these attacks come after the mosque va which was russia s flagship in the black sea. it s the largest boat to sink in decades and pentagon officials confirmed yesterday that it was hit by two ukrainian neptune missiles earlier in the week that caused fires and damaged the boat. it s another remarkable loss for russia s military as it continues to deal with low morale while preparing on renewed offensive focused on taking control of eastern ukraine. two senior u.s. defense officials are set to begin that offensive in the next few days. they say russia can start moving back troops into ukraine as soon as this weekend before all of its troops are fully engaged and ready to fight. russian forces have suffered significant losses in ukraine after 52 days of war. according to president zelenskyy, up to 20,000 russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine compared to 2,000 ukrainian soldier losses. nbc news has not independently verified those losses. they ve recovered the bodies of 9
tornado outbreak wreaking havoc across much of the midwest and south friday. there are now at least 50 preliminary tornado reports in seven states. at least 10 people have been killed and dozens of others are injured. most of the deaths are in arkansas, where the damage is catastrophic reports of at least a dozen tornadoes there. governor sarah huckabee sanders , declaring a state of emergency and activating the national guard. as the storms gutted entire communities. she s expected to give an update on the storm damage at any moment now and the hardest hit areas of arkansas. that was the town of when. we don t know what s left . all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys are out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. little rock also bearing the brunt of these storms, the city s mayor, telling cnn today that entire neighborhoods were flattened. impact is devastating . i just came out of nowhere. clearly no, it was coming. everyone took cover, as relate
a pretty low lying area. that storm surge they re preparing for, what exactly might that look like when it comes to the businesses and the homes in that area? reporter: well, to give you a sense of howe things look where we are right now, we re at a park that s surrounded by three bays, the old tampa bay, the tampa bay and then that third bay. what they re worried about, especially the folks in pinellas county, that storm surge is going to flood things no matter what. even if that forecast track ends up having ian moving parallel to tampa bay and the tampa area, they still believe we re going to see a lot of that water making its way inland. so they want folks to go ahead and come out and get these sandbags. the lines at these three locations were pretty long. it s our understanding they re going to continue to do this today and tomorrow and most likely into wednesday. however, emergency officials again have been telling folks, try to get this done early because we could
tunnel underneath the u.s.-mexico border. americans are struggling to pay for basic necessities. the great one mark levin is here to diagnose what s going on. while the left pushes for a green economy utopia. millions of americans across the country are bracing for possible electricity blackouts. a scuffle rivallist give us tips to attack that crisis. what does it mean to live free? we can do what we want, go where we want, say mostly what we want within the confines of the law. but are we really free if the government is watching our every move as we do it? how important is our privacy? pretty darn important. but watching what we are doing isn t necessarily stwoopg we do. if you are a liberal you are probably thinking that. but could the government do that if they wanted to? we are in a dangerous place where all government needs is a reason to act and your freedom will vanish like that. how did we get here? ever notice when there is an emergency or crisis the government swoo