morning. it s saturday. april 1st. i m victor blackwell. april fool s day, huh? hi victor. i m amarillo walker. thank you. so much for spending a part of your saturday with us. here is what we are watching this morning. we don t know what s left. all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys were out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. at least five people are dead and of hundreds of thousands are without power. this morning, i met a tornado outbreak across several states. we are live in hard hit kansas and tracking the threat for more severe storms, as tornado watches remain in effect this morning. the challenge for the nypd is going to be protecting everybody s first amendment right, allowing everybody to have their voice heard. and to do so in a way that keeps the peace. new york city is preparing for president trump s first quarter appearance after he was indicted by manhattan grand jury. what we re learning about the charges and how this historic m
tornado watches and warnings are in effect right now for parts of mississippi all the way to georgia. it comes as the death toll is rising after those massive storms. toward through seven states, and now at least nine people are dead. dozens more injured. there were over 50 sidings of tornadoes, including 22 in illinois, 12 and arkansas aid in iowa. in arkansas. three people are dead after the violent storms swept through that state. the national weather service has confirmed at least two tornadoes have touched down in the state. girl out of commotion and stuff that it was just over. i go outside, and it s crazy as people get blood all over their faces. three people were killed when an apparent tornado ripped through sullivan, indiana, first responders work through the night to clear the streets so they could get to the places hit hardest. and illinois baseball sized hail damage. some vehicles so badly that they had to be towed from the roadway. but the hardest hit areas a sm
freedom in a moscow court. plus the 84 year old kansas city man now charged with shooting a black teen who simply went to the wrong house. and welcome to tax day in america. your refund if you get one probably isn t as big as it used to be. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this is tuesday, everybody just minutes from now in russia. wall street journal reporter evan hershkovitz is set to appeal his detention. he course was arrested for espionage earlier this month, a charge he and the wall street journal strongly deny. cnn s claire sebastian is live in london with the latest for us and claire. what are we expecting? to see in today s proceeding. christine. this appeal relates to his pretrial detention, so not the espionage charges themselves. but the so called restrictive measures against him. the fact that he is being held in moscow is notoriously formative of prison for a period of two months. he has served ab
good morning. hopefully you re awake. making breakfast having your coffee coffee? welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. i hope you re not drinking coffee? actually me just coffee it off because you don t drink coffee. you don t want anyone else to do it right. morning. tea would be nice, right? i don t like taste. there we are. i m victor blackwell. thanks so much for spending part of your easter sunday. what? what would you recommend? just a nice green tea. maybe an earl gray something with cinnamon. maybe. i ve got something. my office. maybe i ll swing by the wild. it s okay. it s all right. here s what we re watching this morning. top democrats are vowing to make abortion a central issue in the lead up to the 2024 election after a judge ordered the suspension of a drug used in medication abortions. what senate majority leader chuck schumer is telling his caucus about the fight ahead a weekend of religious celebrations and escalating tensions in the mideast. the israe
deciding factor was what ohio state investigators were able to determine. that is that the 25 year old jalen walker reportedly shot at least one time at officers doing the vehicle pursuit portion of that night back in june of last year, and because of that, when the 25 year old man bailed out of his vehicle and then initiated that foot chase, according to the attorney, general officers believed that he was still armed. and that is why authorities established that when he reached toward his waistband. okay? they assumed that he had a weapon, and that s when they opened fire. of course , we still have to find out if that use of force will actually be justified, but this certainly is going to raise a lot of questions about a potential about what might happen in the community there in akron. i should tell you, jake. i ve been speaking to people there in the community they have prepared for this for weeks. for this announcement that you re about to hear from the state s attorney g