WHITFIELD: We'll get back to Beckley, West Virginia momentarily where the memorial service is under way for the 29 miners who were killed in that under ground explosion earlier this month. The president of the United States will be eulogizing them. We'll carry that live. But first we want to tell you some other things happening around the country and the world. Scenes like this right now are being repeated across the south central Mississippi today. Survivors are surveying the damage after a deadly twister cut across the state yesterday. Ten people were killed including three children, 33 others were injured and nearly 200 homes were destroyed or damaged across several counties in Mississippi. And confirmation from al Qaeda in Iraq that two of their senior leaders are dead. Last night an Islamic website called the deaths of al-Mashr and al Baghdadiit a great loss. The militants were killed earlier this month during a joint Iraq/U.S. operation near Takrit. The U.S. Military considers their deaths a potentially devastating blow to the terrorists. And demonstrators are rallying at the Arizona state capitol in Phoenix right now to protest a new immigration law. Governor Jan Brewer signed it just two days ago. It requires police to question people they suspect of being illegal immigrants. And it requires legal immigrants to carry registration documents at all times. Much more straight ahead right after this.
Survivors Surveying Damage from Deadly Twister; Two Senior Al Qaeda Leaders Dead