confront bigotry, that s your reality check. a very needed one, john, thank you. new day continues right now. this is cnn breaking news. very good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is thursday, february 3rd, and breaking just moments ago, president biden confirming that the united states carried out a counterterrorism raid in syria, that has killed the leader of isis. so this is the first video that we are seeing of this operation. it is just in to cnn. and these are the first images from the scene showing some of the aftermath of this mission. the pentagon so far not saying much about this, except that it was in their words successful. the u.s. targeted al qaeda and its affiliates in the idlib province before. syrian defense forces say this operation killed 13 people including six children. the breaking news, which is hugely significant, if true, this statement from the white house that the isis leader is dead or as they say off the
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
Defamation lawsuit against the network will go to trial later this month. and this means that some of fox news is highest ranking executives and most prominent hosts could be called to testify about the 2020 election lives that were promoted on the channel. cnn s marshal cohen has been following the details of this case for us all right, marshal. take it from there. victor there is no other way to put it. this was a huge loss for fox news. this is not what they wanted to see yesterday in this huge ruling from the judge, they wanted to avoid a trial. they argued that they were fully protected under the first amendment. but the judge ruled yesterday in a 130 page ruling that this case will go to trial. and unless there is some sort of last minute settlement, which is always possible jury selection is going to start in less than two weeks now, remember victor this is all about fox s decision in 2020 to embrace the big lie to put people on their channel that