Terrorists . Plus a burning question in this country. Is america going to pot . Were going to debate the pros and cons of legal marijuana. And why a bomb cyclone is about to spread bonechilling cold across a whole lot of this country. Weve got a lot to get to but i want to begin with the Severe Weather threatening a big swath of the country right now. And who better to talk about this in the cnn Severe Weather center is our chad myers. What is a bomb cyclone . It was an old cyclone, an old typhoon almost. Its a hurricane that moved on up into the alaskan area and when it was up that far it just turned into a big low Pressure Center that changed the jet stream and then it just pushed all this cold air down on us. What goes up, which was a cyclone typhoon, must come down, and that is our jet stream. It went from 64 degrees today, don. 64 was the high in denver. The wind chill right now is 3. So thats what its doing out there. Thats what its doing out here in the middle part of the countr
Reporter hi, shannon. Earlier senator republican leader Mitch Mcconnell blasted the president for going around congress. The action he proposed would ignore the law, would reject the voice of the voters and would impose new unfairness on lawabiding immigrants all without solving the problem. In fact his action is more likely to make it even worse. Reporter texas senator ted cruz says the president is defiant and angry with the American People. Cruz says the president is defying the law and the constitution. As we take a live look at the capitol dome i note the white house says mr. Obama is acting because house lawmakers have not. Some senior members suggest executive action on immigration will be like a bomb going off on capitol hill at a time the lawmakers are working out an Extension Funding the government. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi suggests it is no big deal. I dont know if those same people understand what executive action is. Would they have been eopposed to emancipatio
They will discuss the grand jurys decision not to chak dane wilson. He decided to resign because we got information directly from the chief in ferguson that they had some information that suggested there were going to be acts taken against the department or the department itself related to his continued employment. When dane said that he said it what he darren was told that he decided it was type to resign. Bill i want to start with peter doocy. What is the president planning today . Reporter todays meeting are about making sure people dont feel i tip date dont l intimidated by the police. The reason the president asked for this review back in august is to make sure Police Departments using vehicles and other gear normally only seen in war zones overseas are properly trained and to make sure the equipment is being used the right way. The white house says as the country has witnessed a deisnt iwith it. 0 thepresident hast representatives from all sides coming for these meeting designed
Case get made. And ill talk to one of the smartest judges, a former cop, about what it would take to get the feds to act. Plus, stolen valor. The shocking video of a pretend war hero, and the real hero who confront ed him and shared the story with millions. All that and a lot more. Lets get started. Up first, a case of rape that may instead be a hoax. University of virginia has been rocked in recent weeks by an explosive article in Rolling Stone about a woman named jackie who tells a terrible story of a gang rape at a fraternity party. So terrifying was the story, the university immediately suspended all activity and held crisis meeting to deal with the scandal and the fear that spread through the campus. The university has had troubled history with reports of Sexual Assault, but this highly questionable account sparked a National Conversation about how badly the school had handled the problem, and at least some of the Harsh Criticism it has received may have been unjust. I interviewed
9 00 p. M. Eastern. Listen to this. They determined no probable cause exists to file any charge against officer wilson and filed a no true bill on each of the five indictments. Martha mccollough spoke for 45 minutes. He details the evidence the jury considered. He said in the end the forensics did not match up with what some of the witnesses claimed they had seen. Some witnesses admitted they didnt see the shooting or didnt see the shooting or were just repeating what they heard on the street and others adjusted their statements to fit the facts. Others stood by their statements were discredited by the physical evidence. Bill mike tobin running for cover as the gunshots and the tear gas rang out around him. [gunshots] cool out martha moments later president obama took to the briefing room. He called for calm, but look at the pictures at that moment. Clearly the protesters were not hearing the president. What we need to do is understand them and figure out how do we make more progress.