that video. the fallout from police departments across the country. in the middle east, bloodshed. a 13-year-old palestinian gunman opens fire in jerusalem. one day after a deadly synagogue shooting. plus, former president trump hits the trail looking ahead to 2024. while embattled congressman george santos dives into work, putting off questions about his past. and later, a new find from ancient times. how a mummy unearthed in egypt may be the oldest ever discovered. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. there is breaking news from memphis. today the city s police department said it would shut down the crime fighting unit that included officers charged in the death of tyre nichols. the so-called s.c.o.r.p.i.a.n. unit had a reputation for using aggressive tactics. those officers now fired, face second-degree murder and other charges in the death of the 29-year-old following his violent arrest earlier this month. today
it s more than 800 pages which was followed by 46 transcripts of witness testimony on top of all the that we re gonna start with sever weather in our breaking news story right now. meteorologist angie will giv us the latest forecast then we go to nbc corresponden shaquille brewster, joining us from benton angie, let s get you first first of all, you understand where shaq is that very, ver well what has changed you ve been watching the storm since the early hours, 7 am on words, iran for o clock in the afternoon eastern. what is changed? a lot of people have seen their winter weather alerts an advisories drop off. the people, like in buffalo, i places along the lakes, have not seen those warnings an watches come down. they re still dealing with blizzard conditions. while many locations have seen improvements, there are a lo of places are still getting hi in hard. buffalo has a nearly stationar lake effect snow bands sitting over top of them they ve been dealing with this
program in prison tonight, his health failing. his lawyers saying he s been poisoned. and morgues in china oesh flowing full of people who were sick from covid. the government is saying, though, they re not covid deaths. why? we re live in beijing tonight with a special report. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight putin calls it a war. for the first time vladimir putin using the word war to describe his brutal invasion of ukraine. for ten months it s been called a special operation. in fact the word war has been banned. and then today hours after zelenskyy visited with biden in washington, putin said this. translator: our goal is not to spin the flywheel of military conflict but on the contrary to end this war we have been and will continue to strive for this. war. the word war is not semantics for putin. calling this a war, which again has not been allowed. it s been banned. it has serious implications because it allows putin to
public outreach to state officials to try to get them to overturn their election results. the gop electors are on the governor s certificate. i m not going to get into a political debate. reporter: the investigation also discovered a nearly 23-minute phone call between someone at the white house and john eastman on the same day the conservative attorney wrote a now infamous memo laying out how pence could block the certification of the electoral college vote. state election officials ignored or violated state law in order to put vice president biden over the finish line. we know there was fraud. reporter: the call came after eastman emailed a trump assistant that he wanted to talk to trump to update him on our overall strategic thinking. trump latched onto this theory and used it to press his reluctant vice president in the days leading up to january 6th. mike pence is going to have to come through for us. reporter: the committee is also calling for lawyers
island ferry. forcing passengers to evacuate onto tug boats. an historic bond for disgraced ftx founder sam bankman-fried. charged with what prosecutors called a fraud of epic proportions. free on a quarter billion dollars bond after making his first appearance before an american judge. his parents showing their support in the courtroom. where he s staying tonight. aaron katersky standing by. the new cdc alert about a rare but dangerous bacterial infection, just days before christmas. what health officials are telling doctors and parents to look out for as family gatherings get under way. president zelenskyy back home tonight in ukraine after that historic and emotional visit to the u.s. how republicans are responding to his urgent plea for more aid and weapons. new transcripts released today from the house january 6th committee. what they reveal about the alleged pressure campaign against one key witness. jonathan karl standing by. the embattled congressman-elect i