welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. we begin at the far north end of the texas panhandle. tornado on the ground. national weather service confirming a tornado strike in perr perryton texas. the fire chief confirming at least three deaths and damage to at least 200 homes. there were collapsed lungs, head injuries and broken bones. cleanup is already under way. congressman ronny jackson is asking people in the area to help any way they can. want to bring in derek van dam in the cnn weather center. this was just one of seven tornados reported thursday along with nearly 200 storms. are we looking at anything like this for today? up fortunately we have another active day ahead of us. the tornados in texas absolutely devastating to see. let s focus on the more immediate threat, what is happening now. we have severe thunderstorm watches stretching from texas through louisiana and the gulf coast. there
progressive democrats will get their chance to sound off at a news conference later this hour. the chair woman threatening repercussions far from washington if president biden gives in to gop demands for spending cuts. i think it would be a huge backlash from our entire house democratic, you know, caucus, progressives, but also in the streets. sandra: and the dow did take a hit over a lack of progress on those debt talks. here you have it, down for the entire session at the moment off 200 points as we head into the last couple hours of trading, we ll be watching it. welcome back. john: the dow goes down, the dow goes up. let s hope. sandra: i knew that was coming. john: america reports rolls into a second hour. john roberts in washington. a lot of heads, sandra. sandra: sandra smith in new york. john: larry kudlow with his take in a few minutes, but begin with the fox news alert. my name is yolanda. [gunfire] stay down and get down. john: brand-new video
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