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
Going through the senate was 10 republicans in the first place that stopped that from happening. they are acting on this issue, and young people are training out and making a difference on this. it s awful to see these these politicians practicing unsafe. you know practices with their guns. you know, i grew up around guns that my dad was an fbi agent. the only time as a child that we ever had guns out in our house was either one of you are going to the range or they were being cleaned. we never, ever ever understand as a photo op because we know that these are not toys. these are tools that are made to kill and you don t take them out. unless your life is in danger, or you re going to the range of cleaning up. that s it. it s ridiculous and unsafe, and we need to realize that they don t speak for the majority of donald that are responsible that don t use guns for photo ops that used them for things like hunting and going to the range, but ultimately that s not going to change until we