deadly accidents, scrubbed flights and an ice storm creating chaos. and a woman in oregon kidnapped and tortured and the suspect found dead. and first republican ready to officially take on donald trump and it is not ron desantis. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. an ice storm is wreaking havoc on the roads in at least eight states from texas to west virginia. that crash was in memphis. the national weather service urging everyone to avoid driving if possible. two people have died in texas accidents as sleet piled on top of ice makes roads very slick. vehicles backed up at at least ten miles down in texas highway on monday, flight aware says more than 1300 flights are already canceled today. the freezing rain still threatening parts of the south and central u.s. for at least another day. cnn s chad myers is here with the forecast. the video just tells the story. the roads are icy. where are we seeing the hardest hit
after the death of tyre nichols, with renewed calls tonight for police reform. and students in newport, are back in, school just weeks after a six year old shot his teacher, what happens now as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. yeah good evening once, again i m stephanie ruhle, new york prosecutors making a big move that could mean potential criminal charges for former president donald trump, just as he ramps up for his third run for the white house. the new york times says the manhattan da started presenting evidence, to a grand jury today about donald trump s role in pain hush money to porn star, stormy daniels, during his first presidential campaign. nbc news has went to prison for is now playing donald will ultimately be held accountable for the stormy daniels investigation,ishe most detrimental to him, his freedom, his livelihood, his business, et cetera. because it s the easiest of proof, the checks of the checks, we know a lot, those recordings,
paying hush money to porn star, stormy daniels, during his first presidential campaign. nbc news has confirmed that the grand jury has been convened for this. but former trump lawyer michael cohen, who went to prison for his role in the hush money payments, is now playing witness in this latest case. donald will ultimately be held accountable for the stormy daniels payment. this investigation, that was to be brought by alvin bragg s office, previously cy vance junior, is the most detrimental to him, is freedom, his livelihood, his business, et cetera, because it s the easiest to proof. the checks are the checks. we know a lot. there is recordings. the first three months payment was made by donald trump. and i think those to the house oversight committee who posted them and so on. and so, he s not in the same position, where he can deny or lie the way that he will he will in some of the other matters. meanwhile, the current president is focusing on his agenda how he s goin
let s go to phil mattingly who is in rockville, maryland where joe biden is participating in a reception for the democratic national convention. democrats are trying t ining to support going into the midterms. do you know what he s expected to address tonight? reporter: jake, in case you can t tell from the high school band behind us, it s campaign season for the president and his team. they ve been talking about getting on the road for several weeks. this will be the launch of the midterm campaign season, including a very clear speech, making clear that while he understands a win does not [ inaudible ] they have real things they can campaign on. they can campaign on legislative results, against republicans that they feel like are against most of the things perhaps democratic voters want to pay attention to. more than anything else, jake, over the course of the last several weeks, there have been clear signals that the supreme court s decision on roe v. wade is boos
the iraq war was a mess. we withdrew and lost the piece, and then ice is popped up, and we had to go back in. at this point, america was sick of the mideast, and we took our soldiers and bases out of there. but we can t leave without a plan in place, and i we are begging. and beggars can t be choosers. here s what i mean. all american presidents have made the pilgrimage to saudi arabia to make sure the royal family kept the oil flowing and kept prices down. remember when george w. bush held hands with the saudi crown prince? or when barack obama bowed? and then he said it never happened. [laughs] maybe he just dropped his wallet. they rolled out the red carpet for donald trump, projecting his face on the side of the ritz. they let him touch that glowing orb, remember that? and don t forget trump s ceremonial sword dance. jesse: [laughs] at these times we had leverage over the saudis because we had troops, bases, and carriers in the middle east, not to mention sweet arms