our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world, i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster joining you from london. just ahead on cnn newsroom. when that tape comes out tomorrow, it s going to be horrific. this evil is russian aggression, can and should be stopped only with adequate weapons. the terrorist state will not understand anything else. i m not sure the news could have been any better. economic growth is up, stronger than experts expected. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, january 27th. 9 a.m. here in london. 3 a.m. in memphis, tennessee. that s where a vigil was held last night for 23-year-old tyre nichols. he died after a violent altercation with five memphis police officers. tyre nichols, a lifelong skateboarder, a vigil was held at a skate park. his mother warned of the graphic nature of the video that will be made public today. have a listen. i d like to say to
and a sober newsday with us. a source telling cnn criminal charges are coming this afternoon in memphis in connection to the beating of 29-year-old tyre nichols and we also are told to expect tomorrow the release of the video of that police encounter and we are told that is three minutes of savagery. memphis police officers brutalizing nichols. right now that city fed up. it could have been your son. it could have been you. don t gavel me. i m here to let you know. i can see without we want it now. plus, the new temperature check of the u.s. economy. new data gives president biden reason to brag. the economy growing faster than expected. it is more proof a recession is not inevitable but it also comes as some big name companies slash thousands of jobs. releasing right now brand-new cnn poll numbers, here s what they show. you think leaders in washington, especially house republicans, are out of touch with what you think, your government should be doing and doing first
biden. abrams battle tanks finally heading to ukraine. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly has the reporting. we are fully, thoroughly, totally united. reporter: a diplomatic break through with dramatic implications. the united states will be sending 31 abram tanks to ukraine. reporter: the u.s. tanks set to significantly expand ukraine s battlefield capabilities. it makes it possible for germany, but also other european nato allies to provide battle tanks to ukraine and that will significantly strengthen their combat capabilities. reporter: at the same moment europe s largest land war in 80 years is in its most after weeks of u.s. officials say it was untenable. the maintenance and high cost it would take to maintain an abrams doesn t make sense to provide that to the ukrainians at this time. reporter: their inclusion a demand from german officials in order to clear the way for delivery of their own tanks and to sign off on the german-made
we re alive. that s the main thing. we ran to the restrooms and watched the buildings fall. luckily the restrooms didn t fall. what is that a tree behind them? you saw the roof damage. that is major. kaitlan is on assignment, poppy and i are here. wow. wow indeed. a lot of weather and storm damage. all across the country. officials calling the tornado damage near history. debris scattered across miles. this morning the area is on high alert. live on the ground in pasadena, texas. plus this. what is going on? you tell me how did classified documents end up at your brother s house? i have no idea. if he said he didn t, he didn t. my brother is very honest. classified documents found again but in a different vice president s home. former vice president mike pence s indiana home now in the hands of the fbi. those documents are. what we re learning about the new discovery. and this. it could have been you, don t gavel me. i m here to let you know, i can
did you take any classified documents with you from the white house? i did not. yes, he did. poppy and i are here without classified documents. more classified documents have been discovered at the home of former vice president, mike pence. it s the former vice president this time leaving lawmakers stunned. breaking overnight, a significant development for the war on ukraine. the german government agreeing to deliver leopard two tanks to ukraine. this is a big story we re following from the southwest to new england. more than 80 million people are facing winter weather alerts. some cities are expected to get hit by nearly a foot of snow. plus this. it could have been my son. it could have been you. don t gavel me. i m here to let you know i can speak whenever i want. we want the tape. we want the tape and we want it now. tensions running high after the beating death of tyre nichols at the hands of memphis police what a new autopsy is revealing. we begin with