mismanagement in the supervision led to the collapse of two banks. what could fall in the days ahead. live from cnn, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin this hour with extreme weather ahead for most of the country. more than 20 million people are under threat for severe storms across the southeast. two rounds of strong thunderstorms are expected to cross florida and southern georgia today. when this afternoon, the second overnight. the main threats will be damaging wind, hail. in texas, dozens of reports friday, reporting golf-ball- sized trailed 39 hail . it went for several minutes, but likely never will measure, also a possible tornado in palm beach county. nudges wind and hail, the mississippi river continues to rise, flooding many communities around the banks. the water has already crested in some. here is the latest. as the river level rises, anxiety is also going up for business owners here in iowa. you can see where the partridges are the embankm
weekend. i m not pete hegseth contrary to half the people that see me in the airport. they like to think i m pete. i m here with rachel and will and gracious enough to let me hang out on the couch this morning. that was tampa, florida, not far from orlando where i came from. rachel: am i hearing you don t like country music. you said that was from his play list. joey: that wasn t country. not even close. rachel: his play list is all country. will: he likes country. he s just messing with me. we share musical taste pretty much. we do. will: now a fox news alert. taiwan defense reported more than 70 chinese jets crossed the median line of the taiwan straight today and beijing deploying combat readiness patrols. rachel: we re not in trouble with the chinese right now, yikes. live fire drills unfolding as u.s. congressional delegation overnight doubling down on support for the island nation. got to frame the issues of taiwan as ccp is aggressive for a authoritarian communist
hi, everyone. thanks for tuning into this hour, where we bring you tomorrow s news tonight. we have our great lineup of reporters to share their scoops. here with me tonight are harry enten, priscilla alvarez, ryan young and the next year kvhp. it s great to have all you guys hear. before a federal grand jury that is investigating the aftermath of the 2020 election and the actions of former president donald trump. this is the first time in modern history of vice president has been compelled to testify about his former boss, the president of the united states. priscilla alvarez has been working the story. priscilla, before we get to this and i am interested in that five hours, that s a long time. he was poised to talk about the conversations that he had with former president donald trump, then the president, before january 6th. sources tell our colleagues, that, as you said, this went on for five hours. and it is notable for its investigation and also, alisyn camer
we made it. can you tell, we re happy for the weekend. but thanks for being with us today and all week. we re so happy to have you here. it s good to be here. it will be a fun day. five things to know for this friday. former vice president mike pence testified in jack smith s january 6th investigation. we re told that pence testified before that federal grand jury for more than five hours. new overnight, two apache helicopter helicopters crashing in alaska during a training mission. three army pilots are dead. one was injured in the crash. also today, the fed s preferred measure of inflation set to be released. data could be critical in determining what the fed does next with rate hikes. also, tributes and reflections are pouring in for jerry springer. the legendary talk show host lost his battle to cancer at the age of 79. also this morning, roll tide! so happy to say that. so happy to watch this last night. the carolina panthers selected alabama quarterback
ukraine, at least 19 people killed, several apartment buildings hit and reduced to rubble. cnn is on the scene in ukraine with the very latest. incredible video out of florida, destruction from a tornado that wiped out a dozen homes and damaged even more. now some 55 million people across the southeast are bracing for more severe weather as two major storms target the region. we have the forecast. a major win for abortion rights in two republican dominated states the latest attempts to ban abortions, ban most abortions failed and conservative lawmakers helped stand in the way. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. this is what is left of an apartment block in central ukraine after a russian rocket attack. it was part of a wave of strikes across ukraine. in the hardest hit, two rockets hit apartment buildings and a warehouse, killing at least 17 people. in dnipro the attack killed a mother and her 2