mexico premieres tonight at 10 on cnn. brought to you by guilt , visit guilt dot com today for up to 70% off designer brands, designers that get your heart racing prices everyday. hurry on in a flash sales it up to 70% off guilt .com today. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin and tornado ravaged mississippi, where people have lost their homes, their possessions and, sadly, some have lost their own loved ones. but right now there are new concerns hanging over the ruins of these communities, a new threat of severe storms, including tornadoes is looming over some of the hardest hit areas. that includes mississippi , where 25 people are confirmed dead from friday night s tornadoes today, top state and federal officials saw the damage for themselves, and they vowed to help these communities. face the years long challenge of rebuilding. but we ve come to do we have come to see it in person to communicate to the people of mississippi. that we are
the world. you are watching cnn newsroom and church just ahead. fox news reaches a last minute settlement with dominion voting systems, just as the jury was sworn in, and the defamation trial was about to begin how much the network is shelling out. 84 year old white man is out on bail of religiously shooting, a black teenager rang his doorbell by mistake the charges he faces in court in the coming hours. people cling to anything they can find to escape a deadly fire at a hospital in beijing. buy from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. have you with us with the jury was sworn in lawyers were ready for opening statements. but then folks news blinked, reaching a last minute settlement in a billion dollar defamation lawsuitin systems. ur the deal, fox agreed to pay almost $800 million to dominion about half of what the company had originally sought in damages. the agreement saves top fox executives and the network s most prominent stars from the embarrassment
this update just moments ago. hurricane ian is a storm moving closer to floor at that s west coast bringing high winds, extremely heavy rain and life threatening storm surge flooding. already ian hitting key west with major storm surge flooding. more than 2 1/2 million people now under some level of evacuation warnings. officials escalating their urgent appeals to evacuate. if you are in an evacuation zone, your time to evacuate is coming to an end. you need to evacuate now. meteorologist chad myers is in the cnn weather center. chad, what s the latest on the predicted storm track here? it is still forecast to put all of that water into charlotte harbor, christine. this is and has been kind of looked at as a charrincharlie, s is not charlie. this is florida s katrina. charlie could almost fit inside the eye. the wind speeds of charlie were so significant but only in a small place. this storm has wind, surge, flooding, waves and even rainfall inside of florida of almost
This is going on right now. Millions mourning mexicanamerican superstar killed in a plane crash in mexico. She was known for her traditional style of music. Take a listen. That is one of her biggest hits, why dont you try it . She released more than a dozen albums over her career and had 15 plalt numb and 5 double platinum report reasonable doubts. Search crews are back to look for riveras remains in that wreckage, six others also died in that crash. The plane crashed in a remote mountainous area in northern mexico near the city of monterrey. Investigators dont know the cause yet, and raphael romo looks at awho this mexicanamerican superstar was to her fans and country. Reporter they called her diva, and for anyone who ever saw her on stage, it was easy to see why. She sang heartwrenching ballots that spoke to the common woman, especially mexicanamerican. Reporter every song, every lyric, i think of them and how to relate with them with my music. Reporter she was born in long beach, ca
Raul castro, the president of cuba will also give a News Conference in his country that will happen at noon eastern time. Of course cnn will continue to follow this breaking news throughout the day. Thank you for joining me today, im carol kos toll low. this hour with berman and michaela starts now. Hello, everyone. Im john berman. And. And im michaela pereira. History is being made at this hour after more than a half century of tension and diplomat diplomatic silence between the u. S. Its releasing alan gross from prison after five years. A series of genuinely breathtaking developments. Cuba is also releasing a u. S. Intelligence asset, a spy, whos been locked up in cuba for more than 20 years. In Return Washington is freeing three cuban spies convicted in 2001 of espionage. That is big in and of itself. It all seems part now of something much, much bigger. President obama will announce major changes in u. S. Policy toward cuba. Officials calling them the most sweeping changes since t