>> kelly wright is here with the latest. it looks like a war zone. >> you are correct. they did say it looks that way. more than half of the town is gone. that's how the county commissioner described the devastation in the tiny town of pilger. the governor declaring a state of emergency there. twin tornadoes about a mile apart touching down as they zero in killing a 5-year-old child and another person in a nearby town. at least 19 people are hurt in the town some of them critically. homes and businesses ripped apart. authorities say half of the town was destroyed in just seconds. some places even ripped from their foundation. josh watched in horror as the storm demolished his home. >> started going through my yard. i watched my hot tubs fly and

everything clifted off. the heater smashed over me and my buddy. >> rescue crews are sifting through the diabetes and rubble for more victims or survivors. about 350 people live in the tiny town of pill ger. they will need help on the long road to recovery. the national guard is being brought in with local police and the community and to help them clean up. >> amazing footage of those double twisters. . kelly wright, thank you. there's a new weather threat today and for that we turn to maria molina in our extreme weather center. >> that's right. we are looking at the possibility for more severe storms today including more tornadoes more damaging winds and reports of large hail across areas in the plains and treching much further east today. this will be a widespread area from the eastern parts of montana to the dakotas and

northeastern nebraska that saw the twisters produce the damage out there through eye yaw the great lakes and the interior portions of the great lakes. i think the greatest risk today will be yet again across parts of the northern plains for some of the longer track storms that could produce significant damage. coming up tomorrow take a look at this map the same area could be seeing more severe weather out here minneapolis, omaha, chicago, you could be seeing the severe storms. by tomorrow the severe weather goes through new jersey and the new york city area. out here we will be looking at more isolated storms. otherwise one of the otherqjg?b concerns as far as the weather goes are one of the ingredients that helps fire up the storms is a contrast in temperatures. we are going to be seeing them ccli%ng into the 90s. it will be pot out there across the plains in the midwest. coming up at 5:15 a.m., reed timer who is in february

february this morning will be showing us all of the incredible images they captured yesterday from nebraska. let's head over to you. >> such an amazing job allowing us to see it but devastating. >> powerful american made sink ermis els might be in the hands of militant insurgents. this after they put boots on the ground days after vowing not to. the latest force of the brutal isis militants there. >> a bad situation may have just gotten worse, because shoulder fired singer missiles made in the usa may be in the hands of isis militants trying to muscle their way through iraq. >> it changes the name of the became for the first time in the last 11 years we may see a potential ground to air threat. >> up to 275 u.s. military personnel are being deployed to iraq to support and secure the

embassy in baghdad and help relocate them off of the facility. the united states talked to iran about how to work together to beat back ice sis in iraq. top state department official and diplomat meeting on the side lines of a negotiation in vienna about tehran's nuclear program. >> we are open to discussions if something constructive could be eliminated if iran is prepared to do something to respect the sovereignty of iraq and the ability of the government to perform. >> but here in dc senator john mccain says it would be the height of folly to believe the iranian regime can be our partner in managing the deteriorating security situation in iraq. one of the first things president obama did in the white house upon turnireturning from

weekend away is convene the national security council to talk about iraq. more will follow in 9 days to come. >> that brings us to our look who is talking. general jack keen and white house chief of staff karl rove breaking down situation in iraq became such a disaster. >> we pulled the geopolitical support. the reason we left troops in germany, italy and japan and south korea was for influence and guide in the right direction. >> president obama made a lot of mistakes handling iraq. i don't just mean absence of troops i mean from the beginning he did not engage the iraqi leadership to move in the direction of modernization and removal of the sectarian fudz.

we are reaping the whirlwind. >> how can we fix this mess? can we? charles krauthammer says president obama needs to call on familiar faces. >> the best thing you could do right now is ask ryan crocker the former ambassador who knows all of the plays and was instrumental in creating government at the time when they were there iraqi government that were relatively sectarian and were able to enlist sunni shiites which disappeared. it isn't as if the situation is hopeless but asking the maliki to reform himself overnight is not going to work. >> a man out of prison now back behind bars again in the murder of a priest in phoenix. he is charged with shooting kenneth walker to death and beating reverend terra.

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this morning the small town of pilgner completely torn apart. residents begin digging out. we are joined by meteorologist reed kimmer. he was chasing in the same area in nebraska. he has been chasing all night. read what have you seen? >> it was like something i had never seen in 16 years of storm chasing. there were two violent tornadoes on the ground at the same time within a mile apart. so they are rotating around like a merry go round. they were coming into down there that's why we had to drop everything. we saw the damage and dropped everything and helped out the search and rescue effort. every single house in that town was devastated. >> you mentioned you had never seen anything like it before.

how rare is it and how close were you able to get? >> we are armored vehicles so we can get there safely. when the tornado touched down it touched right on top of the vehicle. that happened extremely fast. that was another thing that was unique about it is they had no tornado on the ground and it happened in seconds. it had two violent tornadoes at the same time. >> let's bring in maria molina who has a question as well. >> i was watching the storms on radar yesterday at home and i saw them evolve so quickly. what could you see at the time how quickly did it happen? >> the first tornado was a tornado in the distance. it looked like this was going to be a few more minutes until the

next one touched down. it caught us by surprise. it was a prolific tornado producer and efficient. they can happen fast with little or mow warning. they had several minutes of warning. still it was that vie p lent. >> in studio or when we are looking it he storms on radar we can see them rotate and potentially produce them on the ground. but having them on the ground being able to verify they are on the ground and where they are headed is very valuable. stay safe as you chase there coming up later today and also into tomorrow. >> thank you very much. we will check back with you. amazing to see the footage

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right now. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. let's get right to the fox news alert for you. twisters tearing through the nation's heartland. >> now two people in nebraska are left dead including a 5-year-old child. a small town left demolished. we will know more about that in the devastation. the governor of nebraska have a state of emergency. officials say nearly half of the town of paintballing ilge -- pilger is gone. they were expecting severe weather but nothing like this.

unusually frightening sight twin tornadoes a mile apart zeroing in on the tiny town of pilger. the twisters bringing double trouble as they swept through the area killing two people including a 5-year-old child injuring 19 other people some of them critically. josh staub survived the storm but his home did not. >> i started yelling. all of the singhaning elled stad ifted off. the heater smashed over me and my buddy. >> he is fortunate to be alive. people evacuated the town many finding safety in emergency shelters. the national guard is being brought in to help local people with security and to help people clean up the community.

when daylight at the top of this residents will be supported back to the area to see the damage. th it will be hard for them to fathom it. the town that was once their home now gone. we will have a lot of work to begin the recovery. >> the threat of more dangerous storms still there. >> not over yet. maria molina is tracking that in our extreme mweather center. >> we could be looking at more strong storms that could produce the severe weather we saw yesterday across the same area that was hitted hard by the twin tornadoes across northern nebraska. that is one of many areas. we have a closer storm moving through parts of the great lakes and parts of iowa into i am ill. but when the sun comes out they will be firing up in a

widespread area. isolated tornadoes and damaging winds. take a look atom. the similar area we will be seeing today for possible severe weather will be hit again with more storms and tomorrow another area could be seeing severe weather across parts of the central plains. because the storms are going to be hitting the same areas we do have a flooding concern. we could be looking at heavy rain from these storms several inches expected across the dakotas the great lakes and into the interior northeast. heather and ainsley besides the severe weather in terms of tornado tornadoes, strong winds you are looking at a flooding potential here especially with some of the heavy rain with the storms moving through the same area. >> powerful american made missiles are in the hands of

militants insurgents. as president obama puts boots on the ground days after vowing not to. the latest on the brutal isis militants. >> good morning. the pledge not to put boots on the ground appears to be slipping this morning. hundreds of u.s. forces could be heading back to baghdad. the threat there may now involve these. these are singer missiles designed to take down aircraft. these may be in the hands of the islamic state of iraq and syria the terrorists. this would represent a serious escalation. >> if change is the name of the game for the first time in 11 years we could see potential foregroufor air threat. >> the u.s. sem bass sees partially evacuate.

more u.s. sources are going to be sent to protect american interests. the u.s. is reaching out to iran which iraqi militias that took up arms during the war. the new threat is so serious there may be common ground. >> they can be attributed bide iran if iran is prepared to do what will respect the sovereignty of iraq and the ability of the government to perform. >> that strategy raised eyebrows. the president returning from his vacation in california yesterday. no decisions yet on what the u.s. plans to do next in iraq. ainsley? >> doug luzader live for us. thank you, doug. >> the u.s. army announced the beginning much the investigation into how and why army sergeant bowe bergdahl walked off his

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welcome back to "fox & friends first" . with a surge of illegal minors entering the country, more people are calling on president obama to do something. send in the national guard, that's what michigan g.o.p. congresswoman candice miller is telling the president, because border patrol agents are busy, quote, providing basic child care. that urgent call comes as new images from texas border stations show dozens of illegals cramped into holding rooms, many of these people claiming they're trying to escape poverty and gang violence. maricopa county sherrif sums up the situation on hannity. >> you're talking about the border patrol, they're too busy changing diapers and

not going after dope peddlers and illegal images. it is more than a legal problem. it is a political problem. you're trying to tell me we can't stop people from coming into our country if you have the desire to do it? i don't buy it. >> joe biden heads friday to meet with border patrol leaders about the crisis. >> a woman on a bicycle on a pedestrian bridge is lucky to be alive today after this encounter. wow. turns out the driver works for the virginia department of transportation. officials say employees regularly use that bridge to drive to and from work and there are warning signs posted. the worker is on leave while the agency looks into it. the cyclist suffered cuts and bruises. a georgia auto mechanic makes a shocking find on the highway. >> when i jumped out it was a baby crawling towards the

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top of the hour. before you leave the house here's what's happening for you today. people in nebraska are picking up the pieces after twin tornadoes cut through the center of their town. at least two people are dead including a five-year-old child. the governor planning to tour the damage today. at the u.s. deploying 7,500 ground troops to baghdad to secure the u.s. embassy as isis units move closer. another recall. general motors says it needs to replace keys for about 3.4 million cars on seven different models manufactured between 2000 and 2014. disciple time -- >> time to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. the good, an amazing impromptu duet between country singer keith urban and his wife nicole kidman. the two singing a duet together during a vacation and visiting a children's

hospital. the bad, sitting too long can apparently give all of us cancer. a new study says the risk of developing some cancers increases up to 10% for every extra two hours we sit because time spent sitting reduces energy and leads to weight gain and obesity. the ugly, hillary clinton's new book "hard choices" bombing, in its first week sold just 60,000 printed copies. the publisher hoping for 150,000. >> time for your brew on this responses. we told you about so-called nicer p.e. classes for students and many schools across the united states ditching dodge ball, adding yoga and rock climbing to the gym. >> teachers say the changes appeal to the athletic kids and those who don't like sports. we ask you is this the wussification of gym classes? >> tom says we're teaching our kids to be scared of everything and weak. >> linda says so long as this is some kind of p.e.,

i'm happy with that. >> randy says as long as they keep stronger activities available as well for those who wish to participate. >> thanks to those who responded. >> but dodge ball is so much fun. >> y'all have a great day. "fox & friends" is now. bye. good morning. it is tuesday, june 17. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. we begin with a fox news alert. an entire town uprooted by two deadly tornadoes. >> i've never seen anything like this in my life. >> nebraska has declared a state of emergency as authorities scour the rubble for survivors. >> meanwhile, insurgents making dangerous gains in iraq. and now after vowing no boots on the ground on friday, yesterday the president is sending more u.s. troops to iraq. is this strategy a smart move? we're going to break it