and an historic trip. the first official visit by an israeli prime minister to the uae. a sign of deepening ties between israel and the arab world. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. we begin with the desperate search for survivors after the deadliest december tornado outbreak in u.s. history. dozens of people killed when a series of powerful tornadoes tore through several states over the weekend. kentucky the hardest hit. the governor says in the best case scenario, at least 50 people died in his state. but he says crews are still finding bodies, and he fears the final toll could be much higher. still, rescuers are looking for signs of life as they dig through the rubble, including at a candle factory that was flattened in the small town of mayfield. initially officials feared dozens may have died inside the factory, but a company spokesperson said sunday that most employees fortunately made it out. eight have been confirmed de
tapper with the linux on this breaking news from atlanta these cnn breaking news and welcome to the lead arm, abby phillip in for jake tapper. we come on the air this afternoon with huge breaking stories. first in atlanta, video from just moments ago, showing that orange suv right there that rammed into the gate of an fbi office we re told at least one person is now in custody and we ll bring you everything that we know about that incident in just a few moments, but also breaking this our brand new images showing the aftermath of a deadly air strike. iran says that it is a consulate building in syria that was hit and it blames israel for the attack we have brand new reporting from the region in coming up and back here in the united states, a news conference just wrapped up in baltimore. authorities there detailing plans to reopen that major shipping port after last week s catastrophic bridge collapse. but first let s begin with cnn s evan threats, evan what is unfolding rig
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ex-president for charges, and a judge saying that words do indeed have consequences. donald trump is now under a gag order in the criminal case brought by the manhattan d.a. alleging a cover-up. the young barring trump from attacking or directing others to attack potential witnesses, jurors, prosecutors and court staff. and the ex-president is allowed to make statements about district attorney alvin bragg. if his ruling, the judge said that the need to protect the integrity of the process from the defendant with one of the biggest platforms in the world. as trial neared it pushed him to issue the cord. quote, given the eve of trial is upon us, it is without question that the imminency of the risk of harm is paramount. the rules was issued hours after trump made two statements that would arguably have violated the gag order. times records in a rambling and angry post on his social media site on tuesday, he made a reference to michael cohen, claiming without explanation that
with jake tapper a rescue mission turned recovery operation. the lead starts right now investigators all day board the ship responsible for that catastrophic bridge collapse in baltimore, interviewing crew, doing inspections as the families of six bridge workers hold out hope remains will be recovered. this our transportation secretary, pete buttigieg, plus ahead of the army corps of engineers nears on the enormous effect to clear all that mangled metal and reopen this major east coast shipping port. also on the lead, cnn s john king all over the map this time in the battleground and border-state of error for zona, how voters there feel about president biden or donald trump. november election creeps closer on the calendar and the shocking and very legal discovery hidden in crates of avocados welcome to lead. i m phil mattingly in for jake tapper and we begin and with that ongoing search and recovery efforts in baltimore, divers badly cold, choppy waters to find the bodies o