pittsburgh pirates in an 8-1 win over the dodgers. today he got his first start at third base. the news continues. cnn prime time with michael smerconish starts now. thank you. he was once a politician but it wasn t until he pumped up the volume on talk tv that this provocateur defined today s era of politics. i m michael smerconish in new york. [ crowd chanting ] for nearly three decades, that was the chant heard over the course you have more than 4,000 episodes. controversial, unapologetically brash, rowdy words used in the headlines covering the news of jerry springer s passing. my favorite from the bbc. era era defining. he truly ushered in an era of television that no one in the world had ever seen before and i argue set the stage for today s political landscape. springer was 79. his family says he died peacefully today. at his home in suburban chicago after a brief illness. reports are that he had cancer. the son of holocaust refugees, he became a global sensati
i m sara sidner in new york. jim acosta has the day off. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with breaking news. former president jimmy carter is receiving hospice care at his home in plains, georgia. sources tell cnn president biden is staying in close contact with the family. let s go now to cnn s jeff zeleny in washington. what more have you learned since we ve just heard this not too long ago. we are learning this this afternoon and the carter center advised something we had not known, the former president has had a brief series of hospital stays. he made the decision to spend his final days to enter hospice care in plains, georgia. that is really so extraordinary because that of course is where the former president has sent his entire life with the exception, of course, of his four years here in washington at the white house as well as his military service as a young man. he went home to plains, georgia, in his post-presidency, and that s where he s been ev
right now, the breath of brutal video footage of the police encounter that ended in the death of tyre nichols has created a situation too big for the nation and its lawmakers to ignore. in washington, a congressional conversation around policing reform may be getting a shot. the congressional black caucus today calling for a meeting with president biden to discuss policing reform. as activists like myself are wondering whether nichols would still be alive if the last congress had passed legislation that emerged after george floyd s murder. and in memphis for the five officers now facing second degree murder charges in the killing enough tyre nichols. it is now set for february 17th. and in the so-called scorpion unit, those officers belonged to and memphis has now been disbanded. and in new york, after hosting the parents enough tyre nichols here on politicsnation, i m thinking about the eulogy of their son, i would deliver as head of the next tunnel action network in memph
Lot of drama there today. The lead starts right now. World leaders taking the stage, pushing their priorities for some of the biggest issues of our time. Casting Russias Vladimir Putin as global villain number one, while fighting against waning support for ukraine. And here in d. C. , a House Republican calling his party the, quote, clown show. While infighting and name calling do nothing to solve the more immediate problem of federal government set to shut down in just 12 days. Plus, new allegations against celebrity Russell Brand as a new accuser comes forward. Police now looking into the multiple allegations of rape and Sexual Assault against the disgraced comedian. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. The world lead dominates the week with so much focus on Foreign Policy and this comes against major accusations by one democracy, canada, accusing another democracy, india, of directing an assassination. On canadian sovereign territory. Well dive into that democracy versus direction a
died: the story of don mcclain s american pie on paramount plus now. this week or next week it is up for one of five documentaries for an mtv award. i am up against selena gomez and j.lo and all those people. and it s just a trip, you know? and it really goes back to the days when record companies were willing to put out music by artists that did many different things. it might be protest songs. they might be insulting to some, you know, short people. remember that one? of course. randy newman yeah. that insulted a lot of people. that would never come out today. don, i m of an age where i m one of those guys who was sitting my bedroom with headphones on reading liner notes and trying to figure out what a guy like you was saying. i will watch the movie. i will not ask who is the jester