grand jurors, what did he tell them about trump and the 2020 election. plus a deadly barrage of missiles strike ukraine leaving raging fires and at least a dozen dead at the hands of russia. and destruction after a tornado rips through a florida town, parts of the south bracing for more severe storms today. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. we begin with vice president mike pence testifying before the grand jury looking into former president trump s efforts to subvert the 2020 election. grand jury testimony is of course secret, but we have a very good idea of what pence was likely asked about his former boss, now his republican rival. katelyn polantz has more from washington. reporter: former vice president mike pence testified before a federal grand jury on thirst fo thursday for more than five hours. it would have been what happened after the 2020 election leading up to january 6, all of
to our viewers in the united states and around the world, welcome to the situation room. happening now, a sixth memphis police officer has now been relieved of duty after the deadly beating of tyre nichols and the release of chilling videos of his arrest. our experts are breaking down the evidence and the growing calls right now for federal police reform. also tonight, cnn is on the front lines in ukraine amid fierce fighting in the east and the south after nearly a year of war, we re told some battles are worse than ever before. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is on an urgent mission in israel and the west bank amid a new outbreak of violence, meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and urging a deescalation of tensions. i ll discuss these high-stakes international conflicts with key white house official john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight t
the need for proof of any actual election fraud listen. it can t just be, you know, somebody tweeted this. it s got to be demonstrable facts that can be laid out with evidence because that s what a court of law is going to look to, not just an allegation, but actual facts and so i feel i m hopeful you know, i m hoping rudy comes on the show tomorrow and he has some of those facts and i hope the legal team continues to lay out the specific evidence because that s what it s going to take to prevail in court. they were all pinning all of their hopes on rudy and sidney powell explains why team trump would go on to lose 61 times in court, judge after judge after judge in courts all across the country, some of those judges appointed by donald trump himself, as well as the united states supreme court dismissed trump s claims of fraud and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election through the courts and they lost because as they very well knew, as ted cruz knew, there wasn t an
good evening everyone. i m alisyn camerota. this is cnn tonight. memphis is holding its breath waiting for the release of the video showing exactly what happened to 29-year-old tyre nichols after he was pulled over by police on january 7th. three days later he was dead. an independent autopsy blamed his death on, quote, extensive bleeding caused by severe beating. and tonight tyre nichols mother pleads for peace. when that tape comes out tomorrow, it is going to be horrific. my lord. i didn t see it. but from what i hear, it is going to be horrific. but i want each and every one of you to protest in peace. i don t want us burning up our cities, tearing up the streets, because that is not what my son stood for. people who have seen this police body cam video call it shocking, secening, and appalling. i ve seen the video. as stated you will, too. in a word, it is absolutely appalling. let me be clear. what happened here does not at all reflect proper policing. this
the movie rust . prosecutors planning to charge the star with involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinema to gography hell lean in a hutchins. after she was killed by a problem gun fired by baldwin in 2021. it is also some very sad news tonight on the death of a foal can rock, icon. david crosby has died at the age of 81. his family says after a long illness, he has succumbed. he s one of the founders in crossby stills gnash and young. who could forget songs like, well, like this. [music] teach your children well, their father s hell it s slowly go by . and i want to bring in cnn s bill wire who enter viewed bill crosby who interviewed him in wood stock. blood to have you here and lean on your expertise in this icon in particular. i want to begin with you, bill, if i can, because you enter viewed david crosby for the woodstock interview. tell me some of the highlights during your time speaking with him. well, it was the second time i hung out with cros, he s