world. ru watching cnn newsroom. just ahead, powerful storms sweeping across parts of the united states with reports of multiple tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind. we will speak to a professional storm chaser. and the united states is warning china it could face real cost itself it provides lethal aid to russia for the war on ukraine. and the ex husband and inlaws being charged with murder in the killing of a hong kong model and influencer abby choi. we will have a live report with the very latest. live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with rosemarie church. good to have you with us. we start this hour with the dangerous storm system battering the central united states right now bringing tornadoes, damaging winds and hail to parts of oklahoma, kansas and texas. two tornado s have been confirmed so far in oklahoma. there are reports of widespread damage, downed power lines and debris blocking roads in norman. tens of thousands of people statewide are without p
also ahead, senator john fetterman, reaching out for help for a clinical depression. i will talk to a doctor about his prognosis, and one of the senators very public admission could help millions of americans suffering in silence. we will also take you live to turkey where the rescue operations continue, and we will have the amazing story of a mother and son who survived 129 hours under the rubble. that is ahead, as well. we begin though with the fallout from the massive train drill meant in ohio just two weeks ago now. he was on the ground. their residents continuing to provide a report wearing held some to symptoms. governor attempted easter mindset, saying aaron watcher tests have come back normal. i understand people have been traumatized. i understand skepticism. sometimes skepticism is warranted. we have a lot of people in here who have absolutely no reason to be lying, no reason to be minimizing this. and frankly, i have no reason to minimize this. joining me now,
courage to look at me in my face. an emotional day in memphis where the five warmer police officers charged with the murder of tyre nichols appeared in court together with the nichols family for the first time. all five pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression. the judge addressing the court room emphasizing the case could take some time. we understand there may be some high emotions in this case which we ask that you continue to be patient with us. reporter: attorneys for the officers began to reveal how their defense would take shape. he was doing his job at that time and there has been no information that we have seen that indicates that there is any sort of information that we can rely on to say that it is murder. reporter: when asked if his client had any regrets i think the regret is that he was a police officer that night. reporter: another warning, not
david is with us. the highlight of the president s announcement, three objects shot down since friday not tied to any enemy nations but private companies, bringing up the possibility that the administration may have over reacted after the chinese spy balloon in february. i gave the order to take down these three objects due to commercial air traffic and because we could not rule out the surveillance risk of sensitive facilities. white house officials and all the way to the president insist there will be changes in the works. whatever you want to call them, he said he ll share with congress the policy parameters when they re done but that ll remain classified so we don t give a quote, road map to our enemies to evade our defenses going forward. i expect to be speaking with president xi and i hope we ll get to the bottom of them. i make no apologies for taking down that balloon. you can see right here this exchange when a reporter asked him about chinese business
legitimate concerns about a threat and dealing with that threat. nobody hurt. general jack keane is standing by. but first to jennifer griffin live today at the pentagon. good afternoon, jen. the canadians have called off recovery efforts in lake huron and expected to do the same in the yukon mountains. we may never know what was shot down. john kirby said shooting down the three objects were likely benign was an overreaction. i d ask you to put yourself in his shoes in light of the chinese spy balloon and what was a very real, certainly sizable and tangible security surveillance threat to the united states in the wake of that. near impossible arctic search conditions continuing a the u.s. and canadian militaries acknowledge that they may never find the objects or balloons which some hobbyists said could be their research balloons. the president acknowledged this yesterday. nothing acknowledged that they were related to the china balloon program. the current assessm