a brutal attack inside of the district office of a u.s. congressman. a man with a metal baseball bat strikes a staffer and intern on her very first day. unconfirmed reports that an american has been killed on the ukrainian battlefield. the state department is now responding. and alarming report that has lawmakers taking action. all of this on cnn news central. we begin this morning with the house reports out of ukraine that claims of a u.s. citizen has died in bakhmut, and the state department is saying that it is looking into this. the besieged city in eastern ukraine has been seeing heavy fighting for months now, and now the wagner paramilitary group says a body has been found with u.s. military documents. and the state department says it is seeing additional information, and needs that in order to determine what happened here. we are hearing from the ukr ukrainian military saying that it has staved off a major russian attack. but the air defenses from the western w
switch to xfinity mobile and get the best price for 2 lines of unlimited. just $30 a line per month. i should get paid more for this. you get paid when you win. from xfinity. home of the 10g network. a controversial claim that an american has been killed fighting in ukraine. this as the russians also say they have destroyed an american-made air defense system. random and indiscriminate, the search is on for answers after a teenager terrorizes a new mexico neighborhood, and three people shot dead. and a new law is causing confusion, and could hurt the economy, and what the reaction is for the penalties of undocumented workers. all of these stories are coming in right now to cnn news central. so, this morning a new claim that a u.s. citizen has died in bakhmut which is a city in eastern ukraine that has been seeing fighting for months now. the wagner paramilitary group says that a body has found with u.s. document, and the state department has not verified the claim,
people get blood all over their faces. deadly tornadoes ripped through parts of the southern and midwestern united states war storms could be on the way we now know when former president trump is expected to appear in a new york courtroom, how the day could go and how his supporters and mar-a-lago could react. and an update on the health of pope francis were live in rome, where we expect to see the pope discharged from the hospital today. my from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with leila harare. we begin with yet another deadly tornado outbreak and even now, in the middle of the night in the us, it s still underweight states from louisiana to kentucky are under storm alerts right now have been dozens of tornado reports from arkansas to wisconsin, and forecasters predict the severe weather will continue marching east over the coming hours. at least three deaths and dozens of injuries are being blamed on tornadoes that hit arkansas on friday. well, two of those deaths came in
of destruction across parts of the us in moments will take you to the hardest hit areas until you where millions of people are still at risk of severe weather, plus we re learning more about the plans for donald trump to surrender to new york authorities and appear in court on tuesday, and we get a look at how republicans are now reacting on capitol hill later, you ll hear transgender runner exclusively, tells cnn about how was single decision may have ended her dream of capturing olympic glory. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with leila harrack. people in parts of the eastern us are waking up to the threat of severe and dangerous weather, tornado watches and warnings are in effect from parts of mississippi up to kentucky with powerful winds and large hail in the forecast, and a new tornado watch has just been issued for parts of alabama and georgia. this comes as we re starting to see more of the damage from a series of massive storms. two people were killed when a st
welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca noble max foster joining you live from london just ahead on cnn newsroom. you opened the door and then shoot the person on the other side, and it s a kid can tell you there was a racial component to the case. they were using the police station to go out and harass dissidents. the chinese national police appear to have been using the station to track a us resident on u. s soil. retail push. this is the first physical store that has been launched in india. looking at making india a manufacturing powerhouse in the coming months and years. from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. hello it is tuesday, april the 18th nine am here in london. three a.m. in kansas city, missouri, where we re learning new details about the shooting of a black team who accidentally went to the wrong house to pick up his siblings and was shot twice by the homeowner 84 year old gunmen, a