the time, and go to church on sabbath day, but also we can participate in the government. >> martin luther king, iii, thank you so much for that. >> thank you. i'm pamela brown. thank you for watching. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. "outfront" next, a bullish joe biden forging ahead with his agenda with or without republicans. plus, the suspect in the colorado mass shooting, making his first court appearance as attorneys talk about a mental illness. are they preparing an insanity defense? and at least five deaths reported tonight after a tornado tears through a community, and the threat ongoing at this hour. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, biden emboldened. using his first news conference to make it clear that he's plowing ahead with his plans and he will do it with or without republicans. >> my republican colleagues are

going to have to determine whether or not we want to work together or they decide the way in which they want to proceed is to -- is to -- just, umm, decide -- divide the country, continue the politics of division. >> so his next big agenda item, another multitrillion dollar spending bill, mean thining thie $3 trillion. >> next major initiative is to rebuild the infrastructure both physical and technological infrastructure of this country. so that we can compete and create significant numbers of really good paying jobs. >> $3 trillion. it includes a wide, wide range of things. everything from day care to pipelines. hugely ambitious in its scope. historians likening the push to

change america to the transformation made by franklin dell nor roosevelt. and he's making it clear that these ideas are not negotiable. he said if republicans block him, he can get around the filibuster and pass his agenda any way. he talked about reforming the filibuster, because it requires republican votes. here he is. >> i'm going to say something outrageous. if we have to, if there's complete lockdown and chaos, as a consequence of the filibuster, then we'll have to go beyond what i'm talking about. >> so if there's chaos, and he has to go beyond what i'm talking about, let me translate that. he would use reconciliation to pass his agenda. that means that biden could get what he wants with a simple majority, without any republicans. doesn't even have to touch the filibuster. just use reconciliation. there you go. and he's now leveling these threats with confidence. >> what i know i have now is i have electoral support from

republican voters. republican voters. agreeing with what i'm doing. >> and his confidence today went even further. >> my plan is to run for re-election. that's my election. >> do you believe you'll be running against former president trump? >> oh, come on. i don't think about it. i have no idea. i have no idea if there will even be a republican party. do you? >> jeff zeleny is "outfront" near the white house tonight. those snips he has specific items, an agenda, he's going to do it with or without republicans. he had no problem mocking republicans, a confident and bold president today. >> reporter: it's clear he has the upper hand here with the senate and intending the play that hand. look, all of his years in the senate is making him a very interesting executive. we don't often see the head of the executive branch treating

the legislative branch like this. but it's been fascinating to watch the early months and he plans to continue that. he believes he does have bipartisan support. never mind the votes. he doesn't need them for now. but he does believe he has republican support out in the country. that was true in the covid relief bill, and he's talking about that big infrastructure plan. we're talking about physical infrastructure like building roads and improving airports, soft infrastructure, if you will, expanding education, improving american jobs. so we saw an emboldened biden today who made clear he's not going to be slowed by the u.s. senate. he understands the senate very well. so he's essentially daring and urging some republicans to come to him. he's not going to necessarily go to them or change his policy. and we saw him talking about 2024. erin, that raised the point that, yes, this is his first term. but he has much less time than

that. the reality is, he only has that democratic majority, that 50-50 majority in the senate until 2022 for sure. that's why they're passing everything so fast. so come with me if you want. if you don't, watch my progress. that is what his bet is. of course, he's going to have stumbles along the way with gun control issues. he's going to have to respond to immigration, but it was a fascinating look into his mind. >> thank you very much, jeff zeleny. let's go now to david axelrod, former senior adviser to president obama, who of course, knows the vice president very well, vice president at the time biden and now president. so david, let me start with this. obviously you do know the context here so well. biden talked about his forthcoming $3 trillion spending plan, making it clear, he's going to do it with or without republicans. and the tone and tenor we heard is a reversal of the drum beat about unity, working across the aisle that we heard during the

campaign. so what changed, david? >> well, first of all, i think he knows he will be judged on what he can accomplish on the principle issue that concern people, which is how we get past the virus, and how we -- how we have a resurgence in our economy. and so he is pursuing those things. interestingly, those are the two things that he can move forward on without republicans. because those fiscal issues are the ones that you can deal with in a reconciliation package, which only requires simple majority. everything else, gun legislation, immigration, voting rights legislation, that requires -- that would require either doing away with the filibuster and getting 60 votes. so he not only knows that where he wants to go, and this press conference was all about focusing attention on those issues that he thinks he's going to be judged by, and that he thinks people care about.

and also that he thinks he can accomplish. you know, i just take issue with one thing from the top, erin. i think he's telling his supporters, particularly progressive supporters who are urging him to do away with the filibuster. he said basically, hey, i've been around, i can count. we don't have the votes to do away with the filibuster. we can reform it and maybe we'll get to the point where republicans are so outrageous, we can get 50 democrats to go along with it. right now we don't have it. so i thought there was a dose of realism in his presentation today, as well. >> so jamie, biden was asked, you know, to this point about republicans, about his relationship with mitch mcconnell. and mitch mcconnell said yesterday that he's only spoken with biden once since inauguration, and it was about berma. so biden was asked about that today. here was his response. >> i know mitch well. mitch knows me well. i would expect mitch to say exactly what he said. but this is a matter of making

sure that i would like republican -- elected republican support. but what i know i have now is i have electoral support from republican voters. >> so jamie, he's making a big point of that. they did support the covid relief bill, right? republican voters. it was wildly popular. it's different than this $3 trillion spending bill and it included direct payment. so who knows how republican voters will see this one. is biden running the risk of misjudging mcconnell and republicans? >> reporter: well, to david's point about he doesn't have the votes, the other thing that biden said today was his famous quote, successful electoral politics is the art of possible. so joe biden knows what's possible and what's not. but he's also looking at the polls. and he does have a lot of support with registered republicans right now.

i think what you're seeing, though, is to quote something you said earlier, he was bullish today. he was confident today. and i think he knows that it's the economy, stupid. dealing with covid. he said over and over again, he knows what his priorities are. that's what's going to be front and center. and he certainly thinks he will have the support of voters. but also be aware, he's going to be watching very carefully for 2022. and what happens in the house. and i think we'll see a balancing act there. >> so david, you mentioned the filibuster. biden said he agrees with president obama that the filibuster is a relic of the jim crow era, but said he's not ready to get rid of it. i want to play this exchange with our kaitlan collins.

>> reporter: regarding the filibuster, at john lewis' funeral, president barack obama said he thought the filibuster was an era of the jim crow era. do you agree? >> yes. >> why not abolish it if it's a relic of the jim crow era. >> successful electoral politics is the art of the possible. let's figure out how we can get this done and move in one direction with significantly changing abuse of even the filibuster rule first. it's been abused from the time it came into being by an extreme way in the last 20 years. let's deal with the abuse first. >> it sounds like you're moving closer to eliminating the filibuster. is that correct? >> i answered your question. >> so david, what do you make of that? look, he's basically saying, i

don't like it, but i will deal with what i have to deal with. and by the way, and to your point, he's got reconciliation for all of these major economic bills as a separate path. >> yeah. and pain therrin threat cli, he making a bet that the things he's doing are going to ensure that the economy is roaring in 2022. but on the filibuster, again, i think there are 48 democrats who appear ready to vote -- we know there are at least two democrats who say they're not going to vote away with the filibuster. joe biden knows that, too. his message is, we will do what we can do. and, you know, i think that's a message that won't sit well with every progressive in the democratic party, because it is going to come up when these voting rights bills come up. it's going to come up when these gun bills come up.

i think he was being very straightforward about what he thinks he can accomplish. >> especially because, look, i don't want to weigh into it, you can pass all the laws you want, and then the other people get in charge and it puts them back the way they were. jamie, one other thing he said today. he went after -- biden went after president trump by name a number of times. he normally does not do that by name. he also went after the gop as a whole, with that mocking, will there even be a republican party? let me play that again. >> do you believe you'll be running against former president trump? >> oh, come on. i don't think about it. i don't -- i have no idea. i have no idea if there will be a republican party. do you? >> so what do you make, jamie? it's a different tone, okay, than he had before. >> absolutely. i was struck. he was both self-deprecating at times. he said at one point, when i was

in the senate 120 years ago. but to your point, he did say former president trump, trump, trump. up until now, we have heard more "the former guy." i think that this is self-confidence on his part. i think he feels that president trump is fading away, at least for now. and there is something else he said at one point, he said i'm a very practical guy. and i think that what we saw today was, he was feeling his way, he had success with the covid relief bill. he's feeling confident about moving forward on the economy. and he was willing to take on president trump. let's remember one thing, donald trump is not on twitter any more. one of the things that struck me today was, there was no response from donald trump. >> right. it is true, it is true.

and there is the complete dichotomy in the republican party. they like that bill. they like those checks, but there'sagelation for the former president trump. thank you both very much. next, georgia's governor did just sign that sweeping elections reform bill moments ago, as we were beginning our program. and this is as joe biden calls out republicans for trying to limit voting access. >> how un-american this whole initiative is. it's sick. >> attorneys for the suspect in the colorado mass shooting say they need time to assess the 21-year-old's mental health. is this their defense. the attorney general of colorado is "outfront." and biden sets a goal of 200 million vaccine shots within his first 100 days. i did. until i realized something was missing... ...me.

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georgia brian kemp sign an elections bill as it went through the statehouse and senate today. joe biden calling this push to restrict voting access "sick and un-am un-american." >> what i'm worried about is how un-american this whole initiative is. it's sick. it's sick. deciding in some states that you cannot bring water to people standing in line, waiting to vote. deciding that you're going to end voting at 5:00 when working people are just getting off work. deciding that there will be no absentee ballots under the most rigid circumstances. i'm convinced that we'll be able to stop this, because it is the most pernicious thing. this makes jim crow look like jim eagle. this is gigantic what they're trying to do. and it cannot be sustained.

>> diane gallagher is "outfront." you've been covering this very closely as the bill made its way through the legislature. what does the final law say? >> yeah, so erin, look, this law literally changes georgia elections from top to bottom in almost every aspect. and not every single part of it is something that people consider to be restrictive. but there were enough elements in this bill that had activists, democrats who were there on the floor, call thing jim crow, calling this oppressive legislation. it does add i.d. requirements for absentee voting. they're eliminating signature match in georgia, it limits drop boxes and makes it a misdemeanor to give somebody food or drink if they're waiting in line to vote. perhaps the part of the bill that's caused the most outrage is the fact that it expands the

oversight from state lawmakers and state officials over local election management. so it gives some of these partisan officials the ability to appoint people who then can even replace local election officials. look, democrats in the house have basically said we feel like this is a direct attack on the blue areas of georgia, like here in atlanta and fulton county. and to that same effect, to voters of color. and that is what we're hearing from everybody really on the ground who opposed this, that it is targeted, they feel like against voters of color, erin. i can tell you that we're already hearing about potential litigation that is being thought out when it comes to this particular law. but of course, the governor said that he felt like this would safeguard the election and, like we have heard so many other republicans alluding to after 2020, it's going to restore

confidence. >> diane, thank you very much. i want to go now to ben ginsburg, republican election lawyer for four decades. you heard diane laying out the law, they're require i.d. for absentee voters, misdemean for to serve food or drink or hand out water while they're standing in line voting. are republicans making a mistake with this move? >> i think they are making a mistake. any time you put up barriers to people voting in a democracy. both on policy grounds, because it's anti-the way the country should work. but also politically, because it paints republicans as truly not wanting people to vote. and that turns off a large chunk of the republican base, as well. but there are parts of this bill that are being oversold. the voter i.d. requirements for example, get rid of signature matches, which is a really messy

process, and puts in social security numbers or driver's licenses. that's what california, new jersey, and virginia, democratic states use. so parts of this is being overblown. >> i know you have pointed out restricting the amount of time for early voting. restrictions would put them in line with states like california, so there's parts of it that make sense and parts that truly don't and are incredibly restrictive. you know, so -- and those parts that are very restrictive are actually now in hundreds of bills across the country. 250 bills all in, in 43 states are up for discussion that would restrict voting. so joe biden, you heard him say that overall, this push by republican state legislatures is un-american. would you agree with that characterization? >> well, i think it's really bad any time you try and stop people from voting. and there are bills that have been filed that are really

harmful to the democracy, harmful for the republican party in the long run. so there is this drive to change laws, to make them more restrictive, based on the unproven charge of fraudulent voting is a bad result for, i think, policy and politics for the republican party. >> ben, thank you very much. i always appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. next, the colorado mass shooting suspect making his first court appearance today. as prosecutors say more charges against the 21-year-old could be coming. the attorney general of colorado is "outfront." biden ups his goal to 200 million vaccinations by his 100th day in office. but is his administration's messaging making it through? all of the misinformation out now about vaccines. ♪ ♪ taking metamucil everyday can help. metamucil psyllium fiber, gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down.

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not later, like right now. new tonight, the suspected gunman in the boulder, colorado supermarket massacre denied bond. it came as officials say more charges against him are likely.

kyung lah is "outfront." >> reporter: handcuffed and in a wheelchair from a gun shot wound, ahmad al aliwi alissa appeared for the first time as defendant. the 21-year-old sat alert as a judge read his rights in the courtroom. >> sir, do you understand those rights as i explained them to you this morning? >> yes. >> reporter: that was the only time he spoke in his ten-minute hearing. he is charged with ten counts of murder for the ten insinlt lives lost at the store. prosecutors filed an 11th charge of first degree murder for officer richard stidle, one of the first responding officers, described being shot at by the gunman in the arrest affidavit, as he saw officer eric talley fatally wounded. the district attorney says charge also come after investigators, still at the scene today, finish collecting all the evidence. the public defender indicated a possible future defense. >> we cannot begin to assess the

nature and depth of his mental illness until we have the discovery from the government. >> reporter: mental illness and school years of being bullied for being muslim according to his brother, who saw him growing increasingly paranoid. his attorneys today did not discuss his current mental state. >> what sort of state is he in right now? >> i have no comment. >> reporter: a law enforcement source tells cnn investigators are scrubbing through his social media presence. among them, posts like this one, where he complained, if these racist, islam phobic people would stop hacking my phone and have a normal life, i probably could. across boulder, memorials to remember the victims. and ten families unable to grasp the loss, including the sister of officer talley. >> my mother called me, and she was just screaming.

she said his daughter had called her, his young daughter, and said, nana, daddy's dead. like, this is not okay. it's not okay that i am burying my brother. >> reporter: in an act to mark the end of officer talley's watch, the boulder police department used the fallen officer's handcuffs to formally place the shooting suspect into custody, tweeting this -- though this was a small gesture, we hope it is the start of the healing process that so many of us need at this time. late today, the boulder police department announced that the funeral for officer talley will be on tuesday, and as much as they have shared their grief with this community, that funeral ceremony will be live streamed to the public. and we should mention, erin, that the suspect in court, he did not enter a plea. prosecutors are already warning this community that this is going to be a lengthy court

process. erin? >> thank you. "outfront" now, the democratic attorney general of colorado, phil wiser. attorney general, i appreciate your time tonight. you know, on so many levels this appears to be a straightforward case. a lot of eyewitnesss, security camera footage in the supermarket. we presume, as well. last night, the governor told me, i think there's a lot out there. i don't think it will be too hard to prove. that was his quote. do you agree? >> you never want to take cases for grant it. the trial is going to be a point of the community getting this story. and the district attorney here in woboulder is a true professional. it will be a thorough investigation. a lot of other law enforcement authorities are working with them. so it's going to be comprehensive and done right, and it's important for the community here in boulder that they get this process, this

trial, and the justice that people who deserve. >> so one of the suspect's lawyers, danielle king, represented the gunman in the 2012 aurora movie theater massacre. 12 people were killed there. that gunman pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. that did not work. he's going to spend the rest of his life behind bars. that is how it ended that time. ultimately, do you think an insanity defense would be unsuccessful here, as well? >> what people may not fully appreciate, the insanity defense is a very difficult standard to meet. as you noted in the shooting case, the defendant there was not able to meet it. it is an exceptional situation when it's met. what we have here is a team that is going to do a great job making the case. that defense is going to be up to the defendant to show it. it's not an easy standard to make and rarely successful. >> so i want to play something that the governor told me last

night about how this mass shooting is affecting him. he had been to this supermarket many times before. here he is. >> ten people killed at a place that i've been to, that almost every member of the community knows has been to, drives past. this is everywhere usa. this could be any grocery store, anywhere, any time. and i think that's really why this struck a chord, not just with residents of boulder and colorado, but with people across the country. >> an eyewitness that day told me, he thought his bubble burst in boulder. obviously, it's an incredibly safe and tight knit community. the d.a. is confident the trial can be held in boulder. do you think that's true, or do you think that perhaps it should be done outside? >> i think it's important for this community, you can see behind me the people who are

mourning, grappling with what is something that people didn't think could happen. what you said is right. if it can happen here, it could happen anywhere. i too like the governor have been to this shopping center. it is deeply disturbing and it's important for boulder to have a way to heal that breach, to bring this to justice, get the story out there and give people some sense of close hr and understanding. we're never going to heal the holes in our hearts. the people we have lost is so painful. but a trial here in woulder is the right thing to do. >> mr. attorney general, our kyung lah just reported about the handcuffs that belonged to officer talley. officer talley, of course, the first there, the hero, father of seven, and he died trying to save others in that supermarket. the boulder police sdepartment said those handcuffs were the

ones used on the suspect after he was taken into custody. what was your reaction when you learned this in >> what we need to understand about officer talley, this is what responsible, trusting, and meaningful policing is doing. when i talk to law enforcement professionals, this is what they sign up to do, to go into danger, to risk their lives, to leave their kids without a father, because they believe in protecting communities they serve. officer talley, like officer goodman who we heard at the capitol on january 6, represents the law enforcement we deserve and need. and having as many ways to remember him is a blessing and inspiration is going to be meaningful. when we have a memorial service for him, i know it's going to be powerful in this community. we owe him an incredible debt. he died a hero. his seven kids are going to be in our hearts. >> he save sod many lives. attorney general, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you.

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new tonight, joe biden doubling his administration's vaccine goal after already meeting the initial target of 100 million shots. >> now i'm setting a second goal. and that is we will, by my 100th day in office, have administered 200 million shots in people's arms. that's right, 200 million shots in 100 days. i know it's ambitious. twice our original goal. but no other country in the world has even come close, not even close to what we're doing. i believe we can do it. >> "outfront" now, former white house medical adviser under president bush, dr. reiner. so 200 million shots. if the goal is hit, you're close

to herd immunity. that's pretty much anyone who wants one getting one who is allowed with the science. >> well, not quite. don't forget that most of the vaccine to date are two-shot vaccines. so 200 million shots is subtracting out the j&j vaccines about 100 million people. so we still have a good way to go. right now, we're getting vaccine at about 2.5 million shots per day. roughly split, half and half with whatever j&j shots are going in now. so in order for us to get to herd immunity, even at this rate, it's going to take about five months. assuming we can convince, you know, fully 70% of the population to take the shot. you know, the administration is doing a great job at accelerating this, but they have a history of basically announcing a goal they have already achieved.

just by math, with 34 more days left in the first 100 days at 2 1/2 million shots per day, he'll get to the goal. that's pretty much baked in. >> i get why they would want to set a goal that they can meet. your point is important. it's not ramping anything up. now, he previously said may 1st as a deadline for when all adult americans in every single state were eligible. so basically, if you want one by may 1, you can get one. look, it's complicated. a lot of people are eligible and people aren't still getting them. i see it every day. there are seven states that have not even told cnn when they plan to vaccinate everyone 16 and older. that includes new york, pennsylvania, wyoming, arkansas. is there any reason why all states just should. say it's open to everyone, and

drop this 1b, 1c. a lot of people are eligible don't know if they are and aren't getting it. so there's all these lines and no one is in them. >> completely agree. the other reason to do that is probably over 70% of the transmission is coming from younger people. we saw that during the second surge over transmission came from people between the ages of 20 and 49. very few of those folks have been vaccinated now. those are the people we really need to vaccinate now. so, look, we can continue to vaccinate people at highest risk, although we already vaccinated at least 70% of the people over the age of 65. we can do that in parallel getting shots into low-risk people but high-risk to transmit the virus. open it up. we have 40 million doses delivered to states that have not been administered. that number is going to grow. so i think we should make this available to everyone. >> yep. couldn't agree more. thank you very much for your time, as always.

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tonight, joe biden turning introspective, when talking about whether he'll run for a second turn. >> have you decided what you are going to run for re-election in 2024? you haven't set up a re-election campaign yet as your predecessor had by this time. >> my predecessor needed to. my predecessor, oh, god, i miss him. the answer is, yes, my plan is to run for re-election. >> so is that a yes you are running for re-election? >> fgod, i don't know where you guys come from. i have never planned four years ahead of time. >> the biographer of joe biden joins us now. he says he's a great respecter of fate. obviously informed by the

tragedies in his own life, but his plan is to run, as of now, which surprised some that he came out directly and said that. what was your reaction to his answers? >> well, look, it would be political malpractice to say he wasn't running now. i think there's a deeper element to this, which is, he really did, a long time ago, came up with his own sort of home brewed philosophy about how to deal with fate, how to think about the sheer ups and downs of his life. he decided, as he put it, everybody has a cosmic ledger. this is his words, not mine, that everybody, for all the highs of your life, in will be lows. and the highest highs are met by the lowest lows. he's certainly felt it in his own life. in his conception, you could be riding high today, march of 2021. but you can't anticipate what's going to come around the bend, what's going to knock you down and take away that power you thought you had, or what's going to give you an advantage over an adve adversary. >> he was asked how is he going

to deliver on promises that he's made, climate . >> i got elected to solve problems, and the most urgent problem facing the american people i stated from the outset was covid-19 and the economic dislocation for millions and millions of americans. the other problems we're talking about are immigration to guns and the other things you mentioned are long-term problems. they've been around a long time. and what we're going to be able to do, god willing, is now begin one at a time to focus on those as well. >> he was asked a lot about immigration, right? and he had a lot of statistics. he was ready for it. i don't want to say that he wasn't, but those are the questions he received. he wanted to put vice president harris in charge of the border, he's delegate it in, making it

clear that's not where his agenda is headed. it's not what he wants to talk about. >> part of this comes from his vice presidency. what's interesting, erin, you see him juggling very clearly the challenges of the short-term crisis, the thing you don't anticipate with your long-term goal. to use a president that he admired a lot, jack kennedy, you have to get the cuban missile crisis right, but you'll be judged on history whether you create the peace corps and these long standing agenda items. for him, that's infrastructure, stuff that's politically unglamorous as getting asbestos all of schools, and china. our grandchildren will be writing their distations on how we that may be long-range challenge of china. he's not trying to drop any balls in the the short term without losing sight of the long-range objectives for him to

achieve in four or eight years. >> and he's going big because of this. just think about this. if he gets what he wants, which it looks like he can regardless of the filibuster, he's going to have $5 trillion in spending within 100 days. i mean, it's a stunning thing. "the new york times" columnist mor maureen dowd wrote president joe biden is being hailed as a transformational progressive champion. while back home has become a cautionary tale with what happens when democrats get the keys to the car but don't put their foot on the gas. do you think biden is driven by a desire to, you know, somehow in the scope of what he accomplishes of transforming the role of government to exceed obama? >> the honest sadness you don't get where he is in this business without a pretty strong, competitive streak. there as piece of this that he sees a lot of unfinished

business. he and president obama spent eight years trying to get things done. sure, if he can get those things accomplished, he will. but he's acutely conscious of the risk of high expectations. we are talking these days about comparisons to fdr, to lbj. axios reported today that he's been meeting with hitchhikers to understand more of that history. what he would tell you is it's better to set lower expectations and overdelivery than allow th expectations to be baked in. >> thank you very much for your perspective. >> my pleasure. next, breaking news. officials searching for victims after reports of nine tornadoes in alabama. at least five deaths reported so far. we'll go there live next.

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one man in the storm caught the danger on camera from his car. just watch this. >> [ bleep ]. >> oh, no! [ bleep ], oh, [ bleep ]. oh, [ bleep ]. >> incredible. i mean, just looking at that. the national weather service is issuing a tornado emergency warning 35,000 people are in the current storm's path just over the next hour. this moves really quickly pop up and continue damage can simply be immense. derrick van damme is out front from birmingham, alabama. what are you seeing right now? >> reporter: interesting, erin, that tornado footage that you just showed on television a moment ago is the same tornado that caused the damage behind me. the national weather service and meteorologists at the cnn weather center, they provided

guidance that there would be long-track, long-duration tornadoes today and that's exactly what happened. the footage you saw a moment ago was several miles to our south and west where we are on eagle point, alabama, just to the south and east of birmingham, we're several miles away from that footage. roofs were ripped off the top of their house. people are busy cleaning up the damage. what i found very interesting about this is how indiscriminately this tornado damaged homes and communities because it hopped and skipped over some houses, sparing them completely, but completely damaging others. we talked to some sheriffs earlier who had a mobile command center and advised us they had to halt their search and rescue operations because of the ongoing severe weather threat. but i can tell you now that the temperatures have dropped. the cold wind has ushered in, and i think the severe weather threat is starting to dwindle

here in birmingham, alabama, a very, very welcome sign because it has been a volatile and very turbulent and dangerous day. now we focus on northern georgia where the national weather service just issued a new tornado warning, including the atlanta metro region. >> thank you very much, derrick. i appreciate your time and all of yours. anderson starts now. good evening. we begin with breaking news. georgia's governor late this evening signing draconian new voting measures into law based on a lie. the legislation's preamble is orwellian. it says the law is meant to address lack of confidence in the election system. gee, i wonder where that came from. georgia's 2020 were counted, recounted, and counted again. no meaningful fraud was uncovered. the results were certified and attested to numerous times, including my georgia's