she lost her bid for re-election last night failing to finish in the top two in a runoff election. it is the first time in more than three decades that chicago has voted a sitting mayor out of office. i m eternally grateful to everyone who gave us their time, support and money and prayers. thank you from the bottom of my heart. god bless you. god bless this incredible city. long time public schools chief paul vallas ran a tough to crime campaign. he will face brandon johnson a cook county commissioner in an april runoff. fbi director christopher wray says the bureau believes the covid-19 pandemic was likely the result of a lab exteacciden wuhan. this comment is just days after the tent of energy low confidence assessment that covid most likely originated from a lab leak in china. the fbi has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in wuhan. we step back for a second, the fbi has agents, professionals,
for police reform. stephanie ramos in memphis. that dangerous ice storm, winter alerts across 30 states. 50 million americans. that ice storm causing those multiple accidents already. concerns over the power grid tonight. hundreds of flights canceled. and the record-breaking cold right behind it. wind chills well below zero by tomorrow morning. mireyavil villarreal in dallas. ginger zee timing it out. police appealing for the public s help. the suspect accused of brutal by beating and kidnapping a woman who is now in critical condition. authorities say he may be using social media and their warning tonight. matt gutman reporting. secretary of state antony blinken in israel tonight, urging calm on all sides after some of the worst violence in years. and the mysterious drone attacks in iran. what we re learning tonight. back here at home, the alec murdaugh trial. the new interview played for the jurors. and what he told investigators just after the murders. 6 and the de
so we can focus on this little guy. singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. hey there. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. and i m alisyn camerota. a sixth officer is now off the memphis police force in connection with the beating death of tyre nichols. preston hemphill was relieved of duty, and his lawyer confirms he was wearing a body camera on january 7th. the footage from it was released friday along with the other videos that show nichols ultimately fatal encounter with police. we have a warning for you. what we re about to play is disturbing. footage from the multiple cameras shows nichols getting kicked and punched and pepper sprayed and beaten with a baton. and when the assault stopped, no one gave nichols any medical attention for at least 25 minutes. now, five of the officers seen in the video have been fired and charged with second-degree murder and their unit to fight street crimes and guns known as scorpion, that s now gone. it s been
could be additional charges for others involved. we need time to allow the investigation to go forward and further consideration of charges. nothing we did last thursday precludes us from bringing other charges later. i believe this is part of the institutional police culture, just as much as those officers are responsible for the death of tyre nichols, so is the implicit bias police culture that exist in america. brooke: nichols mother echos that same sentiment and says she will not rest until justice is served. i will not stop until every person that had anything to do with my son s death is prosecuted to the fullest of the law. i hate the fact it was five black men that did this to another black man. my son probably was their age. brooke: tyre nichols accepted an invitation to the president s state of the union address next week. todd: officers call for a thorough investigation of the memphis pd. we know the laptop is legitimate and has damaging evidence
sandra: a great piece he wrote there, really important questions, and we have some important questions for him as well. i m sandra smith in new york. great to begin another week with you, john. jonathan turley says if the white house truly wants transparency, now is the time to open up about the files. here is he will join us this hour. plus, we are following the twists and turns in the alec murdaugh double murder case and today defense attorneys got one witness to admit on the stand there could have been a second shooter. john: nancy grace is in the courtroom in south carolina following the case in-person. we will get her reaction to that bombshell all new at 2:00. but we begin with a fox news alert. if the bell did not tell the tale, it is a fox news alert. border agents are busy cracking down on illegal crossers at our southern border, authorities are now seeing a spike up north. migrants now braving the freezing cold temperatures along the 49th parallel and risking