is going to be a permanent member of this team. we ll see. and so that is what they re working on now. and kaitlan, judge cannon, we should point out, she s a trump appointee. she did a trump-friendly ruling that was overturned months ago. i know that there are people on the prosecution team who are wary of her. how does the trump team view her? do they think that she s going to be an asset? they re thrilled. i mean, they could not be happier to have her on their team or to have her overseeing this i mean. she is a trump appointee. she was picked in the days after he lost the 2020 election. that s obviously not a comment on whether or not she s a good judge or a bad judge or indifferent. but they re thrilled because they saw how she was what her rulings were when they went to her for the special master case last fall. that was when she got overruled by an appeals court in a pretty embarrassing fashion for a judge because basically they said she was giving trump specia
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
very good monday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. this morning lawmakers back on capitol hill facing growing pressure after the deadly beating of tyre nichols by memphis police ignites renewed calls for federal police reform. nichols family attorney benjamin crump telling cnn tyre s tragic death should force congress to act. shame on us if we don t use his tragic death to finally get the george floyd justice in policing act passed. so will things change this time around? the congressional black caucus is calling for a meeting with president biden this week to push for negotiations on police reform. remember there was a push, bipartisan push in the wake of george floyd it didn t make it through two years ago following that death, those discussions broke down in the senate, congress failed to pass the federal reforms. now the president of tennessee s naacp chapter is pleading with congress to try again. we come to call to action for congress. by faili
welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. great to be with you. i m boris sanchez. several new developments following the military s shootdown of that suspected chinese spy balloon off a south carolina coast. the fbi now analyzing that wreckage as china sends a warning to the white house. our team coverage from this story is looking at multiple angles this morning. also, we have new details out of ohio on it that train derailment that sparked a massive fire. officials are saying the cars contained hazardous materials and the cleanup is underway. plus, banned by association. how facial recognition software is being used to keep some fans out of madison square garden. why some say this is a slippery slope. plus, the proposal that could soon cut major cities off from the colorado river. that s just ahead on cnn this morning. most of you are waking up to a much warmer weekend morning. it is sunday, everyone, february 5th. thank you so much for waking up with
Were tracking the fallout in that devastating ruling that found year of fraud by trump and his companies. The trump org reeling as a new hearing held today. The rule came out yesterday. It was big news. For all the pending cases against trump, this one has Swift Financial consequences with fraud and financial tricks and a Fantasy World is what the judge said they were operating in, not the real world. Lies to banks based on and patently false fatally flawed claims as well as other judgmental terms you see there by the judge. Now, experts and Trump Lawyers are already scouring this ruling to make sense of what it means when you cancel business licenses, when you dissolve parts of the company. And we have more clues on what that means today, because trumps lawyers were in court today asking the judge if the order means they have to sell assets, including trump tower, would this oust the sons from their own homes . The answers could come within a detailed followup in a month. Trump tower