i m kasie hunt here in washington. a dangerous ice storm now crippling parts of the american south. in texas, reports of hundreds of accidents, some deadly, as roads turn into ice rinks. right now 40 million americans are under storm threat, freezing rain is raising fears of falling trees and power outages, and air travel is a mess, too. we have seen ground stops, about 1,500 flights cancelled so far, and more than 2,500 delays. we have seems tracking all of it. first, let s start with ed lavendara in dallas. ed, dicey, dangerous, deadly and, quite frankly, it is only going to get worse. what are you seeing out there? reporter: it has been an ugly morning and the rain and sleet and freezing rain is all kind of coming down sporadically. but expressway, highway 75 coming out of downtown dallas, we re on the far northern end of the city here. you can see just how little traffic there is some people driving other people driving rather slowly. it is very treacherous out th
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
it goes on to describe a fight at the second scene claiming that nichols was actively resisting police by pulling duty belts and grabbing one officer by his vest. forgive me for looking down so much, i want to make sure i m getting the language here correctly. this unofficial report then goes on to say that a chemical agent was dispersed at that second scene as was at the first and that one officer used his department-issued baton while attempting to get the suspect, tyre nichols to comply. what it does not mention is that officers repeatedly punched and kicked tyre in his head and face while he was handcuffed on the ground, even though that is apparent in both the body camera footage and the street camera footage we have of that night. this unofficial police report actually first surfaced on a facebook page of an individual, a guy who is a talk show host, a blogger, a long-time resident of
have seen so far do we see tyre nichols go for an officer weapon or side holster or anything like that. this report then goes on to say that first scene a chemical agent was deployed as well as a taser, but nichols, they say pulled the taser probes out and ran away. we do see that in the videos. next, this report describes that second encounter where we saw the most egregious beating take place. in terms of that spot, that location, it says while officers were trying to detain nichols he was actively resisting police by pulling duty belts and grabbing one officer by his vest. it says a chemical agent was used again and that one office used, quote, his department-issued baton while attempting to get the suspect, tyre nichols to comply. what it does not mention, chris, is that officers repeatedly punched and kicked nichols. it makes no mention of that, and that is incredibly apparent in the video we have seen from that night. it also makes no mention of the fact that when they were doin
limp body lies against a squad car they say again he must be high. stru instructing him to sit up. in a new photo tonight, the contents confirmed by the shelby county district attorney, we can see an officer describing what happened. it makes no mention of officers punching and kicking nichols and accuses nichols of actions to provoke the officers. a cnn analysis of the body and pole camera don t corroborate. that nichols grabbed for detectives guns and he was pulling duty belts and grabbing an officer s vest. one of the five officers now charged with second degree murder, emmitt martin is listed as a victim on the report. in memphis as preparations are underway for a funeral wednesday, family lawyers say there was an attempt to cover up the circumstances of tyre