. and i m amra walker. thank you all for spending a part of your morning with us and to you, victor, i have to tell you i tweeted out a photo of us yesterday and the excitement level for victor blackwell was pretty intense. and everyone s saying, look, is this permanent ? i m like, yes, yes. yes it is permanent for real and for keys as long as long as you wake up the reason. i mean, the schedule again, cycle is a chance. here is what we are watching this morning. i got my wife we got in the tub covered our heads. by the time we did that the storm was coming over and all we could hear was the house. breaking apart. so many terrifying stories. the death toll continues to climb after at least 10. tornadoes ripped through the south friday. the recovery efforts now underway as federal resources are moving in , and we are also tracking the threat for more severe storms today. due to the violence of the explosion and the amount of time that has passed the chance of finding survivors
in his hush money cover-up pays to terminate the gag order against the former president now that the trial is over, cnn s kara scannell joins us live care. what arguments are trump s attorneys making to the judge? so trump s lawyers have said that since this gag order was put in place just before the trial started, and it was put in place to protect the integrity of the proceedings because trump was prohibited from making any comments on court staff af on the prosecutors, on any witnesses, and on the jury, they re saying that now that the trial is over, the judge should lift this gag order because that was the reason for it to be in place is no longer happening. and what they wrote in the letter as now that the trial is concluded, the concerns articulated by the government and the court do not justify continued restrictions on first amendment rights of president trump, who remains the leading candidate in the 2024 presidential election. and the american people, they re sayi
one thinks that it s going well. and i m glad he took some action today, yesterday the university of michigan regions and attorney jordan akre faced a second frightening incident. his home had been approached in the middle of the night by pro palestinian protesters. yesterday. his office was spray painted with phrases like free palestine divest. now um, meaning university of michigan kills splotches of red paint left on the goodman acre sign above the building store, the president of the university, santo ono he called the vandalism anti-semitic, the targeting of akre akre says he was targeted because he was jewish and he is the only region whose office was targeted. josh crash our who is the editor-in-chief of jewish inside there are noted on twitter last night that quote, senator gary peters democratic michigan called the vandalism of jordan akre office anti-semitism, congresswoman alyssa slotkin running for senate calls it intimidation related to the middle east conflict, unquote
eight for the first time since 2005. ohio state buckeyes, dominating with defense forced 18 turnovers just in the first half. they only averaged yukon only averaged 8 16 turnovers all season. the buckeyes make the elite eight for the first time in 30 years ending yukons record streak of 16 straight trips to the elite eight. no women s or men s team had ever done that. problem with streaks is the longer to go. you re you re closer to an ending than you are to the beginning of it. um, you know, it s not like when will it happen? it s just a matter of time. i mean, it s that if it s going to happen, it s just a matter of time when it s going to happen. um and it s gonna it was gonna happen sooner rather than later. now um, can we go with three shot here have a little bone to pick with victor elephants in the room. victor bracket challenge, and you re going to see, um lots of folks here in the way at the bottom. victor has zero points, scored