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
welcome to a special edition of jesse waters prime time. i m will cain in for jesse. and we start with the fox news alert. a major blow for the democratic party. the supreme court today shut down special counsel jack smith s appeal to fast track trump s january 6 case, handing trump a christmas gift. time jack smith. the overzealous prosecutor with the scraggly beard, tried to leapfrog the lower court of appeals and force a quick decision on the question of whether or not the former president should be granted immunity from his federal charges. why? to make sure donald trump spends the month of march stuck in a courtroom. trump, who s already been out of commission for the last two months over his fraud case in new york will be taken off of the campaign trail again, meaning no rallies, no fundraisers, and will be forced back into the court the day before super tuesday, when trump is supposed to be on the ballot in 16 states. it s been the biden campaign strategy a
griff: tree is up and stockings are hung and we re two days from christmas in the spirit filled stockings. i like christmas trees and presents. nicole: we like stockings over the mantle. griff: my parents would do like candy and fruit and one surprise gift that was thoughtful. it s good stuff. nicole: i do socks for all my kids and husband in the stocking plus candy. they count on that . will: my parents had the stocking game nailed down. the trick, so the problem, of course, i got to be careful because i don t know who s watching right now. december 24th is difficult. christmas eve is difficult. you have a nice dinner, you have a few drinks and there s a lot of work to do. then you re up late and then the problem is that you have to get up early the next morning because there s people read db of interaural go and kids ragaini ready to go and my parents used the stocking as a time delay mechanician and it would be delivered to your door and had something to look at and go t
o say can you see by the dawn s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight s last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave will: welcome to new york city on december 23rd. merry christmas. your photos, national anthem, they get better as they go. i love the photo of the back of the pickup bed, the desert, slightly outdone by you in your robes the week leading up to christmas. we got griff jenkins and doctor nicole sapphire with us. nicole:you guys are looking very festive. griff:you get to this part of the year and it is just special. in new york, it is crowded which is frustrating the week before christmas.
will: welcome to a special edition of jesse watters primetime. i m will cain in for jesse. we start with a fox news alert. a major blow for the democratic party. the supreme court today shot down special counsel jack smith s appeal to fast track trump s january 6th case, handing trump a christmas gift: time. jack smith, the overzealous prosecutor with a scraggly beard, tried to leapfrog the lower court of appeals and force a quick decision on the question of whether or not the former president should be granted immunity from his federal charges. why? to make sure donald trump spends the month of march stuck in a courtroom. trump, who s already been out of commission for the last two months over his fraud case in new york, will be taken off of the campaign trail. again, meaning no rallies, no fund-raisers. he will be forced back into the court the day before super tuesday when trump is supposed to be on the ballot in 16 states. it s been the biden campaign strategy all alo