del walters following for us. >> dozens of twisters touching down, there's the potential for twisters in seven states texas arkansas to southern minnesota. a short time ago this national guard helicopter was on the scene over denton county texas a hard-hit area. people are being pulled from cars and homes after being stranded by flood water. in other areas people hit by the twisters are trying to pick up the pieces. >> that is a tornado. >> reporter: cisco, texas, 140 miles west of dallas ground zero for a deadly out break of twisters spun off from a weather system stretching up and down the midwest. dozens of tornado from the lone star state from the tiny farming town of dell mont south dacted. hail raining council on windshield. saturday night lightening sparking a gas well sparking flames. that could be seen for miles. >> water, telephone poles, trees, ripped out of the ground much very powerful and disruptive. >> sunday sunrise bought damage to light. homes ripped in half. one home was struck by lightening, six flags over texas took a beating. >> i lived in cisco for over 10 years

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the news continues with del walters. >> good evening, and thank you very much. this is al jazeera america i'm del walters in new york with a look at the top stories. showdown in congress - members of the senate meeting in a rare sunday session. the issue - the n.s.a.'s programme to gather bulk phone records. the patriot act to expire in four hours. >> a muslim woman accusing united airlines voginvolving a can of soda and whether it could be a weapon. and

good evening i'm del walters. those powerful storms that have been sweeping across the country tonight not showing any signs of letting up. we're watching a developing story now in the midwest. there is a story of another tornado setting down in lake city iowa. young man austin jacobs, these are the photos he took of the damage that the tornado was expected to have been responsible for. awards ceremony when the twister came through luckily everyone paid it to the basement in time. austin jacobs, joining us from his family farm in iowa, have the skies cleared? >> actually i'm supposed to be heading back to college tonight and my mom is probably not going to let me. the sky is pretty big pretty black and pretty scary. >> austin, this school was a brick high school. it was built to withstand a lot of what iowa sees. were you surprised when the roof was torn off? >> let me pel you i went there for six years it was solid and brick, and i never thought something could happen to that building. >> austin this is your vide

del walters in new york. stay tuned, the news continues next >>> dozens of people dead and two attacks in nigeria's north, a day after the president takes charge >>> hello, welcome to al jazeera, live from our headquarters in doha also ahead... [ siren ] ..barrel bombs dropped by syrian gunmen. more than 70 people in aleppo province. >>> schools getting ready to reopen a month after being hit by earthquakes, we are live in kathmandu. plus... >> i'm jennifer glasse in kandahar where a century's old tradition means tribal elders solve problems at the government charms. >>> 16 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in north-eastern nigeria. it blew the roof off the mosque. it followed an attack on the suburbs overnight. we have this report. >> as people gathered for prayers, a suicide bomber blew himself up. it's an area in maiduguri. the bomber posed as a trader and was pushing a wheelbarrow. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing. it was not the only attack. most civilians w

i'm del walters in new york. i'll be back with another hour of news at 11:00p.m. stay tuned "faultlines" starts now. >> the us is now the world's largest oil and gas producer in part because of what's happening here in north dakota where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. north dakota is now producing more than a million barrels of oil a day. ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oil-producing wells in the bakken. now there are more than 8,000. >> they call it boomtown usa this is where all the money is. it's crazy the amount of money you can make here. >> this rapid pace of development and the flood of workers co

i'm del walters in new york. with a look at today's top stories. developing news in a dallas suburb cartoon contest where they were supposed to be drawing the proved muhammed, those men have been shot and killed. >>> praying for peace. >> migrants trying to reach europe, resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of people that had to be rescued oaferred theover theweekend. >> i'm not that guy. >> still to recover from the economic down trn and downturn and face being anfacing anuncertain future. >> and we are following that breaking news coming out of texas. earlier this evening two gunmen were shot and killed after they opened fire outside a community center in garland texas. at the time, the community center was featuring an art show featuring the proved muhammed. police have evacuated the surroundings area and called out the bomb squad. live images from garland, heidi zhou-castro is live on the scene and high did high dizzy hi heidi what is happening now? >> police are block the road, turning the traffic in the opposite direction heavily arm

walters in new york. stay tuned, the news continues next >>> dozens of people dead and two attacks in nigeria's north, a day after the president takes charge >>> hello, welcome to al jazeera, live from our headquarters in doha also ahead... [ siren ] ..barrel bombs dropped by syrian gunmen. more than 70 people in aleppo province. >>> schools getting ready to reopen a

stay with us news continues with del walters, starting now. >> good evening, this is al jazeera america, i'm dell walters in new york with a look at the top stories. after a week of violence and protests baltimore's curfew is lifted and they are praying for peace. >> efforts to change the lives of migrants in europe results in a dramatic increase in the number of refugees rescued. >>> harrowing storeys of survival from the women rescued from boko haram. >> whatever appeals to the perception of wealthy business owners, i'm not that guy. >> in "the week ahead", challenges facing small businesses in the united states - still struggling to recover from the economic downterm and facing an uncertain

i'm del walters in new york with a look at the top stories. a number of tornados tearing through north texas leaving behind debris and one person is confirmed dead. a possible ceasefire looming in yemen, an accusation that saudi arabia's air attacks are violating international law >>> also - good news in the fight against ebola, and the country hardest hit by the disease. a clean bill of health >>> in a deeper look - the plight of americans that just can't afford to stay in their homes. >>> severe weather in texas, tornados leaving behind a trail of destruction. this one in west central texas touching down before nightfall. you see the path of turned up earth, a grim reminder of the dividing line between that which is saved and that which is destroyed. some houses exploding. nothing left but scattered breeze and debris. some blown away. only the foundations remaining. cameras catching this man standing on a second floor porch after the tornado moved through and destroyed the rest of his house. dramatic scenes coming out of texas >>> good eveni

this is al jazeera america i'm del walters with a look at the day's top stories. rivers are rising in texas, spreading the danger of flooding across a rain-soaked state. another democrat, the former governor of maryland jumping into the presidential race and divisions in f.i.f.a. as europeans register anger at the re-election of sepp blatter. time is running out for the patriot act. we'll take a deeper look at the fight over widespread government surveillance and your privacy >>> flooding as far as the eye can be. texans keeping the face. tonight another round of rain - what they don't need. >>> it's going from bad to worth, torrential rains. devastation and a rising death toll. now spilling over the banks. in houston, getting slammed. jonathan martin is in the houston suburb of rosenberg. yes, it is raining adane >>>y again and again, this is an area under a mandatory evacuation. you can understand why. the river is well above the flood stage. this is the rain and flooding. many of the people - 75 homes here - people in 75 homes have been told to get out of here.