training facility they call cop city. according to police, a group of violent agitators were operating under the cover of a police will protest in the forested area around the site. they showed up, changed into black clothing, and broke into the construction area, throwing rocks, bricks, molotov cocktails, watching fireworks, and setting fire to the construction vehicles. police say the group launched a coordinated attack, torching that equipment and even burning down a surveillance tower. but the protesters are telling a different story. they accuse the police of lashing out at attendees at a nearby music festival organized by that same group. at least 35 people were arrested. police say many of them are from out of town and are calling the attack and active anarchy. you attack law enforcement officers, you damage equipment, you are breaking the law. this was a very violent attack. this wasn t about a public safety training center, it was about anarchy in the attempt t
proposal coming up. bill: we begin with the d.c. senate council reversing course on its controversial crime overhaul. after president biden signaled that he would join republicans in blocking the measure. i m john roberts in washington, good monday to you. gillian: good monday to you, john, is it monday, tuesday, i don t know anymore. there are so many days. and they just keep going. john: it feels like one day leads into the next. gillian: we are almost at that point around here. can you believe it. all right, i m gillian turner and first sandra smith today, this is america reports, that crime bill has become a source of some conflict, democrats in washington over the last few days quite a few house dams are upset with the white house were not given them a heads up that the president plans to veto the bill. john: senior correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill and he has the latest on this about-face. chad. john, good afternoon, the d.c. city council is tr
they say was a coordinated attack on a future police training facility. fireworks, rocks, bricks, even molotov cocktails thrown at officers according to police. dozens of people detained. what police say led up to it all. plus now, massive snowfall again on the west coast threatening to dump feet of snow on communities already buried and cut off after historic back-to-back storms. people in california s mountain communities trapped in their homes. some reportedly at risk of being snowed in for at least another week. we have neighbors who are panicking. they re without food, power, heat, medications. there s nine and ten-foot berms alongside these roads. this is the only grocery store east of crestline california, the roof collapsed from snow. residents writing help us in the snow. fire and brimstone at cpac. former president trump delivering a dark and at times bizarre speech before a sparse crowd at the annual conservative conference and vowing political vengeanc
from last month s derailment in east palestine. and right now the fbi offering a reward for the return of four americans believed to have been kidnapped at gunpoint in mexico. we ll bring you details on what happened. and jurors who convicted alex murdaugh of killing his wife and son are speaking out. i didn t think he was crying. he turned it on and off, yeah. it wasn t genuine. do you think he hurt himself by taking the stand? did he make it worse? i think he did. we begin in atlanta where nearly three dozen people were detained after a chaotic clash between police and protesters. atlanta police say outside agitators mounted what they call a coordinated attack on the future site of a public safety training center throwing rocks, bricks, molotov cocktails and fireworks at police officers. some equipment including construction vehicles were set on fire, but no police officers were injured. sunday s protest part of a week-long series of demonstrations against the f
on tuesday. and pope francis is expected to participate in palm sunday mass at st peter s basilica just a day after leaving the hospital. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with michael holmes. and we begin with those powerful storms that battered parts of the u. s. and the death toll is rising yet again, at least 22 people were killed, dozens more injured after tornadoes and storms hit on friday and saturday, the latest fatality just hours ago in delaware, and this is what it looks like in wynne, arkansas, where four people were killed. the mayor told cnn. her city was basically cut in half by the damage the storm so powerful it ripped the turf off the football field at the high school. similar scenes in the state capital little rock, where at least one person was killed and 50 hospitalist. many of the tornado s moving so quickly. people had little time to prepare like this driver who rode out the storm in his van. neighbors and neighborhoods and businesses were dec