of destruction across parts of the us in moments will take you to the hardest hit areas until you where millions of people are still at risk of severe weather, plus we re learning more about the plans for donald trump to surrender to new york authorities and appear in court on tuesday, and we get a look at how republicans are now reacting on capitol hill later, you ll hear transgender runner exclusively, tells cnn about how was single decision may have ended her dream of capturing olympic glory. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with leila harrack. people in parts of the eastern us are waking up to the threat of severe and dangerous weather, tornado watches and warnings are in effect from parts of mississippi up to kentucky with powerful winds and large hail in the forecast, and a new tornado watch has just been issued for parts of alabama and georgia. this comes as we re starting to see more of the damage from a series of massive storms. two people were killed when a st
citizens right now, and it s time to go if you re there, and administration is urging us citizens to leave russia after reporter for the wall street journal is detained accused of espionage case stands and what this says about the current state of us russia relations. details about the cdc team that got sick while investigating the cause of the train derailment in east palestine, ohio that was carrying hazardous. chemicals. we begin with people in the southeast, waking up to the threat of severe and dangerous weather, tornado watches and warnings are in effect right now for parts of mississippi all the way to georgia. it comes as we re getting a better look at the destruction left behind after those massive storms or through seven states over 50 tornado sightings have been reported. at least five are now dead. the powerful storms blew through when arkansas, killing at least two people and trapping dozens inside their home, leading town officials to send out a call for neighbo
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
fredricka whitfield and we begin with escalating tensions in the middle east. israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem. scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, fred, let me begin with you. what is the latest hi there, fredricka. well certainly it is still quite concerning here on the ground. i would say it s still very tense and very volatile situation as well. and of course, one of the main reasons for that is what you were just mentioning is those rocket attacks that
latest. we re going to get to everyone there, but let s begin first this hour with cnn correspondent keira scannell, who s outside that manhattan courthouse. keira we start with you because we want you to walk us through what happens now. good morning, jim and jessica s so now we understand from sources that former president trump is expected to be arraigned on tuesday. that means he will surrender. they will work out of time because of the big security issues around a former president coming to appear in court, so there s going to be discussions about security. they will set a time for him to come and surrender and he will surrender to the building behind me around the corner where the d a s office is there he will be processed, just like any other defendant. he will have a mug shot taken. he will be fingerprinted. he ll be read his rights. then, at some point, he will be brought down to the judge and that courtroom where the judge will read the police the charges to him and