herman whitfield's mother gladys whitfield said indianapolis police instead released a highly edited and narrated video which did not show the wholstory. >> in my opinion, theolice department has been anything but transparentoncerng the circumstances of our son's killing. in my opinion, has ten every opportunity to skew the facts and present a distorted view of what happened. amy: whitfield's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of indianapolis and the six officers who responded to the 911 call. in atlanta, georgia, protests against upland police training center known as cops city escalated wednesday when police said they shot and killed a man who was art of the demonstrations. police said they were conducting a major clearing of protesters who occupied it a wooded area outside the center when they were fired on, claiming they fired back after an officer was wounded by gunfire. hundreds gathered at a vigil wednesday night to mourn the protesters death where they disputed the police account. longtime atlanta activist tweeted -- six protesters were arrested wednes

i'm fredricka whitfield. we're learning new details on the suspect accused of killing four idaho college students in the weeks before the murders. "people" magazine reporting that bryan kohberger followed all three of the female victims on instagram and then repeatedly messaged one of them. cnn national correspondent camila bernal is following the latest developments for us. camila, what more can you tell us? >> reporter: hey, fred. so, this is really important because authorities have not given us a connection between bryan kohberger and the victims. they have not said whether they knew each other or whether they had interactions. so "people" magazine is finding one of these connections saying that bryan kohberger followed the three girls on instagram and also saying that the three girls did not follow him back. the report also saying that not only did he follow them but he reached out to one of the girls in particular repeatedly. those messages went unanswered. it's unclear whether she saw the messages or w

i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with celebration turning into tragedy at the university of georgia. just hours after the football team was honored for winning a national championship one of their key players, 20-year-old, was killed in a car crash along with a member of the football staff, 24-year-old chandler lacroix. cnn is live in athens, georgia. what do we know about what happened? >> reporter: we just got a statement indicating this happened at 2:45 early this morning. that car was traveling southbound on this road behind me just past this curve right here and then, fred, for some reason that car left the roadway, struck this power pole right here. we saw utility crews in the last hour or so replacing and fixing this power pole, and then the car continued, fred. you can see the debris, the fallen tree limbs where it struck a tree. as we make our way over here i will show you the exact spot where this car came to rest continuing past this slope right here and ending at this location right her

i'm jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield.ow. >>> you're live in the "cnn newsroom," i'm jim acosta in washington. today the attorney for the family of tyre nichols is calling the video of the 29-year-old being beaten by officers a water shed moment and one that he hopes will lead to federal police legislation reform. late yesterday we learned the memphis police department had shut down the controversial scorpion unit that the

i'm jessica dean in washington, d.c., in for fredricka whitfield today. horrifying, incomprehensible, inhumane, just some of the words used to describe videos of the brutal beating of tyre nichols at the hands of memphis police. the shocking images were released last night, and we want to warn you, some of what you're about to see is extremely graphic. >> i didn't do anything! hey, i didn't -- >> body cam video of the traffic stop shows officers approaching with their firearms, yanking nichols out of the car. he breaks free from the officers and runs towards his parents' home. a struggle ensues after a chase, police then using pepper spray, batons, their fists, and feet to beatnik cols. at one point, he cries out for his mother. >> mom! mom! mom! >> video from a pole camera showing the full extent. you see nichols there, who is unarmed, kicked in the face, struck at least nine times in just several minutes, bloodied, propped up onto a squad car. officers are then seen just standing around, not providing nichols with any potentially lifesaving aid. five fo

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i'm in for fredricka whitfield today.begin with a city and a nation in shock just hours after memphis police release videos of the brutal killing of tyre nichols. the full videos, released last night, show five former memphis police officers repeatedly beating the 29 year old, and i want to warn you, what you're about to watch is extremely graphic. the videos document nichols being pulled over earlier this month for alleged reckless driving. police are then seen yanking nichols from his car, chasing, kicking him, using pepper spray and batons. nichols, unarmed, cries out for his mother at one point. he died from his injuries three days later in the hospital, and those videos sparking largely peaceful protests all across the country. earlier this week the five officers involved were charged with second degree murder, and now after this video has come out two officers from a different department who are also on scene that night have been put on leave pending an investigation into their conduct. cnn's boris sanchez breaks do

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i'm fredricka whitfield. we're learning new details about the actions of the man accused of killing four idaho college students in the weeks before the murders. "people" magazine reports that bryan kohberger followed all three of the female victims on instagram but they didn't follow him back. that's according to an investigator familiar with the case combined with the magazine's review of the now-deleted account. the 28-year-old is also alleged to have repeatedly messaged one of the young women about two weeks before the killings. kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder and he has yet to enter a plea. cnn national correspondent camila bernal is following the latest developments for us. camila, what more can you tell us? >> reporter: hey, fred. this is important because police have not given us a link between the victims and bryan kohberger. they haven't said whether they knew each other, whether they had interactions, so of course everyone is looking for that connection, for that link as we wait f

i'm fredricka whitfield.t's official. after a grueling 15 rounds of voting, the house speaker has a new speaker. >> the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] >> newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel after four days of voting. the longest speaker contest in 164 years. despite the sometimes c contentious days of negotiations, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. >> i make this promise. i'll never give up for you, the american people. and i will never give up on keeping our commitment to america. our nation is worth fighting for. our rights are worth fighting for. our dreams are worth fighting for. our future is worth fighting for. >> cnn's eve a mckenna is live on capitol hill. good to see you. happy holiday. what a way to begin the new year, right? i mean, how did -- you know, what's the secret behind how mccarthy eventually got the votes that he needed

i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin with california facing a severe weather threat yet again right now. 25 million people are under flood watches. some areas saw more than six times the normal rainfall in just the last two weeks. today's storms raising concerns for more flooding and possibly landslides. cnn meteorologist allison chinchar is tracking the storm for us. also cnn's natasha chen is in fairfax, california, where we begin with you. what are you seeing? all right. we don't have audio of natasha. we'll try and work that out. it's not your television sets. let's go to you, allison. what is california bracing for? they've already been through so much. >> they have. they're bracing for two more rounds, one that is currently ongoing and the next round that arrives 24 hours from now with not much of a break in between. the first round already here. you can see most of the real heavy rain and snow is across portions of northern and central california, even some lightning up there, some intense showers and thu

i'm fredricka whitfield. it was painstaking, it was complicated, but after four days of exhaustive negotiations, the house finally has a new speaker. >> the gentleman from the state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] >> kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel after 15 rounds of voting. it was the longest speaker contest in 164 years. despite sometimes contentions and negotiations with the narrow faction of his conference, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. >> i make this promise -- i'll never give up for you, the american people. and i will never give up on keeping our commitment to america. our nation is worth fighting for. our rights are worth fighting for. our dreams are worth fighting for. >> cnn's eva mckend is live on capitol hill. eva, what finally pushed mccarthy over the edge for these republican holdouts? >> reporter: well, he was able to convince those never-kevin lawmakers ultimately vote present and t

i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin with yet more classified documents discovered at president biden's delaware home. in the last hour, the white house announced additional pages of classified were found at his private residence in wilmington, delaware. cnn previously reported ten documents from biden's time as vice president were found at his former private office in washington, d.c. this comes as u.s. attorney general merrick garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation. for the latest, let's bring in cnn's saenz siarlette saenz at e house. tell us about the statement the white house is sharing. >> reporter: we're starting to get a better picture of exactly how many documents have been found between the president's residence in wilmington, delaware, as well as a former office that he used here when he had left the vice presidency. and based on cnn reporting as well as the disclosures that have come from the white house office, it appears there are approximately 20 documents with clas

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.# along with long—time collaborator norman whitfield, he wrote this classic for marvin gaye. # heardwherever he laid his hat was his home...# the motown founder, berry gordy, said that barrett strong's songs were revolutionary and captured the spirit of the times. the motown songwriter barrett strong, who's died, aged 81. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. hello, there. most of us had a fine day on monday with plenty of sunshine around. it was arguably one of the best days, weather—wise, we'll see this week, with the sunshine and relatively mild air. did tend to cloud over in the west later in the day, and that cloud is all associated with an area of low pressure that's up near iceland in the north atlantic. look at this weather front wrapped round and round and round the centre of the deep low, kind of like water going down a plughole. now, this low is going to influence our weather because the weather fronts are associated with that low, even though it's over 1,000 miles away. all those fronts are actually dangling across the uk, a warm front followed by a cold front.

less than half of whitfield children managed in the census last year.ight constitute 60-year-old daughter has never seen a dentist she is 10 teeth which are black with decay it is often crying with pain. her father feels helpless he is called every dentist but is not managed to secure impaired over 25% already have visible tooth decay. so when will the prime ministers stop dithering and take action to address our national dental emergency? >> i'm very sorry to hear about the case brought forward by the honorable gentleman for i will look into that possess specific when more closely but as i said in an earlier question we have recently reformed the dentistry contract. hundreds of million pounds or more funding and more dentist which should make a difference from the country i will write him on the specific case. >> 90000 scottish jobs but yesterday, published calling for a possible shutdown of the interstate. >> they are naÏve and as, will the prime minister reaffirm his support for scotland's oil and gas workers and the future that industry? >> mr. spea

and when i was raised in detroit, lived next door to the parents of norman whitfield. norman whitfield is this in the songwriting hall of fame? he wrote, papa a rolling stone. i heard through the grapevine. he wrote music for the supremes and diana, diana ross and oh yeah, marvin gaye. and all i knew about him was that he had a red jaguar. so all i was thinking at the time was, i don't know what this man does for a living, but whatever it is, i'm going to be doing that. it didn't work out. my background again is as music and poetry. but but that is the milieu, that is the landscape, that is the atmosphere within which i was raised. and the only reason why i'm here is that i held on to those memories of germany and it was easier to do that. why? because on sundays in the summertime time, my grandparents were black indians from oklahoma. my grandfather again that i mentioned this i just love talk about my grandfather he's from enola, a farming community and he's african and cherokee. my grandmother maternal is from mcallister and mcallister is the second largest town in

.# along with longtime collaborator norman whitfield, he wrote this classic for marvin gaye. # heardrever he laid his hat was his home...# the motown founder, berry gordy, said that barrett strong's songs were revolutionary and captured the spirit of the times. lots

.# along with longtime collaborator norman whitfield, he wrote this classic for marvin gaye. # heard it through the grapevine...# and this one for the temptations. # papa was a rollin' stone # wherever he laid his hat was his home...# the motown founder, berry gordy, said that barrett strong's songs were revolutionary and captured the spirit of the times. lots of tributes today and rightly so to the great motown songwriter barrett strong, who has died aged 81. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. today we had some decent sunshine and a lot of dry weather. probably one of the best days of the week, with sunshine and relatively mild area as well. but we have got a change on the way. the weather is about to get a lot windier. zooming into the north atlantic, we can see this beautiful area of low pressure with the weather fronts spiralling down into the centre of the low pressure like water down the plug hole. actually, although this is over 1000 miles away, the fronts are connected and dangling right across the uk at the moment and pushing the rain south and east. they w

.# along with long—time collaborator norman whitfield, he wrote this classic for marvin gaye. # heardlin' stone # wherever he laid his hat was his home...# the motown founder, berry gordy, said that barrett strong's songs were revolutionary and captured the spirit of the times. the motown songwriter barrett strong who's died aged 81. what a legacy he is leaving behind, and what remarkable music, it will always stay with us, wanted? before we go, hundreds of bands have descended on hollywood boulevard to see thejonas brothers get their very own star on the walk of fame. traffic came to a standstill while the sale was unveiled and the crowd went nuts. —— the star was impelled. the new album will hit the stores in may. and they were even more delighted when they took part in a walkabout after the ceremony. thejonas brothers launched in 2005 and bach became a teen sensation. they quit the band in 2013 to do solo albums and work in films, but were united in 2019, much to the excitement of their background, and you can see of delighted people on looking there as they get a chance to greet s

.# along i with longtime collaborator norman whitfield, he wrote this classic for marvin gaye. # heardrever he laid his hat was his home. ..# the motown founder, berry gordy, - said that barrett strong's songs were revolutionary and captured the spirit of the times. the motown songwriter barrett strong who's died aged 81. amazing music and what a legacy left behind. amazing music and what a legacy left behind. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. most of us had a fine day on monday with plenty of sunshine around. it is arguably one of the best days weather—wise we'll see this week, with the sunshine and relatively mild air. did tend to cloud over in the west later in the day. and that's a cloud is all associated with an area of low pressure. this up near iceland in the north atlantic. look at this weather front wrapped round and round and round the centre of the deep low, kind of like water going down a plughole. now, this low is going to influence our weather because the weather fronts are associated with that low, even though it's over 1000 miles away. all thos

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i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin this morning with breaking news of a mass shooting in california.

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i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin this morning with breaking news of a mass shooting in california.re, at any moment now, officials will give us an update on any new developments. meantime, i want to bring in our correspondent, who is there, and bring you up to speed on what we know thus far. at least ten people are dead, another ten hospitalized after the shooting saturday night in monterey park. the los angeles county sheriff's department says the male suspect in the attack fled the scene and remains at large. california governor gavin newsom sharing his condolences in a tweet that says, in part, monterey park should have had a night of joyful celebration of the lunar new year. instead, they were the victims of a horrific and heartless act of gun violence. the deadly shooting happened inside a dance studio seen here, shortly after 10:00 p.m. local time during a lunar new year holiday celebration. the city of monterey park is about seven miles outside of los angeles. and is a predominantly asian community. the mayor of los angeles, karen bass, saying the news is absolutely devastat

i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin with ukraine and a standoff between its western allies. ukraine says it needs germany's leopard tanks ahead of an anticipated russian offensive, but germany won't cocommit to s the commitment. president zelenskyy addressed allies saying the time for talk has passed. >> the war started by russia does not allow delays. and i can thank you hundreds of times and it will be absolutely just in fear given all that we have already done. but, but hundreds of thank you are not hundreds of tanks. >> earlier today germany said it will take an inventory of its tanks, but again did not commit to sending them. and in ukraine the battles rage on. russian missile strikes hit friday killing at least one person. cnn's ben wedeman is there. what is the latest, ben? >> reporter: well, overnight the town south of here was struck by about 12 russian missiles. no word on casualty there. what we know is that there is mounting frustration among the ukrainians because, as the germans dither over whether to give the country the tanks it desperately needs, the front l

. >>> i'm jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield. "cnn newsroom" continues with jim acosta right now. >>> you are live in the cnn newsroom. i'm jim acosta. outrage and calls for action following the release of video showing the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. that's where weigh start. the images we are going to show you right about now are graphic and disturbing but critical to understanding what happened to this 29-year-old man. here is what we know at this hour. nichols was pulled over by memphis police on january 7th, allegedly for reckless driving. in a shocking development, the police chief says the department has not been able to find anything to substantiate that blame. this video shows the moment police catch up to nichols when he runs away. again, if you haven't seen it yet, need to warn you, it is incredibly graphic. >> no! no! >> give me your [ bleep ] hands! >> hey! >> give me your hands! give me your hands! >> hey! >> ooh! >> watch out, watch out! >> mom! >> you can hear nichols crying out for his mother who just

in for fredricka whitfield. we begin with a major shift in memphis. just a day after video shows the brutal police beating of tyre nichols, the city police department announcing it is permanently deactivating the scorpion unit. all five officers charged in nichols' death were part of the movement and after protests around the country demanding it be dissolved. the attorney for tyre nichols's family ben crump telling cnn that it is a positive step but the work is far from over. >> in communities of color, they often have different types of police than many of white brothers and sisters have in their community and this video illustrates that it is this culture that said it doesn't matter whether the police officers are black, hispanic or white, that it is somehow allowed for you to tramp on the constitutional rights of certain citizens from certain ethnicities and certain communities and we have to have a larger conversation about this. >> cnn shimon prokupecz has more now from memphis. >> reporter: a significant move here about the memphis police depar