the devastation. it s just we re looking at the video. now. it s incredible. it is striking jim to see this devastation of close and in person, you know, it s not really an exaggeration to say that there is very little of this town that has remained untouched from the tornado that ripped through here on. uh, the buildings that we re seeing here throughout the area have been reduced to rubble. there are individuals that we smoke into that don t understand how they got out alive, considering so many around them perished. as you mentioned at least 25 people have been killed as a result of the storms that we re continuing the machinery being brought through these areas clear out the records, and it was earlier that i spoke to one of the tornado survivors. ernest hall, who says that he was asleep when the initial storm came through. woken up by a phone call of a family member asking for help to erased across town to a trailer park where we re standing in front of that is among the
top of the hour now on cnn newsroom. i m john berman. this morning president biden reassuring americans that the u.s. banking system remains safe. this despite the failure of two significant banks within 48 hours. silicon valley bank and signature bank have now been taken over by federal regulators. all customers who had deposits in these banks can rest assured. rest assured they ll be protected and they ll have access to their money as of today. that includes small businesses across the country that bank there and need to make payroll, pay their bills and stay open for business. no losses this is an important point. no losses will be borne by the taxpayers. the president emphasized the customers will be fully protected while the bank s managers and investors will be held accountable. he also outlined the emergency measures his administration took to protect the bank s customers. cnn s priscilla alvarez is with us. look, a lot of this is trying to ease the anxiety
zeldin is going to joioin us wih more on the state s insane zero bail laws that are now t putting y in the state in danger. and believe it or not, i know you might not. there is a chance a republican can actually win the governorship in a bluee state like new york .li we ll tell you why. but we begin with a new record for the biden administration this year. i guess it s tim.e to celebratei if you re pro open borders, because for the first time in us history, we have nowe now reported over two millioren illegal immigrant crossings at our southern border, breakin 2g by the way, last year s record high of one point seven million. in other wordsof, after vowing o address the root causes of mass illegal immigration well, i and appointing his vice president as border czargr, the crisis has become even worse than you can believe. nown , apparently, his only trip to the southern border, which really wasn t where thingss an are happening. just a quick trip through el quk paso just l
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plus president biden meets with the saudi crown prince and says he did raise the murder of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi. now the crown prince is firing back. plus more than half the country is seeing high community spread of coronavirus. and now some cities are reconsidering mask mandates. newsroom starts right now. good morning. it is saturday, july 16th. i m kristin fisher. i can t believe it s already july 16th. we re halfway through the month. it s flowna by. this whole year has flown by. i m boris sanchez. we start with new revelations, the january 6th committee digging into reports that the secret service deleted text messages sent the day before and during the insurrection. the committee issued a subpoena to the secret service yesterday after meeting with the inspector general of the department of homeland security. we should note this is the first time the committee has subpoenaed an agency in the executive branch. and earlier this week a gov