at this place shutdown so-called scorpion unit whose members included arbiters charged in the death of tyre nichols. is this a move in the right direction? plus donald trump hits the campaign trail for the first time since announcing his 2024 presidential bid. he says he is more committed than ever. will republican voters be just as committed to him? later, backlash continues to grow against ron desantis for his decision to block courts on african american studies. some students are ready to take it to the courts. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you. i m katie thing. thanks for starting your day with us. there s new fallout in some major changes at the memphis police department after friday nights like the videos showed five former officers beating, kicking, tasing and pepper spraying tyre nichols, who died just a few days ago. the department has permanently deactivated what it called its scorpion unit. that included all of those officers we saw
roadways and the country. big portions of the country at least. this is in utah where stranded cars line the interstate, crews working to clear the snow this morning, and in the air severe weather has forced airlines to cancel nearly 1500 flights so far today. let s bring in cnn s adrienne broaddus live outside minneapolis. the last time we saw you, the wind was at your back. it looks like it s hitting the side of your face and snow still coming down. what are you seeing and feeling? reporter: you know what, i feel great, thank you for asking. it s snowing. the snow is starting to pick up and i m dressed in layers so i m not that cold. at least not right now. but i do want to share some really important information with our friends and our viewers. authorities with the minnesota state patrol saying from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. this morning there were more than 100 crashesing. at least ten of them resulted in injuries. one was serious. shutting down a major highway here in t
facing a classified documents investigation and battles over the nation s economy and police reform after the death of tyre nichols. lesson plans with hitler quotes. one state investigating a nazi home-schooling network, putting white supremacy into the coverage. curriculum. is it the smoking gun? the evidence putting alex murdaugh at the scene of the murders contradicting his alibi. cnn this morning starts right now. we begin with the breaking news out of ukraine this morning. our cnn crew was nearby a twin missile attack targeting creme torres in eastern ukraine coming less than 24 hours after a missile struck a residential neighborhood killing at least three and wounding eight. crews are searching through the rubble of apartment buildings searching for survivors. fred pleitgen is in ukraine for us this morning. i appreciate you joining us. you narrowly missed this heavy russian missile strike? what happened? reporter: yeah, certainly was a close call. we were goi
freedom everywhere. it s about the kind of world we want to live in, and the world we want to leave to our children. president joe biden s remarks yesterday announcing that the u.s. will send several tanks to ukraine. we ll dig into this major policy reversal. and what impact the tanks could have on the war. plus, former president trump will soon have more places to post his social media rants. we ll tell you which platforms are reactivating his accounts. also ahead, republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene s ambitious plan to get to the white house. we ll bring you that exclusive reporting from nbc news. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, january 26th. joe is on assignment this morning. in a few minutes, we re going to explain what he s working on. and along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, and presidential historian, jon meacham joins us. he s the author of t
an explosive device with two fuses found hidden in the lining of checked baggage. the man accused of trying to get through airport security arrested. severe storms even tornadoes forecast in the southeast, well a state of emergency declared in parts of snow packed california. plus, the big green reason why fox news can t quit the my pillow guy, even as he continues pushing bogus election lies. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, federal agents have arrested a pennsylvania man for allegedly trying to bring explosives in his luggage on a flight to florida. authorities say 40-year-old mark motley was arrested at his home on monday night, after security agents had flagged his checked luggage early in the day. cnn s evan perez has details. according to the fbi, he checked the bag and in the process, the routine screening that was happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the fbi,