The azan, the islamic call to prayer, reverberates from mosks throughout the city of gaza. Five prayer times each and every day summon allahs faithful servants. Since the period of the first interfada in the year 2000, religious awakening has grown dramatically in the gaza strip. At that time, the number of most. Was estimated to be 500. Statistics 14 years later in 2014 show that this number has now doubled to nearly 1ous masks which are attended by hundreds of thousands of muslims both night and day. And the teaching of the muslims, they have the forgiveness, which they call it in arabic samah. So to forgive someone suppose. Supposed to have love. There is a striking image, which is evident in almost every palestinian city. In the neighborhood of zeitun in gaza city, for example, you can see the katib alwilayah mosk, situated next to the roman orthodox church, the church of porpphery. This living example, witness for centuries, proves that fraternity and of tolerance between the musl
and activating the national guard as the storms gutted entire communities. she spoke about the destruction earlier today. i have had the opportunity over the last couple of hours to speak with both the homeland security secretary as well as president biden, who have offered a tremendous amount of support anything that arkansas need from a city county state and federal perspective, i would say that everyone is working in total lockstep and we re going to do everything we can to make sure that people of our state are back on their feet again. and more devastation in several other states, including indiana and illinois. people are waking up to their homes and businesses destroyed their neighborhoods littered with debris. but the threat is far from over. some 70 million americans are now bracing for more severe storms. today cnn has teams tracking all of the latest developments from these destructive storms. derek van dam is in wynne, arkansas. at this hour. derek to you first. w
the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with the deadly outbreak of tornadoes that ripped across much of the south and midwest beginning yesterday afternoon. just over the last few hours, the death toll has more than doubled. 21 people are now confirmed killed by the storms and all more than 50. tornadoes have been reported in seven states, at least 12 of those tornadoes. were reported in arkansas state of emergency is in place in the hardest hit areas, including when the devastated arkansas town that you re seeing right there. cnn s derek van dam is with the latest from arkansas. jim. i was just talking to my crew a moment ago , and the scene behind us reminds us of being on the set of a major blockbuster movie. i mean, just look at what we have with this destruction coming out of wynne, arkansas, that is a church steeple that was blown off by this tornado. look at the incredible damage in front of that building just in front of us here. we have el
this time next tuesday night if the schedule holds donald john trump child and product of new york will officially be defendant in a new york criminal matter. in our exclusive interview last hour with former vice president pence here s somebody told cnn s wolf blitzer about today s historic indictment. when you have an attorney general in new york manhattan, d a. that targeted one particular american in their campaigns. i think that offends the notion of the overwhelming majority of the american people who believe in fairness who believe in equal treatment before the law, and this appears to be just one more example. wolf. of the kind of two tiered justice system that the american people have had enough of it. that s the former vice president in our last hour in this hour of our live breaking historic coverage, a conversation with the one figure who has been key to first the scandal, then the investigation and now the charges against former president donald trump, his old bos
that focus on the fact that george soros is jewish. there s a lot of nasty stuff began to swirl here against this d a against its prosecutor, and he needs to be defended and protected. want to thank my job. we find out what s actually going on. he needs to be defended the project. i think of my panel. our coverage continues right now. just about 10 p.m. here in manhattan, where the by this time next tuesday night if the schedule holds donald john trump child and product of new york will officially be defendant in a new york criminal matter. in our exclusive interview last hour with former vice president pence here s somebody told cnn s wolf blitzer about today s historic indictment. when you have an attorney general in new york manhattan, d a. that targeted one particular american in their campaigns. i think that offends the notion of the overwhelming majority of the american people who believe in fairness, who believe in equal treatment before the law, and this appears to be