tornado watches and warnings are in effect right now for parts of mississippi all the way to georgia. it comes as the death toll is rising after those massive storms. toward through seven states, and now at least nine people are dead. dozens more injured. there were over 50 sidings of tornadoes, including 22 in illinois, 12 and arkansas aid in iowa. in arkansas. three people are dead after the violent storms swept through that state. the national weather service has confirmed at least two tornadoes have touched down in the state. girl out of commotion and stuff that it was just over. i go outside, and it s crazy as people get blood all over their faces. three people were killed when an apparent tornado ripped through sullivan, indiana, first responders work through the night to clear the streets so they could get to the places hit hardest. and illinois baseball sized hail damage. some vehicles so badly that they had to be towed from the roadway. but the hardest hit areas a sm
a fiber freelancer. former vice president mike pence joins wolf blitzer, cnn primetime tonight at nine. top of the hour this thursday. i m jim sciutto. great to be with you, jim. hi, everyone. i m jessica dean. and any moment now, officials at fort campbell in kentucky will be giving everyone an update after two blackhawk helicopters collided overnight, killing nine u. s service members that is, according to an army official. we re standing by for that, and we ll bring it to you live as soon as it happens. the governor among those who will speak their plus russia has now arrested an american journalist, it says on suspicion of espionage. even draskovic, a reporter for the wall street journal, detained in a small town east of moscow, the wall street journal strongly defending their reporter, the kremlin says. he was caught red handed, refuses to offer any details their track record on this kind of thing. begs a lot of questions. we re going to have details ahead. we begin this
Stripe trying to support paul. we don t have the backing of a large sports conglomerate or media, you know, um media moguls, and that sort of thing, um, you know, and we re glad to see that evan is getting so much support right out of the gate. and we hope that, um, that folks remember that you know for an ordinary family like like us and our brother who doesn t necessarily have all that shame, backing that those letters that you re sending those those messages are worth so much to him and thank you for your support £40 of male that s a lot of support and weight as well. elizabeth whelan. we only wish you the best and hope that us well can keep your spirits up. thank you. and of course, we ll continue to follow this and draskovic s detainment. thank you. major blow to fox news channel. a delaware judge ruled friday that dominion voting systems historic $1.6 billion
Arrested herskovits on wednesday on espionage charges, and he now faces 20 years in prison. it is the first time an american journalist has been detained on accusations by moscow of spying since the cold war. the wall street journal vehemently denies those espionage claims. joining me now is elizabeth wheelan, whose brother, paul is serving a 16 year sentence in a russian penal colony after being convicted of espionage charges. he was arrested first in 2018, elizabeth. welcome and thank you so much for your time. i know your family has expressed tremendous frustration at the lack of progress as you see it in the efforts to secure your brother s release, and, like paul whelan, evan herskovitz is being accused of espionage. but like we said, it s the first time in american journalist has been detained in this way since the cold war. what do you think draskovic s family can expect to happen next? well it s really
After the wall street journal reporter who is based in moscow , was arrested on suspicion of espionage. cnn s jeremy diamond standing by at the white house. first we go to cnn senior international correspondent matthew chance who is in moscow. i wonder matthew how russian authorities are describing this at this point. well they re absolutely kind of committed to the idea that this individual 11 girls, covic, 32, year old reporter for the wall street journal, was not was up to no good. the foreign ministry saying that he whatever he was doing in yekaterinburg, russian city, 1100 miles or so from moscow. it was nothing to do with journalism within the past hour or so, a court in moscow where he s been arraigned, has designated his case top secret, it s revealed in a press statement. that goes. covic has . um denied guilt. he hasn t accepted that he is guilty of