underway for millions across the u.s. and it s already canceled 1,000 flights. we are live on the ground. in memphis, two more officers and three emt workers off the job this morning for their response in the beating of tyre nichols. this as we are hearing nichols in his own words for the first time. secretary of state antony blinken walking a diplomat tightrope as vie less is escalating in the middle east. he is meeting with the palestinians. another suspicious incident at the dallas zoo. two monkeys believed to be stolen, also this. hollywood losing another tv icon. laverne & shirley star cindy williams died at 75. her family remembering her as kind and generous with a, quote, brilliant sense of humor. cnn this morning starts right now. we are going to begin with the dangerous ice storm freezing the south from texas all the way to west virginia. nearly 40 million americans under winter weather alerts. this is a live look in arkansas where the declared a
should i do this? i did it anyway. lo and behold, flights got canceled. ed, people are bracing for serious travel chaos. what s the latest? it s going to be several days of this treacherous conditions on roadways all across texas, oklahoma, arkansas as well as into the upper midwest as well. these winter weather warnings and advisories stretching from all the way down as far as south as san antonio. we are hearing of about 1,000 flights that have already been canceled. we expect that to continue to worsen t worsen throughout the day. and we are hearing a number of reports of accidents and rollovers all over roadways across north texas. so emergency officials, traffic officials urging the public, to stay off the roadways. if you don t have to be out, they are telling, asking people to please stay off the roadways. when you see mbehind me, many