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particularly dangerous tornado watch is, in effect stretching from parts of texas all the way to alabama, with more strong tornadoes expected tonight as the storm moves east, rafael romo has more on the devastation across the region, but we're going to check in first with meteorologist tyler mauldin, who has been tracking this storm. we're now starting to get more and more video to see what's happening on the ground. tyler. but what are you seeing there on radar? >> well, that's because this storm system is going from a discombobulated, ragged system to more of an organized one, indicative by the line of storms coming into mississippi and louisiana. we still have the the tornado watch up for louisiana and mississippi. that is the particular dangerous, particularly dangerous tornado watch. very rare. the reason why is because there's a lot of unstable air out ahead of this system for it to feed off of. in fact, we're seeing this line of thunderstorm activity. pretty much all of it is warned with either a severe thunderstorm or a tornado warning. and then out ahead of it, you have these supercells

that are getting their act together, going to take you on a tour of the radar. let's go around the horn here. all the orange polygons, severe thunderstorm warnings in the pink polygons. those are tornado warnings. i do want to call out this one just to the south and east of jackson, mississippi, because it earlier had a tornado debris signature, meaning that we could see debris on radar then pushing up to the north just to the east of vicksburg. we also have a tornado warning. very strong line coming through vicksburg right now. a lot of thunderstorms, a lot of lightning and very strong wind associated with that line. we have a level four out of five threat for this area. the reason being is because the unstable air could lead to long lived, violent and strong tornadoes. ef2 or stronger. in addition, we could also see 80 mile per hour wind and some large hail too. we're going to continue with that threat overnight. then, as we get into sunday, the threat

diminishes slightly, but we still have the potential for severe weather from georgia all the way through the carolinas. the system goes eastbound. you see some drier air coming in, and by sunday afternoon, sunday evening, we begin to see it wane. and eventually, come monday, it's a thing of the past. typically, we would see this kind of activity during the spring time, during tornado season, but it is not totally unheard of. jessica, to get some december tornadoes, we mentioned this earlier. jessica, this is the last weekend of 2020 for this year has been well above average for tornadic activity. bill mentioned that during his story last hour. so it's very fitting that we are ending 2024 with this tornado outbreak. >> all right. we're hoping people stay very safe. rafael romo let's go now to rafael romo. who is tracking the damage and the videos that we're getting in. what are you seeing? >> yeah, jessica, in the last hour, we were talking about the devastating impact the storms have had in texas, where at

least one person has died this hour. we're getting images from mccall creek, mississippi, where a violent long track tornado moved through the southwest part of the state, destroying homes and other structures. in the last few minutes, cnn has obtained video from two survivors of this tornado, a grandmother and her very young granddaughter. the little girl was next door with her parents in the bathroom when the tornado hit, ripping the roof away. they were still visibly shaken when a storm chaser spoke with them. let's take a listen. >> where were you during the when they came by in our bathroom? >> really? yes. my daughter and her family were in their bathroom in the middle of the house. with her? >> yes, with her. you're okay? i'm okay. calm down. >> oh my god, you're okay. go, go. >> to state the obvious, they were terrified. but the good news is that the family was unharmed. unfortunately, we cannot say the same thing about

one texas county. we have learned that at least one person is dead in brazoria county after severe storms passed through the area earlier this afternoon. brazoria county is located about 45 miles south of houston along the gulf coast. a spokesperson with the sheriff's office there confirmed the fatality, adding that four other people were injured, but their injuries are non critical. there's also plenty of devastation in montgomery county, texas, located just north of houston, where a local official is reporting that the storms have knocked down trees and power lines around the area as well, causing great damage to mobile homes and warehouses. many people have lost power in this part of texas as well. another reported a tornado was spotted in katy, texas, about 30 miles west of houston and the east, montgomery county fire department said that station 154 in new caney, texas, sustained extensive damage after a storm swept through the area. jessica. >> all right. rafael, thank you

very much for that. new details tonight in the deadly plane crash in kazakhstan that killed 38 people on christmas day. russian president vladimir putin apologizing today to the president of azerbaijan, but stopped short of taking responsibility. putin called the crash crash of the azerbaijan airlines plane, quote, a tragic incident and confirmed russian air defense systems were active when the plane attempted to land in chechnya, but it is still unconfirmed what caused the crash. video and images, though, of that plane wreck, show holes consistent with damage from shrapnel. a u.s. official telling cnn russian air defenses may have mistaken the commercial plane for a ukrainian drone. cnn's nadia bashir is covering this for us, nate. not a lot of new developments in this today. >> yeah, absolutely. and we had previously heard from azerbaijani officials who had said that the plane had faced external physical and technical interferences, and there had been questions around, of course, that

nearby drone activity. today, russian president vladimir putin has apologized for the fact that the plane crashed after entering russian airspace and, crucially, acknowledging that russian air defense systems were active in the area, particularly over the region of grozny. the chechen region of grozny, where the plane had been intending to land before it was diverted. so really feeding into those questions around whether or not this plane was in fact mistakenly targeted by russian anti-aircraft systems, that has certainly been a key line of inquiry we've been hearing from u.s. officials, as well as, of course, reports from reuters, citing multiple sources who are, according to reuters, familiar with this investigation that is ongoing, saying that they believe that may well have been the case, that the plane was downed by russian air defense systems, potentially mistakenly. and, of course, as you mentioned, there has been a lot of questions around the holes that have been seen in the fuselage and the wreckage of the plane, which analysts and aviation experts have said could be consistent with shrapnel damage as a

result of an explosion. so clearly, a lot of questions up in the air. we know that the two black boxes have been recovered, which will provide investigators with crucial data and evidence, but it could be a few days, potentially even a few weeks, before investigators are able to give a full conclusion. >> and nada. it is remarkable that 29 people survived that crash, and we're hearing from some of them what have they been saying? >> yeah, absolutely. it is hugely remarkable that there were survivors. and we saw that dramatic video of some of those survivors emerging from the wreckage. many, of course, were injured, at least five said to be in a serious but stable condition now. but as you mentioned, we have seen first hand testimonies as well as video footage recorded from the final moments before the plane actually crashed in the kazakh city of aktau. take a look at this account from one of those survivors. heard rupnow muhammad subhonkul rakhimov thought he was plunging to his death. he said he heard a bang

before oxygen masks dropped, reciting the shahada, the muslim proclamation of faith. he says what he had thought to be his final prayer. according to azerbaijan airlines, the plane had faced physical and technical external interference as the pilot attempted an emergency landing, the plane burst into flames upon impact. 38 people on board did not survive. >> allahu akbar. >> remarkably, rahimov was among 29 people who survived the crash. after the bang. i already had my mind set that something bad would happen, because it was clear that the plane had received some damage. rahimov says. and when the plane started behaving unusually, then it became 100% clear. i realized then that it was all over and decided i should film my final minutes. accounts from survivors like

rahimov give a rare firsthand glimpse into the terrifying final moments of the flight, and potentially what may have caused the crash. azerbaijani sources and a u.s. official say preliminary evidence suggests the plane may have been hit by russian air defenses. a possible case, one u.s. official told cnn of mistaken identity with the russian city of grozny. the flight's intended destination under ukrainian drone attack at the time, ukraine's ukrainian combat drones were mounting terrorist attacks on civil infrastructure in the cities of grozny and vladikavkaz. the head of russia's federal air transport agency said. due to this, in the area of the grozny airport, the coy wire plan was introduced, meaning all aircraft had to leave the indicated airspace immediately. russian aviation authorities claim the plane had initially attempted to land in grozny twice, and was later offered other airport options within russia, but the pilot

rerouted towards the kazakh city of aktau instead. for those on board, it was a terrifying physical and emotional ordeal. for a brief moment, passengers thought they were out of danger. but when the caspian sea appeared, the clouds dispersed and the plane began to behave unusually, rakhimov says, the feeling of tension began to increase, both for other passengers and for myself. while not acknowledging responsibility for the incident, russia's president vladimir putin apologized on saturday for the fact that the plane crashed after entering russian airspace, noting that russia's air defense systems had been active when the plane attempted to land in grozny. clear perforations in the fuselage point to shrapnel or debris hitting the plane while still in the air, according to several aviation experts. the hope now is that recovered black boxes will provide more definitive information

regarding the plane's final moments. >> we have i was conscious when i felt the impact. >> i was thrown up and down and back up again. i was strapped in, yet i was being thrown back and forth. rahimov recounts. it all lasted for a few seconds. then everything went quiet. there was silence. everything was calm, and i realized that that was it. we had landed. and jessica. it could take around two weeks for investigators to complete their assessment of those black box recorders. and of course, at this stage, at least five airlines have now suspended flights to parts of russia, many of them citing safety concerns. as we await the results of that investigation. >> nadia bashir, thank you for that reporting. we appreciate it. cnn military analyst, retired u.s. air force colonel cedric leighton joins us now. and, colonel, you're familiar with putin's tactics. i want to go back to what he said today is this apology, but not

accepting responsibility. the closest thing you think we'll get in terms of accountability for from him and from russia yeah, i think so, jessica. >> i mean, when you compare it to what the russians said and did not say after the mh17, the malaysian airlines disaster and shoot down in 2014 and going all the way back, even to soviet days back when the kal 007 airplane was shot down in 1983, the russians or the soviets never apologized for anything that they clearly had done in this case. so this is somewhat of a remarkable half admission, if you will, by putin, that something bad happened to the aircraft while it was in russian airspace. and that is, i think, the closest that we'll get to an admission that something that they did caused this crash, if indeed it turns out that the russians mistook this commercial airliner for a ukrainian drone, what does that say to you about the state of the

russian military? well, when it comes to their air defense forces, jessica, it means to me that they really lack a great deal of training. and there's their equipment is actually quite good in some cases, depending on exactly what they deployed and how they used it. some of their equipment is quite modern, but if you don't interpret the radar picture correctly, if you don't have other information to help augment the radar picture, then you can make mistakes like this. and no system is perfect. clearly ours is not either, but their system does have a lot of gaps in it, and it clearly shows that the ukrainian drones can often be mistaken for commercial airliners and vice versa. >> and in your opinion, should that have been. i talked to another expert that said russia should have alerted, you know, the airlines not to fly in russian airspace for this very reason.

>> yeah, that's absolutely true. usually they send out a notice to air missions or. notam report to all aircraft that could potentially be flying in the area. it's something that's widely disseminated by the aviation authorities of a particular country. and that should have been what the russians did in this particular case. their failure to do so is clearly something that shows that they're responsible for this tragedy. >> all right. colonel cedric leighton, as always, great to see you. happy new year. thanks so much. >> you bet. happy new year, jessica. >> thanks. still ahead it is shocking video just released showing new york correction officers beating a handcuffed inmate to death. what we're learning about the officers involved and what the new york attorney general says she's going to do to investigate. plus, what is the future of the democratic party? former presidential candidate marianne williamson is running for chair of the democratic national committee, hoping to lead the party back to some wins. we'll talk to her ahead here in the cnn

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the first place. and why this assault even began. what we do know the body camera video shows us that brooks, who was 43 at the time, with his arms cuffed behind his back, was taken by those officers into a medical examination room. he was then surrounded by those officers, and they began to punch him in his face and his chest and his buttock and his groin. they also kicked him. they wiped his face with blood, with the blood on his face. and they also put a cloth into his mouth. he's then lifted up by his neck and his collar and pushed against his wall, while his legs were limp. the very next day he is then pronounced dead at the win hospital, also in upstate new york. the new york attorney general, letitia james, released this video and vowed for accountability and a full scale investigation i do not take lightly the release

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texas and mississippi. sheriff bo stollman of brazoria county, texas, is joining us on the phone right now. sheriff, thanks for being here with us. what can you tell us about this person who died in this tornado? anything. >> at the at this time? >> the information has not been released. as far as details of the person involved. >> out of respect for the families that are affected by this. >> but i can tell you that there is in fact, one person deceased. >> and it's extremely devastating for all those involved. >> of course it is. and we're just looking at pictures of your community while you're talking. can you tell us what kind of damage people are seeing, how people are reacting tonight? >> yeah. >> so i can tell you it was a very quick impact, very devastating. >> it touched multiple points throughout the county, but it was within a small. you know, square mile vicinity. but it touched down at four different locations. and as you can tell by the images that the damage

has been extremely devastating. but i can assure you that, you know, brazoria county, um, will come together, as we always do, to help everyone involved. so, uh, it was a hard impact. and it, as you can imagine, very devastating. >> of course, i'm a native of arkansas, so i remember growing up with tornadoes and tornado season. typically it comes in the spring. um, this seems like kind of an odd time where people given. did they have warning? do you feel like people were able to take shelter? >> yeah. so i can tell you that that's the problem with tornadoes is that there's not a whole lot of planning and preparation, for these type of events when it comes to hurricanes, which we're typically used to here in the gulf coast. >> there's more of an advanced warning to where you can properly prepare to take shelter. but i would tell people to always pay attention to any storm, um, thing that comes through our area and take the proper shelter in place as,

as need be, but these are just really hard to plan for because they develop so fast. >> absolutely. sheriff, thank you so much for being here with us. we certainly are wishing you and your community well. i know this is a tough time, especially around the holiday season, but thanks for being with us. >> yeah, well, it's a pleasure to be here, but i also want to say that, um, our response and not only our agency, but all the first responder agencies in the entire brazoria county that showed up, we had an over amount of, of, resources and, you know, first responders that were there to help our community. so i want to say thank you to them. and this is just a terrible event. but, you know, brazoria county will pull together and we'll get through this. so thank you for your time. >> they are truly heroes. all right. thank you so much. we really appreciate it. the democratic party is facing a monumental task, which is rebuilding its trust with voters after losing the white house and both chambers of congress. there are a lot of questions over where the party goes next. how do they connect with those voters? and now the focus is on who will help

rebuild this party. there are currently five candidates running to become the new chairman of the democratic party. one of them is former presidential candidate marianne williamson marianne williamson, and she's joining us now. thanks so much for being here with us on this saturday night. you ran for the democratic nomination for president in 2020, and in 24. i want to note that your best performance was in the new hampshire primary, and that's where you got 4% of the vote behind president joe biden, dean phillips, marianne, i just want to ask you first why you think you're the best person to lead the party. >> well, first, let's talk a little bit about what happened there in new hampshire. reid hoffman came in with that $2 million to support the write in campaign for president biden's renomination. once again, the way billionaires have the kind of undue influence that they have. plus, you had a super pac that came in for days supporting dean phillips before the election. so sometimes these things are not quite what they appear to be. the reason i think, that i'm the best person, actually, for this job

is because i've traveled all over this country and i have been up close and personal with what people have been going through. i don't think that the political system in general, and i don't think that the democratic party either. in fact, the problem is that it president elect trump has a very good way of coming across as though he cares. somebody has got to bear witness to the incredible suffering that is going on out there. and that is what i've had the opportunity to do. when you have 1 in 4 americans living with medical debt, when you have over half of our bankruptcies as medical bankruptcies, 46% of americans saying that they live with hunger. when we have over a million people who are rationing their insulin, when we have people unable to live working with just one job and supporting a family, this is the kind of thing that the democratic party should stand for. the democratic party should be bearing witness to the incredible hardships that so many people are experiencing in this country.

and i feel as someone who has not only been out all across america very extensively, traveling, bearing witness, seeing what's going on with people, as well as someone who has experienced the inside of the belly of the beast, as they say, of the way the system works, particularly the culture of the dnc. i think that i'm the one who has the information, the visceral information, to know how we reconnect with the american people, how we serve the american people best and what's most important, how we win in 2026. because donald trump has created a collective adrenaline rush. he has a psychological and emotional sway on masses of americans, millions who have not only been drawn over to him, but millions of americans who have been drawn away from the democratic party. so we have to change the democratic party. if you want a change in the senate and the house and the white house, then you're going to have to have a change in the democratic party. and i feel that i'm the one who has the greatest ability to make that shift, so that we are making that contact with americans again.

>> and and i hear what you're saying about traveling around that you feel like you have interacted with a lot of americans, but in terms of functionally, what would you do to the dnc to make it better? i mean, a lot of it, as you well know, is about organizing. it's about building together the party coordinating. how would you do that? and what do you think is the right way forward? >> well, there are people in the party. ken martin, for instance, a very, very fine candidate who is running. he has the kind of expertise that is needed on that level. and someone like that would work very, very closely at my side throughout. my point is that it's not enough to have a good political car mechanic. you've also got to address the fact that you're on the wrong road. so those external factors are important. we need that kind of expertise. and that kind of expertise would certainly be brought to bear, no matter who is the chairman. but we have to transform the party from the inside out. the first thing i would do is go on a listening tour, and i would help reconnect the american people with the practical relevance of politics in their lives. you know, one of the things that

the republicans do much better than the democrats, but this will change if i am party chair, is that they maintain close contact with their base. it's amazing how often you talk to republicans about an issue. and the average republican seems more informed about the issues that affect their daily lives. now, even though some of that information is the exact opposite of what democrats believe, i do not see the equal kind of contact with the democratic voters. too often the dnc talks to democratic voters when there's an election every two years, every four years. and a lot of times we're coming across with, give me your money or give me your votes, i want to say to people, what do you need? how can we help? what is it? what are the instruments of government that could be helping you? and we need an information infrastructure, a kind of issues hotline, so that every single day, people in america would know this is what trump is doing to you. this is what the democrats are standing for. this is what the democrats are standing for in the house and

in the senate. this is what democrats are standing for all over this country. this is its relevance in your experience. and this is how you can participate in turning things around. it would be an entirely different culture and an entirely different way that the democratic party would be a keeper of the story. the great story of american possibility. i would make sure that that happens. and i think that kind of energy, that kind of psychological and emotional and even spiritual communication with people, is what would help turn things around in a way that it needs to in order to meet the energy and the influence of donald trump. >> all right, marianne williamson, thanks so much for your time tonight. we appreciate it. we're going to be right back. >> on new year's eve live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn. >> my moderate to severe crohn's symptoms kept me out of the picture. >> now i have skyrizi. i've got places to go and i'm feeling free. >> controlling my crowns means everything to me. control is

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vandross throughout his life and his career. cnn anchor victor blackwell sits down with luther's longtime friends and music collaborators, as well as the director of the film. >> singer songwriter, producer. eight time grammy winner with 11 consecutive platinum or double platinum selling albums. mr. luther vandross. whoa for millions of fans around the world, know his unmistakable voice and classic love songs. >> i can't fool myself. >> i don't want nobody else to ever love me. >> but what you may not know is the story of how he became a star. >> the day that i met him, um, it was clear to me this dude is going to wind up being on the radio. first of all, he sang better than everybody. he had a vision about how he sang. i try to do songs that i think i can do differently, you know, and that i think fit me. you know, sort of like a what somebody chooses to wear.

>> luther was inspired by the icons the supremes, aretha franklin, dionne warwick and before his solo career, luther grew to be a top background vocalist. >> i used to sing background vocals for roberta flack on the road. >> and roberta sometimes would have interviews, and sometimes she'd be unable to show up at soundchecks, so i would sing her songs for her in soundchecks to test her microphone and. >> lgov. >> and throughout his career, luther kept those friends from the early days close. >> one of the many, many things that's so impressive about luther over the course of his life is how his friends have remained so constant. i really wanted to have people who could tell you how he laughed, could tell you how he was silly, could tell you about him as a person. >> what what memories come back about? luther, when you see these relics, these artifacts from that period, there's people who can sing. >> there are people who can arrange. there are people who can play. >> but luther wanted to be. he

had a vision of the entire thing. >> what most fans probably don't know is that luther meticulously designed every aspect of his shows the costumes, the lighting and choreography. >> i love talking to people who were the like. o.g. luther fans, and they're like, you cannot tell me something i don't know. and then they're all like, what? what? what? >> that's a really interesting thing with a with a black artist is he literally was everywhere. >> he just wasn't always visible. >> i really like to think of this as also a celebration of black music. >> hey we've got love. >> love, power. >> and that's what this film is a celebration of luther's artistry and a deeper look at the man, professionally and personally. >> he called me from l.a., where he was living. he said, listen, i'm nominated for best r&b vocal. i'm not going to win anyway. why don't you come and hang out with me? and we went to the grammys and he won for here and

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