morning. it s saturday. april 1st. i m victor blackwell. april fool s day, huh? hi victor. i m amarillo walker. thank you. so much for spending a part of your saturday with us. here is what we are watching this morning. we don t know what s left. all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys were out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. at least five people are dead and of hundreds of thousands are without power. this morning, i met a tornado outbreak across several states. we are live in hard hit kansas and tracking the threat for more severe storms, as tornado watches remain in effect this morning. the challenge for the nypd is going to be protecting everybody s first amendment right, allowing everybody to have their voice heard. and to do so in a way that keeps the peace. new york city is preparing for president trump s first quarter appearance after he was indicted by manhattan grand jury. what we re learning about the charges and how this historic m
citizens right now, and it s time to go if you re there, and administration is urging us citizens to leave russia after reporter for the wall street journal is detained accused of espionage case stands and what this says about the current state of us russia relations. details about the cdc team that got sick while investigating the cause of the train derailment in east palestine, ohio that was carrying hazardous. chemicals. we begin with people in the southeast, waking up to the threat of severe and dangerous weather, tornado watches and warnings are in effect right now for parts of mississippi all the way to georgia. it comes as we re getting a better look at the destruction left behind after those massive storms or through seven states over 50 tornado sightings have been reported. at least five are now dead. the powerful storms blew through when arkansas, killing at least two people and trapping dozens inside their home, leading town officials to send out a call for neighbo
Welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, april 1st on camera . walker i m victor blackwell. last hour. you noted that it s april fool s day. i m wondering if there s something coming my way i watch out. you better be careful. alright here s what else we re watching this morning. we don t know what s left. all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys are out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. five people are dead hundreds of thousands without power this morning after tornado outbreak across several states live in hard hit arkansas and we re tracking the threat for more severe storms. as tornado watches are in effect this morning preparations are underway in new york for former president trump s first court appearance after he was indicted by a manhattan grand jury. what we re learning about the charges he s facing and how this historic moment is expected to play out. russia is a is a hostile environment for american
John thune. underscoring the party s divisions over, trump told cnn earlier there were legitimate questions about brad . he would not align himself with the house gop support house republican efforts to call alvin bragg up here and get him to testify. i m not gonna get into what the house is doing there, some members of senator mcconnell s leadership team did come out and criticize the prosecutor that include senator john cornyn of texas and senator john barrasso of wyoming, corn in brazil and jump tune all seen as potential successors to mitch mcconnell down the line. now, there was also some republicans who took a different tone and urged republicans and democrats to look at the evidence first before forming a conclusion about what happened here that senator senator lisa murkowski of alaska, one of the senators who voted to convict donald trump and his second impeachment trial, she said that while everyone deserves a fair legal process, people should take their time and not rush to j
In uniform. and prepared for mobilization. the challenge for the nypd is going to be protecting everybody s first amendment right, allowing everybody to have their voice heard. and to do so, in a way that keeps the peace. the big question. will the public see images of trump as he enters the court, where many of his associates have already passed? and victor? we ve now learned that there actually will be a camera on the 15th floor, where the former president is expected to walk through that floor on the 15th floor and then go inside the courtroom. so perhaps we will capture some of his movement and behind me here is where we right now think the president will surrender the doors that he will walk through as he turns himself in to the manhattan d a s office on tuesday. we re still waiting on word on exactly the security plans and what s going to take place, but security here already has been heightened as folks here anticipate. his arrival on tuesday. camera, victor. all