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the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with the deadly outbreak of tornadoes that ripped across much of the south and midwest beginning yesterday afternoon. just over the last few hours, the death toll has more than doubled. 21 people are now confirmed killed by the storms and all more than 50. tornadoes have been reported in seven states, at least 12 of those tornadoes. were reported in arkansas state of emergency is in place in the hardest hit areas, including when the devastated arkansas town that you re seeing right there. cnn s derek van dam is with the latest from arkansas. jim. i was just talking to my crew a moment ago , and the scene behind us reminds us of being on the set of a major blockbuster movie. i mean, just look at what we have with this destruction coming out of wynne, arkansas, that is a church steeple that was blown off by this tornado. look at the incredible damage in front of that building just in front of us here. we h ....
senator joe manchin s team confirming that he will, quote, unequivocally not support any climate provisions in the democrats economic package or consider raising taxes on the wealthy or corporations. moments ago president biden took off for saudi arabia in a highly anticipated and controversial meeting with the crown prince mohammed bin salman. the president is seeking to boost oil flow and reset the relationship with the kingdom, less than two years after vowing to make saudi arabia a pariah for its human rights abuses. cnn s kaitlan collins and wolf blitzer are in jeddah, saudi arabia, where the president will be visiting. wolf, to you first. the president, before he left the west bank, met with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas this morning. he continues to advocate for a two-state solution, announced an aide, but right now there are no substantive talks between the israelis and palestinians. where do those negotiations stand and where does a two ....
feel any significant relief at the grocery store or gas pump. fuel costs just hit another new high, $4.40 a gallon on average for the first time ever. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond is traveling with the president. jeremy, the president gave a speech about inflation yesterday. today it s supposed to be more about food supply. what can we expect? reporter: yeah, victor, but inflation will still be very much top of mind for the president as he addresses this dueling issue of rising food prices, as well as this global food shortage. part of it sparked by the war in ukraine. ukraine/russia, key suppliers of wheat around the world. we ll hear the president address both of those. and the fact that he s talking about inflation for the second day in a row, a reflection of the extent to which he s facing serious political pressure on this issue, a top issue for voters heading into the midterms. today we ll hear the president announce several new steps to help f ....
It s really tough, and i was able to zoom last week with the actual drone operators. the men and women who who operate these drones and boy, it puts a human face on it. all of these soldiers were young enough to be my children. so i mean, like i say, i wouldn t follow this story anyway. but to be involved personally is, uh, it s humbling , and i feel a real sense of responsibility to do whatever they asked me to do, and i appreciate cnn for letting me come on and talk about it. well, we appreciate you so much mark, and it s always great to see you and for the folks at home who don t know this or aren t up to speed on it. you re an ambassador for you. this ukraine 24 drone nation campaign it s a fundraiser to buy ukraine 10 reconnaissance drones. they re pretty pricey about $150,000 each how is this effort going? ....
Point, no. what we do know is that alex used this as an opportunity to enrich himself like he did every time there was a client matter, but we don t think that he or anybody in the family would intentionally want to kill gloria satterfield for no reason or for at least monetary purposes. it is just the man though that takes advantage of every situation, where most lawyers would say what would benefit our clients, he is a person that says what can i do to benefit myself. and for folks at home who don t know the details, what happened here is in her death, he promised i suppose to sue himself to get a settlement in her death, but then pocketed the $4 million, more than $4 million, for himself. but then that revealed that that wasn t the only time that he did this kind of thing, that he was using court settlements to steal all kinds of money. i just wonder how a prominent lawyer, how that was able to ....