ukraine, at least 19 people killed, several apartment buildings hit and reduced to rubble. cnn is on the scene in ukraine with the very latest. incredible video out of florida, destruction from a tornado that wiped out a dozen homes and damaged even more. now some 55 million people across the southeast are bracing for more severe weather as two major storms target the region. we have the forecast. a major win for abortion rights in two republican dominated states the latest attempts to ban abortions, ban most abortions failed and conservative lawmakers helped stand in the way. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. this is what is left of an apartment block in central ukraine after a russian rocket attack. it was part of a wave of strikes across ukraine. in the hardest hit, two rockets hit apartment buildings and a warehouse, killing at least 17 people. in dnipro the attack killed a mother and her 2
nasa, and suletan of the uae, are upgrading the power system of the international space station. almeati, i cannot tell which is which right now. one of those two amazing men, he s the first arab astronaut to perform a space walk. the mission is expected to last about 6 1/2 hours. we ll bring updates throughout the morning. this is playing out live. i can tell you which one is which. one has an american flag on his pack. that is bowen, and then the other one would be abniotti, so cool to see. sara? it s so cool. we kicked john out, because i wanted him to see. when i said john, stick around, please leave, sara show up. you re still here? oh, we re live? all right, coming up, powell pranked, the federal reserve chief finds himself on the wrong end of a chat with someone
receive these clearances are not bad actors. here s what the pentagon press secretary said just yesterday. an adjudicator follows a prescribed process that examines a sufficient period in a person s life to make an affirmative determination that that person is eligible first for security clearance, and then eligibility for access to classified information is predicated upon the individual meeting personnel security guidelines. so another major question, though, has to do with his behavior while he was actually in the military. of course according to prosecutors he was posting things online about wanting to kill people, about wanting to use his van as a weapon to shoot out of the back of it in crowded suburban areas. why wasn t the pentagon able to catch that? the big alleged leak of classified documents, much sooner, sara. there seemed to be a lot of red flags there, thank you so much, natasha bertrand live for us from the pentagon. john. this morning, a political
in ukraine. it s truly devastating, the images coming out. and now it is a desperate search for survivors amid the rubble. so far we know that at least 17 people are dead after a russian missile hit a residential building in the central city of uman. we re told the death toll will likely continue to rise as we speak. this all happened just before 5:00 a.m. local time. so many of these people asleep in bed. according to the zelenskyy government there were 46 in that building, and 27 of them now destroyed. the cnn team on the ground is seeing bodies removed from the decimated residential building. we saw it playing out live unfortunately as nic robertson was speaking to john ferman earlier this hour, sara. the pictures are awful. this pennant bearing the insignia of the russian military s general s staff was found hanging inside the bedroom
listen in. oh, we ve got 22 employees, they re hard working. i m not a lot of them have been here since we opened. so it s hard. and i hope we don t lose anybody, but you never know. reporter: that was claudia anderson. her restaurant is the phoenix. a lot of people know that spot here in downtown davenport. she had to send workers home because they can t open for business because of the flooding. the sewers are backed up. that s one area of concern for her. plus, she s going to have to recoup her classes from shutting down her business. meanwhile, the river isn t expected to crest until late sunday night or early monday morning here, sara? thank you so much, adrienne