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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...

Be necessary, and everyone that i talked to here thinks that this extends beyond just these five, and youre going to hear some of that message today. its church and its focused on tyres life. they want tyres life to take on a criminal meaning and real action now, chris. >> there is, eddie, for this funeral, a lot, right? the pastor of the church, dr. lawrence turner said we get so zeroed in on how tyre nichols died, we dont get a chance to recognize that he lived before that moment. its a sad fa...

Friends all over this country, but youre also going to be given a message, a message that connects tyre to the history, the gravity of this city of memphis. i have had the chance to talk to the senior pastor turner here over the last several days, and i know that youre going to hear several people connect tyres story to the assassination of dr. king, the activism, the organizing that has happened in this city for generations now, and youre going to hear very specific calls for action and calls f...

National efforts to greatly reduce the number of uninsuredAmericans have made little progress for decades because achievingmajority support for any one approach has proved to be impossible.While as authors we remain unreconciled on the best solution, weshare the belief that federally supported state experimentation isa promising way to make progress. States should be allowed to trywidely differing solutions with federal financial support underlegislated guidelines, including specific protections...

Willingness to turn out this year, theyre laser focused on women, particularly white women, who held deliver the election in 2016. republican strategists and republicans believe that kavanaugh gave them a particularly large enthusiasm bump, now with the mob talk theyve been able to harenest ahe -- harness ahead of the election. the democrats have to stop trying to fight that fight, work on getting voters out and try to match the republicans in ways that spur action. >> katie, julie, evan, thank ...