attention here, because four children were murdered. we have breaking news to report to you right now about cnn anchor chris cuomo. earlier this week cuomo was suspended from cnn, after documents we vealed he had been involved, more than previously known, in shaping his brother former governor cuomo s defense. cuomo was terminated earlier today. as the omicron variant is detected in more u.s. states. travel rules take effect monday. we want to keep cases out. buffing up testing and having testing done before travel, and then again after travel makes a lot of sense. i m phil mattingly this washington. pamela brown has the night off and you are in the cnn newsroom, we begin this hour with the first court appearance by the parents of the accused michigan school shooter. james and jennifer crumbley were
what people are worried he s going to do. u.s. officials have warned more severe economic sanctions against russia would be on the table if a russian attack on ukraine takes place. matthew chance, cnn, kiev. thanks to matthew chance in diev. new tonight, cnn has terminated anchor chris cuomo. it stems from an investigation into his brother, former new york governor andrew cuomo. what chris cuomo and the network are saying about the decision, coming up next. heartiness? yes! living life to the flavor-fullest? heck yes. panera. live your yes. now $1 delivery.
number of years ago made by a staffer who does not work at cnn. it was sent in earlier this week by a lawyer representing that former staffer. so cnn management was aware of this allegation as of thursday and friday, and was also receiving information from the law firm that suggested or indicated that cuomo could be fired for cause. so you add all that together, and on saturday cuomo was terminated. so talk to us about how cuomo himself is responding, brian. number one, on the allegation of sexual misconduct from some number of years ago, his spokesman said apparently these allegations are not true. chris also saying in a imt statement about leaving cnn he didn t want his time at cnn to end that way, but was incredibly proud of what he and his team
work for, but there are lines that journalists simply cannot cross. that s right. i look at this as if it were nbc or fox or another network. we try to cover it the same way. here is the announcement from cnn. cnn said cuomo was suspended earlier in the week pending evaluation of the new information that came to light back on monday about his involvement with his brother s defense. cnn, as you mentioned, retained a law firm to review the information, review the documents that showed just how cozy he was with the governor s aides and decided to terminate him effective immediately. here is a key line at the end of the statement, while in the process of that review, additional information has come to light. despite the termination we will investigate as appropriate. the new york times overnight reported that additional information was an allegation of sexual misconduct made against chris cuomo by a staffer at another network. this was an allegation from a