begin this hour, with the rising death toll from the tornado outbreak that has ripped across much of the south and midwest just minutes ago, officials in illinois confirmed for more storm related deaths, the overall death toll over the last 24 hours now jumps to 21 lives lost more than 50. tornadoes have been reported in seven states. in the south and the midwest. the state of emergency now blankets, much of arkansas and the national guard is rolling into devastated communities. there are reports of at least a dozen tornadoes touching down in the state. these images are of the hard hit town of wynne, arkansas, and that s where we find cnn s derek van dam. jim i was just talking to my crew a moment ago, and the scene behind us reminds us of being on the set of a major blockbuster movie. i mean, just look at what we have with this destruction coming out of wynne, arkansas, that is a church steeple that was blown off by this tornado. look at the incredible damage in front of tha
we re also going to have expert analysis on just how historic this indictment really is. the political fallout that s unfolding how it could potentially benefit trump. i ll tell you what s happening right now. moments ago here in new york city, alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney, arrived at his office just hours after former president donald trump was indicted. we ve learned this morning that trump had been asked by braggs office to turn himself in today to face those criminal charges here in new york, but his defense lawyers say that trump and the secret service needed more time to coordinate his surrender. after yesterday s historic indictment, sources tell cnn the former president is facing more than 30 counts. they re related to business fraud. and he is expected to turn himself in. on tuesday. the manhattan district attorney s case is centered around those hush money payments. surrounding stormy daniels caitlin s reporting that number of members of trump s camp
when the accident happened. kentucky s governor rushed to the soldier s duty station, which is called fort campbell and had this to say this morning. today is a tough and a tragic day for kentucky. for the four campbell and for the 101st. the nine individuals. we lost our children of god. they will be mourned and missed by their families. by their communities. we ve also heard from the secretary of defense lloyd austin, who said in a statement . my heart goes out to the families of these service members and to the members of the 101st airborne division who bravely and proudly serve our country every day each and every day. i m saddened by this tragic loss, and i am working with army leadership to make sure our troops and their families received the care that they need in the wake. of this accident. cnn s dianne gallagher is live at fort campbell. diane what more are you learning about this tragic accident? so alex. there is an aircraft safety team that is on their way from fo
breaking news. hello i m alex marquardt in washington. thank you so much for joining us today. we do begin with breaking news in the donald trump hush money investigation. we re learning that the manhattan grand jury that has been hearing the case is set to take a break for up to a month and may not hear evidence again until the end of april. let s get straight to cnn s caress canal in new york, keira. this comes after the former president. he predicted that he was gonna be indicted last week. but now, if that indictment comes, it may not be for several more weeks. alex. so we re learning from a court administration source that the grand jury has a scheduled break for the holidays and that they will be breaking after april 5th. that s next wednesday and they would return later in the month of april. what is not clear is whether this grand jury which normally sits on mondays, wednesdays and thursdays, will hear evidence about the trump case before they take that break. they ar
i m abby phillip in washington and you are live in the cnn newsroom, unprecedented political retribution. that is what is on the agenda in the tennessee state house right now , protesters have been at the capitol in support of the so called tennessee three democratic state lawmakers who are on the cusp of being expelled from that chamber. and any minute now the gop dominated chamber will vote on whether to remove them from office because get this. they protested on the house floor calling for stricter gun laws after the nashville shooting that left six people dead. three of whom were children. now, if the vote passes, it would be the first time in that body s entire history more than 200 years that a violation of house rules resulted in members being ousted . and so just to recap these three lawmakers, they may be stripped of their elected positions for speaking out of turn. after 39 year olds were gunned down in their grade school. cnn s ryan young is on the scene for us, ry