and to our viewers, thanks for watching. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, crackdown. a russian couple arrested for having a private conversation critical of putin s war. this is putin s former speech writer tells me his former boss is erratic with no strategy. plus, cnn learning a seventh officer from the memphis police department has been relieved of duty after the arrest and beating of tyre nichols. and wait until you see what the strategy is to stop him. let s go outfront. outfront tonight, arrested. a russian couple handcuffed just for criticizing putin s war. according to the independent russian monitoring group. the couple was having a private conversation you re looking at here. the conversation had some things critical of the war in ukraine. somebody called the police. you see there. the couple were arrested. this is the type of police state that of course we saw in nazi germany. informant, people rounded up just for speaking out. havin
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
seventh memphis police officer whose name has not yet been released, was placed on leave the day after the arrest. nick valencia is outfront. i want to warn some of the video is disturbing. tonight, seven memphis police officers have now been relieved of duty in the tyre nichols investigation, including the officer wearing this body cam. he can be seen firing his taser following the initial traffic stop on january 7th. after nichols takes off running with other officers chasing him, hemphill is heard on his body camera saying stomp his ass. seen here, receiving a ticket for hours of skilled training from the memphis crisis intervention team was a member of the now disbanded scorpian
sooner. and only one is publicly identified. nick valencia has more. reporter: seven memphis police officers have now been relieved of duty in the tyre nichols investigation including the officer wearing that body camera identified by memphis police as officer preston hemphill. he can be seen firing his taser at nichols following the initial traffic stop on january 7. after nichols takes off running with other officers chasing him, he hemphill is heard saying stop his ass. reporter: and he received a certificate for 40 hours of skilled training from the memphis crisis intervention team was also a member of the now disbanded scorpion unit, but he has not been charged like the five former officers now facing send degree murder. hemphill s lawyer says his client never went to the second scene where the beating occurred and that he is cooperating with the investigation. attorneys for nichols family