this is day in and out. he sits like this the whole day, every day. the hospital says that the teen s treatment is an exceptional case. the country s public health director says there are 40 similar cases in the netherlands. check thought video just released by the utah department of public safety. it shows a highway patrolman punching the driver of a stopped car in the head. first, let me point out that this is the end of a police chase in utah. the driver was a 53-year-old woman. the trooper is on paid leave while investigators sift through the details. pursuits can be very, very dangerous and for that reason, this review process is essential in what we do. charges against the driver were dropped earlier this month. president obama is already laying out his agenda for the upcoming year. jobs. he sent this messaging to supporters previewing the focus for tuesday s state of the union
and talking about the days in korea, talking about all of our days as youngsters. we played together and played baseball together. we did everything together every day of our life. i miss that part of it. as much as anything. reporter: kyra phillips, cnn. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. take a look at this. a traffic stop ends with a 53-year-old woman getting punched. a highway patrol trooper at the center of the chaos is under investigation. coming up, more of the dramatic footage and the twist that will have you thinking twice about the case. chaos and protests rock another north african country. this time algeria. has tunisia s revolution created instability in the region? we are tracking a global hotspot that has the obama
the bears to a bizarre level. they are roasting a bear. who came up with this extreme menu? just how do you roast a bear? we start with shocking video that s now being released by the utah highway patrol. the video is at the center of a five-month investigation into the possible use of excessive force by one officer on a 53-year-old woman. take a look. there is no question that the woman in this case, darla white, was running from police. the question is what happened after they stopped her. the officer is sergeant andrew davenport. he punched darla in the head several times. he is not disputing that. he said i did this to distract and stun her and stop her from trying to drive off and strike our vehicles or possibly run us over. the strikes worked and we were able to grab her hands. while davenport was punching the woman another officer fired his
taser into the car. investigators want to know if police went too far. did we mention that sergeant davenport is the cousin of the state s public safety commissioner? officials say that has no bearing on the case. davenport is on paid leave right now. pursuits can be very, very dangerous. for that reason, this review process is essential in what we do. let s talk about the driver, 53-year-old darla white. she was facing drunk driving, eluding arrest and assault charges but ended up being charged with filing stop. the case was dismissed a week ago. what s she say being the incident? she told one salt lake city tv station that she doesn t really remember what happened. saying only, quote, a black glove coming through and hitting me just smack. she says she just wants people to see the video and so they can decide for themselves. imagine this. an 18-year-old dutch mental health patient is tethered to the wall for hours every day. the hospital where he lives says