bianca is off for today, but just ahead on cnn newsroom i ve heard another tornado warning, it s like never ending today. this is an early wake -up cal for people living on the southern plains. everyone wants this constam nation gone from the community. the town is rallying around each other and i think we re all on the same page for the first time in two weeks. the chinese were very, very slow in alerting the world to it. i m not entirely surprised. the chinese have mishandled covid at every step of the way. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, february the 27th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 3:00 a.m. in the central u.s. where a powerful storm system is battering parts of oklahoma, kansas and texas with tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. at least nine tornadoes have been through so much, seven in oklahoma, two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage. downed power line and debris blocking
lab in chiwuhan, china. and in east palestine, the new technique to track contaminated water from that city. and the growing concern to other cities taking in truckloads of contaminated soil. and an image in oklahoma, cnn is on the scene. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with the groundbreaking assertion with the u.s. energy department that the covid-19 pandemic likely began from a lab leak in wuhan, china. this all comes after the energy department updated its 2021 report with this claim, saying it made the new conclusion, based on new evidence coming to light. two sources telling cnn the department is issuing the report with, quote, low confidence. that s a term that doesn t mean that they don t believe their own conclusion. it means that the evidence as of now is only circumstantial. the new assertion reveals that the u.s. intelligence community is more divided than ever on how the pandemic began. four other agencies in the u.s. government said the outbr
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. relieved of duty. cnn learning a sixth officer now put on administrative leave from the memphis police force and the brutal beating of tyre nichols has a painful memory of missed chances as communities look again at what can be done to change the way cops police. plus this week president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy meet. a debt ceiling stalemate that shows zero signs of ending is issue one. and it s an early test of divided government. today the american secretary of state is in israel. the backdrop for his visit a string of death and destruction. raids, synagogue attacks as it come busts. a memphis police major says a six of the police officer has been now been relieved of duty, in in connection with the stop and subsequent boaeating that l to the death of tyre nichols. it follows the scorpion unit, a police team meant to corral street game no lon
it s hard to explain to children what s happening. taras is afraid his father will die . 40 miles northwest of kyiv, a massive russian convoy is heading toward the capital. russian forces already on the outskirts of the city are meeting fierce resistance. the russian column that has come down here has been absolutely hammered. i don t want to show you this too much, but there s a body there. that s a russian soldier that is lying there dead on this bridge. look at this. i mean what kind of munitions does it take to do that to a car, to a vehicle? you know, i know that i was speaking to the local ukrainian commanders here. they ve been saying that they were using western anti-tank missiles to attack these columns. look. so recent the battle, this vehicle is still smoking. four days after the invasion begins, i interview olena for the first time on cnn. have you thought about trying to leave? yes, many times. one is to escape and survive. another one is to stay at
really, is transportation policy. making sure that in this moment, with so much focus on what happened with this derailment that we are acting to hold norfolk southern accountable but to make sure we prevent all derailments. reporter: president biden said his officials were on the ground two hours after the wreck. and they ve been working with local and state officials. as far as whether he s going to visit, there are no plans as of yet. priscilla alvarez, cnn, the white house. the u.s. department of energy has determined the spread of covid-19 is most likely from a leak of a chinese laboratory in wuhan. that s according to a classified intelligence report. the two sources tell cnn the department has only low confidence in findings. the ambassador to china said no matter what the reason, more safe guards need to be in place in case of another pandemic. well, it s really important