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the southern plains with reports of multiple tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind. plus, a new u.s. intelligence report rekindles the debate over the origin of covid-19. we'll tell you what we know and what we still don't. plus, a shocking "new york times" investigation uncovers a crisis unfolding in american factories. migrant children found working dangerous and often illegal jobs. we'll talk to the reporter who captured their stories. >> announcer: live from atlanta, this is "cnn newsroom" with laila harrak. we begin this hour with the dangerous storm system battering th...

bianca is off for today, but just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> i've heard another tornado warning, it's like never ending today. >> this is an early wake -up cal for people living on the southern plains. everyone wants this constam nation gone from the community. >> the town is rallying around each other and i think we're all on the same page for the first time in two weeks. the chinese were very, very slow in alerting the world to it. >> i'm not entirely surprised. the chinese have mishandled covid at every step of the way. ♪ live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with ma...

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I took my legs and everything into one ball. >> reporter: instincts. you just balled up. >> i balled up to try to get into the tightest corner. >> reporter: thomas says he's lucky. his next door neighborhood didn't make it. the man was killed when the tornado smashed a mobile home frame through his wall. this 17-year-old survived but lost everything else, including her blood pressure medicine. she was too overwhelmed to talk but found some of her medicine in the rubble. >> tornado. tornado. >> reporter: the nighttime tornado also tore through the town of rolling fork, killing at least 13. >> s...

Tor tornado, you know, at least the first tornado that caused damage in oklahoma city today. >> how does this storm compare to other storms that you've tracked? >> yeah. so this is -- obviously this is a -- it's a nighttime tornado. those are always quite difficult and extra dangerous. one thing today is, you know, it's february. you know, traditionally the southern plains and tornado alley, if you will, doesn't really start to come alive with these tornadoes and these severe outbreaks until maybe march, especially april and may. that's the, you know, peak tornado severe season here in the sou...