morning. it s saturday. april 1st. i m victor blackwell. april fool s day, huh? hi victor. i m amarillo walker. thank you. so much for spending a part of your saturday with us. here is what we are watching this morning. we don t know what s left. all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys were out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. at least five people are dead and of hundreds of thousands are without power. this morning, i met a tornado outbreak across several states. we are live in hard hit kansas and tracking the threat for more severe storms, as tornado watches remain in effect this morning. the challenge for the nypd is going to be protecting everybody s first amendment right, allowing everybody to have their voice heard. and to do so in a way that keeps the peace. new york city is preparing for president trump s first quarter appearance after he was indicted by manhattan grand jury. what we re learning about the charges and how this historic m
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
busy news day. hi everyone. i m jessica dean and this morning new details surrounding the indictment of former president donald trump, the first former u. s president to face an indictment on criminal charges cnn has learned. trump is expected to appear in a manhattan court tuesday. sources say. that s when he said to be arraigned. this is quite a day. quite a moment in u. s political history. donald trump, former president and current candidate for president in 2024. is facing. we re told more than 30 counts related specifically to business fraud. if convicted, trump could be sentenced to a maximum of four years in prison, though no legal experts believe that s likely all of this connected to his alleged role in a hush money payments scheme and cover up involving the adult film star stormy daniels overnight, his attorney, joe tacopina, says the former president is quote ready to fight. we re on this notable day our reporters, correspondents and guests all standing by to b
tell you what we know about those who were murdered about their lives, not just how their lives ended. three adults and three children at the school were killed yesterday. mike hill was the school custodian. students called him big mike. he loved the kids at the school and his job and he loved his own kids so much. there were seven of them in his 14 grandchildren as well. love to spend time with them and to cook. his family says he was just 61 years old. cynthia peak also was 61. she was a substitute teacher at the school family friend tells local station wsmv she lived most of her life in alabama recently moved to nashville with her husband. she had three children of her own. katherine coons was head of the school. she was 60, a former student with learning disabilities, said that ms coons never gave up on him telling w s m v that there are too many educators who do the world, he said, needs more people like her. how the scruggs dad was the pastor of covenant presbyterian ch
i had no idea at the time. what was going on? i didn t know if it was like a police chase that ended up in a shootout. it was when i saw the teacher come out of the woods and the kids find her that my heart sunk. that was jason hoffman. he was on with us last hour. talking about just happened to be driving by the school and soft kids running, he says. out of the woods into their parents arms. he stopped traffic to help facilitate the whole thing, and then took some video of it. i mean, just horrific all the way around, the more we hear, the worse it gets, but it is. it s nice to see someone like that. who did take a heroic action that day who got involved and tried to help, even if he was downplaying his own role. we have a lot to get to this morning. good morning, everyone. poppy is off. we have new video. that shows young children escaping and running across the street during the school shooting in nashville, and we re learning alarming new details about the shooter s past