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
testify after months of refusals. sue france it frantic rescue efforts in ukraine after a russian strike on an apartment building leaves nearly 20 people dead, and others trapped under the rubble. [ music ] forcemac by from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. penn is set to begin a two day farewell to former leader shinzo abe. this is where his body will be arriving at the temple, where a private wake will begin two hours from now. his funeral service will be held tuesday afternoon. us secretary of state anthony blinken made a scheduled trip to tokyo to pay his respects. during his time to dohfoz during his time in office, he took our country to new heights . as i shared with our colleagues, we saw in him somewhat rare, someone with a vision and the ability to realize that vision. i came at his behest, more than allies, we are friends. when a friend is hurting, other friends show up. meanwhile, new details are emerging about the suspect and what he
election, and i m the only candidate in this race who can do that. a political neophyte outsider became president and didn t get a lot of things done that he wanted to get done in donald trump, why do you think somebody with less experience than donald trump had is somehow going to make the federal government function in a way that you re outlining? so i think there are three things i would say. the first is we have that experience to learn from. first, i want to build on the foundation that trump laid. i would invite him as a mentor and i want to take on the administrative state. the second thing, chuck, i do think it s an outsider to take on the administrative state, but i also think it needs to be an outsider who has a deep, first personal understanding of the laws and constitution of this country. i think trump was in many cases duped by his managerial advisers, for example, who said you can t fire employees in the federal government due to civil service protections.