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run. plus, more than 12 million people are facing ice storm warnings as the deep south gets hit with a deep freeze. hundreds of flights cancelled, roads covered with ice. its made traveling dangerous and its contributed to at least six deaths. but we begin in memphis where starting an hour from now, the funeral for tyre nichols will attempt to take the focus away from the horrific images of his brutal death, and instead honor his life and the man his mother called a quote, beautifu...

of power to subvert the will of the american people. our democracy is being tested and strained time and time again, so im sure doesnt shock you to hear that according to a new nbc news poll, voters actually ranked threats to democracy as the most important issue facing the country today. and while that fear is warranted, democracy and justice have racked up some notable winds lately. in defiance of his long held nickname, teflon don, donald trump has found himself backed into a legal ...

future is at stake. thank you all so much for joining us tonight. greatly appreciate your time and insights. coming up, on the second hour of ayman, democracy fights back, how people around the world are holding those in power accountable. plus, oh my pillow, the dangerous conspiracy theorist mike lindell, faces a growing list of legal problems. and the latest on the path of tropical storm ian as he -- lets get started. so on the show, weve been frank second hour one okay about the oft...

cnns blake is in taipei. blake, lets start with you. how much of a surprise was this, is this congressional visit? >> well, alex, look, these kinds of visits happen from time to time. and we dont often hear about them until after the arrival, and in this case, while taiwans ministry of foreign affairs say the visit was aannounced, its the timing thats perhaps the biggest surprise, especially after china reacted so strongly against speaker pelosis visit. that reaction involved nearly a ...

spokesman john kirby with an uptate on the number of american hostages still being held by hamas following the release of a 4-year-old girl. the humanitarian pause in gaza remains in effect this morning. well have the latest on when more hostages could be freed. also ahead, an update on the college students of palestinian descent who were shot in burlington, vermont. well hear from the mother of one of the victims. plus, as if a rematch of 2020 wasnt bad enough, donald trump is bri...

Enter the a team. Private eyes. There had been a brief encounter with a mysterious stranger. On the train coming home. She met this woman. Did that hold the answer . She is talking about how someone has tried to assume her identity. A chilling case of a daughter in danger. Strangers on a train. Hello and welcome to date line extra. She was beautiful. Talented and trusting and sometimes troubled. A young woman from a prem innoce prominent family. When the police were unable to find her. Her famil...

Up to the states. states rights. except look what the states are doing." while he is trying to sound moderate, he owns every one of these extreme, draconian laws, and republicans arent backing off. it was an amazing scene yesterday in arizona. >> unbelievable. >> i just dont understand why the women of arizona are going to have to go through the process of showing politicians what these abortion bans will mean to their lives. you mentioned rape victims, incest victims, people with fetal abnormal...

This years budget. are there things we could be doing that we are not doing. we are funding the police in oakland. yet there is still crime. so, are there other methods that arent this trade-off that we could be investing in. >> look, i think its a 2% increase this calendar year. its about the larger movement thats associated with that disastrous term defund the police. its about cops backing off. its about feeling the prosecutions arent going forward. theres this revolving door issue to crime a...

Call this treason. to say that this is like the civil war of 1917 in russia. to call on people to rally around him. is to acknowledge weakness. vladimir putin does not acknowledge weakness. however this turns out, with prigozhin now turning around, we understand. backing off. if this has, in fact, been negotiated temporarily, if paso by lukashenko in belarus, theres an irreparable, irremediable, damage done to putins leadership. and his presidency. and how this plays out in the future remains to...

Sees the dual path of justice. ron desantis comes outzealou and says, why so zealous ins pursuing trump yet so passive about hillary and hunter, the double standard. >> so that was an opportunity for him. he did not jump on it. hes backing off. people want to see what happens tuesda the dd not juy. tuesda we saw the indictment today. its there are some things that toe goiny an g to be troublingr trump. and theres other things where you just say, wait a second, isn be t there another guyy wh who ...