communities flattened by deadly tornadoes. and now president biden approves a disaster declaration for the state of mississippi. donald trump rails against what he calls weaponization of the criminal investigation process will tell you what he s saying about the investigations he faces and look at where they stand and russian president vladimir putin planning a move we haven t seen since the end of the cold war details and a live report from moscow. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hoover. and we begin in the southeastern us where millions are at risk today for severe storms, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. this new extreme weather threat coming after powerful storms spawned deadly tornadoes that barreled through mississippi and nearby states friday night, leaving buildings crumpled vehicles scattered like toys and trees and power lines, stripped bare and strewn about at least 26 people were killed and dozens injured. just hours ago, president
The troubled intentions often leave to concerns for the Global Economy. Trade and business have been at the heart of new Peace Agreements between israel and some of her original neighbours. The Abraham Accords were signed at the white house just over three years ago, normalising israels relations with the United Arab Emirates and bahrain. Morocco and sudan laterjoined, expanding israels first new Peace Agreement says the deal signed with egypt in 1979 and jordan in 1994. To with egypt in 1979 and jordan in 1994. ,. ,. ,. , , in 1994. To all of israels friends in 1994. To all of israels friends in in 1994. To all of israels friends in the in 1994. To all of israels friends in the middle in 1994. To all of israels l friends in the middle east, those who are with us today and those who are with us today and those who are with us today and those who will join those who are with us today and those who willjoin us tomorrow, i say peace and today. Before the accords, israels Middle East Good
Investors and analysts had predicted the conflict with the Palestinians would derail a fragile recovery in high-tech, which accounts for more than half of Israel s exports and nearly a fifth of its overall economic output.
and i suppose the other big concern is investment in israel. israel s much fabled startup high tech sector where investment has fallen at a much faster rate than it has fallen in startups around the world in terms of investment from venture capital firms in to startups. and that is a big worry for israel because high tech exports account for about half of all israeli exports. so if the high tech sector is impacted, that will have a big impact on the economy as a whole. but it is not all doom and gloom. certainly that is what benjamin netanyahu and his finance minister were trying to say yesterday in the wake of this announcement by moodys. they were saying look, once the dust settles, everyone will see that the israeli economy is strong and to be fair they reckon it will grow about 3% this year, that is not too shabby. and also there are big investments coming in the gas sector and just yesterday, we had a big french aerospace and
joined by hannah s gold in jerusalem. so how does a significant defection if you will explain his rationale and the reaction? kim. this is a huge moment in a huge political moment in this whole debate over this massive judicial overhaul that would place a huge amount of power if it passes as it s currently proposed into the hands of the politicians into the hands of the israeli parliament, the knesset, even allowing them to not only have more power over how judges are selection selected, but even one of the bills would allow them to overturn certain supreme court decisions. so as we ve seen now , almost three months of regular protests, hundreds of thousands of israelis taking to the streets. we ve also seen senior figures from across all of the segments of israeli society, including the banking and the high tech sector. and now, of course, the minister of defense , this is probably the most significant voice to speak out against these reforms and not necessarily against any reforms .