Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. You are watching cnn newsroom, and im rosemary church. Just ahead, joe biden weighs in on Donald Trumps impeachment trial. The new president says it must happen even though the senate could be mired in the proceedings for most of february. A massive tornado rips through alabama, destroiing buildings and trees. The latest on the damage and the regional warnings. And yet another new worrying variant of covid19 appears in the u. S. Hear Anthony Faucis advice for dealing with all the mutations. That attack left five people dead including a Capitol Police officer. President biden told cnn he thinks its unlikely his predecessor will be convicted but he says the trial has to happen. House democrat jamie raskin is leading the trial against trump when the senate trial kicks off in two weeks. Donald john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the U
That is helpful in terrorizing the population. I dont think we can differentiate between stages of hell that ukraine is now going through. Reporter this is cnn breaking news. Tuesday, april 12th, 11 a. M. In ukraine. Departure of Russian Troops in the north is revealing new atrocities. Ukraine says russia is laying the groundwork for the next phase of the war. As this map shows, they have left areas around kyiv. They left mines. Military analysts say they want to take control of the entire donbas region. New video shows a long column of Russian Military vehicles near russias border with ukraine all of them pointing towards donbas. On monday they appeared to have gone on the offensive saying they destroyed a weapons depot. Volodymyr zelenskyy said tens of thousands are dead in the besieged city of mariupol following weeks of bombardments. Cnn cant verify that. Mr. Zelenskyy said more heavy weapons could help end the siege on the city. Ukrainian Officials Say they are still defending the
Impeachment trying to focus congress and the country on his covid stimulus bill. Good to have you with us. Much of the u. S. Is facing a dangerous deep freeze. Ice and snow are falling from West Virginia to texas and wind chills have been recorded as low as 42 below zero in colorado. Right now more than 5 million americans are without power as temperatures plummet. Texas is particularly hard hit as the Southern State isnt used to these harsh conditions. President biden had already declared a federal emergency over the weekend and the governor has now deployed the national guard. At the same time, tornadoes have been spotted along the east coast. This is the scene in georgia. Reports of storm damage also coming out of North Carolina as well as search and rescue efforts there for missing persons. Travel has been affected by dangerous icy roads and multiple airports across the u. S. Have also been closed. School districts are canceling inperson classes and some Vaccination Centers will be
Moscow, as russian president Vladimir Putin orders his forces to start withdrawing from syria. In an exclusive, cnn goes inside syria with a first happened look at the devastation brought by russian warplanes. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Were counting down to another super tuesday, but for republicans and democrats alike, this tuesday may completely change the race for the white house. Five states are holding primaries and more than a thousand delegates are up for grabs. On the republican side, theres an allout effort on the campaign trail today as Donald Trumps rivals try to block his direct path to the nomination. Florida and ohio are winnertakeall contests and senator marco rubio and governor john kasich, they are desperately needing to win their home states. Trump says one of them has a good chance. Trump is being widely condemned, meanwhile, for the violence at his rallies. House Speaker Paul Ryan is the latest to call those images very concerning. But in my inte
Well, north korea is accusing the United States of deliberately provoking pyongyang by raising human rights issues and deploying military equipment to south korea. Staterun media quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying it was a dangerous attempt to ruin the hardwon atmosphere of dialogue and bring the situation back to square one. The report said washington was misleading public opinion. The spokesman said the countrys vow to denuclearize was because of the summit between north and south korea, not because of u. S. Pressure. And this all comes ahead of a planned summit between President Donald Trump and kim jongun. Alexandra field joins us now with more on this from seoul in south korea. Alexandra, what impact might all this have on the upcoming meeting between these two leaders . I mean, frankly, rosemary you have seen north korea certainly temper their criticism of the United States in recent weeks or months. They dont use the kind of incendiary language that raised the level o