meet me at the door. good morning, everyone. that is charles barkley. don has the day off. poppy is in utah. you see her there for the nba all-star game. poppy, i m so excited jealous of your co-anchors, for sure. rough assignment, right? i cannot believe they sent me here. i m going to complain to the bosses. this is terrible p i . i m just in centre court. this is amazing. we have a fun lineup. i sat down yesterday with shaq with, chuck, with kenny. i couldn t get a word in edge wise. it was awesome. you re going to see that at 8:00 a.m. then we re joined by ryan smith, the utah jazz owner and someone who loves the state of utah, you ll hear all about this sill con slopes. we ll talk about the tech scene here. the wnba commissioner krajy engelbert and an update on brittney griner. the first time they had the all-star game in utah in 30 years. super excited. we ll be checking back in with poppy. we also have a lot going on in the news development has. did hackers j
watching for in tonight s big speech. right now in turkey, and syria, more than 5,000 people are dead, entire communities have been destroyed after two powerful earthquakes rocked the entire region. we ll take you live to turkey where international rescue cruise and aid are now arriving. also this hour, an inside look at the u.s. coast guard s efforts to address the rise in migrants arriving to the u.s. by sea, and the dangers those desperate people face in search of a better life. and we begin this morning with the horrific destruction in turkey and syria after two powerful earthquakes devastated the region. this morning, the death toll stands at over 5,000 people. it is expected to climb even higher. right now tens of thousands of emergency crews are working around the clock to rescue and recover those trapped under the rubble. in some areas, rescuers are facing snow and freezing temperatures as they search for survivors. turkish president erdogan declaring a week of
top of the hour this friday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill, and right now all five former police officers charged with murder and other charges in the death of tyre nichols are inside of a memphis courthouse. they are set to be arraigned on seven charges including second-degree murder and aggravated assault. this morning the shelby county district attorney said that the prosecutors are still looking into charging a sixth former officer who tased nichols in the traffic stop that night as well as others possibly. we are looking at everybody who was involved directly or indirectly in death of tyre nichols, and this is officer hemphill and those who showed up after the beating had concluded, and we will do what we can as quickly as we can, but thoroughly. now, we are still waiting for the release of 20 hours of additional footage from deadly beating and the aftermath, and it could be relevant, and cnn s shimon prokupiez is there at the courthouse, and i understand that
officers plead not guilty in the beating death of tyre nichols. and ukrainian president pleading to get the tools they need to end the war with russia. and the epa is talking to cnn after that toxic train disaster in ohio. that is what we are watching this hour. thank you for joining us. i m kristen in for kate bolduan. we start with the police officers who have been charged with the beating death of tyre nichols have plead not guilty to second-degree murder and assault. after they beat him, he died three days later. cnn did speak with tie ryre nic mother when she came into the courthouse. it is important for you to be here today? yes. they need to see my face. and shimon prokupiez has been there all morning. what exactly happened in court today? right. so this is the officers, the five former officers, and it was their initial appearance before the judge here in memphis, and behind me in court here, and they were out on bond, and they walked in. it is essentia
and look to show solidarity and dismiss talks of cracks in ukraine s firewall. plus, full disclosure. senator john fetterman checks himself into the hospital for clinical depression. and new text messages reveal top hosts at fox the same hosts who carried water for-donald trump s election lies knew his claims were, quote, really crazy. up first the diplomatic battle field. right now the united states and its major western allies are in munich as the war in ukraine is about to hit the one-year mark. ukraine s president zelenskyy opened the global security meeting with this plea. goliath must lose. there is no alternative to ukrainian victory. there is no alternative to ukraine in the eu. there is no alternative to ukraine in nato. there is no, no alternative to our unity. zelenskyy wants allies to step it up and bring a quick end to the war. nato shows no sign of wavering at least right now but germany s chancellor in an interview with cnn s christiane amanpour says the