nearly a mile wide and stayed on the ground for more than an hour. leaving nothing but destruction in its wake. bill: it touched down near rolling fork, mississippi. a town of 2,000 people. that community is wiped off the map. sandra: houses reduced to rubble. some ripped off their foundations. the storm had winds reaching 170 miles-per-hour. that s strong enough to send cars and power lines flying through the air. bill: satellite images. on the left a picture of rolling before the storm hit. on the right is what happened after ward. an elementary school, trees, homes, cars, all of them are now gone. sandra: leveled. a church left unrecognizable with the steeple blown off. the scope of destruction is hard to fathom even for those who lived through it. it was dark. call for help. it was quiet. to hear those little kids hollering help. it s devastating. i look around town and i m saying i know we can rebuild, but what do you do with the devastation? what do you do w
general keane, i m not sure if you can see this, but we have a live shot now of this balloon going down. this balloon has been taken dow- oh, that s great. arthel: it is now i falling from the sky there over surfside beach, south carolina. so your reaction to this, sir. i m watching it. well, first of all, well done. congrats to the military for being able to do that. arthel: very dramatic, indeed. lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with the very latest. lucas. reporter: we ve just learned from this background call with pentagon officials that it was an f-22 fighter jet flying out of langley air force base, that s near virginia beach, that shot down this chinese spy balloon using a single sidewinder missile, a heat-seeking missile. some questions if there was enough heat signature off this chinese apparatus to be able to shoot it down with a sidewinder. but i digress. the shot-down happened at 2:39 eastern time off the coast of south carolina. very notable, it w
have access to an abortion pill. this hour, president biden will announce he is running for a second term as early as next tuesday. the anniversary of his 2020 announcement will that set up a rematch with donald trump and as we celebrate earth day tomorrow, i ll be joined by white house special presidential envoy john kerry as the u.n. secretary-general criticizes the biden administration s progress in reducing greenhouse gases enough to avoid a disastrous outcome for the world. good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington where the clock is winding down on that supreme court s midnight deadline tonight to announce what he s going to do about controversial lower court rulings that would severely limit access to the most widely used abortion pill the justices have been meeting in their regularly scheduled friday morning conference where the issue is expected to come up a decision could be posted at any moment options include the court could grant a full stay send
this world. and specifically america. it s the fact that ta-nehisi coates it is working on the superman it s been reported, but yes, i agree. it s like one really good thing for us all to hang on to. this week. it s always good to see you my friend. thank you at-home for being here. there s been a ton of movement in the two sprawling criminal investigations into former president donald trump. ones that are being conducted by special counsel, jack smith. those two investigations are of course trump s squirreling away of classified documents at his mar-a-lago beach club. and trump s efforts to subvert american democracy and overturn the 2020 election results. today, eli then b c reporters spotted conservative activist, tom fitting going into the d.c. federal courthouse with the grand jury along with the doj prosecutor who works for the special counsel. fifth, in is the president of judicial watch, the ultraconservative outfit that enjoys suing the federal government to qu
and trump s efforts to subvert american democracy and overturn the 2020 election results. today, eli then b c reporters spotted conservative activist, tom fitting going into the d. c. federal courthouse with the grand jury along with the doj prosecutor who works for the special counsel. fifth, in is the president of judicial watch, the ultraconservative outfit that enjoys suing the federal government to quote unquote, stop government corruption. we don t know which grand jury tom fit in was a close trump ally. which line he appeared today, because tom fit and has the dubious distinction of being of interest to prosecutors in both special counsel and instigations. on the january six front, a few days before the election tom fittin, drafted a statement from then president trump declaring, trump had won the election. even though that election hadn t happened yet. here is how january six committee member, zoe lofgren described the memo this past october. the draft statement, wh