for somebody yourself football socket. remember that? it s only vento. don t miss a new episode of eva longoria s searching for mexico tomorrow. nine p.m. right here in on cnn. the newsroom continues right now. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me on fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour with new details in the case against a 21 year old air national guardsman he is accused of leaking top secret pentagon information, jack. to share a was charged under the espionage act during his court appearance yesterday, and his arrest follows an intense week long search for the source of the online leak of secret documents. he is accused of posting documents that exposed sensitive intelligence the u. s has on both allies and adversaries, cnn senior national security correspondent alex marquardt joining us live from washington with more on this, alex. what more we learning about? the suspect and the road ahead for him. well fredricka to share may have kno
anderson cooper tomorrow at eight on cnn. you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour in the african country of sudan , where thousands of americans are caught up in an escalating crisis. the u. s. state department has announced it will carry out a military assisted evacuation of government personnel if the crisis worsens. in the past week, more than 400 people have died since two rival generals first lead their forces into a battle for control of the country. that death toll includes at least one american, both sudan s army and its paramilitary rival. or s f say they will. help evacuate foreign nationals. in fact, minutes ago, the rsf commander says he has talked to us officials and pledged his assistance. when it comes to evacuating americans. the u. s is making preparations . we understand to get diplomatic personnel out right now, but the white house says private citizens should not expect any evacuation and cnn s larry meadow has the la
heartbreak goes so much deeper. at least 25 people are now confirmed dead in mississippi. another person was killed in alabama for perspective in all of this, consider this fact more people have been killed by tornadoes and the past 24 hours than in all of last year in the united states last hour, i spoke with mississippi democratic congressman bennie thompson, whose district includes some of the worst damage from the storm. here s what he had to say. it was devastation beyond imagination. uh first of all, we had no lights in the entire community. uh people were absolutely stunned at what had just occurred. and so as the night wore on, it was clear. that this was something, uh, that people have never seen before. congressman thompson also told us that tomorrow the head of homeland security alejandro mayorkas, will visit the area along with the fema administrator. cnn s nick valencia, is in rolling fork mississippi. nick ah, good to see you back on the air. i know that devasta
with this breaking news. rescue teams are now on a desperate searching rescue for survivors after powerful destructive storms ripped through the south tornadoes tearing through mississippi overnight. at least 23 people are confirmed dead. another dead in alabama. dozens more injured and at least four others are still missing at this hour and many of the deaths happening in the town of rolling fork, mississippi neighborhoods there are simply leveled extraordinary scene there. the mayor sharing this bleak assessment of the damage on cnn this morning. right? that s all i see. a lot of families here are affected. uh lot of families are hurting. uh this community is. in the situation that we never expected by city is gone. but we will resilient and we re going to come back. wow my city is gone. cnn s isabel rizal is on the scene in rolling fork. right now that the sun is up, the heartbreak is becoming a lot more noticeable for the residents here at rolling fork everywhere you look
hello and welcome to the cnn newsroom. boris sanchez, everyone boris great to be with you. i m jessica dean and we begin with breaking details another major legal blow to former president donald trump. on the day his attorney had to testify before a federal grand jury. in one case. we re learning. in a separate case, his former top administration aides have now been ordered to testify, and that includes his past white house chief of staff mark meadows. this specific investigation is the federal criminal. probe into donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election loss. cnn senior crime and justice reporter caitlin poland s is with us live standing outside of the department of justice on a rainy day. caitlin tell us so much about this development, the claim of executive privilege by the former president thrown out by this judge. right so this is another attempt where donald trump was coming into court secretly behind closed doors and trying to say that people around him sh