husband and inlaws being charged with murder in the killing of a hong kong model and influencer abby choi. we will have a live report with the very latest. >>> live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with rosemarie church. >>> good to have you with us. we start this hour with the dangerous storm system battering the central united states right now bringing tornadoes, damaging winds and hail to parts of oklahoma, kansas and texas. two tornado's have been confirmed so far in oklahoma. there are reports of widespread damage, downed power lines and debris blocking roads in norman. tens of thousands of people statewide are without power. the system is so strong that a wind gust of 114 miles an hour was reported in northern texas in the town of memphis. more than 100 storms have now been reported across the southern plains. more than 65 million people are under high wind alerts. on the phone now is zackery hall, a professional storm chaser. he has been following the storms across oklahoma since sunday afternoon. zackery, hope you can hear me. thank you for joining us. what have you been seeing

abby choi was reported missing last week and parts of her dismembered body were found two days later.scriptions in this story you may find disturbing. >> reporter: a fashion model and mother brutally murdered in hong kong in a case that is sending shock waves through the usually safe city. 28-year-old abby choi was a well-known social media influencer with more than 100,000 followers on instagram who just weeks ago appeared on the digital coverage of a luxury magazine. she was reported missing on wednesday. on friday, police say pieces of her body was found in a refrigerator in the northern district of hong kong. they also found a meat slicer and an electric saw. and later police discovered a head, ribs and hair in a soup pot. >> it's a skull with hair, okay. and as i said, unfortunately there's a hole on the right side rear on the skull, so the pathologist believe that should be the fatal attack on the victim. >> reporter: police arrested abby choi's ex-husband on suspicion of murder on saturday. police say they caught him at a pier on the city's island. her ex-husband, alex kwong, a

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the victim is 28-year-old abby choi. her body was found cut into pieces. lu stout with this story, and a warning you may find some of the details disturbing. >> reporter: a fashion model and mother brutally murdered in hong kong, in a case that is sending shock waves through the safe city. 30-year-old abby choi was a model and influencer. who just weeks ago appeared on the digital cover of a luxury magazine. she was reported missing on wednesday. on friday, police say pieces of her body were found in a refrigerator in the northern district of hong kong. they also found a meat slicer and saw. later, police discovered a rib, and hair in a soup pot. >> it was a skull with hair. as i said, unfortunately, there's a hole on the right side rear, on the skull. so, the pathologist believe that that should be the fatal attack on the victim. >> reporter: police arrested abby choi's ex-husband on suspicion of murder on saturday. police say they caught him at a pier leaving the island. and the ex-husband appeared here at the magistrate court on monday. they're all accu

abby choi's ex-husband is charged with murder along with his father and brother.y were denied bail. beijing bureau chief stephen joins us live with details wham more are you learning more about this shocking and gruesome story? >> that's right because abby mccloy was not only killed but dismembered. investigators found a skull ribs and hair that are believed to be her remains in a large stainless steel soup pot after they found other body parts on friday in a rental uninilts northern suburb of hong kong where they find a meat slicer saw and clothing. as of now body parts including a torso missing that is why at one point police were sending out more than a hundred personnel including divers in search of remains. her ex-husband alex as well as older brother and father charged with murder while the mother has been charged with obstruction of justice. ex-husband was arrested on saturday when he was trying to flee according to local supports but despite the horrific details we have learned one big question shadoweded in miss friday the motive. authorities have not con

. >>> police in hong kong searching for more evidence in the grisly murder of model abby choi.overed her dismembered body parts in a refrigerator and now her ex-husband and his family are facing charges. kristie lu stout has more. >> reporter: a fashion model and mother brutally murdered in hong kong in a case that is sending shockwaves through the usually safe city. the 28-year-old was a well-known social media influencer with more than 100,000 followers on instagram who just weeks ago appeared on the digital cover of a luxury magazine. she was reported missing on wednesday. friday police say pieces of her body were found in a refrigerator in a northern district and they also found a meat slicer and an electric saw. later police discovered a head, ribs and hair in a soup pot. >> as i said unfortunately there is a hole on the right side rear. pathologist believe that that should be the fatal attack on the victim. >> reporter: police arrested abby choi's ex-husband on suspicion of murder. they caught him at a pier. reports that he appeared here at the magistrate's court on monda

pathologist believes that should be the fatal attack on the victim. >> reporter: police arrested abby choi'shey caught him at a pier in the city's lanntow island. alex kwong appeared here at the court on monday along with his father and brother all accused of murder. kwong's mother also appeared in court accused of obstructing the case. all four were denied bail. over the weekend, authorities launched a massive search operation to track down the rest of the model's remains. they deployed more than 100 police officers including divers to search a cemetery and nearby catch water. they're still looking for several body parts. a gruesome murder of this young woman in the spotlight who leaves behind four children including two from the ex-husband who is now in custody. cnn, hong kong. >> our thanks for that. >>> right now in south carolina a major development in the alex murdaugh double murder trial. the judge will let the jury visit the property there where murdaugh's wife and son were murdered. joining me now is cnn's randi kaye outside of that courthouse in walterboro, south carolina and also

inlaws of a hong kong model have been arrested and charged in connection with her death. 28-year-old abby chois relatives, have been placed into custody without bail. choi reportedly had ongoing financial disputes with them. >>> jeremy renner is giving us an update. the caption read, whatever it takes. renner broke more than 30 bones when he was run over by a snowplow near his home in nevada. >>> the leader of the environmental protection agency is back in east palestine, ohio, today. it is his third trip to the site of the toxic train derailment. some residents have been diagnosed with bronchitis and other health conditions since the crash, and doctors suspect the hazardous chemicals onboard the train could be responsible for that. let's go to nbc news correspondent george solis in east palestine today. you got a chance to speak with the administrator of the epa. what is he telling you about how much longer the cleanup could take? >> reporter: good afternoon, kate. they're saying they don't have a definitive timeline but they're working as fast as they can to ensure that norfolk southern pres

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