good wednesday morning. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. tornado warnings in effect for parts of the southwest. this after severe storms yesterday. more than a dozen tornados reported tearing across the south. look at these pictures here. homes, buildings disappearing. we ll speak with the mayor of deerpark, texas. new this morning, germany will send those leopard 2 tanks to ukraine and it comes as the u.s. is sending abram tanks to ukraine. bottom line, is it enough? we begin with those destructive tornados slamming parts of texas and louisiana. rosa flores is in pasadena, texas, with more. rosa? reporter: this tornado activity was so powerful. let me show you what we re seeing on the ground. this was a power pole that simply snapped. if you look down, you ll see a mangled piece of metal wrapped around parts of the debris and the rest of the pole is back here. beyond the pole you see it s shear devastation. there s a trailer that s turned on its side. it s upside dow
hello and thanks for joining us. i m abby phillip here in washington. now, president biden makes it official. just moments ago, the u.s. is sending abrams tanks to ukraine. that announcement comes just hours after germany revealed that it will send its own leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. germany had been reluctant to do that but ultimately they bent to weeks of intense pressure from western allies. cnn s phil mattingly is over at the white house for us. but let s begin first with our own jim sciutto. jim, can you walk us through what we are talking about here? what are these tanks, and where are they coming from as it relates to what s going into ukraine? reporter: abby, this is a significant move and let s begin with what the capabilities are. this is a german leopard tank then you have the u.s. sending abrams as well. first thing to say about this, highly capable, it s an offensive weapon, not a defensive weapon and the ukrainians hope here, their aim is to use this as a weap
he said he doesn t read the reviews anymore. you know he ll give a good speech. thanks for joining us this morning. cnn newsroom starts right now. good morning everyone. i m john berman. i m be anna golodryga. happening today, debt ceiling deadline. the country is set to hit its borrowing limit as soon as today. the treasury department says extraordinary measures need to be taken for the next few months at least to stave off disaster that could be coming in june. as republicans refuse to budge on demands and democrats refuse to budge on negotiations, the white house is warning of the dire consequences of a default that could have serious, almost unimaginable implications for the u.s. economy and consumers. our reporters are covering every angle of this developing story. chief business correspondent christine romans is here with us right now. what does this mean? what does today mean? today is the day we hit that number, just above $31 trillion number. there are th
states and around the world. i m laila harat. president biden visits the border amid a surge of migrants trying to reach the united states. he s got the gavel but it could be a tough road ahead for newly minted house speaker kevin mccarthy as he attempts to wrangle fractious republican party. plus china bids a first farewell to zero covid as the country reopens its borders fare the first time in three years. we ll have a live report from one of the biggest crossings between hong kong and mainland china. in the coming hours, president joe biden is expected to visit the u.s. southern border for the first time since taking office. the white house says he ll meet with local officials in el paso, texas, to address border security concerns. the city is facing a surge in migration from latin america, and the president has been criticized for struggling to stem the tide. but mr. biden says his critics, primarily republicans, have demagogued the issue and that his administrati
hey, there, i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m alisonyn camerota. top officials are mourning a dozen of their own but not clear if the deaths are caused by an attack, an accident or something else. 14 people were killed after a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten in the kyiv suburb. the dead are a crew, child and nine government officials and staff including the ukrainian interior minister. last year cnn reviewed the minister 42 years old a lawyer and politics trying to reform and engine on the ground. the leaders and held a moment of silence for the victims frederick pleitgen is there. are investors closer to solving this? one thing they don t believe. they say and possibly pilot and fall here in the area speaking them rescue crews, search crews are finishing up the clearing operations. most of the debris is cleared from the area now. they do say the fog was very heavy but a witness i spoke to said we saw the chopper coming in. it didn t look as tho