welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. secretary of state antony blinken meeting face-to-face right now with chinese president xi jinping in beijing. the high stakes one-on-one is part of blinken s efforts to meet with china s top diplomat. an effort to lower the temperature amid rising tensions between the u.s. and china. cnn s kylie atwood in beijing this morning. just the fact that their meeting is a huge meeting, kylie, we learned 90 minutes ago their meeting was a go. what do we know about it? reporter: that s right, it s here in beijing, the secretary of state who is the first cabinet member to visit china from biden administration in 2 1/2 years. sitting down with president xi, we don t know much about the meeting because it s so ongoing. here s what we do know, there have been a number of hours that the secretary has engaged with chinese officials over the course of the last days in beijing. spending more than five ho
day, as insurrectionists tried to force their way into the house chamber. [inaudible] your constitution says the constitution. you are a traitor. and in a moment, we are would have more on that tape, as well as an in-depth look at what s happened to the thousands of people who took part in breaching the capitol, and trying to thwart democracy. alonso speak to congressman dan kildee about the continuing impact about the riot, and how his republican colleagues have changed their tune over what happened. and supreme showdown, the high court agreeing to hearing a crucial case involving whether donald trump can be kicked off of the ballot for his actions. it comes as the former president campaigns in iowa to get his old job back, with threats of what he will do if he succeeds. all of that, and we will tell you why a woman released from prison for killing her mother is now on a media blitz. the story of gypsy rose blanchard coming up later on this hour. we want to begin t
course? i think the president going to kyiv doesn t settle that problem once and for all. ideally, it would have been great had he shown up, you know, with senator mcconnell or somebody like that who is strongly in support of the war. again, it sends a reassuring message to ukraine about american staying power. which, jonathan, is critical for europe. europe has followed behind and with the united states for the most part. this is leading from ahead, and that is what is required in this instance. we are now past 6:00. welcome to morning joe at this morning. joe, mika and willie have the day off. i want to bring in katty kay, special u.s. correspondent for bbc news, into our live, rolling coverage of this presidents day and president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, one meant to show a real symbol of solidarity, katty, with kyiv, as it has weathered russia s invasion now for 12 months. yeah, jonathan, what a day for us to kick off presidents s day, to see these images.
this is all so disturbing. good morning, everyone. thank you so much for joining us this morning. the memphis officer who said that he wanted to stomp tyre nichols off the streets along with another officer and several emts. we re going to have more on the firings and the fallouts continue to grow here. millions of americans across the south waking up to a brutal ice storm. we ll tell you when and where to expect treacherous conditions, including sub zero temps. and former president trump facing the real possibility of criminal charges over hush money payments to the adult film actress stormy daniels. we re going to begin with what poppy told you about, dangerous ice, the governor of arkansas declaring a state of emergency. a live look near fayetteville, arkansas, 40 million americans from texas to virginia are under winter weather alerts this morning. dallas preparing for another round of freezing rain and sleet, and nearly a thousand flights have already been cancel
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