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underway for millions across the u.s. and it's already canceled 1,000 flights. we are live on the ground. in memphis, two more officers and three emt workers off the job this morning for their response in the beating of tyre nichols. this as we are hearing nichols in his own words for the first time. secretary of state antony blinken walking a diplomat tightrope as vie less is escalating in the middle east. he is meeting with the palestinians. another suspicious incident at the dallas zoo. two monkeys believed to be stolen, also this. ♪ ♪ >> hollywood losing another tv icon. "laverne & shirley" star cindy

williams died at 75. her family remembering her as kind and generous with a, quote, brilliant sense of humor. "cnn this morning" starts right now. ♪ we are going to begin with the dangerous ice storm freezing the south from texas all the way to west virginia. nearly 40 million americans under winter weather alerts. this is a live look in arkansas where the declared a state of emergency. the national weather service says this is going to be a prolonged and significant ice storm which will last until at least thursday. 1,000 flights already canceled, including hundreds of flights out of dallas. >> we had a flight this morning at 9:20 and they canceled that flight due to weather. >> we were taking a trip to a conference in orlando and i looked at the weather before we left and i told my wife, i said, i have a feeling flights might get canceled.

should i do this? i did it anyway. lo and behold, flights got canceled. >> ed, people are bracing for serious travel chaos. what's the latest? >> it's going to be several days of this treacherous conditions on roadways all across texas, oklahoma, arkansas as well as into the upper midwest as well. these winter weather warnings and advisories stretching from all the way down as far as south as san antonio. we are hearing of about 1,000 flights that have already been canceled. we expect that to continue to worsen t worsen throughout the day. and we are hearing a number of reports of accidents and rollovers all over roadways across north texas. so emergency officials, traffic officials urging the public, to stay off the roadways. if you don't have to be out, they are telling, asking people to please stay off the roadways. when you see mbehind me, many

people taking those warnings to heart. this was 7:00 a.m. normal rush hour traffic time of day. you can see the traffic very light here on the roadways in the dallas area where we are this morning. and that is in large part because so many school districts across the region canceled schools well before this morning in anticipation of the worst of this storm. so right now the area is expected to see sleet and freezing rain falling sporadically throughout the day but sustaining for perhaps well into tomorrow as well. so, don, that is what so many millions of people here across the north texas and oklahoma and arkansas region are preparing for over the next 48 hours. >> ed lavandera in dallas, thank you. meanwhile, in new york city we are apparently breaking records for doing nothing. a live look, a plot of fog w he could see snowflakes soon. we have been snowless far too long, in my opinion. harry anton is here.

come wion with the snow. >> this morning's number is zero inches of snow accumulated in new york city, d.c., philly, baltimore. zero inches this weekend. in new york city we have broken the all-time record for latest measurable snowfall dating back to the 1869-1870 winter. it will be after january 30th. the previous record was january 29 from 1972 to 1937. we broke a 50-year record. if we look at latest snowfalls in other major northeast or mid-atlantic cities, we could be breaking records all over the place. since the 1800s, all these records occurred in 1972-73. we have to get to february 21 in baltimore, february 23 in washington, d.c. philly can't break the record, only tie it, snowless in the 72-73 winter.

if you think why haven't we had snow, this gives you a pretty good understanding. new york city consecutive days with an above normal temperature 34 and counting that. is a record set back basically this is the record, folks. this is the record. i walked yesterday, poppy. felt so nice outside. >> i know. my kids had no jacket on when i picked them up at school. i want snow. >> i went to weather camp at penn state. i'm not kidding. >> back to you guys. back to memphis this morning where the fallout is continuing as three memphis fire department employees have been fired for violating policy and protocol in their response to tyre nichols. two more memphis officers have been relieved of duty. last hour you heard for the first time from tulsa' brother. this is what he told don about what he thinks should happen to the officers who brutally beat his brother. >> i hope they meet the same fate as my brother.

that's just how i feel. you know? i don't know what the laws is in tennessee or whatnot, but for me, i believe they deserve the death penalty. if i was there, they would have to kill me, too, because i would have fought all of them. my brother was trying to cooperate with them. i would have fought back with them. >> cnn's ryan young is live in memphis with more. ryan, i mean, obviously, those are powerful words from his brother, but what were we learning about the fallout we are seeing continue about these additional officers, they have now been relieved from duty, what's behind this? >> you know investigators said they would continue this investigation. i feel like you can't move on from those words that you guys heard last hour. that was a powerful interview. sometimes you say you understand how family members feel. i don't think any of us could understand that pain. don asking the question about all the rumors flying around

about these investigations and ben crump saying there is no connection between tyreke and any of these officers so far. but going back to this investigation, we have seen this move at lightning speed in terms of the police department looking at the videotape, of firing the five officers and then charges coming and now we see two additional officers being relieved of duty. the while officer who fired his taser and can be heard making a comment hoping they stop him. that was the person relieved of duty yesterday. we are seeing investigators make the further moves and three emts have been released. one thing under question that we will have to ask investigators and police about today is that seventh officer who has been relieved of duty, that person's identity hasn't been released yet. everyone has been scouring through that video looking at the actions of the people on the scene. when you watch that video, it's heartbreaking to see no one really responding to tyre on the

ground. >> we see this fallout going. ryan young, thank you so much for that update. >> we have heard from tyre nichols' mother and stepfather, from his brother, and we have heard from his friends. the one perp we can't hear from is tyre himself. we barely know what his voice sounds like like. on the body cam video it's only the distress you are hearing. >> you guys are really doing a lot right now. i am trying to go home. >> if you don't lay down -- >> i am on the ground! >> he was just trying to go home. tyre nichols will be remembered for how he died, but we should also remember how he lived and what he sounded like outside of that deadly beating. and this business reporter in this business, reporters, i should say, do the man on the street interviews, we talk to people on the street about what they are doing, journalists asking real people about their experiences. five years ago he was one of those real people who someone spoke to. he spoke to a reporter in sacramento about his six-hour

wait at the dmv. it's mundane but very relatable topic. here is tyre in his own words. >> i have been here since 10:00, 9:45. the experience as been a very long wait. it's been very agonizing and very agitating waiting here and having everyone go in front of you with appointments. so that was my experience. it's a really bad one, actually. i haven't ben here in five years. this is probably the worst time ever. >> and the reporter who spoke to him that day said tyre was upbeat and remarkably patient. we have a big development this morning in new york that could put one more hurdle in the way of former president trump's new white house bid. "the new york times" is reporting the manhattan district attorney has begun presenting evidence to a grand jury about hush-money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels

during the 2015 presidential election. michael cohen served three years in prison for charges for those payments. the development signals that dallas cowboys attorney alvin bragg is nearing a decision about whether to potentially charge trump. here is what he told us on "cnn this morning" just last month. is that correct? that you are looking to jump start that criminal inquiry? >> i take issue with the word jump start. >> it's the times' word, not ours. >> we have been working with rigor throughout the year and you are going to be maybe displeased with the answer because we have not confirmed or denied. as you said, that's the times' reporting. we are working on a number of pieces and perspectives with this. this is an important chapter, but there are a lot of tentacles, if you will, we are following the facts where they go. >> to "the new york times" you said and also in other interviews this was just a chapter and people shouldn't

read ahead in the book. >> i wonder what that means. that sort of looks like people are saying -- like you are saying to people, stay tuned, there is something on the horizon. >> what i'm saying is, let's pause for the moment as we are. i think it's very consequential at work that went into this, how ably the people of the state of new york were represented. there is other work going on and we are continuing that. it wasn't paused. we have been doing it. >> so let's talk about all this with maggie haberman, cnn political analyst and cnn political correspondent for "the new york times." this is a big deal, maggie, because his predecessor, cy vance, brought together a grand jury to look at trump's broader business practices. the doorb the d.a. started this, which hinges on likely the cooperation of allen weisselberg, the former

trump cfo and a difficult legal too theory. >> as you note, it's not a slam dunk. it's not clear this case will definitely end in charges but the fact of the existence of this special grand jury, which means it's meeting over six months as opposed to a 30-day grand jury is significant and yet another legal threat to the former president who is a facing a number of them. >> this is also on a topic that he gets very, very sensitive about. he posted on his social media website about it yesterday. this relates not just to payments but his family. >> he said in the interview there is other work going on. he said that a number of times. i think it was during that interview related to the first question because they were wrapping up. remember it was the investigation into -- trump, right, into the trump organization. and then i followed and asked the question, poppy asked a question, then we followed again. he kept saying i wouldn't get ahead. the

there is other stuff going on. i wonder what this means in trump world for the entire investigation. a lot of this stemmed from michael cohen's testimony to congress in front of congress. >> yeah, look, michael cohen is at the center of a bunch of investigations that have taken place over the course of the last several years, but particularly in new york. where he is a key figure. he is a key figure here. it was the key witness in an investigation in trump's business and worth remembering on that investigation, you know, as you note, the district attorney did not -- the current district attorney did not bring charges. one of the prosecutors who worked on the case was upset, wrote an angry resignation letter and is now writing a book. i do think that alvin bragg wants to signal to the public and donald trump you are still under scrutiny. >> yeah. michael cohen, you know, they could say he is a convicted criminal, not a reliable person

for this. what is your sense as we talk to people in trump's inner circle how he is viewing all of these investigations, all of this, you know, dough events on thinks is criminal liability. across the board, an investigation in georgia, two justice department investigations, there is this blitz of civil lategation, there is the leticia james lawsuit that he is facing, attorney general in new york -- that one's not criminal but could grind him down. this is the worst sort of spate of legal problems he faced in a very, very long time and he is not happy about it. he tends to look at things strictly through the lens of how much money he is paying or whether anyone is facing criminal charges and right now those are two very real threats to him. he not happy. he is focused on the

presidential campaign. that has its own potential hurdles because his support is not where it was. >> yeah. and he and that attorney just got that massive filing by that massive fee they have to pay as well. that's something that bothered him as well, i'm told. thank you. all right. show me your plan. those are president biden's words. that's his message he says for house speaker kevin mccarthy. they will have their first face to face tomorrow at the white house to talk about raising the national debt limit to avoid a poten potentially crippling default. the white house is skeptical of mccarthy's position. he says cuts to medicare and social security are off the table. this meeting is gonna happen tomorrow. it's shaping up to be pretty tense based on what biden said going in this meeting and based on what mccarthy said going into this meeting. >> yeah, this meeting is all about posturing for the next

several month. the white house made it clear that testimony biden intends to simply ask kevin mccarthy will he increase the debt cleelg as leaders have done in the past and as was done three times under former president donald trump. kevin mccarthy is going into the investigation struggling really to have a plan coalesced between republican members of his own conference. one of the challenges for kevin mccarthy and the white house is well aware of this, is the fact that any cuts to domestic spending, any cuts to the military are going to be hard to get agreement on within the republican conference and that is going to be the challenge for mccarthy not just tomorrow, but going forward. and that is part of the reason you are hearing from biden, show me your plan and i'll show you mine, because there is a feeling that republicans may not be able to coalesce around one spending plan and that is going to be really the challenge going forward for mccarthy. >> yeah.

many challenges going forward. where are those cuts going to come from? lauren fox, thank you so much. president biden is planning to end the covid-19 emergency declaration on may 11. this major shift in response to a pair of republican measures before the house to end covid national and public health emergencies. cnn's m.j. lee live from the white house. good morning, m.j. wh why is biden ending this now? >> it tells us that the government believes we are entering a new phase of the pandemic. remember this public health emergency has been in place since january of 2020. so this is going to be a huge turning point both for this white house and the country and there are going to be some serious practical implications, too. a lot of people across the country have been able to get things like free tests, free vaccinations, free treatments as a result of this. so all of those things are not necessarily going to be guaranteed once this goes away and that's also why the administration wanted to make

sure that there were a couple of months of a transition so people can prototype for this to go away. there were politics at play, too. we are told that house reasons because they were planning on voting to get rid of the public health emergency this week house democrats wanted to make sure that they weren't going to vote against that without first understanding what exactly the white house's plan was and they felt like it was important that white house weigh in. >> you have brand-new reporting on the current president is gonna focus on gop extremism as he nears an announcement to run in 2024. >> if you look at president biden's travels, his speeches, events over the last few weeks, you get a pretty clear roadmap of not only his state of the union speech coming up next week, but also for his 2024 re-elect pitch. you know, you look at how his schedule has been crafted and white house officials will say

there are several things they really want him do. tout the economic progress from the last two years, for example. that has something really important to him. focusing on the implementation of the legislation passed the last two years and the a big part is the political messaging and trying to paint house republicans as extremists and lawmakers who are going to undo some of that economic progress. so expect see more of that coming from the president particularly as we head into next weekend, that big speech tuesday night. >> thank you. all right. did alex murdaugh confess to murdering his son as he was sobbing to investigators or was it just a misunderstanding? coming up, we are going to let you listen to the audio yourself that played in court yesterday. , at pnc private bank we will work with you everery step of the way to help you achieve itit. so let us focus on the how. just tell us - what's your why? i've never been healthier. shingles doesn't care. but shingrix protects.

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to begin in about an hour. murdaugh is auto accused of killing his wife and son in june of 2021 at their lowcountry south carolina hunting estate. monday his defense floated a theory there were two shooters while prosecutors played an interview that took place after the killings in the recording you hear murdaugh break down while telling investigators about his son. watch this. >> i did it so bad. i did it so bad. >> you asked the defendant about traumatic picture that he saw of paul and maggie, what did he say? >> it's just so bad, i did him so bad. >> i did him so bad? >> yes, sir. >> such a good boy, too. >> joining us now to talk about

this criminal defense attorney molly palmer. good morning. for our viewers, people would may be listening in the car and on the way to work and couldn't see what we played, that was murdaugh during the trial mouthing "that's not what i said." this happened at the end of the day before defense counsel could cross. you're a criminal defense attorney. how would you cross examine this witness? >> we know that we have this special agent, paul kroft, on the stand. he is with the state's law enforcement division. we know he testifies a lot, right? we know he has been prepared by stat state, by the prosecution for his testimony and we know that after yesterday when we saw alex murdaugh mouthed to his lawyers i didn't say that, certainly they conference about what they are going to do in this doctors examination. they are going to pin him in and ask questions, very short, one fact per question cross-examination where they are going to get him to say that

perhaps alex murdaugh said something else. are they gonna say that what he said was they did him so bad? that seems to be one theory out there. or something else entirely. we will have to see. >> so let's play -- this theory that the lead defense counsel is floating now that maybe there were two shooters. he asked the forensic analyst, melinda worley, about the collection of evidence and introduces this theory. let's play that question to her. here was. >> one explanation would be two shooters? one potential explanation. one, but not the? >> they went around but she said that is a, quote, reasonable explanation. do you think defense counsel made inroads that way? >> i do. i think that this case has been so interesting because throughout the defense attorneys have kind of weaved their theme of look, there were multiple shooters. i think what's always tricky here is that you have to explain

to a jury that the defense has no obligation to put on an alternative theory. they just have to show that there is reasonable doubt. and so the prosecution has their theory and we see him asking these questions about the two shooter theory. is that enough to convince the jury there is doubt or is the jury expecting more cohesive and complete from the defense. >> let's talk about the guns. prosecution entered evidence the guns. we saw body camera footage inside the murdaugh home in terms of the guns and also saw footage of vfts picking up bullet casings outside. what's key here is that they are saying there are key pieces of evidence but what the prosecution is not saying is that this was or these were the murder weapons. so why put them into evidence this way now? >> well, they put them into evidence. that wasn't without the defense attorneys standing up and objecting.

the judge ultimately allowed them in. they were careful not to say these are the murder weapons. the prosecution is trying to create this feeling with all these guns there is the likelihood that alex murdaugh knew how to use a gun, knew how to be a shooter and, therefore, he was. >> molly, thank you. we appreciate it. we will have you back soon. such a fascinating case there. also today, dozens of migrants say they don't want to be moved from a new york city hotel to a new shelter at the brooklyn cruise terminal. cnn is live with a look at the continues. that's next.

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arrived migrants housed temporarily in a manhattan hotel are refusing a move to an emergency shelter in brooklyn and have camped out in front of the hotel. the city says they were making room for families. the men say the conditions are subpar after this short cellphone video was shared among them. paolo sandoval is covering this

near the brooklyn cruise terminal. i know some are refusing to move. what what is the latest this mo? >> reporter: they told me yesterday anything is better than getting on a bus and being brought to this part of brooklyn that is fairly difficult to access. >> this is as far as we can take you because of the restrictive access. there are a few welcoming messages posted by nonprofits here. it is a complicated situation that these migrants are finding themselves in. the city saying that really this is -- there is a simple at least a simple reason why they are doing this. you see they continue to receive a significant number of women with children and families with children. the city saying that they are the ones who have to take priority when it comes to the private quarters, these hotels that the city has basically been renting for months now to provide housing for these families. the concerns i am hearing from these migrant men is that not only couldo they not feel safe

the barracks style facilities but it's extremely inconvenient. they believe that the only shot that they have of any potential employment is in manhattan. so relocating them out here to a cruise terminal that is not easy to get to if you don't have reliable transportation, that places yet another hurdle in their way. so i heard from many, many migrants, including a 33-year-old man who traveled here from venezuela with his cousin, he would rather stay in the city than come here. the numbers continue to rise though. 81 emergency shelters that have been opened. five of these so-called emergency resource centers are open. the city saying it's doing the best they can given the unprecedented number of people they continue to have to find housing for. >> we will see how this continues. thank you. nba referees under fire over recent calls. is there a bigger problem? that's next.

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you. we have a massive officiating issue. i think refs suck. not all refs. there are some that suck. they shouldn't be in playoff games. why are they in playoff games? >> hey, that is former player pat mcafee reacting to controversial calls and non-calls over the weekend. there were issues in nfl conference championship games on sunday prompting questions about the legitimacy of the league and the nba los angeles lakers star lebron james was furious after the refs missed a foul on what could have been a game-winning shot at the end of saturday night's game against the boston celtics. so let's discuss now. the host of game theory, which is now streaming season 2 on hbo max, he joins us. thank you very much. okay. so, listen. is this that we have more technology and people are used to the cameras and all of that or are people more sensitive to bad calls? what is it?

>> well, i think one is people do have more exposure to bad calls in the nba. on top of that they have more opportunities to talk to each other about bad calls on social media and everybody gets charged up. if there is anything that people love being on the internet, it's a sleuth and then all of a sudden everybody breaks it down and do the slow motion at the house and they could get to the bottom of it. so i don't have any evidence that there are more bad calls. i know that the nba is on top of every call and no-call and they run those officials through the ringer about the calls. i definitely agree with the idea we have more time to talk about it. >> outrage. sleuth and outrage. the refs association really, like, bent over backwards to apologize saying how wrong they got it. it will cause them sleepless nights. some of the players are saying the refs should be fined when they screw up this badly. what do you think? >> i think that players exist in a world of accountability unlike

any of us deal with and they feel like a mistake could get you traded or cut and they want everybody else associated with the operation to live under the scrutiny they do. for the arrests, the problem is everybody makes mistakes. when they make mistakes, they affect far more people. to say they should be fined is dangerous, but i can't blame the players giving the lives they live. >> i am waiting on the referees to have a classified document scandal. it's been thattane sane. like back to back it was like the nba was, like, hold my beer, nfl, we will show you what's going on. how do you fix this? yes, people are deeply upset. you saw lebron james' face there. and what is the solution for something like this? >> well, i mean, the thing is, all people can do is work as hard as they can. like i don't know if there is an answer necessarily to fix this problem. again, after every game the nba is if going through with

officials and looking at everying, call, no-call. if you didn't make a call, should you have made a call there? they are doing a lot. >> but the game is over then. >> yeah, that's all you can could. >> i mean, the nfl shuts it down, do an instant replay, look at -- >> snap the ball -- >> yeah. but the nba already does so much replay as it is and it greatly affects the flow of the game. the bigger concern is, the question is whether or not this is a played that's going to withstand the scrutiny of legalized gambling. and it's always a concern with basketball and because basketball of all of our major sports is the most susceptible to official interference when it comes to tweaking the results. that is the nba's concern, to make sure that the lines at the betting houses are level. >> and they can't see everything. >> they can't catch everything. there was a time people were okay, the ref didn't catch it, you have an argument, a beer,

and grab another chicken wing and do your thing. >> you love chicken wings. that's why the lakers are so upset. this is the fourth time it happened to them and they feel like it's costing them the game. four points at the end of the game for this one. >> yeah. >> the lakers are also somewhat specifically upset because it keeps happening to lebron james and they think there is a level of respect he should get from officials that generally superstars get which he is not which shocks people. >> talk about the super bowl for a sec? >> yeah. >> all right. >> we are going to the lakers game tonight. maybe they will call me to ref. >> yeah, sitting at msg. will we see you, sir? >> no, no, no. my bosses don't love me as much as they love y'all. those are pricey tickets there. >> we got them from spike lee. kidding. we did not. >> maybe he will be courtside.

i wanted to talk about the significance of having two black quarterbacks -- >> do we have time to talk about -- >> quick. two black quarterbacks. go. >> we will make time. this is huge. i think that people lose sight of the occurrence of a black super bowl in a super bowl is rare and a black starting quarterback is not something you can bet on. i love the contrast of these guys. mahomes is basically michael jordan in cleats. i say that over and over again. i'm not going to stop. jalen hurts, what i find so good about his story is this wasn't a slam dunk situation. at various points the eagles had an opportunity to say let's bring somebody else in, let's get be somebody to push jalen hurts and know believed had him and he doesn't jump off the screen like a superstar like mahomes. instead, jalen hurts is like a leader, a guy that people know, hey, that's the guy we are going to follow, he will manage the game whiling being able to run like the modern quarterback

does. if the nfl wants to point out progress, this would be the chance to do it. >> yeah. i am going for the people with the black quarterback. thank you. >> hey -- >> that was corny. anyways. true. thank you. make sure, season 2 of game theory with mr. bowmani jones now streaming on hbo max. again, our thanks to him. we have sad news this morning. actress cindy williams best known for the beloved "laverne & shirley" has died. she was just 75 years old. >> i want you to meet randy carpenter. this is my best friend, shirley feeney. >> hello. >> well, i'd love to stay and chat, but i think i will just mosey on into the bedroom and die. tata. >> it was her quirky character on "happy days" that made her a household name in america.

>> this is ecerternal, eternity over and over and over, on and on, without ceasing, without stopping, over and over, eternal, ad infinitum, infinity. until death do you part. the end. >> do you mean forever? >> cindy williams is survived by her two adult children. secretary of state antony blinken -- very sad. >> so sad. before we move on. >> 75 years old. died from a short ultimateliness. but knostalgic. tanks you back to a warm time in the world, back to my childhood. we will miss you, cindy. and we lost penny marshall as well. yeah. >> yeah. the kind of tv that made you feel good. >> right on. secretary of state antony blinken overseas for a high-stakes meeting with israeli and palestinian leaders. will he be able to cool tension at all as this violence escalates? and effortlessly responds to both of you.

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earlier this hour you saw secretary of state antony blinken meeting with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas, the trip coming at a time of increasing violence in the region, including seven dead after an attacker opened fire outside of a jerusalem synagogue and at least nine palestinians dead. i want to bring in a former state department middle east negotiator aaron david miller a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment. we are waiting to hear any moment now from secretary blinken as he is going to hold a press conference. this is not the trip that he thought he was going to be getting when they planned this, and now he's going there. it's a time of such high tension. what are you expecting to hear from him? >> i think it's a really tough lift, and i think, kaitlan, that in order to analyze this correctly you have to see the blinken trip as part of a broader piece.

in the last month this new israeli government, you've seen an administration engage more frequently, intensely and at a senior level with the government. no administration republican or democrat that i ever worked for engaged in this kind of diplomacy. i think it reflects their concern, but it also reflects the reality that i think they want to take the prime minister at his word. he put together this government which includes two extremist ministers and i think by engaging him directly they want to make it unmistakably clear that he is responsible for the actions of his government, but on the trip it's going to be very difficult for blinken to get steps by both sides to deescalate, let alone guarantee that we could stabilize a very volatile situation between israelis and palestinians. >> i wonder what you think all of this escalation and violence that has happened in the last month since blinken planned his trip ties into what would be netanyahu's sort of biggest goal

in far as furthering the abraham accord, relations with saudi arabia. you said there is no pathway out of this cul-de-sac. >> they are in a strategic cul-de-sac and i think that, you know, you have a perfect storm here. you have a 56-year-old israeli occupation, a palestinian authority that's weakening, losing control, you've got arms groups tied to hamas and palestinian still planning attacks and you have the new government. netanyahu's key priority, tip owe nile was right, all politics are local, he put together this government to pass legislation to nullify, immunize himself from his ongoing trial. that's why he needs these two extremists. 65 stiets in the knesset and they have leverage over him. it's going to affect the abraham accords as well. >> what do you think you're going to hear from blinken next? what are you going to hear from

him? >> he's going to talk about a two-state solution, talk about the importance of palestinian dignity and security and palestinian rights. if he's lucky, i think this will probably be a stretch, maybe he could get mahmoud abbas to recommit to security cooperation with the israelis but i think that's going to be very difficult. it's a tough lift. it's a mission impossible. >> it is a tough lift and it has not been the top of the priority list for the biden administration. they've been dealing with china, with what's happening in ukraine. aaron david miller, we wait to hear from secretary blinken himself, but thank you for that valuable insight. >> take care, kaitlan. thanks for having me. >> absolutely. also this morning as we were waiting on that a family in hawaii says they feel lucky to be alive after a giant boulder came crashing into their living ro room. >> i will show you what happens after that next.

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so we always say you have to see this. this one you really do have to see. okay. so there is this family in hawaii recovering after a large boulder smashed into their honolulu home this weekend, nearly crushed the owner. take a look. this is our morning moment. wow. so members of the community say that these problems were triggered by a development next door, excavating into a nearby mountain. they said after the new construction they have experienced three boulders coming down the hill in the last 24 hours.

the incident under investigation. for now, that boulder, though, is still in the home. i mean, just barely missed her. wow. they are okay, luckily. >> close call. >> close call. >> that's it for us. >> see you tomorrow, post-lakers. >> we will see if there are any bad calls tonight. >> was that humble brags right here. we're going to the lakers game. >> you're going, too. >> i don't know. >> i grew up not going to nba games so i'm excited. >> it will be fun. we will see you tomorrow. have a great day, everyone. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. good tuesday morning to you, i'm jim sciutto. >>