their family history. so many individuals in this community wanted to keep it together thankful they re alive. 48 hours after this devastating tornado. recognizing so much has been lost in that time. brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers and children. all trying to pick up the pieces here after a tornado would change their lives within minutes. short time ago, i had a very emotional interview with the who lost her sister dolores in that tornado. you live in a town. you experienced that tornado. what was it like for you? what happened? it was scary. it was very scary. something i never experience my entire life. it was unexpected. shocking. without warning. nothing i would wish upon anybody. nothing i want to ever experience again. devastating. where did you and your husband seek safety in the town? we went from one end of our mobile home to the other and. we hid in our smallest bathroom on the floor. when you are on the floor in the bathroom, what are you hearin
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
blackwell. good to be here. we re back together. now i feel like it s really privileged to actually be sitting together for once. here we are, all right. and here s what we re watching this morning. it s just surreal. you know, you just everything you ve worked. we ve lived in this house 44 years. and you know everything we worked for and paid for it. it s gone. it s gone. communities across the south are and the midwest are cleaning up after powerful storms ripped through at least seven states they left behind catastrophic damage. our team is standing by live in arkansas ahead of fema s arrival and that state and we have new cnn reporting on the mood among former president trump s advisers ahead of his court appearance tuesday. the concerns they have about the about where a potential trial could be held . outpouring of love and support in tennessee as two more victims of the nashville school shooting were laid to rest yesterday. we ve got to look at the tributes that are pou
oh good morning. you should have woken me up like your last hit me. i hope your wig reason why you re here to shake me awake. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. april 2nd. i m like, why is he looking at me? i m amarillo walker. april fool s day was yesterday. i m victor blackwell. thank you for spending some time with us this morning. here s what we re watching. it s just surreal. you know, you just everything you ve worked. we ve lived in this house 44 years and you know everything we worked for. paid for it. it s gone. it s gone. communities across the south and midwest are cleaning up after powerful storms ripped through at least seven states. the damage is catastrophic team is live in arkansas ahead of fema s arrival there. we have new cnn reporting on the mood among former president trump s advisers ahead of his court appearance tuesday that concerns about where a potential trial could be held back to work. how pope francis is spending thi
the death toll at least at 23 right now, so this is frightening and sad in terms of loss all different kinds n. some weather events you ll have dozens of residents posting online in realtime perhaps posting survival and lose and this one was different because when it hit making it more frightening. last night the massive tornado was only physically interviewed by flashings of lighting and transformer blowing out in the distance. i can hear it. that s it. i think it s coming right for us. wow, we have photos here out of rolling fork. that s really the epicenter of where this all went down but, of course, this tornado came across, new pennsylvaniaed across the state from west to east. these homeowners got to a place and by the light of day their neighborhood completely unrecognizable and her family is now beginning to process the damage. it s clear that the loss for the community as a whole, for the state was too much to take. but if you are out of state there are ways to