morning. today s thursday. i know today actually is don t rush time because it moves fast , right too fast too fast. but it is thursday. thank you for joining us. everyone caitlin is off a lot to get to won t we start with five things to know for this thursday, april 20th 2023. we re gonna start with the tornado outbreak striking oklahoma. at least two people are confirmed dead in the town of coal. significant damage, reported the supreme court, delaying its decision on myth of kristen until tomorrow, the justices seeking more time to assure ruling that could impact the accessibility of the abortion pill across the country and a judge here in new york, ordering mark pomerantz to testify today before june. jordan s house judiciary committee, pomerantz is a former prosecutor who once led the manhattan d. a s investigation into donald trump s business dealings also happening today, twitter says it s going to remove you know those check marks. we have one. with legacy blue check
into the atmosphere, causing heat indices. it feels like temperatures at dangerous values. and paul s valley, 0klahoma, saw a heat index of 52.2 degrees celsius, the worst we ve ever seen in the state of oklahoma. and a lot of folks are really being taxed to the max by this heat. well, that s the problem, isn t it? it is very dangerous at times. indeed. and one of the bigger things we re seeing with this, too. a lot of folks are asking, is this climate change related? believe it or not, the united states has been below average temperature wise for the past four months. this is kind ofjust an anomaly. but globally, june has been the hottestjune ever recorded. water temperatures worldwide are reaching records. so this kind of goes to show you, even if it s cold, sometimes even if it s cold sometimes the heat extremes are getting hotter and disproportionately we re seeing temperatures skewed hot. jane birkin, the anglo french actress and singer, whose style symbolised the swinging 60s, h
people has seen temperatures at or above 43 degrees celsius for 15 days in a row. so far, that s not looking to end any time soon. well, indeed. and it is in a way self reinforcing, this weather system, isn t it? it is. it s kind of sitting in place. it s not really budging. it ll meander east over the coming days, then swell, intensify and really coast to coast the united states, it s going to dominate the weather pattern. now, in the southwest, we re seeing very dry conditions allowing the temperatures to skyrocket. death valley, california, with all time records at 5a degrees celsius. but over the south, central and southeastern united states, it comes with record moisture as well. for example, the florida keys are seeing crazy water temperatures approaching like 38, 39 degrees celsius, flexing moisture into the atmosphere, causing heat indices. it feels like temperatures at dangerous values. and paul s valley, 0klahoma, saw a heat index of 52.2 degrees celsius, the worst we ve ever
inflowg to produce damage. we have large hailstones being p. the tornadot cole oklahoma, killing at least two people, a local official told cnn. very very intense, very slow moving. tornado tornado left down trees and power lines creating challenges for first responders to find those trapped. there were over 150 storm reports wednesday and 15 tornadoes. eight tornadoes hit oklahoma, four in iowa and three in kansas. hail damaged this local stations. helicopter mid air the hell up. i have no windshield. the helicopters beat up. we re trying to make its paul s valley and land. multiple hailstorms hit parts of oklahoma , causing severe damage workers at this oklahoma papa john s hid in the walk in freezer that was