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
the honda fit that the 28 year old shooter audrey elizabeth hale drove to the campus this morning. parked there. detective searched after officers shot and killed the attacker and found material inside, written by hell. now they have posted an image on social media of the glass doors that they say the attacker shot through. enter the building, right? didn t just open a door actually shot. ah into the building. police say they will be releasing footage as soon as tonight of what they encountered and when they arrived at the scene this morning. meantime the killer has been identified as transgender person who once attended that same private christian school located inside a church and tonight we may be learning about a possible motive. there is some belief that there was some resentment to having to go to that school. don t have all the details of that just yet, and that s why this incident occurred. that was nashville s police chief, john drake, speaking to nbc earlier tonight
house and all federal buildings be lowered to half staff. to honor the victims. the news continues. erin burnett outfront starts now. outfront next massacre in america. police say they searched the shooter s parked car and found more material that audrey hale wrote before killing six people, including three children. they re also on standby for police to release video from the moment the shooter was taken down. plus the trump probe mystery witness revealed the man who helped broker that hush money deal with stormy daniels appears again before new york grand jury did david peckers new testimony, help or hurt the ex president and she made explosive claims about fox news, alleging she was coached to lie in a major legal case against the network. the network is now fired. her producers lawyer is with me tonight. let s go, outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight we re getting a first look at the car of the killer of three children and three adults at covenant sc
is it freedom for kids to go t school and tried to socialize, and try to learn, and be scare to death that they might die that day well, that groups will fix i because it s gonna double th number of cops in schools. that s what he wants to do well, that will create a great environment. is that freedom? or is it freedom to have a congressman who can make a postcard with all his family holding rifles, includin ar-15s or whatever, is tha cool is that cool for republicans that is freedom. that s more important than protecting the kids? i don t get it coach gregg popovich take us off the air tonight and on that note, i wish you all a very safe night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late i will see you at the end of tomorrow thanks to atone for joining us this hour really happy to have you here. on a new state like today, i will admit it is hard to kno we are to begin. but today is yet another day 1 place to begin is with
is that freedom? or is it freedom to have a congressman who can make a postcard with all his family holding rifles, includin ar-15s or whatever, is tha cool is that cool for republicans that is freedom. that s more important than protecting the kids? i don t get it coach gregg popovich take us off the air tonight and on that note, i wish you all a very safe night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late i will see you at the end of tomorrow tonight on all in. one of the tennessee three, no back in his job. power to the people the unanimous vote to reappoint justin jones to hi seat [crowd chanting] as hundreds of protesters accompany him back to the stat capital. tonight, the fight to save democracy in tennessee, then - i have a very close frien that didn t make it tonight. and i ve another close frien who didn t either, and one was at the hospital. at least four people killed nine more injured, in th latest mass