welcome to the beat. ari melber. we begin tonight with breaking news. murder charges have been issued for all five memphis police officers former officers for the beating death of tyre nichols. those officers are in custody. the people you see on your screen, now in civilian clothing, booked and incarcerated what would be a murder trial. they are charged with killing this individual through a knowing state of mind, and all five we ll explain the legalities of this accused of contributing directly to the death. this is justin smith, em met martin, desmond mills jr., demetrius and tadarius bean. this is a case that has royaled memphis. it s also a case that chose how law enforcement responses to law enforcement killings are changing. he died three days after being pulled over for what was something that shouldn t have been a violent interaction at all, alleged reckless driving. the d.a. revealing more about what was a confrontation where nichols apparently fled on foot
washington can be very much like a slow boiling pot of water. often the people who face the most scrutiny and lytic apparel, they don t seem to realize the trouble they are in until it s too late. critics say that could very well be the position that president biden finds himself in fairly soon, because despite repeated inquiries, neither the president nor his press secretary are answering basic questions about the classified documents. and certainly not in a way that s been anything close to the previous claim of being the most transparent administration in history. rather, critics argue they are continuing to, well, their track record of being the most secretive and dismissive administration in recent memory, including today s ill-fated attempt at a briefing by the dni. and tom cotton says he is going to slow down confirmation of all of mr. biden s nominees until congress is allowed to review the classified documents found at the homes of both biden and former president tru
the most scary thing in my life, but thank you, god, that we are here. we couldn t see anything. it just went white. everything went white. explosions were happening. it was terrifying. for biden this is a political gift. it turns out apparently he is not alone in perhaps inadvertently taking classified documents. i don t know how this happened. we need to get to the bottom of it. this is an example of our leaders not following the rules they write themselves. they are preparing to announce their commitment of a significant number of tanks to ukraine. they have every right to defend their territory and armored tanks can be helpful. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. > . it is wednesday, january 25th. 9 a.m. here in london, 4 a.m. on the u.s. east coast where we are following a dangerous storm system barrelling across the east coast. tornado for mississippi, alabama and florida. 40 million people under wi
threatening to destroy them. classified documents found at former vice president pence s home. washington wonders who s next. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good morning. we begin with a wave of reported tornadoes, more than a dozen of them, wreaking havoc across southwest texas and southeast louisiana. oh, my god. in the suburbs east of houston, only one injury reported, remarkably. but officials are calling the damage catastrophic. house is gone so the whole top section of the house is completely ruined. so it s toast. the house will be torn down now. kind of hard to take but, hey, we re alive. that s the main thing. we all ran to the restrooms and just watched the whole building fall. luckily the restrooms didn t fall. that was the only thing that kept us alive. reporter: numerous cars and tractor trailers overturned. buildings smashed. roofs torn off. one nursing home had to be evacuated and power
we re alive. that s the main thing. we ran to the restrooms and watched the buildings fall. luckily the restrooms didn t fall. what is that a tree behind them? you saw the roof damage. that is major. kaitlan is on assignment, poppy and i are here. wow. wow indeed. a lot of weather and storm damage. all across the country. officials calling the tornado damage near history. debris scattered across miles. this morning the area is on high alert. live on the ground in pasadena, texas. plus this. what is going on? you tell me how did classified documents end up at your brother s house? i have no idea. if he said he didn t, he didn t. my brother is very honest. classified documents found again but in a different vice president s home. former vice president mike pence s indiana home now in the hands of the fbi. those documents are. what we re learning about the new discovery. and this. it could have been you, don t gavel me. i m here to let you know, i can