and activating the national guard as the storms gutted entire communities. she spoke about the destruction earlier today. i have had the opportunity over the last couple of hours to speak with both the homeland security secretary as well as president biden, who have offered a tremendous amount of support anything that arkansas need from a city county state and federal perspective, i would say that everyone is working in total lockstep and we re going to do everything we can to make sure that people of our state are back on their feet again. and more devastation in several other states, including indiana and illinois. people are waking up to their homes and businesses destroyed their neighborhoods littered with debris. but the threat is far from over. some 70 million americans are now bracing for more severe storms. today cnn has teams tracking all of the latest developments from these destructive storms. derek van dam is in wynne, arkansas. at this hour. derek to you first. w
good evening, everyone. great to have you with us. i m erica hill in tonight for alison camerata. welcome to cnn. tonight we have much more. on the biggest story of this night. the supreme court, of course, protecting access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower court rulings that restricted its usage. big victory for the biden administration. it is far from the end, though the ruling means the appeals process now will play out and it is almost guaranteed the case. will eventually land back before the justices. in the meantime, though, the fda approval of medford cristante stands as does current access plus turmoil in the nfl tonight, three players suspended indefinitely to others slapped with a six game ban. so what they do is the punishment fair. and it wouldn t be a friday night here without a news quiz. see, if you know more about what happened this week. they are distinguished panelists. here is my panel tonight. defense attorney mr maris. john avlon, our seni
portions of mississippi and alabama or live in the weather center. awarding to the west, vladimir putin says he will station nuclear weapons in belarus. and risking it all for the american dream, a rising number of pregnant women and minors make the dangerous trek through panama for a chance at asylum in the us from cnn center. cnn newsroom with laila harre. we begin with a massive cleanup underway in the southeastern us after powerful storms that spawned deadly tornadoes barreled through mississippi and nearby states friday night, at least 26 people were killed and dozens injured. the secretary of homeland security is set to tour the area later today and in the past couple of hours, president biden approved the mississippi governor s request for a major disaster declaration to get federal disaster. eight. flowing as quickly as possible. the mayor of heart hit rolling fork saying his city is gone. here s congressman bennie thompson, describing the destruction in his home stat
russia right now, bracing for what they call the heaviest battles ahead in the fight for kherson. cnn is reporting from the front lines as vladimir putin is lobbing new verbal attacks at the west. also tonight, president biden touts unexpected economic growth as he he tries to rev up democratic voters in the blue state of new york. we ll break down his message and his challenges as recession fears persist 12 days before the midterm elections. and former president trump s lawyers take part in a secret court hearing related to the mar-a-lago documents investigation. why did they meet with u.s. justice department prosecutors here in washington, d.c.? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to ukraine right now. the front lines of what one official warns will be, quote, the heaviest of battles against the russian invasion. cnn s senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is
dr. mehmet oz is leaving john fetterman and the pennsylvania senate race just four days before the midterms. a new poll giving the republican or two-point advantage in what s become a nail-biter of a race. oz will not have the support of the woman who helped launch him to tv stardom. that would be your girl, oprah winfrey horn announced her endorsement of fetterman last night and speaking of star power, both president biden and former president obama will hold a rally with fetterman tomorrow in philadelphia. obama will also join fetterman at a rally in pittsburgh. last hour on the view, fetterman had this to say about his health, transparency and refusal to release more medical records. not the equivalent kind of medical information as dr. oz did. he even running campaign and i think we have been very transparent. our doctors believe. from june and in october, they agree that i m fit to serve. to me, not the point specifically about my health. i feel we are running a very t