the southern plains with reports of multiple tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind. plus, a new u.s. intelligence report rekindles the debate over the origin of covid-19. we ll tell you what we know and what we still don t. plus, a shocking new york times investigation uncovers a crisis unfolding in american factories. migrant children found working dangerous and often illegal jobs. we ll talk to the reporter who captured their stories. announcer: live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. we begin this hour with the dangerous storm system battering the central u.s. right now, bringing tornadoes, damaging winds, and hail to parts of oklahoma, kansas, and texas. at least one tornado was confirmed in norman, oklahoma, where students at the university of oklahoma were urged to seek shelter. there are now reports of widespread damage there, downed power lines, and debris blocking roads. the system is so strong, a wind gust of 114 miles an hour was r
world. ru watching cnn newsroom. just ahead, powerful storms sweeping across parts of the united states with reports of multiple tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind. we will speak to a professional storm chaser. and the united states is warning china it could face real cost itself it provides lethal aid to russia for the war on ukraine. and the ex husband and inlaws being charged with murder in the killing of a hong kong model and influencer abby choi. we will have a live report with the very latest. live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with rosemarie church. good to have you with us. we start this hour with the dangerous storm system battering the central united states right now bringing tornadoes, damaging winds and hail to parts of oklahoma, kansas and texas. two tornado s have been confirmed so far in oklahoma. there are reports of widespread damage, downed power lines and debris blocking roads in norman. tens of thousands of people statewide are without p
our vice president on that world stage. kamala harris in munich as the war in ukraine approaches but one year mark. will the u.s. continue to support ukraine? but the vice president is saying about russia s aggression. plus, more than two weeks since that fiery trains realm in ohio. officials are claiming the town is safe, but residents are telling a very different story. we ll have the latest from east palestine. and later, the mental and emotional strain on teenage girls. nearly one and three highschoolers reported seriously considering suicide. i want to know what can be done to help. all of that and more is coming up. a good saturday morning to you, i m katie phang, coming to you live at a new hour. thank you for starting your day with us. we are beginning today s show with some breaking news overnight. north korea launching a single ballistic missile towards the sea of japan. the provocation coming just as vice president kamala harris is speaking in germany, with l
one balloon circumstnavigated t glove, drifting pass hawaii and florida at an altitude about 65,000 feet. this is what jake sullivan told kasie hunt about that discovery. because the intelligence community made this a priority at the direction of president biden, we enhanced our surveillance of our territorial air space. we enhanced our capacity to be able to detect things that the trump administration was unable to detect. and we were also able to go back and look at the historical patterns. and that led us to come to understand that during the trump administration, as you said, there were multiple instances where the surveillance balloons traversed american air space and american territory. okay. let me bring in our guests now. cnn analyst, john miller. errol lewis and scott jennings and shawn. i want to understand. help us understand how the intel community can enhance their detection process and look into the past to see how many balloons floated over years ago. yea
also recently met with prosecutors in manhattan and just yesterday, source told nbc news that local state and federal law enforcemen agencies have already starte preparing security measures in new york in case charges are filed against trump. this is, of course, happenin against the backdrop of th start of the 2024 presidential race trump s campaign confirmed tha he will hold his first officia rally next saturday in waco, texas. joining me now by phone is m colleague, lawrence o donnell, the host of msnbc s the last word lawrence, thanks so much for kicking us off at the 10:0 hour what do you make of trump latest post? he s made a lot of claims an called for his supporters to protest other things in th past we run the, we ve heard them is there something different about this particular post thi morning? well, it actually, when w think about it, it s consisten with the way donald trump ha dealt with development involving criminal investigations beginning with the fbi searc