man, that s lisa marie pressley, singer, song writer, elvis only child. she has died. i was so stunned. me too. she s really young. 54 years old. prime really, that s young, especially these days with the medical what a life, though. what a life. and her parents, crazy, you know, being the daughter of priscilla and elvis. hate to start with sad news but this morning tributes are pouring in as a we remember lisa marie. special counsel, another one, don t be confused a different special counsel has been named, this in president biden s classified documents probe. what are the possible crimes and could the current president be charged? plus this. oh my god. oh my god. yeah, look. oh my god. that is the damage so many people are waking up to this morning after more than 30 tornados ravaged several states including my home state of alabama, severe weather has been sweeping the south. the damage is likely to take days to survey. we ll take you live to selma
soledar is important more than anything as a symbolic victory after months of defeats in and around kyiv, kharkiv region, and kherson as well. so for them, after suffering these defeats to take soledar would be a victory, a symbolic, if not strategic victory. ben wedeman, thank you very much. appreciate that. cnn this morning continues right now. lisa marie presley, good morning, everyone, friday, january 13th and we are remembering lisa marie presley. looking back at the life of elvis only daughter. she was so young. we ll look at her life. also a special counsel now appointed to investigate joe biden s classified document scandal. who is robert hur and what does this mean for the president? in just a few moments senate majority leader, chuck schumer is going to join us at the desk. what he thinks of the president s handling of classified materials. we begin with more than 30 tornados have torn through the south with georgia and alabama hit the hardest
but we can still hear a fair amount of fire coming from that area. we ve seen as ukrainian forces are firing mortars, firing rockets in the direction of the town, but there doesn t seem to be a sense of panic among the ukrainian troops. they seem fairly confident if they have to pull out of sol dd soledar they ll still be able to hold the positions here. reporter: soledar is small but strategic. explain why it s so important to the russians and ukrainians as the fighting is going on. reporter: for the ukrainians, soledar is right north of bakhmut, which is a city that s fairly important for them. it s a place where they ve been fighting now for months and some of the bloodiest fighting of this war. for the russians it s important,