Right here, its apocalyptic. I mean looking at that and were going to hear, i know you had on your show people on the ground there my show also going to talk to some of the residents who are climbing out of this with kids, trying to juggle that with schools being closed, figuring out a place to live, where to get water, food. It is an ongoing crisis for these people, and were going to continue to shine a spotlight jim, thanks so much. Ill take it from here you bet. And good morning, everyone. You are live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Pamela Brown in washington, and we begin this hour with exclusive new video Into Cnn that will give you more perspective on the scope and the scale of the catastrophe in the southeast and what people are dealing with right now in this very moment. You are looking at the wounds of asheville, North Carolina one of the cities that Helene Hit the hardest. Take a look here. This is the river arts district, just more than a week ago. It was a vibrant, beautiful area
the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with the deadly outbreak of tornadoes that ripped across much of the south and midwest beginning yesterday afternoon. just over the last few hours, the death toll has more than doubled. 21 people are now confirmed killed by the storms and all more than 50. tornadoes have been reported in seven states, at least 12 of those tornadoes. were reported in arkansas state of emergency is in place in the hardest hit areas, including when the devastated arkansas town that you re seeing right there. cnn s derek van dam is with the latest from arkansas. 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 that building just in front of us here. we have el
shooter s background. the suspect was under doctor s care . anything explained this senseless act plus taking a break. the manhattan grand jury investigating former president trump set to pause for almost a month. this is a very unusual development in washington to federal probe steamroll ahead. the former vice president is ordered to testify in the january 6th investigation. obviously have nothing to hide so well, he comply and urgent warning. the biggest names in tech called for an immediate halt in artificial intelligence development. i think artificial intelligence is something we need to be quite concerned about technology moving too fast. cnn prime time. starts now. good evening. i m katelyn polantz alongside my all star team of fellow cnn anchors here tonight. sara seidner, michael smerconish and laura coates. we re going to be breaking down all of the day s biggest stories together tonight , but we start in nashville and an emotional vigil tonight for the six victims
code. don t wait code now and get the permanent solution protected by the bosley guarantee. herman in eastern ukraine. this is cnn. you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with new details in the case against 21 year old jack to share a the air national guardsman is accused of leaking top secret pentagon information is now charged under the espionage act. he worked in i t and had to have top secret clearances for access to the materials at the center of this controversy, prosecutors say. first began posting some of the classified intelligence online. back in december. since the arrest, president biden has directed national security agency officials to take more steps to secure this very sensitive information, and we start now with cnn s white house correspondent jeremy diamond joins us now over at the white house, jeremy one more we re learning tonight. well, jim, this investigation is continuing and the pentagon is working to assess now
the cnn newsroom i m erica hill. and i m bianna golodryga. he was scared of getting caught transcribing classified documents at work. so what did he do? well, he took them home. that is just one of the stunning new details. we re learning about the suspect arrested in the flagrant pentagon leak investigation 21 year old jack to share a was charged with two federal crimes. today he did not enter a plea, but he will remain in custody until his detention hearing next week. to share a who was arrested yesterday at his parents home was an it specialist for a military intelligence unit on cape cod, massachusetts. today s affidavit providing somewhere insight into why this effectively low level air national guardsman had such high level access to the sensitive information is beyond a mentioned he worked in. i t actually held top secret clearance since 2021 starting in december, according to the affidavit, he was posting hundreds of highly classified intel documents to a chat group