scale as protests, they will probably be a bit smaller, but they will be happening nonetheless. now, even if they do die down eventually we must talk about macron and how weakened he has been by this pension reform. he is still in the first year of his second term. he s got four years left, and he has ambitious reform plans. but a lot of people are saying, how is he going to push those through when he doesn t have a parliamentary majority and no longer has popular opinion on his side, kim all right. we ll be watching this story throughout the day. saskia van dorn in paris. thanks so much. north korea has fired off yet another ballistic missile, and this one set off an evacuation warning for the northern japanese island of hokkaido. have a look. the siren there. that warning was later lifted with the japanese government said it wasn t a false alarm that that was meant to inform people about possible dangers like falling objects
people are set to walk off their jobs and march 12th day of demonstrations similar to this one week ago when the schools and businesses plan to close because of thursday s strikes and protests. millions in france are furious over the pension reforms, which seek to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. and with way macron maneuvered them around parliament. and so when dorn is in paris for us to sarah, so more protesters more trash in the streets, maybe more violence as well. take us through what we re expecting and the political price macron s paying for all of us. exactly kim. you said it. hundreds of thousands of people expected to take to the streets again today expect to see a kind of similar turn out to what we saw last week, but not just protests. as you said, we will see strikes as well. and the carpet collectors have just said that they will begin striking in paris today, and they have a lined up bins in front of the constitutional council, which is france s
joined by hannah s gold in jerusalem. so how does a significant defection if you will explain his rationale and the reaction? kim. this is a huge moment in a huge political moment in this whole debate over this massive judicial overhaul that would place a huge amount of power if it passes as it s currently proposed into the hands of the politicians into the hands of the israeli parliament, the knesset, even allowing them to not only have more power over how judges are selection selected, but even one of the bills would allow them to overturn certain supreme court decisions. so as we ve seen now , almost three months of regular protests, hundreds of thousands of israelis taking to the streets. we ve also seen senior figures from across all of the segments of israeli society, including the banking and the high tech sector. and now, of course, the minister of defense , this is probably the most significant voice to speak out against these reforms and not necessarily against any reforms .
already picking up some of those thunderstorms. this is the real threat. it looks like the greatest threat is going to be from these heavy downpours, and we will expect some hail and high winds cannot rule out the potential for the possibility of a few isolated tornadoes and this aren t shaded area. area from montgomery to hattiesburg to natchez, mississippi. already severe thunderstorm warnings out as well as watches all the way from macon to montgomery to jackson will keep an eye on this, and we ll have another update coming up at the top of the hour. kim all right. we ll stay on top of this last thing people need out there is more bad weather. karen mcginnis, thanks so much appreciate it. now for, uh, as i mentioned information on how you can help the victims of the deadly tornado and severe storms that swept through mississippi, you can go to cnn dot com slash impact. in pennsylvania. at least three people are dead and