app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. it's monday, march 27th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." deadly tornado outbreak. at least 25 people killed after a series of twisters ravaged mississippi. homes leveled, people's lives up-ended. we're going to take you to the stat. water crisis. videos show a panicked run for bottled water in philadelphia after a chemical spill. what officials are saying this morning. killer blast. at least seven people are dead after a chocolate factory explosion in pennsylvania. the latest on the search for victims. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. dangerous storms will continue to sweep across the south today

after more than two dozen people were killed in a tornado outbreak in mississippi. the severe weather leveling homes, businesses, and up-ended people's lives. now the satellite images show the devastation in rolling fork, mississippi, after a tornado ripped through there friday night. let's get right to cristian benevides who is there for us in the hard-hit town with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. this powerful tornado wiped out thousands of homes leaving behind a field of debris, and for the communities that are most affected like this one, a long road to recovery. cleanup is under way in lagrange, georgia. tornadoes tore through yesterday. large hail and flash flooding swept through parts of the state. >> we're mking sure citizens are taken care of. >> reporter: earlier deadly tornadoes left a path of destruction stretching over 150 miles. >> god saved my life.

>> reporter: while surveying what's left of his home, rolling fork, mississippi, city council member undray williams described what it felt like inside the roar of the storm. >> i was able to grab it and pull it down over my head so the rain and the lightning wouldn't strike me. and facilities later it was over -- affiliates later it was over. >> reporter: this video captured strong winds ripping through a mississippi high school. fema says more than 2,000 homes in rolling fork, mississippi, were either damaged or destroyed by the storm. yesterday president biden approved a disaster declaration authorizing federal funding for some of the state's hardest hit counties. the secretary of homeland security and fema officials toured the damage in rolling fork yesterday with the state's governor. >> the president has directed us to be here to assist the people of mississippi. >> reporter: volunteers offering food, water, and supplies are also on the ground.

>> i knew that there was going to be help needed, so i got in and drove here. >> reporter: the white house says more federal aid could be added as damage assessments continue. the preliminary rating of that tornado an ef4. that means the wind gusts were between 166 to 200 miles per hour. >> wow. cristian benevides in mississippi, thank you. philadelphia officials say that the city's drinking water is safe for now after a chemical spill in the delaware river. thousands of gallons of latex solution leaked into the river from a chemical plant in neighboring bucks county friday night. philadelphia residents rushed to buy bottled water yesterday after an alert was issued telling people not to use tap water. >> there is a chemical, two chemicals, and butyl in particular is a chemical that was identified in the spill at east palestine.

>> later officials said that they did not find any contamination and the water is safe to drink at least through tonight. four more people were found dead after a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory in pennsylvania raising the death toll to seven. friday's blast in west reading destroyed the factori. three other buildings around the site have since been condemned, and at least ten people were hurt. officials say everyone has been accounted for after combing through the rubble. >> in the beginning, we used heat imaging devices, drones. now we are using heavy equipment to methodically pull debris away from the site. >> there is no word on the cause of the explosion. and the grand jury weighing charges in the hush-money probe against donald trump reconvenes today.

this as the former president hit the campaign trail over the weekend. during his first 2024 election rally in waco, texas, he called the investigations into him a, quote, witch hunt. nikole killion reports from washington. they're not coming after me, they're coming after you. >> reporter: former president trump used his first official campaign rally in waco, texas, to denounce the legal threats against him. >> people see it's [ bleep ], and they go and say -- [ cheers ] -- unfair. >> reporter: the former president steered clear of directly referencing manhattan district attorney alvin bragg despite labeling him an animal and talking about death and destruction if he's charged. >> i think that was an ill-advised post. >> reporter: his attorney, joe tacopina, maintained his client's issue in relation to hush-money payments to stormy daniels and said trump's inaccurate prediction that he would be arrested last tuesday was t >> we've been in touch with the district attorney's office regarding potential logistics of

an arraignment if it gets to that point. >> reporter: former new york police commissioner bill bratton on "face the nation." >> if there's an indictment the president will be required to surrender in manhattan where he would be basically fingerprinted electronically, photographed, and basically given a booking number. >> reporter: house republicans who have written to bragg demanding his testimony say the case should be handled by the department of justice. >> he's investigating a presidential candidate, not to mention former president of the united states. that has no business being litigated in a local district attorney's office. >> reporter: bragg says it's not appropriate for congress to interfere and will follow the facts. in a new letter obtained by cbs news, more than 170 former federal prosecutors condemned efforts to intimidate the d.a. who's facing death threats. nikole killion, cbs news, ofous

minister benjamin netanyahu abruptly fired the country's defense minister. [ chants ] police used water cannons last night on demonstrators who gathered outside netanyahu's home in jerusalem. the defense minister was fired a day after saying netanyahu's controversial plan to overhaul the country's judicial system is a security threat. this morning israel's president urged netanyahu to immediately stop the changes. ukraine is calling for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council after russian president vladimir putin revealed plans to put tactical nuclear weapons in belarus. over the weekend, putin said that he would be able to put nukes in belarus by the summer. nato called it dangerous and irresponsible. american officials say that they've seen no effort by russia to move its nuclear weapons.

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