the attorney of the officer said he was not present at the scene where the five officers were seen beating nichols. all this plays out in memphis. on capitol hill there s new movement around potential police reform. can it get bipartisan backing in a divided congress? meanwhile, breaking news on the house fire surrounding embattled congressman george santos. extreme cold and dangerous conditions across a dozen states. 37 million people are under some sort of winter weather alert. the bitter blast of ice, snow and cold temperatures bringing a host of woes in travel reports. the icing and sleet is much harder to deal with than the snow. where the storm is heading, coming up. plus, on the run. an urgent manhunt is under way for a man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in oregon. police say it s not the first time he has done this. why they are urging women who use dating apps to be on alert. we will start out with the firings in the aftermath of tyre nichol
the formidable challenge of turning infrastructure legislation to political advantage. while in d.c., the question what finally made a defined congressman george santos give in and step down from his committee assignments? and look at this, cars sliding down the road out of control in dallas because of a massive ice storm that hit the entire region. more than 1400 flights canceled across the country, 600 out of texas alone. 10,000 people without power. we have got a live report for you later in the show. but we start with about 17 minutes. 17 minutes from when medics arrived to the scene to when an emt began to assess tyre nichols. this is according to an nbc news account. it is important to note that the police blurred certain sections. it is unclear whether other changes were made, but after we watched it, we calculate roughly a 17-minute delay, and even then according to a statement from memphis fire department, nichols was only treated for the initial reason the emts
day, another allegation of lying has been levelled against george santos and every new week, if not every new day, kevin mccarthy has been asked what are you going to do about george santos? did you meet with santos today? i did. what was that about? if every single new person brought into congress was elected by their constituent, what their constituents had done was lend their voice to the american public so those members can all serve on committee. are you standing by him? if you resign, that could cost you a seat. no. you know why i m standing by him? because his constituents voted for him. yeah, we will be done with all committees. i never know about his resume or not, but i always have a few questions. who has more power? joe biden or george santos? that s just some of the times he s been asked about it. now it appears that mccarthy might have done something about george santos after a closed door meeting with the speaker yesterday, today, george santo
this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. y i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead. we expect an update from buffalo police after that racist massacre in upstate new york. ten innocent people killed by a racist domestic terrorist who targeted individuals in a predominantly black area of town saturday. officials say it could have been worse. police believe the shooter planned to continue his rampage after leaving the store with his sick goal of killing as many black people as possible. he was wearing tactical gear, armed with a semiautomatic rifle. he had surveilled the area the day before. this shows the moment the suspect was arrested. the erie county sheriff called the attack a straight up racially motivated hate crime from somebody outside of our community. he lived at home with his parents more than three hours away. today, investigators are parsing through a 180-page screed written by the killer. it details how he had been radicalized and was fixate
and upenn facing questions about the rise of anti-semitism on college campuses. also ahead, liz cheney sounding the alarm about donald trump s run for re-election. her warning and what it could mean for the 2024 race. and later oh! a massive house explosion rocks a virginia neighborhood. police were trying to serve a search warrant. so what happened? hello and thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m canana cabrera reporting fr new york. we begin with a new warning that gaza faces an even more hellish scenario as israeli forces intensify their bombardment of southern gaza. it is a significant new phase now in israel s aerial and ground campaign against hamas. an idf statement just released moments ago claiming its forces are in the heart of khan younis and jabalia. according to u.n., 1.9 million people are now displaced inside gaza. that s 85% of the population. and nbc s david noriega is joining us from tel aviv, israel. and also with us, major joh