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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. it's made traveling dangerous and it's 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, beautiful soul. mourners have begun to arrive right now at mississippi boulevard christian church, less th...

of power to subvert the will of the american people. our democracy is being tested and strained time and time again, so i'm sure doesn't 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 corner in recent weeks, facing mounting re-legal peril on three important france. in new york, the...

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 -- let's get started. so on the show, we've been frank second hour one okay about the often bleak state of american democracy, from rioters in the halls of our nation's capital, to electi...

cnn's blake is in taipei. blake, let's 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 don't often hear about them until after the arrival, and in this case, while taiwan's ministry of foreign affairs say the visit was aannounced, it's the timing that's perhaps the biggest surprise, especially after china reacted so strongly against speaker pelosi's visit. that reaction involved nearly a week of live fire drills surrounding taiwan with war planes and military vessels and missiles...

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. we'll 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. we'll hear from the mother of one of the victims. plus, as if a rematch of 2020 wasn't bad enough, donald trump is bringing back a top issue from his 2016 campaign. it's a pledge on which he never delivered. we'll e...