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three people dead. another slamming into jefferson city >> windows start shaking, heard the tree break and then boom >> there's beeadn a too touch down people possibly trapped. >> reporter: caused by an ef 3 has ever seen.trongest thi homes torn apart, car dealerships in disarray. >> never s it coming >> the front of the business ripped off with him inside >> so amazing that one hallway is what was not destroyed. >> hiding in a bathroom asar ne 160-mile-an-hour winds wiped by he said the state warning system saved lives. >> people took heed to shelter >> as the weather moved in to

oklahoma, after a week of rain busting two barges loose and they slammed into a dam where residents have been evacuated. in tulsa, warnings some are picking up the pieces and some focusing on the extreme threat that isn't over yet >> reporter: in jefferson city, the clean up is under way. seems like this reminding everyone of hothw dangerous ese storms can be. >> thank you new legaesl troubl for cedisgraced lebrity chef he's facing new charges for groping a man in 2017. the first criminal charge after a series of sexual harassmen anassault allegations. >> reporter: once a fixture in tv kitchens, celebrity chef will

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allegations are without merit. we expect thoutcome to fully vindicate mr. batali now facing the heat of the courtroom. to president trump who is raising his stakes with show down with democrats. green lightingne attory general barr's investigation into the mueller probe. they are going straight for the source speaking about getting robert mueller to testify >> i think i can say at this point that he wants to testify in private he doesn't want to participate in anything he might regard as a republican spectacle especially threpublicans asking about the beginning of this stuff. >> at the center of all of it,the very public feud betweee president and house speaker. >> goomod ing. a public feud and now very

personal feud the president and house speaker trading jabs a day after a previously scheduled meeting ended in anger and drama after the president stormed out of the meeting vowing not to they call off the investigation. pelosi is saying the president is unfit to serve and need help >> crazy nancy i've been watching her i have been watching her for a long period of time. she's not the same person. >> i wish his family or administration or staff would have an intervention for the good of the country. >> i'm an extremely stable >> she responded, quote, she said when the extremely stable genius starts acting more presidential, i'll be happy to work with him. a ayer glimpse of bipartisan where they passed $9 million aid

package for victims of the hurricane and wildfires including the puerto rico storm of 2017. the president now heads off to japan and congress now goes on recess back to you. >> at least something got done thank you.ople who need it host. the justice department is cracking down on wikileak leader julian assange the first timemi an adstration charges a publisher. pete williams has the latest detail >> reporter: the u.s. seeks to get assange back here, he faces nea set of charges amping up against him. the u.s. government is bringing espionage charges against someone who published information. traditionally pressed against governme employees who illegally share it

>> historically has only been used to prosecute insiders >> reporter: feder prosecutors say he was no journalist because he helped chelsea manning get thousands of documents the new papers published say including names included for iraq, afghanistan, iran and syria. those leaks created a grave and imminent risk that the people he named would suffer serious physical harm or detention the new charges are a shift. obama administration decided using against the charges. >> reporter: assange's lawyer calls the charges a wholesale attack on the freedom of speech but the justice department suggests wicky leaks does not

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