communities flattened by deadly tornadoes. and now president biden approves a disaster declaration for the state of mississippi. donald trump rails against what he calls weaponization of the criminal investigation process will tell you what he s saying about the investigations he faces and look at where they stand and russian president vladimir putin planning a move we haven t seen since the end of the cold war details and a live report from moscow. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hoover. and we begin in the southeastern us where millions are at risk today for severe storms, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. this new extreme weather threat coming after powerful storms spawned deadly tornadoes that barreled through mississippi and nearby states friday night, leaving buildings crumpled vehicles scattered like toys and trees and power lines, stripped bare and strewn about at least 26 people were killed and dozens injured. just hours ago, president
damage. it is heartbreaking. horror and heartbreak gripping much of mississippi after deadly tornadoes ripped through the state will speak to a disaster relief organization about what s being done on the ground to help plus vladimir putin planning to put nuclear weapons closer to ukraine and right next door to a close u. s ally in the region for live in moscow and kiev with the latest and march madness like we ve never seen before massive upsets in both men s and women s matches. cnn sports ploy wire joining me live to break down the tournament. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hooper. we begin in the deep south of the us, where another round of severe storms could be heading their way in the coming hours. hopefully they won t be as destructive as the ones that pummeled mississippi and nearby states friday night into saturday, leaving images like these have a look. these used to be homes now mangled mass of crumbled buildings, vehicles scattered like
mississippi officials reported least eight deaths and sharkey county, which includes the town of rolling fork, where homes and businesses were flattened, and trees and power lines were knocked down. humphreys county. at least three people were killed and at least two people are in critical condition. search and rescue teams and first responders are on the scene in the area northwest of jackson, and we spoke with the president of one of the towns that was hard hit, who was on the phone with her grandmother when the tornado went through? listen to this. you could hear the tornado in the you could hear the roar in the background and she started screaming. for help. and she said that, um she wants it stopped roaring her, she said. it s raining through my roof. it s raining through my roof, so we rushed down to evacuate her immediately. officials in morgen county, alabama, say first responders freed up to seven people who were trapped in a group home and as the storm system moves
least 19 people are now dead in mississippi. officials report at least 13 deaths in hard hit sharkey county where homes and businesses were flattened and trees and power lines were knocked down. three others were killed in humphreys county, and at least two people are in critical condition there, and we ve just learned that three more people were killed in carroll county search and rescue teams and first responders are on the scene in the hard hit areas north of jackson. we spoke with the resident from the town of rolling four who was on the phone with her grandmother when the tornado went through. listen to this. there s power lines all over the road. there s trees all over the road that there s brick buildings that are that are just laying out in the street. um actually. two houses down from my grandmother s house. everything is just a debris field that the houses are are just destroyed. alright let s get the latest now from cnn meteorologist karen mcginnis. karen, unfortun
grilled by us lawmakers and legal peril for donald trump. soon a federal grand jury will hear testimony from the former president s own lawyer. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with kim bruun hoover. and we begin with tip for tap air strikes in syria after a deadly attack on u. s personnel deployed to fight isis. the pentagon says it launched a retaliatory strike targeting a group affiliated with iran s revolutionary guard in the eastern part of the country that followed a drone attack on u. s forces in syria, killing a u. s contractor and wounding six other americans. let s bring in cnn s international diplomatic editor nic robertson live in london, nick what more are we learning? well this retaliatory strike on groups affiliated with the iranian revolutionary guard corps who are believed to be responsible for that drone strike that killed one contractor wounded five u. s servicemen and another u. s service contract to their this retaliatory strike is being called