We start the day's other headlines with a massive storm system that's rumbling across much of the country,

stretching from Chicago all the way down to the Gulf.

This is what we're seeing to.

Oh, holy.

The most severe thunderstorms are carving a path across the south tonight,

leaving toppled buildings, debris, and more than 400,000 people without power from Texas to Mississippi.

The weather system hasn't brought just rain. It's also kicked up blinding dust storms across parts of the southwest.

And it's threatening to put a damper on Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans tonight.

Officials moved up and shortened the city's two biggest parades,

hoping to wrap things up before high winds move in.

Turning overseas, Arab leaders from across the Middle East endorsed a plan today to rebuild the Gaza Strip.

The measure would allow the territories 2 million Palestinians to remain in Gaza.

It's a counter-proposal to President Trump's vision, which calls for removing Palestinians

from the area and creating a beach destination.

Experts warns such a plan would be a war crime under international law.

At today's summit in Cairo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi laid out his $53 billion plan under which Hamas would cede power to an interim independent administration.

The plan starts with immediate relief operations and early recovery efforts, leading to the full reconstruction of the enclave.

Egypt calls for adopting this plan at our summit today and mobilizing regional and international support for it.

The president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, was also there. He told the summit

he's ready to hold elections as early as next year, if, quote, conditions allow. The Palestinians

have not held presidential elections in some two decades. In Serbia, at least three lawmakers were

injured after chaos erupted in the country's parliament today.

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