in. who is next 1234. wouldn t you are like to know. plus the plea deal that allowed the michigan state gunman to legally buy guns. oonand will the lawyers put murdaugh on the stand in his own defense? former south carolina governor nikki haley is kicking off her bid for the presidency in a matter of hours. she will become the first major rival to challenge donald trump for the gop nomination. it is time for a new ew generation of leadership to rediscover fiscal responsibility, secure our border and strengthen our country, our pride and our purpose. the haley campaign launch gets under way today in charleston. kylie atwood is there. i m nikki haley and i m running for president. reporter: nikki haley telling her story to the american people as a presidential candidate for the first time. i was the proud daughter of indian immigrants. not black, not white. i was different. but my mom would always say your job is not to focus on the differences but the similar
people we are hesitant whether we should open the barricade that we set up in the room. open it. get the. [ beep ] out! that s what was happening as all going on. it was horrific. some people lived through it once. others more than once. sadly, we ll talk to some of those people. it s unbelievable to think, is it the cop or someone that i should be worried about? is it a threat? yeah. so, good morning, everyone. poppy is on assignment. lots of questions, right? what would you do in that situation during a mass shooting? dozens of michigan state students barricaded in their classroom when there was a knock on the door, was it the police or the killer? yet again, president biden demanding action on guns to stop the bloodshed. why did the gunman have a pistol if he already been arrested for a felony gun charge? great question. we ll look into it further in the show. also this morning, the race for the 2024 gop presidential nomination is about to get a start with ni
Georgia, and even some of those storms heading up into the ohio valley. so a spring type storm even though it is winner to the calendar, mother nature doesn t think so. so weather for today all the way to the ohio valley, and yes the snow spreading across the corn belt even back into parts of kansas. and they will take the snow in come coal, because it will end up in lake mead when it melts in the spring. that is great news. but up to the north, there could be snow around chicago andmilwa. spring still up there, spring down here. wild. okay. a one-two punch. chad, thank you so much. and thanks for joining me. i m christine romans. cnn this morning starts right now.
So who knows. perhaps by mid century, there could be a fusion reactor in your neighborhood. clean, efficient. fusion is the energy of mother nature. mother nature does not create nuclear waste. meltdowns like we had with uranium. so this is really a cosmic game changer. it s incredible when you say mother nature doesn t create all the waste and fallout and t toxicity that we do, but how far away are we? you say mid century. so obviously 2050-ish. is that when this is in every day life? like it s taking over the power scene or is that the next step? how far away is this from real widespread use? well, step one is to hit break even. that s what was done in california. extracting as much energy out as you put first time in history in california. that s step one.
Have tornadoes already begun to touch down? reporter: no, but they are just to our west as the crow flies, about 2350 miles to our west. we re in that ground zero area but bracing for impact for later this afternoon. we re gauging what is happening in the dallas-fort worth area and just outside of oklahoma city where tornados have left a path of damage already. there was reports of damage in decatur, texas, just to the north and west of dallas-fort worth. and then let me take you to wayne, oklahoma. this is just south of oklahoma city. and you ll see what happened overnight. some of the damage from a tornado, unconfirmed tornado out of that particular region, but buildings wiped off of their foundation, industries snapped over like twigs. this is what we are bracing ourselves across the northern louisiana area because it is trekking eastward. all the ingredients are coming together. you see mother nature doesn t care that it is the middle of december or that it is