Get us into even more trouble. The Washington Post reporting, quote, as daily covid19 deaths climb to levels not seen since early in the pandemic, nine states have hit one more grim marker. More than one in every 1,000 people dead of coronavirusrelated causes. On friday south dakota became the latest state to reach that unwanted marker, including new york, new jersey, and neighboring north dakota which currently has the highest covid Mortality Rate in the world. Its Early Morning here outside the badlands region of south dakota. Were traveling to key locations across the country, areas that have been hard hit by the coronavirus, even before the arrival of covid19 Native Americans had the countrys lowest life expectancy. Now south dakota is reporting some of the highest deaths per capita. Residents are fighting for their very lives. With a Positivity Rate of 24 , south dakota and neighboring north dakota have the highest incidence of covid19 cases nationwide over the past week, a stark
Trumps, if you go after me, im coming after you, post, which trumps team said was directed toward political groups. The question now is what, if anything, will judge chutkan do about Donald Trumps continued attacks on both the cases and those involved. Will she speed up a trial date, put a gag order on the case or find the former president in contempt of court. Again, where exactly is the line . We could hear from judge chutkan soon. The deadline for Donald Trumps lawyers to respond to a proposed start date for the Election Interference Trial is today. At the same time, and the same worry, the Fulton County grand jurors who voted to indict donald trump are exposed, purported names, photos and addresses have start the circulating on far right forums. One person wrote, these jurors have signed their Death Warrant by falsely indicting donald trump. Joining me now, nbc news correspondent, Garrett Haake whos in atlanta for us, and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian
We have chilling new details this morning about threats being made against the grand jurors who just issued an indictment against donald trump in georgia, and the woman arrested after police say she threatened to kill the judge in the d. C. Case. New scrutiny on the hours before the deadly maui wildfires. Why didnt the sirens sound in time . Questions about the state and federal response, and were going to speak with the White House Press secretary shortly. Abortion rights are one step closer to being in front of the Supreme Court again. An Appeals Court ruling clearing the way for a popular Abortion Drug to remain available for now, but very Big Questions about how long it will remain that way. Im kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. This is cnn news central. This morning, there is growing concern for the safety of several jurors in georgia and a judge in washington, d. C. , who are assigned to the criminal cases against donald trump. There are new chilling details about the
happening now, mass destruction in more than 3,400 people dead after a powerful earthquake, and dozens of after o armageddon. stand by for new reporting on the catastrophes in turkey and syria as rescuers search for survivors and the death toll keeps rising and rising. also tonight, u.s. officials reveal new information on the size, cape abilities and the vae of the downed balloon. amid rising u.s./china tensions, and as president biden faces new international emergencies, he s also engaged in last-minute preparations for his state of the union address. we ll tell you what the president just said about his prime time speech to congress and the nation a little over 24 hours from now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. let s get right to the unfolding earthquake disasters in turkey and syria and its truly devastating toll. cnn s jomana karadsheh is in istanbul. one of the most powerful quakes t
broken things, the houses, the buildings, the bridges, the boats, destroyed. but these images don t show you the lives that are broken. people on the margins whose homes, whose jobs, even their own bodies and their health are now precarious. people who don t have the insurance or the resources to rebuild. my team down here and i went for a drive here not far from where we discovered dozens of people at a shrimping dock for whom that is the situation tonight. no one has reached them and it is not clear if anyone has tried, but i saw them. and you can see them too. take a look. [inaudible] we swung around, we were right up. and they started pushing us, and shoved us, long story short, shop this all the way in, leaned over the taken out of us serious water. they got me off with the airboat. i didn t know that building was going to hold up or not. this was my seventh one. this is your seven? hurricane yes, andrew, charlie, harvey, and now in. yes, by far the worst! wh