biding commitment to be al lice not of darkness, but of light. not of oppression, but liberation. not of captivity, but of freedom. may god bless you all, may god protect our troops. may god bless the heroes ukraine and all those who defend freedom around the world. thank you, poland. thank you, thank you, thank you for what you re doing. god bless you all. reporter: president biden wrapping up his speech here in poland a few days shy of the anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine offering his assessment of where it stands one year in, really summing it up in wo two words. kyiv stands. the secret trip to ukraine, he went and spent hours on the ground with president zelenskyy in the heart of ukraine in kyiv saying that a year ago, that was not what everyone believed would happen. the idea that kyiv could fall as russian tanks were rolling into ukraine saying that kyiv did not roll over. instead, they remain strong. the president also saying that a year ago putin thought
this is all so disturbing. good morning, everyone. thank you so much for joining us this morning. the memphis officer who said that he wanted to stomp tyre nichols off the streets along with another officer and several emts. we re going to have more on the firings and the fallouts continue to grow here. millions of americans across the south waking up to a brutal ice storm. we ll tell you when and where to expect treacherous conditions, including sub zero temps. and former president trump facing the real possibility of criminal charges over hush money payments to the adult film actress stormy daniels. we re going to begin with what poppy told you about, dangerous ice, the governor of arkansas declaring a state of emergency. a live look near fayetteville, arkansas, 40 million americans from texas to virginia are under winter weather alerts this morning. dallas preparing for another round of freezing rain and sleet, and nearly a thousand flights have already been cancel
Have a good show. Thank you, nicole. Welcome, everyone, to a twohour edition of the beat tonight as we go through a big day in court. Im ari melber, we have our Special Coverage, and we begin right now with the prosecutors star witness taking the stand. You may have heard about it, you may have readied for it, we are now here. The former trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifying about the work he did for trump, saying under oath this was the dirty work of a, kwot, fixer. And recounting today and the jury hearing it from his mouth for the first time, the road to the payments at the center of this physicalny case against Defendant Trump. Big day in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. The star witness takes the stand against donald j. Trump. Form fixer Michael Cohen now the star witness in the new york versus trump trial. Cohen on the stand. An extraordinary showdown today in court. The man at the center of the Hush Money Payments Scandal is testifying. The expresident coming
investigation, which say haven t finished on what caused the derailment, but we re seeing him move faster this week. after saying that the administration was constrained because of regulations that were repealed under the trump administration, buttigieg is saying he want thes congress to pass stronger regular ligss, trying to speed up what companies are doing to make their breaking method safer and orr measures they should be able to do rather than wait five or sux years down the road. and again, we ll have conversations in washington. the most important thing is what happens on the ground that the air and water gets cleaned. we ll stay on. up next, the 2024 campaign trail, yes, busy. nikki hailey talks trump and ron desantis is on the road to credit re krut cops, but future supporters as well. s so people think they re open. surprise. [ laughshs ] [ horn honks, muffffled talkin] -can t hear you, jerryry. -sorry. uh, yeah, cacan we get a systm
it s like a knife or a flame. it could heal or kill, depending on who s holding it. that s what we ve got to think about with the new tools. bill weir, thank you, sir. always a pleasure. good to see you. you can read more about the study on cnn.com. in france, hundreds of thousands of protesters are taking to the streets. the unions have called for nationwi nationwide strikes. they are angry about the government s plans to raise the retirement age two years to 64. melissa bell joins us live in paris. a lot of people will look at this and say haven t we seen this? and they have. the government hasn t changed its position. reporter: no, in fact, determination to see through this. this is at the beginning of the march that set off in half an hour s time. they re setting up themselves there. a lot of noise generally within these demonstrations, and they re preparing to march from