house. and this is cnn you re in the cnn newsroom. hi everyone. i m jessica dean in washington and we have breaking news this memorial day weekend as powerful and dangerous storms are threatening millions of americans. it s as many communities in texas this arkansas, oklahoma, and kentucky have spent the weekend digging out from under debris, at least 15 people have been confirmed dead as a result of these storms as rescues continue in valley view, texas, at least seven people have died. here s texas governor greg abbott. the same, time, that we are going through the heart wrenching loss of life including the heartbreak of a family losing a two-year-old and a five-year-old child we have cnn s ed lavandera, valley view. we re going to go to him in just a moment. but first let s check in with cnn meteorologist lisa rafah, who is tracking the threats that will continue through tonight. elisa yeah it s really sad when you hear that about the losses of life and unfortunate
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hill hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me on fredricka whitfield and we re following breaking news on this memorial day weekend right now, more than 100 million people are at risk of severe weather as deadly and destructive storms sweep across the central us from texas to michigan and kansas to pennsylvania. the storms bring a risk of tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds, and flooding. at least ten people were killed, including children after or possible tornado struck texas and arkansas overnight homes were obliterated 18 wheelers, flipping over and power lines knocked out. storm victims say the damage is astonishing coming back to. vision medication right now for the first time, knowing that i was just here and it s all destroyed is it s mind-blowing. i m still trying to process it. it s shock. this everything you had worked so hard for all these years is don cnn meteorologist lisa rafah, following all of this, i mean, it seems these storms are more freque
What i want to do is start by telling you that we have been offering charty day activities for a long time and our speaker this evening, eve leplank is a veteran. In 2005 she spoke on the lawn of the state house in the 375th anniversary of bostons naming and she spoke about her ancestor Ann Hutchinson and that was also the year that first church in boston finally released her from the excommunication given so many centuries before. So let me tell you a little bit about our speaker. E eve leplank has published five nonfiction books. Two of them are especially relevant to our period. One is american jezebel, which is for sale outside after the talk. And it tells the true story of eves ancestor, the colonial heretic and founding mother, Ann Hutchinson. The one who was finally brought back into it church and the second ancestor who will be mentioned this evening is the salem witch judge, samuel sul and that book won the 2008mous ps book award for nonfiction. A critic noted recently or i do
The excommunication given so many centuries before. So let me tell you a little bit about our speaker. E eve leplank has published five nonfiction books. Two of them are especially relevant to our period. One is american jezebel, which is for sale outside after the talk. And it tells the true story of eves ancestor, the colonial heretic and founding mother, Ann Hutchinson. The one who was finally brought back into it church and the second ancestor who will be mentioned this evening is the salem witch judge, samuel sul and that book won the 2008mous ps book award for nonfiction. A critic noted recently or i dont know when it was that laplank sees Ann Hutchinson and samuel sual not as the dark puretens many believe them to be but living presences, even models of rectitude into the 21st century. So please, welcome eve for her remarks. [ applause ] thank you, rose. And thank you to the partnership and thank you all for coming tonight. Before i start i wanted to think for a moment where we