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
are not meant. to go through these types of tragedies. american people go through this again and again, this time for innocent people killed nine innocent people injured and yet another community in horror. today after a mass shooting in louisville, kentucky, after a lone gunman opened fire in his workplace, a bank the governor himself, says he knew one of the victims killed. plus emergency moves by the justice department and a drug manufacturer today trying to hit the brakes on the ruling from a texas judge, appointed by trump that effectively would ban the availability of a popular abortion pill. and classified pentagon documents leaked online , revealing top secret information on allies and adversaries. this leak different from previous ones because of how fresh the intel is speak with the house intelligence committee chairman who was said to be briefed on the matter just moments ago. welcome to the lead . i m jake tapper. it is another emotional day we start with our nati
Signs and say, look, we want to stop gun bonds. that s the conversation they want to have here. that s the one they want to make front and center. we talked to a woman from east tennessee who came here who said look, she is a republican, but she was could not believe that these members were pushed out in the way they were, especially when it comes to the subject. it s the parents who really are galvanized around this right now because they are concerned about what s happening in schools, especially around those high powered weapons. weapons so they want to see something changed. and they believe this could be the first step again. they believe this will happen. there will be a march that follows. that goes all the way to the state capitol. jake ryan young in tennessee. thanks so much coming up next, the chairman of the select house committee on intelligence will be here just moments after he got a classified briefing on those top secret pentagon documents that leaked online stay with u
Implement massachusetts state gun lies and we need to keep fighting until every child has to live in fear of gun bonds. so if you re a college student or anybody of any age rally with us this tuesday if you re around boston we re doing it in harvey gardens. and if your college didn t you can launch your own at your own school. this is not going to change until we make the people in power uncomfortable after part clinton. my last point is that people said that we couldn t change gun laws because we re just a group of teenagers and its republican state legislature . yes what they did same gun laws. the laws that we ve used that have been changed in parkland, stopping them having a very my own mother. somebody sent a death threat to my mom that said, i can t say it s on tv, but blank with the nra and you will be d o a. we used a law that we passed after parkland to disarm that individual. that same law has been used more than 9000 times in florida to screw anybody that says these gun laws
Gun. his name is ale alexander brook. the suspect has been identified as this this says alexander bonds. they were reporting on fox & friends. alexander brooks. we will find out. see if we get clarification on that. this is a picture of the gun bonds used to kill him. a bystander was also shot, but is in stable condition. the attack appears to be unprovoked and she was a 12 year veteran and when this happened a few years ago when that killer came from out of town and assassinated our police officer, we heard no longer going to sit in the police car by themselves anymore. this seems to have been the case right now. ainsley: you heard the partner calling 911 screaming my partner has been shoat. my partner has been shot. you can here hear the fear and just the sadness or the immediate i can t say is i in immediacy in his voice. this lady 48 years old.