incarcerated at cornton vale women s prison, and i hope that provides assurance to the public presiding officer, not least to the victims in this particular case. at least nine palestinians are killed in an israeli raid in the west bank. the us secretary of state is to visit israel and the west bank next week. and in just over an hour s time, an asteroid the size of a bus is passing the earth on one of the closest approaches on record. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. in the united states in the last hour, president biden has called for calm, after five police officers were charged with murder of tyre nichols, a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this year. the officers in memphis, tennessee who are all black were fired last week, after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. here s what
d.c. tonight s lead, spring forward right now, the opening polls o the 2024 presidential race are being fired. the two presumed front runners for the republican nomination, both making to the gop s first caucus state, florida governor ron desanti was in iowa on friday, as he hints at the run just ahead, former president trump, who has already announced that he will be in the state tomorrow meanwhile, another possibl candidate, former vice president mike pence has mad one of his strongest criticism yet of trump s actions o january 6th. at a dinner last night, he admitted what most of us hav known all along, that th presidents reckless word endangered his family an everybody on capitol hill that day. we are going to be breakin down all of this tonight o politicsnation plus, a new report from th justice department finds a pattern of aggressive policing against the black community of louisville, kentucky three years after the police shooting of breonna taylor one state over in
hundreds of thousands without power, more than 4,000 flights canceled. winds so treacherous the airport in buffalo, new york, had to shut down. cnn is live with the havoc being wreaked nationwide. and the january 6th committee out with its final report spelling out why donald trump, in their view, was the one solely responsible for the riot and should be discaqualifi from holding office ever again. new transcripts from the committee. why cassidy hutchinson said she was disappointed and disgusted with her first round of testimony under oath. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the national lead and this nightmare weather scenario before christmas crippling conditions stretching coast to coast with snow and ice in cities such as seattle and portland, oregon to the massive bomb cyclone system moving east. nearly 180 million in the u.s. are in areas with temperatures below freezing. 70 million are in areas below zero. this system is so powerful meteorologist
oh, no. also ahead, the latest from the war in ukraine where both sides are preparing for the next major battle among fears of a false-flag attack that could end up flooding 80 towns. plus, hospitals across the country have reported a surge in cases of a virus that s making infants severely ill. it s not covid, but covid has a big role in why the kids are getting so sick. we ll explain that just ahead. willie, our top story this morning. we begin in washington where moments ago former trump adviser steve bannon arrived in a d.c. courthouse to hear his sentencing for contempt of congress after he refused to comply with a subpoena from the house select committee investigating january 6th. the justice department has asked the judge to sentence him to six months in prison and to fine him $200,000. bannon s lawyers argue he should get only probation. they also have asked bannon be allowed to remain free until his lawyers are able to appeal the sentence. nbc news justice an
days. tonight, we have learned the mother had been charged before. how did the system fail these children? overseas tonight, the stunning turn in london. she lasted just 45 days as prime minister. british prime minister liz truss resigning, with the uk facing inflation worse than the u.s., she enacted tax cuts for the rich. which sent markets tumbling. and now the question tonight, is the man she replaced, boris johnson, now planning an attempted comeback? james longman live in london. 19 days until the midterms here at home. president biden in pennsylvania tonight, where the senate race could determine which party controls the senate. biden there to support lieutenant governor john fetterman, recovering from a stroke, locked in a very tight race with dr. mehmet oz. what bidenne tonight, and we have new images of the mass exodus in the key city of kherson. russians trying to get tons ■of thousands to leave the city. so, what s coming next in that region? what president