it s pretty icy and very slick. like even in the areas that have been plowed really well, if you get about 40 miles per hour, you start sliding around. we rented a cabin for the week this week but we had to cancel it because we were worried we wouldn t get out of there later or get up the driveway. so we actually stayed home this week instead of going on a trip. that s the perils of winter but this is something else. wrong. look at us. hey! this is going to be trouble. it s about to be on. sarah and i have known each other forever. poppy and kaitlan are off, sara sidner is with us. are you ready for the weather? no. this is why i m here. this suit it s hot. it s hot. thank you. millions of americans coast to coast bracing for extremely low temperatures, dangerous wind chills and power outages. it is serious out there. we have reporters across the country covering the storm. plus the january 6th committee releasing the final report and placing the
good friday morning to you, it is christmas eve eve. i m jim sciutto. let s begin with the massive winter storm slamming the u.s. with dangerously low temperatures, record-breaking wind chills and heavy snow, only becoming stronger today. the storm stretching from the canadian border to the mexican border is expected to become what s known as a bomb cyclone as it moves into the great lakes today with intense pressures matching that of a category 2 hurricane. right now across the country hundreds of thousands are without power, travel plans upended for many going into the holiday weekend. more than 3,100 flights canceled already today. dozens of governors creating emergency response plans heading into this holiday weekend including opening temporary warming shelters just to get people out of the cold. i will speak with one of those governors, kentucky s andy beshear in just a moment. let s get to our team covering what s being called a once in a generation storm. we begin in u
hundreds of thousands without power, more than 4,000 flights canceled. winds so treacherous the airport in buffalo, new york, had to shut down. cnn is live with the havoc being wreaked nationwide. and the january 6th committee out with its final report spelling out why donald trump, in their view, was the one solely responsible for the riot and should be discaqualifi from holding office ever again. new transcripts from the committee. why cassidy hutchinson said she was disappointed and disgusted with her first round of testimony under oath. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the national lead and this nightmare weather scenario before christmas crippling conditions stretching coast to coast with snow and ice in cities such as seattle and portland, oregon to the massive bomb cyclone system moving east. nearly 180 million in the u.s. are in areas with temperatures below freezing. 70 million are in areas below zero. this system is so powerful meteorologist
continues on the 11th hour with stephanie role and that starts right now! right now! good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle! breaking news tonight, just over one hour ago, january six committee released its final report. it is 845 pages long and it comes after a nearly 18 month investigation into the attack on the capitol and donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. the report begins with a forward from house speaker pelosi, committee chairman bennie thompson, and vice left knee. the false narrative that set off the deadly riot at the capitol in eight detail chapters. it starts with the big lie. former president trump s false narrative of his stolen election. we have a lot to dig into so let s get smarter! with the help of our lead off panel tonight it is a great and a very important one. caroline, egg plus a prize winning reporter from the washington post. katie benner, pulitzer prize -winning justice department reporter for the new yo
individual s names in this report. the bar associations across the country, local bar associations have to step up. local prosecutors have to step up the accountability piece is the piece here, and that is what folks will be looking for. we certainly will, symone thank you. if you are just joining us right now i m stephanie ruhle. it is midnight on the east coast and i am on the west coast, we are continuing our breaking news coverage of the release of the january 6th committee s final report on the siege of the capital and donald trump s effort to change the results of the 2020 election. it was made public just over an hour ago, it totals 845 pages. what is the first passage all about? the big lie. with that, let s get smarter with a lead off panel, former you new york prosecutor in civil rights attorney charles coleman. pulitzer prize-winning reporter for an joyce vance, who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor and symone sanders-townsend still with us along with stua