hello and welcome. the governor of mississippi has warned there are significant risks of more severe weather after a tornado left hundreds homeless. president biden has declared a major emergency in the state. this is the moment on friday when the wind barrelled through a school in the area, captured by cctv cameras inside the building. and these are the latest drone pictures after the tornado struck carving a path of destruction 170 miles long. at least 25 people were killed in mississippi and one person in alabama. dozens have been injured. 0ur north america correspondent sophie long reports from mississippi. this is rolling fork, a small, close community in mississippi. there is little left. they ve lost loved ones, their homes, everything. we get storms like bad rain or, you know, probably high winds or something. but we never experience nothing like this where it can wipe out a whole town. you know, schools, children, you know, parents, loved ones. it wiped out every
and friends first on tuesday morning, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. we re learning about the heroic officer who is in critical condition, after being shot in the head while lunging toward the gunman. he graduated from the police academy just 10 days ago. lauren blanchard joins us. he was shot in the head when he ran toward the shooter in the louisville, kentucky shooting yesterday. nicholas wilt graduated just days ago and has been undergoing surgery. a fifth victim has died and eight others hurt, including two officers. hospital code three. officers to the hospital, code three. transporting one officer, get the hospital ready. the alleged gunman began shooting before the bank opened yesterday morning. witnesses say it began in a first story conference room. police responded within minutes. visibly upset the governor breshear said he lost a close friend. a terrible act of violence tore from all of us, one of my close frien
vowing to forcefully protect u. s citizens as his administration cast blame on iran and seeks to punish its proxies. also tonight, former white house chief of staff mark meadows is under orders to testify along with other top x trump aides. in the january 6th criminal investigation. it s another win for the special counsel after forcing trump s lawyer to face a grand jury today, and north korea threatens to unleash a giant radioactive tsunami as it claims to test a nuclear capable underwater drone. kim jong un ramping up his dangerous taunts. as we re learning more about human rights abuses on his watch , welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world is on assignment. i m alex marquardt york in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news and let s get right to that breaking news out of syria, u. s forces targeted with rocket fire tonight by suspected iranian backed fighters. this comes after a deadly drone attack on americans and retaliatory airs
he was bailed out almost immediately. they continued an investigation. what police discovered was disturbing. you mentioned the suicide of his son, his 14-year-old son which occurred back in march and followed some relatively minor disciplinary action at the school. following that suicide police say it really set off the father and changed things. they discovered these e-mails that he sent to himself an his wife that describes some very, very disturbing plots at the high school. he appeared to be very serious about all this. he was clearly starting fires and working on burning the school down. that was the beginning of his threat. he said he was going to, in his e-mails to his wife, he indicated he wanted to acquire some firearms and go to the school and just do a great deal of violence at the school including sexual assaults and random violents against the kids. he s being held without bail. we have reached out to his attorney. he has not returned our calls. i want to po