remember seeing before. different types of aircraft were used by strategic, long range, mig 31. there were 81 missile launches. wow. we wake up and we re shocked to hear about it. folks there in ukraine are right in the middle of it. and there are people that have died. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. russian missiles raining down across ukraine. knocking out power, killing civilians and striking cities like kyiv which are far away from the actual fighting. we re going to go there live. also this morning, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell hospitalized after tripping and following at a washington, d.c., hotel. and no relief for california after deadly blizzards trapped people for more than a week and the snow as you can see here, the state is bracing for heavy snow and flooding. we have the latest. cnn this morning starts right now. we begin this morning, this hour with russia unleashing a massive barrage of missiles across ukraine. the strikes
back to their habitat, because when you take them out of their habitats, they re kind of creatures of nature, so they need to be out in their habitat. good morning. i think this is a question that everybody has been asking, like, all of these animals disappearing in the cages being tampered with. what the heck is happening at america s zoos. we have two monkeys that went missing in dallas. 12 squirrel monkeys taken in louisiana and an exotic toucan stolen in florida. we re going to have much more on this. and this cnn exclusive, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu making several major headlines in his one on one sit-down with our very sewn jake tapper. was israel behind the mysterious attack on iran s sites and weapons program, and will netanyahu become a mediator between russia and ukraine as this war rages on? also this morning, we have new revelations in the brutal police beating of tyre nichols, as his family and the city of memphis is preparing to mourn today
of the judiciary committee, dick durbin. this morning, ice storm and warnings for them are expanding all across the state of texas. this is as the extreme weather there wreaks havoc on roads. the national weather service is urging everyone in the warning areas to avoid driving, if possible. so far, two people have already died in accidents as sleet piled on top of ice and cars were backed up at least ten miles down this texas highway, as jack knifed semi trucks blocked both lanes of traffic. a similar scene in oklahoma, where icy roads caused this truck to lose control. luckily, that cable barrier kept him out of oncoming traffic and he was not injured. let s go to led lavendera. he joins us again this morning with more. we had you yesterday. now you re at the airport, yikes. it s going to be hard for those planes to get deiced and get out of there. yikes? what are we looking? reporter: we re at the dfw national airport where there were hundreds of flight cancellations yesterday. a