[Allen:] And welcome back to our viewers here in the U.S. and all around the world. Thanks for watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Natalie Allen.
[Howell:] I'm George Howell with the headlines we're following for you this hour.
[Allen:] Police in Louisiana are searching for a man they say killed five people Saturday.
[Howell:] The suspect is believed to have shot his girlfriend, her father and brother and then his own parents. Our Kaylee Hartung has the story.
[Kaylee Hartung, Cnn Correspondent:] Saturday morning, Elizabeth and Keith Theriot were shot in their home in Gonzales, Louisiana. When police responded, the two victims were able to identify their 21-year- old son, Dakota Theriot, as the man who shot them. Both husband and wife later died in the hospital in Baton Rouge. In the meantime, while authorities in Ascension Parish were looking for this killer on the run, in Livingston Parish, authorities began investigating the murder of three family members found in their home, Billy, Summer and Tanner Ernest. Once these two departments talked to one another, they realized they were looking for the same man in Dakota Theriot, as Dakota was believed to have a relationship with one member of the Ernest family. Authorities no longer believe he's in the vicinity of these five murders committed in Louisiana. They say they have reason to believe he's headed east towards Mississippi. And they think he is driving this stolen vehicle from the Ernest family. Here you see a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup truck, gray on the top, silver on the bottom, it has a Louisiana license plate of C583809. Here's more from the Ascension Parish sheriff.
[Bobby Webre, Ascension Parish Sheriff:] The good news is we know who did this and we will soon find this person and put him in jail where he belongs. This is probably, I would say, one of the worst domestic violence incidents I've seen in quite a while, for a young man to walk into a bedroom and kill his mother and his father and then kill friends in Livingston that he had a connection with.
[Hartung:] The sheriff went on to say they believe this is an isolated incident; they don't believe anyone else is a target for murder by Dakota Theriot. But a reminder that he is armed and dangerous so anyone he comes into contact with could be a target Kaylee Hartung, CNN.
[Howell:] All right, Kaylee, thank you. It's not February yet and the 2020 Democratic field is already starting to take shape.
[Allen:] It seems like candidates are throwing their hats in the ring almost every day.
[Howell:] So here is the lineup as it stands right now: The California senator, Kamala Harris; the former Obama cabinet member, Julian Castro; Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard; former representative John Delaney and businessman Andrew Yang.
[Allen:] Also Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Elizabeth Warren are exploring a run, as is South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
[Howell:] One of those Democrats, Senator Kamala Harris, made her first major campaign trip since announcing her run for president.
[Allen:] She was in South Carolina Friday, courting a powerful voting bloc, black women. Our Kyung Lah was there.
[Kyung Lah, Cnn Senior U.s. Correspondent:] At a home in suburban Maryland, these college friends reflect on their past as one of their own makes a run for history.
[Unidentified Female:] We were all just right there together. We were just all, just, you know, regular girls and now here's Kamala.
[Lah:] Or as the public calls her, Senator Kamala Harris, now a presidential candidate.
[Sen. Kamala Harris, , Presidential Candidate:] That's why I'm running for President of the United States.
[Lah:] On the heels of that announcement, the senator is making a first campaign stop, not in Iowa or New Hampshire but in South Carolina for her national sorority. What does this sisterhood mean politically?
[Monique Poydras, Alaska Sorority Member:] It is a fact that there are close to 300,000 women in Alpha Kappa Alpha, the sorority, incorporated and that is a fact. So it doesn't it is not rocket science.
[Lah:] These translate into votes and bringing other people in?
[Poydras:] I think that's a fair assessment.
[Lah:] These women are the foot soldiers of a powerful voting bloc. CNN exit polling shows black women supported Democrats more than almost any other voting subgroup, helping drive Democratic wins in last year's midterms. A fellow sister, the first black woman to enter the 2020 fray.
[Unidentified Female:] It translates into a ready made group of people who will come when she calls.
[Lah:] This isn't just a friendship or a sisterhood. We're talking about political power.
[Unidentified Female:] We're talking about political power and we have it. We have it and we're going to leverage it. And you'll see, it is going to make a difference.
[Lah:] You're looking at a built-in infrastructure and here's why.
[Unidentified Female:] There was a connection that was made back on the campus of Howard University that has transcended miles and years that brought us here today.
[Lah:] A bond crossing more than three decades. In 1986, 38 women became line sisters. They were all students at Howard University, a historically black college, and joined Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first black sorority in the U.S., formed more than 100 years ago.
[Jill Louis, Aka Sorority Member:] If you think about it, in 1908, people were just a few ticks off emancipation. So now they find themselves in college. And what are they trying to do? It is really an uplift mission.
[Lah:] Bound by that history, they forged their own paths, year after year, their lives weaving together.
[Unidentified Female:] We were down at the Senate, she had her formal swearing in at the time. Vice President Biden had sworn her in.
[Lah:] This was very recent.
[Poydras:] This is her recent picture, yes. So this picture was at her GW book event and we went there to support her.
[Unidentified Male:] You're also
[Aka. Harris:] Yes, I am.
[Poydras:] She talked about being a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha and the room exploded. The appropriate response was
[Harris:] That's my source and my fans are in the room as well.
[Poydras:] You could see just by her response and then our response that it is all love.
[Lah:] Felt most by those who know Kamala Harris best but shared by a national sisterhood, eager to help one of their own.
[Unidentified Female:] Next gathering, next sleepover, next girl's night in, it'll be at the White House? Yes, we're all going to be there.
[Lah:] Kyung Lah, CNN, Rockville, Maryland.
[Allen:] You can certainly feel the support she has. Here is a quote for you, "Life is not in the cloud waiting to be downloaded." Who said that? Pope Francis. That was the message he brought to thousands of young people in Panama.
[Howell:] Get off your phones. Get into life is basically what he's saying. During events celebrating World Youth Day, the pope said it is not enough to be connected online, you must actually get involved. During the service, he also called all those who abuse children, including clergy members, "unscrupulous."
[Allen:] Some bikers in Iraq are trying to leave years of war and sectarian violence in the dust by sharing the road.
[Howell:] Their group has a secret to keeping the peace. They're steering clear of any talk of politics. Our Michael Holmes has this report.
[Michael Holmes, Cnn Anchor:] Clad in leather, engines revving, a band of brothers roars through the streets of Baghdad, traveling the highways in a rumbling symbol of unity in a city that has seen so much war.
[Bilal Al Bayati, Founder Of Iraq Bikers:] Our goal is to build a brotherhood. It is humanitarian. And it changes society's view of this bike.
[Holmes:] These Iraqi bikers are hitting the road to put years of sectarian violence behind them and trying to put a new face on the stereotypical outlaw biker image. It is a group that is 380 strong, made up of men from different faiths, ages and professions, who have one common love: motorcycles.
[Ahmad Haidar, Biker:] This team brought together people from all of Iraq's sectors, the doctor, the employee, the engineer, the lawyer, the laborer. It is like a small-scale Iraq.
[Holmes:] Founded seven years ago, when ISIS was on the rise and violence was widespread among the country's religious groups, the club meets regularly to ride together. And there is one rule everyone must follow.
[Bayati:] It is absolutely prohibited to talk politics among members. If someone talks about politics, they're warned once or twice and then expelled.
[Holmes:] It is not all easy riding in Baghdad, though; military checkpoints slow down the choppers but the bikers say it is just part of the journey to find new roads for the country. BAYATI [through translator] We no longer have the strength to endure these tragedies or to repeat them. A hope for more safe travels ahead for these road warriors Michael Holmes, CNN, Atlanta.
[Howell:] Still ahead this hour, a joyful end to a long, cold search. How a rescue team found a 3-year-old boy alive in the woods after being lost for days.
[Allen:] Plus, the coldest temperatures of the year are coming to Atlanta just in time for Super Bowl
[Liii. Howell:] Bundle up.