rahel solomon in for christine romans. a stormy and hot independence eve day eve, is in store for millions of people across the country. severe storms are expected to spread from mississippi to massachusetts, with wind gusts, hail and tornadoes possible in some areas. the streets of chicago flooded on sunday after record rainfall. meantime, more than 30 million people across the west coast, mid-atlantic and the carolinas will be under heat alerts today. and the severe weather could also mean another frustrating day at airports. nearly 7500 flights were delayed, more than 600 were cancelled across the u.s. on sunday. and since saturday, there have been almost 1,000 cancellations. so, a lot to get to, let s bring in right now, cnn meteorologist allison chinchar. allison, good morning. what areas are you watching specifically? good morning, rahel. two separate areas of western. the first one kind of slides up and down most of the east coast and a secondary position for the mid
united states and all around the world, i m paula newton. coming up this hour, u.s. president joe biden heads to the southern border to see for himself what the right and left are calling a crisis. hear from one activist about what she hopes he takes from this visit. now the dust is settling after a chaotic vote for house speaker, we will look at what comes next fororor the new lead and we are live in hong kong as china reopens to the world, even as it confronts a massive surge in covid cases. we speak to a doctor here in the united states about how this could impact the spread of the virus. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so in the coming hours president joe biden is expected to visit the u.s. southern border for the first time since taking office, and it comes as he faces mounting criticism for failing to stem a surge in migration. now, in the fiscal year 2022 the u.s. encountered more than 2 million migrants at the border,
played to the attempts to overturn the 2020 election. today the january 6th committee released new surveillance video it says it shows congressman barry loudermilk giving a tour to tunnel entrances at a time when it was still closed to the public because of covid. the hours-long tour was given on january 5th, the day before the insurrection. in a letter to loudermilk, the committee points out these so-called guests seemed very interesting in photographing unusual aspects, like stairways, hallways and security checkpoints, not your average tourist pho ops. the capitol police chief says he s reviewed and saw none of the actions are suspicious. pennsylvania congressman brendan boyle tweeted. this is the stairwell i take to my office. in my eight years here, i have never seen a tourist take a picture of it. he told nbc news the committee is pushing a false narrative that has already been put to bed. but according to committee, that same guy you saw on the tour taking photos in th
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