NATL WEATHER SERVICE UPGRADES THE TORNADO THAT HIT MOORE, OK ON MON TO AN **

WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THE TORNADO'S PATH WAS 17 MILES LONG, 1.3 MILES WIDE **

SPOX SAYS THE AGENCY UPGRADED THE RATING FROM AN EF-4 BASED ON DAMAGE **

IT'S THE FIRST EF-5 TWISTER TO HIT THE U.S. IN TWO YRS **

LAWMAKERS SAY THE GOVT HAS PLENTY OF FUNDING FOR RECOVERY EFFORTS IN OK **

GOVT HAS MORE THAN $11 BIL IN DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS AND RECOVERY COSTS ARE **

WHITE HOUSE SPOX JAY CARNEY AND TOP LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL AGREED TUES **

DAMAGE FROM MONDAY'S DEADLY TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED THAT OF THE **

THE JOPLIN TWISTER CAUSED SOME $3 BIL IN DAMAGE, INCLUDING $2 BIL IN **

JOPLIN'S EF-5 TORNADO KILLED 158 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAN 1,100 NEARLY **

U.S. OFFICIALS ID FIVE MEN THEY BELIEVE MAY BE BEHIND THE DEADLY 9/11 **

OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY SEIZING THEM BY MILITARY **

HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PROOF TO TRY THEM IN A U.S. CIVILIAN COURT **

THE ATTACK LAST SEPT KILLED FOUR AMERICANS, INCLUDING AMB CHRIS STEVENS **

IRS OFFICIAL LOIS LERNER WILL PLEAD THE FIFTH AT A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON **

IN A LETTER ADDRESSED TO HOUSE OVERSIGHT CMTE CHMN DARRELL ISSA (R-CA), **

ISSA ALLEGES LERNER HAD PROVIDED FALSE AND MISLEADING INFO TO CONGRESS ON **

LERNER IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE IRS DIVISION THAT HANDLES APPLICATIONS FOR **

JURY BEGINNING DELIBERATIONS IN THE PENALTY PHASE OF THE JODI ARIAS MURDER **

ARIAS ASKED JURORS ON TUES TO GIVE HER LIFE IN PRISON INSTEAD OF THE DEATH **

THE 32-YR-OLD WAS CONVICTED EARLIER THIS MONTH OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN **


 

Earlier White House Press Pool report about the tragic accident

 

Subject: pool report #14

Potus motorcade takes a short, uneventful, ride to the PBI airport. Arrived at the tarmac at 6:07 p.m. Boarded Air Force One at 6:09 p.m. Now rolling for takeoff at 6:14 p.m. On to Andrews. 

An addendum to earlier via co-pooler Helene Cooper of the NYT: 

Motorcade passed an accident between the Port St Lucie OTR and West Palm Beach. Appeared to involve a motorcycle cop who appeared to have crashed into a police van that was blocking the exit so that motorcade could pass. 

From the window, pool briefly saw the prone figure of police officer, his destroyed motorcycle beside, under the body of the van.

——-
Reid Epstein









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