heartbreak goes so much deeper. at least 25 people are now confirmed dead in mississippi. another person was killed in alabama for perspective in all of this, consider this fact more people have been killed by tornadoes and the past 24 hours than in all of last year in the united states last hour, i spoke with mississippi democratic congressman bennie thompson, whose district includes some of the worst damage from the storm. here s what he had to say. it was devastation beyond imagination. uh first of all, we had no lights in the entire community. uh people were absolutely stunned at what had just occurred. and so as the night wore on, it was clear. that this was something, uh, that people have never seen before. congressman thompson also told us that tomorrow the head of homeland security alejandro mayorkas, will visit the area along with the fema administrator. cnn s nick valencia, is in rolling fork mississippi. nick ah, good to see you back on the air. i know that devasta
decision very, very shortly in that discussion to authorize the strikes against these particular targets. is there anything you can tell us about the u. s contractor killed. i m afraid not. i mean, we re trying to give the family some time and in space here to grieve. they just got devastating news yesterday. we do know that he was an american citizen and a contractor working for us at that particular base. but again , poppy, i think you can understand where we re going to give them a little bit of privacy right now, just to follow to poppy s question there. what are the things that us can the us do anything to help keep the personnel and u s contractsafe tre? well, the actions that we took yesterday are part and parcel that effort, don, i mean we re going to work to protect our people and our facilities as best we can. it s a dangerous environment. you said it at the top were there to defeat isis to ensure the enduring defeat of isis. they are still a threat in syria. they a
. will: that was awesome. pete: food ones this morning. will: that was awesome. pete: football field, what was that, two tractors with a flag? will: lit up,. pete: lit up. rachel: you guys love all the sports patriotism. pete: football farms. that works for me. rachel: that works for me too. the other day someone sent me an instagram, it was kind of sad. classroom of kids singing national anthem. only five kids stood up. pete: saw similar photo if it wasn t that one exactly. rachel: we tell parents these are important moments for us and our kids to pass on. pete: for sure. good morning, everybody. will: good morning. pete: i m glad i m here. i m glad will is here. rachel: i m glad you were born. isn t that ainsley s book. i m glad you re all here. we ll start with a fox news alert. pete: we ll get to it. all right. top of the news, top biden administration officials meeting face-to-face with the taliban. will: the first interaction since al qaeda s former leader was kill
bipartisan issues of support, and so is the principle of not holding the full faith and credit of the united states hostage for ideological aims just because the president is from a different party. and that s your reality check. john, thank you very much for that. and new day continues right now. today, the trump organization goes on trial for tax fraud. i m john berman with brianna keilar. the former president s family business charged in connection with an alleged scheme to compensate executives off the books. one of those executives ex-cfo allen weisselberg, cooperating with the d.a. if the trump organization is convicted it would be required to pay back taxes and fines. donald trump and his children are not accused of wrongdoing in this case. kara scannell is outside the courthouse with the latest. just an hour or so from now, jury selection will begin in the criminal tax fraud trial of the trump organization. the judge will begin the screening of prospective
seoul with what has become a makeshift memorial there, ivan. are you learning any more about what triggered the surge? reporter: just a sheer mass of humanity. many, many young people, thousands of them that gathered steps from where i m standing right now to celebrate halloween, to drink, tricked out in costumes and it turned into a nightmare. i ll get out of the way so you can take look at this very somber, very sad scene here. people have been laying flowers and lighting candles, handwritten notes to some of the 154 mostly very young victims of this terrible catastrophe. i ve spoken with a number of the survivors, people who came out saturday night, they heard that this neighborhood, itaewon, just down the road from an old u.s. military base threw a good party on the weekend of halloween and were initially laughing at the just massive numbers of people in the nearby alleyways near where i m standing. and then those jokes about, hey, i m not going to be able to breathe he