they say was a coordinated attack on a future police training facility. fireworks, rocks, bricks, even molotov cocktails thrown at officers according to police. dozens of people detained. what police say led up to it all. plus now, massive snowfall again on the west coast threatening to dump feet of snow on communities already buried and cut off after historic back-to-back storms. people in california s mountain communities trapped in their homes. some reportedly at risk of being snowed in for at least another week. we have neighbors who are panicking. they re without food, power, heat, medications. there s nine and ten-foot berms alongside these roads. this is the only grocery store east of crestline california, the roof collapsed from snow. residents writing help us in the snow. fire and brimstone at cpac. former president trump delivering a dark and at times bizarre speech before a sparse crowd at the annual conservative conference and vowing political vengeanc
the ring, ron desantis speaking today at the reagan presidential library in california. lucas live at the white house with the latest. good evening. even though he has not announced he is a candidate for president, ron desantis sure sounded like one while speaking at the reagan library in florida. he did blast doctor fauci. he does not know anything about the economy. he does not know anything about education. he does not know anything about your rights. he doesn t care about your rights. so when the world went mad, when common sense suddenly became an uncommon virtue, florida stood as a refuge of sanity, said adele of freedom for people throughout the united states. house democrats getting behind joe biden s expected run for reelection. west virginia democrat joe mansion says he is not sure he supports joe biden for president. take a lesson. will you endorse joe biden if he runs for reelection? there is plenty of time. this is a problem with america right now. a
aleck murdaugh trial. after hours of intense questioning over two days, the prosecution today zeroing in on murdaugh s newly changed story about where he was when his wife and younger son were killed. we re live at the courthouse, and we will break down key moments with our team of lawyers. worldwide commemoration and condemnation as ukraine marks one year since the russian invasion. the u.s. giving $2 billion more in aid as ukraine s president vows 2023 will be the year of victory. i ll talk with a key zelenskyy adviser. and new signs of cracks in the donald trump base, a washington post reporter joining me with compelling new information on how republican voters view the former president and the times, they are a changing. but we start in south carolina where the stakescould not be higher for alex murdaugh. the once powerful attorney taking the ultimate gamble testifying in his own double murder trial of his wife and son. today the prosecution dissecting his opioid
i m bianna golodryga, welcome to cnn newsroom. i m john berman. we begin with breaking news. a russian fighter jet has forced down a u.s. drone over the black sea. the u.s. air force says the jet damaged the propeller of an mq-9 reaper drone. the aircrafts were operating over international waters when one of the jets intentionally flew in front of the drone and began dumping fuel. the white house says president biden has been briefed on the situation. cnn s oren liebermann is at the pentagon. we also have mark kimmitt. what are you learning? this played out early this morning over the black sea according to u.s. air force europe where a surveillance drone, an mq-9 reaper drone, was operating, again, over international waters when the air force says two russian fighter jets conducted an intercept in an up safe and unprofessional manner. but it goes beyond that. after the interpret, the russian fighter jets flew in front of the u.s. reaper drone, jumped dual in an attem
thank you for joining us. right now, more than two dozen states and 65 million people are on alert as a powerful winter storm hits coast to coast. conditions are slamming flagstaff, arizona, and this man was barely able to stand as the wind gusts whipped the binding snow around him. in 29 states they are in the path for this storm. the snow warnings stretching to southern california. flakes even possible on los angeles beaches. and in utah, miles and miles of dicey driving. you can see cars stranded as crews worked to clear the roads. in minnesota the national weather service is warning of historic snow possibly the most in decades. meteorologist jennifer gray is standing by for us. but first, cnn s adrian brodas is in minnesota. what s happening where you are there? i see some really ice eye streets behind you. reporter: there s a break right now when it comes to snowfall. the plows have been moving along this stretch of highway behind us. but we saw the first phase of thi