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here we go. one house. >> two of them. >> yeah, hit two houses. >> wow. >> right? good morning, everyone. good monday morning. good weekend? >> good weekend. monday though. arg. >> you'll get there. we're glad you're with us. we start with weather. there is a dangerous winter storm dumping quite a bit of snow on southern california. that's right. southern california. and unleashing tornadoes as it heads east. we're tracking the severe weather threat. also this -- >> we're confident that the chinese leadership is considering the provision of lethal equipment. >> there's growing concern this morning that china may be ready to provide weapons to russia. could it be a game changer on the battlefields in ukraine? what's ahead the cia is saying. >> house republicans taking aim at the biden administration's handling of a toxic train

disaster in ohio. what we're hearing about investigation ands hearings on capitol hill. >> but we begin with the winter storm tearing across the nation right now. more than six feet of snow falling in southern california. hurricane-force winds whipping up blinding dust storms in texas and powerful tornadoes ripping through oklahoma and kansas. take a look at this. this is the scene out of norman, oklahoma. just south of oklahoma city. a tornado touched down. police and firefighters are searching through the wreckage this morning. 12 people are injured. so reported deaths so far. listen to this woman that was inside her home when the family struck. >> before i could even blink, i could hear the wind coming. all of a sudden, all the back windows where the kids' prbedros are, i could hear them crashing and busting out. i got up and the wind threw me back. i'm screaming. it was like a blizzard inside the house with all the debris

flying. i was screaming for my kids. you know, they were in their bedrooms. i didn't know if they were hurt or anything. >> terrified mother. we're on the ground in norman, oklahoma. it looks terrible behind you. what happened? >> this storm system ripped across the state in breath taking speed. it left haunting images like this. massive pieces of mi woplywood in trees. >> reporter: a massive storm system barrelled through the southern plains. >> the southern plains doesn't really start to come alive with these tornadoes and these severe weather outbreaks until maybe march, especially april and may. that is the peak tornado season here in the southern plains. but so this is quite an early wakeup call. >> reporter: multiple tornadoes touched down in the region as

well. a tornado caused downed power lines and road closures. >> this is terrible to have this tornado going through norman. this 48th and lindsey moving to the northeast. we're going to try to get ahead of i-40. that is not good. the west side of thunderbird. it's getting even stronger. >> the storm ripped roofs off homes and damaged cars. >> i was standing in the garage. my wife went to the neighbor's to get in a shelter. wood and debris started flying. and hit things. so i jum independent the bac -- jumped in the backseat of a car in the garage real quick. >> homes in the area were destroyed. winds in the triple digits were felt. the highest in memphis, texas, where winds hit a staggering 114 miles per hour. the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane. in lubbock, texas, a dust storm

rolled through leaving visibility in the area less to a mile. and in albuquerque, new mexico, winds top over 70 miles per hour leaving homes and businesses damaged. >> i'm in shock. we love our restaurant and we love our work. >> this amount of damage with this wind, i haven't seen anything like this for the 20 plus years that i've been living here. >> reporter: this storm system started in california where parts of southern california saw a rare storm that dumped massive amounts of snow in the area. huge snow totals were seen throughout the region including mountain high which recorded 93 inches of snow through sunday morning. rain was dumped on other parts of california causing flooding and leaving cars stranded. california firefighters were seen rescuing this driver by helicopter as floodwaters stind to rise. the storm left the ground so

eroded that this rv fell into the river. >> i'm afraid we have to evacuate if it gets worse. >> and, poppy, if there is a couple of silver linings through all of this worst storm damage like you're seeing behind me is very isolated into the area where some of the tornadoes fell down rather quickly. that is good news in terms of just it's not widespread damage across this state. but also with, this wind event and the intense winds that we've seen over the last 24 hours here in the state, there is a great concern of widespread power outages. we're about 30,000 customers in the state of oklahoma without power this morning. we've noticed that that number has been dropping rather quickly in these overnight hours. hopefully that is something that gets under control rather quickly for residents here in oklahoma as well. >> we really hope so. ed, thank you to you and your team for being there. >> let's get to chad meyers. this is very strange weather. a friend in l.a. out of her home for three days. her power was out.

downed trees in her neighborhood. this is in los angeles. >> that's right. especially in l.a. mountains. all of that snow. some spots over 60 inches of snow. the same energy, the same low pressure that moved through oklahoma yesterday with a very serious situation here and as ed eluded to, over 100 mile-per-hour wind gusts. these storms, though, were moving at 80 miles per hour. those are storms you can't chase. you can't get out of the way. when you hear your warning for storms like this you must get if the basement or some place safe. here's 10:00 last night. there is oklahoma city and norman. now look where this storm is now. you can hardly drive that quickly to where it is now to little rock, arkansas. the severe weather will be to the east. winds gusting about 55 miles per hour. the severe weather center over indianapolis and also over columbus, ohio. look at this for 11:00 tonight. it starts to snow in new york city. then it even begins to snow in boston. i haven't really said boston and snow in the same sentence all

year. so this could be a one to five inch snowfall across parts of the catskills. closer to two to four for city. two to four for boston itself. we'll still watch this. but a slick morning commute coming up tomorrow morning for sure. >> when is the last time you said new york city and snow? >> i know. >> chad meyers -- >> i was probably there covering it. >> right. it's been a while. chad, thank you. we'll check back. also this morning, the cia director says the u.s. is, quote, confident that china is thinking about providing lethal aid to russia for the war in ukraine. sources told cnn that beijing is considering sending drones and ammunition. officials there have not made a final decision about whether or not they're going to do so. the spokesman for the kremlin weighed in this morning declining to comment about these reports that china is considering doing so. cnn's kylie atwood is live at the state department. if china does ultimately decide to do this, it would have significant consequences on the

battlefield. but also what it would mean just for how china is viewing this conflict and its placen ott world stage overall. >> yeah, that's right. it would draw china much more closely to russia than it even is right now. obviously, we know that there is a closeness in that relationship. u.s. officials have said they believe there is reason for china not to do this. what they're trying to do right now is to publicly discuss the fact that they believe that china is seriously considering providing this lethal weaponry to russia to be used in the war in ukraine in an effort to deter china from actually going forward it with. what they say right now is that chinese leadership has not made a final decision on this right now. the other thing that the biden administration is it doing is actually telling allies about this. it's not just the u.s. that is in opposition. there are other choices around the world that are saying that china shouldn't do this. the primary concern is prolonging the conflict. if russia is able to get more lethal weaponry, u.s. officials are worried about this war going

on for longer than it already has. >> yeah. obviously, they don't want this to happen. have u.s. officials signaled what the consequences for china would be if they do ultimately make this decision? >> they haven't specifically publicly talked about those consequences. what u.s. officials have done, what the secretary of state tony blinken has done is privately told china exactly what those consequences will be. what they're doing in public is saying they're going to be some really high costs that china would inflict. listen to what the national security adviser said on cnn on sunday about this. >> beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance. if it goes down that road, it will come at real cost to china and i think china's leaders are weighing that as they make their decisions. >> obviously, i think we can expect sanctions to be part of the costs. that wouldn't be great for china given the economic trouble that's they are already facing. >> yeah. we'll see what they ultimately decide to do. thank you for that reporting.

>> the u.s. department of energy now finding that covid-19 was likely the result of a leak from a chinese lab in wuhan. but cnn learned the department has low confidence in the findings. other agencies assess it was a natural transmission. national security adviser jake sullivan says the intelligence community is divided on the issue. >> president biden said that labs be brought into this assessment because he wants to put every tool at use to be able to figure out what happened here. and if we gain any further insight or information, we'll share it with congress and we'll share it with the american people. but right now, there is not a definitive answer that has emerged from the intelligence community on this question. >> china's foreign minister responded saying a lab leak is highly unlikely but china has not been forthcoming about covid

origins here -- or there, i should say. the epa approved moving shipments of contaminated waste out of ohio. it will be sent by two ohio cities. one of the cities, the mayor says he is apprehensive. >> it's definitely concerning. we want it done the right way. again, we're just going to be relying on them to guide us through this process. >> it will be sent by -- it will be sent to two ohio cities. this comes as house republicans vow to dig into the biden administration's flawed response to the disaster. lauren fox joins us from washington, d.c. with, more on this. what are gop lawmakers planning? >> house republicans looking to intensify their oversight over that toxic train derailment that happened earlier this month. specifically three committees

aiming to look into this crisis and the biden administration's response including the house oversight committee, the chairman of that committee jcomr sending a letter to pete buttigieg demanding answers about the administration's response. you also are seeing some of that response coming from other committees like the energy and commerce committee. they have requested several things. documents, information that, is due in march as well as other information from epa officials. they want epa officials to testify. they also want their committee members briefed and they're leading chairman in a subcommittee is asking epa officials to come before that committee because he represents east palestine, ohio. they're keeping a close eye on the administration's response. don? >> that's what gop lawmakers say. they plan to push back against

the gop challenges? >> i think that's part of it. i think bipartisan lawmakers agree that this is a crisis in it east palestine, ohio. the difference in what you may see in what the senate oversight looks like, of course, the sna the co -- senate controlled by democrats, they're looking at norfolk southern, what they did wrong and whether or not any past actions by the trump administration may have had an impact. so that is really the difference in how lawmakers view. this it's important to remember, it is a bipartisan crisis that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle view this as a very serious issue in east palestine, ohio. don? >> lauren fox, capitol hill, thank you very much. >> coming up next for us on cnn this morning, it is called the biggest abortion related case since the overturning of roe versus wade. a federal judge in texas will rule on whether to block the abortion pill. paula reid explains next.

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look at glorious sunrise over new york city. beautiful sunset last night, too. we're glad you're with us on "cnn this morning." let's take you to texas. a federal judge could rule today on a lawsuit seeking to block the use of abortion pills nationwide. the judge is a trump appointee. his decision to halt half of the

legal abortions currently being carried out in this country. paul why reid joins us now. this is fascinating, you know, what he's going to decide. and the grounds on how he's going too decide it. can you explain that to us? >> yeah, absolutely. this is the biggest abortion case since the supreme court overturned roe last year. this lawsuit was filed back in in november by a group of anti-abortion medication associations and doctors and specifically targets the f.d.a.'s decade's old approval of the first drug in the medication abortion process. it is one of two drugs for medication abortion. it blocks a hormone that can be given as late as the tenth week. medication abortion now makes up a majority of abortions obtained in the u.s. this is a flash point in the abortion debate in this country following the overturning of roe. they want a preliminary and

permanent injunction ordering the fda to withdraw approval of this drug for chemical abortions. and they also want to target any efforts to make it easier to get. it used to be required that you would have to go to an abortion provider to obtain this drug. the fda tried to make that easier. >> what do we know about the judge in this case? what do we know about him specifically? >> it's a great question. and, look, abortion rights advocates are worried. they're likely to face a defeat because of who this judge is. now the judge is a trump appointee. activists sought out. in his signee amarillo division of the northern division of texas, they know they are likely to get favorable results. this is judge shopping or form shopping. it is something done which really in politically fraught

cases, you look for a judge or district where you're likely to get a win. before joining the court, he was the deputy general counsel at the first liberty institute. a nonprofit religious group. any decision here to block access to medication abortion even on a temporary basis will have an enormous impact in this country. i also want to point throughout say coalition of democratic attorneys general who have come out in support of the fda and they make some important points. they write the availability of this drug has been particularly critical in providing access to abortion and low income and underserved and rural communities. where procedural abortion may be unavailable. they say eliminating access to this method will result in more abortions taking place later in pregnancy increasing costs and medical risks. >> thank you very much. we appreciate that. >> thank you, paula. we'll talk about it a little bit

later in the show. this was filed in amarillo, texas, where they just changed the rules so that only this judge can hear the case. it's fascinating and this does bring up the issue of form shopping which is done by conservative attorneys and liberal attorneys. >> yeah. >> we'll get into that in a little bit. >> it will be fascinating to see what he decides. >> we'll be watching that closely. also we're tracking another major round of job cuts happening at twitter. they're laying off 200 more workers. they did so over the weekend. twitter has fewer than 2,000 employees left at the company. that is down significantly with 7500 when elon musk took over the company back in october. the cut has hit production managers, data scientists, engineers, all of whose work keeps twitter's features online. and the team that oversees how twitter makes its money has cut from 30 people to now fewer than eight at the company.

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and award goes to -- wow. i love jamie lee curtis. will it be every award at every award show? all award season for all award season long for everything, everywhere all at once? the science fiction comedy swept the screen actors guild awards for a big win for ensemble kas. michelle also won best actress. she is the first asian woman to win in that category. and history was made with the best supporting actor win. first asian male to win a film acting award at the sag awards.

so jamie lee curtis also won best supporting actress. jamie lee curtis. joining us now host of "boston globe" today. good morning to you, sir. amazing. >> good morning. so great to join from you boston. >> does this mean that everything everywhere all at once is going to get everything, everywhere all at the oscars? all up in the oscars? >> it probably does. it probably does. what it means really, if you remember back in 2002 when halle berry won for best actress, the academy and it's the bodies that everything seems to be all in motion and this feels like that type of momentum. this swept at the sag awards. it's important because these are actors rewarding other actors. they thought that these were the

best performances. and it feels like the -- you know, it feels as if now they're acknowledging what they hadn't before. it felt like 2002 when denzel and halle won. it feels like michelle yo and mr. kwan, this is their time. >> with michelle yo, she is so fantastic. what i love about her being in this movie, i love it. one of the directors is actually from alabama. it is all anything alabama newspapers are talking about because they're so proud about it. but with michelle yo, when she took this role, she talked about what it meant for her because she felt like she got to show her fans what she was capable of. to do a different role and the historic nature of the win is so meaningful as well. >> yeah. it's a difference between having a seat at the table and building your own table. one of the writers and the director, he's asian. and the cast is predominantly asian. and, you know, as they said on

stage, jamie lee curtis, thats a good chinese maze for her to be a part of this. it's the difference between can, hey, can we join your party or we're going to build something over here. you come and join our party. what we're cooking over here at our table, you want to take a bite of. so i love the fact that this movie did that for she's actors, these actresses and said, we don't need to conform to what has been offered us in the past. we will do dynamic roles and you're going to love it. >> let's switch gears and talk about the naacp awards and the president awards specifically given to dwyane wade and gabrielle union. they took this moment to speak out about equality, to speak out about their daughter who just recently got her name changed legally approved by a judge in california. i want you to listen to what gabrielle said. >> zia, as your father, all i

want to do is get it right. i admire how you handled our world. i'm proud i was chosen to stand in place as your father. >> and now stands with us again at the foot of a very new era of activism. a new era that demands our collective answer to one simple question. will we fight for some or will we fight for all of our people? >> and i -- it reminded me of -- go ahead. >> no. i'm clapping because every time i hear that speech, i love it. >> yeah. >> i'm a parent. i have a 3-year-old daughter. and what it spoke to me were the two -- the two not polar opposite sides but the two sides that come together when you're a parent. dwyane wade spoke as a dad who is proud of the strength that his daughter has demonstrated to be herself.

right? and he just wants to get it right. he wants to be an advocate for his daughter and learn and listen and do what his daughter needs. but gabrielle union took a different tone. hers was a call to action. it meedz to be a call to action. i believe she -- it needs to be a call to action. i believe she was speaking for the naacp. and that is all colored people. and lgbtg plus especially tr transgender that are of youth. they face death, they face persecution at a rate higher than the white counterparts. when he says are we going to stand for some or are we going to stand for all? it is the difference that -- it's the difference between saying, hey, we're going to push this agenda. you all stay over there in the corner. for me as a dad, like, my job as parent is to create a world where my daughter can sit at all tables. any table she wants to with her head held high.

and i loved what gabrielle union said. that militant tone is what parents feel, especially parents of color because there is a war going on outside. and we have to fight it every day for our children. so our daughters can walk the streets and i'll be darned if anybody else is going to rain on them. my daughter is my sunshine. i promise you, i'll be that sunshine to shine away the clouds of anyone who says anything about my daughter whom environment sher chooses to be. i love what dwyane wade and gabrielle union said. >> a model for all parents in supporting their children, especially members of the lgbtq community and trans as well. listen, it shouldn't go unnoticed that will smith won the image award for emancipation. that's his first major award since the whole oscar thing. what do you think this means to you? is it a turning point? are people forgiving him? what do you think? >> i think it was a powerful moment that lost a little bit of

steam. i wish will had been there to accept the award. he was receiving it from his community. the character of will smith, whatever you feel about it, is immaterial to the character he played on screen. with peter and the pictures that circulate of his mutilated and scarred back changed wait a lot of america saw what slavery was. and so playing this character is it important because it's no the a story that is told in the history books. a lot of people didn't know it. so, you know, thank you, will, for doing that. winning this award, like i said, had he been there, i believe he would have gotten a standing ovation. it would have been the first domino to say regardless of what the rest of the world thinks about you, your community supports you. think what you will. will smith is still a fantastic actor. he is a star. he's been an a-list actor for a long time. yeah, i just wish he had been there to receive the applause

from people who are saying we see you. you made a mistake. and maybe it's time for by gones to be by gones. chris isn't pressing charges. he and chris seem to have come to their level of understanding. it will be up to the viewing audience to see if they are ready to forgive him as well. >> good point. we love having you here in person. okay having you remotely. we'll see you soon. thank you so much for joining us. >> all right. see you soon. >> all right. also overnight, we're tracking what is happening in ukraine. ukrainian air force shot down 11 russian attack drones. alex is covering this for us live on the ground. >> yep. coming up on "cnn this morning" we're live with the latest of waves of russian drone attacks that left two people dead overnight.

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overnight, russia shot down attack drones. four people killed and four others injured in a drone attack. the attacks are coming as president zelenskyy said, he does believe ukraine can win the war this year as long as its allies remain united and continuing delivering weapons to ukraine. alex is live in eastern ukraine on the ground tracking these attacks. what is happening on the ground overnight? >> good morning. the 14 drones flown at two different cities. this is where two people died in a so-called double tap attack. they were first responders. responding to another drone strike when they were killed three others were injured.

11 of these drones were fired at kyiv. at least nine of them shot down by air defenses. but the sirens wailed for some 5 1/2 hours because this was a multiwave attack. that is not normal. normally the sirens go for a couple minutes and then turned off. it speaks to the fact that in cities like this where people are living normal lives, they live under constant fear of these attacks. it really does highlight the major security concerns around president biden's trip to kyiv last monday. >> yeah. of course, the fact those are iranian made drones. maybe china provided weapons to russia. alex, we're hearing from republican lawmakers being very critical of the white house. they have not sent the f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. president biden weighed in on this to abc news. this will is what he said about the idea of sending them. >> president zelenskyy continues to say what he really needs are f-16s. will you send f-16s? >> look, we're sending them what

our seasoned military thinks he needs now. he needs tanks. he needs ar till rich. -- artillery. there are things he needs now. >> you don't think he needs f-16s now? >> no, he doesn't need f-16s now. >> that is something that ukrainian officials flatly disagree with. >> this is kind of like the debate over tanks, kaitlan. the u.s. said this, ukraine doesn't need tanks. they decide to give them to ukraine in the end so the germans release those tanks. the u.s. standing firmly behind that line of president biden that right now in this fight ukraine does not need fighter jets. right now the priority is on artillery, longer range rockets, on tanks. fighter jets are not necessary for this fight. they're not opposed to sending fighter jets.

right now the u.s. priority is on the ground fighting. that is getting them stuff very quickly. we're seeing the shipments coming in. a major sticking point is over the longer range rockets that fly some 200 miles or 300 kilometers. ukrainians saying they need those right now to hit russian targets. targets in crimea. the u.s. has only sent rockets that go as far as 100 miles or 150 kilometers. there is a real american fear about provication, about the fact that russia would see the longer range rockets as an escalation. now ukraine, of course, disagrees. so that is a major sticking point between the u.s. and ukraine. kaitlan? >> certainly a point of contention. alex, thank you. >> one thing that is so interesting over the weekend is how dismayed some in congress were on both sides.

do you remember that general told us to take a year to learn? >> yeah. i talked to a white house official about this. they said the idea if they do train them on this, basically, that means they're going to give them to them. it's like you're not going to train them on them and say you're not going to give them the f-16 jets. the other point, you know, to what alex is saying is that ukrainian officials have said, you know, they believe they know better what they need and want. >> they would know better. that is their position. you're right. what they say they need versus what the white house says they need is very different right now. all right. let's take you and talk about spacex. they just scrubbed their launch to the iss, international at space station, at the last minute. this was a four person crew, including the first person from the uae assigned to a long duration mission aboard the iss with two minutes left on the clock. called off due to a problem with the ignition flew cuid which is

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drug resistant bacteria called segula. it can cause fever, abdominal cramping and gastrointestinal issues. let's talk about this with region at large for the american college of preventative medicine. doctor, good morning. >> good morning. >> i was trying to ask you about everything on this break. does it affect kids? what is going on? >> so an infection typically infects children from the ages of 1 to 4. if you are an adult which is a part of a vulnerable population, meaning, you're living with hiv, immune yoe compromised. you live in a close contact setting or a person experiencing homelessness, you have a higher risk of being infected by this. and in particular, with this extensively drug resistant version or strain that we're seeing right now. >> this issing in new. -- is nothing new.

but this is just one that is more drug resistant, correct? >> definitely. >> which is very concerning, right? in 2015, shigella infections were due to xdr or extensively drug resistant shigella. now we see with an uptick about 5% of those infections are due to this drug resistant form. and with this drug resistant form, you have such anti-microbial resistance that we have no clear recommendation around a treatment paradigm that would effect live i prevent if you had severe complications. otherwise, it is usually a self limited infection and you just do oral rehydration. the. >> the other thing we want to ask you about this is in it you at home test. this for flu and covid. something we've been seeing people testing for now that people are back out, you're not seeing much mask wearing, people traveling and what not. how the fda authorized this at home test, how accurate do they seem to be? >> so these tests are accurate. the best way for people to

understand it is if it's testing for flu type a, it is nearly 99% effective at identifying a negative result. 90% effective at identifying a positive result. if it's looking at the covid 19 samples, that is about 100% effective at identifying a negative result. in 88% identifying a positive result. so that's good. think about that you're the ahome, you can purchase this test over-the-counter. during the flu season you have the upper respiratory systems. you don't know if it's covid or the flu. this is a great way for the person to be able to tell. >> they're pretty expensive right now? >> yes. that's the concern around accessibility. it is something that good is over-the-counter. but if it's out of your price range, effectively, it's not available to you. >> i take a left almost every day. great, i'm good. >> but we thank you for that. it could be flu. you could have a number of different things that you don't

test for. >> right. it could be the common cold. >> usually is:what is really good about this, don, if you have this test and say this is flu, then you can get appropriate treatment for flu. you can help prevent the spread of flu. if it is covid, ca you can get appropriate treatment for covid and go into quarantine or isolation much that's why it's important to have more at home rapid tests such as these avai available. in europe, can you test between rsv, covid or flu. this is a good milestone for us. >> you don't have to go in, doctor. >> i'm a preventative doctor. i know exactly what you mean. we have to shift that pair adime. it's important to understand that if through a public health lens and not a clinical health care lens. >> thank you so much. always thank you for your valuable insight. >> straight ahead, why hundreds of newspaper as cross the

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one giant leap for mankind. the men's swim and dive team from howard university celebrating the first conference championship in 34 years. ♪ >> the team has the only all black college swim team in the country. over the weekend in ohio, they

won it all. >> 1.5% of african americans represented in college swimming, there is a lot more representation in college swimming. so with us making a statement like we did this weekend, i feel like we can get more. >> we firmly believe if you can see it, you can achieve it. and these young men and women work super hard day in and day out just because of that. because they know that there is very little representation out there. >> youthe howard men broke 15 records and the women 13. so congratulations to the entire team. i love it they were getting down. >> they have the most energy im -- energetic swim meets. >> it reminded me of "pride" 2s 2007 movie about this, you know, they opened up the pool and they were competing. great. anyway. really good. >> congratulations. >> congratulations. >> we should have them on the show. >> we should. >> all of them.

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