flattened. hundreds of thousands are without power and our derek van damme standing by in the hard hit town in arkansas, with the latest former president trump will appear in court tuesday after being indicted by a manhattan grand jury. what we know about the charges he s facing and how we expect that court appearance to play out there s some much needed good news when it comes to the economy. the trends that show inflation may be moving in the right direction. undefeated season comes to an end and one team mounts an epic comeback haywire, standing by live in houston with the highlights. we re starting, though, with the severe weather ripping through the middle part of the country. this was the scene across seven states friday afternoon. at least five people are dead. dozens more injured, there were over 50 sightings of tornadoes, including 22 in illinois, 12 in arkansas, eight in iowa and illinois. 200 people were inside the apollo theater in belvedere when the roof collapsed. first
not have happened if pence had helped him steal the election. up for us first, the justice department and the securities and exchange commission now conducting separate investigations into the collapse of silicon valley bank. the news following a startling warning that six other banks ared a at risk of credit downgrades. it s part of the huge balancing act for the economy. this morning, a new measure of inflation and how it impacts your life and how it impact the current stress on the banking system is. the top line number does show inflation is coming down. but if you dig deep into the data, core prices res main stubbornly high. we re a week out from a fed meeting to consider another interest rate hike. we start with christine romans in new york. what s most important today? on a tight rope here. you talk about the investigations. not really surprised when you have a bank of this magnitude go down so fast.
appearing to be political, they probably don t have much of a choice here. arlette, what has this done to the mood at the white house and the president? remember, the first disclosure, the president was in mexico city at an important international meeting. he finally talked about it but didn t want to. today at the white house he wants to celebrate data that does show inflation is easing and that s an accomplishment for the american people but good news for the president of the united states. but he had to deal with this. this is the new nugget he gave us. people know i take classified documents and classified materials seriously. i also said we re cooperating fully and completely with the justice department s review. they discovered a small number of documents of classified markings in storage areas and file cabinets in my home and my personal library. the department of justice was immediately notified and the lawyers arranged for the department of justice to take possession of th