bianca is off for today, but just ahead on cnn newsroom i ve heard another tornado warning, it s like never ending today. this is an early wake -up cal for people living on the southern plains. everyone wants this constam nation gone from the community. the town is rallying around each other and i think we re all on the same page for the first time in two weeks. the chinese were very, very slow in alerting the world to it. i m not entirely surprised. the chinese have mishandled covid at every step of the way. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, february the 27th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 3:00 a.m. in the central u.s. where a powerful storm system is battering parts of oklahoma, kansas and texas with tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. at least nine tornadoes have been through so much, seven in oklahoma, two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage. downed power line and debris blocking
he was able to be a witness for himself. pentagon officials reportedly investigating whether cargo planes made in china are being used for espionage. republicans say this is another example of china flexing on the white house. it s time for joe biden to take a firm stand against chinese communist. deeper s union boss randi weingarten attempting to slam ron desantis on twitter but it backfires big time. writing this grammatically inaccurate disaster of a post quote. he is expanding gun access. we need to focus our education on the basics. going off to the spirit in the sky going to go when i die. brian: someone brought all their colored pencils to work today. look at that mamma general that and mauve. steve: that s red, white, and blue. brian: that s purple. although d.c. is not purple. d.c. is really blew. it s dark now. ainsley: depends on the chamber. brian: that s true, too. i m talking about the people of washington, d.c. not all about politics, ai
friends first, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. we are learning the suspect was just 21 years old and held highest level of security clearance. he shared the documents on thug. he is facing charges under the espionage act. shall ifs say he shared the documents in that chat room. alexandria hoff is live with more. alex. alexandria: 21, his age is striking. he was part of the intelligence in cape cod, charged with removal of defense information. agents descended on the 21 year old s home yesterday. teixeira was placed into custody outside without incident. the justice department arrested jack teixeira in connection with investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, and transmissal of classified information. we have stringent guidelines in place for safeguarding classified and sensitive information. this was a deliberate criminal act. alexandria: this is interesting, source tells fox news plans to arrest teixeira was accelerated as new york times said
thing. the pentagon briefing has begun, let s go there. the pentagon for a variety of reasons our normal call-in options will not be available, for those that have had to call in, we apologize. we will get it up as quickly as possible for reporting purposes and answer questions from the dod press desk. moving forward we ll look at ways to improve briefing operations and expect regular press briefings will resume in the press briefing room in middle to late may. we appreciate your patience and extend our thanks to department of air force for using airmen s hall for temporary briefing home. secretary austin returned yesterday from a productive series of meetings in the republic of korea in the philippines, the secretary and his counterpart reaffirmed measures for deterrence on the korean peninsula, and pledge to closely cooperate regarding assets in the future, as well as further expand and bolster level and scale of combined exercises and training. in the philippines, secret
deadly accidents, scrubbed flights and an ice storm creating chaos. and a woman in oregon kidnapped and tortured and the suspect found dead. and first republican ready to officially take on donald trump and it is not ron desantis. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. an ice storm is wreaking havoc on the roads in at least eight states from texas to west virginia. that crash was in memphis. the national weather service urging everyone to avoid driving if possible. two people have died in texas accidents as sleet piled on top of ice makes roads very slick. vehicles backed up at at least ten miles down in texas highway on monday, flight aware says more than 1300 flights are already canceled today. the freezing rain still threatening parts of the south and central u.s. for at least another day. cnn s chad myers is here with the forecast. the video just tells the story. the roads are icy. where are we seeing the hardest hit