Hello, everyone. You are watching cnn newsroom, and im rosemary church. Im john vause. Wed like to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Well, tornadoes are ripping across states in the central and southern u. S. Parts of arkansas are seeing some of the worst damage. A section of this town was completely destroyed after a storm system moved through on sunday night. Officials say at least 12 people have died across the state. The mayor of one hardhit town explained how extensive the damage is and what emergency crews are doing right now to respond. The downtown area seems like its completely leveled. Theres a few buildings partially standing, but the amount of damage is tremendous. Utilities, theres gas lines spewing. Of course power lines down. Houses are just a pile of brick. When i came up through town to get to city hall, there were people everywhere bandaged and bloody, people trying to help them. They set up a Triage Center just across from city hall thats
Newsroom starts right now. Its 5 00 a. M. On the east coast and hours before President Trump heads to the uk, the mayor of london is lashing out against donald trump. Sadiq khan never held back his criticism of mr. Trump and a new oped in the observer newspaper kan compares the newspaper he writes that donald trump is one of the most egregious examples of a growing global threat. The far right is on the rise around the world threatening our hard won rights and freedoms and values that defined our liberal democratic societies for more than 70 years. Kan says mr. Trumps ideals upon which america was founded and says its unbritish to roll out the red carpet for him. In the meantime, President Trump had comments made to the british newspaper, the sunday times weighing in over the debate on brexit. Mr. Trump insisted he wouldnt pay the 50 billion price tag for leaving the eu. Listen. If i were them i wouldnt pay 50 billion. Thats a big number. I wouldnt pay 50 billion. Thats me. Im saying t
The winter solstice tomorrow is the day of least daylight in the year, also known as the shortest day. After winter solstice, daylight gradually increases until the summer solstice in June.