Severe weather tonight, including thunderstorms and tornadoes. At this hour, parts of the ohio valley, indiana, kentucky, and ohio are under a tornado watch. Plus tens of millions more are experiencing dangerous weather. This is the same fierce storm sysem that caused serious damage from texas to west virginia. Kentuckys governor today declaring a State Of Emergency after twisters demolished homes and stopped traffic after knocking down power lines. A different tornado leveled buildings in oklahoma, destroying nearly everything in its path. More than a third of the country right now is under a weather alert. There are Blizzard Warnings in michigan and flood watches in new jersey. So, with all of that news, weve got team coverage, starting with Justin Michaels from our partners at the weather channel. Reporter it happened fast, and it was furious. Dangerous winds knocked someone at the unversity of kentucky clear off their feet. Vicious storms cut a Path Of Destruction across the ohio v
Movements ahead of time. International criticism growing stronger after netanyahu appears to dismiss three separate air strikes over a mile and a half stretch of road as to what happens in wartime. Former President Trump ramps up his rhetoric on immigration in wisconsin as he tries to deal with the politically unpopular Abortion Issue also two years after roe v. Wade was overturned by justices he appointed. A massive earthquake rocks taiwan, the worst in 25 years, leaving buildings teetering and an untold number of deaths and casualties. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. We begin with International Condemnation of israel for a series of air strikes killing the seven World Central Kitchen Workers as they were delivering food or trying to deliver food. In his strongest criticism of israel since the start of the war, President Biden said, i am outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen, including one american in gaza
Extreme angles by the force of the deadly 7. 4 magnitude quake. A rooftop pool rocking water, spilling down the side of the building. Tremors causing massive landslides. First responders pulling people out alive, but dozens of workers trapped in mines. Our team in the region tonight. Also this evening, the major April Noreaster on the move. Up to two feet of snow in the northeast. After that Tornado Outbreak across at least six states, flights impacted. Passengers on a southwest flight injured by severe turbulence. The bodies of seven aid workers killed by an israeli strike moved out of gaza. The growing outrage. Jose andres accusing israel of systemically targeting them. Rashee rice breaking his silence about that highspeed car crash. What he said about talking to police. Nbc news reports the oklahoma official with White Nationalist ties facing a recall election. How voters decided. And Billie Eilish, Stevie Wonder, even Frank Sinatras estate, 200 artists teaming up to take on a. I. A
Tom shakespeare, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, its great to be here. Great to have you. In your personal life and professional life everything has been intertwined in terms of your campaigning work, your academic work. I just wonder whether you ever, for a moment, considered going into something entirely disconnected from your own personal circumstances such as accountancy, law, geology . There are short people, restricted growth people in all of those professions. There are farmers, teachers, solicitors, everything. But i did not go that way. So as a social scientist i have always been interested in what ive experienced and disability has to be top of the list. Let me ask you about growing up. Your family has its own history which is important to talk about, i think. Your grandfather, it seems, experienced a mutation, a genetic mutation. My father. He was born in 1927. William shakespeare, unfortunate name. And his father, geoffrey, who was a Junior Minister in the liberal governmen
The deaths as an awful awful tragedy. The group had been travelling in a clearly marked aid convoy at the time. President biden has said he was outraged and heartbroken and accused israel of not doing enough to protect aid workers. Israel has said the strike was a grave mistake in complex circumstances. From jerusalem, Yolande Knell reports. Seven beautiful souls thats how World Central Kitchen says it will remember its colleagues killed by an israeli strike in gaza. They included three British Security workers, all ex armed forces john chapman, James Henderson and james kirby. The team from the us charity, also known as wck, was travelling in a convoy, its distinctive logo on display. Each car was hit in a precise attack. The uk said these deaths were completely unacceptable. Australias demanded accountability. America called what happened an outrage. Israel says its still investigating. I want to be very clear. The strike was not carried out with the intention of harming wck aid work