it s over! it is over, and the kansas city chiefs have won it! fly, eagles, fly. on the road to victory and there you go, good morning! for the first time ever, two black quarterbacks will face off in the super bowl. the numbers behind an unprecedented matchup. in memphis this morning, there are new questions about the group of the so-called scorpion unit involved in the beating death of tyre nichols. including the police chief s history with these specialized units. a manhunt this morning for a kidnapping suspect who may be using dating apps to avoid capture and find new victims. a chilling warning from an american general. the u.s. could be at war with china in the next two years. his reason and what the pentagon is saying. and concertgoers met with facial recognition cameras as they walked out of madison square garden. hear why and whether it s a slippery slope legally. cnn this morning starts right now. obviously, there s a lot to cover, but we ll start
i m jim sciutto, and our next cnn newshour starting this hour. hello, everyone. our top diplomat is in the middle east trying to calm tensions. and the brutal beating of tyre nichols has debanded their elite crime unit. and now, children are returning to school just weeks after a 6-year-old shot his teacher. thank you for being here, i m kate bolduan, and a lot of news, so let s get to it. starting overseas, a suicide bomber detonate ad bomb in pakistan kill ing at least 30 people and injuring many more. tony blinken is there in israel to try to ease the tensions after a spike in violence that has killed hundreds in the last few weeks. sylvia, what more are you learning about this mosque attack? reporter: kate, we know that the pakistani taliban have claimed attack for this mosque, and the number of dead have been climbing, and so hundreds have been trapped under the rubble. the attack took place in the afternoon during afternoon prayers and more people are being
ail alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. a sixth officer has been let go. they won t say if preston hemphill will face charges. that footage was released with the other video. we have a warning because the body cam clip we are about to show is disturbing. in this video from hemphill s camera he is seen unufiring a t. they found him. martin and all them are over there chasing him. i hope they stomp his ass. i hope they stomp his ass. smith is calling for other cars. his lawyer says hemphill was on scene and they say he was a member of the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. the five former memphis officers charged with second degree murder also belong to that anti-crime unit. over the weekend it was deactivated permanently. with us is john miller, chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst. so, the sixth officer now has been relieved of duty. do we expect more charges to come? well, he was relieved of duty, we understand, at the same time all the others were. the differ
watch. what they are facing and we re live in vents ura county. and classified documents from the time joe biden was vice president discovered in his office. and bloody knife, $450 worth of cleaning supplies, and a husband now accused of misleading the police. ahead the new evidence that is now coming to light in the case of that missing massachusetts mom. and we begin though in california where rivers are overflowing, streets are flooding, boulders and trees are crashing down, at least 24 pe 14 people have died in the storms that have hit the state over and over again. and according to governor newsom, there is no end in sight. 90% of the state s residents are under a flood watch this morning, sand that is where dramatic rescue happened. and take a look, a firefighter on the roof of an suv as water covers the hood splashing up to the top of the windshield. that firefighter eventually gets the 70-year-old out through the window and up the ladder to safety. and this is
the only thing i regret about my life was hiring local talent. if i knew about upwork. i would have hired actually talented people from all over the world. instead of talentless people from all over my house. top of the hour, this tuesday. i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, we re following these deadly storms pommeling the california coast. rescues underway in several parts of the state. you see the video here, mudslides and flooding. the impact is just massive. power knocked out to more than 230,000 customers, a number of roads are closed, some highways just impassable. and 14 people at least we know have died. we re going to take you live to california for the very latest. the pictures are incredible. plus president biden is facing questions this morning over his handling of classified material while he was vice president. this after his attorneys discovered documents, some classified, in a private office, those attorneys then returned them to