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The 7

Monday, March 27, 2023

The 7

The Washington Post

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4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Monday briefing: Mississippi and Alabama tornadoes; Israel protests; Silicon Valley Bank; Final Four schedule; and more


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0:00.0

Today on the show, is Rolling Fork ever going to be rolling for? It's going to be a while.

0:05.0

Tornadoes devastated two small towns in Mississippi.

0:09.0

We'll also check in with Israel where a political crisis is unfolding. This is the seven from the Washington Post.

0:15.6

I'm Jeff Pierre. It's Monday, March 27th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. At least 26 people were killed in Mississippi and

0:27.3

Alabama on Friday night. Dozens more were injured. More severe storms rolled

0:32.0

across the south yesterday and tornadoes touched down in Georgia too.

0:36.0

The hardest hit places were Rolling Fork and Silver City in Mississippi.

0:40.3

Rolling Fork was essentially flattened.

0:42.4

This is Damien Harris who lost his mother in the tornado.

0:45.5

Home ain't home.

0:47.6

Coming home to no home, it hit different.

0:51.4

You know what I'm saying?

0:58.0

It feels like a dream, but you know when you come out here like this is a disaster

1:05.0

You can't really complain about your problem with everybody and lost everything. You know what I'm saying? Both towns are rural and predominantly black. Federal disaster assistance has been

1:09.7

approved for the hardest hit counties in Mississippi, but even with that, people are

1:14.1

probably facing a long road to recovery. Number two, Israel has been plunged into a political crisis.

1:25.0

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to remake the nation's courts,

1:29.0

and the controversial plans have sparked protests and major cities in recent weeks.

1:34.0

Netanyahu fired his defense minister yesterday.

1:37.0

He had opposed Netanyahu's plans.

1:39.2

Within minutes of all of that, Israeli citizens like Amar Crisell took to the streets yesterday.

1:44.4

We feel that we have no other way.

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