finish counter part. nic robertson is leading our
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coverage this morning. what is the global message that president biden is hoping to achieve once he returns? >> reporter: i think part of it here, obviously, is that nato, despite president putin's best efforts of cracking nato's unity, it's russia that's cracking, the recent coup by prigozhin, the wagner boss and yesterday another senior russian general has been removed from post in ukraine after complaining about the way the war is being fought. cracks on the russian side, unity on the nato side. and remembering right now secretary blinken in asia meeting with chinese counterpart, heavy diplomatic press, janet yellen there a few days ago in beijing, secretary blinken in beijing a month ago. a heavy diplomatic press to reset relations with china and
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sending a strong signal to china it should desist in supporting russia in any way in the war in ukraine, economically principally. what has happened at the nato summit reinforces that image, if anyone didn't understand it, that the united states is not at the forefront of trying to push weapons into ukraine's hands. the giants and president biden come out of the nato summit looking like the country that, in fact, sort of wants things to go little slower. president biden and president zelenskyy having that meeting yesterday, reassuring zelenskyy not to be frustrated that he doesn't have a path to get into nato. it's the united states as well that's being slow on the f-16s, slow on the abrams tanks. there's a message there in all of that to china, that the united states is not trying to start another war, which is russia's message about what the united states is trying to do.
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so diplomatically he scores big because there's the unity of nato and that sends a message to russia. but it also sends a message to china that this is the united states not looking for war, but actually hoping to end it. >> nic robertson, thank you for that. the bottom line is, kate, putin was wrong. he thought he would wear nato down and weaken their resolve with ukraine and that's not happening. >> and now nato's border with russia expanding especially with the inclusion of finland. this speaks to what's happening on the ground in ukraine. we learned american cluster munitions have already arrived in the country. that's according to a ukrainian general telling cnn they quote can now radically change the battlefield. that general speaking to alex marquardt. and alex joining us from ukraine on the ground now. tell us more about what the general tells you about what it means for ukraine.
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>> reporter: the general believes they could have a significant impact on this fight at this critical moment. he says the russians are very afraid of the u.s. cluster munitions they may even leave certain areas where the munitions could be most effective. he's in charge of a large section of the southern front, arguably the most important part of the counter offensive as the ukrainian troops the try to pierce the russian occupied land bridge in the south. he did note how dangerous the cluster munitions are for civilians and will be used carefully, not in heavily populated areas that's part of the agreement that ukraine struck in writing with the u.s. along with a pledge to keep track with where the clusters are being used so for future demining operations, one the war is over they can be found in case there are duds that have not gone off. here's more of what he had to
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say about the cluster munitions now in ukraine. >> reporter: have you used them already? how much do you think they're going to change the fight? >> reporter: now, kate, one of the stated reasons for why the u.s. finally agreed to give cluster munitions to ukraine for which they have been asking for for a long time, because russia had been used them since the beginning. and we heard that russia would have to empty the arsenal of what they call the inhumane weapons. i did ask the general why he believes this counter offensive
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is going so slowly why they haven't made more progress? he said they are making progress but at the same time russia has had months to build up their defensives and the ukrainian forces despite having all kinds of new western training and equipment are coming under fierce attacks from russian troops. kate? >> and some of the -- what they say is the most needed western and american equipment still on its way. but now we know this key part that you learned from this general is in country and they will soon be using it. alex, also new reporting this morning and new questions about some of russia's top military officials. what are you learning? >> reporter: yeah, this is fascinating, kate. reportedly 15 senior officials, senior military officials in russia in the wake of that incredibly insurrection by wagner were detained for que
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questioning. that's according to wall street journal who said 15 had been suspended from duty or fired, 13 brought in for questioning. a source familiar with this told "the wall street journal" and i want to quote it, this is about cleaning their ranks of those they don't believe can be trusted anymore. one of them on the list had led the campaign in ukraine, was then demoted and was, maybe still is, we don't know, still leading the aerospace forces. we reported that he is resting and not available, that could be a euphemism for being under arrest. he did have close ties to yevgeny prigozhin. they were tight. he may have been seen as a sympathetic. there's still questions about prigozhin himself. we originally thought he was going to belarus, we reported he was in russia and, in fact, met
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with vladimir putin himself just five days after the june 24th, insurrection. what his fate is we don't know. anthon antho anthony blinken saying the last chapter of putin and prigozhin hasn't been written yet. >> thank you so much. joining us to discuss this is military analyst and nato allied commander retired general wesley clark and political and national security analyst david sanger. thank you gentlemen, for joining us. i want to start with you, general, about this new reporting today. we have confirmed that a senior russian general operating in southern ukraine has been fired accusing russia's defense min min ministry of betraying his troops because he doesn't have the necessary support. can you tell us what this tells us about russia's capabilities
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right now? >> it's just the generals are frustrated they're not making more progress, looking for additional support, they want to do a better job defeating ukraine and following through with the overall mission. so i take this as a sign of some disruption, some disunity, but i think we've got to not overplay this. in the soviet military history, in the world war, stalin often cleaned out the ranks, this is what's going on with putin to some extent and putin does view himself as a successor to stalin so let's not overplay the significant of this. >> the historical background is important. let's go to david now in helsinki finland where president biden is wrapping up the end of the trip. biden at one point made a
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comparison between the cold war and russia's vinvasion of ukraine. the cold war went on for 40 plus years. why do you think he's making this comparison? >> it is an interesting question, sara, because you know since biden came to office, he and his national security office have been careful to avoid the cold war analogies saying this period of time is far more complex than anything we saw in the cold war. obviously there are two competitors now, china and russia. technology has changed all of this. our dependence with china has made it unlike the u.s. versus the soviet union. but there are moments with similarities and you heard some of them this week when the president gave that speech, but also just in the extraordinary tone of the communique and the
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participants in the nato meeting, who were all clearly getting their heads around the fact that we are in for another long twilight struggle here to use the phrase kennedy used about the cold war. which is to say, whatever this is is going to go on for a long time and we have to readjust our thinking accordingly. >> to you generally clark. we learned this morning that the u.s. has sent cluster munitions to ukraine. it's controversial because over 100 countries have banned them due to the danger to civilians. but zelenskyy defended the u.s.'s decision at the nato summit in a room full of reporters. let's listen to what he said. >> it's very simple, you know, to criticize. for example, clusters munitions, which made decision difficult, political decision but you have
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to know russia used such weapon from the first days. >> so he's saying russia used such weapons and there is some evidence of that, we've seen it in video, we've heard from the, you know, u.n. t we got the comnt from defense secretary lloyd austin who told our wolf blitzer to quell the fears of these weapons they will record the places they use them in ukraine and prioritize de-mining efforts and said the u.s. will help us do that. does that mean that after the war is over, the u.s. will come in and help out? is that how we should read that? >> i think you should read it exactly that way. when this war ends, however it ends, and i think it will end successfully for ukraine, i think you can count on the fact there will be a large number of nato nations that want to assist, including the united
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states, in cleaning up and rebuilding a successful, strong ukrainian economy. >> david to you in helsinki. five years ago, president trump threatened to pull the united states out of nato and cripple the alliance. the 2024 election is coming, president trump is the front runner so far in the republican party, biden expected to run. so nato and ukraine be concerned whether president biden's assurances and nato's assurances that they will have support in the long haul? should they be worried about that? >> i can't imagine that they wouldn't be. while we heard a lot of support for the nato countries, united states remains the largest power in nato and the most influential and if an american president got elected, it wouldn't have to be just former president trump but we've heard similar views from
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governor desantis and a few others, if anybody said this isn't our fight, let's pull back, well, the europeans aren't going to go contribute to this without the united states contributing to it as well. so, you know, i think there's been a lot of nato unity that has come together around the common purpose here. but certainly if there was a change of view in washington, because of an election or anything else, that would be a significant change. there are other things that putin could do to win, the ukrainians could run out of ammunition, that's what the cluster munitions are trying to avoid. i think it's also conceivable along the way that putin might conclude that he can devote more resources to this. >> david sanger there for us in finland and general wesley clark, thank you both for your analysis. appreciate you guys.
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coming up for us, who brought that cocaine into the white house? that question still lingers and the secret service is on capitol hill next hour briefing lawmakers about what they know happened. plus a cnn exclusive, michigan secretary of state speaking out about her interview with federal prosecutors and what it means for their investigation into donald trump and his allis' events to overturn the 2020 election. and it was an emotional moment at the espys overnight. damar hamlin's tribute to the bills' staff who saved his life. we'll be right back. to help you see untapped possibilities and relentlessly work with you to make them r real. ♪ hi, i'm jillll and i've lost 56 pounds on golo. hi, i'm barry and i've l lost 42 pounds. jill and i are a team. if she tells me to do something,
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ongoing. cnn's jeremy diamond is tracking this for us. jeremy, what -- there you are. what are you hearing about this briefing today? and where does this investigation stand? >> reporter: look, this briefing comes after the chairman of that house oversight committee, james comer last week requested from the secret service director a briefing on this investigation into this small baggy of cocaine that was found inside the west wing about a week and a half ago, two sundays ago on july 2nd. let's look back at the time line of what happened here. it was on july 2nd this small bag of white powdery substance as initially described was found inside the west week. it prompted a brief evacuation of the white house as they came in to check and confirm it was a nonhazardous substance. it tested positive for a field test for cocaine and then we learned it tested positive in
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the lab for cocaine confirming the test. dna and fingerprint analysis is ongoing. we have yet to hear from the secret service as a result of that. we were told this week investigators were going to conclude the investigation whether or not they find a suspect. that is what we may learn out of the briefing. and what lawmakers may learn is a, has the investigation been concluded and whether or not a suspect has been identified. on the second point i've been cautioned by law enforcement officials they may not find a suspect here just given the number of people who go in and out of the west wing entrance. especially on the weekends when there are tour groups coming in and out of the west wing entrance on the ground floor of the west wing. and also the fact this was a small baggy, it may be difficult to pull prints or dna samples from and again it was found in a cubby where visitors are asked to leave their phones.
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so that's an additional challenge today. >> thank you, sara? >> we're learning federal prosecutors have interviewed michigan's secretary of state. benson confirmed it happened in march and it's part of the investigation into former president trump's efforts to overturn his loss to joe biden. investigators focused on the impact of misinformation and threats against election workers. the special counsel's team has been interviewing officials from key election battleground states targeted by the rm former pres president and his allies. let's bring in caitlyn po lance, can you tell us what it means about the scope of this investigation and how close we're getting to the end? >> we don't know how close we are to the potential end but we know the special counsel investors have been, especially in recent months, working
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through these battleground states and have gone to the top election officials to interview them about what they experienced from donald trump's team and others after the election. so some of those officials they've spoken to in recent months and weeks, jocelyn benson confirming it last night, the secretary of state of michigan and we had brad raffensperger, the secretary of state of georgia. and also there were fake electors they interviewed in the grand jury, especially from nevada talking about what happened there. this is bringing this all together, all the states are being represented in the investigation. and when kaitlan collins asked jocelyn benson last night about the focus of investigators she said it wasn't just how elections were administrated. there were other things too. here's what she had to say. >> particularly when it comes to election workers, the impact of
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the misinformation on our lives and the threats that emerged from that from various sources. that was certainly something discussed in the january 6th hearings. to the extent any of those threats or misinformation from those threats crossed the line there needs to be accountability there. myself and the election officials who have a request or simply because we have a story to tell have been speaking to any authorities, i think it's really a reflection of our desire to ensure that the law is followed. >> reporter: so there's jocelyn benson, the secretary of state of michigan saying she did speak to investigators about threats, harassme harassment, and impact of disinformation. that's what the special counsel was bringing in. also she highlighted she talked to them about the coordinated,
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strategic effort perceived by officials in michigan. sara? >> give us a sense how big this investigation is, thank you so much for that report. coming up in an exclusive interview with wolf blitzer, defense secretary lloyd austin weighs in on ukraine's future after the nato summit. what he is saying about ukraine's quest to join the military alliance. that's next. how you feel, and how you enjojoy life. it changes y your smile and hohow others smile at you. clearchoice network doctctors have changed over 100,000 lives with dental implants, and they can change yours, too. because a clearchoice day changes every day. schedule a free consultation.
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abi about his country joining nato at some point. lloyd austin talked about ukraine joining nato and what needs to be done before they can. >> you have no doubt after the war ukraine will become a member of nato? >> i have no doubt that that will happen. and we heard just about every -- we heard all of the countries in the room say as much and i think that was reassuring to president zelenskyy. but there are other things that have to happen as well. judicial reform, and things make sure that the democracy is in good shape, so those things will take place over time. >> how much time will it take after the war, assuming the war ends god willing it will end
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some day. how long will it take for nato to welcome ukraine as a full member? >> i won't speculate on that. i will say all the countries i witnessed are interested in moving as quickly as possible. >> for more on that interview with wolf blitzer with secretary austin tune in tonight to "the situation room" with wolf blitzer tonight. joining us to talk about this and more, mike quigley, the k co-chair of the congressional ukraine kaucaucus. a lot happened at the summit. zelenskyy going in made it clear he was frustrated there's not a clearer path being offered in terms of a timeline for nato membership to ukraine but he did leave lithuania calling it a success in the defense commitments they were able to lock in. do you consider what came out of
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the summit a success for the united states? >> you know, i do. i think zelenskyy sees the commitments as a bridge to nato. i think the problem was they should have led with secretary austin's statements that they have no doubt that ukraine will become a member. let's put this in perspective. i said a year ago they should be in nato because their fight was -- that fight is the reason we formed nato in the first place. and to be blunt, they're doing nato's dirty work now for 500 days. if they had been run over, don't we think moldova would be next and other nato countries. in the meantime many of the nato countries weren't meeting the financial commitments to defense, many were paper tigers when it came to defense. now they're more unified. ukraine has a counteroffensive going on. sure i can see why zelenskyy
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was, i guess, miffed, at the beginning of the conference. >> i want to ask you when you talk about thecounter offense and what's going on. the wall street journal are reporting that several high ranking military officers have been detained in russia over the wagner rebellion. that includes general software vie can who's being held and inter interrogated. in all, 13 senior offices being detained for questioning, 15 suspended from duty or being fired. what do you think of that, congressman? and what do you think the impact, in terms of the war in ukraine, that this will have or is having? >> sure. i mean, first of all, i think the comments that prigozhin made about the justification of the war had to have some impact on the morale of the troops as a whole. and putin in the meantime has to
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show strength given he looked so weak that very bad day for him. i think in the end this unity has to have impact. a weakened putin, a threatened putin has to show how strong he is, how tough he is. he was willing to blow up a dam and commit war crimes i'm concerned for the nuclear power planet there as one example. >> i want to ask you a ukrainian general told our alex marquardt in reporting that cluster munitions from the united states have arrived in country, are already in ukraine. this general said it could change the battlefield but, of course, they're controversial. do you think this is the right move for the united states to provide these controversial weapons to ukraine right now? >> i think it's a hard decision
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but ultimately the president made the right one. secretary blinken said they're defensive without them. the ukrainians are firing artillery shares at a greater number than we produce in a month. the math won't last forever. i toured that plant in iowa, they want to increase production by 500%, the pentagon does. that's not going to happen overnight. i was in kyiv, bucha, i saw the war crimes. zelenskyy is right, we have to end this war quickly, give them the weapons necessary so the putin war crimes can end and ultimately save lives. >> i want to ask what's going on right now on capitol hill. there's a real struggle and a big question mark around the ndaa, the massive defense authorization bill that impacts basically everything and it
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definitely has to do with the nation's national security. it's coming out of rules, i don't want to get in the weeds but the reason why there's a big question around it is there are a slew of controversial amendments proposed and i believe many of them have gotten out of rules committee overnight. being offered by right wing republicans having to do with transgender rights and abortion that are threatening to hold up the passage of this bill. what is going to happen in the end? do you think this bill is going to be held up by republicans? >> it has the very real threat of that happening. and first, i truly don't understand the absolute fascination with the far right has with trans people who have done nothing to them. but the harm here is, this is a bill that passed out of committee with only one decenting vote.
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they want to add poison pill that make it almost impossible to reject their far far right notions on how the country should operate -- >> democrats have to work with republicans. you're dealing with the reality of they're in the majority and they have the majority on the rules committee. what do you do? >> sure. i think the majority of republicans favor passing it without all the poison pills. in the end the country gets decided in the middle by compromise not one extreme or the other. my deal is i have to work with republicans in the middle. not weigh out in the extreme. it's up to the speaker at this point in time to decide how much is he going to take? the founding fathers never imagined a handful of people could dictate the body politics in this country. >> this is an important moment to watch the slow wheels of legislation happen on capitol hill. this is an important one. thank you, congressman for coming in. actors join writers striking
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this morning, the demolition of a home where four university of idaho students were killed has been delayed. that is what the families wanted. the home in moscow will now be demolished in october. that's when the trial for the murder suspect brian kohberger is set to begin. his team was granted a 37-day
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stay in the case to review material from the grand jury. it was given after a judge denied a motion to delay proceedings indefinitely. that motion will be heard in august. a historic approval from the fda this morning. the agency approved its first ov over-the-counter birth control pill. opill will be available without a prescription for the first time in the united states. it's expected to be more effective for preventing unwanted pregnancy. we could be looking at hollywood on strike on two fronts. the first time since 1960 that both the unions for actors and writers could be on the picket lines soon. contract negotiations between the studios and sag-aftra fell apart overnight. now they'll likely join the writers who have been on strike
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for more than 70 days. natasha chen is covering it for us, she's in los angeles this morning. where do things stand at this hour? >>ing they passed the deadline last night, an extension of their original deadline already. this is a guild that has authorized a strike if no deal was reached so now they need their national board to vote on that. we'll find out the result of that vote at noon los angeles time. here are some of the things that are sticking points. why they can't agree. the actors have been acting for better compensation and benefit plans and streaming residuals. they're not getting the money they used to when their shows are being aired or played repeatedly. and they're concerned about protections on use of a.i. that could take their digital likeness, which threatens their work. here's part of what the chief
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negotiator said in a statement that the studios has refused to acknowledge the enormous shifts in the industry and the economy have had a detrimental impact on those who perform labor for the studios. the studios have also released a statement, saying they actually gave a historic pay increase and ground breaking offer to offer protections in that -- in the space of a.i. and in their statement they said in part we are deeply disappointed that sag-aftra has decided to walk away from negotiations. this is the union's choice not ours rather than continue to negotiate they have put on a course that will deepen the financial hardships for thousands who depend on the industry for their livelihoods. i spoke to a number of people who don't work on move movie or tv sets who are already impacted by this. viewers are going to see perhaps
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their favorite shows start to be b delayed in having new seasons. >> thank you for that. if you have two strikes at once it could effectively bring the entertainment industry to a halt which impacts so many industries coast-to-coast. >> from catering to everything else. thank you. now to a powerful and emotional moment at last night's espy awards. watch. [ applause ] >> please welcome this year's recipient of the pat tillman
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award for service, the training staff of the buffalo bills. >> you saw him breaking down there, it was out of gratitude that was safety damar hamlin presenting the pat tillman award for service to the people who saved him, the buffalo bills training staff. you may recall the 25-year-old went into cardiac arrest after making a tackle earlier this year. but thanks to the training staff's quick thinking and action, hamlin is with us today. he was brought to tears when the staff came to the the stage. they all shared an embrace. the team's head athletic trainer thanked hamlin for his remarkable fight. >> by the grace of god, and divine intervention, we had the best outcome we could have prayed for or imagined. damar, first and foremost, thank you for staying alive, brother.
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[ cheers ] >> amen. >> yeah. seriously we are so honored to be standing up here next to such a strong and courageous human being. >> hamlin didn't just stay alive. he thrived. in april he was fully cleared to resume football activities. kate? >> he said, by the grace of god but you have to add in by some pretty remarkable training and talent amongst that staff to treat hamlin the way they did. that was awesome. still ahead for us, a rare sight near chicago. look what happened in elgin, illinois possible tornados leading behind a trail of destruction. we have new details on this next. ng and brave i know ♪ ♪ with a little time for me ♪ ♪ no doubt i will get through ♪ ♪ loving me is loving youou ♪ ♪ new from centrum. the women's choice multivitamin brand.
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sag-aftra. this morning, the experts are surveying the damage left behind from an unknown group of tornadoes very close to the city of chicago. this incredible footage there is showing one spinning away and a rainbow being created in the background. at least 19 homes were damaged in elgin some 35 miles northwest
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of chicago. in another city of chicago, this is countryside, illinois, the fast moving storm uprooted trees and brought other stormy weather there. we go outside of chicago, and what damage are you seeing? >> we are in mccook, sara, and i wanted to show you the powerful winds here. behind me is a white fence and what it is supposed to look like. now, this is what is left. these are the post, and this is left in the grass. if you swing over and look at the garage door here that is supposed to be attached to the building. but over here, the roof is also missing here, and then over
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here, look at dump truck that is missing there. and you can see where the driver of that dump truck went into power line, and no reported injuries, but the witnesses had a lot to say about what they had saw. >> the tornado was right out of the sky and over our car and spinning. i seen two guys taking a film, and here it is coming to our car, and i saw the car rolling right over us, and destroying every everything. >> reporter: today is a day of cleanup. you will see that there is a person here with the utility company making sure that no one drives or passes through this area. sara. >> a lot of the communities are worrying about this, and having to clean up after this damage. he say ss that it was unprecedented.
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