expectation that he d be arrested this past tuesday. manhattan, d a. alvin bragg said that was never the plan. maybe it was all a head fake, designed by trump to rally his gop supporters in the house. or paved the way for last monday s grand jury testimony by former prosecutor and michael cohen, critic robert costello. perhaps it was just to make brag. think twice before indicting a former president. trump even posted this on a social media site, making it look like he s raising a baseball bat against bragg. he also called him an animal. that post was later deleted. on friday, a law enforcement source told cnn that bragg had been threatened with assassination in a letter containing nonhazardous white powder it s a lot to process let me try and sort it out. remember signs initially pointed to the first trump indictment, possibly coming out of georgia, where fulton county d a funny willis is investigating his attempts to overturn the 2020 election there. and then it seemed t
at least 23 people are dead, but dozens are missing or injured. the national weather service has confirmed one large tornado caused catastrophic damage across several cities and towns . but there were a dozen reports of tornadoes across alabama and mississippi. now the storms, flattened homes and buildings and knocked out power to more than 100,000 customers across alabama, alabama, mississippi and tennessee. let s go to the ground. there were cnn s isabella isabelle rose salas is live in rolling fork. mississippi look, we spoke with the mayor a couple of hours ago, and he told us that his town is basically gone. is that what you re saying? that is certainly an accurate assessment of what we saw in rolling fork and guys if i can first tell you that i m actually a little bit beyond the city limits three miles away. i want to show something to you right over here. this car. we re told by family members that they were driving last night as the tornado. hit and the strong winds f
blackwell. good to be here. we re back together. now i feel like it s really privileged to actually be sitting together for once. here we are, all right. and here s what we re watching this morning. it s just surreal. you know, you just everything you ve worked. we ve lived in this house 44 years. and you know everything we worked for and paid for it. it s gone. it s gone. communities across the south are and the midwest are cleaning up after powerful storms ripped through at least seven states they left behind catastrophic damage. our team is standing by live in arkansas ahead of fema s arrival and that state and we have new cnn reporting on the mood among former president trump s advisers ahead of his court appearance tuesday. the concerns they have about the about where a potential trial could be held . outpouring of love and support in tennessee as two more victims of the nashville school shooting were laid to rest yesterday. we ve got to look at the tributes that are pou
velocity wind, it just explodes and it blew the roof off. communities across the south and midwest are cleaning up after powerful storms ripped through at least seven states catastrophic damage, and our team is standing by live in arkansas ahead of females arrival in the state. ahead of his court appearance tuesday. the concerns they have about where a potential trial could be held. an outpouring of love and support in tennessee as two more victims of the nashville school shooting laid to rest yesterday . we have a look at the tributes pouring in power play how disney invoked the royal family took quietly take back power from florida governor ron desantis handpicked board. we start with the threat of severe weather. it s not over yet for the people hit hard by friday s devastating storm is part of the central us embracing for more extreme weather early into this week, and the death toll is rising overnight. it s now stands at 22 , dozens more injured and the destruction we re
is saturday, april 22nd. i m aymara walker. victor blackwell and you re in the cnn newsroom we begin this morning with the battle over abortion. the widely used abortion bruggeman kristen will remain available to women in the u. s without restrictions , at least in those states where abortion remains. the decision protects access to the drug at least until the appeals process plays out, but the protection could ultimately be taken away again. court ruling in texas earlier this month suspended government approval of the 23 year old drug. it s the latest in a series of moves against abortion rights. cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue is with us now. so the decision stands in the hands in the body administration. they got a big win, also for abortion rights community a major victory, but the battle is not over. right the bind administration is relieved today, right because those lower courts put in these