first thing that came to my mind was the movie twister. twornds and severe storms move through the south and southeast. we ll tell you where the storm system is headed next. the lead prosecutor in the case against alex murdaugh tells cnn what sealed his fate with the jury. and later. really excited to see senator cruz. excited to see ben carson. big names in the party and no one is bigger than donald trump but some other big names are going elsewhere. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin with extreme weather from snow to tornadoes battering huge swaths of the u.s. at least ten people have died as the powerful storm system marches across the south and into the northeast. four of those deaths in kentucky, in some places the storm brought winds strong enough to flip semitrucks, this is interstate 64 near lexington, kentucky, the driver says he s lucky to be alive. have a look at this, the roof of a church in ind
white peers, the mortality rate for elective surgery for black men is 1.3% compared to .85% for white pen. researchers say structural racism, physicians bias and higher stress experienced by african american men could be part of the reason the study was published in the medical journal bmj. dr. dan lee is an assistant professor at the david geffan school of medicine at ucla, the lead on the study, joins me now from los angeles. thanks so much, doctor, for being here with us. so death after elective surgery was 50% higher for black men than for white men, obviously a huge difference here, so what s causing this? is it something going on during surgery? or something that happens afterwards? yeah, you hit it on the nail, it s sort of we think about things before surgery, things during surgery, and things after surgery, so before surgery, you
i mean, it raises money. sure. all that coming out on friday, i guess. maybe the timing, i don t know. they re fundraisers. it happens. it happens all over the place. they are always going to california to david geffan s house on a bad day. no problem with that. and i wish david geffan would invite us to his house. well, we have to talk to rattner. steve brought his charts to put friday s numbers into perspective. let s talk about the job situation overall. talk about the jobs or the mets and the no hitter, man. at least there s some good news amidst all the gloom. how about the mets? not just the no hitter. bill maher, new owner of the new york mets. did he buy one of the shares? yeah. they were selling 12 minority shares at $20 million a pop, and i think bill maher bought one.