morning. it s saturday. april 1st. i m victor blackwell. april fool s day, huh? hi victor. i m amarillo walker. thank you. so much for spending a part of your saturday with us. here is what we are watching this morning. we don t know what s left. all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys were out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. at least five people are dead and of hundreds of thousands are without power. this morning, i met a tornado outbreak across several states. we are live in hard hit kansas and tracking the threat for more severe storms, as tornado watches remain in effect this morning. the challenge for the nypd is going to be protecting everybody s first amendment right, allowing everybody to have their voice heard. and to do so in a way that keeps the peace. new york city is preparing for president trump s first quarter appearance after he was indicted by manhattan grand jury. what we re learning about the charges and how this historic m
flattened. hundreds of thousands are without power and our derek van damme standing by in the hard hit town in arkansas, with the latest former president trump will appear in court tuesday after being indicted by a manhattan grand jury. what we know about the charges he s facing and how we expect that court appearance to play out there s some much needed good news when it comes to the economy. the trends that show inflation may be moving in the right direction. undefeated season comes to an end and one team mounts an epic comeback haywire, standing by live in houston with the highlights. we re starting, though, with the severe weather ripping through the middle part of the country. this was the scene across seven states friday afternoon. at least five people are dead. dozens more injured, there were over 50 sightings of tornadoes, including 22 in illinois, 12 in arkansas, eight in iowa and illinois. 200 people were inside the apollo theater in belvedere when the roof collapse
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
and activating the national guard as the storms gutted entire communities. she spoke about the destruction earlier today. i have had the opportunity over the last couple of hours to speak with both the homeland security secretary as well as president biden, who have offered a tremendous amount of support anything that arkansas need from a city county state and federal perspective, i would say that everyone is working in total lockstep and we re going to do everything we can to make sure that people of our state are back on their feet again. and more devastation in several other states, including indiana and illinois. people are waking up to their homes and businesses destroyed their neighborhoods littered with debris. but the threat is far from over. some 70 million americans are now bracing for more severe storms. today cnn has teams tracking all of the latest developments from these destructive storms. derek van dam is in wynne, arkansas. at this hour. derek to you first. w
quote. call 877 cash now. thanks, j. g wentworth. this is cnn. the world s news network. we have breaking news. a ground stop just lifted after a nationwide halt of southwest airlines flights, the airline dealing with what they re calling a major technical issue . we re getting new reporting in for the thousands and thousands of people affected by this it may happen any moment the supreme court could determine the fate of a commonly used abortion drugs as soon as today . we re outside the court with the very latest, a jury has just been selected in the historic defamation lawsuit against fox news, the latest from inside the courtroom, including what we re learning about the jurors, these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. alright the breaking news a nationwide ground stop for southwest airlines was lifted just moments ago. now the federal aviation administration had issued that stopped after southwest reported intermittent technology issues.