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♪ WILLIAM: WE START THE DAY'S OTHER HEADLINES WITH MORE ON THAT ELABORATE PLAN THAT SECRETLY FLEW PRESIDENT TRUMP OUT OF TURKEY LAST MONTH AND THE NATURE OF THE REPORTED THREAT FROM IRAN THAT MADE THE MOVE NECESSARY. SPEAKING TO REPORTERS LAST NIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP CONFIRMED HE WAS WHISKED AWAY FROM AIR FORCE ONE IN A CATERING TRUCK AT THE SECRET SERVICE'S DIRECTION. HE DOWNPLAYED THE RISK TO THOSE HE LEFT ON THE ORIGINAL PLANE WHILE HE FLEW ON A SEPARATE ONE.

PRES. TRUMP: I GO BY SECRET SERVICE AND THE MILITARY. THEY WANTED ME TO GO ON A DIFFERENT FLIGHT AND DIFFERENT PLANE -- EQUAL SAFETY, BUT THEY WANTED ME TO DO IT, SO I DO IT. I DO WHAT THEY SAY. I GUESS THERE WAS A THREAT OUT THERE. I DIDN'T REALLY ASK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT. I GET A LOT OF THREATS. WILLIAM: "THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTS THAT CREDIBLE THREATS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT INCLUDED SOMEONE SPOTTED NEAR THE NATO SUMMIT WITH A SHOULDER-FIRED, SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE, AND THAT THE IRANIANS EVEN KNEW WHICH FLOOR OF THE HOTEL PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS STAYING ON.

IN COLOMBIA -- THE HOPE OF FINDING SURVIVORS IS DIMINISHING -- NOW, MORE THAN TWO DAYS SINCE A POWERFUL, 7.4-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATED PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. RESCUERS CONSIDER THE FIRST 48 TO 72 HOURS CRITICAL TO SAVE PEOPLE. AND VICTIMS ARE STILL BEING FOUND ALIVE. [APPLAUSE] APPLAUSE RANG OUT TODAY AFTER RESCUE TEAMS RETRIEVED ONE WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN TRAPPED FOR A DAY AND A HALF. BUT MANY HAVEN'T BEEN SAVED. THE DISASTER HAS KILLED AT LEAST 180 PEOPLE AND NEARLY 2600 HAVE BEEN INJURED.

STILL, MANY FIRST RESPONDERS SAID THEY WEREN'T GIVING UP.

AT THIS MOMENT, WE ARE FOCUSING MORE ON THE REMOVAL OF DEBRIS AND WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO TRY TO FIND VICTIMS ALIVE AT THIS MOMENT. WE STILL HAVE HOPE UNTIL AT LEAST FOUR DAYS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE HAVE PASSED. WILLIAM: THE EARTHQUAKE HAS TESTED THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT ABELARDO DE LA ESPRIELLA, WHO WAS SWORN IN LAST FRIDAY. MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE BELIEVED TO BE MISSING. MORE SEVERE STORMS SWEPT ACROSS THE MIDWEST TODAY -- JUST ONE DAY AFTER TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODS WREAKED HAVOC ON THE REGION.

STREETLIGHTS FLICKERED AS STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS BLASTED THROUGH BACKYARDS -- LIKE THESE, IN INDIANA. STATE OFFICIALS SAY A 4-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS KILLED BY A FALLEN TREE. TODAY, GOVERNOR MIKE BRAUN SAID HIS STATE IS ACCUSTOMED TO ISOLATED TORNADOES -- BUT YESTERDAY'S WEATHER WAS FAR MORE WIDESPREAD.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE STRAIGHT LINE WIND EVENTS THAT'S COVERING PROBABLY NEARLY A THIRD OF OUR COUNTIES, NORMALLY A TORNADO WILL BE IN ONE OR TWO." WILLIAM: IN PORTAGE, INDIANA -- OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING IF THIS HOUSE EXPLOSION -- WHICH KILLED ONE PERSON -- WAS RELATED TO THE STORMS. AND, IN NEIGHBORING OHIO, OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON WAS KILLED IN FLOODWATERS THAT INUNDATED HOMES, AND CARS. MORE THAN 700,000 CUSTOMERS REMAIN WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT -- FROM THE CHICAGO AREA, ALL THE WAY TO WEST VIRGINIA.

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