a weather emergency right now. millions are under threat. multiple tornadoes touching down in the last few hours, carving huge paths of destruction. police in missouri are now reporting multiple injuries and multiple fatalities. preview of how nasty the legal battle could get. the former president unleashes on the judge the charges democrats even republicans against him. as he now faces 34 felony counts for falsifying business records. there s a new mayor in chi-town promises chicago s progressive 46 year old merrill it is making for america s third largest city . those major stories and more coming in right here to cnn news, central. so did he just create new legal problems for himself? donald trump pleads not guilty in court out of court. he lashes out at the prosecution and the judge hours after he was warned not to trump s next court appearance for allegedly falsifying business records is december 4th . which of course, is the cost of the 2024 primary season. prosecutors
hello i m abby phillip in washington. thank you for joining us. today we begin with the deadly storms ripping across parts of the midwest. the destructive system spawned at least 11 reports of tornadoes. now, take a look at this. this is video of missouri, where at least four people are now confirmed dead and several others may be hurt. missouri s governor, mike parson, has activated the national guard to assist with the storm recovery and is expected to go on a tour of that area soon, and this is the scene in neighboring illinois. you can see straight into that building after storms ripped off the roof and the danger is not over. yet more than 60 million people remain under the threat of severe storms. meteorologist jennifer gray is tracking that from the cnn weather center for us, but let s begin with cnn s adrian broadus, who is on the ground and kelowna, illinois. adrian i know that you have been speaking to some of these individuals who have lived through the storm and a
jordan and saudi arabia have denounced israel for what happened, the jordanian foreign minister, saying the world must clearly condemned the attack. shortly after the raid rockets were fired from gaza into israel , the militant group hamas, saying israel s actions in jerusalem wouldn t go unanswered. the israeli military said it had struck hamas weapons sites in gaza in response. and the u. s officer. palestinian affairs says that violence has no place in a holy site and during the holy season calling for restraint and de escalation , guys, there s a lot of concern. this will spiral even further in just the last few minutes. the idea of says two more rockets were actually attempted fire from gaza into israel. they didn t cross the border. but as we speak, we can say that it is calm at the al aqsa mosque compound where islamic authorities say 20,000 worshippers. are praying at this very moment, guys. i had asked gold. appreciate it. thank you. this is cnn breaking news. it is
the justices do not granted biden administration request. those restrictions will go into place at 11 59 tonight, so grant or deny or do something in between, and the biden administration says if the justices try to get fancy with some regulations and not other regulations, they ll just be creating havoc across the country for not just this abortion medication. but for all fda approval of existing and new drugs, jake just quickly is it possible that they did come to a conclusion and they just want to get the hell out of town before releasing it. it s possible, though, that they did come to a conclusion and someone is writing they could have five justices already for either grant or deny and someone who is angry about how that outcome is going, is writing a dissenting statement, and i have known times with the justices went frankly. 2123 a. m in the morning waiting for that descent , but tonight they can only go to 11 59. and if somebody is indeed writing descent to a five jus
here. this washington post story is unreal. i thought i felt i was reading it. it felt like a movie script like a screenplay. incredible reporting. we re going to tell you all about it. if you re just waking up with us this morning because this is about those leaked documents and who it was online that leaked them. young person named o g. o g. and then there s a teenager involved, and it involves like a social media gaming site. it s a lot you want to stick around for this critical for national security, so we ll get into that. we re glad you re with us. caitlin s on assignment, so let s start with the five things to know for this very busy thursday, april the 13th a federal appeals court, partially blocking a texas judge s ruling on the abortion pill, mr preston, it means the fda approval of that drug still stands for now, but other limitations have been put in place more than that. in a moment, complicated story. we re going to break it down for you and this we were just ta