begin this hour, with the rising death toll from the tornado outbreak that has ripped across much of the south and midwest just minutes ago, officials in illinois confirmed for more storm related deaths, the overall death toll over the last 24 hours now jumps to 21 lives lost more than 50. tornadoes have been reported in seven states. in the south and the midwest. the state of emergency now blankets, much of arkansas and the national guard is rolling into devastated communities. there are reports of at least a dozen tornadoes touching down in the state. these images are of the hard hit town of wynne, arkansas, and that s where we find cnn s derek van dam. jim i was just talking to my crew a moment ago, and the scene behind us reminds us of being on the set of a major blockbuster movie. i mean, just look at what we have with this destruction coming out of wynne, arkansas, that is a church steeple that was blown off by this tornado. look at the incredible damage in front of tha
Jim the funerals for the remaining three victims will continue into the middle of next week. of course, nine year old evelyn dick house had her funeral yesterday. the first of the six victims, they asked mourners to wear spring colors for that nine year olds funeral as they mourned her. all right. diane gallagher. thank you very much. while families and friends are saying their final farewells to 39 year olds and three staff members after the nashville schools, mass shooting, many house republicans are repeating some familiar claims. gun laws don t work, they say there s nothing we can do to stop mass shootings they ve been saying, and they continue pushing to keep assault style weapons legal . some republican house members were these pins earlier this year handed out by georgia republican congressman andrew clyde. in this tweet, you can see clyde holding one of the pins clyde owns a gun store that sells ar fifteens and weapons like that there have been 131,