citizens right now, and it s time to go if you re there, and administration is urging us citizens to leave russia after reporter for the wall street journal is detained accused of espionage case stands and what this says about the current state of us russia relations. details about the cdc team that got sick while investigating the cause of the train derailment in east palestine, ohio that was carrying hazardous. chemicals. we begin with people in the southeast, waking up to the threat of severe and dangerous weather, tornado watches and warnings are in effect right now for parts of mississippi all the way to georgia. it comes as we re getting a better look at the destruction left behind after those massive storms or through seven states over 50 tornado sightings have been reported. at least five are now dead. the powerful storms blew through when arkansas, killing at least two people and trapping dozens inside their home, leading town officials to send out a call for neighbo
old. the news continues. cnn newsroom with michael starts now. anderson, thank. you matt gates, he singlehandedly held up kevin mccarthy s election as speaker, you ll recall, well tonight he is threatening to do it again in a new battle on capitol hill. and, he is here. i m michael, live from new york city, on the day the president joe biden asked americans for another four years. the nation is at risk of a potential economic disaster. thanks to partisan and intra party politics in washington, the u.s. is scheduled to default on its debt, as early as june. something that has never happened before. , and if the nation default, that means massive job losses, almost usher as a recession. federal benefits like social security are at risk, interest rates, what do you pay out of your house, your car, your college loan, they all skyrocket. the stock market, it tumbles, dragging with it your 401 case. i know what you re thinking. you re thinking, michael, we ve seen the movie before.
also recently met with prosecutors in manhattan and just yesterday, source told nbc news that local state and federal law enforcemen agencies have already starte preparing security measures in new york in case charges are filed against trump. this is, of course, happenin against the backdrop of th start of the 2024 presidential race trump s campaign confirmed tha he will hold his first officia rally next saturday in waco, texas. joining me now by phone is m colleague, lawrence o donnell, the host of msnbc s the last word lawrence, thanks so much for kicking us off at the 10:0 hour what do you make of trump latest post? he s made a lot of claims an called for his supporters to protest other things in th past we run the, we ve heard them is there something different about this particular post thi morning? well, it actually, when w think about it, it s consisten with the way donald trump ha dealt with development involving criminal investigations beginning with the fbi searc
on tuesday. and pope francis is expected to participate in palm sunday mass at st peter s basilica just a day after leaving the hospital. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with michael holmes. and we begin with those powerful storms that battered parts of the u. s. and the death toll is rising yet again, at least 22 people were killed, dozens more injured after tornadoes and storms hit on friday and saturday, the latest fatality just hours ago in delaware, and this is what it looks like in wynne, arkansas, where four people were killed. the mayor told cnn. her city was basically cut in half by the damage the storm so powerful it ripped the turf off the football field at the high school. similar scenes in the state capital little rock, where at least one person was killed and 50 hospitalist. many of the tornado s moving so quickly. people had little time to prepare like this driver who rode out the storm in his van. neighbors and neighborhoods and businesses were dec
as a huge surprise given the well-established history inside trump world of pressuring potential witnesses in key investigations. washington post lays it out like this, quote. evidence across multiple state, federal and congressional investigations points to a similar pattern. trump and his close allies privately shower potential witnesses with flattery and attention extending vague assurances that staying loyal to trump would be better than crossing him. meanwhile, trump publicly blasts those who offer testimony against him in bluntly personal terms offering a clear example to others of the consequences of stepping out of line. the new york times offers another view of this type of carrot and stick witness pressure campaign reporting this, quote, former president trump s political organization and his allies have paid for or promised to finance the legal fees of more than a dozen witnesses called in the congressional investigation into the january 6th attack, raising legal