people get blood all over their faces. deadly tornadoes ripped through parts of the southern and midwestern united states war storms could be on the way we now know when former president trump is expected to appear in a new york courtroom, how the day could go and how his supporters and mar-a-lago could react. and an update on the health of pope francis were live in rome, where we expect to see the pope discharged from the hospital today. my from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with leila harare. we begin with yet another deadly tornado outbreak and even now, in the middle of the night in the us, it s still underweight states from louisiana to kentucky are under storm alerts right now have been dozens of tornado reports from arkansas to wisconsin, and forecasters predict the severe weather will continue marching east over the coming hours. at least three deaths and dozens of injuries are being blamed on tornadoes that hit arkansas on friday. well, two of those deaths came in
verdict guilty. verdict guilty. a disgraced former attorney, alex murdaugh, will be sentenced after being found guilty for murder. we ll break down the verdict just ahead. and it sounded like a freight train. just like going by the house. a powerful storm system moving through the southern u.s., bringing the threat of tornadoes and damaging winds, tracking the severe weather plus, in the coming hours, the u.s. will announce more systems for ukraine as ukrainian fighters are struggling to keep russian forces out of the eastern city of bakhmut. disgraced former south carolina attorney, alex murdaugh, will be sentenced in the coming hours after being convicted of killing his wife and son. guilty verdict, verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. the jury deliberated less than three hours thursday before returning their decision, one welcomed by the lead prosecutor. here he is. justice was done today, it doesn t matter who your family is. it doesn t matte
grilled by us lawmakers and legal peril for donald trump. soon a federal grand jury will hear testimony from the former president s own lawyer. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with kim bruun hoover. and we begin with tip for tap air strikes in syria after a deadly attack on u. s personnel deployed to fight isis. the pentagon says it launched a retaliatory strike targeting a group affiliated with iran s revolutionary guard in the eastern part of the country that followed a drone attack on u. s forces in syria, killing a u. s contractor and wounding six other americans. let s bring in cnn s international diplomatic editor nic robertson live in london, nick what more are we learning? well this retaliatory strike on groups affiliated with the iranian revolutionary guard corps who are believed to be responsible for that drone strike that killed one contractor wounded five u. s servicemen and another u. s service contract to their this retaliatory strike is being called
the country s longest serving monarch. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. it is tuesday, september 20th, 4 a.m. here on the east coast of the united states where we are tracking hurricane fiona as the storm gains strength in the atlantic. fiona is now a category 3 hurricane barrelling closer to the turks and caicos islands after tearing through the dominican republic on monday. heavy rains and strong winds ripped through cities destroying buildings and homes. more than 1 million people are without running water in the dominican republic and officials say it s too soon to know the exact number of power outages. it s only a glimpse of the power of this storm, and that s expected to get even stronger through the weeks. let s turn to our meteorologist pedram javaheri who s keeping a close eye on the storm. all eyes on the storm. it is a major hurricane, category 3. possibly up to a category 4. the turks and caicos, home to 5,000 pe
cases related to trump and trump s rivals. and he maintained his innocence for 23 years, and now prosecutors say he deserves a new trial after the popular serial podcast raised doubts about dna evidence in the case. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. it could be the first in 30 years, a freight rail strike looming closer could begin as soon as friday morning. about 60,000 workers are set to walk off the job if unions and management fail to come to an agreement in the next day and a half. the consequences from this could be, frankly, economically devastating. gas prices which have been drastically falling from their summer peak could once again skyrocket if trains carrying fuel stop moving. harvested crops could be prevented from reaching food factories, stopping staples from reaching grocery stores. amtrak is already canceling almost all of its long-distance passenger trains starting tomorrow as most of their routes run on freight tracks, disrupting travel across the