In new york nypd officers have been instructed not to take days often until further notice. In washington the d. C. National guard activated approximately 250 troops. Metro pd is at full activation posture with leave and vacation canceled for officers this week. And at the white house, president biden just told reporters he spoke to the floyd family and here s some of what he said about that call and the case. I can only imagine the pressure and anxiety they re feeling and so i waited until the jury was sequestered and i called. They re a good family. They call for peace and tranquility, no matter what the verdict is. I pray the verdict is the right verdict. It s overwhelming in my view. I wouldn t say that unless the jury was sequestered now, you would not hear me say that. So we just talked and i wanted to know how they were doing personally. We talked about personal things. For nation on edge, local and national officials were preparing for demonstrations for a verdict in the chauvi
tornado touched down in the wichita area yesterday, damaging hopes, cars and at least 50 to 100 buildings there. the worst damage happened in the town of andover where authorities say most of the roads are closed. with the sun now up in kansas, authorities will be able to get a much more detailed and closer look at the damage. last night, andover s fire chief laid out the tough task ahead. we know that there was a direct tornado strike that started in sedgewick county and travelled into andover. we had many buildings in andover take very tough damage. total in the path there were 966 buildings, we believe. we do not have a damage assessment on how many of those were damaged. all right. cnn meteorologist allison chin c char joining us now. we know at least 14 tornadoes were reported across kansas and nebraska. the threat is not yet over. what do we know? yeah, that s right. the same system is continuing to move on. it s been a very active past 24 hour. as you mentioned
war crimes and attempts to cover them up. ukrainian officials say they believe as many as 20,000 people have died after weeks of bombardments. cnn can not independently verify the claims. today, less than 100 mariupol residents were able to leave the city. some of the children just off the buses spoke with channel 4 news about what life is like in the city they once called home. translator: the yards are full of graves. 20 or 30 people were buried just near our house. lots of houses have been destroyed. they are all blackened and burnt. translator: everyone had to undress to their underpants, take everything off. all documents, every piece of paper are checked so nothing is there. questions like, what do you know about asov, about the arms forces of ukraine? if you re over 18 years old, of military age, you will be taken away. young men reportedly facing forced conscription by russians. further north, ukrainians sithey were only able to get a few out. the routes are con
mariupol is in a disaster. food, water and ammunition growing more scarce by the hour. hundreds of women and children hiding inside a battered and burnt out fortress. no agreement on evacuation corridors out of mariupol because the ukrainians fear they will be attacked by russian forces. this morning disturbing satellite images as well show rows of mass graves near mariupol. russian soldiers dumped bodies into ditches to cover their crimes. the mayor of mariupol calling it evidence of war crimes. i spoke with the mary and he said these images are painful to see. a once blossoming city now reduced to rubble. he said more than 20,000 people, 20,000 people have been killed there. we will hear from him directly just ahead. meanwhile, president biden says the war is now entering what he called a critical window. he announced a new 800 million ukraine weapons package, the second one in just over a week. the new package focused on heavy artillery, howitzers and drones. president
ex-president accountable for trying to end american democracy as we know it on january 6, a moment mccarthy desperately denies took place at all is at tape. release of audio obtained by msnbc reported originally by the new york times. journalist martin and burns, it is a snippet of a 2021 phone call during which mccarthy tills the house republican caucus that trump admitted responsibility for the attack on the capitol. let me be clear to all of you and i am very clear to the president. he bears responsibilities for his words and actions. i asked him personally today, does he hold responsibility for what happened. does he feel bad about what happened? he told me does have some responsibility for what happened. and he needed to acknowledge that. the gulf between the republican party s 24/7 disinformation fueled whitewash campaign of the insurrection. remember the reasons calling it legitimate political discourse and tourists? what republican officials actually thought and