, laura coates. cnn broke this yesterday. lisa monaco confirming there is an investigation, an active investigation into these fake electoral college certificates, which were something we know that rudy giuliani and others, senior players in trump world, were involved with. so how significant is the fact that we now know such an investigation exists? this is extremely significant. and one that should actually be happening. remember, it is not just the hypothetical conversations happening in some back room or war room about i wonder what it would look like if you tried to overturn an election or derail a certification process. you would actual steps, actual overt steps in the action and trying to create the perception that the lawful, the real legitimate slate of electors were not actually that. and so you had but for the actions and decision of the then vice president mike pence to not follow the advice, not to go through this, even having him on the floor that day, used p
shots. and south africa shows why covid wards remain likely open throughout this latest wave. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with lynda kincade. well, the u.s. and russia have agreed to keep talking for now, amid growing fears moscow may be preparing to invade ukraine. but america s top diplomat again warns that any hostile actions by russia towards the ukraine would trigger an immediate reaction from the west. the u.s. secretary of state remarks followed his 90-minute meeting in geneva with russia s foreign minister sergey lavrov. blinken said the u.s. will respond inviting next week to the security concerns but also says the u.s. will spell out why the rest views with alarm the dramatic buildup of forces in ukraine. meanwhile about 200,000 pounds of lethal aid has arrived from the u.s. including ammunition. cnn s kylie atwood has more on the high-stakes meeting. reporter: the united states and russia giving diplomacy a new life. i believe
minister lavrov made no commitments about where the diplomacy will lead. translator: i can t say whether we re on the right path or on the wrong path. we will understand this when we get a written reaction from the americans to all our proposals. reporter: the stakes are high. russia planning to deploy s-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in belarus. and continuing to bolster its troop presence of more than 100,000 soldiers along all of ukraine s borders. and ukraine s defense minister is now accusing the kremlin of sending tanks and artillery to pro-russian separatists in the country s occupied dombas region claiming they re actively recruiting mercenaries and sending them to the temporarily occupied territory. cnn learned the pentagon is working on a series of military options for president biden to beef up the u.s. military presence in eastern europe as a deterrent. the two foreign ministers committed to meet again and either side counted out the possibility of another
you ll also hear from lieutenant john radke from the homicide division and captain sonya monaco. so at this point, i m going to introduce honorable councilmember paul carretz. the tragic murder of brianna kupfer in hancock back is shaken and shocked our community to its core. i want to first address brianna s family. my own daughter is not that much owner than brianna. i can only imagine the heart break and the anguish that her family is feeling. the pain. i want you to know that you have my heartfelt support and my full commitment that i will help with whatever lapd may need until every option to find this vile killer is exhausted. we will find this vicious criminal. we will arrest them and we will get him prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. but we must fight justice for her, fight for justice for her even though nothing will bring her back. our mission and my objective is that the perpetrator who took away brianna from her beloved parents, colleagues, friends and
the fourth time in just a month. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, we begin with a brutal winter storm that s been hammering much of the southeastern u.s. with freezing rain and snow. and the northeast is next. as many as 80 million americans were under winter weather alerts on sunday, stretching from georgia to maine. and the effects of this system could cause problems for days to come. states in the appalachian region are seeing heavy snowfall and high winds. parts of north carolina got as much as a foot of snow, or about 30 centimeters. and at least 25 counties declared a state of emergency. down in florida this system spawned tornadoes on the west coast, which destroyed at least 28 homes and damaged dozens more. downed trees and power lines knocked out power to nearly 300,000 customers across the southeast on sunday. more than 150,000 along the east coast are still in the dark. and more than 3