from michigan, who's going to rebut. >> exactly. and i want to see what kind of tone. first of all, he adopts, um, what his messaging is and then what the democrats do in response. so that's the first thing. and the second thing is what's happening in the middle east. very important. right now we have a breakdown of the ceasefire between gaza and the israeli government. what is that going to look like going forward? will it plunge the region into an extension of the war that will have ramifications here? >> countries getting together and talking about their own potential proposal for who should govern gaza going. >> lots of things happening there that that i think we should keep our eye on. >> the thing i'm obsessed with, frankly, are images from town halls. i came up as a reporter in the era of the tea party movement. we still have lawmakers born from that movement, right? like a ted cruz. et cetera. so it'll be interesting to see who's activated among people out there. i want to say thank you to our panel. thank you for being here, waking up with me for my first show. i'm audie cornish, cnn news central is going to start right now.

>> europe scrambling to do damage control with ukraine, ukraine uk prime minister confident president trump. will get on board eventually, just as russia is now celebrating the new u.s. foreign policy, declaring it coincides with russia's vision. wildfires sweep through. >> the carolinas evacuation states of. >> emergency the. >> latest on. >> the efforts to battle the surprising destruction. >> and, as conan. >> o'brien said. >> i guess americans are excited to see. somebody finally stand up to a powerful russian. the huge winner at the oscars overnight, and all the shenanigans you did. >> not see behind the scenes. sarah is out. i'm john berman with kate bolduan. this is cnn news center.

>> so here's the line to start your morning. we should spend less time worrying about putin this morning. that is the viewpoint of president trump. just as the nation is preparing for his first major address to congress. that speech, where every president is expected really to lay out their vision for the future, comes at a remarkable time, to say the least. one that has the world right now asking, where does america's relationship with traditional allies like europe, like ukraine, go from here? and is america now more in line with russia? european leaders gathered in london yesterday with a focus on damage control and to chart a course forward after the disastrous oval office blowup between trump and zelenskyy, the british prime minister emerging now saying europe is prepared to take the lead and he's confident america will eventually come around to the plan that they are crafting to bring russia's war in ukraine to an end. but overnight, cnn learned the u.s. has suspended all offensive cyber operations against moscow for now. and the kremlin this morning saying this, the new

u.s. administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. this largely coincides with our vision that from russia. cnn's alayna treene is live at the white house to start us off this morning. elena, what more are you learning ahead of the president's address tonight? tomorrow? >> well, i've been talking with trump administration. >> officials, white. >> house officials. >> still. >> you. >> know, i'm told they're still working on the. >> speech. >> and the overall message. but i am told that at. >> some. >> point, the president is expected to take a victory lap, of course, of the election, but. also highlighting the accomplishments that they argue they have made in less than two months. and to this point, when he addresses congress tomorrow. now, of course, the speech that he's going to give tomorrow night is going to be very different than the time, the last time he was up there. it was he was freshly impeached. the coronavirus pandemic had not even really begun yet. and now we're seeing him address a dramatically different washington. now, of course, i think one of the key things that everyone is looking for is how is he going to message specifically, you know, his

conversation about being on the world stage, but specifically the war between russia and ukraine following that oval office meeting on friday. now, kate, as someone who covered the trump or the president very closely over the last two years while he was on the campaign trail, i know that he often talked about authoritarian leaders, people like putin, um, with, you know, more favorable language, more favorable rhetoric, saying they're strong leaders, they're tough men. um, very curious to see if he even uses any of that rhetoric tomorrow night. obviously, it would be seen in a very different light. now, all of this, of course, comes as we saw the white house dispatch, many top cabinet officials and other trump allies really to take over, you know, go over the media airwaves this weekend and defend the president. they argued that what you saw president and vice president jd vance do in the oval office on friday was an example of america first leadership. you saw people like secretary of state marco rubio, commerce secretary howard lutnick, treasury secretary

scott bessent, all of whom were in the oval office during that meeting, go on the sunday shows and try to defend the president. you also heard people like senators or senator lindsey graham, but also house speaker mike johnson at some point almost argue that perhaps zelenskyy should resign. but then you also heard some more nuanced takes from other republicans like this, from senator james lankford. take a listen. >> no, we're not turning. >> our back. >> on ukraine, nor should we. putin is a murderous kgb thug that murders his political enemies and is a dictator there. and so we've seen that. we've seen his aggression. countries around him have seen that. obviously, the ukrainian people have seen that. larry snelling. >> and now kate, of course, this also comes as there are questions about how does the white house and the trump administration move forward as it relates to seeking a peace deal with ukraine and russia? but also just to go back to the speech, just very quickly, we do have new cnn polling that i think is striking to keep in mind through all of this. we saw

that right now, the president's approval rating is 48% of americans approve of his performance, 52% disapprove. notable, though, that this poll was taken before that oval office meeting on friday. so, again, all, you know, kind of that context as he heads into that speech tomorrow. >> absolutely. good to see you, elena. thank you for starting us off this morning, john. all right. let's get. >> right. >> to where this matters most. >> the ukrainian capital, kyiv. cnn's nick paton. walsh is there. nick, what are you hearing this. >> morning? >> yeah. it is. i think it's time to remind people of the violence put upon ukraine every night. president zelenskyy today warning that in the last week, there's been a thousand drones fired by russia at ukraine. and that kind of brings home the urgency, frankly, as to why ukraine is pro a peace deal that actually sustained and works for them. we had a vague whisper from the french president, emmanuel macron, telling the french figaro newspaper yesterday that potentially one of the ideas is for a limited ceasefire that involves sea, air

and ceasing attacks on energy infrastructure. both sides have been doing that particularly hard over the past months. just an overnight strike by ukraine on an oil refinery in ufa, 1300 kilometers deep inside russia. so that potential idea floated, it seems, by the french president, one of the two european leaders, alongside the uk's keir starmer, as some potential starting mechanism. and indeed the ukrainian president suggesting another confidence building measure could in fact be the return of deported children. remember, that's something vladimir putin has been accused of a war crime by the international criminal court for being involved in, and a larger return of prisoners of war or exchange of those. so lots of ideas being floated here, but frankly, none of them will get traction without support from the united states. we know that keir starmer has on saturday and friday, after the blowup in the oval office, spoken to president trump, zelenskyy himself giving a wide ranging press conference in london after that substantial meeting with european leaders and indeed king charles the third, in which he said he was still willing to sign the rare

earth minerals deal, i should point out, trump administration said it's not at present on the table. he also refuted the idea that, you know, he could somehow just step aside. he said, look, if you want to have elections here, then you've got to persuade me to not run in them. and i have to then be negotiated with. and my price for that is ukraine joining nato. and that would mean my mission is complete and i don't mind stepping aside. so obfuscating the matter, they're clearly not going anywhere. and also aghast again, would he apologize to trump administration? he said no. here's what else he had to say. >> if the president of the united states of america will invite me for a constructive dialog, i represent the interests of a country that heavily depends on support from partners. so, of course, if i am invited for a constructive dialog for solving real problems, for serious questions and real resolute actions and answers, i will be there. out of respect for america, the american people, the president and the two parties.

>> ultimately, the way forward here is that somehow the trump administration needs to drop the talking point of zelenskyy resigning. zelenskyy, i think, needs to let the dust settle and sign this deal. if the trump administration lets him, and i think they need european leaders to try and bridge this issue here. but without that reconciliation between the two presidents, ukraine is still, i think, frankly, in very dangerous territory. >> so dangerous, still under attack. >> the pressure he must be feeling. this morning. nick paton walsh and keefe, thank you very. >> much for that. >> all right. this morning, evacuations underway in a state of emergency in effect as 175 wildfires sweep through the carolinas. also sweeping tariffs against canada and mexico, scheduled to go into effect tonight. that is, if president trump does not retreat again. what legendary investor warren buffett just said about the impact on prices. >> over time? there are attacks on on goods. i mean, you know, the tooth fairy doesn't pay it. i mean, and multiple passengers

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that state. several fires are also reported in north carolina, threatening some of the areas still recovering from the disaster left behind from hurricane helene. cnn's nick valencia is in myrtle beach, south carolina, for us this morning. nick, what's the very latest there? >> yeah. good morning kate. >> the flames have died down. >> here in horry county, which is. >> a welcome. >> blessing for the firefighters that are working on getting those. >> hundreds of fires contained. >> this is the big one, though. the one that's burning behind me. this morning in the carolina forest. the humidity, though in the air, has really helped improve conditions. but over the weekend it was just absolutely disastrous. you could see the haze still blanketing this part of the state. well, even miles away, ten miles away, there along the beach in myrtle beach, raining ash down, fueled by those whipping winds about 30 35 mile per hour winds. that was just really fueling disastrous conditions. we want to bring in south carolina forestry commission, russell hubert. tell us about what's going on this morning. what are you guys dealing with? >> good morning nick. >> so as you mentioned, haze and

smoke is a real problem right now. two aspects. one of just our firefighters driving around through the area, using their bulldozers, trying to figure out where they are. the second is aircraft. so they can't really do any water drops this morning because they can't see, you know, it's a blanket of fog. >> you were telling me about 175 fires. i mean, explain that to us. how is that possible? >> right. so saturday in particular was a big day. yeah. over over 150 fires across the state. now, most of those fires, we were able to contain under 100 acres. and that's fairly common. so we will have 3 or 4000 fires during a whole year. but the vast majority of those are small. this one is an outlier. >> and those rural fire departments really get on those rural. the smaller fires. talk to us about the threat here. structures have been threatened. residents have been evacuated. what's the status right now? >> so as you mentioned, numerous structures threatened. a lot of homes evacuated. those evacuations have been lifted, which is great this morning. so folks are back in. there's a great presence of fire service in just in case it needed in those neighborhoods. so looking a lot better this morning.

>> visibility still a major issue. russell we'll let you get back to it. we know you have hundreds of personnel working on these fires. they're going to be doing that all day long. thankfully, though, those flames have died down. and they're hoping that these improved conditions will help them get a handle on these fires and not let them out of control here and cause this haze to further impact these residents in this community. kate. >> absolutely. i mean, you can see the haze right around you right now. nick, thank you so much. we're going to stay close to this one for you. still ahead for us. the urgent search that is underway right now for a two year old boy who went missing from his yard. we have new details on a vehicle of interest that law enforcement are looking for now. and olympic champions returning to the ice and honoring the victims killed in that tragic midair collision in washington, d.c. >> i'm bobby brown, and i started jones road because i wasn't done. jones road is a modern approach to my beauty philosophy. clean. good for you. products that are versatile and

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get right to cnn's matt egan for the very latest on this. which tariffs, on whom and when, exactly? well, john, look, we. >> could. be just. >> hours away from a major escalation. >> in this trade battle. >> because president. >> trump is not talking about just. >> putting tariffs on. 1 or 2. but all three. of america's biggest trading partners. so starting tomorrow. >> we could. >> see the. >> tariffs that already. >> exist on china go from 10%. >> to 20%. he has said 25%. >> on canada. >> and on mexico. >> now as you noted, the situation. >> is fluid. and he did back off a. >> month ago, at. >> least on canada. >> and mexico. so we. >> need. >> to see what's. >> going to happen here. >> but look, if. >> these tariffs do get imposed and if they stay in place for a. >> significant period of time, there's. >> a risk that it's going to increase costs for consumers and worsen inflation. >> because yes. >> we get a lot of items from. >> these three countries. >> canada is. >> the biggest source of. foreign oil into the u.s. we get a lot of food, including avocado and tomato and berries from mexico. think about the

electronics, like smartphones and laptops, appliances from china, cars and car parts from canada and mexico. so if these import taxes get imposed, then u.s. firms importing these items have to decide, are they going to eat the cost of the tariff, or are they going to pass it along to consumers by raising prices? and look, i don't think there's ever a good time to tariff your three biggest trading partners at the same time. but this is definitely not the best time because there's a lot of warning signs in the economy right now. right. we just learned that consumer confidence has plunged. consumer spending in january fell by the most in almost four years. layoffs have started to tick higher. and there's this atlanta fed model that is now projecting a decline in gdp during the first quarter. it's really too early to know if this is just a soft patch or something more serious. but i think what's clear is that tariffs and the threats of tariffs are not going to make any of these issues any better. economist ed yardeni, he told me he thinks that president

trump should just negotiate a deal, declare victory because he said tariffs are a toxic area. you don't want to stay there too long. and john, we'll find out in the next few hours what happens here. and again, negotiate and declare victory is what he did last time. right. he basically there were almost no new concessions from canada to mexico. and president trump still hit the pause button. talk a little bit more about cars, because that's one thing that could get a lot more expensive. yeah. the issue is that the auto industry has spent decades coming closer and closer together in north america. they kind of treat north america like it's one market. and so that's why anderson economic group in michigan, think tank, has warned that the cost to produce cars in north america could surge by between $3,500 and $12,000 per vehicle due to these new tariffs on canada and mexico. and a lot of the auto companies are going to pass along at least some of this cost to consumers. now, keep in mind, john, car prices

are already basically at record highs. this could drive them even higher. and it could cause the auto industry to stop making certain models because it wouldn't make economic sense. so that would increase costs as well. the ford ceo said just a few weeks ago, he said, let's be honest, long term, a 25% tariff across the mexico and canada borders would blow a hole in the u.s. industry that we've never seen before. so look, there's a lot at stake here for the auto industry and for car buyers too. >> we'll know a. >> lot more by midnight tonight. ian, thank you very much for that. this morning, health officials are sounding the alarm as the measles outbreak is spreading. new cases have now been confirmed across the northeast. and who won? who lost but should have won? whose speech was way too long? who actually saw any of these movies? all the behind the scenes details from the oscars overnight. >> this cnn. >> business update is brought to you by etrade from morgan

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zelenskyy. kremlin spokesperson dmitry peskov said, quote, the new u.s. administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. this largely coincides with our vision. with us now is david frum, staff writer for the atlantic, former speechwriter for president george w. bush. david, nice to see you. you write in the atlantic, a fascinating piece where you basically argue. you're glad that this played out in the open for the world to see in the oval office. why? >> to date, supporters of the trump administration who also want to be patriotic americans and support our allies, uphold nato, defend ukrainian democracy, they have said, look, it's true that trump looks very pro-russian and vance looks worse. but back of it, they actually have a secret plan to help ukraine. they want to do things for ukraine. they're trying to negotiate a deal. they're concerned about mineral rights. there's something else going on. this is not just simply pushing the united states to obey russian foreign policy. well, after that meeting, the oval office, i think all of that

is dissipated. we can now see clearly. there is no agenda in the trump administration other than to help russia win the ukraine war on russia's terms. >> you in this piece, compare alger hiss favorably to the president and vice president. i didn't quite expect to to be reading that in the atlantic this weekend. >> well, i didn't say anything favorable about alger hiss. what i pointed out was alger hiss, who, of course, was a trader and spy in the united states of the 1930s, and 40s a huge uproar over that, over the alger hiss case. and when hiss was an active spy in the 1930s, he was not a very important person. he didn't have access to important secrets. what people were so worried about him was his. was this extremely distinguished person, very capable lawyer. and he rose and rose and rose in the u.s. bureaucracy. he was the kind of person you could imagine a secretary of state or imagine as head of the cia. and the idea that a person who is loyal to moscow would rise to those jobs. that was terrifying in the

1940s. but now we see this open sympathy for moscow in the very highest jobs in the land. and again, that meeting the oval office gave the lie to any claim. this is about strategy. this is about pivoting to china. this is about concern for securing minerals. this was a gang up on the ukrainian president as his country's at war, as his people have lost tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of its people to displacement. um, and an attack on him to serve the interests of vladimir putin, who, as the president said, has gone through so much with donald trump. they talked about each other like an old married couple. >> you brought up vladimir putin, former national security advisor h.r. mcmaster was on 60 minutes, and he basically said, putin is playing donald trump. listen to this. >> he appeals. >> to president. >> trump's sense. >> of aggrievement. >> right. you know, donald, you know, like me, you know, you've been treated so unfairly. and he's been very successful at it

because he's a master manipulator. and one of the best liars in the world. >> what do you think of that? >> we have not one, but two former trump national security advisers who say that president trump is enthralled to vladimir putin. we have secretary of past trump, secretaries of state, who say that trump is in thrall to vladimir putin. we have past secretaries of defense, trump, secretaries of defense who say the same thing. also, you just saw it on your television. so the point of my piece is, you know, it's really time to face the problem we've got and not to pretend we have some easier problem that's easier to solve. people want to believe something different, but it's not true. and you saw it on television. this president, this vice president are helping russia achieve a foreign policy aim at the expense of american national security and ukrainian democracy. >> given that, david, what could slash should vladimir zelenskyy have done? i'm not trying to victim blame here, but given the reality that you're painting here, saying that people need to

come to come to terms with this fact, what should zelenskyy have done and how do. >> um, i think that there's a suggestion among republicans that zelenskyy should have, you know, engaged trump in some way or appealed to him or flattered him. this is the bravest living leader in the world. this is a man who turned his face to the enemy when they attacked his city, did not fly to safety, who has faced a half dozen or more very credible assassination threats. and a lot of people said he should just have been afraid. he should have just cowed to donald trump the way trump's own cabinet members do. um, he is a brave man fighting for a brave people. and he showed dignity and he showed us all the truth. i think we're all again in zelenskyy's debt, again of the debt of the ukrainian people. >> what do you think of the reaction the last couple of days from the white house? they seem to be trying to put out all the positive response from right wing media to what happened in the oval office. but but might there be a sense of, i'm going to misquote shakespeare that

doth protest too much? they're they're trying to get it out a little more than might be if they were merely neutral here. >> yeah. and look at the line of defense of the president. no one has said, look, he heroic. he stood up for american interests in pillaging ukraine and getting these, um, taking $500 billion out of a country with a, you know, that is at war and facing a huge reconstruction bill. what they they keep saying he was so manly. he was such a boss as his, um, as his crypto adviser said of him. and i think, you know what? i don't have time for your psychosexual anxieties. you may feel inadequate in your masculinity, and i'm looking for some puffed up person on television to bully a valiant leader fighting for a valiant people. but i think every true american watch that scene and felt shame. >> david frum, appreciate you being with us this morning. and of course, the president addresses congress. you can follow cnn for complete coverage of this address. starts tuesday

at 8 p.m. on cnn. kate. >> so several flights in texas had to be diverted to a small regional airport in waco after experiencing severe turbulence. it was just yesterday. five people from one of the flights had to be taken to the hospital. the severe weather that caused the turbulence is now expected to move through the region, with storms expected across the south for the next couple of days. let's get over to cnn's derek van dam, tracking all of this for us in the new cnn extreme weather center. derek, what's the very latest? yeah, that's right kate. >> today is the day. we've been working very hard on this new studio. so through this augmented reality, you're going to see this studio bring you the great visual details of all the types of extreme weather and climate phenomena around the world. so we're going to seamlessly integrate live video and coverage from the field of this extreme weather. so from fires to floods to hurricanes to tornadoes. we're going to bring maps to life. and today is a perfect example of what we are able to do and what we will do going forward. a severe, multi-day, severe weather

outbreak is set to impact the deep south going forward. this, by the way, is for tomorrow and we're highlighting the deep south. but let's talk about what's actually going to happen today because a very impactful storm system is setting up across much of the nation's midsection. so we've got all the threats, blizzard conditions across the plains, severe storms developing in advance and extreme fire danger setting up across portions of new mexico and western texas. this all thanks to this powerful cold front, the season starting to combine and fight each other really spring and winter. so we're going to draw in moisture from the gulf of mexico, get that rotation in the atmosphere and the potential for tornadoes, especially tomorrow, is highlighted across this area. heads up. shreveport, little rock, memphis. this time tomorrow afternoon, tuesday at 3 p.m. that's when we anticipate the worst of the weather. and then that front advances eastward, placing the severe weather threat along the eastern seaboard for wednesday. so again, a multi-day severe weather threat today. oklahoma

city, wichita falls to dallas a slight risk. it becomes enhanced tomorrow where you see that shading of orange and then that chance of severe weather advances to the east coast. today's threat for tornadoes, or rather tomorrow's threat, will be greatest. where you see the shading here directly between shreveport and jackson, we'll be monitoring this very closely for the potential kate of winds in excess of 111mph this spring tornado season just starting to ramp up. >> jeez, louise, we've got a lot to be tracking, and it's going to be great for you and the team using all of these new technologies to bring this to everybody. thank you so much, derek. really appreciate it. john. >> it's like the matrix. where is the line between reality and imagination? >> i don't even know. is derek even a real man? >> i don't know, there is no spoon. >> right. >> this morning more winning for the new look lakers. cnn sports anchor coy wire is here with us in reality. coy, you're definitely there. i know you're there. >> there's lots of glitches. >> in this. >> system.

>> though, john. i'll do my. >> best for you this morning. hey, lebron, luka and the lakers. looking lovely lately. they are seven and two now. the two seed in the west. since that doncic trade. lebron needing just 18 points against the clippers to become the first in nba history to reach 50,000 regular and postseason points. luka to lebron, like brady to moss. touchdown! lebron finished with 17. so it looks like the landmark will be breached tomorrow night. but it was a big night for doncic. not looking out of shape now john look at this drain. oh there is one two. count them. three of his team high 29. lakers were up just five with 30 to go. but look at lebron 40 years old flying in for the monster block. lakers holding on for the 108 102 win. luka says he didn't even think they played that well, but clearly they are starting to click. >> 38 and 20. >> i think everybody. >> knows what to do. everybody knows their role. everybody knows where to be. so i think we obviously we're not there yet, but we're getting better. >> are you enjoying playing in

this building? the fans certainly seem to be appreciating the effort. >> hell yeah. >> it's nice. >> all right. now we're going to turn to a figure skating community here. a little more than a month after the tragic plane and helicopter crash that took the lives of 67 people, 28 members of the u.s. figure skating community, emotions were on full display in washington, d.c., yesterday for legacy on ice. it's a tribute co-hosted by olympic champions brian boitano and kristi yamaguchi. one of the most emotional moments came as max namoff there. his parents died in the crash, collapsed to his knees after he skated to one of their favorite songs. namoff had finished fourth place at the national championships just days before the tragedy. it was a two hour event featuring some of the biggest names in figure skating, moving tributes to the legacies of those lost jenin, and the whole point was to help raise funds for the families of those who were affected by this and first responders sports community coming together as the sports community can do so well

in tough times like this. >> it was quite a night. something to see coy wire, thank you very much. you got. >> coming up for us. israel says it will block gaza humanitarian aid until hamas agrees to new conditions. what this means now for the cease fire deal and people running for their lives in a restaurant in boston, and the off duty police officer who saved the day.

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>> it was aurora's night. the raunchy, r-rated story of a sex worker who falls for the son of a russian oligarch and battles his disapproving family, took five awards, including best picture. >> i want to thank the sex worker community. >> they have they have shared their stories. >> they have. >> shared their life experience with me over the years. my deepest respect. >> wow. >> this is very surreal. >> the film's star, mikey madison, winning best actress, depriving industry veteran and frontrunner demi moore of her first oscar. >> you know, honora. >> is having a good night. >> the film leading to host conan o'brien's only political joke of the night. >> i guess americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful russian. >> i pray for. a healthier and a happier and a more inclusive world. >> calling out anti-semitism and racism adrien brody became the

11th person in oscars history to win twice for best actor, beating timothee chalamet, who won the s.a.g. award a week ago. >> let mean. >> my mom is here. >> zoe saldaña completed her award season sweep, taking best supporting actress for amelia perez and honoring her immigrant parents. >> and i. >> am the first american. >> of dominican. >> origin to accept an academy award. and i know i will not be the last. >> saldana's costar. karla sofia gascon attended the oscars after a series of offensive tweets from years ago derailed her best actress campaign. >> and karla, if you are going to tweet about the oscars, remember my name is jimmy kimmel. >> o'brien getting rave reviews for a hilarious monologue. >> we have some footage of amazon chief jeff bezos arriving tonight on the red carpet. this is great. let's see if we can get out there. and here he comes. and yeah, there he is.

>> goodbye. >> gravity. >> the night kicked off with a wickedly good performance. nominees cynthia erivo and ariana grande may not have won oscars, but their voices certainly struck gold. >> oh. >> gosh, i get chills every time that she hits that note perfectly. now, we also had a lot of fun on the red carpet. i got serenaded by wicked's jeff goldblum and adrien brody, who won for best actor. he crashed one. or sorry halle berry crashed adrien brody's red carpet. interview with access hollywood. planting a kiss on

him. and if you don't understand this reference, one of the most famous moments in oscar history was more than 20 years ago. right there we see it. when adrien brody won his first best actor oscar, he gave halle berry a surprise kiss. she was shocked. in 2004. didn't go over well, but now we're seeing her have some fun with it. so everything comes full circle. kate. >> yeah, i guess so. and by the way, they both look exactly the same age as they did 20 years ago, which is also something, i think, something we should note there. >> wait. we need whatever they're having. kate. okay, exactly. >> i will take any meg meg ryan reference like that one any day of the week. it's good to see you. thank you so much, john. >> all right. new this morning, state police and the new york attorney general investigating the death of an inmate at a facility across the street from where a different inmate died after being beaten by correctional officers. in december, six of those prison workers were indicted on murder charges. cnn's polo sandoval has been covering all of this.

what's the latest? >> we've been covering. >> it. since since december. >> with that. >> first incident. >> this latest one. >> john. >> reportedly happening on saturday. >> and what's really fueling. >> those concerns, as. you point. >> out, happening right across the street. >> from where the. >> death of robert brooks. >> was reported. just under three. >> months ago. >> let's get you the latest on this latest incident. >> according to the new york times, actually. >> an opportunity to speak to nine inmates. >> at the mid-state correctional. >> facility. most of whom agreed to have their names used in that coverage. those inmates telling. >> the times. >> that one of their fellow inmates, a 22 year old man, was beaten to death over the weekend. now, the new york times could not verify those accounts. so we went to the new york state department of corrections. want to read you a portion of a statement that they've actually released here. that department saying an incarcerated individual was taken to mid-state correctional facility, to an outside hospital and declared dead a short time later. the new york state police, confirming they have launched an investigation into this death. the new york state attorney general also saying, john, that they are conducting a

preliminary assessment into this latest weekend incident. but now the latest on the case of robert brooks, as we reported. and some video that is extremely difficult to watch. this was video from body worn cameras that was actually taken from that december incident. and it shows that handcuffed man, repeatedly beaten, beaten. we now know that six prison employees suspected of being involved in this separate case were indicted on murder charges. after that was announced, a special prosecutor handling this case. bill fitzpatrick saying that brooks was left with severe damage. brain damage, i should say, and eventually choked on his own blood due to the severity of his internal injuries. the indictment listing that he was beaten at least three times, according to the charges. now, those six prison employees who are currently being charged with murder, john, they were in court last month. they pleaded not guilty to murder. so we're certainly going to see that case play out in the courts. but certainly adding to what has been clearly a mounting crisis for the new york state prison system, with

with multiple prisoner deaths. >> all right, polo sandoval, thank you very much. keep us posted on all of this. all right. this morning, a small community in oregon is searching for a missing two year old boy, last seen playing in the front yard of his home on saturday. a 1990s gold station wagon was seen near the home before two year old dane paulson disappeared. it is considered to be a vehicle. the car is a vehicle of interest by police, though the county sheriff said there is no evidence the vehicle was directly involved with the boy's disappearance. also new this morning boston authorities are investigating an attack inside a chick-fil-a restaurant. surveillance video shows people running for their lives after an attacker ran in chasing two people with a knife. an off duty officer stepped in to stop the attack. >> and the off duty officer identified himself as a police officer, instructed them to drop the weapon, at which point the

individual did not comply. the officer discharged his weapon to stop the threat, and the individual was struck. >> i support the police. yeah, i mean, he had to do what he had to do. fortunately, there was nobody else got hurt. >> the suspect was later taken to the hospital and died. spacex successfully launched its falcon nine rocket with 21 starlink satellites. 13 of those are equipped with direct to cell capabilities. the launch marks the fifth flight of the rocket's first stage booster landing aboard the spacex x drone ship stationed in the atlantic. okay. >> so there is a new measles case in a new state this morning to talk about health officials in pennsylvania sounding alarm after the first confirmed case of the disease there. and they're now contact tracing after the unvaccinated child in montgomery county got sick. officials say that they say that the child recently did travel through new york's jfk airport. so this new case comes as the

ongoing measles outbreak in texas is getting worse. now, up to 146 confirmed cases across nine counties. one child has died there. at least 20 people have been hospitalized, and most of the cases in texas are among children. joining us right now is doctor megan ranney, the dean of yale school of public health. it's good to see you again, doctor. thank you for coming in. we have this outbreak in texas that we have been tracking, and it is getting worse. now we have one a new case now confirmed in pennsylvania. what do you see in this outbreak? where and where it stands right now? >> well, it's too early to say whether that case in pennsylvania is one of the random cases that we see every year where there's an unvaccinated kid who is exposed to a traveler who is also unvaccinated, and whether that case in pennsylvania is just going to stop because the people in the community around them are vaccinated. real herd immunity, or whether the case in pennsylvania is a canary in a

coal mine for the spreading of this texas outbreak far beyond texas and new mexico to the rest of the united states. you know, i and other physicians and public health experts are concerned because our level of measles vaccination in kids in the united states has dropped below the level that we need to protect our communities, meaning that the outbreak that we've seen in texas could be a spark to a fire across the united states. >> and what is happening if we focus in on texas especially, is a classic case of making it's a classic case of why public health matters and a coordinated public health effort matters so much to contain and stop something before it becomes an outbreak that we're seeing now. the controversial now secretary of health and human services, rfk jr.. he faced backlash last week for essentially shoulder shrugging about this outbreak,

saying that it was not unusual but also and also not taking the opportunity when asked about it, to push people to make sure that their kids are vaccinated. he's now, i'll get your take because he now seems to be taking a step closer, i guess, to maybe promoting getting measles vaccinations. he wrote an opinion piece that was just put out overnight saying this the decision to vaccinate is a personal one. he wrote vaccines are vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated due to medical reasons. what do you think of his messaging? >> i would have preferred to see messaging that came out very clearly to say that measles, the measles vaccine, is one of the vaccines that has been most studied in the history of the world. it is tremendously safe, and it is unbelievably effective, and that if you are not vaccinated and you live in texas, or as we've now seen in

pennsylvania elsewhere, this is the moment to get yourself and your family vaccinated, not just for your child who, if unvaccinated, if they catch measles, has a 1 in 5 chance of being hospitalized, a 1 in 1000 chance of dying. so certainly get vaccinated for your kid, but also get vaccinated for your neighbor or grandmother with cancer, for your friend down the street who was unable to adequately respond to the measles vaccine. and for the babies who are not yet old enough to get measles. i would have loved to have seen that message. but as you say, the message that we got yesterday is better than what we heard last week. >> one thing that we know, and you've noticed, you know this very well, is that childhood vaccination rates are on a decline and you say this is a result of that. i mean, with that being the case, what is next? do you think? >> so there are two ways that this can go. so childhood vaccination rates are on the

decline. but let's be clear that the vast majority of parents in the united states understand that vaccines are the safest way to prevent your children from diseases that used to kill kids in the united states. as a practicing emergency physician, i have personally watched the disappearance of diseases as we have developed vaccines. you know, i've been practicing for about 20 years. when i talk to doctors who are a bit older than me, they've seen disappearance of many more diseases thanks to great vaccination. and most parents understand that. unfortunately, about 10 to 20% of parents are vaccine skeptical. i worry that we're going to have to have these kind of outbreaks to get folks to re vaccinate their kids. i do understand those fears. i worry that they've been taken in by folks who are making a lot of money off of spreading lies and distrust. um, i hope that outbreaks like this can help convince folks and and get them to do the