york, the u. s secret service is playing an active role in planning for thompson. trump s court appearance. this as trump is holed up right now in mar-a-lago and florida rally. his supporters and lashing out at the prosecutor. and we re following breaking news on the tornado danger right now in the midwest and parts of the south as twisters are spotted in arkansas and illinois, millions are under a rare high risk storm alert right now, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news and we start with the breaking news. a very dangerous tornado outbreak is tearing across the midwest and south right now, with millions and millions of americans under a rare high risk. storm alert. let s check in with cnn meteorologist chad myers, chad give us the latest off about an hour ago, we had a tornado that rolled through little rock. we do know that there is damage there. we do know that the
new tornado emergency for you that storm right there is on the ground producing damage. we do know that it is a large and damaging tornado right now that just moved through winnie and parts of arkansas just to the north west of memphis, likely mrs memphis, but we ll keep watching that iowa city big storm just to your northwest was rotating for awhile. tornado was on the ground and things but on the ground since ottumwa, iowa, a long path so this area here from chicago through devenport all the way down to louisiana and mississippi, all part of the same system with e f to e f three s and larger likely with this not by tomorrow, this thing even gets to some of the big cities. now i m not e f two and e f three s. but watch this is hour by hour. i set this up because i know you all don t live in parts of arkansas but hour by hour as we roll this through the ohio valley down through tennessee, we go from seven o clock to nine o clock in advance again. back into the evening hours.
ahead. i ll speak with the family of paul weiland, another american, the kremlin has locked up on espionage charges and a group of military families gets the tragic news. nine service members killed when two black hawk choppers crashed. cnn has a crew right near that save. plus tension in the house from paper tossing to hallway shouting in your face. debates are getting heated on the hill. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start today with our world lead. top u . s. officials are strongly criticizing russia after an american reporter was detained on charges of spying. evan gersh covic appeared in a moscow court today accused of trying to steal russian state secrets. his employer, the wall street journal, says it quote vehemently denies those claims. but now gorshkov itch faces up to 20 years in prison. and today , lawmakers on capitol hill are accusing russia of using this journalist as leverage, and the white house is dismissing the charges.
people debase themselves. and then you get to say, oh, my god. look at them doing that. i would never do that and you get to eat your popcorn and enjoy it. yeah i can t wait to see what the evolution of what happens with tom. this season. we will stay tuned shotgun. thank you so much for joining us this morning. my pleasure. y all be safe out there. have a good week. you too, will and see it in this morning continues right now. protests engulfing the streets of israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu s plan to weaken the supreme court he fired a key minister who opposed the move this morning. well, netanyahu pushed forward with the overhaul is terrible. it feels as if the prime minister has lost control. it feels as if this country is going down a very dangerous road. it was like no notice. we didn t know what was happening. mississippi cleaning up from a devastating tornado, at least 26 people are dead. there s very little of this community that was untouched by the storm c
about election lies, plus the deadline fast approaching for abortion pills in america? will the supreme court step in in the hours ahead and just minutes from now ceremonies begin to mark 80 years since the warsaw ghetto uprising against germany. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world this wednesday morning. i m christine romans. we begin with fox news, settling the huge lawsuit. dominion voting systems filed against it at the very last second before trial was set to start in delaware. the $787 million settlement is by far the largest publicly disclosed media defamation settlement in u. s history is nearly 4.5 times what abc news paid back in 2017 to a meat processor in the so called pink slime case. the settlement does not require fox to apologize, correct or retract the many falsehoods and lies that broadcast about dominion. but dominions lawyers say their clients have been traumatized by the experience and the money in court rulings in their favor