if you were a second grader and trying to show you mastered a second great understanding of what corruption is and what it means to be a crooked and corrupt public official. one of the things you might conjure up is that like hypothetically you might have a person in the government whose job is that they are in charge of road building projects. right. that person could not also known part of a company that was the country s biggest supplier of road building materials. right. if you were a second grader trying to show you understood what corruption is. that would be an over simpliied example of what it means to be corrupt. being in charge of road building and also holding a personal financial stake in a company that does road building. that stands to benefit financially from your actions as a public official meaning you can take actions as a public official that will put money in your own pocket. a second grader s understanding of corruption. oversimplified one. right. except
tested positive for covid. what the judge said after what palin has said about vaccines. tonight, new york city s new mayor launching a major crackdown on gun violence following a deadly police shooting. one offer killed, one fighting for his life. a rookie police officer eight months on the job taking down that gunman. the cruise ship with american passengers. a u.s. judge issuing an arrest warrant for the ship, reportedly for unpaid fuel bills. that ship ferrying passengers back to the u.s. instead of docking here. the news coming in tonight, the tragedy for the baltimore fire department. three firefighters killed after a building partially collapses. a fourth firefighter in critical condition. tonight, authorities say amid scams against seniors, the grandmother who turned the tables on the alleged scammer. what she did, what she gave him, to his surprise. we re tracking a fast-moving system tonight, all the way to the northeast. wind chills 35 below zero in some
what the judge said after what palin has said about vaccines. tonight, new york city s new major launching a major crackdown on gun violence following a deadly police shooting. once offer killed, one fighting for his life. a rookie police officer eight months on the job taking down that gunman. the cruise ship with american passengers. a u.s. judgish suge an arrest warrant for the ship, reportedly for unpaid fuel bills. that ship ferrying passengers back to the u.s. instead of docking here. the news coming in tonight, the tragedy for the baltimore fire department. three firefighters killed after a building partially collapses. a fourth firefighter in critical condition. tonight, authorities say amid scams against seniors, the grandmother who turned the tables on the alleged scammer. what she did, what she gave him, to his surprise. we re tracking a fast-moving system tonight, all the way to the northeast. wind chills 35 below zero in some places. and news tonight
for the entire u.s. west coast and alaska. take a look. we are now seeing the first waves arriving on the mainland of the u.s. and this is video of waves arriving moments ago in santa cruz, california. more and potentially larger waves are expected. the tsunami which was triggered by an underwater volcanic eruption overnight in the south pacific. the satellite images are incredible right now. they are showing a massive ash cloud and shock waves. the eruption happened near the island nation of tonga. now, a tsunami has already hit the largest island there sending waves flooding into the capital. the tsunami warning center says the first waves are now hitting the mainland of the west coast. so laguna beach right there in southern california already shutting down all beaches and boardwalks out of precaution. natasha chen is live at the santa monica pier in california for us, but let s begin first with allison chinchar, she is in the cnn weather center. allison, what are people o
do you think it s a great success what s happened so far? what happens when he gets out and accuses me of things that are completely untrue is that all of a sudden that kindles the crazies out there, and i have life threats upon my life, harassment of my family and my children with obscene phone calls because people are lying about me. so i ask myself, why would senator want to do this? so go to rand paul website and you see fire dr. fauci with a little box that says, contribute here. you can do $5, $20, $100. so you are making a catastrophic epidemic for your political gain. at that same hearing kansas senator roger moss asked dr. fauci to release his financial records which are already available to the public. as the highest paid employee in the federal government, yes or no, would you be willing to submit to congress and the public a financial disclosure that includes your past and current investments? i don t understand why you re asking me that question