he says its for good. a very warm welcome to the programme. the death of tyre nichols and the appalling events that led to a tap reverberated far beyond memphis. that much is clear from the global media coverage of today s funeral and those who sat in the congregation. vice president kamala harris was there, the rev. al sharpton delivered the eulogy. and also present a growing roster of black men and women who know the pain the family is going through. the brother of george floyd, the mother of breonna taylor. here s part of what they heard let may be clear. we understand that there are concerns about public safety. are needs to deal with crime. but you don t fight crime by becoming criminals yourself. as vice president of the united states, we demand that congress pass the george floyd justice in policing act. joe biden will sign it. and we should not delay, and we will not be denied. it is non negotiable. the family hope the anger and the grief will be channelled into somet
good to be with you and happy friday. i m lindsey reiser. right now, more miraculous rescues as the window to save more lives closes in turkey and syria. crews are desperately searching for remaining survivors, listening intently for any faint noises or cries for help. they re also getting some much needed help from man s best friend. very well trained, knows what to look for, and if it responds to the trainer, then the handler rather, they know there is a possible proof of life. the number of lives lost is nearing 23,000 and this morning the lack of food and the lack of heat only intensifying fears of another disaster. we re live in turkey ahead. plus, new bloodshed overnight in ukraine, russia unleashing dozens of missiles, kharkiv and z zaporizhzhia. is in the major offensive ukrainian officials warned of earlier this month? and ahead this hour, president biden is set to welcome the nation s governors to the white house. his message going into the meeting and how h
the scope of hurricane ian s devastation is becoming clearer for days after the category four storm slammed into the coast of southwest florida, with record-breaking strength. 85 people are dead, 81 in florida, and four in north carolina. the death toll rises each time rescue crews reached new areas. and searches are going on around the clock. but some people are still stranded and waiting for help, like these residents of sanibel island. there has been no communication, nobody official has come on to the island to tell us what is going on. we don t have places to go, we have no cars to get their. lack of food, medicine, clean water, and electricity. these are all on the list of tops concerns. more than 1 million people are still without power across four states. now, president biden says he and the first lady will travel tomorrow to puerto rico, which is still reeling from hurricane fiona, and tour damage in florida on wednesday. our hearts, to state the obvious, it
pandemic, getting infrastructure passed up on capitol hill, as well as one of the largest investments in climate change initiatives that was passed earlier in the fall. this would certainly mark a big moment of change for the white house, as president biden is entering his final two years of office, and potentially launching another re-election bid. ron klain has worked with biden for a very long time, dating back to his time in the senate, also as vice president and advising his campaign from the outside back in 2020. cnn has reached out to the white house for comment on this and has yet to receive comments specifically. the new york times today is reporting on a very significant development as they say the white house chaff ron kli chief of staff ron klain will step down in near weeks. is he stepping down, does it have anything to do with the recent classified documents, handling of, you know, from the white house? is it instead, as the new york times is reporting,
they by potentially reinforcing this image of extremism that hurt republicans so much through purple states. there are others, but for me those are the biggest known unknowns for 2024. and that last one is a great question because you have heard republicans, you know, they have been basically chomping at the bit to take over the majority for obvious reasons. but with such a small majority, you negotiation i heard from republicans who say, we re concerned about what these investigations look like and what path this goes down and do we look like we have a strategy that we have it together or we don t know who is going to be the house speaker next week when the new congress takes over. good point. ron, thank you very, very much. thank you, guys. happy holidays. thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. it is 8:00 a.m. eastern. we re so glad you re with us. it is december 27th. welcome to cnn this morning. all right, so we will begin with