it, with a republican primary dominated by an ex-president who has centered his candidacy around his legal woes, look no further. this morning donald trump, fresh off a decisive win in the iowa caucuses, was at a federal courthouse in manhattan as the defendant in a second defamation trial brought by the writer e. jean carroll. this time there s no question of whether trump defamed her. judge kaplan has ruled trump is liable for remarks he made in 2019 mocking carroll s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a chance encounter at a department store dressing room in the 1990s. and trump is not allowed to dispute carroll s account. the question now is how much a jury should award e. jean carroll in damage for those comments. opening statements are currently under way. we ll have a live report from the courthouse when the trial wraps from the day. so far, donald trump was in the courtroom. alongside his lawyer, alina habba, as well as e. jean carroll and her attorneys. the firs
nichols. the full videos, released last night, show five former memphis police officers repeatedly beating the 29 year old, and i want to warn you, what you re about to watch is extremely graphic. the videos document nichols being pulled over earlier this month for alleged reckless driving. police are then seen yanking nichols from his car, chasing, kicking him, using pepper spray and batons. nichols, unarmed, cries out for his mother at one point. he died from his injuries three days later in the hospital, and those videos sparking largely peaceful protests all across the country. earlier this week the five officers involved were charged with second degree murder, and now after this video has come out two officers from a different department who are also on scene that night have been put on leave pending an investigation into their conduct. cnn s boris sanchez breaks down these newly released videos. again, a warning for you, they re very graphic. reporter: tyre nichols sc
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
who are celebrating. amal evolve she. we begin this hour wit confirmation of one of the man major lies that the former president told the america people this time regarding his taxes. following a years-long legal and political saga be house weight and mean committee was finally able t secure donald trump s ta returns. they voted to release them t the american public this pas week despite his insistent ally s donald trump s tax returns wer not under audit when he ran fo president the first time the irs did not audit th personal tax returns of donald trump during his first two years in office. this is an important point it s interesting because besid being one of the forme presidents publicly stated reasons for not releasing hi tax returns. the irs has a program mandatin the quote mandatory review o the presidents individual ta returns. that protocol was followed for presidents barack obama and jo biden. dir us did finally follow it own rules of the forme presidents third year
that this is not tolerated anywhere in the united states of america and its territories. so i don t think we throw in the towel and say there s nothing we can do to prevent brutality within our civil society. it s a similar argument that we hear around gun violence prevention, right? at the end of the day, lives are at stake. we need to put everything on the table and accountability needs to be front and center. but, you know, this is i was just talking to van turner, and this is just more than rogue cops. there were emts that kept walking repeatedly away from tyre, and there was a fire lieutenant and ambulance drivers, and all sorts of people that didn t intervene, and it s hard to know what that collective mind-set was about. it s dehumanization.