in an explosion. dozens more injured. what investigators in saint pierre zberg think happened and huge tornado outbreak across the south and midwest over the weekend. the devastation and the death toll rising. we re live on the ground in arkansas. good morning, everyone. i m omar jimenez. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we ve got a lot to get to this morning. so let s dive right in just hours from now. donald trump boards a plane to new york, the first step of what many americans are hoping will be a journey to accountability. you re looking at live pictures right now and according to trumps, truth, social posts he ll leave mar-a-lago at noon and make his way to trump tower . his appearance in a manhattan courtroom tomorrow will be the first time in american history of former president is arraigned on criminal charges trump, his lawyers and many supporters claim the district attorney is pursuing a nakedly political prosecution. begin the batt
more than 50 tornadoes hammered at least seven states across the south and midwest this weekend. home is just totally gone. picking up the pieces now, right now don t even know where to even start velocity wind, it just explodes and it blew the roof off. mm scenes of devastation similar in communities like rutherford, tennessee and in little rock, arkansas. meteorologist derek van damme joins us from when arkansas where at least five people have died. i mean, derek, it seems like mother nature isn t finished yet, which is a scary thought based on the devastation. we ve seen so far. so is there more to come? mhm. indeed we are standing in an area that is under the threat of severe weather again. and omar, you know, so much of america is waking up to heartbreak this morning because it s not just
yesterday by an explosion. we have a late report from john north in redstone, colorado. reporter: eleanor and ramona could no longer wait at home for word about their brother. john is one of 15 coal miners trapped thousands of feet beneath the earth. all day, relatives and co-workers have been arriving at the entrance to the coal mine to offer help and ask questions. miners were trapped as they worked at the end of a mile and a half long tunnel. there was a huge explosion. apparently triggered after a build-up of methane gas. several miners were injured. four are hospitalized. i was 1800 feet from the 102 section. and i heard the wind coming. just second later it was there. it was probably the highest velocity wind i have seen in my life. just blowing hard. i was on top of a piece of equipment. and it blew me across the equipment. down on to the other side. and i grabbed ahold of the