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suburbs of paris to the river thames, meet oarsmen taking part in the university boat race. welcome, first, the governor of mississippi has declared a state of emergency after tornadoes ripped through the us state. at least 25 people were killed. the authorities say the storm of the trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. president biden has called the storm s heartbreaking and vowed federal support. storm s heartbreaking and vowed federalsupport. one storm s heartbreaking and vowed federal support. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork where a entire neighbourhoods were flattened to rubble. david willis has the story. this is all that remains of the mississippi town of rolling fork. heavy vehicles were picked up and tossed around like toys after the twister touched down, all but wiping this tightknit community of the map. this tightknit community of the ma -. ~ ., , this tightknit community of the ma. ~ ., , this tightknit community of the ma. ~ ., .
massive tornado formed near rolling fork, mississippi. it flattened much of that town as you can see as well as others as it roared eastward across the state into alabama. mallory white for mississippi emergency management standing by live for us as is adam klotz live in the fox weather center but first, let s check in with charles watson live in emory mississippi near the alabama border. i know you been talking with residents today, what have they told you about how much of a heads up if any at all they got before they were hit by the twister? as you mentioned we ve been talking to folks out here throughout the day and many of them say they had plenty of heads up. they say they got the tornado warnings from the national weather service, text watching the news so a lot of these folks were able to take cover but when you talk to these folks who live in the community, you can t help but feel really bad for them they worked their whole lives to build up their homes and their b
judge blocks the fda approval of a key abortion medication. how the biden administration is planning to respond and china simulating strikes against taiwan after the nation s president visited the us we re live in beijing as tensions escalate. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this is early start this morning. justice department officials are racing to find out how top secret u. s military documents were leaked online. the information is intended only for those with the highest levels of us security clearance documents cover a wide range of topics from assessments of ukraine s military strength and casualty figures to intelligence on american allies like israel and south korea. the documents will reportedly first posted on obscure internet gaming sites. but have now turned up on twitter and youtube in recent weeks, democratic congressman ruben gallego, raising concerns that this leak could jeopardize sources and
announce another big interest rate hike spurring fears of a recession. hello, and welcome. it s wednesday, september 21st. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in moscow where we re following a potentially drastic escalation of russia s war on ukraine. vladimir putin is ordering a partial mobilization to boost his military fight. the russian president says it begins today. those in the reserve and with previous military experience will be subject to it. cnn s covering the story from every angle. we re joined in london and nick peyton walsh is standing by. nick, to you first. this announcement of a move, partial prescription isn t entirely unexpected given the losses we re seeing russia suffer on the battlefield. what does this mean? reporter: what s startling is how fast this will go into action but i think it s fair to say relatively limited. for 12 hours we have been awaiting really a speech from the kremlin head and talk had been possibly he might call for mass mobilization