Person arraignment in the maralago documents case. Well tell you what happened when his two codefendants showed up in court. Plus new reporting from propublica about Clarence Thomas and his wealthy network of friends who allegedly financed his luxurious gifts and travel. And we begin this morning with a devastating wildfires in hawaii. At least 36 people have died as the flames rip through the island with crews in the skies and on the ground urgently battling three active fires. The flames have destroyed homes, wreaked havoc on businesses and forced thousands to evacuate. Residents seeking safety are flocking to airports and shelters. My family is thinking of just leaving the island completely. We have nothing but the clothes on our backs right now. Everything is gone. Some had to jump into the ocean to escape dangerous flames, swallowed more 2,000 acres of land. Want you to see Satellite Image that captures what the town of lahaina looked like, a Historic Town before and after the bla
fox news is learning that former republican presidential candidate and senator tim scott will endorse president trump tonight. he s appearing with the former president in new hampshire it s happening this hour we will bring it to you when they come out. focus of tonight s angle. now, there are many reasons to be in a great mood going into this weekend because the good news keeps coming. now, first and most obvious, donald trump blew everyone out of the water in iowa which means that the party is uniting. it s only a matter of time before nikki haley and ron desantis, who both gave it a good go will drop out and if they re smart, they will endorse him taking on biden and the billionaire supporting biden is going to require all hands on deck and a laser beam focus on turnout, mail-in ballots and ballot harvesting. the second piece of good news trump provided some clarity about his v.p. pick. and haley is not on the list. truth be told not a good fit doesn t need a liz cheney fo
house of representatives is already grilling mayokas today. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. house republicans are taking their turn to hold homeland secretary mayokas accountable for the worst conditions at our border in our lifetime. this time yesterday senate republicans were tearing into him over his handling of the border crisis and repeatedly called for him just to resign. for hours they pressed him over his repeated claims of having we put this in quotes operational control of the border. he trow i had to tried to redefine the word and he did linguistic gymnastics why operational control means and why it works for him. a big focus on the raging fentanyl crisis and skyrocketing deaths from the drug. regain control of the border, go after the cartels, tell the mexican president get with it, work with us, or we re going to have to do things differently. secure the border now before we get attacked. it appears to me to be something that is
we think this was part of the culture of the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. what was done to tyre was a vicious violent gang assault camouflaged as policing. he was a human being. his life mattered. the black of black america is on your hands so stand up and do something. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s monday, january 30th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 3:00 a.m. in memphis, tennessee, where a young black man s death at the hands of police is demanding change from systemic racism in america. family and friends are preparing to lay tyre nichols to rest as calls to tackle criminal justice reform are growing louder. in communities of color, they often have different types of policing than many of our white brothers and sisters have in their community and this video illustrates it that it s just culture that says it doesn t matter whether the police officers are black, hispanic or white, that it is somehow allowed for yo
cnn. pamela? thanks, chris. who s talking to chris wallace airs at 7:00 tonight on cnn. and the next hour of cnn newsroom on this sunday starts newsroom on this sunday starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com i m pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you tonight, lawmakers are demanding actions days after five police officers are charged in the beating death of tyre nichols. can the federal government do anything to change culture inside many of these departments? plus the man who disarmed the monterey park gunman is haled a gunman, as california sees four mass shootings in one week. and it s a fight over books in florida. teachers say they have to keep students away from books already in their libraries until state-approved groups decide if they re appropriate. you re in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this hour with the brutal beating of tyre nichols. today the attorney for his family told cnn that he hopes the video that outraged a na