good evening once again, it is friday night and i am stephanie ruhle and you know what that means. our friday night cap is standing by to weigh in on all the way down this week so do not move because they will be here in just a few minutes. but first, let s break down today s news. new signs of special counsel investigating donald trump now focusing on the former presidents attorneys, including the one and only rudy giuliani according. to the washington post, jack smith s team is asking witnesses about giuliani s actions before jan sixth, and the poses investigators are ramping up the pressure on trump s lawyers involved in the classified documents case. our friend jackie alemany as one of the reporters who broke that story, and here is what she said about it earlier today. the way that we see it, he started sprinting to the decision before the 2024 presidential primary really heats up. meanwhile we are also following the on convicted murderer alec talks murdaug
least 19 people are now dead in mississippi. officials report at least 13 deaths in hard hit sharkey county where homes and businesses were flattened and trees and power lines were knocked down. three others were killed in humphreys county, and at least two people are in critical condition there, and we ve just learned that three more people were killed in carroll county search and rescue teams and first responders are on the scene in the hard hit areas north of jackson. we spoke with the resident from the town of rolling four who was on the phone with her grandmother when the tornado went through. listen to this. there s power lines all over the road. there s trees all over the road that there s brick buildings that are that are just laying out in the street. um actually. two houses down from my grandmother s house. everything is just a debris field that the houses are are just destroyed. alright let s get the latest now from cnn meteorologist karen mcginnis. karen, unfortun
everyone. and welcome to cnn. this morning. saturday, march 25th. what victor? what? i m ambro walker. are we doing like another studio change? i m victor blackwell. so here s what happened. the air conditioner in the studio didn t work. so we did the six o clock hour in 80 degrees plus lights sweating. we were sweating. and then we said , we can t do this. so we moved to separate studios that were air conditioned. during that hour. at seven. they fixed the a. c. now we re back in this studio. hopefully it works first weekend back with us. you brought the chaos. bring the heat. you brought the heat. you sure did. i don t like it so much. alright. here s what we re watching this morning. when he came through. it sounds like helicopter real real fast, and it came so fast and quick. we can do nothing but get up on the cover. severe storms ripped through parts of the south more than 20. people are dead more than 100,000 people without power. one mississippi town is described as q
with this breaking news. rescue teams are now on a desperate searching rescue for survivors after powerful destructive storms ripped through the south tornadoes tearing through mississippi overnight. at least 23 people are confirmed dead. another dead in alabama. dozens more injured and at least four others are still missing at this hour and many of the deaths happening in the town of rolling fork, mississippi neighborhoods there are simply leveled extraordinary scene there. the mayor sharing this bleak assessment of the damage on cnn this morning. right? that s all i see. a lot of families here are affected. uh lot of families are hurting. uh this community is. in the situation that we never expected by city is gone. but we will resilient and we re going to come back. wow my city is gone. cnn s isabel rizal is on the scene in rolling fork. right now that the sun is up, the heartbreak is becoming a lot more noticeable for the residents here at rolling fork everywhere you look
tornadoes in the last 24 hours and all of last year. this is rolling fork, mississippi, one county constable says the community is gone there and what s left? looks like a landfill. at least 24 people are confirmed dead 23 in mississippi , one in alabama and all of last year across the entire country. tornadoes killed 23 people, according to the national weather service. this is already exceeding that right now, state and federal leaders are already mobilizing help to the hardest hit areas. cnn s nick valencia is in rolling fork, mississippi. nick, tell us what you re seeing there. hey jim. we just got here on the ground and it is just, you know, it s awful. it s striking to see these images anywhere. you go in the country , but you know, our attention was certainly grabbed by the site here and just how much damage there is. throughout this town of about 2000 residents were in rolling fork. this is the mississippi delta and this here is one of the staples of the community. th