How a teen with terminal cancer inspired so many people to give back. Hello, everyone. You are watching cnn newsroom. Im rosemary church. Im john vause. Wed like to welcome our viewers around the United States and the world. Right now in the United States, nearly 75 Million People are facing the threat of severe storms. Violent weather, sometimes spawning tornadoes, is tearing through the deep south right now. As a result, georgia and alabama are both under states of emergency. Lets get you up to date. The areas seeing the worst of it are in northern mississippi and alabama and southern tennessee. At least 29 people have died in these storms since sunday. And much of the deep south will remain under threat for the next two days. The region is also facing the possibility of flooding because of heavy rain. This twister is called a wedge. You see it crossing a river outside tupelo, mississippi. Some buildings are not just damaged but are completely wiped away. Storms began sunday in the midwest. Some of the tornado were estimated at nearly a kill meter wide. Thats half a mile. Listen to this a sense of urgency from a local weather anchor as a dangerous storm was bearing down. Here it is. This is a tornado ripping through the city of tupelo as we speak. And this could be deadly. Get to the basement now. Go lets go now that weather anchor got a lot of likes on his Facebook Page for the coverage of his storm. And also take a look at this before and after picture of a restaurant in tupelo. Weve got it there. Before and after. Its simply destroyed. Okay. Unbelievable. All right. For more lets turn to our meteorologist who joins us from the International Weather center with the details. Amazing when you see that. People under threat immediately there on tv. Yeah. It really is. And you know whats more amazing, guys, this hour still seeing reports of on the ground in central alabama. The reason thats remarkable, heres seven, maybe ten hours removed from sunset across this portion of the world and still enough energy to spawn a tornado right there. This being a radarindicated Tornado Warning in place until 2 30 local time across altoona and elmore counties. To the south, radar indicating this system is capable of producing a tornado. At this hour, it does not. Conditions and enough rotation to support tornadoes forming with that storm system. At least two warnings in place now. You take a look. Radar imagery, watches beginning to pop up. Red indicating tornado watches, meaning conditions are favorable for tornado development. The city of atlanta in line with this as conditions with these storms begin to push in from alabama on into georgia. Notice one thing that were seeing that is better as far as lessening the threat for tornadoes is storms are becoming linear especially in the south. Now becoming less of an energy separated, becoming more of a linear feature. All of the energy is given to that line as opposed to different complexes of thunderstorms. We think with that, a great threat going to be Straight Line winds as opposed to tornadoes. A chance, 15 chance for tornadoes across regions of the northwestern and northern georgia. A close perspective on how many premin line with this. And 75 Million People in line. 72 million in the slight risk. About three million right there in the moderate risk. This is the same area that we saw report over the past 24 hours. Just updating this, 60 reports of tornadoes so far in the past 24 hours, incredible. Of course well touch on this in further detail coming up. All that has changed. I want to point out a slow start to the season. But the past few days, we almost caught up to average. 34 and then made up for lost time. Thanks. Lets bring in greg flynn with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency with more. Where you are now, bring us the latest information on the number of those killed or hurt. Also, how widespread is the damage where you are . Reporter good morning. Right now ever woo an estimated 15 tornadoes that touched down in mississippi last night or yesterday during the day. Thats estimated by the National Weather service. Theyll get out and survey to see if that number will increase or not. We have 20 counties that are reporting damage. Weve had at least eight deaths here in the state. More than 100 injuries, and weve had damage all over the state really. You heard the clip that you were running from tupelo. That was the first big area to get hit up in the Northeast Corner of the state. We also had a very large tornado go through Winston County which damaged a hospital, a nursing home, and a Daycare Center in addition to numerous homes, too many to get a grasp on now. To the central south of the part state we were under the gun not only with one but a series of storms over and over and over again. Thunderstorms turning into tornadoes. You said too many homes to get a handle on have been damaged and destroyed. Nursing homes and hospitals also damaged. For those who have lost homes, where are they being careful, where are they seeking shelter now because this isnt over yet. No. Right now thankfully most of the rain has moved out of the state. The first round of the system. We have shelters that have been opened in the areas that have been affected so folks have a safe place, a safe place to stay tonight. Unfortunately from the Weather Services are telling us were in for another round of possible tornadoes and severe thunderstorm tomorrow before we finally get out of this thing on wednesday. Just a weird weather setup, they tell us. That we were under the threat for three days. You know, we were fortunate that we had all that time. Weve been warning our folks since last friday that this was going to be a possibility on monday. And i have to give it to the weather forecaster. They hit it dead on when they said this was going to be an outbreak that would take place on monday afternoon. All over the state of mississippi. And it is unfortunate that it came to fruition. All of this has happened tonight some of it. And its Early Morning in mississippi. Come first light, what do you expect to see, and exactly whats going to happen then . Our focus now is search and rescue, making sure that we have everybody accounted for. Making sure that everybody who would need help upon yet help. Maybe in an ice help will get help. Maybe in an isolated area. Were having folks going door to door. Then comes the task of damage assessments where we will have a team from fema on the ground tomorrow. And it you know, its probably a foregone conclusion that this will be declared a president ial disaster area for many areas of our state. Okay. Well leave it there. We really appreciate you taking time out at such a late hour to give us the latest from mississippi. Greg flynn with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. We appreciate you being with us. And we wish you the best for the coming hour and coming days. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. Now to Eastern Ukraine where violence underscores an increasingly tense standoff between russia and the west. Yeah. And the men of ukraines the mayor of ukraines second city was in critical condition, shot in the back. Investigators say they dont know who shot him. He was a key member of former ukrainian president victor yanukovychs party but is seeking to push for more local ethnic russian control while keeping the region part of ukraine. This report from the city of danesk. Prorussia activists stepped in with baton to break up a peaceful proukraine demonstration. The European Union is set to impose new sanctions today on russia over the crisis in ukraine. Theyll target 15 russian officials the e. U. Believes are undermaining ukraines undermining ukraines sovereignty. This comes a day after the u. S. Imposed sanctions of its own. Jim sciutto can details. Reporter with the crisis in ukraine only growing more violent, the Obama Administration introduced new economic sanctions it says are designed to punish russia for orchestrating it. [ gunshot ] reporter the sanctions fix on individuals tied fixate on individual tied to putin including the Deputy Foreign minister and head of putins 2004 president ial campaign. And igor sec hen, president of russias leading oil company, also a close adviser to putin. Crucially the sanctions target nearly a dozen businesses tied to putins banker and believed to help manage the russian president s vast personal wealth. The penalties do not, however, target putin himself. The goal here is not to go after mr. Putin personally. The goal is to change his calculus with respect to how the current action thats hes engaging in in ukraine could have an adverse impact on the russian economy over the long haul. Reporter notably absent from the new measures are some of russias most powerful businessmen and kumcompanies including the Natural Gas Company that supplies europe with energy. Also absent, entire sections of the economy. Omissions that led to sharp criticism from capitol hill. This is basically a rehash of whats already occurred. Weve been pushing for a portion of second sectorial sections for some of the largest Banking Institutions in russia so they would have an impact on the economy. Weve ended up with nothing more than a slap on the wrist approach today. Reporter with 40,000 to 50,000 Russian Troops still poised on the border, many see a stealth invasion already underway with prorussian militants occupying entire towns. One area russian pop music blaring as masked gunmen stand guard. Royal the militants also continue to hold european observers hostage, releasing just one for medical reasons. We have no indication when we will be sent home to our countries and to see our families. Reporter sanctions on sectors will be held in reserve, say Senior Administration officials, in the event that Russian Forces unvlade Eastern Ukraine. Invade eastern uvain. The administration does not want to use all its bullets at once, while cautioning there is no silver bull tote solve the crisis. I spoke to a senior ukrainian official who told me the sanctions are a very good step, but he hopes not the final step in deterring russian actions inside ukraine. Jim sciutto, cnn, washington. Still to come on cnn newsroom, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers is under fire for comments which he allegedly made. Ahead, we will look at the fallout and how the players, fans, sponsors, and nba are reacting. Also ahead, if you use aol, does anyone use aol . If you do, it may be time to change your password again. Details coming up. Welcome back. Aol is launching an investigation with federal authorities after hackers broke in to the companys network. Yeah. Apparently about 2 of its email accounts have been breached. The attackers could have also accessed encrypted passwords. Aol believes the encryption was not broken, but it says users should change their passwords as well as their security questions. Another story were watching, the backlash is growing for the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. Yeah. These are the 12 companies who have pulled out their sponsorships from the team after alleged racist comments by owner dan old sterling. The nba Donald Sterling. The nba will hold a news conference. Some of the biggest names calling for harsh penalties including his removal. Sterling has not yet made any Public Comments about this. The controversy erupted after audio recordings surfaced over the weekend. Gary tuchman shows how sterlings reported racist rant is engulfing him and his team. Reporter it didnt take long for the audio to explode. Listen once, and you know why people call you and tell you that i have black people on my insta gram, and it bothers you. Yeah, it bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that youre associating with black people. Do you have to . You associate with black people im not you and youre not me. Youre supposed to be a delicate white or delicate latina girl. Reporter by now you likely know the male voice is allegedly Donald Sterling in a conversation with his girlfriend who is a half century his junior. Comments that he appear to not know were recorded. If you dont feel it dont come to my games. Dont bring black people, and dont come. Do you know that you have a whole team thats black that plays for you . You just i dont. I support them and give them food and clothes and cars and houses. Who gives it to them . Does someone else give it to them . Do i know that i have who makes the game . Do i make the game, or do they make the game . Is there 30 owners that created the league in . Reporter this is how the clippers dealt with it before the game in oakland against the golden state warriors. They took off their warmup shirts, put them in a pile, and wore their shirts inside out so they would not be associated with the team. Sterling was not there but his wife was. She is accusing the girlfriend of being a golddigger. The two have been seen together during other games. The recorded tape shows the tape discussing Magic Johnson. He happens to be black, and im sorry. I think its nice that you admire him. Ive known him well, and he should be admired. And im saying that its too bad that you cant admire him privately. And during your entire [ bleep ] life, your whole life, admire him. Bring him here, feed him, [ bleep ] him, i dont care. You can do anything. But dont put him on instagram for the world to have to see. Reporter Magic Johnson said the comments hurt but not just for himself. I think that all of russ outraged. Were all upset, who are africanamericans, because if youre going to be like this, why are you owning a team in the nba which is, what, over 70 africanamerican basketball players . I think he should step down. Reporter the head coach of the clippers, doc rivers, says his boss reached out to him but declined to speak with sterling. I would just lake to reiterate how disappointed i am in our in the comments attributed to our owner. And i cant tell you how upset i am, our players are. Reporter other nba owner have largely stayed silent. But former basketball great and current charlotte bobcat owner Michael Jordan did speak out, issuing a statement saying in part, i am appalled that this type of ignorance still exists within our country and at the highest levels of our sport. Whats next is anyones guess. The league likely cant force sterling out, but already the Advertising Community is having its say. Five major sponsors pulled out today, costing the team millions of dollars. The clippers next play yugoslavia game is tuesday night. The playoff game is tuesday night. The Nba Players Association have democrated that he be barred from that and all remaining playoff games. Gary tuchman, cnn, atlanta. Also a racist incident in european football continues to get global reaction. Barcelonas Danny Alvarez was taking a corner kick sunday when a banana was thrown from the stands. The brazilian defender had a pretty cool response. He picked up the about unanimous atook a bite, and went on playing banana, took a bite, and went on playing. Theyve identified the person who threw the banana, season ticket holder, being banned from the stadium for life. Very smart reaction. Cool. Good stuff. For weeks now, families of the flight 370 passengers have been asking malaysian officials for more answers about the planes disappearance. Today in beijing, theyre finally getting some of that new information. And we will go live there after this break. And americas top diplomat fires back. What john kerry is saying about reports that he made critical comments about israel and its future. Last week, we saw frustrated family members of the flight 370 passengers storm out of meeting rooms in beijing when their questions didnt get answered. Today, though, a different story. Malaysian officials briefed relatives. They also played an audio recording of communications between the plane and Ground Control. They also presented maps of the flights route. All right. Lets go to ivan watson now for more on this. He joins us on the line from beijing. Ivan, what caused the sudden change in approach on the part of malaysian authorities, now seemingly communicating information to family members. Reporter perhaps its linked to the fact that the malaysian authorities delivered a preliminary report to International Aviation officials last week, and the malaysian Prime Minister in an exclusive interview with cnn last friday, he pledged that that report would be made public this week. The report has not been publicized yet, but before its publication, if that does in fact happen, you have malaysian officials that are really giving a detailed report. You may see some live images of it now to a packed Conference Room full of relatives of some of the 153 chinese nationals who were aboard that missing flight. They have played audio recordings that they say are of some of the final Radio Communications between flights 370 and Ground Control. In the past, malaysian officials had published the transcripts of these exchanges, but this is the first time that we know of that the audio recordings themselves have been published a month and a half after the plane disappeared. They have also published data from the satellite provider inmarsat of what they say are the final six socalled handshakes between the plane and inmarsats satellite that was in orbit over the indian ocean, and according to