Good evening, and thank you for being with us. Im Margaret Brennan in for norah. We begin tonight with breaking news. Dozens of tornadoes touched down in at least three states, including texas, oklahoma, and nebraska. Take a look at this massive funnel cloud tearing across an interstate north of lincoln, nebraska. Large pieces of debris can be spotted flying through the air as the Twister Spins just out of control. In addition to tornadoes and torrential downpours, parts of texas, including arlington, were hit with hailstorms, some as large as golf balls. And the threat is far from over. This dangerous system will stretch from michigan to texas, with twisters, large hail, and damaging winds straight through the weekend. It is tornado season, and cbss Omar Villafranca will start us off tonight from ennis, texas, which is currently under a Severe Weather alert. Reporter dramatic moments along Interstate 80 near lincoln, nebraska, this afternoon as a dangerous tornado crossed the highway, flipping a semi truck. Storm chasers stopping to check on the driver narrowly missed being hit by debris as the twister tore through. Hes okay, hes okay. Reporter houses shredded in douglas county, some taking a direct hit by the destructive tornado. A newlybuilt neighborhood with a few homes still under construction now gone. This is the dangerous storm that we are tracking right now here on the weather channel, a confirmed and large and destructive tornado. That is a [. ] tornado. Multiple tornadoes ripping through the state. That is a tornado in lincoln, nebraska. Reporter with reports of major damage, including a Building Collapse near waverley and a train blown off the tracks. Wow. Reporter the violent tornadoes also tearing through central texas, like this massive one near waco. The same Storm Pelting Arlington with hail and heavy rain. Here in texas, First Responders will be on standby all weekend because of the Severe Weather, and this afternoon, just this part of the state had tornadoes, hail, high winds, and heavy rain, in just a few hours. Margaret . Margaret omar, thank you. Well, for a look at where these dangerous storms are headed next, lets bring in meteorologist mike bettes, from our partners at the weather channel. Good evening, mike. Well, margaret, good evening. We are in the midst of a multiday Severe Weather outbreak. Numerous tornadoes have touched down today across the plains. That threat will continue well into the night, from the texarkana area all the way up to saint peoria. These are all areas we could see violent tornadoes, large hail, and high winds. The threat overnight and returns again tomorrow, large area where the Severe Weather will break out for us from say i35 in des moines all the way down toward Wichita Falls and dallas. The threat is torcon of 5, medium threat for tornadoes on our 110 scale that sits right in the middle. Saturday, even into sunday, more storms right through the plains, eventually getting into the midwest and this storm, not likely, margaret, to die down until sometime late on sunday into monday. Margaret thanks, mike. Well, extabloid publisher david pecker took The Stand Again today to detail the alleged scheme he helped broker to suppress stories that could have hurt Donald Trumps 2016 campaign. The former president faces 34 Felony Counts of Falsifying Business Documents related to a socalled Hush Money Payment to a porn star. Cbss robert costa has more. This is eight days that we have all been sitting in this courthouse. Reporter former president trumps attorneys took aim at the prosecutions key witness today, david pecker, once the publisher of the National Enquirer and a longtime friend of trumps. David has been very nice, nice guy. Reporter the defense argued that the papers deal with trump to purchase and suppress negative stories, to catch and kill, as its called, was not unusual. Pecker himself had testified that there were similar alleged arrangements with arnold schwarzenegger, tiger woods, and mark wahlberg. But pecker was later pushed by prosecutors on whether there was a difference with trump. Did you suppress stories to help a president ial candidate . Yes, pecker said. One of those stories involved former playboy model karen mcdougal, who allegedly had a tenmonth affair with trump, which trump denies. After we had been intimate, he tried to pay me. And i actually didnt know how to take that. Reporter the defense argued that mcdougals 150,000 deal with ami, which previously owned the National Enquirer, was legitimate. She was paid and featured broadly throughout the publications. Broadly throughout the publications. But under questioning from prosecutors, pecker said that was meant to disguise the actual purpose, which was to acquire her lifetime rights to her story so it is not published. Pecker also acknowledged hiring an Election Law Attorney to review mcdougals contract. the best moment for the prosecution is david pecker saying that he sought legal advice on behalf of his company. That if he continued to do this kind of payment, that it was going to be a campaign violation. That is absolute gold for the prosecution. Margaret and robert costa joins us now. Bob, its hard to believe its news. It used to be expected, that two candidates trying to persuade voters would come out and debate to defend their policy positions. But now, this was news today that they are considering it. Will it happen . Reporter President Biden went on the howard stern radio show, and he said he would be willing to debate former president donald trump. Trump responded quickly and said anytime, anyplace, maybe even at the white house. Margaret we will see if it happens. Bob, thank you. Propalestinian protests emerged on more College Campuses today, and not all of the demonstrators have links to the schools where the protests are underway. That adds to scrutiny of the movement, and we get details from cbss lilia luciano. Reporter protesters and Police Clashed at ohio state university, the latest escalation in a nationwide movement roiling College Campuses, as students protest israels war in gaza. The anger, the tension is boiling over, and someones going to get hurt. Reporter on thursday, atlantas Emory University blamed outsiders for trespassing while setting up tents on campus. The scuffle with police ended with nearly 30 arrests, including eight people who had no ties to the school. Im telling you right now do not speak to me. Reporter new propalestinian demonstrations at Loyola University in louisiana, stanford, and arizona state. It has been an extremely safe environment. I think this year have been feeling that is not the case. Reporter here at columbia university, where it all began, it is day 10 of protests and Student Protesters are saying we are going to keep the tents up until the university meets our demands. Columbia needs to divest from any corporation that is profiting off of genocide, apartheid, or displacement of palestinians in israel. Reporter outside the school gates. Israel should stop bombing civilian areas and killing the hostages. Israel did not take the hostages. Reporter phd student ari kircher says he hasnt felt safe since the night the tents took over the west lawn. I worry about whats going to happen on campus next year, two years from now. As a member of the jewish people, i feel. My people being attacked. Reporter its important to stress inside columbia university, on that lawn, those protesters have remained peaceful, and today, the University Administrators and students announced that after 12 hours negotiating, they were not able to meet each others demand and reached an impasse, meaning the protests, for now, margaret, will continue. Margaret and we will continue covering it. Lilly, thank you. Breaking news out of colorado. The former paramedic who injected Elijah Mcclain with ketamine before his death was sentenced to probation this afternoon. Jeremy cooper faced up to three years in prison after being convicted of homicide for mcclains death in 2019. The 23yearold mcclain was walking home when he was stopped and detained by three aurora, colorado, Police Officers. Americas top diplomat, Secretary Of State antony blinken, met with chinese president xi jinping and other top officials in beijing today. Blinken raised concern that china is helping russia to produce tanks, armored vehicles, and weapons for its war in ukraine. Cbss nancy cordes is at the white house. Nancy, whats the bottom line . Reporter the bottom line, margaret, is that secretary blinken issued a warning in china today. He said that if china does not stop providing russia with weapons components, that the u. S. Is going to do something about it. And he suggested that the u. S. Might be prepared to impose new sanctions on china if it continues to sell russia microelectronics and Machine Tools that are being used to build munitions for use in its ongoing invasion of ukraine. Now, this meeting comes at a tense moment in the u. S. China relationship. Just this week, Congress Passed 8 billion in security aid for taiwan to help it defend against china, and Congress Also gave tiktoks Chinese Parent Company less than a year to sell off the Social Media Platform or face a ban here in the u. S. Blinken said that tiktok didnt explicitly come up in his talks with president xi, but he did announce that the two sides are going to be holding their firstever talks on Artificial Intelligence in the coming weeks. Margaret . Margaret a story to watch. Thank you. Well, with the Clock Ticking on tiktok, millions of users, including Small Businesses, are scrambling to figure out what to do. The chineseowned company is threatening to go to court to challenge new legislation that could effectively ban the platform sometime next year. Here is cbss Senior Business and tech correspondent jo ling kent. Reporter this is where you go live from. This is where i go live from, yes. We support every business on here. Reporter Brandon Hurst says tiktok has changed his life. It allows me to go live, share who i am, but it also makes it easy for people to buy. Reporter since he started selling on tiktok last year, first, better known as brandon the plant guy, says he has tripled his business. In the last year, we have ben able to sell 57,000. Everyone always asks me, do you have a favorite variety of plant . Yes, i do. Reporter his company is 1 of 7 million Small Businesses on tiktok. According to the platform, it has supported more than 224,000 american jobs. Right, i have Friends And Family members that work for me and help package plants and orders. So this goes beyond me now. This is a team of eight other people that will lose their jobs. Reporter now that the tiktok ban has been signed into law, the chineseowned social Media Company has 912 months to sell to an american owner or be banned. Forcing scores of entrepreneurs to look for a new home. In the meantime, tiktok plans to sue in federal court. One of the biggest beneficiaries of a tiktok ban, of course, would be meta. Instagram reels is the most natural fit. It isnt exactly the same. You can replicate the technology, but you cant replicate the culture. Reporter where do you pivot your social Media Business . Im on instagram. Ive been doing business on other platforms. Theres just many places you can live. I have not thought about it yet, to be honest. Im not sure what we would do. We just hit 225,000 likes reporter an uncertain future for his budding business. Bytedance, the Parent Company of tiktok, says it does not have any plans to sell the company, and tiktoks ceo will be leaning on the companys recent First Amendment victories in u. S. Court. He is vowing the company will prevail again. Margaret . Margaret going to be an important case to watch. Jo ling, thank you. Well, yet another american has been arrested in Turks And Caicos after ammunition was found in his luggage. The virginia man is the fourth american detained under similar circumstances in the last several months. Cbss Kris Van Cleave was the first to report on this string of arrests. Reporter tonight, 30yearold Tyler Wenrich is the latest american behind bars in Turks And Caicos, arrested after two bullets were found in his backpack as he was about to board a cruise ship saturday. The virginia emt and father is now facing the potential of a mandatory minimum Prison Sentence of up to 12 years. I feel like, as a very honest mistake, that 12 years is absurd. Reporter his wife, jeriann, says he had been on the island for less than a day. My son is only 18 months old. And i just dont want him to grow up without a dad. Reporter there are now at least four american tourists potentially facing lengthy Prison Sentences, and a fifth who served nearly six months after what they say was mistakenly bringing ammo in their luggage while on vacation. 40yearold father of two ryan watson is now out of jail on bail. He was arrested at the airport april 12th, when security found four rounds of hunting ammo in his carryon. Did you check the bag before you packed it . We did. I opened it up and kind of gave it a little shimmy. Didnt see anything, you know, didnt hear anything. Reporter the tsa is now acknowledging its officers missed the ammo when his bag was screened at the checkpoint in Oklahoma City april 7th. It was my mistake. It was very innocent. And, you know, i just pray that compassion and consideration, because there was zero criminal intent. Reporter following our report tuesday, the State Department reissued a warning to carefully check your luggage for stray ammunition. Kris van cleave, cbs news. Margaret and Buckingham Palace has an update on king charles, months after his cancer diagnosis. And a Delta Air Lines jet loses an emergency slide. Well have the details next. ll have the details next. Slide. Well have the details next. Discover a different first treatment. Immunotherapies work with your Immune System to attack cancer. 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