the pending opinion to overturn roe v. wade. also ahead, why experts warn we could see blackouts this summer in the united states and which areas are at highest risk. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead and new questions about what exactly police on the scene knew and when during the uvalde massacre. as the community begins to say its final good-byes to some of the 21 victims. the visitations begin today for 48-year-old teacher irma garcia and two 10-year-old students, na via alyssa bravo and jose manuel flores jr. the funial for their classmates amerie jo garza and maite rodriguez are planned today. we re waiting for more information from law enforcement including a ballistics record and radio transmissions not to mention basic details, how many kids were wounded, how many students came out of the classroom alive, and on and on. cnn has also obtained a facebook live video recorded outside the school during the shooting. it appears to i
Holy bleep . Violent tornado, guys. Violent tornado wow, that looks like its out of a movie. We begin this hour with a fox weather alert devastating video and catastrophic tornados ripping across the heartland and the worst may not be over as more severe storms are expected throughout the weekend. Fox weather is in elkhorn, nebraska with the very latest, nicole. David, good morning. Historic images of whats left behind after a Monster Tornado decimated the community of elkhorn, nebraska here. Youll take a look at one home where theres not a wall left standing. This home flattened in the sheer force of that violent tornado you saw moments ago. And you looked at what this once made this a home, roof,walls, ripped through the neighborhood. Its not just one home. Theres a sea of them and truly, a line of them that you can see that have been damaged one way or another. But at this time were talking about the next morning, and its incredible to see just how many people, an army or so of volu
Futures. Im maria bartiromo. Breaking news as the u. S. Responds to irans aggression. Iran launching a direct attack on israel, over 300 missiles and drones launched with israels iron dome knocking down 9 of the attacks, inter 99 of the attacks before they arrived in israel. Coming up, the speaker of the house, mike johnson, on the next stepses as a lawmakers expect to the vote on a Security Package for israel and ukraine this week. The speaker is here exclusively on israel, ukraine and the u. S. Border. Then, former director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on the dangerous global backdrop under President Joe Biden. Plus, senator rand paul is here on the response in the senate and the covid coverup. Why 15 federal agencies were aware of Gain Of Function Research being done at the wuhan lab in china before covid leaked and spread across the world killing millions. Plus, tomorrow is tax day in america. House ways and Means Committee chairman jason smith on why the irs is auditing
Futures. Im maria bartiromo. Breaking news as the u. S. Responds to irans aggression. Iran launching a direct attack on israel, over 300 missiles and drones launched with israels iron dome knocking down 9 of the attacks, inter 99 of the attacks before they arrived in israel. Coming up, the speaker of the house, mike johnson, on the next stepses as a lawmakers expect to the vote on a Security Package for israel and ukraine this week. The speaker is here exclusively on israel, ukraine and the u. S. Border. Then, former director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on the dangerous global backdrop under President Joe Biden. Plus, senator rand paul is here on the response in the senate and the covid coverup. Why 15 federal agencies were aware of Gain Of Function Research being done at the wuhan lab in china before covid leaked and spread across the world killing millions. Plus, tomorrow is tax day in america. House ways and Means Committee chairman jason smith on why the irs is auditing
u.n. thomas pickering on whether there is a potential endgame for israel in all of this. also ahead, a vote could come as early as this week on the next step in the house gop impeachment even as his son hunter turned the table on the committee leader demanding that he testify. it comes as court declared insurrectionist donald trump has a new sales pitch. he s a candidate who will protect democracy. all of that plus the santos saga ends in congress. so i am no longer congressman santos. i m just regular old professor major general reverend astronaut santos. protector of the realm, princess of genova. coming up, i m going to talk to a screenwriter who saw his fictional story about a conman in congress come to life over the past year. stay tuned for that conversation. you don t want to miss it. we ll begin this hour with the breaking story out of the middle east. the pentagon confirmed the uss carney shot down two drones after multiple commercial vessels were attacked in the