NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY-MONDAY 3/3-3/4/2019
(STORES ADDED, EDITING INTO MONDAY MORNING AT 630 AM EASTERN US TIME)
At least 23 are reported dead after tornadoes ripped through Lee County, Alabama. The National Weather Service believes the first tornado to strike had winds up to 165 miles per hour, classified as an EF-3 tornado. The tornado said to be a half mile wide.
Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones says heat seeking drones were in use to find victims and the search will resume in the morning.
Lee County is in eastern Alabama, near Columbus, Georgia.
Damage reported in multiple Alabama counties Sunday.
More on this story from WSFA-TV video as reported earlier Sunday at 10 pm with additional text information....LINK
Four American tourists and a pilot are dead in Kenya following a helicopter crash Sunday night. The crash at the Central Island National Park. The cause of the crash not known yet.
Venezuela's Interim President Juan Guaido calling for mass protests Monday and Tuesday in Venezuela. Guaido asking for protests to start at 11 am Monday.
Guaido set to return home Monday after a tour of Latin American countries. He left the country in violation of a travel ban from the Nicolas Maduro government and may risk arrest on his return.
US National Security Adviser John Bolton tweeting:
At least 23 are reported dead after tornadoes ripped through Lee County, Alabama. The National Weather Service believes the first tornado to strike had winds up to 165 miles per hour, classified as an EF-3 tornado. The tornado said to be a half mile wide.
Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones says heat seeking drones were in use to find victims and the search will resume in the morning.
Lee County is in eastern Alabama, near Columbus, Georgia.
Damage reported in multiple Alabama counties Sunday.
More on this story from WSFA-TV video as reported earlier Sunday at 10 pm with additional text information....LINK
Four American tourists and a pilot are dead in Kenya following a helicopter crash Sunday night. The crash at the Central Island National Park. The cause of the crash not known yet.
Venezuela's Interim President Juan Guaido calling for mass protests Monday and Tuesday in Venezuela. Guaido asking for protests to start at 11 am Monday.
Guaido set to return home Monday after a tour of Latin American countries. He left the country in violation of a travel ban from the Nicolas Maduro government and may risk arrest on his return.
US National Security Adviser John Bolton tweeting:
"Any threats or acts against his safe return will be met with a strong and significant response"
16 Syrian soldiers killed, one captured and beheaded by Al-Qaeda terrorists in northern Hama province.
The Syrian military warning civilians of a military operation coming against the terrorists.
From the Golan in southern Syria, an Israeli tank fired two shells in the Al Quenitra area late on Sunday. It is believed that this may have been some sort of warning to Iranian forces that were approaching the area.
Protesters back on the streets of Algeria Sunday objecting to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's plan to run for a fifth term in office. Water cannon used against the protest moving towards the offices where papers for his candidacy in the April 18th election would have to be filed by a Sunday midnight deadline.
Late Sunday Bouteflika put out the word that he's running again and this will be his last term.
On Friday the son of Algeria's first Prime Minister was killed during the protests. Hassan Benkhedda killed according to his brother Salim by:
A successful docking Sunday morning of SpaceX's "Dragon" capsule with the International Space Station. A test dummy and some supplies on board. If the test mission is successful astronauts could be launched in the new capsule as early as July.
And that's the way it really is as we come into this Monday morning March 4th, 2019.
From the Golan in southern Syria, an Israeli tank fired two shells in the Al Quenitra area late on Sunday. It is believed that this may have been some sort of warning to Iranian forces that were approaching the area.
Protesters back on the streets of Algeria Sunday objecting to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's plan to run for a fifth term in office. Water cannon used against the protest moving towards the offices where papers for his candidacy in the April 18th election would have to be filed by a Sunday midnight deadline.
Late Sunday Bouteflika put out the word that he's running again and this will be his last term.
On Friday the son of Algeria's first Prime Minister was killed during the protests. Hassan Benkhedda killed according to his brother Salim by:
"the ruling gang and its thugs"
The government claims his death was part of a clash between the police and others unrelated to the street demonstrations.
More controversy in France over tactics used by the government on Yellow Vests protests after a member of the National Assembly says police beat him with batons following a demonstration in Bordeaux Saturday. Loic Prudhomme posted a video of his bloodied ear with police standing nearby as he explained that it was caused by the police.
Another protester injured by a police projectile in Paris.
The government says 39,900 protested in France Saturday, but the Yellow Vests say the acutal number was 92,035.
Yellow Vests plans for next weekend, Week 17 of the protest, include three days of protest in Paris Friday through Sunday.
Calm reported from residents in the Kashmir region Saturday night. No firing across the "Line of Control" between India and Pakistan.
There was firing across the border in the days before that and of course the escalation with air attacks and a air battle last week in the region.
Terrorists in a car ran down a group of Israeli security forces in the Samaria region of the territory commonly called "The West Bank".
Two injured in the early Monday morning attack. An Army officer seriously injured and a Border Police soldier slightly injured.
Other soldiers fired back killing two terrorists and wounding a third.
Israel's State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan says there were no political considerations motivating Israel's Attorney General to move forward with indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption cases.
Netanyahu says there is a "leftist conspiracy" and "witch hunt" against him in the matter.
Election results from the Baltic nation of Estonia came in Sunday night showing the Reform Party winning with 29 percent and the currently ruling Center Party in second place at 23 percent with the Conservative People's Party of Estonia close behind in third place.
That "Conservative People's Party" advocates for a referendum on Estonia's membership in the European Union.
Kaja Kallas of the Reform Party looks like the country's next Prime Minister. She would be the first female prime minister and will have to form a coalition government.
Chinese business executive Meng Wanzhou suing Canada's government, border agency and police over her arrest. She says she was held to get information out of her before formally being arrested violating Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Meng, Chief Financial Officer of the Huawei telecom firm, suing for "serious breaches" of her civil rights.
She was arrested in December in order to be extradited to the United States to face fraud and other charges related to breaching US sanctions on Iran. She is currently out of jail living in a house in Vancouver.
On Friday Canada's government confirmed it was moving forward with the extradition process.
More controversy in France over tactics used by the government on Yellow Vests protests after a member of the National Assembly says police beat him with batons following a demonstration in Bordeaux Saturday. Loic Prudhomme posted a video of his bloodied ear with police standing nearby as he explained that it was caused by the police.
Another protester injured by a police projectile in Paris.
The government says 39,900 protested in France Saturday, but the Yellow Vests say the acutal number was 92,035.
Yellow Vests plans for next weekend, Week 17 of the protest, include three days of protest in Paris Friday through Sunday.
Calm reported from residents in the Kashmir region Saturday night. No firing across the "Line of Control" between India and Pakistan.
There was firing across the border in the days before that and of course the escalation with air attacks and a air battle last week in the region.
Terrorists in a car ran down a group of Israeli security forces in the Samaria region of the territory commonly called "The West Bank".
Two injured in the early Monday morning attack. An Army officer seriously injured and a Border Police soldier slightly injured.
Other soldiers fired back killing two terrorists and wounding a third.
Israel's State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan says there were no political considerations motivating Israel's Attorney General to move forward with indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption cases.
"The decision was made solely out of considerations based on the evidence. A suspect's political identity is of no interest and is never taken into consideration"
Netanyahu says there is a "leftist conspiracy" and "witch hunt" against him in the matter.
Election results from the Baltic nation of Estonia came in Sunday night showing the Reform Party winning with 29 percent and the currently ruling Center Party in second place at 23 percent with the Conservative People's Party of Estonia close behind in third place.
That "Conservative People's Party" advocates for a referendum on Estonia's membership in the European Union.
Kaja Kallas of the Reform Party looks like the country's next Prime Minister. She would be the first female prime minister and will have to form a coalition government.
Chinese business executive Meng Wanzhou suing Canada's government, border agency and police over her arrest. She says she was held to get information out of her before formally being arrested violating Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Meng, Chief Financial Officer of the Huawei telecom firm, suing for "serious breaches" of her civil rights.
She was arrested in December in order to be extradited to the United States to face fraud and other charges related to breaching US sanctions on Iran. She is currently out of jail living in a house in Vancouver.
On Friday Canada's government confirmed it was moving forward with the extradition process.
A successful docking Sunday morning of SpaceX's "Dragon" capsule with the International Space Station. A test dummy and some supplies on board. If the test mission is successful astronauts could be launched in the new capsule as early as July.
And that's the way it really is as we come into this Monday morning March 4th, 2019.
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