world. ru watching cnn newsroom. just ahead, powerful storms sweeping across parts of the united states with reports of multiple tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind. we will speak to a professional storm chaser. and the united states is warning china it could face real cost itself it provides lethal aid to russia for the war on ukraine. and the ex husband and inlaws being charged with murder in the killing of a hong kong model and influencer abby choi. we will have a live report with the very latest. live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with rosemarie church. good to have you with us. we start this hour with the dangerous storm system battering the central united states right now bringing tornadoes, damaging winds and hail to parts of oklahoma, kansas and texas. two tornado s have been confirmed so far in oklahoma. there are reports of widespread damage, downed power lines and debris blocking roads in norman. tens of thousands of people statewide are without p
focuses on too much besides covid. last hour a new pandemic briefing from the biden health team and the message quite stark. yes some optimism but we re at a trigger moment. cases remain down. 1 in 5 americans have now had at least a vaccine shot in the arm. all 50 states in the district of columbia will allow teachers to get the vaccine today. that s all good. this, though is concerning. travel hit a pandemic high this past weekend. nearly 5 million americans transiting through airports since thursday. spring breakers on beaches, out on bars all but ignoring pandemic precaution that should be basic by now to every american. italy, the cdc directors says offers the latest example of what variants can do if public health pull back happens too soon. they simply took their eye off the ball. i m pleading with you for the sake of our nation s health, these should be warning signs for all of us. cases climbed last spring, they climbed again in the summer. they will climb now if w
reporter: well. i mean the person who runs the conference is under facing accusations from another republican volunteer in georgia and so provides a reason to stay away. i mean cpac, you know, has become less of a reflection of kind of main stream conservative thought than the kind of farthest vanguard and a pro trump organization during his years. it ll be interesting to see how much interest there is in ron desantis there. i think that for these candidates, you know, it s not again it s no longer a measure of the broad spectrum of republicans voting in the primary and it s easier to skip. what s interesting the broader pattern of republican, potential republican candidates
plus since the january 6th attack on the united states capitol, the most important so far has been the arrest of this man. meet stewart rhodes the founder of the far right militia the oath keepers, a former army paratrooper who was honorably discharged after he was injured in a night parachuting accident. he then worked for libertarian congressman ron paul and went to yale law school. so far what would seem to be a kind of main stream conservative. according to the southern policy law center it s only when rhodes moved to montana that his believed turned a hard right away from small d democratic politics the justice department announced thursday it was charging rhodes and ten of his coconspirators with something called seditious conspiracy for their roles in the january insurrection. seditious conspiracy is a rarely used civil war era statute reserved only for the most serious of political criminals. i look at the court documents for rhodes arrest reveals why the government believes s