york, the u. s secret service is playing an active role in planning for thompson. trump s court appearance. this as trump is holed up right now in mar-a-lago and florida rally. his supporters and lashing out at the prosecutor. and we re following breaking news on the tornado danger right now in the midwest and parts of the south as twisters are spotted in arkansas and illinois, millions are under a rare high risk storm alert right now, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news and we start with the breaking news. a very dangerous tornado outbreak is tearing across the midwest and south right now, with millions and millions of americans under a rare high risk. storm alert. let s check in with cnn meteorologist chad myers, chad give us the latest off about an hour ago, we had a tornado that rolled through little rock. we do know that there is damage there. we do know that the
good morning. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m victor blackwell. admiral walker. thank you so much for being with us this morning. it is sunday friday and we are excited. here are some stories that we are following for you as fighting intensifies in sudan, american diplomats and their families are now safely out of the country after an overnight operation. we re going to have the latest from our team of reporters. the race for president potential and current republican presidential candidates are in iowa. how would the latest supreme court ruling on abortion and the divide inside the party play. with evangelical and anti abortion voters, and overnight there was a new round of missile strikes in ukraine. it comes as a battle for bach mood intensifies. we re going to have the latest on that conflict major warning from airline experts tsunami of upcoming retirement could lead to more pilot shortages what could that mean for airline safety? american diplomats and th
everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin with a dramatic evacuation of u. s. government personnel and their families from sudan president biden confirming the operation overnight more than 100. special operations personnel were involved in the extraction. the decision to evacuate came after a week of heavy fighting between rival military factions that left more than 400 dead and thousands injured. we ve got full coverage with kylie atwood at the state department, kevin liptak at the white house. kylie let s begin with you. this was a big operation. i mean what was happening behind the scenes at the state department and what provoked this decision. major operation and what you have to understand with embassies like this that are in areas where conflict can arise is that the state department has plans for these evacuations. but then they have to go back and look at these plans in a very detailed way, and that s what state department offic
the hunter biden probe as an i r s agent trying to get whistleblower protection. claims he has information that contradicts the attorney general sworn testimony this as hunter biden s lawyers book a sit down with prosecutors, plus as the nation waits to hear if the u. s supreme court will keep a partial ban on a an abortion bill hill in place canada is now offering american women and girls access to the bill from north of the border. and an american kill as a vile, volatile situation in sudan gets even worse. the u. s. is now deploying troops nearby, ready to evacuate its embassy as other countries are going in to pull their citizens out. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our health lead any moment the u. s. supreme court could rule on the most critical abortion case since it overturned roe v. wade last year , the justices have until 11:59 p.m. eastern this evening to decide the future of the widely used abortion pill cristo. the bill is currently avai
any moment now the supreme court could issue a ruling about a long used abortion medication that will have far reaching impacts in this country. justices are up against a midnight deadline. we re on top of it, plus a major misfire, a russian warplane mistakenly drops a bomb on russia. the bomb so powerful it blew up car onto a roof. this happening is vladimir putin s war pushes ukraine closer to the west president zelensky now accepting an invitation to this summer s nato summer and the canadian cargo caper thieves make off with $15 million worth of gold and valuables from toronto s airport. and investigators are stumped, recovering all the major developing stories and more coming in right here to cnn news, central. a blockbuster decision is expected at any moment about how this cancer country handles cristo. that s the pill most commonly used for inducing at home abortions and for treating miscarriages. supreme court set the deadline of 11:59 p.m. eastern time tonight to iss