Losing month for 2019, first may decline for 2012 this morning you see modest green arrows s p futures up by 2 points and the nasdaq up by about 9 points. Overnight in asia markets slightly stronger. President trump coming back from japan. You see the nikkei closed up by a third of a percentage point. Similar gains for the hang seng and the shanghai deposit up about 0. 6 in europe its a mixed picture. The ftse up by about a tenth of a percent. Stocks are weaker in it will i and in spain as well if you talk a look at whats been happening in the treasury market in the United States, youll see the tenyear is yeeling, wow, 2. 89 , so below 3 . This morning alibaba deba debating whether to offer new public shares in a second offering, this time to hong kong reported will i they could raise up to 20 billion. Theyre currently working with financial vuzers to offer the listing as early as this year. The Company Initially listed in new york in 2014 raising a record 25 billion shares of alibaba
mississippi picking up the pieces after devastating storms over the weekend left over two dozen people dead and prince harry, elton john, and others take their fight against the british tabloids to a london courtroom. this is what we re watching at this hour. and thank you for being here. i m amarillo walker in for kate baldwin. we begin in israel, which is paralyzed right now by protests over benjamin netanyahu s plan to overhaul the country s judicial system. take a look at this video right now of protesters blocking a highway in television. police tried to disperse them by blasting them with water cannons. and while israelis take to the streets in protest, a historic general strike is also bringing the country. to a standstill all flights at israel s main airport were grounded for several hours , but they have now resumed now this is all happening just hours after netanyahu fired his own defense minister who had called for a pause in the government s judicial reform effort
. and i m amra walker. thank you all for spending a part of your morning with us and to you, victor, i have to tell you i tweeted out a photo of us yesterday and the excitement level for victor blackwell was pretty intense. and everyone s saying, look, is this permanent ? i m like, yes, yes. yes it is permanent for real and for keys as long as long as you wake up the reason. i mean, the schedule again, cycle is a chance. here is what we are watching this morning. i got my wife we got in the tub covered our heads. by the time we did that the storm was coming over and all we could hear was the house. breaking apart. so many terrifying stories. the death toll continues to climb after at least 10. tornadoes ripped through the south friday. the recovery efforts now underway as federal resources are moving in , and we are also tracking the threat for more severe storms today. due to the violence of the explosion and the amount of time that has passed the chance of finding survivors
gone. us president joe biden back home after meeting with prime minister justin trudeau in canada, why illegal immigration across the u. s northern border was a hot topic. and people all over the world getting ready to turn off the lights to mark earth hour. it s a way to help raise awareness about the climate crisis. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with leila harare. we begin this hour with extreme weather in the southeastern united states, where multiple tornadoes barreled across mississippi in the past few hours, the national weather service says a large tornado cost significant damage in several towns, including rolling fork and silver city, leaving homes and buildings flattened and trees and power lines down. search and rescue teams and first responders are on the scene in the area northwest of jackson. we spoke with the president of one of the town s hard hit in mississippi should described what she went through. we watched this tornado form. through the lightning
mississippi officials reported least eight deaths and sharkey county, which includes the town of rolling fork, where homes and businesses were flattened, and trees and power lines were knocked down. humphreys county. at least three people were killed and at least two people are in critical condition. search and rescue teams and first responders are on the scene in the area northwest of jackson, and we spoke with the president of one of the towns that was hard hit, who was on the phone with her grandmother when the tornado went through? listen to this. you could hear the tornado in the you could hear the roar in the background and she started screaming. for help. and she said that, um she wants it stopped roaring her, she said. it s raining through my roof. it s raining through my roof, so we rushed down to evacuate her immediately. officials in morgen county, alabama, say first responders freed up to seven people who were trapped in a group home and as the storm system moves