here are tonight s headlines. the west and south are baking under triple-digit temperatures, with no end in sight. it s hotter and hotter every summer time. norah: and as vermont and new york begin to assess the damage from massive floods, the area is also bracing for more rain. you are still pumping water out days after? yes. norah: multiple passengers and flight attendants injured after a flight to florida hit severe turbulence. she flew up in the air, like matrix, is the only way i can think to describe it. three people are dead, 14 others seriously hurt after a crash involving a greyhound bus. it was i-70 near st. louis. president biden capped the two-day nato summit by emphasizing the military alliance s united front in rallying around ukraine. our commitment to ukraine will not weaken. norah: hundreds of military nominations hang in the balance, held up by one senator protesting abortion access. how long are you willing to kee
at the u. s army base, fort campbell have confirmed the crash of two blackhawk helicopters, and it s believed that the incident could be deadly. we re told the aircraft went down in nearby trigg county around 10 p.m. wednesday night local time these photos from the crash site just into us now they were obtained by wkd z radio. in kentucky. the helicopters were with the 101st airborne division , and we re told that they were doing routine training when the crash occurred as of now, the official status of the crew members is unknown, but in a tweet earlier from kentucky governor andy beshear, he said that fatalities are expected and asked for prayers for those affected. stay with cnn for the very latest will bring you any updates as they come in. it s been four days since three children and three adults were killed in a school shooting and for many in nashville, tennessee , and across america, that pain and recovery will last a long time. the mayor says that the city s heart is
i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. we re hours away from president biden s state of the union address tonight, his first to a divided congress. instead of nancy pelosi over the president s left shoulder, it will be speaker kevin mccarthy. the speech is expected to draw the largest television audience for the president this year. americans will hear biden lay out why he believes the state of the union is strong as he said last week. he s expected to talk about lowering inflation, improving infrastructure and getting past the worst of the pandemic. he s also expected to talk about america s stand against china. of course just days after an american fighter jet shot down one of its supply balloons. the president will likely increase the urgency for congress to act on policing reform and an adult weapons band. all of it will be a test run for his re-election bid. phil mattingly is with us now. what more should we expect from the president tonight? you know, vict
millions are under active alerts . we re tracking this and much more right here. on cnn news, central. breaking news. we re getting our first look at the destruction left behind after a tornado touched down in missouri overnight. taking a look now at aerial footage of some of the damage left behind in glen allen officials say several people are dead and injured and the danger not over yet today more than 85 million americans are facing the threat of severe storms. cnn s derek van dam is tracking these storms for us, you are in tornado ravaged little rock, arkansas, where we understand there is a warning out right now. that s right, sara. we just got word from the national weather service that this area has now been extended with our tornado watch as new tornado warned supercell thunderstorms are forming directly to our west . we ve got about 10 to 15 minutes in little rock where i m located before our storms strike . i want to just paint the scene here because we still have u
tornadoes kill at least two dozen people in the southeast, and the severe storm threat isn t over yet. and nukes next door, vladimir putin now says he ll put tactical nuclear weapons right on ukraine s doorstep in belarus. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with the crisis in israel , where the country s main airport just halted all takeoffs . it s part of a general strike called for just a short time ago by israel s largest labor union . the aim is to stop benjamin netanyahu s government from pushing through a highly controversial judicial overhaul what one labor leader called quote this craziness. right street. protests against that plan have intensified huge crowds filling the streets of tele viv after netanyahu fired his defense minister. for opposing the overhaul. cnn s had asked. gold is live in jerusalem this morning. what are we hearing from prime minister netanyahu this morning had asked nothing