Building. We have to warn you. This is upsetting. Okay. I dont know whos watching. We got hit by a hurricane. Im at work in mayfield. And we are trapped. Please, yall, give us some help. Were at the Candle Factory in mayfield. Please. Please. In arkansas, at least one person is dead. Five seriously injured after the apparent tornado hit a nursing home. Early reports say two people died and multiple injured at the Amazon Center in edwardsville, illinois after a 100foot portion of the wall collapsed. We will stay with the story. A lot going on. I want to get to Stephanie Stanton who has been covering this. Stephanie, good morning. This is a Fast Breaking story. We are learning about the damage and as sun starts to come up and what that damage looks like. There is still danger of more storms. Reporter good morning, ali. We are monitoring what is happening over in the several states in the midwest. From here in florida, i grew up in the chicagoland area. Im familiar with tornadoes. I have
Antiglobalization protests targeting the annual g 8 meetings. There was once a big spending scandal involving the u. K. When the u. K. Hosted the g 8 once. It was also really super awkward one year when italy hosted the g8 after their Prime Minister got busted in one of just one of his sex with underaged girls scandals. That happened on the eve of the other g8 leaders arriving to be hosted by berlusconi the g8 has had aches and pains over the years, but nothing, nothing like what happened that was so bad it made them actually shrink and become not the g8 but the g7. That was 2014. Russia became the first and only country in europe since world war ii to invade another sovereign country and take over part of that other countrys land as its own. That had not happened in europe since world war ii but russia did that to ukraine in 2014. Russia under putin had been pushing it to be considered a part of the g8. Him invading ukraine and taking part of it and calling that part of Ukraine Russia
Nothing like what happened that was so bad it made them actually shrink and become not the g8 but the g7. That was 2014. Russia became the first and only country in europe since world war ii to invade another sovereign country and take over part of that other countrys land as its own. That had not happened in europe since world war ii but russia did that to ukraine in 2014. Russia under putin had been pushing it to be considered a part of the g8. Him invading ukraine and taking part of it and calling that part and the g8 always had a bit of drama. The g8 had big drama. That with of Ukraine Russia that was too much. Was that was too much for the g8. Russia got booted indefinitely out of the g8 in 2014 and that is how the g8 shrunk and become the g7. So the g7 still exists minus russia now. But then there is also the g20. And the g20 is not seven countries. Its 20 countries. And, therefore, by definition, its less exclusive. And it turns out if you want to be a part of the g20, its fine
Democratic backsliding isnt restricted to distant lands. Right here in the United States of america, we just saw a sitting president deny the clear results of an election and help incite a violent riot at the nations capitol. Not only that, but a majority of his party, include manage who occupied some of the highest offices in the land, continued to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the last election. And are using it to justify laws to restrict the vote and make it easier to overturn the will of the people in state where is they hold power. For those of us who believe in democracy and the rule of law, this should serve as a wakeup call. Meanwhile, donald trump uses his power to amplify lies and disinformation for personal gain at the expense of democracy. In an interview with piers morgan, he continued to push the big lie he cooked up. These lies are what precipitated the greatest assault on american democracy. This led to the death of nearly ten people. And yet, the Republican Party do
That has been moving overtime. I think the earliest testament they gave a while back was maybe as early as march, but now they are moving into that point. Rachel, it was also interesting when you reported that report from the New York Times about, donald trump gave these witnesses permission, authorized them, to speak to the committee. It is such a strange bit in this story. My theory about it, just a theory, just a theory, is that the source for the New York Times on donald trump authorizing this was donald trump. Because the reporters of that story have direct access to donald trump, they have in the past. It sounds like donald trump is trying to say, i am in complete control of this. The white house, the former white House Counsel did not go and testify there today on his own without checking with me. I authorized it. That is just a theory, just a theory. I am in complete control. He is definitely still differential to me, there is nothing to worry about, all of this is fine, i dont