a warm welcome to our r viewers joining us from all the around the world. just ahea j just ahead >frigid temperatures across the nation. and whites got canceled. it was a police legend and we have to call out the severity. everybody should be immediately terminated. somehow this attack getting through multiple lines of security to hit a mosque that is typically attended by members of law enforcement. it is particularly abhorrent that such an attack occurred at a place of worship. live there london, this is cnn news room with max moss ter and bianca and a half lowe. and about 40 million people from texas to virginia will be dangerous winter conditions. the multistate storm stretches about 1500 miles, and it will bring snow, ice and below freezing temperatures and will come in multiple ways today into wednesday. arkansas has already declared a state of emergency and activated the national guard this and it is pace of the hazardous road conditions. flights have
right now on early start, going nowhere. almost 1,000 flights canceled as freezing rain pelts airports and roads from texas to west virginia. plus more fallout from the memphis beating. seven police officers off the job, three fired from the fire tent. > department. and secretary of state antony blinken is meeting with abbas after his sitdown with netanyahu. good morning, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with a major winter storm. overnight arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders activating the national guard as severe weather moves across the state. sleet, freezing rain, bitter cold temperatures impacting some 38 million people from texas to west virginia. a winter storm warning is in effect for a large portion of texas including dallas/ft. worth. schools in the area are closed due to the dangerous conditions. according to flight aware nearly 1,000 flights have already been canceled. chad myers, wh
i m kasie hunt here in washington. a dangerous ice storm now crippling parts of the american south. in texas, reports of hundreds of accidents, some deadly, as roads turn into ice rinks. right now 40 million americans are under storm threat, freezing rain is raising fears of falling trees and power outages, and air travel is a mess, too. we have seen ground stops, about 1,500 flights cancelled so far, and more than 2,500 delays. we have seems tracking all of it. first, let s start with ed lavendara in dallas. ed, dicey, dangerous, deadly and, quite frankly, it is only going to get worse. what are you seeing out there? reporter: it has been an ugly morning and the rain and sleet and freezing rain is all kind of coming down sporadically. but expressway, highway 75 coming out of downtown dallas, we re on the far northern end of the city here. you can see just how little traffic there is some people driving other people driving rather slowly. it is very treacherous out th
the attorney of the officer said he was not present at the scene where the five officers were seen beating nichols. all this plays out in memphis. on capitol hill there s new movement around potential police reform. can it get bipartisan backing in a divided congress? meanwhile, breaking news on the house fire surrounding embattled congressman george santos. extreme cold and dangerous conditions across a dozen states. 37 million people are under some sort of winter weather alert. the bitter blast of ice, snow and cold temperatures bringing a host of woes in travel reports. the icing and sleet is much harder to deal with than the snow. where the storm is heading, coming up. plus, on the run. an urgent manhunt is under way for a man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in oregon. police say it s not the first time he has done this. why they are urging women who use dating apps to be on alert. we will start out with the firings in the aftermath of tyre nichol
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