this is cnn breaking news. breaking overnight, two police officers gunned down during a traffic stop in mississippi. a manhunt for the shooters. the suspects now in custody. that manhunt over. plus tornadoes, huge hail and violent wind gusts. fifty twisters reported causing damage in several states and even a death and injuries in texas. good morning. i'm alison kosik in for s&p. >> i'm victor blackwell. authorities have rested two suspects after they allegedly shot and killed two hattiesburg

police officers during a routine police stop but we know nothing routine of anything done in this jop. here is what we know. the incident happened around 8:30 saturday night and officials have identified the suspects as martz and curtis banks. the pair reportedly tried to make their get-away in a stolen officer's car. one of the suspects being taken into custody heard saying, quote, i did not do it. we are learning new information about the officer 34-year-old benjamin dean who was named the city's officer of the year in 2012 and 25-year-old tory tate. the mayor says it's 30 years since something like this happened in this city. the mayor is on the phone with us now for more. you heard the latest reporting

there. is there anything i missed? anything you can tell us, mr. mayor? >> yochlt no. so we don't taint this investigation, we want the community to know they are safe. we have the suspects in custody. i've been with the family all night and 30 minutes ago, we asked them not only in mississippi and hattiesburg but across the nation, prayer for the law enforcement and around the nation. mbi is still investigating it. interviews ongoing. they are sending evidence to the crime lab. we are having both officers have an autopsy. this is a horrific time for people around the nation when you have police officers that

are sworn to serve and protect and this ruthless kind of action happens to you. >> mayor dupree, were these suspects well-known by police? have they had several run-ins with the law? >> well, i don't know for a fact but i believe one of them was a felon before. >> do we know if they were related? >> my understanding is that the two individuals that we picked up, curtis and marvin, are brothers. >> brothers. i notice this is the first time a hattiesburg police officer has been killed in the line of duty in 30 years. you got one rookie here who recently graduated from the police academy. you have a former officer of the year. what does this mean for your city? >> well, this doesn't happen in

hattiesburg. if you see how quickly the suspects were apprehended. that is a mantra for us in hattiesburg if you commit a crime. we take care of you and want to make sure that the people in hattiesburg and the surrounding areas, they are safe. it didn't take us but a few hours to locate them. we also going to take this incident -- we trained them to keep our other law enforcement officers safe. >> mayor johnny dupree of hattiesburg, mississippi, thank you so much. we have that facebook posting from corey tate who, last june, posted this. he said, i graduated the police academy today. i am now a police officer. i would like to thank god, the police academy, the police department, my family, friends, and loved ones. having just graduated from the academy in june.

let's go ahead and bring in cedric alexander joining us now on the phone. he is the chief of police for dekalb county here in georgia. cedric, i want to get your reaction to this seemingly quick manhunt. both suspects were arrested within hours. >> first of all, my heart and brars goes out to the family of both officers involved in this tragic, tragic death this morning. and here it is mother's day and they won't have an opportunity to be with their family and loved ones. this is just a constant reminder, alison and victor, of the dangers of police work in this country. here, these two young officers, still both very young in their careers, out protecting that community, protecting us all, and even though across this country right now, police is being questioned about the way that they do their jobs, but we

can never, ever forget the dangers and what they put on the line for us every day. i think this is just a reminder, a constant reminder that we have been seeing too much too frequent too often of the work that they do and we really got to get out there and we have to support our police officers. and i would pray, of course, with the community there in hattiesburg and across the state of mississippi and across this country that the loss of those two officers and that attack that they came up under is not acceptable whatsoever and i encourage americans and in that community and across this country, you see a police officer out there, walk up to him or her and thank them for the great work that they do every day in spite of some of the negativity we hear going on. we cannot brush our police officers with the same brush. they sdorve our support. my heart and prayers go out to

hattiesburg and the mayor and that entire community. those are painful losses they have surfed and we have all suffered across this great nation. >> chief alexander, let me ask you this then. how concerned are you for your officers in dekalb county as we see this seemingly backlash happen against police officers all across the country? how concerned are for your officers? >> i think we all have tosh concerned when we see the backlash that is occurring. what we have to remember is this. is that i tell my officers and i say to the police officers across this country, stay vigilant, stay alert and do what you were trained to do, go back to your training. here, again, it is a dangerous, dangerous job and a highly

unpredictable job and sometimes officers walk into situations that appear to be one thing and then a flash of a moment, it can turn into something else. so i think it just becomes important for all of us, alison, to remember that the work that they are doing out there every day, give them a pat on the back when you see them, keep them encouraged. that means so much to the men and women that serve us across this country and our communities every day as police officers. >> points that are good to remember. cedric alexander, thanks so much for joining us. we will continue to follow this breaking news story and have more news for you as it develops. >> it seems like we are reporting these type shootings and the deaths every couple of days now. >> that new york police officer was just buried on friday. tears in my eyes as i watched that funeral, you know, in new york and here we have two other police officers shot and killed. >> also the deputy killed in idaho.

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can you imagine? look at this. parts of the central plains, the cleaning up this morning after storms like this ripped through parts of colorado and texas. those storms turned deadly. as many as 50 funnel clouds reportedly touched down yesterday. >> the town of sisco in texas was hit hard. one home was left in ruins as the storm turned deadly. one person was killed and another is in critical condition. elena machado is live in dallas for us. what are you seeing? >> alison, we could see additional severe weather today. this after a day of wild weather. not just here in texas but in other parts of the country. >> right now, very pronounced

funnel cloud and funnel in organize. >> reporter: flash flooding and hail in the same region. a blizzard in wyoming. and a tropical storm making landfall. it's been a wild and deadly weather weekend across the u.s. this twister west of the dallas/ft. worth area killed at least one person and left another critically injured. several buildings in sisco, texas, destroyed. it snapped trees in half. >> i've lived in sisco over ten years now, and i haven't seen anything like this in a long time. all of this water, telephone poles, trees ripped out of the ground, it's definitely very powerful, very destructive. >> reporter: storms also dumped rain and fist-sized hail in parts of oklahoma. ireporter mike win dam shot this

video out his back door on wednesday. it left neighborhoods and oklahoma city flooded on saturday and a slight risk of more severe weather in the area today. meanwhile, cold air behind the weakened weather system is producing snow. this is not what these high school soccer players bargained for in wyoming. their match had to be cancelled when a blizzard rolled through the city. and the first tropical storm of the year is coming ashore along the carolina coast as tropical storm ana makes landfall, there is a threat of coastal flooding and gusty winds and possibly an isolated tornado. but to close this tale of bizarre weather, another strange sight. a funnel cloud and a rainbow. this video captured the unlikely alliance near eaves, colorado. now the dallas/ft. worth area was largely spared in yesterday's severe storms, but again, we could still see severe thunderstorms and other severe weather in there area. right now in this area, we are

under a couple of watches for severe thunderstorms and flash flooding. alison? >> alina machado, thanks. that picture of the rainbow and the funnel cloud, the awesome of mother nature, amazing. >> all in one frame there. you can imagine the people are waking up this morning and it's a mess. >> oh, yeah. >> looking at what they have to clean up. let's go to meteorologist ivan cabrera who is with us now. yesterday, we were looking the potential 17 million could face severe weather on saturday. it's nearly doubled today. >> it's going to hit more of the metro plexus so have to with watch that. the severe weather continued through the overnight and happening right now. the worst of the weather, of course, as far as tornado potential that will be this afternoon as we get maximum heating. you don't hear of torngs in the morning dr of tornadoes in the morning and there is a reason for that. if you're watching this from

dallas, there is a bow line about to move in and not tornadic but we could see some significant winds coming in and potential damage as well, as all of this continues to push to the east. my goodness. if you're looking to the western sky, a lot of lightning is coming in as well. later on this afternoon, we set things up again. there is the one feature that moves in. on the backside here you see the individual cells begin to developing here. two areas to watch. i think eastern and northeastern texas under the gun for potential of tornadoes again later on this afternoon and into the evening and we focus on western iowa. you see the yellow, i think we have talking about the potential for straight line wind damage. you don't care how it happens but the thing, of course, scares a lot of people are tornadoes and that area will be eastern texas again and heading into iowa as we head through later this afternoon and into evening. we are not done. day seven yesterday. day eight today. and tomorrow as this pushes to

the east, memphis, louisville and heading up into cleveland so we are not quite done with the severe weather as it moves to the east. that system will pick up and merge with our tropical storm ana, not the most formidable looking storm here but 45-mile-an-hour winds, a rainy mother's day across the carolinas as the system makes itself on shore. you can pick out the center of circulation along myrtle beach and the rain bands will continue to move in and when you talk about tropical storms, they are usually located on the bands and some of these bands could obtain some gusty winds so we will watch for that. is there enough going on across the united states? my goodness. yeah. snow. heavy snow. and tropical cyclone along the eastern seaboard here. >> we will come back to ivan coming up. the super typhoon of the philippines. massive and comparable to a

category 5 hurricane. we will talk about no on ul in a bit. the pope met raul castro at the vatican this morning. we will tell you about their conversations and why this is such an important meeting. plus, we are continuing to follow breaking news out of mississippi. two police officers shot and killed during a routine traffic stop. coming up, we are going to be hearing from the town's mayor who vows the killers will face justice.

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22 minutes after the hour now. this morning, an important meeting in rome.

cuban president raul castro met the pope at the vatican to thank the catholic helping mend u.s./cuban relations. the vatican church has maintained good relationships with havana at least in recent years. castro is the third pope to visit with the cuban president. ben, this was a private meeting but what do we know about their conversations? >> reporter: well, we know that it lasted for 55 minutes. it was in spanish. it was just these two gentlemen in the room. and according to a statement from the vatican, they describe it as a very cordial meeting. the statement said that castro wanted to thank personally the holy father in his active role and improving the relationship between cuba and the united states. they exchanged gifts as well and they also spoke about the upcoming visit by the pope to cuba in september.

according to the statement from the vatican -- rather raul castro said that he wanted to express his sentiments of the cuban people in anticipation and in preparation for the pope's visit there later this year. obviously, this comes at a time of dramatically improving relations between the united states and cuba and, of course, pope france played a critical role in that. he essentially initiated the process shortly after becoming the pope which resulted in the december 2014 announcement by president barack obama there would be a thaw in diplomatic relations between the u.s. and cuba after 50 years of no relations whatsoever. >> actually hosting those talks. no coincide, i would imagine, that this visit to cuba in

september is paired with a visit to the u.s.? >> reporter: yes. he is going to go to cuba apparently for two days, we understand, before visiting the united states. so this probably is going to culminate the gap between the united states and cuba. very much, so far, his greatest diplomatic achievement yet. he is also working on other areas, but definitely he can point to this thaw in relations between havana and washington as his biggest diplomatic accomplishment. >> much more than symbolism here, a change happening. ben wedeman, thank you. i didn't do it, the words from curtis banks. one of two suspects taken into custody after the shooting deaths of two mississippi police officers. this is breaking news that we are continuing to follow this morning. we are going to have more details coming up next.

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this is cnn breaking news. two breaking news story this morning. severe storms scraping across the plain states, snatching off roofs and tearing down trees. as many as 50 reports. but we begin in mississippi where police say they have caught the two men suspected of killing two police officers during a traffic stop. >> here is what we know about the situation in mississippi. authorities have identified the suspects as curtis and marvin banks. the city's mayor says the men are brothers. they reportedly tried to make

get-away in a stolen cop car. now, the vehicle was later found abandoned. this photo shows the moment that one of the suspects was taken into custody and he was heard saying, "i didn't do it." officials identified the victims as 34-year-old benjamin dean who was named the city's officer of the year in 2012. and 25-year-old liquori tate, a recent replied academy graduate. earlier, i spoke with the mayor of hattiesburg, johnny dupree. take a listen. mbi is still investigating it. interviews ongoing. they are sending evidence to the crime lab. we are having both officers have an autopsy. this is a horrific time for people around the nation when you have police officers that are sworn to serve and protect

and this ruthless kind of action happens to you. we want to ensure the people around the area that they are safe. if you perpetrate a crime in hattiesburg you will be dealt with. >> we will push forward to get more details on this breaking story and bring you the latest throughout the morning. people in will central part of the country are seeing tornadoes and large hail and violent wind gusts, and guess what? it's not over yet. what you're looking at is just one of the tornadoes that hit. a deadly one that ripped through rural texas. it actually cut a path right through the town of sisco and destroyed at least one home and it left one person dead. it sent another to the hospital in critical condition.

cnn's alina machado is live in dallas, texas, where the city continues to be under a severe thunderstorm watch. alina, how hard did the plain states get hit? >> pretty hard, alison. >> reporter: that tornado that you mentioned that swept through the town of sisco, texas, was one of three confirmed tornadoes yesterday. just in the state of texas, it was short-lived but it was very, very destructive as you mentioned. it left one person dead and critically injured another and it also left at least one home destroyed. that same cell toppled power lines and caused street flooding in texas. we know at least two confirmed tornadoes in colorado. another tornado in kansas. while this part of the country was dealing with that kind of severe weather, in wyoming, even though it's may, they were dealing with snow, and we have video of a soccer game that was interrupted because of

blizzard-like conditions. today, here in texas, in the dallas/ft. worth area, we are still expecting the possibility of more severe weather so there still could be additional storms to roll through this area, alison. >> we are wishing you much safety as you continue to do your work out there. alina machado on, thanks. the philippines, super typhoon noul is battling that nation and made landfall 90 minutes ago. >> to give you an idea how strong this storm is, it's as strong as a category 5 hurricane. it was packing maximum sustained winds of 160 miles an hour and gusts reaching 190 miles an hour. let's go to ich intravan cabrer tracking this super typhoon. how much longer will this continue? >> at least 12 hours here. this is a super typhoon and it

is may. a bit unusual. we have already had a super typhoon that hit them a couple of months ago, so this is just incredible here now. the good thing is, talk about a super typhoon, not much good, i know, but it is not going straight and barreling through the capital here. that would be a disaster for mani manila. this area is called luzan and not as populated here. the 160-mile-an-hour category 5 winds are hitting a sparsely populated area and i'm sure they have evacuated the people who live there. the storm will stay offshore as we head into the next 12 hours here so we are going to be done, i think in six hours, conditions begin to improve. the back side of the storm, manila is getting heavy rain and gusty winds. if had you to pick a spot in the philippines to hit with a category 5 storm, that is the

best spot to affect as few people as possible, right? here is the track. category 5 and then 3 and not done with the storm yet. as the storm goes back out, there is okinawa. talking about a category 2 hurricane equivalent to hit that area and then head up mainland japan as a category 1 storm. the worst of it ending for the philippines and hooks out to okinawa the next few days with winds in excess of a hundred miles an hour. i don't think the damage is going to be devastating and i don't think a lot of casualties. one typhoon a few years back hit that area that could not handle the kind of winds that came on shore with the winds you expect from a super typhoon. >> ivan, thank you so much. we will continue to watch that. jameis winston not let a

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jameis winston is fighting back and suing the woman who accused him of rape. the former florida state university quarterback, turned top nfl draft pick, is demanding $7 million from former fsu coed erika kensman. he alleges she mounted a vicious media campaign against him.

let's bring in criminal defense attorney joey jackson who is joining us now. good morning. >> good morning, alison. good to be with us. >> reporter: thank you. good to see you. how common of a move is this? how expected was it? >> it's a power play. there is one or two routes that could have been taken. the first is just, listen. settle this quietly and move on. you're beginning your professional career. you certainly don't want it to impair your endorsements. i think what jameis winston and his attorneys are doubling down saying we did not do this and i did not do this and i'm so confident about that we are going to move forward and we are going to be on the offensive about it and in doing so, they are making clear that he was cleared at every step of the process. the prosecutor looked into it, no charges. prior to that, the police investigated it and didn't recommend any charges. following that, the university, of course, had a two-day hearing this past december. he was cleared there. so what they are doing, alison,

is saying, listen. this person, miss kensman has been consistent about being inconsistent and you know what? you want to fight and let's do it and that is the basis of the counterclaim here. >> how can winston lawyers go about proving this in court? do you think he has a shot at winning this? >> it's interesting at this point whether or not this is just something to show he's at a turning point in his career. he just signed a contract worth $24 million over four years. so there is a lot that is forthcoming in terms of the nfl, in terms of endorsements, in terms of moving forward, so the conventional wisdom is this something that is just done for effect to establish that you know what? i'm clear and i'm so confident that i'm clear that i'm going to file this lawsuit? or is it not going to move forward? will there never be a trial and eventually settle at any point? it seems that winston and his

attorneys are set about saying my name should be cleared and i vehemently deny this and if you want to fight with me let's see whose version is the truth. whether it seize the light of day for a trial that is yet to be determined. >> do you think if he wins he'll get $7 million from her? >> not at all. it's not in terms of the money whether or not he is going to get any recovery from her, even a dollar. i think it's more about the reputation, about clearing his name and about being clear in terms of what happened and about exposing what he believes to be multiple lies that she told, about witnesses tampering she is alleging he engaged in and having teammates who said he didn't do this. i don't think at the end of the day it's a monetary issue. it's more of an issue to make him appear to be more wholesome and to establish you know what? this really did not happen in any way that she suggests.

it was consensual so that is what the fight is really all about at the end of the day. i don't know that we will see a trial moving forward. maybe she thinks twice about it and says let me withdraw my matter. i don't know that she will do that either. a lot of money at stake here. not for many so much, as for her. >> hln legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson, thank you so much. >> a pleasure. saudi arabia's bombing of yemen this weekend has the u.n. outraged. we will tell you why one u.n. official is calling it a breach of international law. and we are getting breaking news on the news story we are following. two police officers killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop in mississippi. two men are in custody. we will have the latest in a live report at the top of the hour. ♪so nice, so nice ♪sweet, sweet st. thomas nice♪ ♪so nice, so nice ♪st. croix full of pure vibes ♪so nice, so nice

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in yemen, saudi arabia pounded yemen with missiles this weekend, conducting 130 air strikes in just 24 hours. this happened just after houthi forces agreed for a cease-fire on thursday. now the u.n. is calling the air strikes a breach of international law, considering the targets included schools and hospitals. saudi officials say they were being used as weapon-stored sites. let's bring in cnn military analyst and retired attorney general mark hertling. >> good morning, victor. >> the saudis admit the air strikes too strikes took place.

is there any justification? >> this is the use of potential areas where, you know, the enemy of forces can use human shields. it's a continual problem in asymmetric war fare when you're talking about irregular forces going against a government and, in this particular case, you have to understand the saudi arabian targeting of a houthi stronghold in the north is the center of their power. it's where they have been launching attacks and it's where they have their weapons stored, and it's where their leaders live, which is an important point too. so the bombing of this area by the saudi arabian coalition has been intense and it's been geared toward houthis back to the political table. i think when it shifted last week is when the houthi forces in that area began launching attacks into saudi arabia with rockets and missiles. at that point, i think the saudi

arabian ministry said, hey, all bets are off the table, we are now going after with intense resolve this area, but we are also going to start looking at bombing some of the houthi leaders' houses. again, the churches -- i'm sorry, the mosques, the schools, these are all places where the saudis have said there are targeted individuals that are launching strikes against saudi arabia, or they have weapon stored in those areas so they are using human shields or these kind of facilities to guard against strikes. >> so is it typical to conduct these strikes without warning civilians? i understand that we have seen in other arenas that the bombings are targeted to places where civilians would be but there is some warning for those civilians. >> it's a great point, victor. what the united states has brought up too, and observers on the ground have said not only have there been leaflets and helicopters dropped and sending information to the residents of these areas to get out, to quit

aligning themselves with the rebel leaders and stay away from the military known facilities, so that, in fact, has happened. what is challenging, though, there is a fuel shortage throughout the country. you tell the residents to leave but there is no way to get them out. its somewhat akin to what we saw in the israel strikes last year. diplomats or the political leaders of these organizations won't let the civilians get out. so it's very challenging on both sides. >> very challenging, indeed. general mark hertling, thank you so much. >> thank you, victor. a programming note. watch a special on cnn that airs on sunday night at 7:00 p.m. two police officers gunned down during a traffic stop in

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