system has spun up several tornadoes, leaving a swath of death and destruction across the mississippi valley in the mid south. donald trump, making travel plans to face more than 30 criminal charges in new york next week, the latest on his historic indictment and. the immediate go to was that my life is over. um everything that i ve worked blood, sweat and tears for has just gone down the drain just like that. transgender american runner, vowing to fight for her olympic dream after world athletics ruled trans women can no longer can be in international competition. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. and we begin with a deadly tornado outbreak that is still underway parts of the united states from kentucky to louisiana under tornado watches and warnings at this hour under the gun right now, mississippi, alabama, tennessee and kentucky . tornadoes have been reported from arkansas to wisconsin. this is what it looked at, like after the storms blew th
citizens right now, and it s time to go if you re there, and administration is urging us citizens to leave russia after reporter for the wall street journal is detained accused of espionage case stands and what this says about the current state of us russia relations. details about the cdc team that got sick while investigating the cause of the train derailment in east palestine, ohio that was carrying hazardous. chemicals. we begin with people in the southeast, waking up to the threat of severe and dangerous weather, tornado watches and warnings are in effect right now for parts of mississippi all the way to georgia. it comes as we re getting a better look at the destruction left behind after those massive storms or through seven states over 50 tornado sightings have been reported. at least five are now dead. the powerful storms blew through when arkansas, killing at least two people and trapping dozens inside their home, leading town officials to send out a call for neighbo
arkansas governor sarah huckabee , sanders declared a state of emergency as the storms ripped through several towns. she spoke about the destruction a short time ago. i ve had the opportunity over the last couple of hours to speak with both the homeland security secretary as well as president biden, who have offered a tremendous amount of support anything that arkansas need from a city county state and federal perspective, i would say that everyone is working in total lockstep and we re going to do everything we can to make sure that people of our state are back on their feet again. but the storm threat is not over. a new round of severe weather is threatening 70 million americans today. cnn has teams following all the latest developments from these deadly storms. let s begin with derek van dam. he s live for us in hard hit. when arkansas derek what s the situation? yeah fredricka. you know the devastation here is immense, quoting the mayor of when arkansas, he said. it s lik
and activating the national guard as the storms gutted entire communities. she spoke about the destruction earlier today. i have had the opportunity over the last couple of hours to speak with both the homeland security secretary as well as president biden, who have offered a tremendous amount of support anything that arkansas need from a city county state and federal perspective, i would say that everyone is working in total lockstep and we re going to do everything we can to make sure that people of our state are back on their feet again. and more devastation in several other states, including indiana and illinois. people are waking up to their homes and businesses destroyed their neighborhoods littered with debris. but the threat is far from over. some 70 million americans are now bracing for more severe storms. today cnn has teams tracking all of the latest developments from these destructive storms. derek van dam is in wynne, arkansas. at this hour. derek to you first. w
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