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just ahead, powerful storms sweeping across parts of the u.s. with reports of multiple tornadoes, large hail and damaging wind and we will speak to a meteorologist on the ground. the u.s. is warning china it could face cost if it provides aid to russia for the war on ukraine and in-laws charged in murder with the gruesome chilling of model abby choi. thanks for being with us and we begin this hour with a crust storm system damaging oklahoma kansas and texas. at least nine tornadoes have been reported so far, 7 in oklahoma and two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage down power lines and did i bree blocking roads in norman, home to oklahoma s largest university. 10s of thousands of people statewide are without power. and wind gust of 114 miles per hour was reported in northern texas in the town of memphis. more than 115 storms have been reported across the southern plains and more than 65 million people are under high wind alerts. on the phone is max unger ....
outside the courthouse but, yesterday, the biden campaign held the surprise event there. i don t understand that. we will tell you who was there and dig into that campaign strategy. also ahead, the latest from gaza where israeli forces are moving into the city of rafah. it comes days after an israeli air strike ignited a deadly fire at a camp for displaced palestinians. let s dive in to our top story. after 21 days of heated testimony, the defense and the prosecution delivered closing arguments yesterday in donald trump s criminal hush money trial. nbc news laura jarrett has a recap. the first trial of an american president soon in the hands of seven men and five women. prosecutors closing their case arguing former president trump orchestrated a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election to pull the wool over voter s eyes, they say, by ordering the payoff of stormy daniels and covering it all up. they tried to establish a pattern of mr. trump damaging st ....
school. the gun was found at the scene. witnesses say lane walked up to a group of students sitting in the cafeteria and opened fire. the latest polls put republican presidential frontrunners mitt romney and rick santorum in a dead heat going into today s primaries. both candidates have made a final push in michigan. the second contest is in arizona. michigan is a vital test of romney since he was born and raised there and his father served as governor. world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london. i m nina dell santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this tuesday, february 28th. asia chief explains the latest results and tells us where the growth is. the world conference, not his latest company s weapon against apple and google. it was wall street s gordon gecko who famously said greed is good. the actor who played him now has a very different message. first up, t ....
a recorder conversation between the captain and the port authority. pretty damning stuff in there. what s happening right now? the captain is being questioned. and new this morning, the number of the missing much higher than we first reported. and, also, in politics, when you re the front runner, it s like you ve got the bull s eye on your back. that would be mitt romney where rick perry and everyone else, rick santorum, all gunning for myth romney. the race is tight. we re going to break it all down for you. you re going to have to dig a little deeper when you fill up this morning. the highest january gas prices. could we see $5 gas this summer? and if you re about to pour some o.j., think about the folks picking the o.j. where did the oranges come from? because if they re from brazil, we sent our reporter there to find out just what they re spraying or putting on those oranges to fight diseases and it ain t something that our country likes. not one bit. we ll te ....
they re referring to the straits of hormuz. this is a big threat from iran, the closure of it and the u.s. is bearing down on that as well as the accusations we killed their scientist. you ll those words. there are new efforts to take away parole power from the governor in one state. and this is reaction to that fiasco that happened in mississippi where the outgoing governor decided to give full pardons so there are four convicted murders on the loose right now, the attorney general is saying there will be a nationwide manhunt for those guys that took off running. i still don t understand that how can you work for a guy that is technically innocent? weird. we ll get to the bottom of it. also, here s one for the funny books. stephen force. or is it. i love this man. but would he be a good president? could he be a good president? could he even be president? he made a big late night announcement. it ain t the first time stephen colbert has suggested throwing hi ....