begin this hour, with the rising death toll from the tornado outbreak that has ripped across much of the south and midwest just minutes ago, officials in illinois confirmed for more storm related deaths, the overall death toll over the last 24 hours now jumps to 21 lives lost more than 50. tornadoes have been reported in seven states. in the south and the midwest. the state of emergency now blankets, much of arkansas and the national guard is rolling into devastated communities. there are reports of at least a dozen tornadoes touching down in the state. these images are of the hard hit town of wynne, arkansas, and that s where we find cnn s derek van dam. jim i was just talking to my crew a moment ago, and the scene behind us reminds us of being on the set of a major blockbuster movie. i mean, just look at what we have with this destruction coming out of wynne, arkansas, that is a church steeple that was blown off by this tornado. look at the incredible damage in front of tha
Moves on to trial, i suppose you ll have a situation where the secret service is going to have to be. they re moving him and in and out of the courtroom as this trial progresses. how is that going to be, um handled by the secret service. i mean, they re just gonna have to deal with it, i guess. yeah, well, listen, jimmy, we re in uncharted territory here, right ? we ve never had a secret service protectee be charged with, you know a crime like this , so but if you take a step back and think about what is the remit of the secret service, it s to provide protection of that protectee, and that is not going to change their protective methodology. you know, for the former president doesn t change whatsoever. the way that they have to work out logistics work with other law enforcement stakeholders, court officers court appearances. you know that s a logistical issue, but from the primary responsibility of protection, it s just another day in in in their job. i mean, they they ll they ll do i