many charges and will the former president say anything to the many cameras at the courthouse were on it. we want in nato to that is the message from ukraine this morning after the major news that finland officially joined the alliance what this means for the war and the world. brand new jobs. data just dropped what it says about the state of the u. s economy, these major stories and more right here on cnn news, central. in just a few hours. former president trump will turn himself in appearing before a judge and what you re looking at that in manhattan to be arraigned on criminal charges. it is a historic never before seen situation in the united states. you re looking at some live pictures outside the court and outside trump tower where donald trump spent the night cnn this morning, acre katelyn polantz and cnn senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid joins us from manhattan, caitlin. you have been there all morning since very, very early. can you give us a sense of wh
. the storm prediction center upgrading the risk expecting more tornadoes in mississippi and alabama, and that includes areas like rolling fork, mississippi. already reeling after being obliterated by an e f four tornado overnight on friday. the death toll from this weekend storms rising to 26 president biden approving mississippi s disaster declaration, freeing up federal resources, and today, the head of fema and the department of homeland security. toward the damage alongside mississippi s governor, saying just this a short time ago. but we have come to do. we ve come to see it in person to communicate to the people of mississippi. that we are here, not just today, but for the long haul. it is heartbreaking to hear of the loss of life to see the devastation first hand. it is also as the governor expressed inspiring to see the people of mississippi come together. the president has directed us to be here. to assist the people of mississippi. to be here on an enduring basis,
killed in a crowd surge in yemen s capital what witnesses say caused that deadly crush and the supreme court buying time moving the deadline to decide on abortion pills to tomorrow at the stroke of midnight? good morning. good thursday morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. at least two people are dead this morning after severe storms tore across three states overnight. 97 oh, my gosh, this is incredible. one back up a little bit more. we re fine. where we re at the tornado is getting stronger. wow at least 14 tornadoes reported across the heartland seven in oklahoma, four in iowa, three in kansas with buildings ripped apart like this hardware store near oklahoma city, officials say. based on the level of damage you see here, it s possible more deaths and injuries will be reported in mclean county, oklahoma. officials say they have reports of people trapped inside shelters. they say first responders have been hampered
and abortion doctors are urging a us appeals court to uphold a ruling that would take a common abortion medication off the market as soon as friday. ambushed newly released body cam video shows the moment officers come face to face with the louisville, mass. killer and deteriorating health. jailed russian opposition leader alexey navalny s medical condition is said to be severe. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and thanks for being with us, a group of anti abortion doctors that sued to ban a common abortion medication is urging a u. s appeals court to uphold a ruling that would take the drug off the market. the group filed its response to request requests from the u. s justice department and the maker of the drug mifepristone. asking that a texas judge s decision to suspend that drugs long held fda approval be allowed to take effect on friday, the group says mifepristone is not safe and that the fda did not adequately assess its risks when it a
and 30, others wounded when a bomb exploded in a cafe and st petersburg today we are now hearing from russian state media that the explosive device may have been hidden inside a figurine presented to the blogger. the dead blogger had more than half a million followers on his pro military blog, where he aggressively supported the war in ukraine yet openly criticized the setbacks. russian troops face there. let s get right to cnn s matthew chance in moscow. matthew was this looking like a targeted attack. i mean, you ve got to be thinking that way, haven t you, given the circumstances that are being set out by the investigators and the eyewitnesses that are speaking to russian state media, saying that basically this character, this pro war military blogger who was the guest speaker at an event packed with other supporters of the war in ukraine was basically given a statue figurine, a little statuettes by somebody in the crowd. who was supporter of his supposedly and shortly aft