you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour in ukraine. new worries, one year into the war that russia could soon receive support that could be a game changer. the source of the concern is china and the possibility of beijing providing lethal aid to russia. now, the white house has called this a red line and the cia doesn t believe a final decision has been made by beijing, but it s worrisome, nonetheless. and, you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance, but if it goes down that road, it will come at real cost to china and i think china s leaders are weighing that, as they make their decisions. but first, let s go to cnn s alex marquardt, who is in ukraine with the latest on the fighting there. jim, some of the heaviest fighting, some of the worst casualty rates on both sides is now taking place around the eastern city of bakhmut. russian forces from the gro
day known as bloody sunday. on this day in 1965, 600 people began a march from selma to montgomery, demanding an toned discrimination in voter registration. marchers were beaten by white state troopers, including the late congressman john lewis, as they tried to cross the edmund pettus bridge. it helped spark outrage. cnn s arlette saenz is joining us right now. arlette is there in selma for the event today. the president is expected to make his own case for maintaining, restoring lost voter rights. reporter: yeah, fred, he is. the president will make his arguments against the backdrop of what was a brutal, yet very historic moment in the civil rights movement. the president will be here to celebrate the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday, as you recapped, the moment where civil rights and voting rights activists crossed that bridge right behind me and were severely beaten by police officers, many white police officers. the president is traveling to selma. the white house sa
hello, everyone. i am alison cam. more than 40 million americans are under winter weather alerts, and officials warn all the ice could make traveling dangerous and lead to power outages. freezing rain and slick roads are causing dangerous conditions. emergency crews have responded to more than 140 traffic accidents in the dallas fort worth area alone. and ice made driving in arkansas treacherous. can you see that on your screen. the governor declaring a state of emergency there. and airlines canceling more than 1,000 flights today. let s go to cnn s ed lavandera. what are you seeing there? reporter: we are seeing conditions deteriorate throughout the morning. we had one long stretch of heavy rain, freezing rain and sleet that fell, and that transformed the way the roadways in south texas look. we have seen the road conditions worsen. the additional layer of sleet hardened up and turned to ice and making driving difficult. as you can tell, millions of people are heeding
coming up next, all the best and worst moments of 2022, a cnn special report all the best, special report all the best, all the worst starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com buckle up, strap in, and brace yourself. this year brought more twists and turns, in and outs, and ups and downs than anyone could have predicted. big news, politics, movies, music, sports, and more. we re going through it all with our guest comedian and actress helen hog, deonte stallworth, john berman, s.e. cupp, and gina they re all on board for the best ride ever, all the best, all the worst: 2022. welcome. i m tom forman. and depending on who you are and where you were and what you believe, this year may have been pretty good or really bad or somewhere in the murky middle. many of us started with high hopes, but the troubles of recent years are fading oh so slowly. and that was clear in all sorts of huge news events that rocked our world. let s start with the biggest, baddest, wors
125 people died in the crush. donald trump sues cnn for defamation and damages, claiming the network carried out a campaign of libel and slander against him. and reality tv star kim kardashian is being fined more than $1 million for illegally promoting cryptocurrency on instagram without revealing that she was being paid for it. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. for the first time in five years, north korea has launched a missile overjapan, sparking anger in tokyo. the launch is the fifth in recent days by north korea defying a un security council resolution ban on missile launches. the rocket came down in the pacific ocean and there are no reports of damage. joseph cirincione is an expert in north korean affairs and hejoins me now from washington. thank you for your time. let s start on the trajectory of this missile, straight overjapan, missile, straight over japan, however missile, straight overjapan, however high, still overjapan, assig forg