hello i m abby phillip in washington. thank you for joining us. today we begin with the deadly storms ripping across parts of the midwest. the destructive system spawned at least 11 reports of tornadoes. now, take a look at this. this is video of missouri, where at least four people are now confirmed dead and several others may be hurt. missouri s governor, mike parson, has activated the national guard to assist with the storm recovery and is expected to go on a tour of that area soon, and this is the scene in neighboring illinois. you can see straight into that building after storms ripped off the roof and the danger is not over. yet more than 60 million people remain under the threat of severe storms. meteorologist jennifer gray is tracking that from the cnn weather center for us, but let s begin with cnn s adrian broadus, who is on the ground and kelowna, illinois. adrian i know that you have been speaking to some of these individuals who have lived through the storm and a
jordan and saudi arabia have denounced israel for what happened, the jordanian foreign minister, saying the world must clearly condemned the attack. shortly after the raid rockets were fired from gaza into israel , the militant group hamas, saying israel s actions in jerusalem wouldn t go unanswered. the israeli military said it had struck hamas weapons sites in gaza in response. and the u. s officer. palestinian affairs says that violence has no place in a holy site and during the holy season calling for restraint and de escalation , guys, there s a lot of concern. this will spiral even further in just the last few minutes. the idea of says two more rockets were actually attempted fire from gaza into israel. they didn t cross the border. but as we speak, we can say that it is calm at the al aqsa mosque compound where islamic authorities say 20,000 worshippers. are praying at this very moment, guys. i had asked gold. appreciate it. thank you. this is cnn breaking news. it is
meeting moments ago, symbolically at the reagan library is beijing warns the chinese government will quote resolutely fight back plus one day after donald trump s arrest and arraignment in new york. two major developments in the federal case investigating him one a cnn exclusive the grand jury testimony. revealing the trump was warned he could not legally sees voting machines, plus the decision from his vice president, mike pence that could set up his own historic testimony before the special counsel. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with the world s superpowers on edge and potentially provocative show of solidarity between democracies. moments ago, taiwan s president, sighing when wrapped up a news conference with us house speaker kevin mccarthy on the republicans home turf in california in the chinese government is not happy about it. the top official in beijing warning that size visit could lead to a quote serious unquote confrontation with the united sta
ruling to testify in the special counsel s january 6th investigation. pence is now poised to recount for the first time under oath. his conversations with donald trump leading up to the january insurrection. also tonight, kevin mccarthy leads a defiant show of force in the face of stern warnings from china, the speaker and a bipartisan delegation of u. s lawmakers holding a historic meeting with taiwan s president on american soil. speaking with top democrat who was in the room for the talks. and later this hour, we will go live to jerusalem amid rising tensions in the middle east. there are new fears that violence could boil over after israeli forces raid one of the holiest sites in islam for the second straight night. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today . i m alex marquardt in your in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story tonight. special counsel jack smith notches a major victory, securing a
president to launch his campaign. biden and his aides targeted tuesday for the release of the video to coincide with the four-year anniversary of his 2020 campaign march. it s on. you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. two other contestants are on the democratic ballot including former president john f kennedy s nephew robert f kennedy jr. and mary williamson and vivek ramaswamy and nikki haley are pout of the growing list of candidates. alexandria has more on the race to 2024. alexandria: the white house not confirming the reports about this coming tuesday. the former vice president reached out to donors with a video message. it will have to be an exciting video if that is the plan. the president holding on to his approval rating. half of likely democratic voters in new hampshire do not want the president to seek another term. right now the president remains in the potentially running category along wi