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
hello. at this hour, a dangerous ice storm is setting in across the south. a slippery mess is in store for millions unfortunately. plus, more memphis police officers are being disciplined now. emts fired after the beating death of tyre nichols, and what his brother says he wants to see happen to those responsible. prosecutors could file channels against alec baldwin and the rust film armor. this is what we are watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. let s start with the major winter storm that is impacting millions of people in the south today. check out this oh, geez check out that video out of dallas, and freezing rain is doing what freezing rain does sending cars sliding across the roads and making it a total mess, a dangerous mess. dozens of accidents so far, and the governor of arkansas is activating the national guard in the triple threat they are getting with ice, sleet and snow. more than 40 million americans stretching from
wanting what blinken can t give, either, parody with u.s. support saying our people will not accept a continuation of the occupation forever. blinken offering a small bump in aid, help with a legacy phone network and a warning for israelis and palestinians not to threaten the possibility of a two-state solution. we oppose any action by either side that makes that goal more difficult to achieve, more distant and we ve been clear this includes things like settlement expansion and of course, incitement to violence. reporter: stronger words than many expected but here actions speak loudest. the fact is israel has this story, the two state solution. israel is making sure there is no viable sovereign palestinian statement expanding settlements, stealing more land. reporter: for the young, blinken s dip lomacy a double whammy. no faith in the leadership and no hope blinken can deliver. our leadership is incapable of delivering what we want the 18-year-old tells us. i don t s
individual could corroborate parts of hutchinson s testimony. this is both historic visit and deeply personal one. they will both commit to never allowing iran to ever get nuclear weapons. inflation soaring to 9.1%. i get paid tomorrow and already my whole paycheck is spoken for. europe is once again facing a dangerous heatwave. these heatwaves are staying for quite some time. it is thursday, july 14th, 11:00 a.m. in jetta and in israel where job is expected to meet this hour with the israeli prime minister yair lapid. u.s. officials say mr. biden will stress the state to state relationship with israel and not focus on the importance of any one person deal. the leaders are also expected to sign a statement vowing to never let iran obtain a nuclear weapon. the more controversial leg of mr. biden s trip comes saturday when he will meet here with saudi leaders in jetta. the u.s. president had promised to make the kingdom is pariah for its role in the murder of the
detail. it will be an important document that the u.s. and israeli government will co-sponsor obviously and it will underscore the u.s. commitment. by the way we re showing our viewers of president biden meeting with yair lapid. this is an interim prime minister. there is a new israeli parliamentary election now scheduled for november 1. and that will be very, very significant. in addition to meeting with prime minister lapid, he will be meeting with the israeli president herzog and also the former prime minister benjamin netanyahu. so he has a very busy schedule. and as you know, the president will have a joint news conference which will have live coverage of here in jerusalem with yair lapid, there will be questions from israeli and american journalists at the news conference. we ll see what they have to say. but clearly there is a lot of issues on the agenda right now. and they will go into substantive detail in the course of their statements. there certainly is a lot on