canada and all around the world. i m kimberly, who were coming up this hour on cnn newsroom historic rainfall in south florida leads to serious flooding power outages closing of the fort lauderdale international airport will tell you when the extreme weather will move out of the area, plus a late night ruling by a federal appeals court on the suspension of the abortion inducing drug. we ll have details, and president biden celebrates his family roots during his three day visit ireland just ahead we ll go live to dublin for a preview of today s events. live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with kim bruun huber. and we begin with what some call a once and a half century extreme weather event happening right now in florida, up to 20 inches of rain has fallen in parts of south florida the past few hours with more in the forecast. well that led to a flash water emergency, the highest possible level of flood warning. so what you re seeing here is the ford lauderdale hollywood int
bianca nobilo live from london. max foster has the day off today, but he ll be back tomorrow just ahead on cnn newsroom. this is the worst i ve ever seen. this is an unbelievable amount of rain pull on the side. streets were flooded everywhere. we have the threat for flooding, as well as the threat for severe weather and record warmth on top of it all. this person murdered my friend. but still i can t imagine how his parents must be feeling amazing grace. how sweet the sound we will get through this together. if you can see the smoke, you re in the smoke. get out of the smoke. this person has been negligent and irresponsible and it s led to putting a lot of people in danger. live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, april 13th nine am here in london at four am in south florida, where historic amounts of rainfall have caused what one city has made describes as the most severe flooding he s ever seen. up to 20 inches of rain have
the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this is early start a busy morning. we begin with breaking news. a short time ago, a federal appeals court took action to keep the abortion pill mifepristone on the market. the court blocked the parts of a texas judge order that would have suspended fda approval of the drug. now the fda approval will stay in effect, while the court considers an expedited appeal. but important here, the fifth circuit appeals court is leaving in place parts of the ruling that will, in effect, make the pill harder to get. the fda tried to ease access in recent years by allowing the drug to be mailed and by approving a generic version. for now, those changes that make it easier for people to get the drug. those changes remain suspended. this medication has been approved as safe and effective for uses an abortion pill for more than two decades. but it s possible removal from pharmacies could affect every american senior medical correspo
happening now more chilling 911 calls made during the louisville bank shooting just released the recorder recordings capturing the terror as gunshots rang out in a sobbing witness told the dispatcher. i see somebody on the floor. also tonight, supporters are celebrating the reappointment of a second tennessee state lawmaker who was expelled. we ll get reaction from his colleagues to other democrats, who defied republicans by leading a pro gun reform protests on the statehouse floor. and a gruesome new development in russia s war against ukraine. videos posted online purportedly show beheaded ukrainian soldiers, i ll ask the ukrainian prime minister about that, and much more when he joins me for an exclusive interview. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the anguish calls to 911 that were made during the deadly shooting rampage in the louisville bank. cnn s shimon prokupe
and there he is. chazz self crowned pickleball king. do you just bow down? no you dethrone the king light three times the electrolytes hydrate and feel better fast. the epa is evaluating the toxic smoke still billowing in the air from that enormous fire at an indiana recycling plant that sparked on tuesday it has forced the evacuation of more than 2000 people in that area, and it will likely burn for days to come. officials have now placed the blame on the owner of the business. cnn s omar jimenez has more from richmond, indiana. well, i ve always said that place is going to go up in flames one day, and it sure did. this massive fire at a large recycling plant, putting out toxic smoke could burn for days , officials say 14 acres of plastics stored on the property , but with this site, especially it wasn t a matter of if, but