eenl waters called on protesters to get her word, confrontational. the judge denying the motion but twarng comments could be grounds for an appeal down the line. so joining me now, a former democratic senator from alabama, doug jones is here. both cnn political commentators. i ll start with you. the entire nation is waiting on this chauvin trial verdict. one senior white house official telling cnn, i quote here, this was already a tinder box. it becomes more volatile by the day. what is at stake here? you know, that is a good question. this reminds me, the time we re in reminds me of 1968. tom brokaw who is one of my heroes, actually, had a documentary entitled boom. in 1968, in february, the massacre, in april, you had the assassination of king, in june, you had the assassination of kennedy. you had many soldiers coming home from war still being treated like second class citizens and it felt like the country was becoming untethered along the lines of race. this seems eeril
good morning, everyone. i m poppy harlow. and i m jim sciutto. it is day two of deliberations now under way in the derek chauvin murder trial. jury considering three separate charges against the former officer in george floyd s death. they could find guilty on all or none of them. as those jurors weigh that decision behind closed doors, the country is preparing for the possibility of unrest including, of course, the twin cities where now more than 3,000 members of the minnesota national guard in addition to police officers are on alert. businesses taking steps, you see them boarding up. a lot of different businesses across the area. for more on the jury deliberations, we re joined now by civil rights attorney areva martin and harry litman. i want to begin with a moment you thought was key in the closing arguments. that came from the prosecutor, steve slisher, when he talked about this being just about one officer. just bun about former officer chauvin not being an anti-po
killed by police, was vindicated by a court that did the right thing. but also right now black america has a rare choice as to just how enthusiastically it wants to celebrate chauvin s conviction and how much faith it s willing to put in our justice system, because just one day after chauvin s conviction i was still in minneapolis as head of the national action network to eulogize the life of 20-year-olds daunte wright. while reading about the death of 16-year-old ma khia bryant and five other americans killed by police just 24 hours after the chauvin verdict. still, our justice system has a rare public opportunity to earn black trust by attacking police misconduct with federal action. congressional democrats have for the most part rallied behind the george floyd justice in policing act as the best way forward, and the senate s lone black republican says he now sees some bipartisan daylight for the bill, signaling at least a cosmetic interest in reform from the congressional
the deepening crisis in texas. millions without power after the winter storm crippled the state. temperatures are plunging below freezing, many are struggling just to survive. they have no heat. they re running out of food, water, and gas. i want to start tonight with cnn s ed lavandera on the ground for us in texas. reporter: the temperature in texas is 35 degrees. i stay in this room. reporter: he can handle the cold but he needs a generator to keep the oxygen going. he battled covid-19. he still needs around the clock oxygen. i m nervous. i m nervous. i don t know what s going to happen. when the power is going to come up. that s a lot around the people who have lights, not me. i don t know why. reporter: the bitter cold has turned to heated anger over the catastrophic failure of the power grid. the governor said it s a total failure of the organization known as ercott which runs all. state s power grid. he s called for an investigation. it stands for electric
violence is from a broad range of ideological group. under trump the department had been reluctant to warn of the dangers posed by white supremacist groups. cnn has learned that federal agents are scrambling for leads on whoever placed bombs outside of democratic and republican headquarters in washington. the worry here is they will strike again. authorities say the heightened threat will likely remain over the coming weeks and months. cnn s jessica schneider has more from washington. laura and christine, this is a significant bulletin from the department of homeland security because it warns about threats from domestic extremists. there were iran related threats after the u.s. killing of iranian general soleimani but this is domestic threats. this is a bulletin warning of possible threats. dhs putting it this way saying they do not have any information to indicate a specific credible plot. however, violent riots have continued and we remain concerned that individuals fru