we need to hurry up, we need the speed. ukraine s president urging kiev s allies to speed up stands at a brace themselves. and a tense court appearance for the former police officer puts charged in the fatal beating of tyre nichols. his mother saying the defendant to say refuse to look her in the eye. plus nearly two weeks after the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, you ll hear from a survivor who says his young daughter helped keep him alive. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with paula nissan. few hours from now, u.s. vice president kamala harris is expected to deliver a major speak is the munich security conference where russia s invasion of ukraine is of course, dominating the agenda, the u.s. has been a big supplier of weapons and equipment to ukraine and harris is leading a large american delegation to the conference friday, she met with french president emmanuel macron who said europe s stability depends on beating ukraine. and they re meet
security can conference next hour. we ll have is a live preview of what s on the agenda. you want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven t done that yet. a plea from tyre nichols mother as the five police officers charged in the beating of her son awe peer in court. heartbreak and hope in syria. we ll take you toist stand bull for a look at the miraculous rescues that are still happening. the war in ukraine is dominating this year s agenda at the security conference in germany, one of the largest and most influential diplomatic forums. kamala harris is leading a large american delegation there and is expected to deliver a major speech next hour ukraine s president pleaded with allies to hurry up with deliveries of the advanced weapons they promised including tanks pledged by the u.s. and nato al lice. ukraine s military is expected to launch its own counteroffensive once it has those. volodymyr zelenskyy called for uk
hear what u.s. vice president kamala harris will tell world leaders at the munich security conference a few hours from now, a live report from germany just ahead and in ohio. for those five wells have all come back clean, the water is safe to drink. that s the word from the state s governor despite thousands of dead fish found in water near the train crash site, ahead how some residents are reacting to it. plus, five former memphis police officers are arraigned for the murder of tyre nichols. coming up you ll hear what they told the judge in court. announcer: live in cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we ll have those stories in a moment. but first, yet another missile launch by north korea. south korea s joint chiefs of staff say north korea fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile on saturday, landing in the waters off the east coast of the korean peninsula. this is pyongyang s second ballistic missile launch of the year. this comes as north korea warns of
andy, thank you. thanks for joining me. i m paula reed in for fredericka witfield. we begin this hour with the u.s. announcing new actions in response to russia s, quote, barbaric and inhumane war in ukraine. vice president kamala harris and the secretary of state meeting with world leaders at the munich security conference today, formally declaring russia has committed crimes against humanity. nick, what are you hearing on the ground? reporter: there is support here in europe sharing that view that russia is committing these crimes against humanity. i think it was encouraging for the audience here in europe to hear that accountability will be held. there is a sense in europe that they need to build a system and a mechanism here in europe and there s talk about doing it in the hague in the netherlands, a traditional place where leaders can be held to account. they have been historically in the past. i think the vice president s words resonating. this is exactly how sh
courage to look at me in my face. an emotional day in memphis where the five warmer police officers charged with the murder of tyre nichols appeared in court together with the nichols family for the first time. all five pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression. the judge addressing the court room emphasizing the case could take some time. we understand there may be some high emotions in this case which we ask that you continue to be patient with us. reporter: attorneys for the officers began to reveal how their defense would take shape. he was doing his job at that time and there has been no information that we have seen that indicates that there is any sort of information that we can rely on to say that it is murder. reporter: when asked if his client had any regrets i think the regret is that he was a police officer that night. reporter: another warning, not