neighbors wandering around this neighborhood that was so so hard hit, really just in disbelief. they can t believe what has happened to the place that they call home. you can see behind me trees uprooted, the roofs of houses that have been torn apart. and over here you can see this power pole snapped into multiple pieces, just incredible behind this power pole you can see the wall of this garage torn apart. all the con ends inside visible [audio difficulty] on the street to see. now, this tornado hit around 2:30 in the afternoon. even the national weather service s little rock office had to shelter in place so that they could be safe. they had to change over the duties to the memphis office while they took shelter, essentially. you know, after the tornado hit, there were, you know, first responders out in the streets, you know, rescuing folks, just a harrowing scene here in little rock. arkansas governor, sarah huckabee sanders, declaring a state of emergency here. she is
civilians, surging humanitarian assistance, and ensuring the security of those who provide it. israel must meet this moment. with regard to our policy in gaza, look, i ll just say this. if we don t see the changes that we need to see, there ll be changes in our own policy. that s u.s. secretary of state antony blinken laying out president biden s latest message to israel following a tense conversation with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. we ll have much more about yesterday s phone call and the future of u.s. policy straight ahead. meanwhile, there s a new development in the race for the white house. it s now looking less likely that there will be a serious third party candidate this year. we ll tell you about that. plus, we ll bring you an update on donald trump s legal issues including the new york attorney general trying to dig deeper into the bond that was posted earlier this week on behalf of the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on
state antony blinken made two unannounced stops in the middle east. he met with palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the west bank and traveled to bagdad for high-stakes talk with iraq s prime minister. blinken has held a series of top-level talks with arab leaders as israel intensifies its attacks against hamas. cnn s jim sciutto is in northern israel. you have new reporting that secretary blinken is not the only u.s. official visiting that region. reporter: that s right, cia director bill burns is traveling to the mid east as well. a u.s. officials tells me the following, that burns is traveling to several countries in the middle east where he s meeting with multiple intelligence counterparts and country leaders. the u.s. official said they ll discuss support for hostages negotiations and u.s. commitment to continuing to deter state and non-state actors from widening the conflict. that particular message has been a consistent one from when president biden first commente
by special counsel jack smith here in the district. she imposed this gag order, barring trump from targeting witnesses in the case, members of the court staff, and even the special counsel itself. t she imposed that gag order at the request of prosecutors, but she did not limit his ability to talk about washington, d.c., the potential jury pool, or the justice department, which prosecutors had also sought protection for those two groups. but here, she has argued, she has said look, i understand she has a first amendment right, but that must yield to the orderly administration of justice. she said that she has to put on a trial, she needs to protect members of her staff, people involved in this case just trying to do their jobs. that is why she imposed this gag order and declined to freeze it herself. the former president s lawyers have argued that this is a violation of his first amendment. they point to the fact that he s once again running for the white house and that what