and after two years of repeated calls for members of both parties, president biden visits the southern border for the first time since taking office. plus teams and fans across the nfl honor buffalo bills safety damar hamlin. wait till you see what his team did. you are in the cnn newsroom. a relatively peaceful protest followed by an assault on the halls of congress. sound familiar? this is not january 6th two years ago in washington, d.c. it s happening in brazilia, the capital of brazil today. devout supporters of the former president breached security barriers this afternoon and spent hours vandalizing brazil s congress and supreme court and the presidential palace. reporter: over the last few hours we have seen protesters breaking windows and doors, vandalizing offices and clashing with police and government employees as they storm government buildings in brazilia the capital of brazil. protesters not only stormed the congressional building but the palace which is br
the world. i m whitney wild. the death toll from that huge winter storm keeps rising. it is now up to 62 deaths across 11 states. of those by far the greatest share were in erie county, new york, where at least 37 people died. a horrible storm with too many deaths. we know without the work of these first responders and others, more people would have died. first responders are still checking on callers they couldn t reach in buffalo which was buried under nearly 52 inches of snow. overnight buffalo lifted a driving ban. cnn s miguel marquez has more on the digout. reporter: buffalo digging out. officials here responding to criticism they should have done more. 35-mile-an-hour wind gusts for three hours straight with less than a quarter mile visibility. monique alexander died in the storm on christmas eve. a buffalo native who had been through many snowstorms here thought this one was the same. we were waiting for her to come home. i knew something was wrong right a
disappearance as one of ana s friends makes a heart wrenching admission. do you believe she is alive. it s 1 in a million. dr. martin luther king jr. dr. king s life and legacy show us the way. president biden becoming the first sitting president to deliver remarks from dr. king s church. the bill getting a close win against their divisional rival the dolphins. damar hamlin watched the game from home saying quotes my heart is with my guys as they compete today. speak life speak life to the deadest, darkest night speak life when the sun won t shine and you don t know why look into the eyes of the broken hearted watch them come alive as soon as you speak hope, you speak love, you speak you speak life pete: good morning, everybody. rachel: is it a good morning, really? pete: not a good morning. bad morning, everybody. lawmpt. pete: why are you laughing, chris? lawrence: i was hopeful. pete: i don t want to be here. i don t want to be
world. i m kim brunhuber. more flooding could impact millions of people in california this weekend. officials warning they re not out of the woods yet. we ve got the forecast just ahead. plus, we ll look at the difficulties the white house has with business as usual as president biden is facing a special counsel investigation. and russia claims it has recaptured a town in eastern ukraine as we hear of a new assault on kyiv. a live report from the capital city just ahead. we re looking at the large-scale destruction after severe storms and tornadoes swept through the southeastern united states on thursday. at least nine people were killed, seven in alabama and two here in georgia including a 5-year-old boy. the massive cleanup effort is already underway. at least 37 possible tornadoes shredded trees and homes, knocked down power lines, and sent debris flying. the governor surveyed some of the damage in the city of selma saying it s the worst she had anticipated. my gli
i m kind kim brunhuber. ahead we are not out of the woods yet. the threat to communities remains and waters will continue to rise even after these storms have passed. the already drenched state of california is bracing for even more storms. we ll have a report from the cnn weather center with a preview of this weekend s weather and new details in the case of the missing massachusetts mother, what she told police nine years ago about her husband. plus a huge explosion in the disputed ukrainian city of soledar as russia claims it has captured the city, this is amid new attacks in kyiv. we ll have a live report from ukraine. life from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin with extreme weather across the united states. in california, more than 25 million people are under flood watches this weekend, including the entire bay area, snrlcentra valley and central california coastline. more waves of storms fueled by a strong atmospheric river