in an explosion. dozens more injured. what investigators in saint pierre zberg think happened and huge tornado outbreak across the south and midwest over the weekend. the devastation and the death toll rising. we re live on the ground in arkansas. good morning, everyone. i m omar jimenez. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we ve got a lot to get to this morning. so let s dive right in just hours from now. donald trump boards a plane to new york, the first step of what many americans are hoping will be a journey to accountability. you re looking at live pictures right now and according to trumps, truth, social posts he ll leave mar-a-lago at noon and make his way to trump tower . his appearance in a manhattan courtroom tomorrow will be the first time in american history of former president is arraigned on criminal charges trump, his lawyers and many supporters claim the district attorney is pursuing a nakedly political prosecution. begin the batt
police, and in fact, we heard over the weekend from the government. iran s president ibrahim raises, speaking at a press conference in tehran, saying that this is not a matter of your beliefs, regardless of your beliefs on the hijab. this is a matter of the law and women in iran must obey the law. we are continuing to see women bravely defying those regulations. omar bravery so many women have shown over the past just few months alone has been almost unbelievable. not of bashir. thank you so much. the l s u tigers put on a show for the ages running past iowa to win their first national championship in school history wire is live in houston with this morning s bleacher report. oy great to see you. ah almost unbelievable, but they showed up. yeah. yeah good to see you, too. omar it was utter domination in dallas. l s u led by a hall of fame coach with players full of confidence and swagger outshining iowa in
year alone, and we are now only entering into the first part of the peak tornado season. let s set the scene a little bit. you can see some of the damage. i don t want to step onto this property, but it just gives you an idea of the pure power of this tornado that tore through this area. you re not able to see it because it s still dark here, but some of the trees have been completely twisted. almost following the rotation of an updraft of the tornado. i had an opportunity yesterday to speak to the governor of arkansas. you know, i m a meteorologist, so i have to pose these questions to her. did the residents of arkansas have adequate warning from this tornado? and she said , yes, meteorologist saved lives. across the state. that was good news. it was palm sunday yesterday, too, so one of the churches that was devastated and win decided to hold a service that really showed some solidarity and determination for these folks to rebuild omar derek van dam. it s hard to even
more than 50 tornadoes hammered at least seven states across the south and midwest this weekend. home is just totally gone. picking up the pieces now, right now don t even know where to even start velocity wind, it just explodes and it blew the roof off. mm scenes of devastation similar in communities like rutherford, tennessee and in little rock, arkansas. meteorologist derek van damme joins us from when arkansas where at least five people have died. i mean, derek, it seems like mother nature isn t finished yet, which is a scary thought based on the devastation. we ve seen so far. so is there more to come? mhm. indeed we are standing in an area that is under the threat of severe weather again. and omar, you know, so much of america is waking up to heartbreak this morning because it s not just
in an explosion. dozens more injured. what investigators in saint pierre zberg think happened and huge tornado outbreak across the south and midwest over the weekend. the devastation and the death toll rising. we re live on the ground in arkansas. good morning, everyone. i m omar jimenez. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we ve got a lot to get to this morning. so let s dive right in just hours from now. donald trump boards a plane to new york, the first step of what many americans are hoping will be a journey to accountability. you re looking at live pictures right now and according to trumps, truth, social posts he ll leave mar-a-lago at noon and make his way to trump tower . his appearance in a manhattan courtroom tomorrow will be the first time in american history of former president is arraigned on criminal charges trump, his lawyers and many supporters