tornado outbreak wreaking havoc across much of the midwest and south friday. there are now at least 50 preliminary tornado reports in seven states. at least 10 people have been killed and dozens of others are injured. most of the deaths are in arkansas, where the damage is catastrophic reports of at least a dozen tornadoes there. governor sarah huckabee sanders , declaring a state of emergency and activating the national guard. as the storms gutted entire communities. she s expected to give an update on the storm damage at any moment now and the hardest hit areas of arkansas. that was the town of when. we don t know what s left . all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys are out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. little rock also bearing the brunt of these storms, the city s mayor, telling cnn today that entire neighborhoods were flattened. impact is devastating . i just came out of nowhere. clearly no, it was coming. everyone took cover, as relate
About my mic wasn t on so you couldn t hear me ask a question . all right. so what are we hearing now in other ways on capitol hill? well republicans from rank and file members to republican leaders on capitol hill also very strongly coming forward to defend for the former president. we heard house speaker kevin mccarthy say that he will hold the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, accountable. we also heard other members like congressman barry moore really doubled down on their defense of donald trump and push that this is politically motivated. of course , even though we have not seen the charges that are included in this indictment. here s what right barrymore had to say to our colleague manu raju. so are you. are you jumping the gun on this? no it looks pretty political. so without seeing the indictment without knowing anything behind it. the motivation was there long before the evidence was so, fredricka. i will point out, though, that