The Metropolitan Police in 2018. Thats despite an accusation he sexually assaulted a child barely in her teens while in his early 20s. Couzens, who was off duty, murdered Sarah Everard after kidnapping her under the false guise of an arrest. He was sacked by the met after his arrest and is now serving a whole life sentence. The inquiry s first stage has been considering what the met knew about couzens reported behaviour prior to sarahs murder. Heres what inquiry chair, Lady Elish Angiolini had to say. The fragility of public trust and confidence in policing affects us all, including those good Police Officers doing the right thing every day. It is time for all of those with responsibility for policing to do everything they can to improve standards of recruitment, vetting and investigation. Wayne couzens was never fit to be a Police Officer. Police leaders need to be sure there isnt another Wayne Couzens operating in plain sight. And lets just remind ourselves of what happened to Sarah
cnn this morning starts right now. well, good morning, everyone, i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. a lot to get to. specifically politics. pre-christmas campaign push lands in iowa today. donald trump, ron desantis and nikki haley all holding events there, sharpening their closing messages and attacks against one another this morning. a new signal the trump campaign is concerned about one candcand candidate s growing momentum. abbott signing a controversial bill making illegal immigration a state crime that will allow texas police to make mass arrests. the protests and threats of legal challenges already under way. and bursts of lava and smoke filling the sky in iceland today as a volcano dramatically erupted overnight after weeks of warnings. threatening a geothermal power plant. cnn this morning starts right now. new this morning, it looks like donald trump may be feeling some pressure in new hampshire as nikki haley chipped away at what was a huge
planes. we are laser-focused on confirming their nature and purpose. reporter: three day, three unidentified objects shot down by u.s. fighters. no precedent. efforts are actively under way right now at all sites to find what s left of those objects so we can better understand and communicate with the american people what they are. reporter: no shortage of unanswered questions, driving a robust all-of-government response from president biden. every element of the government will redouble their efforts to understand and mitigate these events. reporter: recovery efforts under way for downed ob jebts and critical. they are focused like a laser on figuring out what happened and coming up with sort of a comprehensive analysis of how we deal with this present and future. reporter: as even white house allies are raising concerns. in an absence of information people will fill that gap. reporter: a new cabinet-level task force underscoring the approach. we re sta
newsroom. dangerous winter storms, pummeling the united states coast-to-coast. how the storms are disrupting travel. and bracing for possible escalation, ahead of the anniversary of the invasion, as russia and china reaffirm their ties in moscow. plus rying tensions in the northeast after a raid by the palestinians leave 11 dead. we re live with the latest. millions of americans are feeling the chill from the maive winter storm system coast-to-coast. snow, winds and ice have knocked out power to 850,000 customers. parts of california are reporting snow with los angeles county issuing a blizzard warning for the first time since the 1980s. flight tracking website flight aware shows 700 flights have been canceled on thursday so far b because of the weather. let s go to atlanta. this is serious disruption. any idea how long the conditions are going to last? unfortunately for days. some of the areas have picked up two feet of snow. 60 million people under some sort of wint
against russia. i ll discuss vladimir putin next moves as he rallies his people for a second year of this war and cozies up to china and a new report that ivanka and gerald kushner has been subpoenas. will former president trump try to prevent them from testifying. and nearly three weeks after the toxic train wreck in ohio, national safety officials are getting ready to release a preliminary report and transportation secretary pete buttigieg is heading to the area tomorrow as more residents are clearly sick, scared, and frustrated. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. president biden is due back here on u.s. soil in just a few hours. closing one of his most significant moments on the world stage so far. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly is joining us live from poland right now. phil, the president underscored his unit against russia s war in ukraine once again today.