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
d.c., i m in for chris hayes. there has always been a racist white supremacist fringe the republican party. it hasn t always been overt, but it has reared it s head from time to time, going back decades. republican leaders, even presidents, have indulged it. for example, takes from the nixon era show the president engaging in blatant antisemitism. all of it which families are close, but there is this strange malignancy now that seems to creep among them. i don t know, the radicalism. the jews are born spies. you notice how many of them are? they re just in it up to their next. and ronald reagan, infamously popularized the racist trope of the welfare queen. in chicago, they found a woman who holds the record. she used 18 aims, 30 addresses, 15 telephone numbers to collect food stamps, social security, veterans benefits for for a nonexistent deceased veterans husbands, as well as welfare. her tax free cash income, alone, has been running $150,000 a year. george h. w. bu
Our presenters this afternoon, our critic and journalist marine mo ryan, whos a contributing editor at, vanity fair and has written for entertainment weekly, the New York Times e, w salon, gq vulture. Prior to joining vanity, ryan worked as a television critic, variety and the Chicago Tribune. She has spent the last decade writing indepth pieces on matters of inclusion misconduct and abuse in hollywood and on efforts to make the industry. Her first book, burn it down power, complicity and a call for change in hollywood is a deeper exploration these issues. She lives in the chicago area. Mikki kendall, the author of the New York Times, best selling feminism. A recipient of Chicago Review of books award a best of the year and a best of the year at the bbc bustle and time. She is also the author of amazons abolitionists and activists a graphic illustrated by adam eco as a public speaker. She has appeared the bbc and pr the daily show, pbss good america, msnbc al jazeera, wbez and showtime
Our presenters this afternoon, our critic and journalist marine mo ryan, whos a contributing editor at, vanity fair and has written for entertainment weekly, the New York Times e, w salon, gq vulture. Prior to joining vanity, ryan worked as a television critic, variety and the Chicago Tribune. She has spent the last decade writing indepth pieces on matters of inclusion misconduct and abuse in hollywood and on efforts to make the industry. Her first book, burn it down power, complicity and a call for change in hollywood is a deeper exploration these issues. She lives in the chicago area. Mikki kendall, the author of the New York Times, best selling feminism. A recipient of Chicago Review of books award a best of the year and a best of the year at the bbc bustle and time. She is also the author of amazons abolitionists and activists a graphic illustrated by adam eco as a public speaker. She has appeared the bbc and pr the daily show, pbss good america, msnbc al jazeera, wbez and showtime
Our presenters this afternoon, our critic and journalist marine mo ryan, whos a contributing editor at, vanity fair and has written for entertainment weekly, the New York Times e, w salon, gq vulture. Prior to joining vanity, ryan worked as a television critic, variety and the Chicago Tribune. She has spent the last decade writing indepth pieces on matters of inclusion misconduct and abuse in hollywood and on efforts to make the industry. Her first book, burn it down power, complicity and a call for change in hollywood is a deeper exploration these issues. She lives in the chicago area. Mikki kendall, the author of the New York Times, best selling feminism. A recipient of Chicago Review of books award a best of the year and a best of the year at the bbc bustle and time. She is also the author of amazons abolitionists and activists a graphic illustrated by adam eco as a public speaker. She has appeared the bbc and pr the daily show, pbss good america, msnbc al jazeera, wbez and showtime