area and maybe some snow gets close to denver but not just quite yet. we started the month mild but, believe me, winter is making a comeback, could be to a neighborhood near you. >> gene norman, thank you very much, my friend. >> i'm phil mattingly in for pamela brown. you are in the cnn newsroom. coming up, cnn fires chris cuomo. also tonight the parents of the michigan school shooting suspect pleading not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges and, as we come on air, what we're learning about the person who allegedly helped him hide from the police. meantime, vladimir putin amassing tens of thousands of russian troops on the ukraine border. what u.s. intelligence sources are telling cnn about the potential for an invasion. also tonight, the incredible story behind merck's ground breaking anti-viral covid pill.