gone. us president joe biden back home after meeting with prime minister justin trudeau in canada, why illegal immigration across the u. s northern border was a hot topic. and people all over the world getting ready to turn off the lights to mark earth hour. it s a way to help raise awareness about the climate crisis. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with leila harare. we begin this hour with extreme weather in the southeastern united states, where multiple tornadoes barreled across mississippi in the past few hours, the national weather service says a large tornado cost significant damage in several towns, including rolling fork and silver city, leaving homes and buildings flattened and trees and power lines down. search and rescue teams and first responders are on the scene in the area northwest of jackson. we spoke with the president of one of the town s hard hit in mississippi should described what she went through. we watched this tornado form. through the lightning
right now and could get a lot worse. we ve got you covered with robert ray in lansing, michigan, which could bear the brunt of this and travel expert lee albamonte with the chaos we re seeing because of this. i m neil cavuto here with you on this snowy day in most of the country and could turn into days of that. let s go to robert ray with more in lansing. yeah, good afternoon from lances, michigan, the state capitol. you can see the steam emanating from underneath this town that heats and cools the cities. you can see the state capitol behind me. we ve been experiencing the ups and downs and tribulations of snow, freezing rain and sleet. you can see snowplows dropping salt and rock on these roads and the interstates as right now freezing rain is coming down. we re under a ice warning until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow. neil, check this out. you can see this. this is exactly the issue all over. this ice starting to compound on everything here in lansing. to the west, let s take a loo
according to a preliminary i understand denlt autopsy he suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating. overnight the memphis police chief vowed absolute accountability for those held responsible. i m a mother. i m a caring human being who wants the best for all of us. this is not just a professional failing. this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. all five of the officers involved in that incident have been fired. the nichols family now calling for them to be charged with murder. cnn s sara sidner is in memphis this morning with the very latest. when we hear from the family, it is absolutely sara. what do we know? the family has said we re going to get justice for tyre, if it s the last breath i breathe. that came from his mother. she talked about never having her son walk through the door again. she said he would always come in and say hello parents. she and his step dad, as you might
as it relates to that, and i will turn it over to d.a. mulroy, and did i mention that we will take questions after, but they will be we have a really limited amount of time. so, thank you. thank you. good afternoon, everybody. thank you for coming. i m joined today as ms. williams has already said with the director of the tennessee bureau of investigation, david rausch as well as assistant director josh milton. i m also joined by other members of my staff, including earnest brooks, ray lupone, and also most relevant for today, the trial team in the tyre nichols case including paul hagerman and tanisha johnson. we re here today because of a tragedy that wounds one family deeply, but also hurts us all, the death of tyre nichols. we understand and acknowledge the grief that the friends and family of tyre nichols are experiencing right now as well as the great concern throughout all of memphis and shelby county about this case. we met several times this week with the family o
> happening now, breaking news. five former memphis police office facing charges due to the death of tyre nichols. law enforcement agencies across the country bracing for reaction to footage a top tennessee official called sickening. this hour i ll discuss all the latest developments with the executive director of the memphis naacp. welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. get right to the breaking news out of memphis. five officers charged with murder of tyre nichols. the moments before the encounter playing out on dispatch audio obtained by cnn. we got one male running. pull over. one running on foot. running. running we got one fighting at this time. let s get trright to our correspondent walk us through charges those officers are now facing. reporter: right. and, wolf, serious, significant charges here coming from the memphis d.a. just a short